Prolonged jaundice in neonates.

Jaundice is common in neonates and is often the reason for a parent to consult a community midwife or health visitor. It is known that up to 40 per cent of breastfed infants are jaundiced at 14 days of age and a proportion of these infants are referred to paediatric services for assessment and blood investigations. Most often the investigations reveal a high bilirubin level but otherwise normal liver function results, leading to a diagnosis of breastfeeding jaundice, with no treatment required other than reassurance to the parents and monitoring.

Foreign body ingestion in children: case series, review of the literature and guidelines on minimising accidental ingestions.

Foreign body ingestion in young children is one of the commonest presentations in the Accident and Emergency Department. It has been estimated that 40% of such ingestions may go unnoticed and the child may remain asymptomatic. However, complications can arise which may need urgent medical attention.