Research in general paediatrics.

摘要: Do district general hospitals have a role? The aim of this leading article is to explore the important topic research in paediatrics. The need for field will be reviewed along with where and who should carrying out. role (DGHs) paediatrics discussed. Decision making within medicine has correctly shifted towards evidence based practice. It ensure that most common conditions seen children receive best treatment. There are still many situations, example, treatment acute seizures sedation procedures, which outstanding therapeutic management questions answering through research. encourage been acknowledged by inclusion paediatric section Royal College Paediatrics Child Health Annual Meeting York over past few years. A review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published Archives Disease Childhood from 1982 1996 found 249 RCTs, only 28% being classified as area paediatrics.1 This suggests much our potential concentrated on rare neglects more paediatrics. Research often thought non-clinical clinical Non-clinical research, such molecular animal studies, usually performed academic laboratory facilities gives us ideas theories carried into Clinical new drug therapies, out initially healthy adult volunteers then tested patient population.2,3 Therefore wherever there population patients General paediatricians DGHs participated large multicentre trials, …