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Are virtual wards for children safe and effective? A 3-year ...
2025年1月6日 · Objective Service evaluation of an urban ‘Hospital at Home’ service which provides care in patients’ homes that would traditionally be delivered in the hospital setting. Design Retrospective longitudinal review of routinely collected data recorded contemporaneously for clinical use, analysed to elicit utilisation patterns and service impact. Setting A paediatric …
Cardiovascular effects of mechanical ventilation
The influence of ventilation on cardiac function. Spontaneous and mechanical ventilation induce changes in intrapleural or intrathoracic pressure and lung volume, which can independently affect the key determinants of cardiovascular performance: atrial filling or preload; the impedance to ventricular emptying or afterload; heart rate and myocardial contractility.
Changes to the UK childhood immunisation schedule
2024年9月26日 · ### SUMMARY The immunisation schedule is designed to optimise protection from serious infectious diseases by providing individual direct protection and, where appropriate, sustained population-level control through herd immunity. Recommendations for each vaccine take into account the age-specific risk for a disease/infection (often early childhood), risk of …
Poverty and child health in the UK: using evidence for action
There are currently high levels of child poverty in the UK, and for the first time in almost two decades child poverty has started to rise in absolute terms. Child poverty is associated with a wide range of health-damaging impacts, negative educational outcomes and adverse long-term social and psychological outcomes. The poor health associated with child poverty limits …
Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of cow’s milk …
Our aim was to develop guidance for general paediatricians and primary care physicians in diagnosing and managing cow’s milk protein allergy in infants. The guidelines were developed by discussion based on existing national recommendations and standards, clinical experience and, whenever possible, evidence from the literature. Separate algorithms cover breast-fed and …
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The content of Archives of Disease in Childhood is endorsed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for Continued Professional Development in line with RCPCH CPD guidelines. Archives of Disease in Childhood is the flagship of BMJ’s paediatrics portfolio and has an open access companion journal, BMJ Paediatrics Open.For information about the Editor-in-Chief …
The patient’s outcome, not the surgeon’s opinion, defines surgical ...
In contrast to the editorial, Defining Surgical Success, 1 we advocate for including the voices of patients and parents when defining how successfully children with surgical conditions have been treated. The editorial proposes, without supporting evidence, definitions of successful treatment of key conditions. For children with oesophageal atresia, the definition proposed is the child …
Respiratory viral testing for young febrile infants presenting to ...
Objective To describe the association of respiratory viral test results and the risk of invasive bacterial infection (IBI) for febrile young infants presenting to emergency care. Design A planned secondary analysis within the Febrile Infants Diagnostic assessment and Outcome (FIDO) study, a prospective multicentre observational cohort study conducted across the UK and Ireland. …
Gender medicine and the Cass Review: why medicine and the law …
The Cass Review’s approach and key findings. The Cass Review,1 commissioned in 2020, was an independent review commissioned on behalf of the UK government by NHSE to make recommendations on how to improve NHS gender identity services, and ensure that children and young people who are questioning their gender identity or experiencing gender dysphoria …