Pathology tests are fundamental to the diagnosis and management of almost all children who present to RCH, and we collectively order thousands of them every day. Yet if we don’t know what is normal, how do we interpret what is abnormal?
Although traumatic spinal cord injury in children is uncommon, effects are lifelong, and almost all aspects of daily function are affected. Recent advances in trauma management, surgical techniques, and rehabilitation interventions aim to preserve spinal function and optimise long term outcomes.
Period pain is a very common and troubling symptom for many adolescent girls, and many girls suffer because of inadequate treatment and support. But some of the problems associated with the menstrual cycle and ovarian function are uncommon and have atypical symptoms. The diverse range of gynaecological presentations in adolescents is often not widely known or taught, however problems arising from ovarian and menstrual cycle dysfunction can encompass almost every specialty in medicine.
A detailed understanding of how an organ develops at the level of the gene, cell and tissue is critical for both accurate modelling of disease, and advances in regenerative medicine.
