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This study aimed to obtain an overview of current practice of management of anticoagulation and its reversal from paediatric cardiac surgical units of Great Britain and Ireland
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Protocols for management of heparin and protamine administration in patients undergoing open-heart surgery have been developed from experience gained mainly in adult practice. However, it has been demonstrated that there are marked differences between paediatric and adult patients in their response to systemic anticoagulation and its reversal. The aim of this study was to obtain an more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - anticoagulation
Categories:
anticoagulation
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Perfusion,
Vol: 15 Page: 191-201 June 2000
M. Codispoti; P. S. Mankad
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This article discusses a social policy in which law is used to mend public-private gaps for children: the children's ombudsperson
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"Public" and "private" are regularly used to organize social life, designating responsibilities and expectations. Gaps between public and private social worlds exist where responsibilities and expectations are unclear. Some social groups, such as children, are vulnerable to falling into public-private gaps. With mixed success, "law" is often used to mend more...
Geography:
Canada
Conference Papers -- American Sociological Association,
2006 2006 Annual Meeting, Montreal
Brian Gran; Antje Daub
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This study aimed to explore on the reliability of a modified version of the "Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need" for use in oral health surveys.
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This paper reports the results of a study of the reliability of a modified version of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) for use in oral health surveys. Twelve non-specialist dental examiners were trained in the use of the Modified IOTN using a standardised teaching protocol lasting approximately 1.5 hours. Following a school-based calibration exercise it was found that more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need
Categories:
Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol,
Vol: 29 Page: 220-5 June 2001
D. J. Burden; C. M. Pine; G. Burnside
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of risk factors, including mode of delivery, on the vertical transmission rate of hepatitis C
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BACKGROUND: Little information is available about the timing of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and no interventions to decrease transmission rates have been identified. We examined the effect of risk factors, including mode of delivery, on the vertical transmission rate. METHODS: Data from HCV-infected women and their infants from three hospitals in Ireland and more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral hepatitis - hepatitis C
Categories:
hepatitis C
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Lancet,
Vol: 356 Page: 904-7 September 2000
D. M. Gibb; R. L. Goodall; D. T. Dunn; M. Healy; P. Neave; M. Cafferkey; K. Butler
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This article discusses efforts to advance music tuition across schools in Great Britain in 2008. Music tuition is a statutory requirement for every school pupil from Foundation to Key Stage 3, within the subject of arts education in Northern Ireland.
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The article examines the efforts to advance music tuition across schools in Great Britain in 2008. Music is included in the teachings of expressive arts under the Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland. Music is taught as part of creation development, one of the areas of learning in the Foundation Phase Curriculum in Wales. Music tuition is a statutory requirement for every school pupil more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Ross Watson
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This article discusses a life history approach to community rules preventing reoffending by child sex abusers
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The Children Act 1989 defines a child as "a person who has not yet reached 18 years of age." In England, Wales, and Scotland the present age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex is 16 years and in Northern Ireland it is 17 years. The proportion of young people who report heterosexual intercourse before the age of 16 years increased in the 1990s compared with the more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Arch Dis Child,
Vol: 88 Page: 303-11 April 2003
A. Thomas; G. Forster; A. Robinson; K. Rogstad
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This study aimed to assess adherence to the British HIV Association 2001 guidelines for the management of HIV-infected pregnant women
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OBJECTIVE: To assess adherence to the British HIV Association (BHIVA) 2001 guidelines for the management of HIV-infected pregnant women. METHODS: A survey and a case note review were carried out using structured questionnaires sent to providers of adult HIV care in the UK and Ireland. Participants were women with HIV infection who delivered a live or stillborn infant between October more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - HIV-guidelines
Categories:
HIV-guidelines
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
HIV Med,
Vol: 7 Page: 275-80 July 2006
C. McDonald; H. Curtis; A. de Ruiter; M. A. Johnson; J. Welch
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This article addresses the current medico-legal issues surrounding PVS (Permanent Vegetative State),
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This paper addresses the current medico-legal issues surrounding PVS (Permanent Vegetative State), including: the lack of a unified definition of the acronym PVS, the varying criteria for diagnosis of PVS, and the issue of patients who maintain a minimal degree of consciousness and cannot be categorized as PVS patients. First, we analyse the differing medical definitions and criteria more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Med Sci Law,
