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This study aimed to explore the availability and use of capnography to confirm correct tracheal tube placement in the pediatric intensive care unit in the United Kingdom
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland recommend the use of capnography to ensure correct tracheal tube placement in the theater environment. Correct tracheal tube placement is essential in the care of ventilated patient, even more vital if the patient is critically ill, if serious morbidity and mortality is to be more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - correct tracheal tube placement
Categories:
correct tracheal tube placement
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 15 Page: 591-6 July 2005
C. Cumming; J. McFadzean
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This study aimed to explore how United Kingdom accident and emergency departments access the child protection register, their levels of satisfaction with that access and their criteria for checking the register
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OBJECTIVES: To ascertain how UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments access the child protection register, their levels of satisfaction with that access and their criteria for checking the register. METHODS: A postal questionnaire was sent to 254 "major" A&E departments listed in the 1996 British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine directory. RESULTS: 190 more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - child protection register
Categories:
child protection register;
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Emerg Med J,
Vol: 19 Page: 136-7 March 2002
G. Quin; R. Evans
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This study aimed to explore Emergency departments to ascertain current procedures for identifying and managing child abuse
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BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) may be the first point at which children who have been subject to abuse or neglect come into contact with professionals who are able to act for their protection. In order to ascertain current procedures for identifying and managing child abuse, we conducted a survey of EDs in England and Northern Ireland. METHODS: Questionnaires were sent to the more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - child abuse
Categories:
child abuse
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Emerg Med J,
Vol: 24 Page: 831-5 December 2007
P. Sidebotham; T. Biu; L. Goldsworthy
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This study aimed to explore the process and outcome of education and training visits to paediatric departments
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Aims: To review the process and outcome of education and training visits to paediatric departments by the RCPCH. Methods: Retrospective audit of visits reports (1997-2001) against the RCPCH criteria for general professional training. Hospital and/or community child health departments who were responsible for training paediatric senior house officers were visited to assess whether RCPCH more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - education and training
Categories:
paediatric education and training
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Archives of Disease in Childhood,
Vol: 88 Page: 450
C. P. Smith; J. M. Anderson
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This study aimed to assess study health visitors throughout the United Kingdom on their knowledge on, and the accessibility of, services to young families, in the areas in which health visitors practiced
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This paper describes a study using a postal survey which was sent to health visitors throughout the UK to ascertain their knowledge, and the accessibility, of services used by young families in the areas in which health visitors practiced. The survey was an enhancement to the UK's most recent longitudinal birth cohort study--the Millennium Cohort Study. We studied differences in service more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - knowledge and accessibility of services to young families
Categories:
knowledge and accessibility of services to young families
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Pract,
Vol: 79 Page: 84-8 March 2006
A. J. Brassett-Harknett; H. Joshi; N. Butier; R. Bryar
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This study aimed to explore the current provision of general paediatric surgery in all hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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INTRODUCTION: A survey was carried out to ascertain the current provision of general paediatric surgery (GPS) in all hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with 100% return rate. The provision of GPS is at a crossroads with a drift of these cases to the overstretched, tertiary referral hospitals. METHODS: The regional representatives on the council of the Association of more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - general paediatric surgery
Categories:
general paediatric surgery
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Ann R Coll Surg Engl,
Vol: 90 Page: 193-7 April 2008
J. K. Pye
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This study aimed to compare spirometry measurements obtained by trained pediatricians in a variety of school settings with those obtained in the laboratory by respiratory physiologists
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RATIONALE: Accuracy of spirometry testing is a prerequisite for its use as an objective outcome measure in large epidemiological studies. We compared spirometry measurements obtained by trained pediatricians in a variety of school settings with those obtained in the laboratory by respiratory physiologists. METHODS: Following a 3-day training course, three pediatricians carried out more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - spirometry measurements
Categories:
spirometry measurements
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Pediatr Pulmonol,
November 2008
J. Kirkby; L. Welsh; S. Lum; J. Fawke; V. Rowell; S. Thomas; N. Marlow; J. Stocks
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