TOPLINE: In a cohort study, 49% of children treated with antiseizure medications (ASMs) developed leucopenia. Most episodes (88%) were mild, with no life-threatening episodes or deaths […]

TOPLINE: Moderately preterm birth independently predicted lower cognitive scores in late childhood. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study analysed how gestational age affects cognition in children aged 9-10 […]

TOPLINE: According to a new study, children with urinary incontinence (UI) had worsening emotional problems over time, and changes in emotional problems predicted the risk for […]

TOPLINE: Higher ozone exposure in the first 2 years of life was associated with increased odds of developing asthma and wheeze at age 4-6 years, even […]

TOPLINE: A 27-year active surveillance study of 5222 UK children identified six children with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD); the last two children developed symptoms in 2000 […]

TOPLINE:  Artificial intelligence (AI) accurately detected paediatric fractures and modestly improved the diagnostic accuracy of inexperienced physicians in the emergency department (ED), a study found; however, […]

TOPLINE:  In children with febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs), individualised antibiotic treatment stopping at 3 days after the achievement of adequate clinical improvement compared with the […]