Objective Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is an inherited adrenal steroid synthesis ...

In this review, we provide a state of the art of liver transplantation in children, as the procedure is now carried out for more than 30 years and most of our paediatric colleagues are managing these ...

Aims: To investigate whether weight category (underweight, average weight, overweight, and obese) at age 7.5 predicts bullying involvement at 8.5 years. Models were tested separately for boys and ...

The heart and lungs work closely to meet the tissues’ oxygen demands. If the balance between oxygen demand and supply becomes disturbed in critical illness, tissue hypoxia and cell death can rapidly ...

Childhood encephalopathy is an uncommon but significant paediatric presentation and is associated with significant mortality and long-term morbidity in survivors. By definition it is a somewhat ...

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 ...

Objectives Babies born to mothers living in more deprived areas are at a higher risk of dying during the neonatal period.1 Pre-term and unwell term babies are cared for in neonatal intensive units ...