Things in the library 30 August...

Things about coffee...
Illingworth Library has been asked to run one of our Randomised Coffee Trial events during the long lunch break at the SCH Clinical Summit on 26th September.
We will also be running one of our normal RCTs for all SCH staff during October
Coffee @ Clinical Summit
If you sign-up for the RCT you will be randomly matched (2 weeks beforehand) to another member of staff attending the SCH Clinical Summit and we will ask you to arrange to meet each other during the lunch break at the summit for a coffee (or tea!) and chat. You can talk about anything you like ….it doesn't have to be a job related …but it can be.
Why?
It’s a good way to meet new colleagues, make connections and find out more about each other.
How?
Sign up with this quick Google Form before 11th September if you would like to take part.

Coffee RCT @SCH 
If you want to sign-up for the normal SCH October RCT then please use this link to a Google Form and do so before 17th September. If you signed up previously for one of these and had asked to be kept on the list then there is no need to sign up for this one again.

Things about motor development...
A paper in Acta Paediatrica looks at 'Predictors of early motor trajectories from birth to 5 years in neonatal at-risk and control children.'. If you are a member of SCH staff you are entitled to read the full text of this by logging in here with your NHS Open Athens account. If you don't have an Open Athens account sign up for one here to access a variety of different electronic resources from database searching to e-books.

Things about smoking, drinking & drug use...

The report from national statistics 'Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England 2018' has been published. This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes, and for the first time in 2018, wellbeing.
The summary states that:
16% of pupils who had ever smoked cigarettes which was down from 19% in 2016, and 49% in 1996
Pupils who had drunk alcohol in the last week varied from 2% of 11 year olds and 3% of 12 year olds, to 23% of 15 year olds.
Pupils who had reported that they had ever taken drugs varied from 9% of 11 year olds, to 38% of 15 year olds
Low life satisfaction was reported by 33% of pupils who had taken drugs in the last month, and 28% of pupils who had drunk alcohol in the last week.

Things in Sheffield...
Booking opened this morning for Sheffield's Off the Shelf Festival which takes place in October. the popular 'big names' usually get booked up quickly but there are many different events taking place which are well worth attending. Tickets can be bought online, by phone or you can buy tickets in person from one of their box offices:
SIV Tickets, Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool
Sheffield Theatres, 55 Norfolk Street
University of Sheffield Students' Union, Western Bank

Things to read...
I am off to Salford this weekend to see Stephen Fry in 'Mythos' which we read earlier this year in our Reading Group. Our next meeting is Wed 4th September at where we will be chatting about 'The Power'...do come and join us in the library at 17:15.


Things to eat...
British plums are in the shops now so make the most of them. For something different from the normal crumble or cobbler what about this salad of roasted plums and spinach?

Things in the library 20 Jan ...

New Things about TRIP....
One of Trip’s main aims is to help users find the best available evidence with the minimum of effort. The latest update has some innovative new features, all there to support your evidence search. Don't forget that for a second year you have access to PRO features by registering as NHS staff.

• Answer Engine. They’ve been discussing this for nearly five years and seriously working on it for over twelve months. Obtain instant answers to some clinical questions, seamlessly integrated in to your search experience.
• SmartSearch. An useful system to help speed up your search and to help users avoid missing important documents. They analyse the articles you click and use that to predict other articles that are highly relevant.
• Search suggestions. Incorporated in to your results allowing you to easily produce a more focused search.
• Broken links. Arguably a minor upgrade, but very important. Broken links can be a terrible user experience. Take out your frustrations by hitting the new ‘Broken link’ feature under each result.

Things about transition and epilepsy...

A recent article in Epilepsy & Behavior discusses 'The transition from pediatric to adult care for youth with epilepsy: Basic biological, sociological, and psychological issues'.  Below they summarise a few of the broad concerns that arise from this review.

• Brain development – Impulsive pleasure seeking and risky behaviour may be the result of an imbalance between frontal and limbic maturation and should be anticipated.
• Endocrinological development – Puberty has a major effect on development, personality, and behaviour.
• Sexual development – Peer relationship problems may interfere with normal sexual development. Sexual debut is early in youth with epilepsy and long-term sexual experiences are often unsatisfactory.
• Psychological development – Normal developmental stages in adolescence may be disrupted by epilepsy. While epilepsy may contribute to adjustment problems, some of these issues are related to normal developmental concerns. Family dysfunction has a strong effect on maturation of adolescents with epilepsy. Severe behaviour problems with intellectual disability and/or autistic spectrum disorder are not typically related to family dysfunction and have multiple etiologies.
• Bone health – The degree of risk for and mechanisms of bone disorders in childhood-onset epilepsy are unclear. For those at increased risk, serum vitamin D and DXA screening may be useful along with supplemental vitamin D.

Things about 3D printing of drugs for children....

An article this week in AAPS PharmSciTech discusses the potential for using 3D printing for paediatric drugs the abstract is below. This article is part of a topical collection on the theme Pediatric Drug Development and Dosage Form Design.

The first medicine manufactured by three-dimensional (3D) printing was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The advantages of printing as a manufacturing route enabling more flexibility regarding the dose, and enlarging individual treatment options, have been demonstrated. There is a particular need for flexible drug delivery solutions when it comes to children. Printing as a new pharmaceutical manufacturing technology brings manufacturing closer to the patient and can easily be adjusted to the required dosing scheme, offering more flexibility for treatments. Printing of medicine may therefore become the manufacturing route of choice to provide tailored and potentially on-demand treatments for patients with individual needs. This paper intends to summarize and discuss the state of the art, the crucial aspects which should be taken into account, and the still-open questions, in order to make 3D printing a suitable manufacturing route for pediatric drugs.

Things about PKU...
A Key European guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with phenylketonuria was published in the Lancet recently. From the 70 recommendations formulated, in this Review they describe ten that they deem as having the highest priority.

An e-book for surgeons...
We have recently purchased an e-book copy of  the latest edition of Spitz Operative Pediatric Surgery for SCH staff. Follow the link and login with your free NHS Open Athens account.
Not a surgeon???.....then login to the e-book portal and search for what you are interested in. You can browse books free for 5 mins and if there is a resource which you think will be well used by your department ask us if we can purchase it.

Things with crunch...
As a quick easy and quite healthy dessert why not try these Honey nut crunch pears?  This recipe uses cornflakes but I expect other cereals would work well too!