The most recent in a series of dangerous social media trends has seen children ingesting large quantities of nutmeg in an attempt to gain a natural ‘high’. Over the past 20 years, there has been a ...

Fibre is an essential nutrient in the human diet that is crucial for human health. It provides a range of functional benefits, including stool bulking, and physiological benefits through fermentation ...

A review of the history of confidential enquiries The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) was established in April 2003. It replaces CESDI (the Confidential Enquiry into ...

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 ...

Design A prospective observational study over 1 year. Setting A District General Hospital, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Department. Patients Children aged 8–18 years living in the catchment ...

The UK has a longstanding system of general practice which provides the vast majority of primary care, including that for children. It acts as a 'gatekeeper' to more specialist care. Parents may also ...

Background Short-course oral corticosteroids are commonly used in children but are known to be associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This review aimed to identify the most common and serious ...

Objective To establish a birth rate for catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) diagnosed in childhood and observe trends in presentation and management. Design Retrospective ...

Importance Evidence regarding second-line treatment for severe asthma is limited. Objectives To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravenous aminophylline, intravenous short-acting beta agonist ...

There is increasing evidence that health and development in adult life is influenced or “programmed” by factors, including nutrition, operating during foetal life and infancy. Early nutrition in a ...

Background A fall-height threshold is important when evaluating the likelihood of structural head injury or abusive head trauma. This study investigates witnessed falls to correlate the fall ...

The history of interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery is hallmarked by pioneers—Columbuses who sailed into territory as yet unchartered, countering currents of dissent while circumnavigating ...