We encounter, occasionally, parents who are incapable of making medical decisions on behalf of their incompetent or ...

The hierarchy of evidence in assessing the effectiveness of interventions or treatments is explained, and the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, the randomised controlled ...

Objectives Background As per the 2023 National Trainees survey, over two-thirds of trainees said they always or often feel worn out at the end of the working day. Objective We tried to understand the ...

Aim DRC software aims to reduce dosing errors,1 however, it has been linked to ‘alert fatigue’, a phenomenon which causes prescribers to potentially override alerts despite being clinically relevant.2 ...

Objectives Historically diagnoses of Trisomy 13 (T13) and Trisomy 18 (T18) have been associated with a very poor prognosis. Median survival of full T18 is 14days, T13 is 10days and 3-month survival is ...

Objectives Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) often co-exist with a wider range of emotional, behavioural, and intellectual disorders, collectively grouped together as NDEBID. The commonest NDD are ...

Child health research is considered essential to paediatric training. However, due to service provision demands and workforce planning, research capacity within paediatric consultant contracts is ...

Objectives 1. To determine if the clinical indication and duration of antibiotics are documented on drug charts in 100% of patients. 2. Review of antibiotics at 48 hours and action plan documented on ...

Objectives Childhood obesity rates are unacceptably high in the UK. The most recent survey found that almost 10% of preschool children have obesity, rising to 23% in year 6.1 Unhealthy dietary ...