2 Department of Neurology, Room 146, Atkinson Morley Wing, St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London Correspondence to Mary Robertson, Department of Neurology, Room 146, Atkinson Morley Wing, St ...
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare condition where intracranial hypertension is found in the context of normal brain parenchyma and no mass lesion, ventriculomegaly, underlying ...
1 Academic Unit of Child Health, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr David King, Academic ...
Codeine is a drug that until recently was widely used in children. It was endorsed by the WHO as the second step on the analgesic ladder for cancer pain and has been used routinely for postoperative ...
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Hyperkalaemia can lead to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. A good understanding of the physiological basis of management can help us rationalise treatment and reduce plasma potassium levels ...
Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...
Correspondence to Dr Manish Prasad, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; m.prasad{at}nhs.net Paroxysmal non-epileptic events (PNEs) are common, and ...
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 ...
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Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common single cause of viral encephalitis in infants and children. Treated or untreated, it can be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, ...