{"title":"Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians.","authors":"Bob Phillips","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":"109 10","pages":"861"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142339921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of the paediatrician in dental health.","authors":"K Julia Hurry, Sarah Eisen, Allison Ward","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-325873","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-325873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"864-865"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139490600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential bed-day savings and caregiver perspectives of transitioning hospital-level management of infants with bronchiolitis to the home: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Joanna Lawrence, Harriet Hiscock, Penelope A Bryant, Genevieve Greig, Anurag Sharma, Ramesh Walpola","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327237","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Home management of infants admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis would alleviate pressure on hospital beds. We aim to understand the proportion of children requiring active care interventions (ie, oxygen, fluids), caregiver perspectives and potential impact of transitioning hospital-level care of infants with bronchiolitis to home.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a mixed-methods study in an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital. Semistructured interviews with caregivers of infants with bronchiolitis focused on attitudes towards managing bronchiolitis at home. Interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Data on bronchiolitis admissions among infants aged 1-12 months were extracted from the electronic medical record from April 2016 to October 2020. Potential bed-days saved were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>18 parents were interviewed, with themes emerging of 'hospital is safe', 'hospital incurs costs' and 'knowledge is power'. During 4.5 years, 2367 infants were admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis: a total of 4557 bed-days. Of these, 40% of infants were admitted for monitoring alone, 25% for nasogastric fluid support, 17% for oxygen therapy and 7.5% for both fluids and oxygen. 11% received treatments not currently feasible at home (high-flow oxygen, intravenous fluids). Oxygen therapy accounted for the largest number of bed-days (242 bed-days/year).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Managing bronchiolitis at home could have a substantial impact on hospital bed demand, with an estimated 344 bed-days saved per year if all interventions were offered. Parent willingness to transfer to home balances the perceived safety of the hospital versus the financial, logistic and emotional costs. Empowering parents with knowledge was seen as a substantial facilitator of supporting transition to the home.</p>","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"836-841"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141431179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claire Scudder, Julia Townson, Jane Bowen-Morris, Kathleen Gillespie, Philip Evans, Sarah Jones, Nicholas P B Thomas, Jane Stanford, Robin Fox, John A Todd, Sheila Greenfield, Colin M Dayan, Rachel E J Besser
{"title":"General population screening for type 1 diabetes using islet autoantibodies at the preschool vaccination visit: a proof-of-concept study (the T1Early study).","authors":"Claire Scudder, Julia Townson, Jane Bowen-Morris, Kathleen Gillespie, Philip Evans, Sarah Jones, Nicholas P B Thomas, Jane Stanford, Robin Fox, John A Todd, Sheila Greenfield, Colin M Dayan, Rachel E J Besser","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326697","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Type 1 diabetes (T1D) screening programmes testing islet autoantibodies (IAbs) in childhood can reduce life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis. General population screening is required to detect the majority of children with T1D, since in >85% there is no family history. Age 3-5 years has been proposed as an optimal age for a single screen approach.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Capillary samples were collected from children attending their preschool vaccination and analysed for IAbs to insulin, glutamic acid decarboxylase, islet antigen-2 and zinc transporter 8 using radiobinding/luciferase immunoprecipitation system assays. Acceptability was assessed using semistructured interviews and open-ended postcard questionnaires with parents.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Two primary care practices in Oxfordshire, UK.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The ability to collect capillary blood to test IAbs in children at the routine preschool vaccination (3.5-4 years).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 134 parents invited, 66 (49%) were recruited (median age 3.5 years (IQR 3.4-3.6), 26 (39.4%) male); 63 provided a sample (97% successfully), and one participant was identified with a single positive IAb. Parents (n=15 interviews, n=29 postcards) were uniformly positive about screening aligned to vaccination and stated they would have been less likely to take part had screening been a separate visit. Themes identified included preparedness for T1D and the long-term benefit outweighing short-term upset. The perceived volume of the capillary sample was a potential concern and needs optimising.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Capillary IAb testing is a possible method to screen children for T1D. Aligning collection to the preschool vaccination visit can be convenient for families without the need for an additional visit.</p>","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"812-817"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503060/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long COVID in children and adolescents. What is it?","authors":"","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327935","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":"109 10","pages":"867"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142339920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clare Ruth Smith, Poh Chua, Catherine Papaioannou, Ranjana Warrier, Gregory J G Nolan, Yu-Feng Frank Hsiao, Trevor Duke
