Things in the library 25th November

Things about epilepsy...
Public Health England has published Epidemiological assessment on proposed change to England’s children’s epilepsy surgery service specification. This assessment provides independent epidemiological evidence on how the children’s epilepsy surgery service specification (CESS) may be affected if the proposed changes to the current service specification are implemented.
The proposed changes are:

• to expand the list of operations to be undertaken at designated CESS centres 
• to change the current service specification so that children of all ages needing epilepsy surgery have their operations at one of the four designated CESS centres.

Things about antibiotics...

Public Health England has published English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report 2016. The ESPAUR report includes national data on antibiotic prescribing and resistance, and hospital antimicrobial stewardship implementation. It forms a standard against which antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance can be compared in successive years and a resource for commissioning and implementing antimicrobial stewardship policies in England.

Things about ...

Recent cohort studies found that 'Implementing evidence-based practices improves neonatal outcomes' and that 'Morphine exposure in preterm infants correlates with impaired cerebellar growth and poorer neurodevelopmental outcome'.  The library has a number of services that can help you find recent evidence based information - ask us if you need help, or checkout this page on our website.

Things about kidney injury...
A recent study discussed in New England Journal of Medicine involved 4683 patients 3 months to 25 years of age who had been admitted to pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) and were expected to require a stay of 48 hours or longer. The study indicates that acute injury is not only common among critically ill children and young adults, but is associated with adverse outcomes, implying that we should look more carefully for markers of acute kidney injury. Given the link between acute kidney injury and subsequent chronic kidney disease, it is possible that identifying and treating acute kidney injury promptly might reduce the prevalence of chronic kidney disease, now estimated as roughly 1 in 8 adults in the United States

Things about our travelling librarian...

The latest news we have from Sarah is that she is washing her socks...oh ... and she has managed to climb to the top of Cayambe the third highest mountain in Ecuador. Its south slope is the highest point in the world crossed by the Equator and the only point on the Equator with snow cover (according to Wikipedia).



Things crunchy...
I have had builders in this week so have limited access to my cupboards and a nice layer of black plaster dust settling out over everything. This recipe for 'Lemon & black pepper crusted salmon' looks quick, easy and tasty and hopefully the black pepper will disguise an unintentional extra crunch!

Things in the library 18 Nov...

Things that go pop...
Spotted this recent innovation award given to three  University of Sheffield students. Handy Fasteners, have been awarded £25,000 by Arthritis Research UK to further develop their magnetic buttoned shirts for people with arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions. Handy-Fasteners is a set of magnetic buttons that can be retrofitted to any garment to replace fiddly buttons or fasteners.

Things about brain tumours in children...
The Royal College of GPs has launched the Brain Tumours in Children toolkit. This toolkit, created in partnership with national awareness campaign HeadSmart, brings together a range of reliable and user-friendly resources including detailed decision support tools for clinicians. It is primarily aimed at healthcare professionals but also contains information and sources of support for patients and carers.

Things about sexual exploitation...
The University of York and Basis Yorkshire have worked with young women from Basis Yorkshire and a young man from the BLAST Project to create “Breaking Through – Moving on from child sexual exploitation” , a new set of resources about child sexual exploitation (CSE). These include an animation of young people talking about their experiences of getting involved in CSE and moving on from it, a booklet with short quotes from their stories and all the stories in full.

Things available on e-learning ...
Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) programme and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have developed an e-learning resource focusing on NICE Guidance. The e-learning offers practical advice about how to use evidence based medicine in daily practice. The e-learning resource includes content that has been adapted from NICE guidelines and illustrates application of the guidance using practical examples. Learners will be able to plan and record their learning and return to any unfinished sessions. The sessions may also help learners meet their CPD/CME needs.

There are eight sessions of e-learning that cover:
* Evidence-based medicine
* Principles of decision making in healthcare
* Changing clinical practice
* Audit and feedback.
* The e-learning will help users to:
* Follow the guidance for evidence-based medicine
* Make decisions in an evidence-based and fair way
* Understand, identify and overcome barriers to change
* Conduct an audit and provide feedback

Things volcanic...
We have finally had a communication from our travelling librarian.
"Have just got back from our 4 day acclimatisation hike. Walk went through villages, forest, grass lands and high plains and the scenery was amazing. The place is so vast pictures do not do it justice. Campsites had stunning views. Climbed one volcano yesterday, have another tomorrow, then another on Sunday"


Things (not guinea pigs) to eat... 
This looks like a quick and warming bowl of food for the weekend

Jerk prawn & coconut rice.

