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
Paediatric Emergency Medicine:
Procedural sedation programme minimising adverse events: a 3-year experience from a tertiary paediatric emergency department29 September 2023
Archimedes:
Does baclofen for the management of spasticity increase the risk of seizures?29 September 2023
Viewpoint:
Building minds for an uncertain future? Nurturing care in early childhood is more important than ever27 September 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:
Association between breastfeeding duration and educational achievement in England: results from the Millennium Cohort Study5 June 2023
Original research:
Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study15 December 2022
Original research:
Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study15 December 2022
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Original research:
Impact of childhood burns on academic performance: a matched population-based cohort study9 July 2023
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Are children with prolonged fever at a higher risk for serious illness? A prospective observational study25 April 2023
Global child health:
Sweat conductivity for diagnosing cystic fibrosis after positive newborn screening: prospective, diagnostic test accuracy study13 March 2023
Original research:
Population-based screening methods in biliary atresia: a systematic review and meta-analysis16 February 2023
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Are children with prolonged fever at a higher risk for serious illness? A prospective observational study25 April 2023
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 study15 December 2022
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants attending the emergency department24 August 2022
Paediatric emergency medicine:
Antibiotic use in ambulatory care for acutely ill children in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis10 August 2022
Paediatric Emergency Medicine:
Local nitroglycerin to facilitate peripheral arterial cannulation in children: systematic review and meta-analysis20 May 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:
Development of clinical-based scoring system to diagnose tuberculous meningitis in children8 August 2023
Global child health:
Diagnosing early-onset neonatal sepsis in low-resource settings: development of a multivariable prediction model27 April 2023
Global child health:
Rifampin urinary excretion to predict serum targets in children with tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study25 April 2023
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