Trainee-led Research Networks (TRNs) can mitigate against the lack of in-training academic opportunities by offering research ...

Objective To explore associations between maternal body mass index (BMI) in early pregnancy and childhood infections. Design ...

Mary is running around her hospital bed, playing with dolls, crayons and toy stethoscopes (or the real thing if she can get ...

Background Increasing numbers of children/adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria/incongruence are being referred to ...

Background The widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) has changed the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal ...

Correspondence to Dr Tryggve Nevéus, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75185, Sweden; Tryggve.Neveus{at}kbh.uu.se Objective According to international guidelines ...

Introduction Papilloedema is defined as swelling of the optic disc caused by raised intracranial pressure. Following a recent highly publicised court case, our paediatric and other services 1 have ...

Background One of the most frequent conditions facing the neonatologists daily is the neonatal jaundice. About 60% of term and 80% of preterm infants develop jaundice early in the first seven days of ...

Objective To determine the birth prevalence, maternal risk factors and 5-year survival for isolated and complex anorectal malformations. Design National birth cohort using hospital admission data and ...

Background Young people’s advisory groups (YPAGs) for research are comprised of children or adolescents who work with researchers to shape different stages of the research process. Their involvement ...

A/Prof E Elliott, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health University of Sydney, c/o The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australiaelizabe2{at}chw.edu.au AIMS To ...

Background An umbilical granuloma is an overgrowth of tissue that usually occurs when the umbilical stump has fallen off. It occurs commonly in the neonatal period usually after Day 15 of life.