Improving Emergency Department Identification and Care for Children With Sepsis

Protocol for a multi-country retrospective observational paediatric sepsis epidemiological study (SENTINEL International)

E Long, A Williams, S George, S Hearps, A Yock-Corrales, V Pavlicich, K Krishnamurthy, Y Seymour-Hanna, R Raman, B Choudhary, W Kusuma, V Ribaya, N Mudithakumara, N Lertamornkittior, A David, S Mohamed, TB Heye, J Njirammadzi-Maleta, JA Appiah, J Hitayezu

2025-10-15

Introduction Improving outcomes from sepsis in children is a WHO Global Health Priority, yet mortality from sepsis remains high, p..

Epidemiology of community acquired sepsis in children in Australia and New Zealand: a multicentre prospective cohort study

E Long, ML Borland, S George, S Jani, E Tan, N Phillips, A Kochar, S Craig, A Lithgow, A Rao, E Whyte, S Dalziel, S Hearps, B Gelbart, S McNab, F Balamuth, SL Weiss, N Kuppermann, A Williams, FE Babl

2025-07-01

Background: Paediatric sepsis epidemiology is unclear due to variability in case ascertainment. We describe the epidemiology of co..

Analysis of the asthma scores recommended in guidelines for children presenting to the emergency department: A Pediatric Emergency Research Networks study

C Gray, M Collings, J Benito, R Velasco, MD Lyttle, D Roland, S Schuh, B Shihabuddin, M Kwok, P Mahajan, M Johnson, J Zorc, K Khanna, A Yock-Corrales, RM Fernandes, I Santhanam, B Cheema, GYK Ong, T Jaiganesh, C Powell

2025-06-01

Rationale While there are numerous published paediatric asthma scores, it is unknown how commonly scores are recommended in asthma..

Imaging rules in paediatric trauma: The PECARN decision rules for head, neck and abdominal trauma

FE Babl, S Bressan

2025-06-01

Prospective observational study to assess the performance accuracy of clinical decision rules in children presenting to emergency departments with possible cervical spine injuries: The Study of Neck Injuries in Children (SONIC)

N Phillips, GN Askin, GA Davis, S O'Brien, ML Borland, A Williams, A Kochar, B John-Denny, S Watson, S George, M Davison, S Dalziel, E Tan, SL Chong, S Craig, A Rao, SM Donath, CJ Selman, S Goergen, CL Wilson

2025-05-02

Introduction Paediatric cervical spine injury (CSI) is uncommon but can have devastating consequences. Many children, however, pre..

External Validation of the Phoenix Sepsis Score in Children With Suspected Community-Acquired Sepsis

E Long, ML Borland, S George, S Jani, E Tan, N Phillips, A Kochar, S Craig, A Lithgow, A Rao, S Dalziel, E Oakley, S Hearps, B Gelbart, S Mcnab, F Balamuth, SL Weiss, N Kuppermann, C Brad, A Williams

2025-03-21

Importance: The novel Phoenix Sepsis Score and sepsis criteria were derived and validated using a multicountry dataset and propose..

Qualitative Exploration of Health Care Professionals’ Experiences Caring for Young People With Acute Severe Behavioral Disturbance in the Acute Care Setting

EM Bourke, N Douglas, Z Nehme, J Knott, SS Craig, FE Babl

2025-02-01

Objectives: To describe the experience of health care professionals involved in the care of young people with acute severe behavio..

Feasibility of Concussion Essentials: A multimodal intervention for persisting post-concussion symptoms among children and adolescents

VC Rausa, FE Babl, K Davies, M Takagi, GA Davis, A McKinlay, B Charles, SJC Hearps, N Anderson, C Clarke, P Barnett, K Dunne, V Anderson

2025-01-01

This study examined the feasibility of “Concussion Essentials” (CE), an individualized, multimodal intervention for persisting pos..

Strengths and limitations of the Phoenix sepsis criteria

E Long, S George, FE Babl

2025-01-01

Emergency department mental health presentations in young children: a retrospective chart review

EM Bourke, DF Say, A Carison, SM O'Donnell, FE Babl

2024-09-01

Aim: To characterise key features of young people presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a mental health complaint when ..

Analysis of guideline recommendations for treatment of asthma exacerbations in children: a Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) study

Simon Craig, Madeline Collings, Charmaine Gray, Javier Benito, Roberto Velasco, Mark D Lyttle, Damian Roland, Suzanne Schuh, Bashar Shihabuddin, Maria Kwok, Prashant Mahajan, Mike Johnson, Joseph Zorc, Kajal Khanna, Ricardo Fernandes, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Indumathy Santhanam, Baljit Cheema, Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, Thiagarajan Jaiganesh

2024-06-01

Rationale There is significant practice variation in acute paediatric asthma, particularly severe exacerbations. It is unknown whe..

Acute Severe Behavioral Disturbance Requiring Parenteral Sedation in Pediatric Mental Health Presentations to Emergency Medical Services: A Retrospective Chart Review

EM Bourke, N Douglas, CL Wilson, D Anderson, Z Nehme, FE Babl

2023-11-01

Study Objectives: To describe the epidemiological factors of mental health presentations in young people to emergency medical serv..

Generative artificial intelligence: Can ChatGPT write a quality abstract?

FE Babl, MP Babl

2023-10-01

ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot which may have a role in medicine and science. We investigated if the free..

Pharmacological Emergency management of Agitation in Children and Young people: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of intraMuscular medication (PEAChY-M)

EM Bourke, ML Borland, A Kochar, S George, D Shellshear, S Jani, K Perkins, D Tham, MS Gordon, K Klein, C Prakash, K Lee, A Davidson, JC Knott, S Craig, FE Babl

2023-03-30

Introduction Acute severe behavioural disturbance (ASBD) is a condition seen with increasing frequency in emergency departments (E..

Pharmacological emergency management of agitation in children and young people: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of oral medication (PEAChY-O)

EM Bourke, ML Borland, A Kochar, S George, D Shellshear, S Jani, K Perkins, D Tham, MS Gordon, K Klein, C Prakash, K Lee, A Davidson, JC Knott, S Craig, FE Babl

2023-03-30

Introduction Acute severe behavioural disturbance (ASBD) is a condition seen with increasing frequency in emergency departments (E..