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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
Proctor, A., Lyttle, M., Billing, J., Shaw, P., Simpson, J., Voss, S., & Benger, J. R. (2024). 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. BMJ Open, 14(2), Article e078363. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078363

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
Williams, T. C., Marlow, R., Hardelid, P., Lyttle, M. D., Lewis, K. M., Mpamhanga, C. D., …Roland, D. (in press). 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. Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad551

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
Craig, S., Xu, Y., Robas, K., Iramain, R., Yock-Corrales, A., Soto-Martinez, M. E., …Babl, F. E. (2023). Core outcomes and factors influencing the experience of care for children with severe acute exacerbations of asthma: A qualitative study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 10(1), Article e001723. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001723

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
Umana, E., Mills, C., Norman-Bruce, H., Wilson, K., Mitchell, H., Mcfetridge, L., …Waterfield, T. (2023). 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. BMJ Open, 13(9), Article e075823. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075823

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.