Archives of Disease in Childhood

Papers
(The TQCC of Archives of Disease in Childhood is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
SP3 Optimising prescribing of medicines to children by formulary interface pharmacists150
Role of the medical examiner service in children and young people’s deaths99
Infantile haemangiomas and beta blockers89
What about positive childhood experiences?63
Screening parents of children with a chronic condition for mental health problems: a systematic review60
Sexually transmitted infections in suspected child sexual abuse52
Paediatric health-related quality of life in congenital cytomegalovirus47
Urethroliths – a rare complication of urethral reconstruction45
Atoms40
Paediatric hospital antimicrobial guidelines: a national UK review38
Improving clinical competence with LGBTQ+ patients in the paediatric emergency department: an education intervention study35
Risk factors for asthma attacks and poor control in children: a prospective observational study in UK primary care32
Role of overnight oximetry in assessing the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea in typically developing children: a multicentre study30
Accuracy of point-of-care testing for the diagnosis of respiratory pathogens in a paediatric intensive care setting27
Advancing the conversation around blended diets for gastrostomy-fed children27
Data handling practices and commercial features of apps related to children: a scoping review of content analyses27
Care bundles to reduce unplanned extubation in critically ill children: a systematic review, critical appraisal and meta-analysis27
Myanmar paediatricians during military coup: we strike and survive27
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians26
Incidence, aetiology and neurodisability associated with severe microcephaly: a national surveillance study22
What is the optimal antibiotic therapy for the treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children?22
P01 Reducing Interruptions during administration of medicines to children22
Research on child and adolescent health in low- and middle-income countries in 2023–202421
Consent and assent in paediatric practice: it’s the conversation that matters21
P20 Child presenting with paroxysmal atrio-ventricular heart block, a multi-disciplinary team approach21
Highlights from the literature20
Rising Kawasaki disease incidence in New Zealand: analysis of national population incidence and outcomes 2000–201720
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 antibiotics20
Rifampin urinary excretion to predict serum targets in children with tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study19
Access to evidence-based treatments for young people with body dysmorphic disorder19
Reappraising prone positioning for infants with Robin sequence: a cautionary tale19
Legg-Calve-Perthes’ disease: an opportunity to prevent blindness?18
Improved paediatric antimicrobial prescribing with a smartphone application: a before and after interventional study18
Why are children with asthma bullied? A risk factor analysis17
Examining the interseasonal resurgence of respiratory syncytial virus in Western Australia17
Analysis of guideline recommendations for treatment of asthma exacerbations in children: a Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) study17
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-analysis17
P01 Audit of labinic probiotics on the neonatal unit16
‘Fighting every day’: exploring caregiver quality of life and perspectives on healthcare services for children with dementia – a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study16
SP8 Embedding ‘pill’ swallowing training across a UK School of pharmacy16
Highlights from the literature16
Public awareness of childhood, teenager and young adult cancer signs and symptoms in Great Britain: a cross-sectional survey15
Highlights from the literature15
P03 Paracetamol dosing in hospitalised children – a national survey15
Severe accidental poisonings in children: a British Paediatric Surveillance Unit nationwide prospective study15
P14 Identification of prescribing errors in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): an audit15
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 survivors14
Compatibility of pentoxifylline injection with syringe and inline filters14
External validation of a multivariable prediction model for identification of pneumonia and other serious bacterial infections in febrile immunocompromised children14
Caregiver knowledge and attitudes relating to paediatric pneumonia and antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study14
Management of paediatric elbow injuries, where is the equipoise? A UK and Ireland wide international survey of practice14
Terry’s nails in an infant with liver cirrhosis14
Freiherr von Münchhausen and the two syndromes bearing his name14
Obesity and dental caries in childhood: trends in prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities—a multicohort population-wide data linkage study14
Invertase is an effective and cost-efficient alternative to sacrosidase oral solution for sucrase deficiency: a cohort study14
General population screening for type 1 diabetes using islet autoantibodies at the preschool vaccination visit: a proof-of-concept study (the T1Early study)14
Atoms13
Acute kidney injury after treatment of paracetamol overdose using new N-acetylcysteine guideline13
Early detection of gastrointestinal polyps and neoplasia following radiation for childhood-onset cancer13
Infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic have less interest in masked faces than unmasked faces13
