© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
LEADING ARTICLE
General paediatrics
Research in general paediatrics
Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Derby, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Prof. I Choonara
Professor in Child Heath, Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Clinical Sciences Building, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, UK; imti.choonara{at}nottingham.ac.uk
Accepted 24 August 2003
Do district general hospitals have a role?
Keywords: general paediatrics; research
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
The aim of this leading article is to explore the important topic of research in general paediatrics. The need for research in this field will be reviewed along with where and who should be carrying this out. The role of district general hospitals (DGHs) in research in general paediatrics is discussed.
Decision making within medicine has correctly shifted towards evidence based practice. It is important to ensure that in the most common conditions seen in general paediatrics children receive the best treatment. There are still many situations, for example, treatment of acute seizures and sedation for procedures, which have outstanding therapeutic and management questions that need answering through research. The need to encourage research has been acknowledged by the inclusion of a general paediatric section in the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Meeting in York over the past few years.
A review of randomised controlled
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
eLetters:
Read all eLetters
- Writing under the Shelter of Academic Bowers
- Andrew N Williams
- ADC Online, 21 May 2004 [Full text]
- Hoops and hurdles
- Simon Fountain-Polley
- ADC Online, 30 Jun 2004 [Full text]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Read responses to this article
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in ADC Online
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
