Preventing abusive head trauma: what do frontline healthcare workers (HCW) know about normal infant crying?

It is well reported that one of the main precipitants of abusive head trauma (AHT) is frequent and consistent periods of crying. The cornerstones in the management of excessive infant crying are reassurance and education. Our study showed a knowledge deficit in frontline healthcare workers (HCW) understanding of normal infant crying.

Meta-analysis: the prophylactic use of tranexamic acid to reduce blood loss during caesarean delivery.

Introduction: The 2022 national guideline on The Prevention and Management of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) recommended consideration of prophylactic tranexamic acid (TXA) for women who are at high PPH risk undergoing caesarean section (CS). This meta-analysis reviews the basis for this recommendation.

Method: PubMed, OVID Medline, EMBASE, Science Citation Index, Scopus, CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrials.

Craic, Ceoil agus COVID-19: the impact of 'Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann' on presentations to the local emergency department.

Aims: Fleadh Cheoil Na hÉireann, the world's largest Irish music festival, was held in Mullingar in August 2023, gathering a crowd of nearly 600,000 people. Our aim was to assess the impact on presentations to the local emergency department (ED).

Methods: We performed a retrospective case analysis on all presentations to the ED at Regional Hospital Mullingar (RHM) from 23/7/2023 to 02/09/2023.

Predictors of radiographic pneumonia in febrile children with cancer presenting to the emergency department.

Background: Fever is a common presenting complaint to the pediatric emergency department (PED), especially among oncology patients. While bacteremia has been extensively studied in this population, pneumonia has not. Some studies suggest that chest X-ray (CXR) does not have a role in the investigation of neutropenic fever in the absence of respiratory symptoms, yet non-neutropenic pediatric oncology patients were excluded from these studies.

CT brain interpretation in paediatric trauma.

The management of head trauma is an essential component of working in Emergency Medicine, be it a paediatric, adult or mixed emergency department. Between 33% and 50% of the 1.4 million people who attend UK emergency departments (ED) annually with a head injury are children.