Survival, hospitalisation and surgery in children born with Pierre Robin sequence: a European population-based cohort study13
Rehydration strategies in infants and children with acute gastroenteritis refusing or not tolerating an oral fluid challenge13
Do proton pump inhibitors reduce gastrointestinal complication when starting long-term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs therapy?13
Is honey an effective adjunct to conventional analgesic agents for children post-tonsillectomy?12
Are multiple births at greater risk for RSV-related hospitalisation compared with singletons?12
Invasive bacterial infection in children with fever and petechial rash in the emergency department: a national prospective observational study12
Should all infants with delayed umbilical cord separation be investigated for leucocyte adhesion deficiency?12
Legacy of COVID-19 infection in children: long-COVID will have a lifelong health/economic impact12
Long COVID in children and adolescents. What is it?12
Meta-analysis of donor–recipient gender profile in paediatric living donor liver transplantation12
When is the appropriate time to administer vaccines to an infant whose mother received anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) alpha immunosuppressants during pregnancy?12
Simplifying CFTR modulation therapy in cystic fibrosis12
History of the regulation of the medical profession in Britain11
For children admitted to hospital, what interventions improve medication safety on ward rounds? A systematic review11
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
Ethnicity, child health and paediatric services11
National consensus to develop core outcomes for the evaluation of complications from excess weight (CEW) clinics: results of a national Delphi process11
The climate crisis is also a child rights crisis11
Gender services for children and adolescents across the EU-15+ countries: an online survey11
Paediatric tic-like presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Features of the transposed seasonality of the 2021 RSV epidemic in the UK and Ireland: analysis of the first 10 000 patients11
Does the use of diazoxide for hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia increase the risk of necrotising enterocolitis in neonates?11
P13 Vitamin D preparations: what’s in the bottle?11
After the FEAST study11
Highlights from this issue11
There’s science… and then there might be policy change…11
Prehospital paediatric trauma: equipping prehospital providers to deliver high-quality care10
Birth weight and school absences and attainment: a longitudinal linked cohort study of compulsory schooling in England10
Masculinising and feminising hormone interventions for adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review10
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
Interventions to suppress puberty in adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review10
Validating clinical practice guidelines for the management of febrile infants presenting to the emergency department in the UK and Ireland10
The Dutch model for regulating paediatric euthanasia10
Stillbirths and neonatal deaths: a neglected global pandemic9
5 The perceived barriers and facilitators for model-informed dosing in pregnancy: a qualitative stakeholder analysis9
Characteristics of children and adolescents referred to specialist gender services: a systematic review9
High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin versus albumin 4% in paediatric toxic shock syndrome: a randomised controlled feasibility study9
Staff competence in caring for LGBTQ+ patients in the paediatric emergency department9
4 Risks associated with antidepressants in patients with hypertension during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study9
Psychosocial support interventions for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence: a systematic review9
P21 Evaluating the impact of pharmacist teaching to medical students on paediatric prescribing9
Is shorter antibiotic treatment duration increasing the risk of relapse in paediatric acute focal bacterial nephritis?9
28 Paediatric medication error prevention (PMEP) a tripartite alliance working together9
Allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics in children: predictors for a positive oral challenge test9
Intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, from prenatal diagnosis to postnatal outcome: a retrospective study9
Facemasks during COVID-19 and the importance of smiles in developmental assessment8
Machine learning forecasting for COVID-19 pandemic-associated effects on paediatric respiratory infections8
Interventions to reduce acute paediatric hospital admissions: a systematic review8
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a biomarker of acute pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study8
Feasibility of single question mental health surveillance in chronic disease8
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians8
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 adolescents8
Must the capacitous young person also be competent to provide consent for treatment and research?8
Design and evaluation of a visual genomic explainer: a mixed-methods study8
Rate of invasive bacterial infection in recently vaccinated young infants with fever without source8
Paediatric NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Services pilot: an observational study8
Multifocal tuberculosis: a phenotype of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease8
