May 2014’s Fetal and Neonatal highlights
FN editor Martin Ward Platt talks through his picks from May 2014's edition. For all the articles, see http://fn.bmj.com/content/99/3.toc
Apr 16, 2014•5 min•Ep. 41
ADC Podcast
The Archives of Disease (ADC) podcast is your go-to source for the latest in paediatrics and child health. The podcast episodes cover the editor’s highlights of each issue, detailed coverage of specific articles, and insightful interviews with authors and specialists in the field.
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Episodes
May’s ADC Archimedes podcast
In this month's Archimedes podcast, section editor Bob Phillips discusses the ADC blog series on the basics of evidence based medicine http://goo.gl/CQM4P8 and two questions regarding diagnostic cerebral catheterisation http://goo.gl/ulmSr6 and measuring serum sodium from capilliary blood samples http://goo.gl/uAFhKH. There's also a bonus treat of a haematological top tip.
Apr 10, 2014•12 min•Ep. 40
Global child health: Screening and interventions for children with disabilities
Research understanding the lives of children with disabilities in low-income and middle-income countries has predominantly focused on prevalence studies with little progress on evidence-based service development. At the same time, global attention in child health has shifted from child survival strategies to those that bring child survival and development together. Aisha Yousafzai, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, has led a review in May's ADC which examines whether intervention research ...
Apr 08, 2014•14 min•Ep. 39
Education and practice: Using data to improve care
Ronny Cheung, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Claire Lemer, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, look at the role of data in improving the quality of care for children and young people: how they can help to identify a problem, guide design of solutions, and evaluate changes in practice. Drs Lemer and Cheung introduce some principles for measurement in the field of quality improvement, and discuss how to use and present data to maximis...
Apr 01, 2014•10 min•Ep. 38
Education and practice: Patient involvement in quality improvement
It is vital to involve children, young people and families in the design, delivery and improvement of their care. Their involvement can range from individuals giving feedback, such as patient stories, to collaborative work including patient groups and communities helping to develop and commission services. In this podcast Sophie Robertson, Paediatric Department, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Kate Pryde, Department of Child Health, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Kath E...
Apr 01, 2014•12 min•Ep. 37
April 2014’s Archimedes podcast
Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses April's Archimedes questions. For the articles, see this month's edition of the journal: http://adc.bmj.com/content/99/4.toc
Mar 27, 2014•15 min•Ep. 36
April 2014’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie discusses some choice papers from April's ADC. For all the content in this edition, see: http://adc.bmj.com/content/99/4.toc
Mar 14, 2014•10 min•Ep. 35
March 2014’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie talks through his highlights from the March edition. For all the content, see: http://goo.gl/qgrA4V
Mar 14, 2014•11 min•Ep. 34
Fetal and Neonatal: Perinatal outcomes for extremely preterm babies in relation to place of birth
Professor Neil Marlow is the lead author on the EPIcure2 paper published In ADC Fetal and Neonatal. He has led several large studies of the outcome of preterm delivery, including the first EPIcure study which was influential in shaping aspects of current national policy. Neil has been Professor of Neonatal Medicine at University College, London, since 2008, having previously been the chair of Neonatal Medicine in Nottingham, and he is a past President of the European Society for Paediatric Resea...
Mar 06, 2014•10 min•Ep. 33
The cost effectiveness of treating paediatric cancer in low-income and middle-income countries
There is a long standing perception that treating cancer in children in low and middle income countries is not cost effective and, as a result, there has been less investment in this area than many higher profile counterparts such as HIV and malaria. In an innovative and compelling paper, Nickhill Bhakta, Fellow in Haematology/Oncology at St Jude's Lutheran children's hospital, Tennessee, debunks this myth. Basing his model on two common cancers he elegantly demonstrates that the majority of chi...
Jan 29, 2014•14 min•Ep. 32
ADC highlights February 2014
Editor Mark Beattie takes us through his picks from January's ADC. All the content from the issue is available here: adc.bmj.com/content/99/2.toc
Jan 28, 2014•9 min•Ep. 31
January 2014’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie takes us through his picks from January's ADC. All the content from the issue is available here: http://adc.bmj.com/content/99/1.toc
Jan 14, 2014•8 min•Ep. 30
Global child health: The past, present and future of malaria vaccines
Despite advances in prevention, rapid diagnosis and treatment and being a focus disease for the Millenium Development Goals, malaria continues to claim an unacceptable number of lives. The first experiments in malaria vaccinology date back several decades. There was excitement on the release of the Colombian Spf66 vaccine in the 1980s but this was followed by disappointed as the trial results did not translate into the expected effictiveness on the ground. Since then, molecular advances have see...