{"title":"Fluid and electrolyte pathophysiology in common febrile illness in children and the implications for clinical management.","authors":"Clare Ruth Smith, Poh Chua, Catherine Papaioannou, Ranjana Warrier, Gregory J G Nolan, Yu-Feng Frank Hsiao, Trevor Duke","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327407","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Achieving fluid homeostasis and the management of fluid and electrolyte complications are constants in the treatment of seriously ill children worldwide. Consensus on the most appropriate fluid strategy for unwell children has been difficult to achieve and has evolved over the last two decades, most notably in high-income countries where adverse events relating to poor fluid management were identified more readily, and official robust inquiries were possible. However, this has not been the situation in many low-income settings where fluids that are prohibited from use in high-income countries may be all that are available, local guidelines and processes to recognise adverse events are not developed, and there has been limited training on safe fluid management for front-line healthcare workers. This narrative review outlines the fluid and electrolyte pathophysiology of common febrile illnesses in children, describes the evolution of this field and concludes with implications and principles of a fluid management strategy for seriously ill children. This review was prepared as a physiological background paper to support evidence presented to the WHO Guideline Development Group for Fluid Guidelines in Children, Geneva, March 2024.</p>","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"794-800"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141888307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Gogou, Shveta Chana, Solomon Kamal-Uddin, Sijia Yao, Katy Rose
{"title":"Children's voices and the climate crisis: a report from the RCPCH.","authors":"Maria Gogou, Shveta Chana, Solomon Kamal-Uddin, Sijia Yao, Katy Rose","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327387","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142339914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chun Wai Chik, Chan Lok Hei Christy, Amalraj Raja, Stephen W Turner
{"title":"Interrupted time series analysis of admissions before and after introduction of rapid review clinics in two centres.","authors":"Chun Wai Chik, Chan Lok Hei Christy, Amalraj Raja, Stephen W Turner","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327314","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"869-870"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141092464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele A O'Connell, Elisabeth A Northam, Amy Brown, Jennifer Papoutsis, Tibor Schuster, Timothy Skinner, Alicia J Jenkins, Geoffrey R Ambler, Fergus J Cameron
{"title":"Does insulin pump therapy offer benefits for behaviour, mood, cognition and HbA1c in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes? A randomised controlled trial with observational follow-up.","authors":"Michele A O'Connell, Elisabeth A Northam, Amy Brown, Jennifer Papoutsis, Tibor Schuster, Timothy Skinner, Alicia J Jenkins, Geoffrey R Ambler, Fergus J Cameron","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326007","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Improved behaviour, mood, cognition and HbA1c have been reported with short-term use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We sought to re-examine these findings in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), with longitudinal follow-up.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>RCT of youth aged 7-15 years with T1D, at two tertiary paediatric centres. Participants were randomised to commence CSII or continue multiple daily injections (MDI). Behaviour, mood, cognition and HbA1c were assessed. Primary outcome was difference in parent-reported behaviour (BASC-2) at 4 months. After the 4-month RCT, MDI participants commenced CSII; outcomes were reassessed at +2 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participating youth (n=101) were randomised to CSII (n=56) or MDI (n=45). Significant differences favouring CSII were found at 4 months in parent-reported behaviour problems (Cohen's d 0.41 (95% CI 0.004 to 0.795); p=0.048) and HbA1c (mean (95% CI) difference: 7 (2.3 to 11.7) mmol/mol (0.6% (0.2 to 1.0%); p=0.001)). Improvements from baseline were documented in mood and cognitive outcomes in both study groups over the 4-month RCT; however, no between-group differences were evident at 4 months. Sixteen of 76 (21%) participants completing assessments at +2 years had discontinued CSII. In n=60 still using CSII, measurements of behaviour, mood and HbA1c were comparable to baseline.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Parent-reported behaviour problems and HbA1c, but not mood or neurocognitive outcomes, were clinically significantly lower with CSII, relative to MDI, after 4 months. Observational follow-up indicated no impact of treatment modality at +2 years, relative to baseline levels. Taken together, these data indicate that use of CSII alone does not comprehensively benefit neuropsychological outcomes in childhood T1D.</p>","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"806-811"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139490635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postgraduate education: challenges for the paediatric workforce of the future?","authors":"Tim W R Lee, Arnab K Seal, Douglas E Simkiss","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326554","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2023-326554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8150,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood","volume":" ","pages":"866-867"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139490580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}