Vol: 40 Page: 133-42 April 2000
D. A. Cusack; A. A. Sheikh; J. L. Hyslop-Westrup
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This study aimed to explore the current use of vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns and review the efficacy and effectiveness of regimens used
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OBJECTIVE: To determine current use of vitamin K (VK) prophylaxis in newborns and review the efficacy and effectiveness of regimens used. DESIGN: Efficacy and effectiveness calculated using current practice details, data from Southern Ireland and two previous surveys, together with contemporaneous studies of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). SETTING: Current survey: United Kingdom more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - Vitamin K
Categories:
vitamin K prophylaxis
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Arch Dis Child,
Vol: 92 Page: 754-8 September 2007
A. Busfield; A. McNinch; J. Tripp
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The aim of the study was to compare early school-age neurodevelopmental and respiratory outcomes for children treated with either early (<3/7) or delayed selective (>15/7) postnatal corticosteroid therapy comparing dexamethasone with budesonide treatment
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OBJECTIVES: The goals were to compare early school-age neurodevelopmental and respiratory outcomes for children who were treated with either early (<3 days) or delayed selective (>15 days) postnatal corticosteroid therapy and to compare systemic dexamethasone treatment with inhaled budesonide treatment. METHODS: One hundred twenty-seven (84%) of 152 survivors from the United Kingdom and more...
International Classification:
Growth and development
Categories:
neurodevelopmental and respiratory outcomes
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Pediatrics,
Vol: 117 Page: 2196-205 June 2006
T. T. Wilson; L. Waters; C. C. Patterson; C. G. McCusker; N. M. Rooney; N. Marlow; H. L. Halliday
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This article discusses the need to have international transference in ideas associated with social welfare discourses may aid in understanding way to "modernise" children's services in the United Kingdom
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The current New Labour administration in England is intent on the "modernisation" of children's services, and this is reflected in the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme. When examining the foundation of this programme, a key element that is lacking in most accounts is any discussion of changes to children's services in the United States. It is maintained that more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare,
Vol: 23 Page: 31-47 2007
Paul Michael Garrett
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This article presents news briefs on: Publication of guidelines on post-registration training and learning requirement for registered social workers by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.
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Presents news briefs on social service in Great Britain as of January 2005. Plan of education minister Lord Filkin to meet with the Commission for Social Care Inspection regarding standards in children's homes; Sentence given to a couple for poisoning a three-year old boy they planned to adopt; Publication of guidelines on post-registration training and learning requirement for more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Community Care,
2005
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News from BAAF This article provides updates concerning adoption and child care in Great Britain as of July 2006
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This article provides updates concerning adoption and child care in Great Britain as of July 2006. In Scotland the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill is progressing well. The publication of the Green Paper to improve outcomes the looked after children in England has been delayed. The British Association for Adoption and Fostering has opened an office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 30 Page: 3-3 2006 Summer2006
David Holmes
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This article presents news briefs on: Pledge of the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland to fight against the introduction of antisocial behaviour orders
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Presents news briefs on social services issues in Great Britain as of July 2004. Pledge of the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland to fight against the introduction of antisocial behavior orders; Appointment of Paul Ennals as the interim chair of the children, young people and families workforce council in England; Ratio of families applying for a loan to the Social Fund. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Care,
2004
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This article offers news briefs related to child care services in Great Britain. A day of football for girls was held to promote the merits of the game in Derry, Northern Ireland
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The article offers news briefs related to child care services in Great Britain. The life-threatening implications of dangerous driving were demonstrated for young people in Leeds, England. A day of football for girls was held to promote the merits of the game in Derry, Northern Ireland. Young people are taking part in a workshop that gives them a chance to develop their own web sites, more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
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The aim of this study was to examine four single nucleotide polymorphisms two of which (rs1843809, rs1386493) were reported to associate with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Tryptophan Hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of serotonin which is exclusively expressed in the brain. Recent molecular studies reported significant association between markers mapped to TPH2 and psychiatric conditions including ADHD. We have examined four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) two of which (rs1843809, rs1386493) were reported to more...
