British Paediatric Neurology Association
Audit Toolbox Audit Matters

Audit Matters, May 2003

1. BPNA Audit & Guidelines Toolbox. We had a look at and discussed draft web pages for this, thanks to a lot of flare and hard work by Carlos de Sousa. We expect it to go live as part of the BPNA website this summer. Members will be able to download tools such as data sheets and guidelines; both drafts and endorsed documents will be available to members, and eventually the public. Sorry it is taking longer than originally anticipated!

2. Acute Transverse Myelopathy. Members are circulated by post every 4 months, to notify the investigators, in this pilot of a BPNA-SU audit run by Mike Pike and Christian De Goede.
   Contact Mike Pike (Oxford) 01865 220649

3. Dancing Eye Syndrome. Members have been collaborating with Mike Pike in getting local R&D and LREC approval for this MREC approved clinical audit, follow-up and laboratory study.
   Contact Mike Pike (Oxford) 01865 220649

4. Guillaine Barre Syndrome. A web based, evidence linked, draft guideline and audit data sheets 2003 are ready and waiting for the Toolbox to go live, thanks to Deirdre Peake. Richard Appleton has been collaborating with Alder Hey Children's Hospital nurses on a detailed integrated care pathway, which may be ready to pilot this year.

5. 1st clinic attendance with suspected epilepsy. Data from Nottingham was presented at the conference and a new data sheet prepared: Albert D, Dunkley C, Williams J, Whitehouse WP. A population based clinical audit of first clinic attendance of children with suspected epilepsy: preliminary results. Dev Med & Chld Neurol 2002;45:S93:19.
   Contact William Whitehouse (Nottingham) 0115 9249924 ext 44476

6. Idiopathic (benign) Intracranial Hypertension. A survey of BPNA member's views on their management of “BIH” was presented at the conference: Giles A, White C, Whitehouse WP. Benign intracranial hypertension: a national audit on behalf of the BPNA Audit Group. Dev Med & Chld Neurol 2002: 45:S93;28. A draft data sheet will be in the Toolbox soon, thanks to Cathy White, Ming Lim and JP Lin.
   Contact Cathy White (Swansea) 01792 702 222

7. Other topics at various stages of development include ADEM; Steroids in epilepsy; Headache and headache clinics; One year follow-up after 1st clinic attendance with suspected epilepsy; Refractory status epilepticus; Nutritional and biochemical effects of ketogenic diets.

   For information on these and any other ideas please get in touch.
   Contact William Whitehouse (Nottingham) 0115 9249924 ext 44476 or william.whitehouse@nottingham.ac.uk

   William Whitehouse
   Nottingham