Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital Research Articles

Medical teaching at a peripheral site by videoconferencing.

The departments of Child Health and Mental Health of Aberdeen University's Medical Faculty recently took part in a 3 month trial assessing the potential of videoconferencing as a medium for teaching students on peripheral hospital attachments. The equipment used was British Telecom's VC7000 Videoconferencing System and an ISDN2 (integrated services digital network) connection, which was installed between two sites. The locations used were a teaching room in the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and the Paediatric Unit at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. This paper describes the resources required to support the trial, the methods used to run it and the results of staff and student evaluation of the trial. Evaluation forms were completed and returned by eight members of staff and by 30 fourth- and fifth-year medical students. The results indicated that, although after this particular trial both staff and students rated the overall usefulness as low, they attributed this to technical problems and limitations specific to the type of equipment used rather than to the method itself. The overall impression was that videoconferencing with ISDN has potential as a teaching tool in the medical undergraduate course but that further improvements in image quality and voice switching are required.

A prospective study of non-fatal childhood road traffic accidents: what can seat restraint achieve?

A prospective study of children attending an Accident and Emergency Department was carried out at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, to determine the association between injury risk and seat restraint usage, and to estimate the likely impact of seat restraint usage at various target levels on the incidence of non-fatal injuries. The subjects were all 91 cases of non-fatal childhood road traffic accidents attending the casualty department between December 1989 and November 1990. The main outcome measures were relative risks of three grades of injury severity and four types of non-fatal injury, population attributable risk fractions and estimated likely reduction in incidence of non-fatal injury at three set target levels of seat restraint usage. It was found that 42 (46 per cent) children presenting to the A&E Department were unrestrained; 78 (85.7 per cent) children sustained some injury. The relative risk for children travelling unrestrained in a car for all injuries combined is 1.7 (95 per cent confidence interval (CI) 1.17-2.45), the relative risk for head injury is 3.13 (1.78-5.51) and for face injury 3.03 (1.44-6.37). The risk of sustaining any moderate or worse injury was 3.25 (1.05-10.07). It is estimated that 24.4 per cent (minimum 5.5 per cent; maximum 45 per cent) of all non-fatal injuries sustained by a child car passenger can be prevented if all children are restrained in a child safety seat or seat restraint; 49.5 per cent of head injuries (minimum 43.4 per cent; maximum 71.9 per cent) and 48.4 per cent of face injuries (minimum 21.9 per cent; maximum 75.3 per cent) are preventable.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome in the defined population of Northeast of Scotland

Twenty seven cases of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) were admitted to the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital between 1978 and 1989. All cases were from the defined childhood population of the Grampian region of Northeast of Scotland. Thirteen cases were admitted during the 2-year period 1987-1988 (Group 1). Of the 13 cases, 9 (Group 1 a) were admitted within the 11-month period between August 1987 and June 1988, and were from a small area (7 miles radius) within and around the City of Aberdeen. Their mean age was 7.1 years. Twelve cases of HUS were admitted between 1978 and 1986 and 2 cases were admitted in 1989 (total 14 cases; Group 2). Mean age was 3.0 years with no geographical clustering. The average annual incidence for group 2 was 1.25 per 100,000 children 0-16 years old.

The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital: 'hospital of the year 1989'.

The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital: 'hospital of the year 1989'.

A Support Group for Parents of Children with Motor-Learning Difficulties

This article is a description of the development of a support group for parents of children with motor-learning difficulties. It outlines the identification of a need; the early planning, administrative considerations and development; the changing nature and format; the production of a booklet; the formation of a working party that organised and fund-raised; and the present situation. This group was formed 3 years ago and has been based in the Occupational Therapy Department of the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.

Richter's hernia in the neonate

Three neonates with small bowel obstruction seen recently at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital were found to have a Richter's hernia at laparotomy. In all cases Richter's hernia was at the internal inguinal ring. Two of them had suture of the hernial sac from within the abdomen at the time of laparotomy. These cases have been presented to emphasize the importance of considering Richter's hernia as a possible cause of small bowel obstruction in the neonate and also to indicate that the hernial sacs in such cases could be dealt with by suturing the sac from within the abdomen at the time of laparotomy.

Meshed adhesive tape for the treatment of crushed fingers in children

Over 300 children a year are treated at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital for crushed finger tips. We estimate that 5.8% of children, under 13 years of age, suffer this injury, mainly in domestic (72.5%) or car doors (12%). The treatment of partial avulsions of pulp with nail dislocation is described.

Cast bracing of femoral shaft fractures in children: a preliminary report.

This paper reviews the use of cast bracing in fractures of the femoral shaft in children between 1977 at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. Thirteen children have been treated by cast bracing. All children have achieved a full functional recovery. The average time to cast bracing was 3 weeks, and the average time to discharge was 4 weeks. Thus treated, these children were discharged 4 weeks earlier than those treated by conventional measures. It was found that the technique of cast bracing was applicable to children with no adverse complications.

Simple alarm for quadriplegic patients

AnaesthesiaVolume 32, Issue 7 p. 679-680 Free Access Simple alarm for quadriplegic patients M.E. Tunstall, M.E. Tunstall Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZGSearch for more papers by this author M.E. Tunstall, M.E. Tunstall Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZGSearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1977 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb10061.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume32, Issue7July 1977Pages 679-680 RelatedInformation