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New Child Health Centre opens at Falcon Library and Community Centre 14 December 2022 Early childhood development has been further enhanced for residents of Falcon with the recent opening of the Falcon Child Health Centre consulting rooms at the Falcon Library and Community Centre. Previously housed at the Falcon Family Centre, the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s (CAHS) Child Health Nurse service has also now expanded from one nurse to two, with families able to make appointments from Monday to Thursday. “Doubling our Child Health Nurse capacity means more families living in and around Falcon can access vital early childhood health checks in their local area,” said CAHS Executive Director Community Health Sue Kiely. “Co-location within the library is also great for families. There’s a strong link between the services and information provided by our nurses, and the early childhood learning programs run by the library, so it’s gr... -
High tech camera provides researchers with a potentially powerful screening tool for premature babies 26 October 2022 Researchers in the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s Neonatal Unit at King Edward Memorial Hospital’s (KEMH) are leading an Australian first study to use powerful images of a baby’s eye as a window into their developing brain. The ‘Emubird’ study led by Neonatologist Dr Rolland Kohan has been made possible thanks to Telethon Trust funding for a handheld retinal optical device or camera that gives researchers a 3-dimensional view of the retina behind their eye. -
Following our Fellows 14 October 2022 Following our fellows with Dr Weihao Lee and Dr Jaslyn Ong. -
Following our Fellows 14 October 2022 Following our fellows with Dr Vinutha Shetty, Dr Andre Shultz and Dr Maina Kava -
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...
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22/06/2021