Maria Valentina Abate, Ingeborg Barisic, Michele Santoro, Alessio Coi, Joachim Tan, Ester Garne, Maria Loane, Ljubica Odak, Elisa Ballardini, Clara Cavero-Carbonell ...

Background and aim Poisoning and deaths linked to methadone have risen since the beginning of methadone treatment.1 2 Methadone poisoning is common among children.3 The aim of this review was to ...

Correspondence to Dr Justin Penner, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK; justin.penner{at}nhs.net Background The epidemiology of congenital ...

Introduction We aimed to establish the clinical characteristics of children and young people (CAYP) currently receiving deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for the management of movement disorders in ...

Charts are presented which give centile standards for boys' and girls' heights at ages 2 to 9 when parents' height is allowed for. Mid-parent height is used (i.e. the average of father's and mother's ...

Objective Assess sociodemographic disparities in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses and determine ...

Objective Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is the preferred method to estimate adiposity, body mass index (BMI) is often used as a proxy. However, the ability of BMI to measure ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, paediatricians and child mental health practitioners have noticed an increase in tic symptoms in some children and adolescents already diagnosed with tic ...

Objective To study the impact of body mass index (BMI) SD score (SDS) improvement through lifestyle modification on metabolic risk and body composition over 12 months. Design Prospective cohort study.

Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of ...

Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr I Wolfe, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London ...

The introduction of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in 2022 has accelerated long-standing efforts to integrate NHS services for children and young people (CYP).1 North West London pioneered new models ...