International Classification:
Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence - attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Categories:
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Neurosci Lett,
Vol: 412 Page: 105-7 January 2007
K. Sheehan; Z. Hawi; M. Gill; L. Kent
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The aim of this study was to examine non-susceptibility trends among Enterobacteriaceae from bacteraemias in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2001-06
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BACKGROUND: Enterobacteriaceae are common agents of bacteraemia, with Escherichia coli accounting for 20% of the cases. Reflecting this importance, members of the family constitute 4 of the 12 collection groups in the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) Bacteraemia Surveillance Programme. METHODS: MICs from the BSAC surveillance programme were reviewed, along with more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Enterobacteriaceae
Categories:
Enterobacteriaceae; bacteraemias
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 62 Suppl 2 Page: ii41-54 November 2008
D. M. Livermore; R. Hope; G. Brick; M. Lillie; R. Reynolds
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The aim of this study was to examine patterns and trends in antimicrobial susceptibility in enterococci and streptococci (excepting pneumococci) from bacteraemia in the UK and Ireland from 2001 to 2006
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the current patterns and trends in antimicrobial susceptibility in enterococci and streptococci (excepting pneumococci) from bacteraemia in the UK and Ireland from 2001 to 2006. METHODS: In each year 2001-06, blood culture isolates were collected by 25 laboratories distributed across the UK and Ireland. In total, there were 1408 isolates of enterococci, 1332 of more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Enterococci and streptococci
Categories:
enterococci; streptococci
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 62 Suppl 2 Page: ii75-85 November 2008
D. F. Brown; R. Hope; D. M. Livermore; G. Brick; K. Broughton; R. C. George; R. Reynolds
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The aim of this study was to examine the antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in the UK and Ireland from 1999/2000 to 2006/07
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in the UK and Ireland from 1999/2000 to 2006/07. METHODS: Sentinel laboratories across the UK and Ireland contributed up to a fixed quota of isolates of defined organisms per annum. A central laboratory confirmed the more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Haemophilus influenzae
Categories:
antimicrobial susceptibility; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 62 Suppl 2 Page: ii97-103 November 2008
I. Morrissey; K. Maher; L. Williams; J. Shackcloth; D. Felmingham; R. Reynolds
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The aim of this study was to examine non-susceptibility trends among Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other non-fermentative Gram-negative bacteria from bacteraemias in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2001-06
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BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter spp. are important opportunists, notorious for resistance. Pseudomonas spp. are collected in the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) bacteraemia surveillance, with Acinetobacter spp. and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia well represented in the 'other Gram-negatives' group. METHODS: Data for collected isolates were reviewed together more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Categories:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa; non-fermentative Gram-negative bacteria; bacteraemias
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 62 Suppl 2 Page: ii55-63 November 2008
D. M. Livermore; R. Hope; G. Brick; M. Lillie; R. Reynolds
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The aim of this study was to examine non-susceptibility trends among staphylococci from bacteraemias in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2001-06
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OBJECTIVES: Investigation of the antibiotic susceptibilities and trends for staphylococci collected from bacteraemia cases in the UK and Ireland, from 2001 to 2006, as part of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy's Bacteraemia Surveillance Programme. METHODS: Twenty-five hospitals from the UK and Ireland each collected up to 10 consecutive isolates of both Staphylococcus more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Staphylococci
Categories:
staphylococci
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 62 Suppl 2 Page: ii65-74 November 2008
R. Hope; D. M. Livermore; G. Brick; M. Lillie; R. Reynolds
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The aim of this study was to examine non-susceptibility trends and serotype distributions among Streptococcus pneumoniae from community-acquired respiratory tract infections and from bacteraemias in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1999 to 2007
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OBJECTIVES: Pneumococcal disease is prevalent and is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the UK and Ireland. We describe the antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distributions of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing bacteraemia and community-acquired pneumonia in these countries from 1999/2000 to 2006/7, predominantly prior to the introduction of the heptavalent more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Streptococcus pneumoniae
Categories:
Streptococcus pneumoniae; community-acquired respiratory tract infections
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 62 Suppl 2 Page: ii87-95 November 2008
D. J. Farrell; D. Felmingham; J. Shackcloth; L. Williams; K. Maher; R. Hope; D. M. Livermore; R. C. George; G. Brick; S. Martin; R. Reynolds
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This article reports on the plan of Northern Ireland's government to integrate youth workers into schools.
