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Foreign body ingestion in children
Gagging, choking, vomiting and refractory wheezes are classic signs that children may have ingested foreign bodies
Little voice: giving young patients a say
How a patient experience questionnaire for young outpatients was developed
An infant with intussusception
Vomiting, abdominal pain and blood in stools are the classic triad that should alert nurses to the possibility of intussusception in a child
Complex febrile seizures in children
A thorough clinical examination and a detailed history are vital to ensure prompt support of children presenting with febrile seizures
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Sedation for infants and children
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Intravenous antibiotics in cystic fibrosis
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Why do patients fail to follow long-term treatment?
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Managing idiopathic constipation in children
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Community acquired pneumonia in a three year old child: dealing with a difficult case
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NICE’s first guideline on idiopathic childhood constipation and its implications for nurses
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An accessible website to boost independence in young people with physical impairments
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Enabling school staff to undertake clean intermittent catheterisation
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Solving soiling problems needs collaboration between family, health and education services
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One step at a time: how to toilet train children with learning disabilities
News
Zinc supplements 'can reduce child pneumonia death rate'
Young children with pneumonia should be prescribed zinc supplements to substantially reduce their risk of dying, a study suggests.
Teenagers should get meningitis C booster
A significant change is likely in the routine schedule for meningitis C vaccination, following new recommendations from government advisors.
Shock in children after vaccination 'extremely rare'
Anaphylactic shock following vaccination is “extremely rare,” according to research by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Olympic campaign helps nurses promote lifestyle changes for over 50s
A new campaign has been launched to help nurses encourage patients over the age of 55 to be more active.
Redefining 'autism' will leave many without treatment
Plans to change the definition of “autism” may exclude some patients and their families from receiving health, education and social services, according to Autism Eye.
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Report finds too few health visitors in Croydon
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New food guidelines for children
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Video shows health visiting is 'not just weighing babies'
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Extending flu jab to children would slash 'clinical burden of influenza'
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HPA warns children must be protected against whooping cough
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NICE issues infant infection guidance
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Sticking tightly to asthma regimen key to cutting severe attack risk
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Crowded A&Es deliver less effective pain relief for children
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Hospital's infection control praised
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Abortion 'does not raise mental health risks'
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How it was fifty years ago
Watching some episodes of Melvyn Bragg’s series ‘Reel History’ on BBC television recently about the start of the NHS and the opening of the M1 Motorway, I was reminded of the time I was driven by ambulance on the newly constructed M1 Motorway from London to Birmingham when I was working as a staff nurse at the Bedford General Hospital in 1959.
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Behind the Headlines
Deodorant chemical 'found in breast tumours'
“Chemical found in deodorants, face cream and food products is discovered in tumours of ALL breast cancer patients”, reported the Daily Mail.
