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Assessing the impacts of the first year of rotavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom (2015)
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© 2015, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved. The United Kingdom (UK) added rotavirus (RV) vaccine (Rotarix GlaxoSmithKline) to the national vaccine schedule in July 2013. During the 2012–2014 rotavirus seaso... Read More about Assessing the impacts of the first year of rotavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom.

Trends in admission and death rates due to paediatric head injury in England, 2000-2011 (2015)
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Background The number of children admitted to hospital is increasing year on year, with very short-stay admissions doubling in the last decade. Childhood head injury accounts for half a million emergency department attendances in the UK every year. T... Read More about Trends in admission and death rates due to paediatric head injury in England, 2000-2011.

Establishing the research priorities of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians in the UK and Ireland (2015)
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Objective: Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) is a collaborative clinical studies group established in August 2012. It consists of a network of 43 centres from England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and aims... Read More about Establishing the research priorities of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians in the UK and Ireland.

Are you a SCEPTIC? SoCial mEdia Precision and uTility in Conferences (2015)
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We analysed Twitter feeds at an emergency medicine scientific conference to determine the (1) accuracy of disseminated educational messages and the (2) use in providing rapid feedback to speakers. Most speakers were happy for key messages to be tweet... Read More about Are you a SCEPTIC? SoCial mEdia Precision and uTility in Conferences.

Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians (2015)
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Objective The aim of this project is to establish the unplanned reattendance rate for paediatric emergency nurse practitioners (PENPs) working in a designated paediatric emergency department (PED) while identifying the case mix of patients seen by PE... Read More about Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians.

The accuracy of existing prehospital triage tools for injured children in England: An analysis using emergency department data (2015)
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Objective To investigate the performance characteristics in children with moderate and minor injuries of prehospital paediatric triage tools currently in use in England for identifying seriously injured children. Methods Eight prehospital paediatric... Read More about The accuracy of existing prehospital triage tools for injured children in England: An analysis using emergency department data.

Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: An international survey of clinician practice (2015)
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© 2015, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective: National clinical guidelines for childhood wheeze exist, yet despite being one of the most common reasons for childhood emergency department (ED) attendance, signi ficant variation in prac... Read More about Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: An international survey of clinician practice.

Which intravenous bronchodilators are being administered to children presenting with acute severe wheeze in the UK and Ireland? (2015)
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During a prospective 10-week assessment period, 3238 children aged 1-16 years presented with acute wheeze to Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland centres. 110 (3.3%) received intravenous bronchodilators. Intravenous magnesium sulfate (... Read More about Which intravenous bronchodilators are being administered to children presenting with acute severe wheeze in the UK and Ireland?.

A prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision rules for children presenting to emergency departments after head injuries (protocol): The Australasian Paediatric Head Injury Rules Study (APHIRST) (2014)
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Background: Head injuries in children are responsible for a large number of emergency department visits. Failure to identify a clinically significant intracranial injury in a timely fashion may result in long term neurodisability and death. Whilst cr... Read More about A prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision rules for children presenting to emergency departments after head injuries (protocol): The Australasian Paediatric Head Injury Rules Study (APHIRST).

What intravenous treatment is currently being administered for acute severe wheeze in childhood in emergency departments around the UK and Ireland? (2014)
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