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The article reports on the plan of Northern Ireland's government to integrate youth workers into schools. It discusses the report published by the Department of Education which focuses on the services offered by Youthreach. Youthreach aims to provide educational assistance to young people aged 15-20 years old. It shows that cooperation and partnership between schools and youth workers more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Joe Lepper
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This study aimed to explore the views and current practice of obstetricians with regard to operative vaginal delivery and the use of episiotomy
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OBJECTIVE: To establish the views and current practice of obstetricians with regard to operative vaginal delivery and the use of episiotomy. STUDY DESIGN: A national survey of consultant obstetricians and specialist registrars practising in the United Kingdom and Ireland registered with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), London. A postal questionnaire was sent more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - episiotomy
Categories:
episiotomy
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol,
Vol: 136 Page: 178-83 February 2008
M. Macleod; D. J. Murphy
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This study examined the clinical outcomes and follow-up records of 42 children with nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (LPHL) treated on United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG) HD1 (1982-1992) and HD2 protocols (1992-2000).
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This report describes the clinical outcomes and follow-up records of 42 children with nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (LPHL) treated on United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG) HD1 (1982-1992) and HD2 protocols (1992-2000). The clinical records of 42 children with LPHL treated between 1982 and 2000 were reviewed retrospectively. All 42 had histology reviewed more...
International Classification:
Neoplasms - Malignant neoplasms - Hodgkin's lymphoma
Categories:
Hodgkin lymphoma
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Br J Haematol,
Vol: 138 Page: 761-8 September 2007
G. W. Hall; N. Katzilakis; C. R. Pinkerton; G. Nicolin; S. Ashley; K. McCarthy; S. Daw; M. Hewitt; W. H. Wallace; A. Shankar
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The aim of this study was to assess to gather data on disease progression and response to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in vertically HIV-infected infants in the era of effective therapy
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BACKGROUND: There are few data about disease progression and response to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in vertically HIV-infected infants in the era of effective therapy. DESIGN: Cohort study. METHODS: We examined progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and death over calendar time for infants reported to the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood in the United more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV
Categories:
HIV-infected
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Pediatr Infect Dis J,
Vol: 25 Page: 420-6 May 2006
K. Doerholt; T. Duong; P. Tookey; K. Butler; H. Lyall; M. Sharland; V. Novelli; A. Riordan; D. Dunn; A. S. Walker; D. M. Gibb
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This study aimed to explore current practice regarding oxygen in neonatal and infant anesthesia
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BACKGROUND: There is an increasing awareness of the role of oxygen free radicals in the pathogenesis of many conditions associated with prematurity, which has led to caution in the use of oxygen in neonatal resuscitation. We surveyed the practice of UK pediatric anesthetists with regard to oxygen use in neonatal and infant anesthesia. METHODS: A postal questionnaire survey of 460 more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - oxygen in anesthesia
Categories:
current practice regarding oxygen in anesthesia
Geography:
International
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 18 Page: 378-87 May 2008
J. A. Short; J. H. van der Walt
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The aim of this study was to examine perinatal risk factors for childhood Type 1 diabetes
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AIMS: To investigate perinatal risk factors for childhood Type 1 diabetes in a UK population cohort. METHODS: Perinatal data have been routinely recorded in Northern Ireland for all births in the period 1971-86 (n = 447 663). Diabetes status at the age of 15 years was ascertained in this cohort by identifying 991 children from 1079 registered with Type 1 diabetes diagnosed from 1971 to more...
