Paediatric pain chart

A paediatric X-ray exposure chart

The aim of this review was to develop a radiographic optimisation strategy to make use of digital radiography (DR) and needle phosphor computerised radiography (CR) detectors, in order to lower radiation dose and improve image quality for paediatrics. This review was based on evidence-based practice, of which a component was a review of the relevant literature. The resulting exposure chart was ...

No pain - all gain: Advocating for improved paediatric pain management.

Management of paediatric procedure-related cancer pain

Childhood cancers are comparatively rare, affecting one in 600 children before the age of 15 years. Each year in the UK there are around 1300 new childhood cancer patients, an annual incidence rate of one per 10 000 children.1 The outlook for children with cancer has improved radically since the widespread introduction of combination chemotherapy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before that t...

Patterns of paediatric end-of-life care: a chart review across different care settings in Switzerland

BACKGROUND Paediatric end-of-life care is challenging and requires a high level of professional expertise. It is important that healthcare teams have a thorough understanding of paediatric subspecialties and related knowledge of disease-specific aspects of paediatric end-of-life care. The aim of this study was to comprehensively describe, explore and compare current practices in paediatric end-...

Max Chart: Combining X-bar Chart and S Chart

Control chart techniques have been widely used in industries to monitor a process in quality improvement. Whenever we deal with variables data, we usually employ a combination of X-bar chart and R chart (or S chart) to monitor both the center and the spread of the process. In this paper, we propose a simple alternative, that is, we design a single chart to monitor both the center and the spread...