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Parental absence in early childhood and onset of smoking and alcohol consumption before adolescence
Correspondence to Dr Afshin Zilanawala, Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK; afshin.zilanawala{at}ucl.ac.uk ...
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Acute rheumatic fever in the UK and Ireland: a BPSU surveillance study
Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys: a family matter
Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys (‘circumcision’) is legitimised by consent from those with parental responsibility for ...
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Oral health and related factors in cystic fibrosis and other chronic respiratory disorders
2 School of Dental Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Aim: To compare the prevalence of dental caries, dental calculus, and enamel defects in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and children ...
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Are children with neuromuscular diseases still eligible for paediatric palliative care?
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Damp and mouldy home: impact on lung health in childhood
Within every paediatric respiratory and general paediatric clinic there will be a number of children and families who are ...
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Investigation and management of hypercalcaemia in children
1 Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, ...
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Decisions under duress and the limits of data
Imagine attending a busy shift in a paediatric emergency department (ED). You have just read two recent and rigorous publications; one facilitated risk stratification for clinically important ...
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Pulmonary aspiration after activated charcoal in unintentional acute poisonings in childhood
Introduction Although the administration of activated charcoal (AC) is considered safe, the associated risk of pulmonary aspiration explains certain reluctance of physicians to use this procedure. The ...
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Age related reference ranges for respiration rate and heart rate from 4 to 16 years
Background: Clinical vital signs in children (temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure) are an integral part of clinical assessment of degree of illness or normality. Despite this ...
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What’s in a name? Children, young people and adultification bias
Paediatrics is a specialty committed to caring for children and advancing child health. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as everyone under 18 unless, ‘under the ...
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What do young voices tell us about medication needs during the transition to adult care?
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