Archives of Disease in Childhood

Papers
(The median citation count of Archives of Disease in Childhood is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
P01 Reducing Interruptions during administration of medicines to children159
P20 Child presenting with paroxysmal atrio-ventricular heart block, a multi-disciplinary team approach82
What about positive childhood experiences?70
Accuracy of point-of-care testing for the diagnosis of respiratory pathogens in a paediatric intensive care setting58
Incidence, aetiology and neurodisability associated with severe microcephaly: a national surveillance study54
SP3 Optimising prescribing of medicines to children by formulary interface pharmacists51
Consent and assent in paediatric practice: it’s the conversation that matters37
Research on child and adolescent health in low- and middle-income countries in 2023–202433
Correction:Can I go home now? The safety and efficacy of a new UK paediatric febrile neutropenia protocol for risk-stratified early discharge on oral antibiotics32
Highlights from the literature31
Data handling practices and commercial features of apps related to children: a scoping review of content analyses30
What is the optimal antibiotic therapy for the treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children?27
Rising Kawasaki disease incidence in New Zealand: analysis of national population incidence and outcomes 2000–201726
Urethroliths – a rare complication of urethral reconstruction25
Myanmar paediatricians during military coup: we strike and survive24
Advancing the conversation around blended diets for gastrostomy-fed children24
Paediatric hospital antimicrobial guidelines: a national UK review24
Atoms24
Role of the medical examiner service in children and young people’s deaths23
Access to evidence-based treatments for young people with body dysmorphic disorder22
Sexually transmitted infections in suspected child sexual abuse22
Improved paediatric antimicrobial prescribing with a smartphone application: a before and after interventional study21
Paediatric health-related quality of life in congenital cytomegalovirus21
Rifampin urinary excretion to predict serum targets in children with tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study20
Improving clinical competence with LGBTQ+ patients in the paediatric emergency department: an education intervention study20
Legg-Calve-Perthes’ disease: an opportunity to prevent blindness?20
Role of overnight oximetry in assessing the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea in typically developing children: a multicentre study20
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians20
Management of nocturnal enuresis: changes over a century20
Analysis of guideline recommendations for treatment of asthma exacerbations in children: a Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) study19
Effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers to improve cognitive outcomes in children at 0–36 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis19
P01 Audit of labinic probiotics on the neonatal unit18
More than asthma: a case for revisiting a diagnosis18
Screening parents of children with a chronic condition for mental health problems: a systematic review18
P03 Paracetamol dosing in hospitalised children – a national survey17
P14 Identification of prescribing errors in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): an audit17
Highlights from the literature17
Compatibility of pentoxifylline injection with syringe and inline filters16
Rehydration strategies in infants and children with acute gastroenteritis refusing or not tolerating an oral fluid challenge16
Obesity and dental caries in childhood: trends in prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities—a multicohort population-wide data linkage study16
Atoms16
Caregiver knowledge and attitudes relating to paediatric pneumonia and antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study16
Survival, hospitalisation and surgery in children born with Pierre Robin sequence: a European population-based cohort study16
Severe accidental poisonings in children: a British Paediatric Surveillance Unit nationwide prospective study15
Infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic have less interest in masked faces than unmasked faces15
Do proton pump inhibitors reduce gastrointestinal complication when starting long-term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs therapy?15
Invasive bacterial infection in children with fever and petechial rash in the emergency department: a national prospective observational study15
Early detection of gastrointestinal polyps and neoplasia following radiation for childhood-onset cancer15
‘Fighting every day’: exploring caregiver quality of life and perspectives on healthcare services for children with dementia – a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study14
Freiherr von Münchhausen and the two syndromes bearing his name14
Relationship between oscillatory volume and oscillatory pressure in neonatal high-frequency oscillatory ventilators: an in vitro study14
Life outcomes after paediatric kidney transplantation: a qualitative, biographical study in long-term survivors13
Long COVID in children and adolescents. What is it?13
‘A useful space’, ‘Real steep learning’: professionals’ perspectives on new models of integrated care for children and young people in North West London13
Management of paediatric elbow injuries, where is the equipoise? A UK and Ireland wide international survey of practice13
Is honey an effective adjunct to conventional analgesic agents for children post-tonsillectomy?13
Simplifying CFTR modulation therapy in cystic fibrosis13
Acute kidney injury after treatment of paracetamol overdose using new N-acetylcysteine guideline13
Meta-analysis of donor–recipient gender profile in paediatric living donor liver transplantation13
The climate crisis is also a child rights crisis12
