Apnoea monitor () Appendicitis/ Appendicectomy (; ) See also Abdominal Pain Array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (array CGH) () Arthritis () – see also Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Arthroscopy (; ) Asthma (; ; ) Personal asthma action plan (ogether) Inhaler techniques () How to give medicines in asthma () Autism/ Autistic Spectrum Disorders (; ; ; ; ; ) B Back pain Choosing the right school bag () Balanitis (; ) Barium meal/ swallow () Bed wetting (; ; ; ; ) Bedwetting alarms () Reward systems, nocturnal enuresis, alarms () See also Desmopressin for bed wetting Behavioural problems () Challenging Behaviour () Bereavement (; NHS Choices Videos – , ; ; ; ; ; ) When a baby dies () When a child dies () Birthmarks (; ) Blocked lacrimal duct () Blocked nose in babies () Blood tests (; ) Options for numbing the skin () Blood products Fresh Frozen Plasma and Cryoprecipitate () Will my child need a plasma transfusion? () Will I need a platelet transfusion? () Blood transfusion Will my baby need a blood transfusion? () Blowing games – see Physiotherapy BMI – see Obesity Bow legs (; ) Bowel preparation – see Colonoscopy Bowels: Looking after your insides () Breast feeding (; NHS Choices Videos – , ; ; ; ; ; ) Breastfeeding diary () Harvesting colostrum for your baby () Breathing Exercises () – see also Physiotherapy Breathing problems to look out for () Breech babies () Broken bones – see Fractures Bronchiectasis () Bronchiolitis (; ogether; ; ; ; ) Bronchopulmonary dysplasia () Bubble positive expiratory pressure – see Physiotherapy Bullying () Bunion (; ) Burns (; ; ; (quick tips); ) Biobrane () Clinical psychology for parent/ carer of child on Burns unit () Prevention (Interburns) C CAMHS: Anxiety disorders in children () Mental health liaison team ()
ESBL and AmpC () Exams () Exercise (; ) 10-minute shake-ups () External ventricular drain () F Family Relationship Problems () Febrile convulsion (; ; ; ; ) Feeding (; ; ; ; ) Vomiting: what’s normal and what’s not (Babycentre) How to burp your baby (Babycentre) Off to the best start – important information about feeding your baby () Feelings & Emotions () Female genital mutilation (FGM) () Fever (; ) <5 years () >5 years () Fibre intake (; ; ) Fibula hemimelia () First aid () First fit – see Seizure Flat feet (; ; ) Flexible bronchoscopy () Flu (; ) Nasal flu spray () – see also Immunisation Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis & IgM nephropathy (InfoKid – full; ) Foetal alcohol syndrome (; ) Food challenge – see Allergy Foot problems () Choosing footwear for children () Foot surgery See Tarsal coalition, Subtalar fusion, Tibialis anterior tendon release Foreign body Object lodged in nose or ear (Babycentre) Swallowed foreign body () Fractures Broken bones in the lower arm () Broken bones in the upper arm () Broken thighbone/ femur () Caring for your cast (; ) Fracture discharge care () Fractured tibia and/or fibula () Broken bones in the lower leg() Removal of K wires () See also Crutches Fulkerson’s osteotomy () Full septic screen () Fundoplication () G Gallows traction () Gallstones () Gastroenteritis – see Diarrhoea and Vomiting Gastro-oesophageal reflux (; ; ; ) 10 ways to cope with baby reflux: photos (Babycentre) Gastroscopy (; ; ) Gastrostomy () Gender Identity () General anaesthetic A Brief Guide for Young People (; ; ) A little deep sleep (ForMed Films) Davy the Detective – Finding out about anaesthetics () My General Anaesthetic: What’s Going to Happen? Sarah’s Journey () Rees Bear has an anaesthetic ()
Infection control Minimising infection during your child’s stay () Reducing the risk of infection – what you can do to help () Protective isolation () Inflammatory Bowel Disease () Influenza – see Flu Inherited Metabolic Disorders () Insomnia – see Sleep In-toeing (; ; ) Interferential therapy – see Constipation Interstitial lung disease () Intussusception () Irritable hip (; ; ) Iron intake How to increase your child’s iron intake () Iron in your diet () Isolating children – see Infection control Idiopathic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura (; ) J Jaundice (; ) Joint injection Advice following a joint injection () Juvenile idiopathic arthritis () K Kawasaki disease () Kidneys () Kidney biopsy () Kidney problems in children () Knee arthroscopy – see Arthroscopy Knee pain Anterior knee pain (; ) Knock knees – see Bow Legs L Labial fusion () Lactose intolerance (; ) Tips for dealing with lactose intolerance () Lazy eye – see Strabismus Learning difficulties (; ) Leg length discrepancy () Legal Highs – see Drugs & Alcohol Leukaemia () See also Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Life skills Coping with exams () Building self-esteem (Childline) Ligament laxity () – see also Hypermobility Limp () Liver transplant () Living with a long-term condition () Lower respiratory tract infection – see Pneumonia Lumbar puncture () Lung function () Lupus () M MAG-3 (; ) Mastoidectomy – see ENT surgery MaxFax Your child’s maxfax or ENT appointment () Measles (; ; ) Medicines ()