Jan 06, 2014•14 min•Ep. 29
December’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie takes us through his picks from December's ADC. All the content from the issue is available here: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/12.toc
Jan 02, 2014•10 min•Ep. 28
EQUIPed: The deteriorating child
In this podcast Dr Ashley Reece introduces thoughts and comment from Dr Alice Roueche and Dr Jane Runacles, the authors of the second article in the EQUIPed series published in the Education and Practice section of Archives of Disease in Childhood in December 2013. This paper, entitled 'Improving Care for the Deteriorating Child', gives insight into approaching a Quality Improvement project using the very unwell child as a example. Read the full paper bit.ly/1hquMwr
Dec 20, 2013•8 min•Ep. 27
December’s Archimedes podcast
Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses December's Archimedes questions. For the articles, see this month's edition of the journal: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/12.toc
Oct 29, 2013•11 min•Ep. 26
November’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie takes us through his picks from November's ADC. All the content from the issue is available here: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/11.toc
Oct 29, 2013•11 min•Ep. 25
Equipped: Quality improvement in paediatrics and child health (short version)
The first of a series of articles on quality improvement in paediatrics and child health was published in the Education and Practice section of Archives in September 2013. Joining Dr Ashley Reece are series authors, Dr Bob Klaber and Dr Alice Roueche. They discuss what quality improvement is and headline the future articles in this series.
Oct 29, 2013•14 min•Ep. 24
Equipped: Quality improvement in paediatrics and child health (long version)
The first of a series of articles on quality improvement in paediatrics and child health was published in Education and Practice in September 2013. In this podcast Dr Ashley Reece discusses the series with Dr Bob Klaber and Dr Alice Roueche. They discuss why these articles were commissioned, what quality improvement is and how it fits into our clinical practice with examples of QI initiatives. They also headline future articles in this series on which more podcasts are planned.
Oct 29, 2013•25 min•Ep. 23
November’s Archimedes podcast
Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses November's Archimedes questions. For the articles, see this month's edition of the journal: adc.bmj.com/content/98/11.toc#Archimedes.
Oct 07, 2013•8 min•Ep. 22
October’s Archimedes podcast
Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses October's Archimedes questions. For the articles, see this month's edition of the journal: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/10.toc#Archimedes.
Oct 07, 2013•11 min•Ep. 21
October’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie takes us through his picks from October's ADC. All the content from the issue is available here: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/10.toc
Sep 27, 2013•7 min•Ep. 20
September’s ADC highlights
Editor Mark Beattie takes us through his picks from September's ADC. All the content from the issue is available here: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/9.toc
Sep 16, 2013•7 min•Ep. 19
August’s ADC highlights
In this podcast, Mark Beattie discusses the editor’s highlights from the August edition of ADC. For all the papers discussed, see this month’s edition of the journal http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/8.toc.
Jul 26, 2013•11 min•Ep. 18
August’s Archimedes podcast
Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses August's Archimedes questions. For the articles, see this month's edition of the journal: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/8.toc#Archimedes.
Jul 26, 2013•8 min•Ep. 17
ADC twitter journal club, June 2013
In an innovative new venture, paediatric registrar, Tessa Davis, introduces the ADC twitter journal club, the first twitter paediatric journal club. The first paper was discussed between 8pm and 9pm BST on Wednesday 12th June. Follow @ADC_JC and use the hashtag #ADC_JC. More information on the ADC Journal Club and Twitter is available at http://blogs.bmj.com/adc/2013/06/05/adc_jc-archives-of-disease-in-childhoods-first-twitter-journal-club/.
Jul 12, 2013•4 min•Ep. 16
ADC podcast - journal club
In an innovative new venture, Paediatric Registrar, Tessa Davis, introduces the ADC Twitter Journal Club, the first Twitter Paediatric Journal Club. Follow @ADC_JC and use the hashtag #ADC_JC. More information on the ADC Journal Club and Twitter is available at http://blogs.bmj.com/adc/2013/06/05/adc_jc-archives-of-disease-in-childhoods-first-twitter-journal-club/.
Jun 27, 2013•4 min•Ep. 15
July’s ADC highlights
In this podcast, Mark Beattie discusses the editor’s highlights from the July edition of ADC. For all the papers discussed, see this month’s edition of the journal http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/7.toc.
Jun 24, 2013•9 min•Ep. 14
June’s ADC podcast
In this podcast, Mark Beattie discusses the editor’s highlights from the June edition of ADC. For all the papers discussed, see this month’s edition of the journal http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/6.toc.
May 30, 2013•9 min•Ep. 13
June’s Archimedes podcast
Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses March’s Archimedes questions, including what are the options for treating latent TB infection in children [http://bit.ly/145Ew3u], and can a conservative approach to the treatment of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis with atropine be considered a real alternative to surgical pyloromyotomy [http://bit.ly/13YmaVL]?
May 29, 2013•9 min•Ep. 12
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