Correspondence to Dr Niamh O'Flaherty, Department of Microbiology, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland; oflahertyz{at}yahoo.com Central venous catheter (CVC) tip cultures are useful in the ...

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1 Department of Child Health, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, Kent, UK Cardiac contraction is associated with electricity, ...

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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 ...

Objectives The London School of Paediatrics (LSP) surveys trainees annually regarding their training placements. There is a wide variation in satisfaction. We explored the last 5 years of data to ...

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Neonatal bradycardia is characterised by a heart rate below 80 bpm, irrespective of gestational age. It is generally self-resolving but, in some cases, represents an underlying pathology which may be ...

A 3-year-old female was admitted for 2 days of fever and coryzal symptoms. She had three previous episodes of upper respiratory tract infection but no known immunodeficiency or history of aspiration.

1 Guy’s, King’s & St Thomas’ School of Medicine, Kings College London, London, UK 2 University Hospital Lewisham, NHS Trust and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 3 South ...

Vaccination is a proven, highly effective intervention to protect against potentially serious infectious diseases. UK vaccine uptake rates are high overall, but considerable variation exists within ...