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Original research

• CONservative TReatment of Appendicitis in Children: a randomised controlled feasibility Trial (CONTRACT) (13 January, 2021)

  Nigel J Hall, Simon Eaton, Frances C Sherratt, Isabel Reading, Erin Walker, Maria Chorozoglou, Lucy Beasant, Wendy Wood, Michael Stanton, Harriet Corbett, Dean Rex, Natalie Hutchings, Elizabeth Dixon, Simon Grist, Esther M Crawley, Bridget Young, Jane M Blazeby

  It is feasible and safe to embark on a randomised control trial of the management of uncomplicated appendicitis in children, comparing cost and clinical outcomes between appendicectomy and a non-operative approach.

• Can TEN4 distinguish bruises from abuse, inherited bleeding disorders or accidents? (18 February, 2021)

  Alison Mary Kemp, Sabine Ann Maguire, Dianne E Nuttall, Peter Collins, Frank D Dunstan, Daniel Farewell

  This paper evaluates the utility of the TEN4 categorisation of bruises (Torso, Ear, Neck and any bruise in < 4 month-old) in differentiating between abuse, accidents and inherited bleeding disorders.

• Place of death of children and young adults with a life-limiting condition in England: a retrospective cohort study (21 December, 2020)

  Deborah Gibson-Smith, Stuart William Jarvis, Lorna K Fraser
• Descriptive study of parents’ perceptions of paediatric ward rounds (5 January, 2021)

  Julia Barrington, Clare Polley, Carolyn van Heerden, Amy Gray
• Longitudinal increases in childhood depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown (9 December, 2020)

  Giacomo Bignardi, Edwin S Dalmaijer, Alexander L Anwyl-Irvine, Tess A Smith, Roma Siugzdaite, Stepheni Uh, Duncan E Astle