Bibliography of published COVID-19 in children literature8
P35 An evaluation of clopidogrel use in a children’s cardiology centre7
Increasing incidence of Kawasaki disease and associated coronary aneurysm in Aotearoa New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study7
To pre-round or not to pre-round?7
Outcomes in neonatal critical and non-critical aortic stenosis: a retrospective cohort study7
Highlights from the literature7
Variation in access and prescription of vedolizumab and ustekinumab in paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a UK-wide study7
Should we replace nail plates after repairing nail bed injuries in children?7
Can you treat non-severe tuberculosis with a shorter regimen?7
Acute attacks of respiratory distress: moving from description to a personalised approach7
Paediatric cardiac donation following circulatory determination of death: where do we stand?7
P06 Evaluating the novel role of the paediatric endocrine pharmacist7
Ethanol in biliary atresia7
Safety, resource use and nutritional content of home-blended diets in children who are gastrostomy fed: findings from ‘YourTube’ – a prospective cohort study7
Cystic fibrosis transition from paediatric to adult care: international survey results7
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
Exploring interaction effects of social determinants of health with hospital admission type on academic performance: a data linkage study7
SP4 Implementation of smart-pumps and standard concentration infusions across a paediatric hospital group – a training and evaluation model7
Atoms7
Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys: a family matter7
A retrospective case review of young people referred for paediatric critical care transport following self-harm or a suicide attempt, 2015–20227
Race and ethnicity in clinical trials7
High flow oxygen therapy6
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown6
Eosinophilic oesophagitis – have we caused it?6
The global state of early child development: from epidemiology to interventions6
Two important paediatric intensive care studies: LongVentKids and Oxy-PICU6
Highlights from the literature6
Interventions in primary and community care to reduce urgent paediatric hospital admissions: systematic review6
GAPRUKI and PERUKI : community acquired pneumonia6
Hiding in plain sight: how the COVID-19 pandemic unmasked the autoinflammatory PFAPA syndrome lurking in our midst6
Penetrating e-bike handlebar injury6
Categorising high-cost high-need children and young people6
Highlights from the literature6
Natural history of otitis media with effusion without hearing loss in children under 12 years: a systematic review6
CT coronary angiography in Kawasaki disease: current perspectives6
Performance of blood enterovirus and parechovirus polymerase chain reaction testing in young febrile infants: a prospective multicentre observational study6
Impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder on families6
Ethiopian paediatric oncology registry progress report: documentation practice improvements at tertiary care centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia6
Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study6
Families’ experiences of central-line infection in children: a qualitative study6
Vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury epidemiology in children: a systematic review6
Clinical management of complex motor stereotypies6
Bed-sharing is a risk for sudden unexpected death in infancy6
Clinical presentation of bone tumours in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Proposed changes to age assessment raise major safeguarding concerns for child refugees6
Codesign and evaluation of advanced therapeutic information resources for and with families of children with neurological conditions: a mixed methods cross-sectional study6
RSV bronchiolitis season 2021 has arrived, so be prepared!6
Nasopharyngeal glial heterotopia, ectopic pituitary and craniopharyngeal canal6
Higher childhood pneumonia admission threshold remains in Lao PDR: an observational study6
What is the significance of an accelerated BCG reaction in children?6
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians6
Factors that may improve paediatric workplace-based assessments: an exploratory study6
Hazards of medical terminology from classical languages: it’s all Greek (and Latin) to me!6
Unusual cause of ‘croup’6
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians5
P30 Improving the documentation of paediatric height/length for inpatients5
P03 Leflunomide treatment for inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal failure caused by TTC7A deficiency5
13 Feasibility of the pragmatic PBPK modelling approach – towards model-informed dosing in paediatric clinical care5
Interrupted time series analysis of admissions before and after introduction of rapid review clinics in two centres5
Viewpoint: digital paediatrics—so close yet so far away5
Social distancing measures for COVID-19 are changing winter season5
National recommendations for the management of children and young people with IgA vasculitis: a best available evidence, group agreement-based approach5
How to manage protracted bacterial bronchitis5
Does the measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide help asthma management?5
SP5 ‘Favipiravir odyssey’ (respiratory syncytial virus treatment and monitoring in severe combined immunodeficiency)5
Medication errors involving intravenous paracetamol in children: experience from enquiries to the National Poisons Information Service5
P43 Ketogenic diets – how can pharmacy help?5
