Aims Identifying child abuse and investigating suspected non-accidental injury remains a key responsibility for paediatricians. Guidance published in 2017 by the Royal College of Radiologists defines ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Dr J D McNeilly, Department of Biochemistry, level 1 SGH and FM Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; j.mcneilly{at}nhs.net Background ...
Correspondence to Dr Yasheer Venay Haripersad, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6909, Australia; Yasheer.Haripersad{at}health.wa.gov.au Perth Children’s Hospital is the sole tertiary paediatric ...
BACKGROUND There is a debate about the possible progression of idiopathic premature thelarche towards precocious or early puberty. OBJECTIVE To evaluate height and age at onset of puberty in a group ...
1 Biochemical Genetics Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ...
BACKGROUND Procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection. OBJECTIVE To evaluate diagnostic markers of infection in critically ill children, comparing procalcitonin with C ...