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Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with phenylketonuria (2022)
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Chong, L., Kalvala, J., Chadborn, N., & Ojha, S. (2022). Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with phenylketonuria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(8), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015243

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the effects of breastfeeding (exclusive or partial) compared to low-Phe formula feeding in the first six months after birth in infants diag... Read More about Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with phenylketonuria.

Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018 (2022)
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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 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)
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Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J., 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)
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Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J., 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)
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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.

Drug utilisation in neonatal units in England and Wales: a national cohort study (2022)
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Al-Turkait, A., Szatkowski, L., Choonara, I., & Ojha, S. (2022). Drug utilisation in neonatal units in England and Wales: a national cohort study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(4), 669-677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-021-03267-x

Purpose: To describe drug utilisation patterns in neonatal units. Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study using data held in the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD) for neonatal units in England and Wales including infants born at 23... Read More about Drug utilisation in neonatal units in England and Wales: a national cohort study.

Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants (2021)
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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)
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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

Parents, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders’ experiences of caring for babies born too soon in a low resource setting: A qualitative study of essential newborn care for preterm infants in Kenya (2021)
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Mitchell, E. J., Pallotti, P., Qureshi, Z., Daniels, J. P., Oliver, M., Were, F., …Ojha, S. (2021). Parents, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders’ experiences of caring for babies born too soon in a low resource setting: A qualitative study of essential newborn care for preterm infants in Kenya. BMJ Open, 11(6), Article e043802. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043802

Objectives: Prematurity is the leading cause of global neonatal and infant mortality. Many babies could survive by the provision of essential newborn care. This qualitative study was conducted in order to understand, from a family and professional pe... Read More about Parents, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders’ experiences of caring for babies born too soon in a low resource setting: A qualitative study of essential newborn care for preterm infants in Kenya.

Feeding during neonatal therapeutic hypothermia, assessed using routinely collected National Neonatal Research Database data: a retrospective, UK population-based cohort study (2021)
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Gale, C., Longford, N. T., Jeyakumaran, D., Ougham, K., Battersby, C., Ojha, S., & Dorling, J. (2021). Feeding during neonatal therapeutic hypothermia, assessed using routinely collected National Neonatal Research Database data: a retrospective, UK population-based cohort study. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642%2821%2900026-2

Background Therapeutic hypothermia is standard of care in high-income countries for babies born with signs of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, but optimal feeding during treatment is uncertain and practice is variable. This study aimed to assess th... Read More about Feeding during neonatal therapeutic hypothermia, assessed using routinely collected National Neonatal Research Database data: a retrospective, UK population-based cohort study.

Feasibility of using an Early Warning Score for preterm or low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting: Results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya (2020)
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Mitchell, E. J., Qureshi, Z., Were, F., Daniels, J., Gwako, G., Osoti, A., …Ojha, S. (2020). Feasibility of using an Early Warning Score for preterm or low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting: Results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya. BMJ Open, 10(10), Article e039061. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039061

© 2020 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Introduction Fifteen million babies are born prematurely, before 37 weeks gestational age, globally. More than 80% of these are in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. 35% of all deaths in the first month o... Read More about Feasibility of using an Early Warning Score for preterm or low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting: Results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya.

Development of an Early Warning Track and Trigger system for preterm or low-birth weight infants in a low resource setting: results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya (2020)
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Mitchell, E., Qureshi, Z., Were, F., Daniels, J., Gwako, G., Osoti, A., …Ojha, S. (2020). Development of an Early Warning Track and Trigger system for preterm or low-birth weight infants in a low resource setting: results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya. BMJ Global Health, 10(10), Article e039061. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039061

Introduction: Fifteen million babies are born prematurely, before 37 weeks gestational age, globally. More than 80% of these are in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. 35% of all deaths in the first month of life are due to prematurity and the neonatal mort... Read More about Development of an Early Warning Track and Trigger system for preterm or low-birth weight infants in a low resource setting: results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya.

Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants (2020)
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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), 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)
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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)
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Ojha, S., Szatkowski, L., Sinha, R., Yaron, G., Fogarty, A., Allen, 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.

Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) (2019)
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Elfzzani, Z., Kwok, T. C., Ojha, S., & Dorling, J. (2019). Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD012240. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012240.pub2

Background Weaning refers to the period of introduction of solid food to complement breast milk or formula milk. Preterm infants are known to acquire extrauterine growth restriction by the time of discharge from neonatal units. Hence, the postdisc... Read More about Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review).

Optimising nutrition during therapeutic hypothermia (2018)
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Ojha, S., Dorling, J., Battersby, C., Longford, N., & Gale, C. (2019). Optimising nutrition during therapeutic hypothermia. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 104(3), F230-F231. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315393

There is little evidence to inform provision of enteral or parenteral nutrition to infants with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) during and soon after therapeutic hypothermia; as a consequence, clinical practice is both variable and changing. A... Read More about Optimising nutrition during therapeutic hypothermia.

Oropharyngeal colostrum in preventing mortality and morbidity in preterm infants (2018)
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Nasuf, A. W. A., Ojha, S., & Dorling, J. (2018). Oropharyngeal colostrum in preventing mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011921.pub2

Background Placing a small volume of colostrum directly onto the buccal mucosa of preterm infants during the early neonatal period may provide immunological and growth factors that stimulate the immune system and enhance intestinal growth. These ben... Read More about Oropharyngeal colostrum in preventing mortality and morbidity in preterm infants.