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Paediatric intentional head injuries in the emergency department: A multicentre prospective cohort study (2018)
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Lyttle, M. D., Babl, F. E., Pfeiffer, H., Dalziel, S. R., Oakley, E., Anderson, V., …Crowe, L. (2019). Paediatric intentional head injuries in the emergency department: A multicentre prospective cohort study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31(4), 546-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13202

© 2018 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Objective: Although there is a large body of research on head injury (HI) inflicted by caregivers in young children, little is known about intentional HI in older children and inflicted HI by perpetr... Read More about Paediatric intentional head injuries in the emergency department: A multicentre prospective cohort study.

A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing clinical decision rules PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE with usual care for the management of pediatric head injury (2018)
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Dalziel, K., Cheek, J. A., Fanning, L., Borland, M. L., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., …Babl, F. E. (2019). A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing clinical decision rules PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE with usual care for the management of pediatric head injury. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 73(5), 429-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.09.030

© 2018 American College of Emergency Physicians Study objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of 3 clinical decision rules in comparison to Australian and New Zealand usual care: the Children's Head Injury Algorithm for the Prediction of Impor... Read More about A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing clinical decision rules PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE with usual care for the management of pediatric head injury.

Defining significant childhood illness and injury in the Emergency Department: A consensus of UK and Ireland expert opinion (2018)
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Lillitos, P. J., Lyttle, M. D., Roland, D., Powell, C. V., Sandell, J., Rowland, A. G., …Maconochie, I. K. (2018). Defining significant childhood illness and injury in the Emergency Department: A consensus of UK and Ireland expert opinion. Emergency Medicine Journal, 35(11), 685-690. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-207802

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Background Clarifying whether paediatric early warning scores (PEWS) accurately predict significant illness is a research priority for UK and... Read More about Defining significant childhood illness and injury in the Emergency Department: A consensus of UK and Ireland expert opinion.

Preferred learning modalities and practice for critical skills: A global survey of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians (2018)
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Craig, S. S., Auerbach, M., Cheek, J. A., Babl, F. E., Oakley, E., Nguyen, L., …Dalziel, S. R. (2019). Preferred learning modalities and practice for critical skills: A global survey of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians. Emergency Medicine Journal, 36(5), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207384

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objective To describe senior paediatric emergency clinician perspectives on the optimal frequency of and preferred modalities for practising... Read More about Preferred learning modalities and practice for critical skills: A global survey of paediatric emergency medicine clinicians.

External validation of the Scandinavian guidelines for management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries in children (2018)
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Undén, J., Dalziel, S. R., Borland, M. L., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., Lyttle, M. D., …Babl, F. E. (2018). External validation of the Scandinavian guidelines for management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries in children. BMC Medicine, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1166-8

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Clinical decision rules (CDRs) aid in the management of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Recently, the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee (SNC) has published practical, evidence-based guidelines for childr... Read More about External validation of the Scandinavian guidelines for management of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries in children.

A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Trauma-Related Cognitive Factors and Internalising and Externalising Psychopathology in Physically Injured Children (2018)
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Hiller, R. M., Creswell, C., Meiser-Stedman, R., Lobo, S., Cowdrey, F., Lyttle, M. D., …Halligan, S. L. (2019). A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Trauma-Related Cognitive Factors and Internalising and Externalising Psychopathology in Physically Injured Children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(4), 683-693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0477-8

© 2018, The Author(s). Cognitive models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) highlight maladaptive posttrauma appraisals, trauma memory qualities, and coping strategies, such as rumination or thought suppression, as key processes that maintain PTS... Read More about A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Trauma-Related Cognitive Factors and Internalising and Externalising Psychopathology in Physically Injured Children.

Epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest in England and Wales (2018)
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Vassallo, J., Webster, M., Barnard, E. B. G., Lyttle, M. D., & Smith, J. E. (2019). Epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest in England and Wales. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(5), 437-443. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314985

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objective To describe the epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in England and Wales. Design Population-bas... Read More about Epidemiology and aetiology of paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest in England and Wales.

Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: The development of an algorithm to guide recognition, management and decisions to terminate resuscitation (2018)
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Vassallo, J., Nutbeam, T., Rickard, A. C., Lyttle, M. D., Scholefield, B., Maconochie, I. K., & Smith, J. E. (2018). Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: The development of an algorithm to guide recognition, management and decisions to terminate resuscitation. Emergency Medicine Journal, 35(11), 669-674. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-207739

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is a high acuity, low frequency event. Traditionally, survival from TCA has been repor... Read More about Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: The development of an algorithm to guide recognition, management and decisions to terminate resuscitation.

Accuracy of NEXUS II head injury decision rule in children: A prospective PREDICT cohort study (2018)
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Babl, F. E., Oakley, E., Dalziel, S. R., Borland, M. L., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., …Lyttle, M. D. (2019). Accuracy of NEXUS II head injury decision rule in children: A prospective PREDICT cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 36(1), 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207435

© 2019 Author(s). Objective The National Emergency X-Radiography Utilisation Study II (NEXUS II) clinical decision rule (CDR) can be used to optimise the use of CT in children with head trauma. We set out to externally validate this CDR in a large co... Read More about Accuracy of NEXUS II head injury decision rule in children: A prospective PREDICT cohort study.