International Classification:
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - Diabetes mellitus - type 1 diabetes mellitus
Categories:
type 1 diabetes
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Diabet Med,
Vol: 22 Page: 200-6 February 2005
C. R. Cardwell; D. J. Carson; C. C. Patterson
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This article reports the findings of a research report examining the potential for social workers to shift from a child protection to a child welfare orientation in their practice
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The article reports the findings of a research report examining the potential for social workers to shift from a child protection to a child welfare orientation in their practice. Whilst social workers in Great Britain have been encouraged to make such changes, they have been hampered by concerns to manage risks. There was evidence of the continued influence of child protection more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
British Journal of Social Work,
Vol: 34 Page: 199-224 2004
Trevor Spratt; Jackie Callan
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This study investigates whether involvement in research can have a positive effect on the education and management of disease of children and young people with diabetes
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AiM: To investigate whether involvement in research can have a positive effect on the education and management of disease of children and young people with diabetes. METHOD: Children's and young people's experiences of exposure to intensified intervention during a clinical trial were examined by a questionnaire given to 44 young patients with type 1 diabetes from the UK and Ireland. The more...
International Classification:
Education
Categories:
involvement in research and the effect on education
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Paediatr Nurs,
Vol: 19 Page: 37-9 July 2007
C. McGuinness; M. Cain
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This article discusses information about the concept of development for playwork qualifications in four British nations
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The article offers information about the concept of development for playwork qualifications in Great Britain. It outlines the workforce strategy that depicts the scheme of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and planned by four British nations including England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Details of the said qualifications are also discussed. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Sarah Cooper
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This article discusses the role of the police various schools in Great Britain. In Northern Ireland, the Police Service of the country runs the Citizenship and Safety Education (Case) programme.
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The article elaborates on the role of the police various schools in Great Britain. In Scotland, a third of the country's 32 local authorities use campus police in schools In Wales, the All Wales School Liaison Core Programme is a joint initiative between the police and education services. In Northern Ireland, the Police Service of the country runs the Citizenship and Safety Education more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Sue Learner
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This article focused on the establishment of a committee to learn about the experiences of people with a learning disability and their carers in Northern Ireland
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Focuses on the political conditions in Great Britain as of June 1, 2004. Activity of the Welsh Assembly with regard to special education needs policy; Establishment of a committee to learn about the experiences of people with a learning disability and their carers in Northern Ireland; Development of a strategy for children and young people in Northern Ireland. more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
British Journal of Special Education,
Vol: 31 Page: 106-107
Suzanne Mackenzie
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This article discusses prenatal diagnosis of heart disease
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Rev Port Cardiol,
Vol: 19 Page: 213-4 February 2000
R. Anjos
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This study aimed to examine current prescribing patterns for asthma by general practitioners in six European countries
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To assess the level of concordance with international consensus on asthma management, we compared primary care prescribing patterns for asthma in different European countries. A prospective study of prescription items with an associated diagnostic label of asthma in patient consultations with a total of 235 general practitioners (GPs) from Belgium, England, Ireland, Italy, Northern more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - asthma prescribing pattern
Categories:
asthma prescribing pattern
Geography:
International
Respir Med,
Vol: 94 Page: 578-83 June 2000
G. Jepson; T. Butler; D. Gregory; K. Jones
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The aim of this study was to examine the presenting features, delay in presentation, disease localisation, and growth in newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease
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BACKGROUND: Reports from individual referral centres suggest that a significant proportion of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) present after prolonged delays and with impaired growth. AIMS: To prospectively document the presenting features, delay in presentation, disease localisation, and growth in newly diagnosed cases of IBD. METHODS: For 13 months, between June 1998 and more...
