PATRN Projects - past & present
Below includes our current active projects in addition to projects published over the previous years
If you want to get involved in an ongoing study please reach out to the committee and we will see if we can accommodate your centre.
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Current PATRN Projects
APPLE - (2026 - present)
APPLE (Assessing Priorities in Paediatric Anaesthesia, a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting PartnErship) aims to identify the Top 10 research priorities for paediatric anaesthesia in the United Kingdom using a James Lind Alliance process.
APPLE will allow the voices of children, families and clinicians to shape the research agenda, ensuring future research focuses on what matters most.
We are currently finalising plans before APPLE is launched but will be in contact with network members when the national survey goes live.
You can find more about the core details of APPLE via our summary poster. Click here
PANDA-PATRN (2024 - present)
PANDA-PATRN (PAediatric National Database of Airway Management - Paediatric Anaesthetic Trainee Research Network) is a multicentre prospective audit on paediatric emergency airway management in UK District General Hospitals.
The objectives of the study are to evaluate national practice for airway management in non-specialist centres, focusing on equipment, experience of team members and risk factors of difficult airway management.
Data capture ran between March 2025 - March 2026 and data analysis and write up in starting this year.
FIGS (2024 - present)
PATRN is supporting the research team at Evelina London Children’s Hospital with FIGS (Fasting Induced HypoGlycaemia in Anaesthetised Paediatric Patients Study), which is a prospective multi-centre observational study, aiming to develop a definition of hypoglycameia in children fasting before general anaesthesia for elective procedures.
With 2,902 patients recruited in 25 centres across the 4 devolved nations data collection has now finished. Data analysis is ongoing and the team are aiming to publish their findings later this year.
Previous PATRN Projects
PINEAPPLE (2023)
PINEAPPLE (PaedIatric caNcellation ratEs And PerioPerative clinicaL Evaluation) was a prospective observational cohort study to determine the frequency of children (≤16) being seen in paediatric pre-assessment clinics prior to elective surgery. Secondary measures also looked to establish the frequency and cause of on-the-day cancellation in addition to the incidence of anxiety during clinic visits and on the day of surgery.
We are thrilled to announce that data from the PINEAPPLE Study has been published in Pediatric Anesthesia Journal (2026).
PEACHY (2021)
PEACHY (Prevalence of PErioperAtive Childhood obesitY in children undergoing general anaesthesia in the UK) was a prospective, multi centre observational cohort study looking into the effect of obesity on perioperative complications in paediatric patients undergoing anaesthesia.
The study was run with scientific support from the APA and over 100 sites were included. Analysis of the study displayed an alarmingly high incidence of obesity amongst children presenting for surgical procedures under general anaesthesia in the UK.
Results of PEACHY were published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia in 2021.
PAPAYA (2018)
PAPAYA (PAediatric UnPlanned DAYcase Admissions) was a national audit looking at the rates and common contributors to unplanned overnight admission following day case surgery.
Results of the study were published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia in 2020.
