Search Tag: Children
Children and Medical Radiation
2017 18 Apr
Medical imaging is frequently necessary and is essential in diagnosis and management of children with illness and injury. Much of medical imaging requires ionising radiation. A discussion of radiation exposure is especially relevant in children due to their increased vulnerability, including to radiation-induced cancer, according to a report published... Read more
New Resource for Children
2016 30 Nov
An activity book for children visiting intensive care units (ICUs) has been published by ICUsteps, the UK intensive care patient and relative support charity. The resource comes with an information sheet for parents and carers to help them support the children, and can be downloaded from the ICUsteps website. Catherine White, Information Manager,... Read more
Study: Paediatric AKI Diagnosis Not Following Guidelines
2016 01 Nov
A survey of paediatric intensivists in the U.S. has found that around half are not using current guidelines to diagnose acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill children, and over 70 percent are using serum creatinine and urine output only. Only one-third refer children with AKI to a kidney specialist after they are discharged. The study is published... Read more
RSNA15: Parental Absence Affects Brain Development in Children
2015 01 Dec
New research from China shows that children who have been left without direct parental care for extended periods of time have larger grey matter volumes in the brain. The finding suggests that the lack of parental care affects brain development in children, according to the study presented on Monday, 30 November, at the annual meeting of the Radiological... Read more
Imaging Gets Appy - Taking the Worry Away
2015 08 Sep
One in seven patients has cancelled a hospital appointment because they are scared, according to a survey commissioned by Siemens. When it comes to imaging, more than 20 percent do not understand fully what an MRI scan is, while 42 percent admitted they were afraid of the MRI process. When patients turn up for their imaging appointments well-informed... Read more
Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest in Children
2015 28 Apr
Research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting in San Diego and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that therapeutic hypothermia is no more effective than normal temperature control for children after cardiac arrest.The NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute-funded research was a large,... Read more
National Recognition For Nationwide Children’s Hospital
2015 16 Mar
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centred processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long-term, participative relationships the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced. Nationwide Children’s achieved Level 3 standards, the highest... Read more
New Therapies Have Not Reduced Anaesthesia Risks for PHT Patients
2015 24 Jan
While new treatments for pulmonary hypertension (PHT) have reduced mortality, children with PHT are still a high-risk group for serious complications and death related to anaesthesia and surgery, according to a study appearing in Anesthesia & Analgesia. Younger children and those with more severe disease are at higher risk, according to researchers,... Read more
California Children’s Hospital Wins HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award
2015 17 Jan
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) has earned a Stage 7 award by HIMSS Analytics, and will be recognised at the Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois in April 2015. The award recognises hospitals which implement and utilise information technology to achieve an advanced electronic medical record (EMR) environment.“Eliminating... Read more