Sharing good practice, service evaluations and research are all part of what we do. Here you’ll find lists of work that members of the CenTre team have been involved in as well as downloadable resources.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Laurence Blaxter, Mildrid Yeo, Donal McNally,John Crowe, Caroline Henry, Sarah Hill, Neil Mansfield, Andrew Leslie and Don Sharkey. Neonatal head and torso vibration exposure during inter-hospital transfer. Proc IMechE Part H:J Engineering in Medicine 1–15.
Shalini Ojha, Laura Sand, Nandiran Ratnavel, Stephen Terence Kempley, Ajay Kumar Sinha, Syed Mohinuddin, Helen Budge, Andrew Leslie. Newborn infants with bilious vomiting: a national audit of neonatal transport services. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2017;0:1–4. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2016-312208
Parmar R, Sharpe S. Providing nursing support in a resource-poor NICU. Infant 2016; 12(4): 144-46.
Stark Z, Behrsin J, Burgess T, Ritchie A,Yeung A, Tan TY, Brown NJ, Savarirayan, R, Patel N. 2015. SNP microarray abnormalities in a cohort of 28 infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Med Genet Part A 9999A:1–8.
Behrsin J, Cheung M, Patel N. Sildenafil weaning after discharge in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatric cardiology. Dec 2013 34(8): 1844-7
Alan C Fenton, Andrew Leslie, The state of neonatal transport services in the UK Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2012;97:F477-F481
Andrew Leslie, Alan Fenton. Categorising neonatal transports (letter) Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2012;97:1 F77.
Alan C Fenton, Andrew Leslie. The state of neonatal transport services in the UK. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed fetalneonatal-2011-300573 Published Online First: 26 September 2011 doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-300573
Some further publications from before CenTre, may be found here.
POSTERS PRESENTATIONS
Oxygen saturation Targeting in Neonatal Transport: Improving Compliance with Targets. Batey N, Hughes S, Leslie A, Behrsin J, Wynn-Davies A. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting November 2014. Belfast.
Reduced incidence of iatrogenic hypocarbia following service review, education and guidance. Penman G, Behrsin J, Wynn-Davies A, Leslie A.Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting November 2014. Belfast.
Transported ventilated newborn infants are at risk of iatrogenic hypocarbia. Penman G, Kage A, Behrsin J, Leslie A.Perinatology 2014, Harrogate
PDA “away days” – service review of the transport process and clinical outcome. A Kage, SJ Hughes, A Leslie, J Behrsin. Perinatology 2014, Harrogate
Five year review of diagnosis and outcome of Tracheosophageal fistula (TOF) and/or Oesophageal atresia (OA) at a UK Tertiary Centre and survey of routine practice to rule out TOF/OA by passage of NG tube in UK tertiary units. Singh N, Dejemai H, Broomes N, Grahame E, Behrsin J. Reason Conference, Warwick June 2015
Developing a training programme within a retrieval service: Is there a need and what modalities can be used to deliver training to staff. Behrsin J, Bhatia R, Stewart M. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, April 2013, Adelaide
Sildenafil weaning after discharge in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatric cardiology. Behrsin J, Cheung M, Patel N. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, April 2013, Adelaide
Frequency of chromosome anomalies in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: The importance of routine investigation. Behrsin J, Stark Z, Burgess T, Patel N. Europaediatrics / RCPCH annual meeting. June 2013. Glasgow
Sidenafil weaning after discharge in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Behrsin J, Cheung M, Patel N. ESPNIC. June 2013. Rotterdam
Transported ventilated newborn infants are at risk of iatrogenic hypocarbia. Penman G, Kage A, Leslie A, Behrsin J, ESPNIC. June 2013. Rotterdam
A national survey of transport equipment in use in UK neonatal transport services. Behrsin J, Leslie A, Sharkey D. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Do mechanical and human factors combine to over-ventilate transported infants. Behrsin J, Kage A, Penman G, Leslie A. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
PDA ligation “away days” provided by transport teams – is this the way forward. Kage A, Barker L, Hall R, Leslie A, Grover A, Behrsin J. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Transported ventilated newborn infants are at risk of iatrogenic hypocarbia. Penman G, Kage A, Leslie A, Behrsin J. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Change to dedicated vehicles yields improved dispatch times for time critical neonatal transfers. Kage A, Leslie A, Behrsin J. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Improving trends with passive cooling but is it enough? Wynn-Davies A, Matthew P, Vasudev D, Behrsin J, Leslie A. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Inhaled Nitric Oxide therapy during transport of neonates – experience of CenTre Neonatal Transport. Bhoomaiah S, Leslie A, Chandra P. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Transport of neonates with Pneumothoraces – experience of CenTre transport service. Shinwar W, Leslie A, Chandra P. Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. November 2013. Birmingham.
