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Neuromuscular disorders are a range of conditions that affect the nerves controlling a child’s muscles.
This is a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of interventions to reduce the pain and distress of nasogastric tube insertion in young children.
We are implementing a hospital-wide strategy to prevent and treat needle pain to reduce trauma and improve care for children. Up to 75 per cent of hospitalised children experience pain with needles. Pain with needles is the most common and a major source of children’s distress and fear.
Advancing world-class developmental imaging research on the Melbourne Children’s Campus through the purchase of the Siemens 3T Cima.X MRI system.
This CRE has been archived. This CRE was funded by the NHMRC from 2012–2016. We use the latest approaches in medicine, science, nursing and allied health to improve diagnosis, facilitate prevention and transform treatment from compassionate management to effective therapy.
In paediatric intensive care, bedside monitors stream continuous vital sign data such as heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels that are crucial for care yet clinicians only view this information in snapshots. This program aims to harness signals from blood pressure and heart rate data in
IPCHiP is expanding its work on rapid genomic testing to other genetic conditions that could benefit from a prompt diagnosis. Its next cohort, GEMStone, will focus on newborns with hypotonia, where a baby is born with low muscle tone, which can lead to difficulties in feeding, holding their head
Examining the impact of Australia’s social media age-restrictions on adolescent mental health and wellbeing. The Connected Minds study aims to investigate the impact of Australia’s social media age-restrictions on adolescent development, including their mental health and wellbeing.
The World Scabies Program is working with governments and partners to eliminate scabies as a public health problem. This program aims to put scabies control on national and global agendas, implement community wide treatment strategies, and strengthen health systems to monitor and manage scabies.
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