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 ...

Modified Ferriman-Gallwey score sheet.

Having some understanding of pharmacokinetics is important for all clinicians when prescribing medications. Key elements to effective and safe prescribing include making sure that we don't underdose a ...

Next generation sequencing (NGS), massively parallel or deep sequencing are related terms that describe a DNA sequencing technology which has revolutionised genomic research. Using NGS an entire human ...

This review provides an overview of the use of antihistamines in children. We discuss types of histamine receptors and their mechanism of action, absorption, onset and duration of action of ...

Correspondence to Dr Elaine S Ramsay, Department of Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; RamsayE{at}email.chop.edu The ...

Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charlie B R Fairhurst, Department of Paediatric ...

Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm babies is a serious gastrointestinal emergency with potentially devastating consequences. Prompt and accurate diagnosis continues to be a challenge for ...

Correspondence to Dr Protima Amon, Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK; p.amon{at}qmul.ac.uk There has been an explosion in our understanding of the human ...

Correspondence to Mrs Elizabeth Rawlence, Department of Pharmacy, Chenye Wing, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK; elizabeth.rawlence ...

We used quality improvement (QI) and co-production methodologies to explore how child health professionals can be helped to open up conversations about poverty and other social issues in a London ...

Digital health education develops an understanding of the pragmatic use of digital technologies, including health apps, artificial intelligence and wearables, in the National Health Service (NHS).