Objectives Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children, affecting 2–3 in every primary school class.1 Asthma disproportionately affects children living in poverty due to air pollution, ...

Introduction More than half of all drugs are still prescribed off-label to children. To support off-label dosing, pharmacokinetic (PK) data are needed. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) ...

Objectives Hand dominance usually develops in children around 18 months old, while earlier hand preference may indicate cerebral palsy.1 Hand preference in humans is thought to be related to the ...

Methods We used novel linkage between health and education records from the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) database to develop a whole-country cohort of children ...

Aims The HEADSSS assessment is an internationally used tool to help give structure and framework to an assessment of an adolescent patient. Objective To analyze the knowledge among doctors in the ...

Methods Our aim in this observational study was to assess safety of the delivery room cuddles for babies born < 32 weeks’ gestation. As part of the stabilisation for babies born < 32 weeks, if certain ...

Background The use of biologic agents allows the application of precision medicine in the treatment of paediatric severe asthma. Aim To describe the real-life effectiveness of biologic agents in ...

Objectives It is mandatory for all Western Australian (WA) EDs to complete injury proformas for all children under 2 years presenting with an injury. At Bunbury Regional Hospital (BRH), this is termed ...

Methods This review has done at the pediatric ICU unit, from January to December 2022. 36 participants with ages from 7 to 12 years. All were admitted to PICU with moderate to severe Diabetic ...

Objectives Cerebral palsy (CP) is a common cause of lifelong physical disability. Children with CP are at increased risk of hip displacement, and it may progress from silent subluxation to painful ...

Objectives The climate crisis is a leading threat to the well being of children globally. In November 2022, we, International Child Health Group (ICHG), ran an international virtual conference ...

Results 29 patients (52% Male, median age 8 years) were included in the study. A1555G testing at the PTC was done in 75% of eligible patients. All patients screened were negative. Only 19 patients (65 ...