Things in the library 2 May

Hope you didn't miss us too much over the last couple of weeks but thought we'd better get another blog in before the next Bank Holiday.

Things to try for free
Clinical Key are offering a two week free trial to their Elsevier paediatric resources (8 journals and 26 books) . If you try it out do let the library know your opinion of it. When we have trialed similar things in the past there has not been enough interest to justify the expense of purchasing. Tell us your views...

Things to buy

We currently have a book sale in the library - mostly texts we replaced with new editions but some great bargains available. First come first served - please note book sales cannot take place within 30 mins of closing time. Please ask at the counter to browse the books.

Things we've done

Every year at this time we count up things we have done in the last year. We now have 34% of SCH staff registered with us in the library; we have loaned books 5366 times; conducted 108 literature searches with feedback received of 91% excellent for this service; supplied 1162 articles (request form here) and our e-prompt current awareness service now has 131 subscribers. 

But so far we only have 10 likes on Facebook.....do like us to keep in touch.

Things published

The RCPCH have this week published their report 'Why Children Die: death in infants, children and young people in the UK' and their policy response to the report read the full text here or via the links in our library catalogue

Things to do with the city

Organised by University of Sheffield -talks and events about Sheffield and beyond during May and June. In The City is a celebration and exploration of urban existence, heritage, and experience, with a variety of themes including modernist housing, forgotten places, activism, musical heritage and personal narratives. Alongside contributions from academics and others based in Sheffield, will be those from acclaimed writers, thinkers and artists include John Grindrod, Anne C Fogarty, Iain Sinclair, WJT Mitchell, Desiree Reynolds, and Tristram Hunt MP, amongst many others.Most events in this series are free. Check out the programme here

Unwanted things in the library

I was rather startled to find I had a companion in the office on Wednesday evening..thanks to help from Facilities and PGME it was herded out again leaving only one feather..and one small deposit. A fellow librarian related a tale of a pigeon getting into his library and dropping down behind a bookcase leading to dismantling of the furniture so I reckon I got off lightly.

Things noisy and/or hot

http://www.freesignage.com/mandatory_signs.php

Due to being situated right next to the building site on Damer Street I'm sorry that the library is so noisy at the moment, unfortunately if we close all the doors and windows everyone tends to overheat - so it's a difficult balance to try to get right. Which is obviously how the pigeon got in...

Things to eat

Should be pigeon pie but instead how about this 'Moroccan chicken and almond filo pie whichSarah made recently- recipe here

Things in the library 11 April

Things to put in your diary

Please note the changes to our opening hours for the Easter Period, we would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter.

Week Beginning 14th April 2014          Week Beginning 21st April 2014

Mon         8.45am to 7.00pm             Mon Closed - Easter Monday       

Tues         8.45am to 7.00pm            Tues         8.45am to 5.00pm

Wed         8.45am to 7.00pm            Wed         8.45am to 5.00pm

Thurs 8.45am to 7.00pm            Thurs        8.45am to 5.00pm

Fri            Closed - Good Friday          Fri         8.45am to 5.00pm

Things published by SCH staff

You may have seen this symbol on our website or at the end of our email signatures, this is the symbol for Delicious.  Delicious is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks.When you click on the Delicious icon you will be taken to our Delicious profile - illingworthinfo.

We use Delicious to gather together articles published by Sheffield Children’s Hospital staff.

To see what your colleagues are publishing click here

'NEW' Things:  Eyes on Evidence

April's edition of Eyes on Evidence has been published by NICE. It includes the following item.

CT scans in childhood or adolescence and risk of cancer  - A population-based cohort study in Australia suggests that people who undergo CT scans in childhood or adolescence are at increased risk of developing solid, lymphoid and haematopoietic cancers.

The new evidence presented is by Matthews et al and concludes:

"This analysis should reinforce the legal requirement for healthcare professionals to only perform CT in children when there is a clear patient benefit and that the radiation dose and image quality must be optimised to be consistent with the imaging task." – Mr Matthew Dunn, Head of Radiology Physics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Allison Low presented this very paper at Journal club 3^rd October 2013. Her presentation is available to view here.

