Archives of Disease in Childhood

Learning from the past, structuring the future: using large language models to unlock a century of paediatric research in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Background and aims The centenary of Archives of Disease in Childhood ( ADC ) presents an opportunity to reflect on a century ...
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‘Funny turns’ in children: the long history of a paediatric conundrum

Jean Aicardi In paediatric practice, the term ‘funny turn’ is commonly used to refer to a child presenting with paroxysmal episodes of transient loss of consciousness, blank staring, unusual behaviour ...
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Assisted infant toilet training and the prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders up to the age of 9 months: a randomised, controlled trial

Background It is suggested that late initiation of toilet training contributes to functional gastrointestinal disorders in children. This study aims to evaluate if assisted infant toilet training can ...
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Helping parents after a traumatic paediatric intensive care admission

Despite a wealth of studies demonstrating that a significant minority of parents are affected psychologically by their child’s admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), there is still little ...
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RCPCH incubator: a new model for building open, sustainable digital health

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Correction: Puberty blockers for gender dysphoria in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis ...
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Patterns of burns and scalds in children

Early Years Research Programme, Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Professor Alison Mary Kemp, Institute of Primary Care and ...
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Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns

1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, ...
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Too many digits: the presentation of numerical data

Correspondence to Professor T J Cole, Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK; tim.cole{at}ucl.ac.uk Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't ...
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Breast feeding, bottle feeding, and non-nutritive sucking; effects on occlusion in deciduous dentition

1 Ambulatory Paediatrician, Local Health Unit “Salerno 1”, Campania Region, Italy 2 Paediatric Dentistry, Local Health Unit “Salerno 1”, Campania Region, Italy 3 Chief of Epidemiology Unit, Local ...
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What reduction in BMI SDS is required in obese adolescents to improve body composition and cardiometabolic health?

Objective To study the impact of body mass index (BMI) SD score (SDS) improvement through lifestyle modification on metabolic risk and body composition over 12 months. Design Prospective cohort study.
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Reference ranges for plasma cystatin C and creatinine measurements in premature infants, neonates, and older children

AIM To establish a reference range in the paediatric population for the new glomerular filtration rate (GFR) marker, cystatin C, and to compare it with that of creatinine. METHODS Cystatin C and ...