Paediatrics for Primary Care (and anyone else)

On the run-up to Christmas, this site will be delivering some rather minimalist FOAMed.  Instead of comprehensive explanations, there will b...

Paediatrics is a specialty where lying about a diagnosis is normal practice.  It's not because we're bad people.  When you think abo...

 This bronchiolitis season is going to be different.  While SARS-CoV2 virus does not seem to be a significant cause of wheeze in children  (...

Eye infections in children are common.  The majority consist of simple infections of the conjunctiva (the layer that covers the sclera and ...

Words are really important when it comes to communication.  Certainly, non-verbal communication counts for a lot, but words are very powerf...

Adolescent mental health is an area of practice where we need to take opportunities when they present themselves. This post is about someth...

As a heatwave hits the UK, we can expect a significant number of children to present with heat related problems.  In the vast majority of c...

A common presentation in young children is the mysterious limp.  Transient synovitis (irritable hip) of the hip is the most common cause of...

At the same time that we are seeing increasing evidence that COVID-19 is less common, less severe and less infectious in children  (1), evi...

The fear that a significant illness wil go unreconised in a child is one that is always present for the clinician who sees acutely unwell...