Correspondence to Dr Neil Chanchlani, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK; nchanchlani{at}doctors.org.uk Case presentation A 14-year-old boy, with autism spectrum disorder ...

There are no outcomes-based commissioning structures in child health. This needs to change. Preschool wheeze is a very common condition. Many families present at emergency departments with their ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 3-month-old baby is brought to the paediatric emergency department by their parents because of a fever. You decide to check their inflammatory markers. Their C-reactive protein (CRP) level comes ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Protima Amon, Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK; p.amon{at}qmul.ac.uk There has been an explosion in our understanding of the human ...

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 ...

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 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 S Maguire, Department of Child Health, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF 14 4XN, UK; sabinemaguire{at}yahoo.co.uk ...

1 Department of Microbiology, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Surjo ...