The unconscious child has some specific causes which we have looked at in more detail. There are also some more general causes, covered thor...

DKA = hyperglycaemia (BG >11 mmol/l) pH < 7.3 bicarbonate < 15 mmol/l Any two of the three are needed to make the diagnosis.  The...

Paediatric blue call for a twitching hot tot - you either love them, or hate them. As most of the time the child is pretty much back to no...

As many of us treating children are first and foremost adult physicians, I suspect that hypoglycaemia in children is over treated. There are...

There's lots of information on seizures, and it can be hard to know the differences in management between children and adults. Most o...