There’s science… and then there might be policy change…12
National consensus to develop core outcomes for the evaluation of complications from excess weight (CEW) clinics: results of a national Delphi process12
Does the use of diazoxide for hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia increase the risk of necrotising enterocolitis in neonates?12
External validation of a multivariable prediction model for identification of pneumonia and other serious bacterial infections in febrile immunocompromised children12
Ethnicity, child health and paediatric services12
Atoms11
SP8 Embedding ‘pill’ swallowing training across a UK School of pharmacy11
P13 Vitamin D preparations: what’s in the bottle?11
Increasing incidence of Kawasaki disease and associated coronary aneurysm in Aotearoa New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study11
The Dutch model for regulating paediatric euthanasia11
Highlights from the literature11
History of the regulation of the medical profession in Britain11
Invertase is an effective and cost-efficient alternative to sacrosidase oral solution for sucrase deficiency: a cohort study11
P40 Implementation of standard parenteral nutrition (PN) in a large tertiary neonatal service during COVID-19 pandemic – the considerations, the challenges and the lessons learnt11
For children admitted to hospital, what interventions improve medication safety on ward rounds? A systematic review11
Public awareness of childhood, teenager and young adult cancer signs and symptoms in Great Britain: a cross-sectional survey11
Features of the transposed seasonality of the 2021 RSV epidemic in the UK and Ireland: analysis of the first 10 000 patients11
General population screening for type 1 diabetes using islet autoantibodies at the preschool vaccination visit: a proof-of-concept study (the T1Early study)11
After the FEAST study11
28 Paediatric medication error prevention (PMEP) a tripartite alliance working together11
Intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, from prenatal diagnosis to postnatal outcome: a retrospective study10
Acute attacks of respiratory distress: moving from description to a personalised approach10
Stillbirths and neonatal deaths: a neglected global pandemic10
Safeguarding deaf children: how to make a VASST difference10
Outcomes in neonatal critical and non-critical aortic stenosis: a retrospective cohort study10
5 The perceived barriers and facilitators for model-informed dosing in pregnancy: a qualitative stakeholder analysis10
4 Risks associated with antidepressants in patients with hypertension during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study10
Behind the scenes: ADC in the 1980s10
Is shorter antibiotic treatment duration increasing the risk of relapse in paediatric acute focal bacterial nephritis?10
Allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics in children: predictors for a positive oral challenge test10
Gender services for children and adolescents across the EU-15+ countries: an online survey10
Can I go home now? The safety and efficacy of a new UK paediatric febrile neutropenia protocol for risk-stratified early discharge on oral antibiotics10
Design and evaluation of a visual genomic explainer: a mixed-methods study9
Feasibility of single question mental health surveillance in chronic disease9
Must the capacitous young person also be competent to provide consent for treatment and research?9
Improving standards for primary care for children and adolescents in Europe, Central Asia and beyond: the WHO Pocket Book of Primary health care for children and adolescents9
Prehospital paediatric trauma: equipping prehospital providers to deliver high-quality care9
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a biomarker of acute pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study9
Multifocal tuberculosis: a phenotype of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease9
Birth weight and school absences and attainment: a longitudinal linked cohort study of compulsory schooling in England9
Economic modelling of providing ‘spare’ adrenaline autoinjectors to all schools to improve the management of anaphylaxis8
To pre-round or not to pre-round?8
Machine learning forecasting for COVID-19 pandemic-associated effects on paediatric respiratory infections8
Psychosocial support interventions for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review8
Characteristics of children and adolescents referred to specialist gender services: a systematic review8
Paediatric cardiac donation following circulatory determination of death: where do we stand?8
Staff competence in caring for LGBTQ+ patients in the paediatric emergency department8
Paediatric NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Services pilot: an observational study8
Exploring interaction effects of social determinants of health with hospital admission type on academic performance: a data linkage study8
Acute asthma systematic review series8
Rate of invasive bacterial infection in recently vaccinated young infants with fever without source8
Disagreements over medical treatment8
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians8
P21 Evaluating the impact of pharmacist teaching to medical students on paediatric prescribing8
Deep brain stimulation in the management of movement disorders in childhood: a UK-wide cross-sectional study8
Masculinising and feminising hormone interventions for adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review8
Interventions to suppress puberty in adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review8
Characteristics and outcomes of children admitted to paediatric intensive care units with life-threatening pertussis infection in Great Britain 2023–20248
Cystic fibrosis transition from paediatric to adult care: international survey results7