Things in the library 11 Nov

Things out of the library...
Sarah will be away for the next 3 weeks (I'm sure she has probably told you all about it as she is very excited!). Please do not send her any unnecessary emails whilst she is away as she might never get through them all on her return (and then need another holiday). Instead please email the library and whoever is on duty (Gill or Kate) will deal with your request or send them on to Sarah on her return if necessary.



Things newly available...
There is currently trial access of 270 SAGE Health Sciences journals  - this will run until January 2017. You can access this via your NHS OpenAthens account.


Things about FGM reporting...
Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse of Public Health England, blogs about the first year of mandatory reporting for female genital mutilation (FGM) and the role of school nurses and health visitors in identifying and safeguarding girls who are at risk. She outlines the criteria for mandatory reporting, explains the requirements for professionals and highlights the importance of professionals having the confidence to ask the necessary questions.




Things about infantile colic...

Recent Cochrane Review aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of pain-relieving agents for reducing colic in infants younger than four months of age. The Authors conclude: "At the present time, evidence of the effectiveness of pain-relieving agents for the treatment of infantile colic is sparse and prone to bias. The few available studies included small sample sizes, and most had serious limitations. Benefits, when reported, were inconsistent. We found no evidence to support the use of simethicone as a pain-relieving agent for infantile colic. Available evidence shows that herbal agents, sugar, dicyclomine and cimetropium bromide cannot be recommended for infants with colic."

Things about Diabetes updated...
The NICE guideline [NG18] 'Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management' was updated this month. Recommendations 1.2.115 and 1.3.52 were amended to add information on when eye screening should begin and referral for eye screening should happen.


Things to borrow...
Just two of the new books added to library recently are shown here and will be available to borrow shortly. Remember you can log in to your library account with your ticket number and PIN (ask us if you don't have one) and reserve books, renew online, save searches and personalise the page view.




Things to see...
Go and see the restored Western Bank Library Exhibition Gallery! Thanks to a generous grant from the Wolfson Foundation, a major bequest from a former graduate and many smaller donations to the University's Alumni Foundation, this attractive space has been restored to the condition it was in when the Grade II listed building opened in 1959, and upgraded with 21st century systems. the latest exhibition just opened is 'Spectacle and Wonder: The Circus Friends Association Archive' 





Things autumnal...

If you have a glut of apples then you might find some inspiring recipes on the River Cottage website -  these Appley Chelsea buns sound very tempting.

Things in the library 4th November

Things about safeguarding...
Just time to book to attend a conference in Leicester on 16th Nov. The conference's purpose is to increase awareness, understanding and inclusion in regards to disabilities within our communities and challenge misinformation, negative perceptions and myths regarding disability.  Include Me TOO have organised this conference in partnership with Strengthening Faiths Institution of  with the support from several leading organisations in this field, NSPCC, Faith Forum London, Barnardo’s FGM Centre, Respond, SCWA (Stop Child Witch Accusation), Forced Marriages Unit and (NWG) National Working Group tackling child sexual exploitation and Jeena.

Things studying chronic fatigue in children
Funded by the NIHR, the FITNET-NHS study is a randomised controlled trial comparing two treatments for children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) who do not have access to a local specialist CFS/ME service. The study will investigate whether FITNET-NHS (online CBT) is effective in the NHS, and whether it offers value for money compared to Activity Management.
More information is available here.

NICE things
Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management - surveillance report 2016
This Surveillance Report focuses on a summary of selected new evidence relevant to NICE clinical guideline CG57. The appendix includes summaries and references for all new evidence considered.

Things in review
Chronic pain in children: "Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in Children and A
dolescents: A Review of the Current Evidence". This review discusses the role of interventional procedures in the treatment of chronic pain in children and adolescents. Due to lack of scientific evidence, significant controversy surrounds the utility of invasive techniques for managing pediatric chronic pain states. Email the library for a copy of the paper

Neurodevelopment in children: "The role of systemic inflammation linking maternal BMI to neurodevelopment in children". Children of obese mothers are at increased risk of developmental adversities. Maternal obesity is linked to an inflammatory in utero environment, which, in turn, is associated with neurodevelopmental impairments in the offspring. This is an integrated mechanism review of animal and human literature related to the hypothesis that maternal obesity causes maternal and fetal inflammation, and that this inflammation adversely affects the neurodevelopment of children. We propose integrative models in which several aspects of inflammation are considered along the causative pathway linking maternal obesity with neurodevelopmental limitations. The full text of the article is available here.

Things to eat for bonfire night
Catherine wheel toad-in-the-hole with honey & mustard onions. Perfect for a cold autumnal bonfire evening, this combination of sausage and Yorkshire pudding in a pretty coiled design is sure to be a family hit