The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) has become a ubiquitously used technique in medicine as a marker of systemic illness. The test involves placing anticoagulated whole blood into an upright test ...

Sarah Rodrigues, Dayna Rosenthal, Felicity Katz, Urshla Devalia, Mariana Fonseca ...

Making the decision as to whether an injury is a result of child abuse or not is stressful for both the family involved and the clinical team. It is not a decision that is taken lightly, and with an ...

Sleep-related issues are common reasons children present to health professionals. Many factors can adversely affect sleep quality, and there are many associations of inadequate sleep, including ...

One-fifth of children in hospitals are undernourished. Ignorance of undernourishment results in poorer outcomes for those children: longer hospital stays, complications and readmission.1 Nutritional ...

One week after receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) immunisation, 14 month old Kate developed a non-pruritic “blotchy” erythematous macular rash. The rash was present over the proximal ...

Clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 is a gene-editing technology causing a major upheaval in biomedical research. It makes it possible to correct errors in the genome and ...

A low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) is a common finding especially in neonates who are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Due to the varied causes that can lead to neonatal ...

Pica is defined as the persistent ingestion of non-nutritive substances for more than 1 month at an age at which this behaviour is deemed inappropriate. It occurs most commonly in children, in ...

Fifteen-minute consultation: A guide to paediatric post-resuscitation care following return of spontaneous circulation (8 August, 2024) Free ...

The use of data to challenge and improve healthcare has a long and distinguished history but has often failed to bring about expected improvements. It has never become fully embedded in clinical ...

Measurement of cerebrospinal fluid pressure through lumbar puncture (LP) manometry is an essential practical skill all paediatricians should possess competency in. The ability to perform manometry is ...