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Accuracy of physician practice as compared with PECARN, CATCH and CHALICE head injury clinical decision rules in children. A PREDICT prospective cohort study (2017)
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Aims Clinical decision rules (CDRs) can assist in determining the need for computed tomography (CT) in children with head injuries (HIs). We assessed the accuracy of 3 high quality CDRs (PECARN, CATCH and CHALICE) in a large prospective cohort of hea... Read More about Accuracy of physician practice as compared with PECARN, CATCH and CHALICE head injury clinical decision rules in children. A PREDICT prospective cohort study.

Paediatric intentional head injuriesin the emergency department. A PREDICT multicentre prospective cohort study (2017)
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Aims While the majority of head injuries (HIs) in children are non-intentional, there is limited information on intentional HIs outside abusive head trauma. The objective of this study was to describe epidemiology, demographics and severity of intent... Read More about Paediatric intentional head injuriesin the emergency department. A PREDICT multicentre prospective cohort study.

Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest– A Delphi study to establish consensus on management. A PERUKI study (2017)
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Background Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is associated with low survival and poor outcomes. The mechanisms that underlie TCA are different from medical cardiac arrest; the approach to treatment of TCA may therefore also need to differ to... Read More about Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest– A Delphi study to establish consensus on management. A PERUKI study.

Epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest in england and wales, a peruki study (2017)
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Background Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in children has traditionally been described as having a poor outcome. Survival rates vary widely between studies with higher rates observed from mechanisms leading to a respiratory cause of TCA (e.g. drownin... Read More about Epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest in england and wales, a peruki study.

Emergency treatment with levetiracetam or phenytoin in status epilepticus in children-the EcLiPSE study: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2017)
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© The Author(s). 2017. Background: Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is the most common life-threatening neurological emergency in childhood. These children are also at risk of significant morbidity, with acute and chronic impact on the family and... Read More about Emergency treatment with levetiracetam or phenytoin in status epilepticus in children-the EcLiPSE study: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.