Children and young people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) often require support when faced with the common illnesses and infections of childhood. Illnesses particularly associated with fever can cause ...

The prevalence of vaping among children and young people (CYP) is on the rise. This is perhaps a result of perceiving vaping as ‘harmless’, especially after an extensive public acceptance through the ...

Specialist paediatric palliative care is a relatively new area of paediatrics, and the interface with other disciplines can occasionally pose challenges for referrers due to lack of information about ...

Review of Lyttle M, Rainford NEA, Gamble C, et al. Levetiracetam vs phenytoin for second-line treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised ...

Fifteen-minute consultation: considering greener asthma treatments for children and young people ...

The limping child is a common presentation to paediatric services. In most instances the cause is benign with few, if any, investigations required. There is, however, always that concern that the ...

An 8-year-old boy was admitted to our emergency department because of scrotal swelling and redness, starting a few hours earlier. No fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, dysuria or local trauma were ...

Varicella zoster virus primarily causes chickenpox, usually a mild self-limiting illness of childhood. However, complications occur in 1% with 4200 annual deaths. Since the first vaccination was ...

Having some understanding of pharmacokinetics is important for all clinicians when prescribing medications. Key elements to effective and safe prescribing include making sure that we don't underdose a ...

Objectives To present a structured approach to the management of a child with a mediastinal mass presenting to the emergency department. To raise awareness of presenting features of less-obvious ...

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) published a best practice guideline in 2021 for the management of children presenting with suspected ingestion of super-strong rare earth magnets ...