Restricted fluid bolus volume in early septic shock: Results of the Fluids in Shock pilot trial (2018)
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Inwald, D., Canter, R., Woolfall, K., Mouncey, P., Zenasni, Z., O'Hara, C., …Rowan, K. (2019). Restricted fluid bolus volume in early septic shock: Results of the Fluids in Shock pilot trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(5), 426-431. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314924

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective To determine the feasibility of Fluids in Shock, a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of restricted fluid bolus volume (10 mL/kg) versus recommended pra... Read More about Restricted fluid bolus volume in early septic shock: Results of the Fluids in Shock pilot trial.

The "Petechiae in children" (PiC) study: Evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA - a study protocol (2018)
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Waterfield, T., Lyttle, M., Fairley, D., Mckenna, J., Woolfall, K., Lynn, F., …Shields, M. D. (2018). The "Petechiae in children" (PiC) study: Evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA - a study protocol. BMC Pediatrics, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1220-x

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Children commonly present to Emergency Departments (ED) with a non-blanching rash in the context of a feverish illness. While most have a self-limiting viral illness, this combination of features potentially represen... Read More about The "Petechiae in children" (PiC) study: Evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA - a study protocol.

Comparing the usability of paediatric weight estimation methods: A simulation study (2018)
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Marlow, R. D., Wood, D. L., & Lyttle, M. D. (2019). Comparing the usability of paediatric weight estimation methods: A simulation study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(2), 121-123. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314873

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objective Estimating weight is essential in order to prepare appropriate sized equipment and doses of resuscitation drugs in cases where chil... Read More about Comparing the usability of paediatric weight estimation methods: A simulation study.

External validation of the PediBIRN clinical prediction rule for abusive head trauma (2018)
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Pfeiffer, H., Smith, A., Kemp, A. M., Cowley, L. E., Cheek, J. A., Dalziel, S. R., …Babl, F. E. (2018). External validation of the PediBIRN clinical prediction rule for abusive head trauma. Pediatrics, 141(5), e20173674. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-3674

© Copyright 2018 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A 4-variable abusive head trauma (AHT) clinical prediction rule (CPR) for use in the PICU was derived and validated for children

Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: A Delphi study to establish consensus on definition and management (2018)
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Rickard, A. C., Vassallo, J., Nutbeam, T., Lyttle, M., Maconochie, I. K., Enki, D. G., & Smith, J. E. (2018). Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: A Delphi study to establish consensus on definition and management. Emergency Medicine Journal, 35(7), 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-207226

Aims 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 optimi... Read More about Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: A Delphi study to establish consensus on definition and management.

Vomiting with head trauma and risk of traumatic brain injury (2018)
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Furyk, J., Kochar, A., Hearps, S. J., Oakley, E., Bressan, S., Lyttle, M. D., …Babl, F. (2018). Vomiting with head trauma and risk of traumatic brain injury. Pediatrics, 141(4), e20173123. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-3123

© 2018 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in children who vomit after head injury and identify variables from published clinical decision rules (CDRs) that predict increased risk... Read More about Vomiting with head trauma and risk of traumatic brain injury.

Penetrating head injuries in children presenting to the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand: A PREDICT prospective study (2018)
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Babl, F., Lyttle, M., Bressan, S., Borland, M., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., …Oakley, E. (2018). Penetrating head injuries in children presenting to the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand: A PREDICT prospective study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(8), 861-865. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13903

© 2018 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (The Royal Australasian College of Physicians) Aim: Penetrating head injuries (pHIs) are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Data on pHIs in children outside North America are limited. We describ... Read More about Penetrating head injuries in children presenting to the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand: A PREDICT prospective study.

Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash (2018)
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Waterfield, T., Dyer, E. M., & Lyttle, M. (2018). Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, 103(5), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313998

Its 2am and you are called to review a “well looking child” in the emergency department who has presented with a new non-blanching rash. He has been hot at home with some coryzal symptoms. Mum is worried, she thinks the rash has spread in the last... Read More about Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash.

Accuracy of Clinician Practice Compared With Three Head Injury Decision Rules in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study (2018)
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Babl, F. E., Oakley, E., Dalziel, S. R., Borland, M. L., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., …Lyttle, M. (2018). Accuracy of Clinician Practice Compared With Three Head Injury Decision Rules in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 71(6), 703-710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.01.015

© 2018 American College of Emergency Physicians Study objective: Three clinical decision rules for head injuries in children (Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network [PECARN], Canadian Assessment of Tomography for Childhood Head Injury [CAT... Read More about Accuracy of Clinician Practice Compared With Three Head Injury Decision Rules in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Investigating the Variability in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Definitions: A Prospective Cohort Study (2018)
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Crowe, L. M., Hearps, S., Anderson, V., Borland, M., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., …Babl, F. E. (2018). Investigating the Variability in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Definitions: A Prospective Cohort Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99(7), 1360-1369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.12.026

© 2018 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Objective: To prospectively compare the proportion of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that would be classified as mild by applying different published definitions of mild TBI to a large prospectivel... Read More about Investigating the Variability in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Definitions: A Prospective Cohort Study.