Aim: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring school-age neurodevelopmental outcomes of children after low-grade intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH).
Method: The published and grey literature was extensively searched to identify observational comparative studies exploring neurodevelopmental outcomes after IVH grades 1 and 2. Our primary outcome was neurodevelopmental impairment after 5 years of age, which included cognitive, motor, speech and language, behavioural, hearing, or visual impairments.
Background: Over 3000 children suffer a perinatal brain injury in England every year according to national surveillance. The childhood outcomes of infants with perinatal brain injury are however unknown.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-analyses were undertaken of studies published between 2000 and September 2021 exploring school-aged neurodevelopmental outcomes of children after perinatal brain injury compared with those without perinatal brain injury.
Context: Preterm brain injuries are common; neurodevelopmental outcomes following contemporary neonatal care are continually evolving.
Objective: To systematically review and meta-analyze neurodevelopmental outcomes among preterm infants after intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and white matter injury (WMI).
Data Sources: Published and grey literature were searched across 10 databases between 2000 and 2021.
Pediatr Nephrol
July 2021
Urinary tract infection is a commonly occurring paediatric infection associated with significant morbidity. Diagnosis is challenging as symptoms are non-specific and definitive diagnosis requires an uncontaminated urine sample to be obtained. Common techniques for sampling in non-toilet-trained children include clean catch, bag, pad, in-out catheterisation and suprapubic aspiration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the pathways by which children with cancer present to a shared care oncology unit.
Design: A population-based retrospective cohort study of children diagnosed with cancer between the years 2004 and 2014.
Setting: District General Hospital with a level 2 Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit.