Introduction Criteria-led discharges (CLDs) and inpatient care pathways (ICPs) aim to standardise care and improve efficiency by allowing patients to be discharged on fulfilment of discharge criteria. This narrative systematic review aims to summarise the evidence for use of CLDs and discharge criteria in ICPs for paediatric inpatients with asthma, and summarise the evidence for each discharge…
Deferring cord clamping (DCC) at birth reduces mortality in preterm infants by around a third.1 This extraordinary reduction in mortality occurs in babies of all…
In 2015, both the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association neonatal resuscitation guidelines recommended delayed cord clamping (DCC) for term and preterm neonates.…
The largest randomised controlled trial (RCT) of neonatal caffeine therapy, the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) trial, evaluated caffeine citrate at a loading dose…
Objective To compare reintubation rates after planned extubation and unplanned extubation (UE) in patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), to analyse risk factors for…
An infant was delivered vaginally at 37+2 weeks gestation, weighing 2620 g. Her antenatal course was uncomplicated. She was noted at delivery to have hyperextended knees…
In the United Kingdom (UK), preschool wheeze is usually defined as occurring in children aged one to five years old. Prevalence studies report a third of…
Objective Women with sickle cell disease (SCD) have adverse maternal and infant outcomes. Our aim was to determine whether the outcomes of SCD mothers and…
Objective To evaluate the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme-led inpatient beta-lactam allergy de-labelling programme using a direct oral provocation test (OPT). Design One-year quality…
Objective To evaluate the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme-led inpatient beta-lactam allergy de-labelling programme using a direct oral provocation test (OPT). Design One-year quality…
Parasitic infections and the medications used to treat them may be unfamiliar to many paediatricians. Parasitic infections, however, are not uncommonly seen in children in…
