Outputs (19)

Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018 (2022)
Journal Article
Mistry, A., Shipley, L., Ojha, S., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 107(6), 597-602. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322906

Objective: Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) commenced soon after birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) improves survival and reduces neurodisability. Availability of active TH at the place of birth (Immediate-TH) in the UK is unknown.... Read More about Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018.

The natural history of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T): A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Petley, E., Yule, A., Alexander, S., Ojha, S., & Whitehouse, W. P. (2022). The natural history of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T): A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 17(3), Article e0264177. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264177

Background: Ataxia-telangiectasia is an autosomal recessive, multi-system, and life-shortening disease caused by mutations in the ataxia-telangiectasia mutated gene. Although widely reported, there are no studies that give a comprehensive picture of... Read More about The natural history of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T): A systematic review.

The Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J.-F., Ball-Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Walker, D., & Ojha, S. (2022). The Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer. BMJ Open, 12(2), Article e058744. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058744

Introduction: Childhood cancer is diagnosed in 400 000 children and young people (CYP) aged 0–19 years worldwide annually. In the UK, a child’s cumulative cancer risk increases from 1 in 4690 from birth to aged 1, to 1 in 470 by age 15. Once diagnose... Read More about The Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer.

Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J.-F., Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Walker, D., & Ojha, S. (2022). Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer. BMJ Open, 12(2), Article e058744. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058744

Introduction: Childhood cancer is diagnosed in 400,000 children and young people (CYP) aged 0-19 years worldwide annually. In the UK, a child’s cumulative cancer risk increases from 1 in 4690 from birth to aged 1, to 1 in 470 by age 15. Once diagnose... Read More about Childhood Cancer Diagnosis (CCD) Study: a UK observational study to describe referral pathways and quantify diagnostic intervals in children and young people with cancer.

Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money (2022)
Journal Article
Bott, E., Ojha, S., Mini, S., Smyth, A. R., Kamal Kumar, R., Choudhary, S., & Yaron, G. (2023). Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money. Sociological Research Online, 28(2), 442-461. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211058745

In this article, we explore the impacts and implications of ‘Rojiroti’, a women’s self-help group (SHG) microfinance scheme operating in poor communities in Bihar, India. We focus particularly on how improvements found in women’s circumstances and in... Read More about Daily Bread: Women’s Self-Help Microfinance and the Social Meanings of Money.

Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants (2021)
Journal Article
Binti Abdul Hamid, H., Szatkowski, L., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2022). Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants. Pediatric Research, 92, 520-525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01821-y

Background: Current recommendations do not support the use of anti-reflux medications to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) among preterm infants. Objective: To describe the prevalence of GORD and the use of anti-reflux medications amongs... Read More about Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants.

Observational cohort study of changing trends in non-invasive ventilation in very preterm infants and associations with clinical outcomes (2021)
Journal Article
Sand, L., Szatkowski, L., Kwok, T. C., Sharkey, D., Todd, D. A., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2022). Observational cohort study of changing trends in non-invasive ventilation in very preterm infants and associations with clinical outcomes. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 107(2), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322390

Objective: To determine the change in non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use over time in infants born at <32 weeks’ gestation and the associated clinical outcomes.

Study design: Retrospective cohort study using routinely recorded data from the Nation...

Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants (2020)
Journal Article
Ojha, S., Elfzzani, Z., Kwok, T. C., & Dorling, J. (2020). Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020(7), Article CD012241. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd012241.pub2

Review question

We reviewed the evidence for effects of nutrition education about appropriate feeding practices during weaning on growth and development in children born at term gestation.

Background

Around the world, over 150 million childr... Read More about Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants.

Investigating ataxia in childhood (2019)
Journal Article
Petley, E., Prasad, M., Ojha, S., & Whitehouse, W. P. (2019). Investigating ataxia in childhood. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315893

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Ataxia is a common presentation to an acute paediatric unit and it can often be difficult to determine the cause. It is important to distingu... Read More about Investigating ataxia in childhood.

Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial (2019)
Journal Article
Ojha, S., Szatkowski, L., Sinha, R., Yaron, G., Fogarty, A., Allen, S., Choudhary, S., & Smyth, A. R. (2020). Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(3), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-316471

Objective To determine whether Rojiroti microfinance, for poor Indian women, improves child nutrition.

Design Cluster randomised trial.

Setting Tolas (village communities) in Bihar State.

Participants Women and children under 5 years.

Int... Read More about Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial.