1 Department of Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Chemical Pathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK ...

Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charlie B R Fairhurst, Department of Paediatric ...

Guidelines are integral to reducing variation in paediatric care by ensuring that children receive the right care, every time. However, for reasons discussed in this paper, clinicians do not always ...

Correspondence to Dr Jon Dorling, Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, E floor East Block, Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; jon.dorling{at}nottingham.ac.uk ...

This review provides an overview of the use of antihistamines in children. We discuss types of histamine receptors and their mechanism of action, absorption, onset and duration of action of ...

Correspondence to Dr Alison Salt, The Wolfson Neurodisability Service, Level 10, Old Nurses Home Building, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK; ...

Correspondence to Dr Ann Hagell, Association for Young People"s Health, London SE1 4YR, UK; ann{at}youngpeopleshealth.org.uk There have been rising concerns in the UK about the levels of serious ...

Codeine is a drug that until recently was widely used in children. It was endorsed by the WHO as the second step on the analgesic ladder for cancer pain and has been used routinely for postoperative ...

Correspondence to Dr Eva Germovsek, UCL Institute of Child Health, Inflammation, Infection and Rheumatology Section, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; eva.germovsek.11{at}ucl.ac.uk The ...

Advocacy is an essential skill in the practice of paediatrics, where much of the work covers aspects of health as well as disease and where cross-agency work is common. Educationally, advocacy is best ...

Correspondence to Dr David King, Academic Unit of Child Health, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TH, UK; d.a.king{at}sheffield.ac.uk One of the most exciting applications of ...

Dystonia is a common disorder of movement and tone, characterised by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal movements, postures or both. Children and young people with dystonia ...