Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Mark Lyttle's Outputs (10)

Predictors of persisting symptoms after concussion in children following a traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal retrospective cohort study (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives: To identify predictors of persisting symptoms after concussion (PSaC) in children, following any medically attended traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Linked primary and secondary care data from UK... Read More about Predictors of persisting symptoms after concussion in children following a traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal retrospective cohort study.

Factors influencing paramedic conveyance decisions when attending children with minor head injury: A qualitative study (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction Children with head injury are commonly transported to the ED by ambulance. However, most of those conveyed are deemed non-serious and are discharged at triage. Research is needed to explore the factors that influence paramedics when deci... Read More about Factors influencing paramedic conveyance decisions when attending children with minor head injury: A qualitative study.

Factors associated with repeat emergency department visits for mental health care in adolescents: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article

1.1Objectives
The aim of this review was to identify factors associated with multiple visits to emergency department (ED) services for mental health care in adolescents.
1.2Methods
Electronic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Sc... Read More about Factors associated with repeat emergency department visits for mental health care in adolescents: A scoping review.

Which elements of hospital-based clinical decision support tools for the assessment and management of children with head injury can be adapted for use by paramedics in prehospital care? A systematic mapping review and narrative synthesis (2024)
Journal Article

Objective Hospital-based clinical decision tools support clinician decision-making when a child presents to the emergency department with a head injury, particularly regarding CT scanning. However, there is no decision tool to support prehospital cli... Read More about Which elements of hospital-based clinical decision support tools for the assessment and management of children with head injury can be adapted for use by paramedics in prehospital care? A systematic mapping review and narrative synthesis.

The clinical impact of serious respiratory disease in children under the age of two years during the 2021-2022 bronchiolitis season in England, Scotland and Ireland (2023)
Journal Article

Interventions introduced to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 led to a widespread reduction in childhood infections. However, from spring 2021 onwards the United Kingdom and Ireland experienced an unusual out-of-season epidemic of respiratory disease.... Read More about The clinical impact of serious respiratory disease in children under the age of two years during the 2021-2022 bronchiolitis season in England, Scotland and Ireland.

Core outcomes and factors influencing the experience of care for children with severe acute exacerbations of asthma: A qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article

Objective To identify the outcomes considered important, and factors influencing the patient experience, for parents and caregivers of children presenting to hospital with a severe acute exacerbation of asthma. This work contributes to the outcome-id... Read More about Core outcomes and factors influencing the experience of care for children with severe acute exacerbations of asthma: A qualitative study.

Applying clinical decision aids for the assessment and management of febrile infants presenting to emergency care in the UK and Ireland: Febrile Infant Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome (FIDO) Study protocol (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction Febrile infants 90 days and younger are at risk of invasive bacterial infections (bacteraemia and meningitis) and urinary tract infections. Together this is previously termed serious bacterial infection with an incidence of approximately... Read More about Applying clinical decision aids for the assessment and management of febrile infants presenting to emergency care in the UK and Ireland: Febrile Infant Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome (FIDO) Study protocol.

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: A prospective multicentre cohort study protocol (2020)
Journal Article

Background:
A novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been responsible for a worldwide pandemic. Children typically have very mild, or no, symptoms of infection. This makes estimations of seroprevalence in children difficult. Research is therefore required... Read More about Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: A prospective multicentre cohort study protocol.

Exposure and confidence across critical airway procedures in pediatric emergency medicine: An international survey study (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Airway management procedures are critical for emergency medicine (EM) physicians, but rarely performed skills in pediatric patients. Worldwide experience with respect to frequency and confidence in performing airway management skills has... Read More about Exposure and confidence across critical airway procedures in pediatric emergency medicine: An international survey study.