Codesign and evaluation of advanced therapeutic information resources for and with families of children with neurological conditions: a mixed methods cross-sectional study7
Ethanol in biliary atresia7
Nasopharyngeal glial heterotopia, ectopic pituitary and craniopharyngeal canal7
SP4 Implementation of smart-pumps and standard concentration infusions across a paediatric hospital group – a training and evaluation model7
P06 Evaluating the novel role of the paediatric endocrine pharmacist7
High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin versus albumin 4% in paediatric toxic shock syndrome: a randomised controlled feasibility study7
Should we replace nail plates after repairing nail bed injuries in children?7
Highlights from the literature7
Variation in access and prescription of vedolizumab and ustekinumab in paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a UK-wide study7
Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys: a family matter7
Higher childhood pneumonia admission threshold remains in Lao PDR: an observational study7
P35 An evaluation of clopidogrel use in a children’s cardiology centre7
Effectiveness of nirsevimab immunoprophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus-related outcomes in hospital and primary care settings: a retrospective cohort study in infants in Catalonia (Spain)7
Can you treat non-severe tuberculosis with a shorter regimen?7
A retrospective case review of young people referred for paediatric critical care transport following self-harm or a suicide attempt, 2015–20227
Natural history of otitis media with effusion without hearing loss in children under 12 years: a systematic review7
CT coronary angiography in Kawasaki disease: current perspectives7
Atoms7
The global state of early child development: from epidemiology to interventions7
Race and ethnicity in clinical trials7
Eosinophilic oesophagitis – have we caused it?7
Two important paediatric intensive care studies: LongVentKids and Oxy-PICU7
High flow oxygen therapy6
Eczema: more treatments available6
P30 Improving the documentation of paediatric height/length for inpatients6
13 Feasibility of the pragmatic PBPK modelling approach – towards model-informed dosing in paediatric clinical care6
P43 Ketogenic diets – how can pharmacy help?6
Factors that may improve paediatric workplace-based assessments: an exploratory study6
Highlights from the literature6
Impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder on families6
Interventions in primary and community care to reduce urgent paediatric hospital admissions: systematic review6
Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study6
What is the significance of an accelerated BCG reaction in children?6
Hiding in plain sight: how the COVID-19 pandemic unmasked the autoinflammatory PFAPA syndrome lurking in our midst6
Does the measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide help asthma management?6
34 Attitudes of children and young people and their parents towards polypharmacy – pilot study6
P33 Patient/parent acceptability of different forms of oral hydrocortisone in congenital adrenal hyperplasia6
Penetrating e-bike handlebar injury6
GAPRUKI and PERUKI : community acquired pneumonia6
Eat, sleep and console model of care for managing infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome: a meta-analysis of observational studies6
Performance of blood enterovirus and parechovirus polymerase chain reaction testing in young febrile infants: a prospective multicentre observational study6
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians6
Unusual cause of ‘croup’6
Hazards of medical terminology from classical languages: it’s all Greek (and Latin) to me!6
18 In vitro investigation of vancomycin-induced kidney injury: development of a 2D cellular model6
Asthma carbon footprint6
P03 Leflunomide treatment for inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal failure caused by TTC7A deficiency6
SP5 ‘Favipiravir odyssey’ (respiratory syncytial virus treatment and monitoring in severe combined immunodeficiency)6
Safety, resource use and nutritional content of home-blended diets in children who are gastrostomy fed: findings from ‘YourTube’ – a prospective cohort study6
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown6
Clinical presentation of bone tumours in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Hypoxaemia definition in childhood based on arterial oxygen saturation obtained with a pulse oximeter: a retrospective study6
Families’ experiences of central-line infection in children: a qualitative study5
Does the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) improve umbilical venous catheter (UVC) positioning in neonates?5
Interrupted time series analysis of admissions before and after introduction of rapid review clinics in two centres5
National recommendations for the management of children and young people with IgA vasculitis: a best available evidence, group agreement-based approach5
Evolution of paediatric eating disorders in Singapore: a historical cohort study5
Potential bed-day savings and caregiver perspectives of transitioning hospital-level management of infants with bronchiolitis to the home: a mixed-methods study5
P04 Clinical pharmacists’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of paediatric clinical pharmacy services in Hong Kong5
Can we distinguish the consequences of early maltreatment on child behaviour from idiopathic autism?5
Preventing food allergy fatalities5
Clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent Kawasaki disease: a nationwide cohort study of 19 456 patients with minimum 3-year follow up5
Vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury epidemiology in children: a systematic review5
Salbutamol safety in children under 2 years of age with acute wheezing: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials5
Supporting parents of children born with differences in sex development5