Safely administering medicines to your baby () Membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis – see Glomerulonephritis Menarche () Meningitis (; ) Meningitis Symptom Checklist () Meningitis Baby Watch () Meningococcal infection () Rifampicin for Meningococcal prophylaxis () Mental health – see CAMHS & Mesenteric adenitis () Metabolic Disorders – see Inherited Metabolic Disorders Midazolam – buccal (; ) Migraine (; ; ; ) Should my child take medicine to prevent a migraine? () Pizotifen for migraines () Sumatriptan for migraines () Milk ladder () Mindfulness () Mitrofanoff () Molluscum contagiosum () Mood swings & muddled thinking () Morphine infusion – see Pain MRI () MRSA (; ) Multicystic dysplastic kidney (InfoKid – full; ) Mumps (; ; ; ) Murmur – see Heart Murmur Muscular Dystrophy ()– see also Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Musculoskeletal pain Amplified musculoskeletal pain () Myringoplasty – see ENT surgery N Nappy rash () How often should I change my baby’s nappy to prevent nappy rash? - Video () Nasogastric tube feeding (; ; ) Nephrotic syndrome (InfoKid – full; ) Frequently relapsing (InfoKid) Nerve and neuromuscular problems () Neurfibromatosis type 1 () Neurosurgery nurse specialists () Newborn hearing screening () Newborn period & birth - see also Breastfeeding, Prematurity Checking that your baby is well () Newborn infections () Signs that your baby may be unwell () Newborn blood screening – see Guthrie Norovirus – see Diarrhoea and Vomiting O Obesity (; ; ; ; ; ) Change4Life sugar smart () BMI Calculator () Weight advice for teens () Obsessive Compulsive Disorder () Obstructive Sleep Apnoea () – see also Sleep Oncology Shared contact details () Welcome to Paeds Oncology () Online safety () Open access ()
Opioids – see Pain Oral Rehydration Salts – see Dioralyte Orchidopexy (; ) Orthoses Ankle foot () Osgood-Schlatters (; ) Osteomalacia – see Vitamin D deficiency Osteomyelitis (; ; ) Otitis externa (; ; ) Otitis media (; ) Otitis media with effusion (; ; ; ; ) Treatment (; ) Operations for glue ear () – see also ENT surgery Outpatients Children’s Outpatient Department () Outreach P Pain Opioid infusion for children () Pain relief at home after surgery (; ) PCA - information & pro-forma () See also Sucrose solution Parenting (; ; ) Positive parenting () Patient controlled analgesia – see Pain Pectus carinatum (; ) Pectus excavatum () Periods – see Menarche Personality disorder Tas Pappas: exercising mind and body () Perthes’ disease (; ; Poole Hospital; ; ) Pertussis – see Whooping cough pH probe test () Pharmacist () Phlebotomy – see Blood tests Physiotherapy Acapella () Airway clearance () Babies and toddlers with CF () Blowing games () Bubble positive expiratory pressure (; ) Exercise Test () Knee Programme () & Advanced knee programme () PARI PEP () Pilates home exercise () Positioning and percussion () Stretchy exercise band () PICC line () PICU Southampton PICU () Retrieval information () Pinnaplasty – see ENT surgery Plagiocephaly (; ; ) Plaster cast – see Fractures & Casts advice Play service Hospital play services (; ) Pneumonia (; Patient UK; Poole Hospital; ) Physiotherapy to help adolescents recover from a chest infection () Pneumothorax (; ) Podiatry Children’s feet () Port wine birthmark () Positional Talipes – see Talipes Post-infectious glomerulonephritis – see Glomerulonephritis Post-operative – see Surgery Posterior urethral valves (InfoKid – full; ) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder () Prader-Willi syndrome () Pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy & abortion () Prematurity Having an extremely premature baby ()
Support premature infant’s early motor development () Prickly Heat – see Rashes Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia () Primary Immunodeficiency – see Immunodeficiency Prolonged jaundice screen () Proteinuria (InfoKid – full; ) Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency () Pterygium () Puberty () Pulmonary haemorrhage () Pulmonary hypertension () Pyeloplasty () Pyloric stenosis (; ; ) Quinsy – see Tonsillitis R Radiotherapy under general anaesthesia () Rashes Baby rashes: a visual guide () Common Childhood Rashes () Erythaema toxicum () Prickly heat/ Miliaria () Skin rashes in babies () Skin rashes in children () Skin rashes () The Catchy Rash () Viral rashes () Ready, Steady, Go – see Transition Rectal prolapse () Reflex Anoxic Seizure () Rehabilitation Intensive rehabilitation () Introducing the SCIRT clinical psychologists () Relaxation techniques () Renal agenesis (InfoKid – full; ) Renal biopsy – see Kidney Biopsy Renal dysplasia (InfoKid – full; ) Renal hypoplasia (InfoKid – full; ) Restless legs syndrome () Retinoblastoma () Retrieval – see PICU Rheumatology () About the paediatric rheumatology service () Children's rheumatology parents' forum () Meet the paediatric rheumatology team () Paediatric rheumatology patient advice line (; ) Rickets – see Vitamin D deficiency Risky behaviour () Roseola () Rotavirus – see Diarrhoea and vomiting Rubella () S Salmonella – see Diarrhoea & Vomiting Sarcoidosis () Safeguarding children () Safety Safer care checklist () Scabies (; ) Scarlet fever () School exclusion times () School nurses (; ) Scoliosis Curves in the spine () Screening – see Newborn Hearing Screening & Guthrie Seborrhoeic dermatitis – see Cradle cap Seizures () – see also Midazolam – buccal & Febrile convulsions First seizure () Self-harm – see also CAMHS NHS Choices HarmLess