Protecting patients against clinician bias5
Supporting parents of children born with differences in sex development5
Does the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) improve umbilical venous catheter (UVC) positioning in neonates?5
Socioeconomic barriers preventing children and young people living with long-term health conditions from achieving optimal outcomes5
Barriers to seeking timely treatment for severe childhood pneumonia in rural Bangladesh5
Patient and carer priorities for research and clinical care of children with Down syndrome5
Eczema: more treatments available5
Changing contexts of child health: an assessment of unmet physical, psychological and social needs of children with common chronic childhood illness5
Children’s confidentiality5
34 Attitudes of children and young people and their parents towards polypharmacy – pilot study5
P33 Patient/parent acceptability of different forms of oral hydrocortisone in congenital adrenal hyperplasia5
Epidemiology of gender dysphoria and gender incongruence in children and young people attending primary care practices in England: retrospective cohort study5
Salbutamol safety in children under 2 years of age with acute wheezing: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials5
Initial experience of the safety and tolerability of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-Bio-N-Tech) vaccine in extremely vulnerable children aged 12–15 years5
Priorities for child health research across the UK and Ireland5
Exercise training in paediatric congenital heart disease: fit for purpose?5
Delivering tertiary tuberculosis care virtually5
Clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent Kawasaki disease: a nationwide cohort study of 19 456 patients with minimum 3-year follow up5
Asthma carbon footprint5
18 In vitro investigation of vancomycin-induced kidney injury: development of a 2D cellular model5
Mental health of caregivers of children with medical complexity: group-based trajectory modelling4
Long-term evaluation of faecal calprotectin levels in a European cohort of children with cystic fibrosis4
Leucoderma and leucotrichia post stem cell transplant4
Highlights from the literature4
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
Evolution of paediatric eating disorders in Singapore: a historical cohort study4
Highlights from the literature4
Author index4
What is new in migraine management in children and young people?4
Potential bed-day savings and caregiver perspectives of transitioning hospital-level management of infants with bronchiolitis to the home: a mixed-methods study4
Falling enthusiasm for paediatrics in South Korea: it couldn’t happen here. Could it?4
Group-based parent training programme for children with neurological conditions: a feasibility study4
Can we distinguish the consequences of early maltreatment on child behaviour from idiopathic autism?4
Courts guiding doctors: declaring clinical practice in advance4
Sexually transmitted infections4
Acute rheumatic fever in the UK and Ireland: a BPSU surveillance study4
Recurrent themes from paediatric mortality and morbidity: a network perspective 2021–20234
19 The inflammation in the pathology of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis4
Collecting paediatric critical care transport data: key to understanding how times are changing4
P40 Are 2020 ECCO-ESPGHAN guidelines practiced in the care of children with crohn’s disease?4
P04 Clinical pharmacists’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of paediatric clinical pharmacy services in Hong Kong4
Managing challenges in congenital CMV: current thinking4
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
Birth prevalence of anorectal malformations in England and 5-year survival: a national birth cohort study4
Secular trends in early motor development between 1980 and 2010 in Japan4
Chronic cough – over stimulation of C-fibres?4
Impact of childhood burns on academic performance: a matched population-based cohort study4
Evaluation of a contactless neonatal physiological monitor in Nairobi, Kenya4
From crisis to opportunity: parents and schools can come together to prioritise student health and well-being4
P24 Primary pharmaceutical care and young people: exploring young people perspectives4
Cerebriform nevus sebaceous in an infant: an unusual age of presentation4
Patients’ and carers’ views and the importance of ethnicity, diversity and inclusion in research priority settings4
36 Mapping variation between national and local clinical practice guidelines for acute paediatric asthma from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands4
Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians4
Technical response to the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacist Group’s proposal to standardise intravenous infusion concentrations for children in the UK4
P27 The accuracy of tablet splitting to provide appropriate paediatric enalapril doses4
37 Deprescribing long acting beta2 agonists in children and adolescents with stable asthma: a systematic review4
Management of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: a scoping review with advice on initial management4
Preventing food allergy fatalities4
Lead screening in children presenting to three hospitals in Lebanon4
Oral liquid medicines for children: the issues of choice4
Surrogacy: of Byzantine complexity4
Diagnosing PFAPA during the COVID-19 era: clarity during quarantine4
Mental healthcare for children with chronic conditions: a qualitative study4
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