Pneumonia
Pneumonia is the dominant cause of childhood illness and death outside the neonatal age group.
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The Quality of Orientation: How should we orient new trainees to a specialist children’s hospital
The primary goal of today’s presentation is to identify potential barriers to learning that will help us plan the orientation of 2015’s new trainees, not only in anaesthesia but in other craft groups.
Superbugs and antibiotic resistance: what are we doing to prevent catastrophe in Australia?
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 Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Concussions: Getting to Grips with a Growing Problem in the Emergency Department
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
Advancing the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families in clinical practice
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.
Influencing major reform in evidence-based care of children with cerebral palsy, including the surveillance and management of hip displacement
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
The State of the World in 2014 – Amazing Progress
Australians have a vastly better standard of living than our grandparents: on the average wage, it takes only half a second to light a room for an hour compared to 6 hours in 1800, and we have cheap food, clothing, books, cars, air transport, colour TV, internet and mobile phones – and far less violence.
Connecting care for complex patients and their families
Providing care for children with chronic and complex conditions is challenging. The clinical decision making is complicated and providing best care often means trying to join up services that have no natural connections in the current system, both within and outside RCH. We know our best attempts currently fall short of the needs of children … Continued
Paediatric Head injury – An Auckland perspective; with emphasis on 317 cases assessed by the child protection unit
Inflicted paediatric head injury is a significant issue in both Australia and New Zealand. They are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in infants and toddlers, data however comparing patterns of injury in corroborated accidental trauma and confessed child abuse is scarce.
‘Things that keep us awake at night’ Moral distress, ethical uncertainty and mere tragedy
Ethical challenges and dilemmas don’t happen in a vacuum. In the clinical setting, they very frequently play out in a context of heightened emotions, for the patient, the family and also for the clinical staff.