Archives of Disease in Childhood
is an international paediatric journal from BMJ and RCPCH, publishing the latest research in paediatrics and child health.
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Archives of Disease in Childhood accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, reviews and leading articles.
The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for ADC.
ADC currently has two calls for papers: Drug Therapy section and Lessons from demographic and health surveys on child health and the sustainable development goals.
Latest Articles
Correction:
Correction: Invasive bacterial infection in children with fever and petechial rash in the emergency department: a national prospective observational study29 May 2023
Viewpoint:
Healthcare prioritisation and inequitable inequalities: why a child health perspective should be incorporated into the current NHS guidance26 May 2023
Global child health:
Short-term outcomes of South African children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a prospective cohort study26 May 2023
Original research:
Childhood/adolescent Sydenhams chorea in the UK and Ireland: a BPSU/CAPSS surveillance study24 May 2023
Most Read Articles
Original research:
Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study11 October 2022
Original research:
Unravelling the role of the mandatory use of face covering masks for the control of SARS-CoV-2 in schools: a quasi-experimental study nested in a population-based cohort in Catalonia (Spain)23 August 2022
Original research:
Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study15 December 2022
Global child health:
Global incidence and mortality of neonatal sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis19 July 2021
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Original research:
Population-based screening methods in biliary atresia: a systematic review and meta-analysis18 May 2023
Original research:
Burosumab in management of X-linked hypophosphataemia: a retrospective cohort study of growth and serum phosphate levels19 April 2023
PostScript:
Identifying occlusions in paediatric intravenous infusion therapy and evaluating impact on systolic blood pressure17 March 2023
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Parent-reported factors associated with the emergency department presentation of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disability with behaviours of concern: a qualitative study17 March 2023
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Antibiotic use in ambulatory care for acutely ill children in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis17 November 2022
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants attending the emergency department17 November 2022
Paediatric Emergency Medicine:
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: how young is too young?20 September 2022
Paediatric Emergency Medicine:
Local nitroglycerin to facilitate peripheral arterial cannulation in children: systematic review and meta-analysis20 September 2022
Global Child Health - free to access
Global child health:
Short-term outcomes of South African children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a prospective cohort study26 May 2023
Global child health:
Digital tools to improve parenting behaviour in low-income settings: a mixed-methods feasibility study18 May 2023
Global child health:
Cerebral artery conditional blood velocity in sickle cell disease: a multicentre study and evidence for active treatment18 May 2023
Global child health:
Neurodevelopment, vision and auditory outcomes at age 2 years in offspring of participants in the ‘Women First’ maternal preconception nutrition randomised controlled trial4 May 2023
Global child health:
Diagnosing early-onset neonatal sepsis in low-resource settings: development of a multivariable prediction model27 April 2023
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