Things in the library 3 Feb...

Things historical...

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I had a visit today from someone who wanted to know more about Professor Illingworth (after whom we are named). Ronald Illingworth (1909-1990) was appointed as the first Professor of Child Health at University of Sheffield in 1947, working here in Sheffield Children's Hospital. His book 'Babies and Young Children' published in 1954 was always on the book shelf when I was growing up and I used to love looking through the illustrations (which even then seemed a little dated!). Professor Illingworth's collection of books formed the basis of the first Library here which is why we are named after him.

Things to discover in new research...
The National Institute for Health Research  has a 'Signal' service which you can sign up to if you wish. You can choose specific areas of interest or receive all of them. Each signal will summarise some recent important research along with an expert commentary. This week a signal looked at 'Young children from deprived areas are more at risk of serious burns and scalds' 

Things about PICU...
A recent article in Paediatrics and Child Health looked at 'Care of the child and family in paediatric intensive care'. In the UK 19,760 children were admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit last year. This article summarises an approach to the pastoral care of the child and their family during the journey through paediatric intensive care from admission to discharge.


Things limited by time...
Wiley are offering you the chance to read the top 5 most downloaded articles that have published in different specialities this year in their journals. Follow the links from this website. The articles in paediatrics are :

• There is no such thing as infant sleep, there is no such thing as breastfeeding, there is only breastsleeping
• Work-life balance
• Breast milk nutrient content and infancy growth
• Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management
• Bed-sharing by breastfeeding mothers: who bed-shares and what is the relationship with breastfeeding duration?

Things being moved...

We have been having our bound journal volumes dusted recently so we have shuffled some of the titles around slightly - some of them are very heavy. We are not moving our library (though we would like more space) but if we ever have to I hope we can count on your support in the same way the people of Ghent did recently! Watch the video.

Things about health lives...

The greatest influences on people's health and well-being come from outside health care. They include factors such as education, employment, housing and community.During 2017 the Health Foundation will begin implementing a long-term strategy to improve people's health in the UK. This document introduces eight key themes that underpin the strategy.

Things to help you...

 We have recently added quite a few links to tutorials and resources that you might find useful on our YouTube channel. Help with Microsoft Office, reference management software, Cochrane library and Trip database are amongst the resources linked.


Things without lettuce...
In the news today the 'rationing' of salad leaves in some supermarkets due to the poor weather in Spain and crop failures. Though personally I don't know why anyone would want to buy an iceberg lettuce as it is 96% water! So here is a lovely salad not requiring any lettuce...and if you can't get broccoli then I would substitute frozen green french beans.

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!