Honorary Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine @uniofleicester https://t.co/D2VdOciHSj Past Chair @PERUKItweep, Team @EM3FOAMed & @DFTBubbles #FOAMed
Oct 1, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Time for a Bronchiolitis round up courtesy of @UKHSA
[Bronchiolitis is caused by a virus called RSV]
The international data has very interesting implications for us!
@PERUKItweep@MyMicroreact
So USA saw a sharp increase for 3-4 weeks followed by a subsequent decrease in detections.
Peak was similar to 2019 season however began in May (c.f. normal September-October).
Increase sustained until early September 2021, a longer peak than the previous year.
Feb 25, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Now good evidence to back up the worldwide reports of out-of-season surges of bronchiolitis.
This should cause significant reflection in the UK paediatric community as rapid service response may be needed at a time when staff in a traditional summer 'down time'
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In November 2020 the Western Australian surveillance programme demonstrated a rapid rise in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases.
RSV causes bronchiolitis, a common respiratory infection, in children less than one year old.
Worth noting that teachers no more at risk (at time of publication) than other professions.
Jan 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Do my level best not to propagate mis-information - which this from @bbc5live definitely is- but now this tweet has had over 1 million views I think important all in child health make absolutely clear we are not seeing a nationwide wave of #COVID19 induced illness in children.
And apologies to Laura Duffel as this is aimed directly at @bbc5live who have placed no context on this statement, I suspect knowing it would be likely to raise eyebrows.
Exactly everything we don’t need from journalism at present.
Jun 27, 2020 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
There has been justifiable concern about the impact of #COVID19, and particularly the lockdown, on children.
Our @LancetChildAdol paper evaluates delayed presentations to Emergency Departments (and it's not what you think)
