Archives of Disease in Childhood

Helping parents after a traumatic paediatric intensive care admission

Despite a wealth of studies demonstrating that a significant minority of parents are affected psychologically by their child’s admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), there is still little ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

‘Funny turns’ in children: the long history of a paediatric conundrum

Jean Aicardi In paediatric practice, the term ‘funny turn’ is commonly used to refer to a child presenting with paroxysmal episodes of transient loss of consciousness, blank staring, unusual behaviour ...
Archives of Disease in Childhood

Learning from the past, structuring the future: using large language models to unlock a century of paediatric research in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Background and aims The centenary of Archives of Disease in Childhood ( ADC ) presents an opportunity to reflect on a century ...
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Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns

1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, ...
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Assisted infant toilet training and the prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders up to the age of 9 months: a randomised, controlled trial

Background It is suggested that late initiation of toilet training contributes to functional gastrointestinal disorders in children. This study aims to evaluate if assisted infant toilet training can ...
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Patterns of burns and scalds in children

Early Years Research Programme, Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Professor Alison Mary Kemp, Institute of Primary Care and ...
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A prospective study of smoking during pregnancy and SIDS

AIMS To study the association between smoking during pregnancy and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) using prospectively collected data, making it possible to account for a number of potential ...
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Prevention of neural tube defects in the UK: a missed opportunity

Objective In 1991, the Medical Research Council (MRC) Vitamin Study demonstrated that folic acid taken before pregnancy and in early pregnancy reduced the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD). We aimed ...
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Correlation of simultaneously obtained capillary, venous, and arterial blood gases of patients in a paediatric intensive care unit

1 Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 01330, Adana, Turkey 2 Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division ...
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Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric appendicitis: a UK multicentre observational study

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) performed by paediatric emergency medicine (PEM) clinicians for suspected paediatric appendicitis. Design Prospective ...
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RCPCH incubator: a new model for building open, sustainable digital health

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Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: governments must balance the uncertainty and risks of reopening schools against the clear harms associated with prolonged closure

Correspondence to Professor Russell M Viner, Population, policy and practice research programme, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK; r.viner{at}ucl.ac.uk Evidence to ...