Things to attend

The next Journal club is on Thursday 17^th April 8.00 – 9.00 am where Usha Niranjan will be presenting the paper "Rapid versus standard intravenous rehydration in paediatric gastroenteritis: pragmatic blinded randomised clinical trial". Come along and join in the discussion and sample the homemade baking too.

Check the journal club webpage for more information

Things about Good Friday

• Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday

• The name may be derived from 'God's Friday'

• It is 'good' because the barrier of sin was broken

• It is traditional to eat warm 'hot cross buns' on Good Friday

• The pastry cross on top of the buns symbolises and reminds Christians of the cross that Jesus was killed on.

• The buns were traditionally eaten at breakfast time, hot from the oven. 

• They were once sold by street vendors who sang a little song about them.

 "Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns,

One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns."

To make your own hot cross buns see this recipe

Things in the library 4 April

Things we have done
Busy week again what with the end of the financial year and some staff all deciding to ask the library for help simultaneously! We pride ourselves on a quick turnaround for journal requests - most articles are supplied within 48 hours. There is a charge for this service 15p per page but many staff have an agreement to add it to a departmental account that has been set up with us. If your department doesn't do this but would like to offer this service to their staff please contact me (Gill) for details. Once a year we then send out accounts listing the charges and requesting our finance dept to arrange internal payment.

Things to help you
This week Sarah ran a drop-in session up at Ryegate and helped people with Athens access queries and advice on managing your email.
You have another chance for e-mail help on Tuesday next week at our next InfoBite session (a very popular one run by Kate) on  'Managing your email' make a note of the time now 13:00 Tuesday 8th April for 20- 30 mins - bring your lunch or sample our free cakey bites - all welcome. Reduce your inbox to a few items and get organised for increased efficiency.

Things to help us...and you
Journal Club is run by Sarah Massey and Charlie Elder and is open to all health professionals. It is a fun, informal way of learning to criticise papers and gather evidence to change practice and eat muffins! See website for details . We are currently planning dates for the Autumn season of Journal Club and would appreciate feedback from you .
 Many people struggle to attend the current days and times so if you would please fill in the short survey  Sarah can assess which ones suit the majority.

Things Autistic
If you didn't catch it this week there was an interesting BBC programme by Uta Frith 'Living with Autism', showing how people with autism perceive the world and interact with their surroundings, and how, for them, another kind of reality exists. She meets people with autism who have extraordinary talents, and explains why they often fail to understand jokes. She also explores whether many of us could be just a little bit autistic. Only available till next Wed 9th April on iPlayer here

Things to read on Autism
If you want to see what books we have on the subject then this link will show you what's on our catalogue. If you have a PIN and your library card number you can make use of extra options in our catalogue such as saving lists, reserving items, writing reviews. If you don't have a PIN email us to ask for one here using the drop down menu selection...don't forget to tell us who you are!

Things about a surgeon
One of our own Mr (the Americans were obsessed by this!) Ross Fisher bravely took part in a IAmA on reddit this week talking about paediatric surgery; life, the universe and almost everything - including giving baking advice. It makes interesting reading here - just skim over the few stupid comments (not Ross's).

Things in the library 28 March

Things have been busy
This week we have attended 2 new clinical meetings with a view to supporting them with literature searches etc. This is an increasing aspect of our work and one we are happy to expand. Consequently the blog is a little short on content this week!

Things in the news
Today in the Lancet "Effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
Background
Smoke-free legislation has the potential to reduce the substantive disease burden associated with second-hand smoke exposure, particularly in children. We investigated the effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health.
Methods
We searched 14 online databases from January, 1975 to May, 2013, with no language restrictions, for published studies, and the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform for unpublished studies. Citations and reference lists of articles of interest were screened and an international expert panel was contacted to identify additional studies. We included studies undertaken with designs approved by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care that reported associations between smoking bans in workplaces, public places, or both, and one or more predefined early-life health indicator. The primary outcomes were preterm birth, low birthweight, and hospital attendances for asthma. Effect estimates were pooled with random-effects meta-analysis. This study is registered with PROSPERO, number CRD42013003522.
Findings
We identified 11 eligible studies (published 2008—13), involving more than 2·5 million births and 247 168 asthma exacerbations. All studies used interrupted time-series designs. Five North American studies described local bans and six European studies described national bans. Risk of bias was high for one study, moderate for six studies, and low for four studies. Smoke-free legislation was associated with reductions in preterm birth (four studies, 1 366 862 individuals; −10·4% [95% CI −18·8 to −2·0]; p=0·016) and hospital attendances for asthma (three studies, 225 753 events: −10·1% [95% CI −15·2 to −5·0]; p=0·0001). No significant effect on low birthweight was identified (six studies, >1·9 million individuals: −1·7% [95% CI −5·1 to 1·6]; p=0·31).
Interpretation
Smoke-free legislation is associated with substantial reductions in preterm births and hospital attendance for asthma. Together with the health benefits in adults, this study provides strong support for WHO recommendations to create smoke-free environments

