Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1–3% of children. There is a high level of comorbidity with developmental and learning problems as well as with a variety of psychiatric ...
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Our Ladys Childrens Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to Dr D Cody, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Our Ladys Childrens Hospital, ...
Correspondence to Dr Mary E Ramsay, Department of Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety, Public Health England, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK; Mary.ramsay{at}phe.gov.uk By 2010, the ...
1 Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Derby, UK 2 Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Derby, UK Correspondence to Dr Helen M Sammons, Academic ...
Estimates for the UK suggest that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)—the most common neurodevelopmental condition—are high. Considering the ...
Aims Patients presenting with physical symptoms for which no disease pathology can be found are common in medical practice. For most, symptoms are short lived; for others they may persist for months ...
Background Community paediatrics clinics require considerable preparation time. 1 Community paediatrics outpatient clinics have a high Did Not Attend (DNA) rate. 2 Problem statement In community ...
Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr I Wolfe, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London ...
Objectives Palliative care (PC) affirms life with goal to improve quality of life for patients with life-threatening conditions. 1 PC referrals are influenced by multiple patient and provider factors, ...
Correspondence to Dr Maria Lisa Dentici, Medical Genetics Department, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Piazza S.Onofrio 4, Rome 00165, Italy; marialisa.dentici{at}gmail.com Objective To review the ...
Objectives Adverse social and emotional wellbeing in childhood may lead to poor outcomes across the life course. Thus, identifying groups of children who share similar trajectories of social and ...
Mortality outcomes of children and young people who have spent time in care: evidence from Children’s Health in Care in Scotland, a population-wide administrative data cohort study (5 June, 2025) ...