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Staff Publications
Research Development
Find out what your colleagues have been writing. This section features articles published by staff working for St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Halton, Knowsley and St Helens community staff.
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Aims Evidence for the indications of skull X rays (SXR) in children is limited. There is substantial evidence to suggest that children are more susceptible to the effects of ionizing radiation than adult. The risks from exposure to ionizing radiation are dependent on the age at which exposure occurs, and..
Published: | 17/08/2022 |
Authors: | Ahmad A, Hamed Z, Vataha K, Abdelaziz M |
Aims Paediatric surgery is challenging and training in this area is subspecialised including anaesthesia and post operative care. The Royal College of Surgeons Standards of Surgical care for Children, 2013 supports the ‘provision of care closer to home’ in patients with access to appropriate level of care. Typically this is district..
Published: | 17/08/2022 |
Authors: | Maddipati T, Chilukuri L, Abdelaziz M |
Aims The GPwER for paediatrics manages a defined cohort of paediatric conditions in a community setting, ensuring patients are seen at the right time, in the right place by the right clinician. By bringing the skills of a generalist to a specialist area, care is delivered to children & young people..
Published: | 17/08/2022 |
Authors: | Chang R, Abdelaziz M, Barrow A |
Abstract Anti-NMDAR (N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor) encephalitis is a potentially severe form of encephalitis associated with antibodies against NR1 and NR2 subunits of the NMDAR. Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is a treatable cause of encephalitis. An underlying tumor should be actively looked for as this is also considered to be a paraneoplastic syndrome. We..
Published: | 23/12/2019 |
Authors: | Abdelaziz M |
Background and aims Female infant was born at 29 weeks gestation. At one month of life this baby was self ventilating in air but having frequent profound desaturations requiring stimulation. These did not improve with blood transfusion nor anti reflux therapy. Weight gain was also suboptimal. Echocardiography demonstrated a large haemodynamically..
Published: | 14/03/2017 |
Authors: | Brophy H, Bentur H, Abdelaziz M |
Abdelaziz, M; John, CM. (2013). Hyperostosis: an under-recognized complication of prostaglandin infusion . Acta Paediatrica. 102 (5), e192
Published: | 19/07/2016 |
Authors: | Abdelaziz M |
Background and Aim Recurrent respiratory tract infection (RTI) is a frequent presenting complaint in the general paediatric clinic. Children are often tested to screen for possible underlying immunodeficiency and Cystic Fibrosis. We aim to evaluate the indications for performing functional antibody assay (FAA) and how the results affected our clinical ..
Published: | 19/07/2016 |
Authors: | Collier JJ, Ho DKK, Abdelaziz M, John CM |