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A research project is being carried out at the Neonatal Unit, Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and in the Radiology Department at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. This is called ‘Patterns and Types of Fractures in Children Aged Below Three Years who were Born Preterm’.
We know that children born before 37 weeks of pregnancy (preterm) have weaker bones and so are more likely to fracture their bones than term babies (those born after 37 weeks of pregnancy). However, we do not know up until what age preterm babies’ bones remain weak, how many fractures they get, the pattern of these fractures or if they are different to the types and patterns of fractures seen in children who were born at term.
Understanding this is important for three reasons:
Researchers at The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Children’s Hospital are conducting this project. It will run from December 2017 to September 2018.
We will look at patient notes of all babies born in the Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital between January 2005 and December 2014 to collect the information we need, including whether or not the babies were born preterm.
We will then look at the Emergency Department records at Sheffield Children’s Hospital to see which of these babies returned with at least one fracture, up to the age of three years old.
We will record types and patterns of fractures in those who were born preterm and compare with types and patterns of fractures in those who were born at term. We will not record any information that will help others to identify the babies.
We have obtained permission from local and national groups of people (including the South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee) to carry out this work.
If you have any questions about the project or would prefer for your child’s information to be excluded from the research, please email Dr Amaka Offiah or contact either of the hospital research offices:
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Research Team, Level 4
The Jessop Wing
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Tree Root Walk
Sheffield
S10 2SF
Tel: 0114 271 2270
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Clinical Research Facility
D Floor Stephenson Wing
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TH
Tel: 0114 226 7980
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