Things about job satisfaction?
A bit of fun or serious statistics - you decide - but this week saw the release of figures showing the relationship between different jobs and levels of life satisfaction. I've extracted some here with their ranking:
(1) Clergy
(2) Chief executives and senior officials
(7) Medical practitioners
(12) Physiotherapists
(16) Therapy professionals
(28) Midwives
(29) Pharmacists
(31) Dental practitioners
(41) Records clerks and assistants
(43) Librarians
(57) Health professionals
(65) Nurses
(84) Health associate professionals
(100) Medical radiographers
(101) Medical secretaries
(116) Receptionists
(119) Psychologists
(137) Medical and dental technicians
(153) Occupational therapists
(162) Paramedics
(175) Social workers
(177) Laboratory technicians
(198) Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
(274) Publicans and managers of licensed premises

Things about Mothering Sunday
Coming up this Sunday but do you know its origins?
Mums are traditionally given flowers on Mothering Sunday which is the fourth Sunday of Lent. Although it's often called Mothers' Day it has no connection with the American festival of that name.
Traditionally, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family.Centuries ago it was considered important for people to return to their home or 'mother' church once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their 'mother' church - the main church or cathedral of the area.
Inevitably the return to the 'mother' church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home. (It was quite common in those days for children to leave home for work once they were ten years old.) [If only! Mine or at least their clutter seems a permanent fixtures ~ Gill] And most historians think that it was the return to the 'Mother' church which led to the tradition of children, particularly those working as domestic servants, or as apprentices, being given the day off to visit their mother and family.
As they walked along the country lanes, children would pick wild flowers or violets to take to church or give to their mother as a small gift. (Source)

Things in the library 21 March

Things published
Child Health profiles published this week by Public Health England. They contain data on a wide range of issues about and affecting child health, from levels of childhood obesity, MMR immunisation rates, teenage pregnancy and underage drinking, to hospital admissions, educational performance and youth crime.

Things about Sheffield children
The Child health profile for Sheffield here has the following key findings:

• Children and young people under the age of 20 years make up 24.2% of the population of Sheffield. 
• 28.8% of school children are from a minority ethnic group. 
• The health and wellbeing of children in Sheffield is mixed compared with the England average.
•  Infant and child mortality rates are similar to the England average.
• The level of child poverty is worse than the England average with 24.4% of children aged under 16 years living in poverty. 
• The rate of family homelessness is worse than the England average.
• 8.4% of children aged 4-5 years and 18.9% of children aged 10-11 years are classified as obese. 
• The hospital admission rate for alcohol specific conditions is better than the England average. 
• The hospital admission rate for substance misuse is better than the England average.
• The rate at which children and young people were killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents is higher than the England average. 85 children were killed or seriously injured on the roads in 2010-2012 

Things to bite with
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have produced a national clinical guideline 'Dental interventions to prevent caries in children'. Full report here



Things to do with quality
Medical revalidation of doctors became a statutory obligation for all employing organisations in 2012, but its origins stretch back to 2000. In that period, the NHS has undergone many changes and been scrutinised by several reviews. It was against this shifting context that The King's Fund carried out a qualitative assessment of the impact to date of medical revalidation on the behaviour of doctors and the culture of organisations within seven case study sites across England.Read it here

The King's Fund have been evaluating the Care Quality Commission's regulatory model - their interim report is here

