Objective To report the performance of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) in the diagnosis of serious/invasive bacterial infections (SBI/IBI) in infants presenting with a fever to emergency care in ...

Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...

> Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. Theodore Roosevelt1 We would define an innovative therapy as any newly introduced treatment, or a new ...

Objective The aim of this research was to ascertain the effectiveness of current electronic prescribing (EP) systems to prevent a standardised set of paediatric prescribing errors likely to cause harm ...

Conclusion Consumption of slush ice drinks containing glycerol may cause a clinical syndrome of glycerol intoxication in young children, characterised by decreased consciousness, hypoglycaemia, lactic ...

This series of systematic reviews was commissioned by WHO in July 2022 to inform their guideline review process. The aim was to identify the current evidence for developing WHO guidelines for the ...

Objective Horner’s syndrome (HS) is characterised by a triad of ocular miosis, ptosis and anhidrosis. HS may be a subtle sign of occult pathology in otherwise asymptomatic children, neuroblastoma (NBL ...

Background Conflict in healthcare is a well-recognised but under-examined phenomenon. Little is known about the prevalence and causes of conflict across paediatric specialties. Objective To report the ...

Objective To evaluate the impact of an integrated child health system. Design Mixed methods service evaluation. Setting and patients Children, young people and their families registered in Child ...

Background Paediatric and neonatal emergencies are rare but may be associated with high morbidity and mortality, and require skilled leadership, good communication including ability to call-out ...

AIMS To establish the incidence and aetiology of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in Australia and compare clinical and microbial characteristics of sporadic and outbreak cases. METHODS National ...

Objective: The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is an established measure of exercise capacity in adults and children with chronic cardiac or respiratory disease. Despite its widespread use, there are no ...