Objectives Blood cultures are the first-line tool for diagnosis of bloodstream infections. Their diagnostic value, however, may be affected when a microorganism of questionable evidence is isolated.

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.

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 ...

Objectives The clinical diagnosis of pneumonia lacks specificity and may lead to antibiotic overuse, whereas radiological diagnoses can lack sensitivity. Point-of-care lung ultrasound is an emerging ...

Objective To determine the association of initial empiric antibiotic regimens with clinical outcomes in hospitalised children with severe orbital infections. Design Multi-centre observational cohort ...

BACKGROUND In recent years photopheresis, an extracorporeal form of photochemotherapy using psoralen and ultraviolet A irradiation of leucocytes, has been claimed to be an effective form of ...

Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt1 The pursuit of patient safety is a key component of the wider endeavour to improve quality of healthcare ...

For anyone, undergoing surgery is stressful. For children on the autism spectrum, it can be even more traumatic. Sensory differences are present in the majority of children on the autism spectrum,1 ...

Oral health is part of general health and well-being and contributes to the development of a healthy child. The most common oral disease affecting young children is dental caries (figure 1), which is ...

Objective We aimed to measure the prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and tuberculosis (TB) disease in children in close contact with patients with drug-resistant TB ...

Objectives Develop a score summarising how successfully a child with any surgical condition has been treated, and test the clinical validity of the score. Design Discrete choice experiment (DCE), and ...