Things to bite and eat
Given that we all know that 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' (and perhaps the dentist too!) here is a crunchy apple salad to make from Jamie Oliver

Things in the library 14th March

Things neonatal
NICE Quality Standard: neonatal jaundice
NICE has published a quality standard on neonatal jaundice (QS57) this covers the recognition and management of neonatal jaundice in newborn babies (both term and preterm) from birth to 28 days in primary care (including community care) and secondary care. It does not cover babies with jaundice who need surgery to correct the underlying cause, or the management of conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia in babies. Read it here

Pain measurement in the neonate
Recent article in Acta Paediatrica looked at the best approach to
understanding the neonate’s experience of pain. This article is open access and can be found here
Hartley, C. and Slater, R. (2014), Neurophysiological measures of nociceptive brain activity in the newborn infant – the next steps. Acta Paediatrica, 103: 238–242

Things to read
Public Health England have issued a briefing paper 'Obesity and disability - children and young people' download here. This paper examines the evidence linking obesity and disability in children and young people. It looks at a range of impairments or health conditions associated with disability and explores the main obesity-related chronic health conditions that can develop during childhood and adolescence. It also highlights:

• inequalities experienced by children and young people in relation to obesity and disability
• implications for policy, practice and research
• survey data on obesity and limiting long-term illness or disability

Things new

We have added quite a few new books to the library recently - if you would like to receive an email when new books matching your subject interests are added please email us and let us know. You can also see new books from a link on our online catalogue and also on LibraryThing

Things we did this week Infobites
On Tuesday I presented a 20 min Infobite session on keeping up-to-date ..if you were not able to attend we have a booklet on the subject which you can pick up in the library or download from our website. The important message is to try different ways of having information 'pushed to you' , filter out what you don't need and use tools that work for you.
The next Infobite is our very popular 'Managing your email' please put the date in your calendar now Tues 8th April 13:00 to 13:30



Things to eat

It's been beautiful spring weather this week so I am looking forward to eating this fabulous green pasta dish - made more healthy by using low-fat mascarpone - it is really tasty and so quick...and very green if you celebrate St Patrick's Day on Monday 

Things to look at

Stefan Eberhard, Wellcome Images

The annual Wellcome science image awards are both beautiful and fascinating - click here to view

Things in the Library 7 March

Things in the News
Researchers warned that passive smoking causes lasting damage to children's arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes in later life. Read the research behind the headline here   

Things to avoid
Artificial food colourings which have been linked to hyperactivity in some children. The FSA has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the following six food colours

• sunset yellow FCF (E110)
• quinoline yellow (E104)
• carmoisine (E122)
• allura red (E129)
• tartrazine (E102)
• ponceau 4R (E124)

but..
These additives which have been withdrawn from food and drink are still available in children's medicines according to a report "The Hidden Additives in Children's Medicines" by the campaign group Action on Additives.  Their parent's guide to additives in children's medicine and details of their campaign can be found here.

Things for keeping up to date

InfoBites next week on Tuesday 11th March at 13:00 is a quick 20 min taster on the subject 'Keeping up-to-date'. As usual cakey nibbles will be available or bring your lunch with you. Find out how to keep abreast of the latest evidence for clinical practice.

Things to read or see

We don't recommend stealing books from anywhere but both Sarah and Kate are currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, it tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the tumultuous events happening around them. 

This film, in cinemas now is a life-affirming story of survival and of the resilience of the human spirit. If you would like to read the book thief you can pop up and borrow the book from the library.

Things needing your help

A review for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner "Assessing the Evidence Base in Relation to Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse".
This will cover the nature, scale and scope of intrafamilial CSA, the child protection response and implications for legislation. The authors have sent out a call for unpublished papers, documents, reports and briefings that are in the public domain which will help them understand Intrafamilial CSA. The deadline for receipt of papers: 24th  March, 2014.  Send any electronic materials to: ICSAREA@mdx.ac.uk 

Things to make and eat

This week is British Pie week which had us thinking about which pies we would like to make this weekend. We have chosen both a savoury Chicken pie with tenderstem broccoli, sweetcorn, tarragon and shallots and a sweet Apple, elderflower and almond pie recipes for you to try.