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Protocol

• ‘Joining the Dots: Linking Prenatal Drug Exposure to Childhood and Adolescence’ – research protocol of a population cohort study (11 April, 2024)

  Kate Lawler, Mithilesh Dronavalli, Andrew Page, Evelyn Lee, Hannah Uebel, Barbara Bajuk, Lucinda Burns, Michelle Dickson, Charles Green, Lauren Dicair, John Eastwood, Ju Lee Oei
• Determining the exposure of maternal medicines through breastfeeding: the UmbrelLACT study protocol—a contribution from the ConcePTION project (10 April, 2024)

  Martje Van Neste, Nina Nauwelaerts, Michael Ceulemans, Kristel Van Calsteren, An Eerdekens, Pieter Annaert, Karel Allegaert, Anne Smits
• Protocol for the diagnostic performance of C reactive protein, procalcitonin and interleukin-6 for serious bacterial infections among children ≤36 months old presenting with fever without source: a systematic review and meta-analysis (18 March, 2024)

  Natalia Sutiman, Sarah Hui Wen Yao, Sharon Si Min Goh, Rehena Sultana, Shu-Ling Chong
• Study protocol of a national multicentre prospective evaluation study assessing the validity and impact of the Dutch Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) in the Netherlands (7 February, 2024)

  Jikke Stevens, Janke de Groot, Marie Luijmes, Janneke Bouwens, Hester Rippen, Janneke Hoogervorst-Schilp, Joris Fuijkschot
• Developing a core outcome set for the health outcomes for children and adults with congenital oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula: OCELOT task group study protocol (5 February, 2024)

  Jonathan Ducey, Nick Lansdale, Sarah Gorst, Lucy Bray, Nadine Teunissen, Paul Cullis, Julia Faulkner, Victoria Gray, Lucia Gutierrez Gammino, Graham Slater, Laura Baird, Alex Adams, Julia Brendel, Adam Donne, Eniola Folaranmi, Laura Hopwood, Anna-May Long, Paul D Losty, Dan Benscoter, Corné de Vos, Sebastian King, Tom Kovesi, Usha Krishnan, Shireen A Nah, Lin Yin Ong, Mike Rutter, Warwick J Teague, Aaron M Zorn, Nigel J Hall, Rebecca Thursfield
• Mental Health Admissions to Paediatric Wards Study (MAPS): a protocol for the analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data (29 January, 2024)

  Lee Duncan Hudson, Joseph Ward, Adriana Vázquez-Vázquez, Kate Settle, Francesca Cornaglia, Faith Gibson, Kirsty Phillips, Gabrielle Mathews, Helen Roberts, Damian Roland, Dasha E Nicholls, Holly Elphinstone, Russell Viner
• Mental Health Admissions to Paediatric Wards Study (MAPS): protocol of a prospective study of mental health admissions to paediatric wards in England using surveillance and qualitative methods (25 January, 2024)

  Lee Duncan Hudson, Adriana Vázquez-Vázquez, Faith Gibson, Kirsty Phillips, Gabrielle Mathews, Helen Roberts, Francesca Cornaglia, Damian Roland, Joseph Ward, Dasha E Nicholls, Holly Elphinstone, Russell Viner
• Normal saline for children with bronchiolitis: study protocol for a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (17 January, 2024)

  Marika Nathalie Schmidt, Rie Daugberg, Ulrikka Nygaard, Xiaohui Chen Nielsen, Bo Chawes, Maren Heilskov Rytter, Ann-Marie Malby Schoos