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Newborn babies help unlock important insights into gut health 10 February 2021 Lead author and Consultant Neonatologist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) PCH, Dr Shripada Rao compared the gut bacteria of a group of healthy babies born at King Edward Memorial Hospital to another group of babies with gastrointestinal (GI) surgical conditions who were managed in the NICU at PCH. Comparisons between the two groups were made by analysing stool samples from the babies. The first stool samples were collected soon after birth and the second samples were collected between 10 and 14 days of their life. The study found that during the course of their stay in the NICU, babies with surgical conditions develop more harmful bacteria and lesser amounts of beneficial bacteria in their gut compared to the healthy group of babies. "The findings are significant because they help us understand why these babies often suffer from adverse health following their surgery such as in... -
Three questions with Professor Lakshmi Nagarajan 10 February 2021 Professor Lakshmi Nagarajan, an internationally renowned child neurologist and epileptologist, has been a consultant at (the former) Princess Margaret Hospital and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) for more than 20 years. Dr Nagarajan directs the Child and Adolescent Epilepsy Program in Western Australia and is a Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia’s School of Medicine. Professor Nagarajan has fostered and advanced high quality care for children with neurological disorders across the world through her work in Australia, India, USA and Canada. She is also active in educational programs in Australia and internationally through the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). She supervises and mentors Paediatric and Child Neurology trainees in Australia. Prof Nagarajan is on the ILAE task force to dev... -
Five steps for a safe and stress-free lockdown 02 February 2021 Instead of returning to ‘normal routines’ and school this week, families and children throughout WA are today instead adapting to lockdown measures. While we can’t tell what the best and safest choices are for everyone’s unique situation and family, I’ve put together some tips for making the best out of this unanticipated situation – my five steps for a safe and stress-free lockdown. Structure and routine It may seem like your plans have gone out of the window but making what plans you can ahead of time will make the days themselves much less stressful. We need to try and maintain some structure during this period of change and readjustment. The more predictability we can create in this uncertain time, the better it is for kids, by making decisions early, you can really help them be prepared for what’s going to happen. If you wait until the last ... -
Three questions about research with Dr André Schultz 24 November 2020 Dr André Schultz is an internationally recognised leader in paediatric respiratory medicine. As a Respiratory Physician at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) he leads a program focused on lung health. Earlier this year Dr Schultz was awarded a $1.1 million Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Investigator grant towards his work in preventing bronchiectasis in Indigenous people. He is the clinical lead for BEAT CF – a $3.4 million MRFF funded multicentre clinical trial and co-founded a national peer support platform for clinicians from Australia, NZ, Malaysia and the USA who treat rare lung disease. Dr Schultz also lectures to medical students at the University of Western Australia and supervises a number of students as part of his research work. We posed three questions to Dr Schultz about his research wo... -
Children with cerebral palsy set to breathe easier thanks to ground-breaking research 12 November 2020 Children with cerebral palsy (CP) will benefit from ground-breaking new research to recognise the early warning signs of respiratory disease which can have devastating consequences when misdiagnosed. Until now, little was known about the heightened respiratory risks children living with CP face, with this being the leading cause of unplanned hospital admissions and death around the world. PCH clinicians are now leading Australian and international efforts to reduce this risk with a recently published ‘consensus statement’, a precursor to clinical guidelines, in the Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Journal. The research team believes it will be a game changer in helping drive greater awareness and better management of the risk factors for respiratory illness in children and young people with CP. The research team responsible includes researchers from the Physiotherap...
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22/06/2021