Meningitis is a critical diagnosis not to miss in children presenting with fever. Since the early 20th century, classical clinical signs have been used to aid the diagnosis of meningitis. These ...

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London Correspondence to Dr Miriam R Fine-Goulden, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Evelina ...

Correspondence to Dr Leanne C Callaghan, Department of Anaesthesia, Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool L97AL, UK; leannecallaghan{at}doctors ...

Children's Emergency Department, Watford General Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0HB, UK Children's Emergency Department, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0HB ...

Pleural infection (parapneumonic effusion and empyema) has an annual incidence of 3.3 per 100 000 children. The incidence of childhood empyema may be increasing in the UK. If so, it is not clear ...

1 Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, University Hospital Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK 2 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Nottingham, Queen’s ...

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Damian Roland, University of Leicester, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester ...

Lack of sleep in children is a very difficult stress factor, especially in the case of children with disabilities. This can have severe detrimental effects on the family, particularly when already ...

Correspondence to Dr Ben Christopher Reynolds, Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great North Children's Hospital, Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4LP, UK; pinkdoc{at}doctors.org.uk Disorders ...

Acne is an extremely common condition, affecting up to 80% of adolescents. Many cases are mild and may be considered “physiological”, but others can be very severe and lead to permanent scarring.

Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

Background In the UK, the number of junior doctors completing foundation programme, and the number of trainees applying to paediatrics has been in decline in recent years. The NHS is at ‘breaking ...