Rates of syphilis, including congenital syphilis, have been rising worldwide. Syphilis is particularly difficult to diagnose given its non-specific symptoms and the inability to culture Treponema ...

Correspondence to Dr Michael Harris, Paediatric Cardiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; michael.harris2{at}nhs.net If you wish to reuse any ...

Infection Sepsis creates an increased metabolic demand. The infant may be unable to meet the increased oxygen requirements of the tissues leading to peripheral vasoconstriction and cyanosis. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation trust, Kings Health Partners, London SE1 9RT Correspondence to Dr Charlie Fairhurst, Department ...

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 ...

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 Ronny Cheung, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7EH, UK; ronny.cheung{at}gstt.nhs.uk Public health has been defined as “the science and art of ...

Correspondence to Dr Felicity Fitzgerald, UCL Great Ormond Street of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK; felicity.fitzgerald{at}ucl.ac.uk PCRs have revolutionised the detection of ...

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 ...