Things in the library 10 Oct

Things holding the fort - Kate

You will have to forgive us  if the library is a little slower than usual to respond to requests at the moment - there is only Kate here for most of next week. Remember we will  only be open until 17:00 each night.

Things missing 


Sarah will be attending a 3 day CASP course in Oxford to further develop critical appraisal skills and how it should be taught. The library already runs an Introduction to Critical Appraisal course to enable you to assess the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers so that you can decide if they are believable and useful. Check our website in November for details of a revamped version!


NICE things
Management of vomiting in children and young people with gastroenteritis: ondansetron.  NICE have published some new advice in Oct 2014. It is an evidence summary but NOT guidance. See what they say here.

Teenage things
Thousands of teenagers are to get an extra hour in bed in a trial to see whether later school start times can boost GCSE results!  University of Oxford researchers say teenagers start functioning properly two hours later than older adults. A trial tracking nearly 32,000 GCSE pupils in more than 100 schools will assess whether a later school start leads to higher grades. Improved mental health and wellbeing could also result, the scientists say. See the BBC report here.

Things from Child and Maternal Health Knowledge Update

Since 1 April 2013, the former Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) have been part of Public Health England
They produce a  weekly eBulletin highlighting the latest news, events, reports, research and other resources relating to children, young people's and maternal health.

10th October 2014 e-bulletin extracts: 

Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing profiling tool This tool, published by the Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, brings together a wide range of publically available data on risk, prevalence and detail (including cost data) on services that support children with or vulnerable to mental illness. Commissioners, service providers, clinicians, service users and their families can benchmark their area against similar populations and gain intelligence about what works.
Antibiotics 'linked to childhood obesity' Young children who are given repeated courses of antibiotics are at greater risk than those who use fewer drugs of becoming obese, researchers say here.  See the abstract from JAMA here

MHRA: New guidance on reporting suspected adverse drug reactions in children and neonates The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced new simplified guidance for healthcare professionals reporting suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children to its Yellow Card Scheme.

Hospital readmission in pediatric asthma, associated risk factors . The purpose of this integrative review is to explore contemporary scientific findings on the association between pediatric asthma readmission and various demographic, environmental, psychosocial and clinical risk factors.

Foody things!

This zesty teatime shortbread from BBC Good Food  "has a beautiful crumbly texture, plus zingy lemon and warming ginger flavour"  find the recipe here