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Sweet success 08 September 2022 Researchers from PCH and The University of Western Australia (UWA) have successfully trialled a new approach to the problem of convincing reluctant young patients to swallow bitter-tasting medication before their surgery. The team conducted a clinical trial over a 28-month period to assess the taste, tolerability and absorption rates of the chocolate-tasting, chewable tramadol compared to an oral liquid formulation based on tramadol capsules. Tramadol is an opioid pain medication that can be prescribed to treat postoperative pain in children. The children who participated in the trial were given the novel chewable tramadol tablet or oral tramadol liquid before anaesthetic was administered. Led by PCH Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Chair of Paediatric Anaesthesia at UWA Professor Britta von Ungern-Sternberg and UWA Professor of Pharmaceutics Lee Yong Lim, the trial successfully pr...

Meet our speech pathologists: Cara 19 August 2022 It's Speech Pathology Week 2022, and we're introducing speech pathologists from across CAHS. Meet Cara Crage, Senior Speech Pathologist at Complex Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Service in CAMHS.

Meet our speech pathologists: Cheraine 19 August 2022 It's Speech Pathology Week 2022, and we're introducing speech pathologists from across CAHS. Meet Cheraine Connell, Senior Speech Pathologist in the Pathways program at CAMHS.

Meet our speech pathologists: Jessica 19 August 2022 It's Speech Pathology Week 2022, and we're introducing speech pathologists from across CAHS. Meet Jessica Zito, Senior Speech Pathologist at Bentley Child Development Service.

Meet our speech pathologists: Megan 19 August 2022 It's Speech Pathology Week 2022, and we're introducing speech pathologists from across CAHS. Meet Megan Jones, Senior Speech Pathologist at Perth Children's Hospital.