Tremor is defined as a rhythmic, involuntary, oscillatory movement of body parts. Although constituting nearly 20% of presentations with paediatric movement disorders, tremor in childhood, beginning ...

Correspondence to Professor Deborah Murdoch-Eaton, Academic Unit of Medical Education, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK; d.murdoch-eaton{at}sheffield ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

1 Paediatric Palliative Care, Helen & Douglas House Hospices, Oxford, UK 2 Clinical Services, Helen & Douglas House Hospices, Oxford, UK Correspondence to Dr Emily Harrop, Consultant in Paediatric ...

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 ...

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 ...