The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and Monash Children’s Hospital are jointly hosting the annual Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Meeting this week. Paediatric infectious diseases experts from children’s hospitals around Australia will highlight resources, activities and achievements in combatting antibiotic resistance.
Head injury is one of the most frequent reasons for children presenting to emergency departments. Many terms are used – head injury, traumatic brain injury, concussion – often without clear delineation. Recently it seems that head injury presentations have increased, in addition to increased community and medical awareness of sports-related concussion
In this Grand Round, Wadja Aboriginal Family Place at RCH will present a clinical case example from the Wadja health clinic which highlights the burdens faced by an Aboriginal sibling group and their family and illustrates the complex issues and somewhat fragmented service sector facing many Aboriginal families today.
SYNOPSIS The Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy (CRE-CP) is a five year NHMRC funded project that aims to improve the health and well-being of children with cerebral palsy and their families. The research program will focus on addressing the gaps in the management of cerebral palsy, and in the healthcare system. The impact … Continued
