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179 Streamlining prolonged jaundice clinic referrals-a quality improvement project
Background and Objectives Prolonged neonatal jaundice is defined as jaundice persisting in a term neonate at 14 days and a preterm neonate at 21 days of age. Prolonged neonatal jaundice is most ...
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Brain abscess in children, a two-centre audit: outcomes and controversies
Correspondence to Dr Vianney Gilard, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris 5 University, Paris 75015, France; vianneygilard{at}hotmail.fr Objective The aim ...
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Hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia: trial-based quality of life at 6–7 years
Objective To assess the impact of hypothermic neural rescue at birth on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in middle childhood. Design Six-year to 7-year follow-up of surviving children from the ...
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State of child health: how is the UK doing?
Correspondence to Dr Ronny Cheung, General Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; ronny.cheung{at}gstt.nhs.uk In 2017, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ...
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Child death review processes in paediatric intensive care units: a national survey of practice against statutory and operational guidance
In 2018, Her Majesty's Government published statutory and operational guidance setting out how children’s deaths are reviewed in England, aiming to ensure practice is standardised and review of each ...
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Management and outcome of vein of Galen malformation
1 Department of Paediatric Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Institute of Child ...
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Children's experiences of dialysis: a systematic review of qualitative studies
3 Department of Nephrology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia 4 Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ...
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Bulging fontanelle in febrile infants: is lumbar puncture mandatory?
Objective: To determine the aetiologies and clinical characteristics of infants with fever and a bulging fontanelle. Design: The medical records of all febrile infants with a bulging fontanelle who ...
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The successful use of the nasopharyngeal airway in Pierre Robin sequence: an 11-year experience
1 Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to Yogesh ...
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Why is the evidence not affecting the practice of fever management?
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Do antipyretics prevent febrile convulsions?
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Comparison of morphine concentration–time profiles following intravenous and intranasal diamorphine in children
Background: Current best practice for treating acute severe pain in children is to administer intravenous or intranasal opioid. Intranasal diamorphine offers less traumatic analgesia than the ...