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Biography
Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Co-director of the Clinical Academic Training Programme
Honoaray Consultant Neonatologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust
Children's Lead (North), NIHR Clinical Research Network (East Midlands)
Academic Training Programme Director for Paediatrics (East Midlands)
Expertise Summary
Expertise in neonatal nutrition, enteral feeding, necrotising enterocolitis, growth, and early life development
Clinical trials and large database studies exploring interventions to improve outcomes in babies born preterm or sick
Research Summary
Chief Investigator projects:
- DEXmedetomidine Trial of Adjunct Treatment with Morphine (DEXTA): a masked, randomised placebo-controlled trial to investigate, in ventilated preterm babies who need morphine infusion for analgesia (Population) do 120-hour infusions of dexmedetomidine (0.5microgram/kg/hour) plus morphine?(Intervention 1) OR 120-hour infusions of dexmedetomidine (0.25microgram/kg/hour) plus morphine (Intervention 2) as compared to 120-hour infusions of placebo plus morphine (Comparator) reduce the cumulative dose of morphine given over 120-hours from starting the dexmedetomidine or placebo infusion (Primary Outcome)? (NIHR EME £1.96 million research grant)
- Fluids Exclusively Enteral from Day 1 (FEED1) : An RCT of full milk feeds versus intravenous nutrition with gradual feeding for preterm infants (30-33 weeks gestational age). £2.06 million NIHR HTA grant
- EMNODN-NEC study: an evaluation of the East Midlands NEC care bundle exploring the implementation of evidence based practice to reduce the risk of NEC in preterm babies in the East Midlands (funded by the NIHR RfPB programme, £242,000).
For full reserach activities see: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-4227
Recent Publications
SZATKOWSKI L, FATEH S, ABRAMSON J, KWOK TC, SHARKEY D, BUDGE H and OJHA S, 2023. Observational cohort study of use of caffeine in preterm infants and association between early caffeine use and neonatal outcomes Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 108(5), 505-510 SHANMUGAVADIVEL D, LIU JF, GAMBLE A, POLANCO A, VEDHARA K, WALKER D and OJHA S, 2023. Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process BMJ Paediatr Open. 7(1), e001771 PATEL N, EVANS K, BERRINGTON J, SZATKOWSKI L, COSTELOE K, OJHA S, FLEMING P and BATTERSBY C, 2023. How frequent is routine use of probiotics in UK neonatal units? BMJ Paediatr Open. 7(1), e002012