 Countries:
Ireland
Name
Irish Paediatric Surveillance Unit
Website
None at present.
Year established
1996
Association
Faculty of Paediatrics of the Royal College of Physicians (Ireland)
Ulster Paediatric Society
Population under 15 years
1.3 million
General information
Set up in 1996 by the Faculty of Paediatrics of the Royal College of
Physicians (Ireland) in cooperation with the Ulster Paediatric Society,
the IPSU compliments the work of the British Paediatric Surveillance
Unit by surveying for more common disease in the Ireland, North and South.
Covering a child population of around 1.3 million, surveillance is achieved
through a monthly-prepaid postcard circulated to around 150 members of
the Irish Paediatric Society. The response rate is currently around 80%.
The IPSU was accepted as a full member of the INoPSU in 2002.
Conditions studied
Studies undertaken in 2001 included:
tuberculous meningitis, status epilepticus, coeliac disease, nephrocalcinosis,
diaphragmatic hernia and neural tube defects.
Studies undertaken in 2003 included:
autism under 5 years; Type I Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus;
Alcohol and Children; Type II Non-insulin diabetes mellitus and Fragile
X.
Studies in 2004 included:
Opsoclonus Myoclonus syndrome; congenital txoplasmosis and immune
trombocytopenic prpura.
Studies in 2006
2006 saw surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis, Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome, nutritional Vitamin D deficient rickets; severe bronchiolitis requiring ICU/HUD care, Non CF bronchiectasis and peanut allergy.
Studies in 2007
New studies for 2007 include complicated or severe chicken pox.shingles and adrenal Insufficiency
Contact
Dr Robert Cunney
Covenor
Irish Paediatric Society
Children's University Hospital
Temple Street, Dublin 1
Republic of Ireland
Tel: 003531 8784200 Fax: 003531 8784666
Email: robert.cunney@mailx.hse.ie
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