Paediatrics and Child Health at BMJ

19/09/2025

Child death in the emergency department: experience from a 10-year retrospective review

Sudden unexpected deaths (26%), infections (24%) and acute medical or surgical conditions (16%) were leading causes. Parents present during resuscitation 83% of cases
https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/16/archdischild-2025-329375

18/09/2025

Review
A vaccine emergency—when to overrule parental refusal of vaccination at birth for prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus?
https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/08/archdischild-2025-328641

17/09/2025

Validating the PECARN rule to identify febrile infants at low risk of serious bacterial infections: international validation study

PECARN demonstrated high NPV (similar to the derivation cohort) and high potential in ruling out SBIs in two new European cohorts. The rule maintained good performance with CRP instead of PCT, supporting the potential use of CRP in settings where PCT is unavailable.
https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/10/archdischild-2024-328246

16/09/2025

Archimedes
Massive transfusion protocols: do they have a role in neonatal intensive care units?

In neonates, what is the impact of implementing neonatal massive transfusion protocols for resuscitation compared with physician-directed therapy/standard of care on morbidity, mortality and other relevant outcomes?
https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/09/archdischild-2025-329130

15/09/2025

Ethics and law for clinical practice
The fetus: still beyond the reach of the court

Interesting 2025 English legal case where high chance a pregnant mother has HIV, but mother refused testing of herself and baby after delivery

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14/09/2025

New dosing regimen of oral iron for iron deficiency anaemia in children
Once per day or alternate days is as effective, fewer side effects, and may increase compliance

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13/09/2025

Predicting long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes for children born very preterm: a systematic review
https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/03/archdischild-2025-328891

12/09/2025

'Children in Conflict Settings'
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12/09/2025

Herpes in unwell mother and baby pairs: multicentre case series of 6 pairs 2014–2023 🇬🇧
3/6 Mothers ITU
3/6 Infants Died

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11/09/2025

Screening for pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
More detection with more screening beyond 36 weeks
Single centre retrospective cohort 🇺🇸 https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/05/archdischild-2024-328405

10/09/2025

Parent and practitioner experiences of opt-out consent in neonatal intensive care: mixed methods study within a trial

Supported if low risk and timed right (not during labour or soon after birth)

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09/09/2025

Epilogue
If it is not a bruise, what else could it be?
Tricky area of paediatrics - well, normal bloods, incidentally noticed in toddler
(Parental consent obtained)
https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2025/08/31/archdischild-2025-329012