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1/ Latest paper from DETECT study led by Abbey Bracken

Excited to share our latest article in Research Professional News. We discuss the importance of recognising diverse research outputs and highlight the steps we're taking at the University of Liverpool to support them 💡

@resprofnews.bsky.social
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Hello Bluesky! 👋

We’re the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. We represent over 24,000 paediatricians in the UK and internationally.

Follow us to hear about our work to support #Paediatricians and transform #ChildHealth.

Great thread about the real world experience of procalcitonin to guide IV antis in children. Low compliance with the algorithm, with a test that also disrupted routine workflow. Diagnostic stewardship requires careful implementation design.

Latest paper from the DIAMONDS consortium led by Antonio Salas and Federico Martinon-Torres at SERGAS, Spain
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interesting study on role of PCT in the stewardship of IV antibiotics for children admitted for suspected / confirmed bacterial infections.

Does not appear helpful in reducing time on IV Abx in this setting.
#IDSky #AMR #AMSsky #pediatrics

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NEWS I PCT blood test does not lower antibiotic treatment duration for hospitalised children, study led by @carrolenitan.bsky.social shows 👇

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01/08/p...

@nihr.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

This was a long and challenging project but, at the end, we’ve really contributed to practice. Thank you for your leadership @carrolenitan.bsky.social! Thank you to all the team and participants.

#AMR is a risk to antibiotic failure & death, but if this happens, do we record it on death certificates? Our centre data = NO!

👉In 1 year, 4% of deaths were AMR-attributed & NONE were recorded on death certificates!👈

Need to quantify this better to increase awareness! #IDSky @jac-amr.bsky.social

12/ A better understanding of the complex interactions influencing whether/how/ why clinicians act on test results to make antibiotic prescribing decisions will improve trial intervention fidelity and facilitate implementation and scale-up of tests shown to be effective.

 
2/ The BATCH trial was a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, individually randomised, controlled trial conducted in 15 hospitals in England and Wales between June 2018, and Oct 2022.

1/ Delighted to report the results of the Procalcitonin-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection in the UK (BATCH) trial in @LancetChildAdol
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First PhD paper from Courtney Franklin. Led by @profberniecarter.bsky.social together with Prof David Taylor-Robinson funded by @arcnwc.bsky.social
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It's that time of year again. Here are my top 10 ID papers of 2024
1. My opinion
2. Practice changing, paradigm-shifting or dogma challenging
3. Not COVID
4. Alphabetical order by first author
5. CoI for 4 and 5 (I am an author)
Summary slide here, details in thread
#IDSky #Top10IDpapers

#AtTheEquatorUG #MILK teams have been enjoying producing more social media content since we hosted a photography and film workshop some months back. This is one reason why (and yes, the high consequence pathogens unit is in a beautiful part of Uganda!)

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There is something so beautiful about sunrise - a new morning, new hope. And so my first post on this platform, during my morning run at #TropMed24. It's an intense conference - I wonder whether you have top tips for people attending large meetings for the first time? #AtTheEquatorUG

This is a really super blog about the 'grief' that patients and families bring when they engage in healthcare research, and what that means for everyone involved.

Interested to hear others thoughts on this?

#safetysky
#patientsafety

Thanks @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social for sharing!