A retrospective study examining the clinical significance of testing respiratory panels in children who presented to a tertiary hospital in 2019.

Respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of hospital visits in the paediatric population and carry significant associated morbidity and mortality in this population. The introduction of respiratory panel testing has been said to guide clinicians in the overall management of patients. We conducted a retrospective study examining all respiratory panels carried out in our hospital during 2019 on paediatric patients.

Day case endoscopic excision of an antrochoanal polyp in a paediatric patient.

Antrochoanal polyps (ACP; also known as Killian's polyp) are considered to be the most common type of choanal polyps, making up ~4-6% of all nasal polyps in the general population and ~33% of nasal polyps in the paediatric age group. Patient's suffering from ACP range between the ages of 5 and 80 years. Only 4% of the patients are children aged < than 10 years old.

A case report and literature review: incidental jejunal ectopic pancreatic tissue in an emergency bowel exploration for suspected intussusception.

Heterotopic pancreas (HP) is defined as pancreatic tissue which is an anatomically separate entity from the main pancreas and free from the organ's vascular or ductal continuity. Most cases of HP are asymptomatic and are diagnosed incidentally upon laparotomy or on autopsy. The diagnosis of HP can be extremely difficult.