Objective Children with Kawasaki disease (KD) and an initial echocardiogram that demonstrates coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs, Z score ≥2.5) are at high risk for severe cardiovascular complications.

Background Recruitment of paediatric trainees is not matching its increasing demand. In 2019, only 69.8% of paediatric training program posts were filled, the lowest out of all UK programmes. Such ...

The recent epidemic of childhood obesity[1][1] has raised concern because of the possible clinical and public health consequences.[2,][2][3][3] However, there remains a widespread perception among ...

Background: Difficulty falling asleep (prolonged sleep latency) is a frequently reported problem in school-aged children. Aims: This study aimed to describe the distribution of sleep latency and ...

Introduction Autosplenectomy defines spontaneous splenic infarction leading to hyposplenism. It occurs mainly as a complication of sickle cell anemia, pneumococcal sepsis or systemic lupus ...

Aims Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, several working practices were changed to allow for better infection control awareness and practice. St Richard’s Hospital paediatric department adopted the use ...

Objective To report the diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending the emergency department ...

Method Data was collected anonymously from students in the UK (n=56) and India (n=75) using a standardised questionnaire addressing sleep patterns, sleep hygiene habits, and knowledge regarding the ...

Objectives To evaluate London paediatric trainee priorities and identify areas of improvement to achieve an outstanding training programme. To compare these results to previous years to monitor trends ...

Aims In 2021, BSPGHAN and RCPCH jointly published a UK National Census report following the publication of Quality Standards for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition in 2017. The report ...

What did you do? We conducted an evaluation of families’ experiences with community and specialist swimming lessons amongst children with disabilities accessing a specialist swimming program. Sparkle ...