Objective To quantify reductions in hospital care for clinically vulnerable children during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Design Birth cohort. Setting National Health Service hospitals in …

Objective To compare differences in academic performance between adolescents who
were randomised in infancy to modified or standard infant formula. Design Linkage of seven …

Background: Deaths from respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in children are preventable
through timely access to public health and medical interventions. We aimed to assess whether …

Objective To determine the risk of death from two potentially avoidable causes with different
aetiologies: respiratory tract infection (RTI) and sudden unexplained death (SUD) in children …

… I, Maximiliane Lara Verfürden, confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own.
Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in …

Background Congenital anomalies are a major cause of co‐morbidity in children. Diagnostic
code lists are increasingly used to identify congenital anomalies in administrative health …

Objectives Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a global cause of childhood morbidity. We
compared temporal trends and socioeconomic disparities for ARI hospitalisations in young …

Introduction The effect of infant nutrition on long-term cognition is important for parents and
policy makers. However, most clinical trials typically have short follow-up periods, when …

Objectives We aimed to compare prevalence rates of complex congenital anomalies (CCAs)
in the first two years of life in England and Scotland using two published CCA diagnosis …

Lack of preformed long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) in infant formula has
been hypothesised as contributing to cognitive differences between breast-fed and formula-fed …