Annie Moulden | PubMed Health

PubMed2006

Patient safety: a view from Down Under.

The patient safety program at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne has been running for more than 10 years. The hospital is in the State of Victoria, a state that has a long history of investigating child death, enacting legislation to reduce childhood injury, and providing a centralized tertiary care service. The close interaction between the hospital and the community provides opportunities for shared learning in pediatric patient safety to continually improve childhood outcomes.

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PubMed2002

Management of bedwetting.

BACKGROUND: Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) is a common inherited medical condition affecting both children and adults. It is not due to laziness. It can be distressing, embarrassing, humiliating and has a negative impact on self esteem and mood especially in children and young people over the age of 10 years. OBJECTIVE: To assist busy general practitioners develop a better understanding of bedwetting and the importance of its diagnosis and treatment. DISCUSSION: Spontaneous remission rates over the age of 10 years are low at 5% per year and approaches often tried at home such as waking to void, reward charts or fluid restriction are not effective. However, treatment with alarm systems or desmopressin for those who fail to respond to alarms is successful in over 90% of cases.

Adolescent↗