Paediatrics and Child Health at BMJ

17/10/2025

Real-world utility of diagnostic gene panels for childhood short stature and pituitary hormone deficiency in the UK

Yield of 8% for both panels https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/13/archdischild-2025-329250

16/10/2025

🚨⚠️ Peer-review training

Join Dr Nick Brown, Editor-in-Chief of ADC, in this insightful free video series designed for early-career researchers and reviewers. Sharing practical advice on manuscript preparation, peer review, and publishing success. Co-produced with Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

In this series, we explore various aspects of leadership in paediatrics and child health. Through honest conversations with inspiring clinicians, healthcare professionals, and thought leaders, we discuss the challenges, successes, and pivotal moments that shape their leadership in paediatrics and ch...

15/10/2025

What happens when we just stop high dose steroids without short synacthen tests in children?
A retrospective cohort shows not a lot - maybe depend on support infrastructure https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/13/archdischild-2025-328917

14/10/2025

Viewpoint - Variability in the use of therapeutic hypothermia in neonates across Europe

Not a harmless intervention. Guidelines creeping in broadening its use beyond what was tested in RCTs https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/05/archdischild-2025-329513

13/10/2025

Does umbilical cord management strategies influence risk of IVH in preterm neonates?
ICC, DCC, I-UCM, C-UCM, ICS etc - makes no difference

Systematic review and meta-analysis https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/05/archdischild-2025-329006

12/10/2025

PICC lines will move when a neonate's limb is moved
Median 13.5 mm when hip is flexed
Prospective POCUS observational study https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/05/archdischild-2025-328992

11/10/2025

Spotting childhood abdominal tumours: Systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical presentations

"Abdominal mass, swelling and distension with or without pain"
Doctors still need their examination skills https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/05/archdischild-2025-329097

10/10/2025

Male circumcision for religious or cultural practice = Non-therapeutic male circumcision (NTMC)

What should minimum standards be for professionals carrying them out? Editorial https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/05/archdischild-2025-329019

09/10/2025

Boys and White British heritage more likely to receive ADHD diagnosis than girls and South Asian heritage or other ethnicities. School entry assessments can help signal possible ADHD

Data from Connected Bradford https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/08/archdischild-2025-329285

08/10/2025

Editorial
Parent reports as developmental outcome measures in neonatal trials: the way forward?
Can be cost-effective, need well tested age standardised tools
https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/25/archdischild-2025-328570

07/10/2025

What's impact of varying the duration of apnoea before backup ventilation during nCPAP in extremely preterm infants
Single-centre randomised cross-over trial 🇩🇪
https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/26/archdischild-2025-328734

06/10/2025

Guideline review
Urinary tract infection (recurrent): antimicrobial prescribing (NICE NG112)
Last updated 2024 - what's new, what's out, and what's missing
https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/30/archdischild-2025-328991