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 ...
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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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‘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 ...
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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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RCPCH incubator: a new model for building open, sustainable digital health

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Correction: Puberty blockers for gender dysphoria in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis ...
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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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Too many digits: the presentation of numerical data

Correspondence to Professor T J Cole, Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; tim.cole{at}ucl.ac.uk Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't ...
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Breast feeding, bottle feeding, and non-nutritive sucking; effects on occlusion in deciduous dentition

1 Ambulatory Paediatrician, Local Health Unit “Salerno 1”, Campania Region, Italy 2 Paediatric Dentistry, Local Health Unit “Salerno 1”, Campania Region, Italy 3 Chief of Epidemiology Unit, Local ...
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Does the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in children with varicella increase the risk of soft tissue infections?

Correspondence to Dr Allison Low, Department of Paediatrics, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, S10 2TH, UK; allison.low{at}nhs.net A 3-year-old is seen in Accident & Emergency with ...
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Nutritional rickets under 16 years: UK surveillance results

Objective The UK national incidence of nutritional rickets is unknown. We aimed to describe the incidence, presentation and clinical management of children under 16 years with nutritional rickets in ...
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Do high vitamin B12 levels in children matter?

Vitamin B12 levels are often recommended for children. Locally, we note many children have B12 levels above the upper limit of normal (771 ng/L1). We receive frequent advice requests from GPs ...