Image-sharing in neonatal transport. Clinician-to-clinician radiology image sharing for transported patients Andrew Leslie, Anuj Grover, UK Neonatal Transport Group, Leeds, November 2012.
Audit of transfer of neonates with bilious vomiting to surgical centres. Cassie Dodd, Prathap Chandra, Andrew Leslie, Anuj Grover, Anneli Wynn-Davies. UK Neonatal Transport Group, Leeds, November 2012.
PDA ligation ‘away-days’ are associated with delays and excessive transfer duration.Lisa Barker, Richard Hall, Andy Leslie, Anuj Grover. UK Neonatal Transport Group, Leeds, November 2012.
Education increases the proportion of infants achieving target temperature during transport for therapeutic hypothermia, without the need for in-transit active cooling.Wynn-Davies AC, Gallagher J, Palframan M, Davey N, Leslie A Poster presentation at ESPR meeting, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, October 14-17 2011.
Education increases the proportion of infants achieving target temperature during transport for therapeutic hypothermia, without the need for in-transit active cooling. Wynn-Davies AC, Gallagher J, Palframan M, Davey N, Leslie A Poster presentation Transport Interest Group national meeting, Plymouth November 2011.
PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
National Transport Data. Leslie A, Invited presentation to UK Neonatal Transport Group annual meeting, Belfast Nov 2014.
Transport of neonates with pneumothorax – experience of CenTre transport service Andrew Leslie, Dr W Shinwari, P Chandra, 1st Transport of High Risk Neonates Conference, Genoa, Italy, 23-25 Jan 2015.
Excessive exposure of the preterm head to shock and vibration during inter-hospital transport M Yeo, C Henry, S Hill,L Blaxter, B Hayes-Gill, D Mcnally, J Crowe, A Leslie, D Sharkey. 1st Transport of High Risk Neonates Conference, Genoa, Italy, 23-25 Jan 2015.
Overcoming Medical Recruitment Challenges in Neonatal Transport. J. Behrsin, 1st Transport of High Risk Neonates Conference, Genoa, Italy, 23-25 Jan 2015.
Do mechanical and human factors combine to overventilate transported infants? Andrew Leslie, Joanna Behrsin, Anup Kage, Gareth Penman, 1st Transport of High Risk Neonates Conference, Genoa, Italy, 23-25 Jan 2015.
The Australian Transport Service – A Melbourne experience. Behrsin, J, Invited presentation to UK Neonatal Transport Group Annual Meeting. Birmingham, Nov 2013.
National Transport Data. Leslie A, Invited presentation to UK Neonatal Transport Group annual meeting, Birmingham Nov 2013.
Oxygen saturation targeting in transport: are we getting it right? Batey N, Hughes S, Leslie A, Davey N, Behrsin J, Wynn-Davies A. Presented at UK Neonatal Transport Group annual meeting, Birmingham Nov 2013.
Developing neonatal transport services. Leslie A, Invited presentation to launch of Rep. of Ireland national neonatal transport service, Dublin, Nov 2013
PDA ligation “away days” provided by transport teams is this the way forward? Behrsin, J, ESPNIC. Rotterdam June 2013.
Factors Critical to the Success of Passive Cooling in Neonatal Transport, Sharma, A. Grover, A. Wynn-Davies A. Leslie, A. presented at 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, May 4-7, Washington, DC, USA
Acceptability and safety of honey dressings in premature and term infants Viviene Lee, Diane McInnes, Andy Leslie, Jon Dorling, Presented at The Neonatal Society Autumn Meeting 7th November 2013
When Does it become Time Critical? Toh S, Leslie A, Abbott L (2012) Presented at UK Neonatal Transport Group national meeting (Nov 2012, Royal Armouries, Leeds)
National Transport Data. Leslie A, Invited presentation to UK Neonatal Transport Group national meeting (Nov 2012, Royal Armouries, Leeds)
National transport data, the way forward. Leslie A, Fenton AC Invited presentation to Transport Interest Group national meeting, Plymouth, November 2011.
Thermoregulation during Transport: The CenTre experience compared with 20 years ago. Behrsin J, Wynn-Davies AC, Leslie A. Presented to Transport Interest Group national meeting, Plymouth November 2011.
National transport data. Leslie A, Fenton AC (on behalf of TIG). Presented to Transport Interest Group national meeting, Cambridge October 2010.