BPSU | RCPCH

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit is a world leading centre for rare paediatric disease surveillance. It enables doctors and researchers to investigate how many children in the UK and Republic of Ireland are affected by particular rare diseases, conditions or treatments each year.

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BPSU Scientific Committee

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit Scientific Committee oversees the scientific matters of the BPSU, providing advice and support for researchers wishing to undertake surveillance of rare paediatric disorders through the BPSU 'electronic orange card' reporting scheme.

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BPSU study - Life threatening bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Surveillance of life threatening bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) commenced in July 2017. The study team aim to describe the incidence of life threatening BPD of prematurity, describe the antecedent factors, current treatment choices used in the UK and Ireland (including a description of the support...

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BPSU Partnership Board

The officers of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit are responsible to the Scientific Committee, which in turn is accountable to the BPSU Partnership Board. The Partnership Board was established in 2014 and comprises representation from the three parent bodies of the BPSU, the RCPCH, Department...

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BPSU study - Deaths in children with epilepsy

Surveillance of deaths in children and young people with epilepsy (excluding Scotland) commenced in October 2016. The study team were hoping to determine the size of the problem of deaths in children affected by epilepsy, to compare the differences between sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP...

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BPSU study - Congenital Zika syndrome

Surveillance of congenital Zika syndrome in infants under and including six months of age in the UK and Ireland commenced in April 2016. This study aimed to identify all babies with microcephaly or neurological abnormalities born in the UK and Ireland to mothers who have travelled to countries with ...

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BPSU study - Childhood disintegrative disorder

Surveillance of childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) concluded in November 2017 and is in the follow-up period of its data collection. The study will provide important information regarding the number of new cases of CDD in the UK and Ireland, the clinical presentation management of those with CD...

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BPSU study - PIND (Progressive Intellectual and Neurological Deterioration)

Surveillance of Progressive Intellectual and Neurological Deterioration (PIND) in Children (including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit began in May 1997 with the main aim of determining whether or not a child has developed variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease ...

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BPSU surveillance - Congenital rubella

Surveillance of congenital rubella in the UK up to the age of 16 years is carried out by the Integrated Screening Outcomes Surveillance Service (ISOSS) on behalf of the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Screening Programme. Congenital rubella is a notifiable disease. However, to support the s...

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BPSU surveillance - HIV infection and vertical HIV exposure

National surveillance of HIV infection and vertical HIV exposure is carried out by the National Surveillance of HIV in Pregnancy & Childhood (NSHPC) and covers all infants born to HIV positive women in the UK and Ireland, as well as all children diagnosed with HIV (regardless of country of birth) be...

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BPSU - Bulletins

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit produces a regular newsletter to send to reporting clinicians and other interested parties.

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