Background pGALS (paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs and Spine) is a paediatric musculoskeletal (pMSK) screening examination validated for use in school-aged children [1], aimed at medical students. It is envisaged that pGALS will improve clinical skills and facilitate access to specialist care. Our aim was to assess the validity of pGALS in student hands and compare it to assessment by a consultant p...

Department of Paediatric Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Department of Paediatric Urology, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, UK Department of Alternative Medicine, PGICHR, Rajkot, India Department of Paediatric Urology, PGICHR and Om Urology Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat, I...

Background The paediatric flat foot is a frequent presentation in clinical practice, a common concern to parents and continues to be debated. As an entity, it is confused by varied classifications, the notion of well-intended prevention and unsubstantiated, if common, treatment [1]. The paediatric flat foot proforma (p-FFP) is a standardized framework from which to evaluate the paediatric flat ...

An odontoid fracture leading to Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is an uncommon condition with only seven cases reported to date. To our knowledge, there are no reports of occurrence in paediatric patients. We report a paediatric odontoid fracture leading to Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) with satisfactory recovery following surgical treatment. Odontoid fractures may lead to Brown-Sequard syndrome in...

BACKGROUND Many ocular medications are prescribed for paediatric patients, but the evidence for their rational use is very scant. This study was planned to compare the availability and the licensing status of ocular medications marketed in Italy, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States of America (USA) related to the amount of published and un-published RCTs testing these drugs in the pa...

A global epidemic of paediatric obesity occurred in recent years, and prevalence of obesity is continuing to rise. In the developed world obesity is now the most common disease of childhood and adolescence. Paediatric obesity is not a cosmetic issue, being associated with a significant burden of ill health both for obese children and for adults who were obese as children. Health professionals t...

1Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań, Poland 2Chair and 1st Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wrocław Medical University, Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Hospital in Wrocław, Poland 3Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, ...

Summary The development of analgesic interventions in paediatric surgical patients is often limited by the inherent difficulties of conducting large randomized clinical trials to test interventions in those patients. Regional anaesthesia is a valid strategy to improve postoperative pain in the adult surgical population, but the effects of regional anaesthesia on postoperative pain outcomes in p...

BACKGROUND Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for childhood cancer can result in a decreased reproductive function. It is therefore important that paediatric oncologists discuss the possible impact of treatment on female fertility and available fertility preservation options with their patients. However, it is unknown what Dutch paediatric oncologists know about of the effect of cancer treatment on ...

BACKGROUND Paediatric cardiac services in Nigeria have been perceived to be inadequate but no formal documentation of availability and distribution of facilities and services has been done. OBJECTIVE To evaluate and document the currently available paediatric cardiac services in Nigeria. METHODS In this questionnaire-based, cross-sectional descriptive study, an audit was undertaken from Jan...