International Classification:
Inflammatory bowel disease - Non specific
Categories:
inflammatory bowel disease
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Archives of Disease in Childhood,
Vol: 88 Page: 995-1000
A. Sawczenko; B. K. Sandhu
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This article discusses preventing perinatal transmission of HIV
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Adv Exp Med Biol,
Vol: 549 Page: 149-54 2004
L. A. Van der Poel; H. Lyall
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The aim of this study was to investigate variations in standards of neonatal care in the first week of life that might have contributed to deaths in infants who were born at 27 and 28 weeks' gestation.
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OBJECTIVE: To identify variations in standards of neonatal care in the first week of life that might have contributed to deaths in infants who were born at 27 and 28 weeks' gestation. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted of infants who were born at 27 and 28 weeks' gestation in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland during a 2-year period. Cases were neonatal deaths; control more...
International Classification:
Deaths - infants
Categories:
neonatal care; -deaths in infants
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Pediatrics,
Vol: 116 Page: 1457-65 December 2005
D. Acolet; D. Elbourne; N. McIntosh; M. Weindling; M. Korkodilos; J. Haviland; J. Modder; M. Macintosh
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The aim of this study was to estimate the societal costs of extreme premature birth during the 6th year after birth
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BACKGROUND: Previous assessments of the economic impact of preterm birth focussed on short term health service costs across the broad spectrum of prematurity. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the societal costs of extreme preterm birth during the sixth year after birth. METHODS: Unit costs were applied to estimates of health, social and broader resource use made by 241 children born at 20 through more...
International Classification:
Economic - Extreme premature birth
Categories:
premature birth
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Early Hum Dev,
Vol: 82 Page: 77-84 February 2006
S. Petrou; J. Henderson; M. Bracewell; C. Hockley; D. Wolke; N. Marlow
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This article discusses the religious education (RE) of four nations in Great Britain
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The article discusses the religious education (RE) of four nations in Great Britain. In England, all schools are required to teach RE to pupils. However, the parents may legally withdraw their children from RE. Christianity is considered as the main religious and moral education for all children and young people in Scotland. RE has been compulsory in Wales which also abides by the 1996 more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Sue Learner
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This article discusses the author's views on abortion from a lawyer's and a woman's point of view.
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Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in today's world. People tend to turn to the law when trying to decide what is the best possible solution to an unwanted pregnancy. Here the author's views on abortion are discussed from a lawyer's and a woman's point of view. By taking into consideration the rights of the fetus an "antagonistic relationship" between the woman more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
J Med Ethics,
Vol: 27 Suppl 2 Page: ii10-4 October 2001
B. Hewson
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of age, CD4 percentage (CD4%) and plasma HIV-1 RNA on response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in previously untreated children
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of age, CD4 percentage (CD4%) and plasma HIV-1 RNA on response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in previously untreated children. DESIGN: Cohort study. METHODS: We examined the association between age at HAART initiation, and CD4 and HIV-1 RNA response using logistic and Cox regression, adjusting for sex, route of infection and pre-HAART more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV
Categories:
HIV-1 - antiretroviral therapy
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Aids,
Vol: 18 Page: 1915-24 September 2004
A. S. Walker; K. Doerholt; M. Sharland; D. M. Gibb
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This article reports on the refusal of the British Court of Appeals to approve the alterations administered by the Ministry of Justice on the applications of restraint mechanism in the secure training centres (STC) of four countries
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The article reports on the refusal of the British Court of Appeals to approve the alterations administered by the Ministry of Justice on the applications of restraint mechanism in the secure training centres (STC) of four countries. The countries include England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland wherein their STC are prohibited to apply restraint approach since youth are too more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Sue Learner
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This article provides information on major school rebuilding and refurbishment programmes across Great Britain. Governments of four nations such as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland funded the programme
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The article provides information on major school rebuilding and refurbishment programmes across Great Britain. Governments of four nations such as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland funded the programme. It also presents examination of Katie Daubney on the variations of the projects in terms of approach, funding and times scale for each country. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
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The aim of this study was to examine findings from a survey conducted in schools in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during 1997 asking questions about school councils
Abstract:
This article reports a survey conducted in schools in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during 1997–8 with 2,272 students aged seven to 17 years. The 24-page booklet questionnaire included six groups of questions about school councils. The question of whether pupils who have a council see it as effective was cross-tabulated with a range of other questions, in order to examine more...