Identification and treatment of neurodevelopmental and mental disorders in boys and adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a cohort study5
37 Deprescribing long acting beta2 agonists in children and adolescents with stable asthma: a systematic review5
Oral liquid medicines for children: the issues of choice5
Courts guiding doctors: declaring clinical practice in advance5
Sexually transmitted infections5
Author index5
Protecting patients against clinician bias5
Medication errors involving intravenous paracetamol in children: experience from enquiries to the National Poisons Information Service5
Changing contexts of child health: an assessment of unmet physical, psychological and social needs of children with common chronic childhood illness5
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians5
Patient and carer priorities for research and clinical care of children with Down syndrome5
Diagnosing PFAPA during the COVID-19 era: clarity during quarantine5
Highlights from the literature5
Surrogacy: of Byzantine complexity5
P24 Primary pharmaceutical care and young people: exploring young people perspectives5
Group-based parent training programme for children with neurological conditions: a feasibility study5
Epidemiology of gender dysphoria and gender incongruence in children and young people attending primary care practices in England: retrospective cohort study5
Cutaneous cytomegalovirus mimicking mpox in an immunocompromised infant4
Atoms4
Nationwide, couple-based genetic carrier screening4
P38 An audit of excipients of one manufacturer’s unlicensed liquid preparations in a tertiary paediatric hospital4
Long-term evaluation of faecal calprotectin levels in a European cohort of children with cystic fibrosis4
36 Mapping variation between national and local clinical practice guidelines for acute paediatric asthma from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands4
Atoms4
Cost of childhood severe pneumonia management in selected public inpatient care facilities in Bangladesh: a provider perspective4
Management of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: a scoping review with advice on initial management4
To define reference ranges for the 3% and 4% mean desaturation nadir in healthy children under 12 years: observational study using oximetry motion-resistant technology4
Birth prevalence of anorectal malformations in England and 5-year survival: a national birth cohort study4
Patients’ and carers’ views and the importance of ethnicity, diversity and inclusion in research priority settings4
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in children—incidence and trends in detection, presentation and management4
Falling enthusiasm for paediatrics in South Korea: it couldn’t happen here. Could it?4
Socioeconomic barriers preventing children and young people living with long-term health conditions from achieving optimal outcomes4
Adherence to the 2015 and 2020 British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes guidelines and outcomes in critically ill children with diabetic ketoacidosis: a retrospective cohort study4
Language ability and virtual mental healthcare utilisation among immigrant and refugee youth: a population-based cohort study4
Parents seeking treatment overseas4
Role of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of acute preschool wheeze4
One-to-one counselling and school attendance in the UK: a single group pre-post study4
Informed consent and assent guide for paediatric clinical trials in Europe4
Epidemiology and mapping of child road casualties4
19 The inflammation in the pathology of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis4
Trends in weight loss attempts among children in England4
Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on commercial milk formula marketing in the UK: a qualitative study4
Impact of childhood burns on academic performance: a matched population-based cohort study4
Cerebriform nevus sebaceous in an infant: an unusual age of presentation4
Technical response to the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacist Group’s proposal to standardise intravenous infusion concentrations for children in the UK4
New oral polio vaccines type 24
Acute rheumatic fever in the UK and Ireland: a BPSU surveillance study4
Rituximab treatment in children with IgA vasculitis nephritis: a case series of an international cohort4
History of paediatric genetics: 100 years of scientific progress and ethical challenges4
Mental health of caregivers of children with medical complexity: group-based trajectory modelling4
Delabelling penicillin allergy is not rocket science4
Procalcitonin: confusing4
Triage tools in the paediatric emergency department4
Diet and development among children aged 36–59 months in low-income countries4
P27 The accuracy of tablet splitting to provide appropriate paediatric enalapril doses4
Child poverty and health inequalities in the UK: a guide for paediatricians4
Holistic approach to gender questioning children and young people4
Associations of excessive internet use, sleep duration and physical activity with school absences: a cross-sectional, population-based study of adolescents in years 8 and 94
Spotting childhood abdominal tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical presentation4
Complications of paediatric kidney transplantation: a paediatrician’s review4
Recurrent themes from paediatric mortality and morbidity: a network perspective 2021–20234
Use of inhaled/nebulised ipratropium bromide in addition to standard first-line treatment with inhaled/nebulised short-acting beta 2-agonist and systemic steroid in the management of acute asthma exac4
Pharmacogenomics and asthma treatment: acceptability to children, families and healthcare professionals4
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians4
Pain in children with Bell’s palsy: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial4
UK-ROX. What an incredible randomised controlled study4
0.56986594200134