Browsing by Subject "Paediatrics"
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A prospective study of adverse drug reactions to antiepileptic drugs in children.
(2015-06)Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and to prospectively evaluate the effect of AEDs on behaviour. SETTING: A single centre prospective observational study. PARTICIPANTS: Children (<18 years old) receiving one or more AEDs for ... -
Addressing the inverse care law: The role of community paediatric services
(2014)Background: Children's health suffers disproportionately from the effects of poverty. The inverse care law states that those who need care the most are the least likely to receive it. Community paediatricians are well ... -
Adoption - the role of the medical advisor
(2017)There are specialist health professionals who support the adoption process. The term “Medical Advisor (MA) for Fostering and Adoption” denotes a doctor with additional knowledge, skills and experience who is a paediatrician ... -
Be on alert for pediatric AKI
(2017-08)Acute kidney injury in children is associated with adverse outcomes, although much of our current understanding originates from studies in intensive care units. Holmes et al. used an automated acute kidney injury detection ... -
Children's experiences following a CBT intervention to reduce dental anxiety: one year on.
(2018-08)Objective: To investigate children's ongoing experiences of dental care and use of strategies to manage their dental anxiety following cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Design: A child self-completed postal questionnaire. ... -
Cleft lip and palate: diagnosis and management
(2015-10)Cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital facial anomaly in children, which can affect appearance, speech, hearing, growth, psychosocial wellbeing and social integration. This article provides an overview of the ... -
Dosimetric Comparison and Potential for Improved Clinical Outcomes of Paediatric CNS Patients Treated with Protons or IMRT.
(2015-04)BACKGROUND: We compare clinical outcomes of paediatric patients with CNS tumours treated with protons or IMRT. CNS tumours form the second most common group of cancers in children. Radiotherapy plays a major role in the ... -
Fibrin glue obliteration is safe, effective and minimally invasive as first line treatment for pilonidal sinus disease in children.
(2018-09)BACKGROUND / PURPOSE: Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) has an incidence of 1.2-2.5/1000 in children. Onset is around puberty. Symptoms of recurrent abscess and chronic suppuration may interfere with education ... -
Impact of Telephone Reminders on Attendance Rate at Paediatric Clinics
(2016-05)Background: Non-attendance in clinics has major economic impact in the national health service. Literature review indicates that main reason for non-attendance is forgetfulness and reminders reduce the non-attendance rate ... -
Intravenous salbutamol for childhood asthma: evidence-based medicine?
(2014-09)Intravenous salbutamol is commonly used to treat children with severe asthma unresponsive to inhaled β2-agonist therapy. However, in this setting, there is little clinical trial data demonstrating its effectiveness. ... -
Practical pharmacokinetics: what do you really need to know?
(2015-02)Having some understanding of pharmacokinetics is important for all clinicians when prescribing medications. Key elements to effective and safe prescribing include making sure that we don't underdose a medication making it ... -
Tackling child health inequalities due to deprivation: Using health equity audit to improve and monitor access to a community paediatric service.
(2014)Background: Deprived children constitute a large population with high levels of ill health, and difficulty with access to healthcare contributes to their poor health outcomes. There is debate on how best to engage deprived ... -
Trichilemmal cyst of the penis in a paediatric patient
(2015-02)Paediatric penile cysts are uncommon. We report a five-year-old child with an asymptomatic progressively growing cyst on the ventral aspect of the penis after a hypospadias repair. The patient presented to the Cooper ...
