Elizabeth O'Mahony, Helen Bedford, Robin Marlow, Susan M Sherman, Elizabeth Whittaker, Felicity Fitzgerald
{"title":"Fifteen-minute consultation: Should I get my child the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine?","authors":"Elizabeth O'Mahony, Helen Bedford, Robin Marlow, Susan M Sherman, Elizabeth Whittaker, Felicity Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327700","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recently recommended the introduction of the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine into the UK's routine childhood immunisation schedule. This was previously only available to a small group of eligible children or through private healthcare providers. Engaging families in conversations around vaccines is recognised as important for informed decision-making, and professionals leading these discussions need to be confident and well-informed. This article aims to provide an overview of the evidence behind the decision to introduce varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, and addresses anticipated questions.</p>","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"159-163"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RCPCH guideline review: guidance for refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people.","authors":"Nina Tanna, Hannah Jacob","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326104","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"164-167"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142333014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practical guide to the use of medicines in paediatric sleep disorders.","authors":"Heather E Elphick, Moira Gibbons, Hemant Kulkarni","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327011","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"168-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Rodrigues, Dayna Rosenthal, Felicity Katz, Urshla Devalia, Mariana Fonseca
{"title":"Public health for paediatricians: what do paediatricians need to know about oral health promotion?","authors":"Sarah Rodrigues, Dayna Rosenthal, Felicity Katz, Urshla Devalia, Mariana Fonseca","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327199","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"151-158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amelia Isadora Alice Hardy, Lesley Tetlow, Leena Patel, Indraneel Banerjee
{"title":"Thyroid function test interpretation for general paediatricians.","authors":"Amelia Isadora Alice Hardy, Lesley Tetlow, Leena Patel, Indraneel Banerjee","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327932","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327932","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A thyroid function test (TFT) is a common investigation, often undertaken by general paediatricians and general practitioners. TFT involves the measurement of serum free thyroxine (fT4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) to guide the diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, requiring treatment with medications such as levothyroxine (LT4) and carbimazole. Thyroid hormones play a crucial role in early life neurodevelopment; therefore, the correct interpretation of TFT is required to optimise treatment outcomes. TFT needs to be contextualised to influencing factors such as intercurrent illness, diet, presence of obesity, assay interference and non-adherence to treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"180-185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob Christopher Sutton Reading, Martin Smith, Robin Joseph, Sithara Ramdas
{"title":"Neonatal encephalopathy: when the diagnosis is not hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.","authors":"Jacob Christopher Sutton Reading, Martin Smith, Robin Joseph, Sithara Ramdas","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-326891","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-326891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) presents as reduced consciousness, often with seizures, abnormal tone, feeding and respiratory difficulties. The most common cause is secondary to a hypoxic-ischaemic event. However, there are many important diagnoses that can also present as NE, so-called 'hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) mimics'. This paper, aimed at paediatric trainees, aims to describe clinical situations in which a diagnosis other than HIE should be suspected, the differential diagnoses to consider and appropriate investigations.</p>","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"144-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us.","authors":"Chris Zielinski","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2025-329056","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2025-329056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12322475/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epistle.","authors":"Neelam Gupta","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2025-329328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329328","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":"110 4","pages":"143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144669049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing: a guideline review.","authors":"Mercy Murinye-Magwenzi, Atanu Mukherjee","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2025-328485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-328485","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55471,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144592991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}