Shared care in paediatrics.

Paediatrics in primary care.

I ncreasingly the future organisation of paediatrics at secondary level, the place of first referral, depends greatly on the organisation and quality of care at primary level. The ability of paediatricians to influence primary child health care is limited at present to advocacy and training, but recently some have been expressing the view that we in the UK should follow US and European practice...

[Quality of initial trauma care in paediatrics].

INTRODUCTION Trauma care in Spain is not provided in specific centres, which means that health professionals have limited contact to trauma patients. After the setting up of a training program in paediatric trauma, the aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the initial care provided to these patients before they were admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a third lev...

Quality of initial trauma care in paediatrics

Year in review 2006: Critical Care – paediatrics

In 2006, paediatric intensive care-related subjects were discussed in a number of papers published in various journals, including Critical Care. Because they focused on the cardiovascular system and its support, we summarize them here. In particular, these papers highlighted the management of refractory septic shock, extracorporeal support, outcome markers in sepsis, and outcome after cardiac a...

Hospital paediatrics and child health care.

THE reasons for referral and admission of children to the Ulster Hospital Dundonald (UHD) during October 1979 were documented in order to examine the present day practice of hospital paediatrics. In comparison to 25 years ago many admissions today are not for acute emergencies but for less life threatening conditions which nevertheless are extremely frightening to the parents. The knowledge tha...