Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

Trans‐Cervical Ultrasound Imaging of the Adult Palatine Tonsils

ABSTRACT Trans‐cervical ultrasound of the palatine tonsils provides a non‐invasive technique to image the adult tonsils and the associated peritonsilar space to investigate intratonsillar and peritonsillar abscesses. The peritonsilar space, where peritonsillar cellulitis and absc...

Benefits and Harms of Herbal Medicines for Preventing and Treating Acute Respiratory Infections: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

ABSTRACT Hundreds of herbal medicines are currently marketed for the management of acute respiratory infections (ARIs). However, there is uncertainty about their benefits and harms, and clinical guidance remains unclear. Our objective was to evaluate the benefits and harms of her...

Genome-wide analysis of social behaviour across social domains, reporters and developmental stages: a meta-regression approach

Abstract Social behaviour is a heritable trait linked to well-being and mental health, yet it varies across social context, including social domains, informants and development, which may shape its underlying genomic architecture. Here, we conducted a genome-wide meta-regression...

Implementing a patient decision aid about selective dorsal rhizotomy in clinical practice: pre-post pilot study

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether implementing a patient decision aid about Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) for carers of children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) improves carer decision-making outcomes and is acceptable to healthcare providers, and to explore carers' expe...

Training programs for families of children on home peritoneal dialysis: a scoping review

Abstract Background Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the preferred home dialysis treatment for children awaiting kidney transplant worldwide. There is significant variance in clinical outcomes across centers, which may be related to PD training for caregivers. This scoping review prov...