International Classification:
Other - political awarness, pollution, positive attachment in early infancy, postpartum family experiences, prion protein gene,psychological health
Categories:
political awarness - school councils
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Society,
Vol: 14 Page: 121-134 2000
Priscilla Alderson
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The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and aetiology of food allergic reactions in children admitted to hospital in UK and Ireland
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Aim Medical and lay concerns about food allergy are increasing. Whilst food allergy may be becoming more common, fatal reactions to food in childhood are very rare and their rate is not changing. We sought to establish how common severe reactions are. Methods Prospective survey, 1998 to“2000, of hospital admissions for food-allergic reactions – conducted primarily through the more...
International Classification:
Diet and lifestyle
Categories:
food allergic reactions
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Child: Care, Health & Development,
Vol: 31 Page: 741-742 2005
Richard Reading
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This article discusses the "United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child" issued response to the British government's submission on the progress made in respect of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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On October 4, 2002, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued its response to the British government's submission on the progress made in respect of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are required to present a periodic report every five years. However, due to delays more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Children & Society,
Vol: 17 Page: 71-74 2003
Lisa Payne
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This article discusses if the generic emergency duty team is the most appropriate model for dealing with all social services emergencies out of normal working hours
Abstract:
The Climbié Report 2003 has suggested radical reforms in relation to how child protection services are organised out of hours. The impact of this will be felt in Emergency Duty Teams throughout the UK leading those involved in commissioning child protection services to ask whether the generic emergency duty team is the most appropriate model for dealing with all social services more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Practice (09503153),
Vol: 16 Page: 111-121 2004
Jane Barry
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This study aimed to explore current provision of specialist and transitional paediatric endocrine services in the UK and Ireland
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OBJECTIVE: To assess current provision of specialist and transitional paediatric endocrine services in the UK and Ireland. DESIGN: A questionnaire was sent to paediatric endocrinologists requesting details of patients receiving GH and also details of specialist and transitional services. RESULTS: Of 72 questionnaires received, 56 [21 from historical growth centres (group 1), 10 from more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - paediatric endocrine services
Categories:
paediatric endocrine services
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf),
Vol: 65 Page: 59-63 July 2006
J. Kirk; P. Clayton
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This article discusses the Children's commissioner’s findings that the governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have failed because of the increase in juvenile delinquency, injustices in the asylum system, and poverty.
Abstract:
The article presents the author's views on the Great Britain's written agreement with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. He says that the country should carry out its promise in upholding the rights of children. The author stated that the children's commissioners found out that the governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have failed more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Community Care,
2008
Mark Ivory
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This article discusses a new measure for the quantification of scoliotic deformity
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The monitoring of spinal deformity uses many techniques: clinical history and physical examination for patient status, radiography for precise spinal delineation and Cobb angle, topography to quantify cosmesis and to approximate the Cobb angle. Experience with a system based on Raster photography has shown that adequate correlation with the Cobb angle is achieved, but that the more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Stud Health Technol Inform,
Vol: 123 Page: 449-55 2006
C. J. Goldberg; D. Grove; D. P. Moore; E. E. Fogarty; F. E. Dowling
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