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Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre (2013)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M. D., Lyttle, M., Cheek, J. A., Blackburn, C., Oakley, E., Ward, B., …Babl, F. E. (2013). Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(10), 790-794. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201887

Background Clinical decision rules (CDRs) for paediatric head injury (HI) exist to identify children at risk of traumatic brain injury. Those of the highest quality are the Canadian assessment of tomography for childhood head injury (CATCH), Children... Read More about Applicability of the CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN paediatric head injury clinical decision rules: Pilot data from a single Australian centre.

Predictors of severe H1N1 infection in children presenting within Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN): Retrospective case-control study (2013)
Journal Article
Klassen, T. P., Kuppermann, N., Newton, A. S., Fitzpatrick, E., Black, K. J., Valerio, P., …Macias, C. G. (2013). Predictors of severe H1N1 infection in children presenting within Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN): Retrospective case-control study. BMJ, 347(7921), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f4836

Objective To identify historical and clinical findings at emergency department presentation associated with severe H1N1 outcome in children presenting with influenza-like illness. Design Multicentre retrospective case-control study. Setting 79 emerge... Read More about Predictors of severe H1N1 infection in children presenting within Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN): Retrospective case-control study.

The accuracy of existing prehospital triage tools for injured children in England - An analysis using trauma registry data (2013)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M. D., Cheung, R., Ardolino, A., Lawrence, T., Bouamra, O., Lecky, F., …Maconochie, I. K. (2013). The accuracy of existing prehospital triage tools for injured children in England - An analysis using trauma registry data. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(6), 476-479. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201324

Objectives: To investigate the performance characteristics of prehospital paediatric triage tools for identifying seriously injured children in England. Design: Eight prehospital paediatric triage tools were identified by literature review and by sur... Read More about The accuracy of existing prehospital triage tools for injured children in England - An analysis using trauma registry data.

The child with decreased consciousness (2013)
Book Chapter
Lyttle, M. (2013). The child with decreased consciousness. In R. Skone (Ed.), Managing the Critically Ill Child: A Guide for Anaesthetists and Emergency Physicians. Cambridge University Press

Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in UK paediatric emergency departments (2013)
Journal Article
Duncan, H. P., Lyttle, M. D., Scholefield, B. R., Scholefield, B. R., Lyttle, M., Berry, K., …Morris, K. P. (2013). Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in UK paediatric emergency departments. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(1), 24-27. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200348

Objectives: To ascertain current use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) after paediatric cardiac arrest in UK emergency departments (EDs), and views on participating in a UK randomised controlled trial (RCT) incorporating early induction of TH in ED. De... Read More about Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in UK paediatric emergency departments.

Using existing paediatric pre-hospital trauma triage tools to identify children with severe traumatic brain injury: An analysis of national trauma registry data (2013)
Journal Article
Lyttle, M., Ardolino, A., Berry, K., Bouamra, O., Cheung, R., Lawrence, T., …Maconochie, I. K. (2013). Using existing paediatric pre-hospital trauma triage tools to identify children with severe traumatic brain injury: An analysis of national trauma registry data. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(10), 879-879. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203113.33