The Children’s Diabetes Centre was honoured to have leading international experts Laurel Messer and Professor Mike Riddell as guest speakers at its community forum and research symposium recently. ...

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Ten-year-old Keelan Mullins is known to his mum Clare Hindle as her ‘miracle baby’. Keelan was born in March 2013 at 26 weeks’ gestation and weighing just 1096 grams. ...

• Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre
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• 2023
• July

Postinfectious acute cerebellar syndromes show a wide spectrum of acute severity and can occur with acute febrile illness or vaccine receipt. Varicella has historically been the most common cause, associated with up to 25% of cases in large cohorts. This study aimed to describe the spectrum of syndromes in a setting with high varicella vaccine coverage. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• May 2022

This study aims to address this evidence gap by assessing the clinical, physical, neurocognitive, economic and societal impact of invasive meningococcal disease ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• December 2019

Our aim is to ascertain predictors of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) uptake in pregnancy in mother-infant pairs from six Australian sites over four consecutive influenza seasons (2012-2015). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• August 2021

This mixed methods study investigated the impact of Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres on parents’ confidence and competence ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

The 2001 Recommendations for clinical care guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Islander populations were revised in 2010. This 2020 update by the Centre of Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children used for the first time the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• March 2021

Population-level studies of severe pertussis extending beyond infancy are sparse, and none in the context of antenatal vaccination. We compared hospitalized pertussis cases from birth to 15 years of age before and after introduction of antenatal immunization. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• March 2022

Status epilepticus is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While vaccine-proximate status epilepticus (VP-SE) has rarely been associated with cases of Dravet syndrome, it is not known whether VP-SE differs clinically from non-vaccine proximate status epilepticus (NVP-SE). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• February 2022

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