Franz Babl

Protocol for a randomised clinical trial of multimodal postconcussion symptom treatment and recovery: the Concussion Essentials study.

Vicki Anderson, Vanessa C Rausa, Nicholas Anderson, Georgia Parkin, Cathriona Clarke, Katie Davies, Audrey McKinlay, Ali Crichton, Gavin A Davis, Kim Dalziel, Kevin Dunne, Peter Barnett, Stephen Jc Hearps, Michael Takagi, Franz E Babl

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: While most children recover from a concussion shortly after injury, approximately 30% experience persistent postconc..

The psychometric properties of the Visual Analogue Scale applied by an observer to assess procedural pain in infants and young children: An observational study.

Dianne J Crellin, Denise Harrison, Nick Santamaria, Hamidul Huque, Franz E Babl

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Pediatric Nursing

PURPOSE: The Visual Analogue Scale applied by an observer (VASobs) is widely used to quantify pain but the evidence to support val..

Managing low-risk febrile neutropenia in children in the time of COVID-19: What matters to parents and clinicians

Gabrielle M Haeusler, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Cindy Bakos, Tracey O'Brien, Monica A Slavin, Julia E Clark, Brendan McMullan, Meredith L Borland, Franz E Babl, Meinir Krishnasamy, Marijana Vanevski, Karin A Thursky, Lisa Hall

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

AIM: The Australian 'There is no place like home' project is implementing a paediatric low-risk febrile neutropenia (FN) programme..

Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children

Franz E Babl, Emma Tavender, Dustin W Ballard, Meredith L Borland, Ed Oakley, Elizabeth Cotterell, Lambros Halkidis, Stacy Goergen, Gavin A Davis, David Perry, Vicki Anderson, Karen M Barlow, Peter Barnett, Scott Bennetts, Roisin Bhamjee, Joanne Cole, John Craven, Libby Haskell, Ben Lawton, Anna Lithgow, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Emergency Medicine Australasia

OBJECTIVE: Children frequently present with head injuries to acute care settings. Although international paediatric clinical pract..

Review article: Developing the Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children: An adoption/adaption approach

Emma Tavender, Dustin W Ballard, Agnes Wilson, Meredith L Borland, Ed Oakley, Elizabeth Cotterell, Catherine L Wilson, Jenny Ring, Stuart R Dalziel, Franz E Babl

Journal article  |  2021  |  Emergency Medicine Australasia

The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) released the Australian and New Zealand Gui..

Risk of Leukemia in Children With Peripheral Facial Palsy.

Franz E Babl, Amit Kochar, Michael Osborn, Meredith L Borland, Adam West, Amanda Williams, Stuart R Dalziel, undefined PREDICT network

Journal article  |  2021  |  Annals of Emergency Medicine

Most children with peripheral facial palsy will not have a cause identified. Although leukemia can cause facial nerve palsy, the m..

What is the risk of missing orbital cellulitis in children?

Laila F Ibrahim, Franz E Babl, Sandy M Hopper, Penelope A Bryant

Journal article  |  2021  |  Archives of Disease in Childhood

BACKGROUND: Preseptal cellulitis can be difficult to distinguish from orbital cellulitis in children. The majority of patients wit..

Mental health presentations to the paediatric emergency department: A retrospective study

Daniela F Say, Anna Carison, Ashley Hill, Harriet Hiscock, Franz E Babl, Sinead M O'Donnell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

AIM: To describe a cohort of patients aged 7-17 years presenting with mental health (MH) problems to an Australian tertiary paedia..

Where are children seen in Australian emergency departments? Implications for research efforts

Jolene CJ Lim, Meredith L Borland, Paul M Middleton, Katie Moore, Amith Shetty, Franz E Babl, Robert S Lee, Jason Acworth, Catherine Wilson, Martin Than, Simon Craig

Journal article  |  2021  |  Emergency Medicine Australasia

OBJECTIVE: With most paediatric emergency research in Australia conducted at tertiary EDs, it is important to understand how prese..

Trajectories and Risk Factors for Pediatric Postconcussive Symptom Recovery

Katie Truss, Stephen JC Hearps, Franz E Babl, Michael Takagi, Gavin A Davis, Cathriona Clarke, Nicholas Anderson, Vanessa C Rausa, Silvia Bressan, Kevin Dunne, Vicki Anderson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurosurgery

BACKGROUND: Persistent postconcussive symptoms (PCS) are poorly understood in children. Research has been limited by an assumption..