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Babl FE, Herd D, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lawton B, Hort J, West A, George S, Oakley E, Wilson CL, Hopper SM, Cheek JA, Hearps S, Mackay MT, Dalziel SR, Lee KJ. Facial Function in Bell Palsy in a Cohort of Children Randomized to Prednisolone or Placebo 12 Months After Diagnosis. Pediatr Neurol 2024; 153:44-47. [PMID: 38320457 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Information on the medium-term recovery of children with Bell palsy or acute idiopathic lower motor neuron facial paralysis is limited. METHODS We followed up children aged 6 months to <18 years with Bell palsy for 12 months after completion of a randomized trial on the use of prednisolone. We assessed facial function using the clinician-administered House-Brackmann scale and the modified parent-administered House-Brackmann scale. RESULTS One hundred eighty-seven children were randomized to prednisolone (n = 93) or placebo (n = 94). At six months, the proportion of patients who had recovered facial function based on the clinician-administered House-Brackmann scale was 98% (n = 78 of 80) in the prednisolone group and 93% (n = 76 of 82) in the placebo group. The proportion of patients who had recovered facial function based on the modified parent-administered House-Brackmann scale was 94% (n = 75 of 80) vs 89% (n = 72 of 81) at six months (OR 1.88; 95% CI 0.60, 5.86) and 96% (n = 75 of 78) vs 92% (n = 73 of 79) at 12 months (OR 3.12; 95% CI 0.61, 15.98). CONCLUSIONS Although the vast majority had complete recovery of facial function at six months, there were some children without full recovery of facial function at 12 months, regardless of prednisolone use.
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- Franz E Babl
- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia.
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Mater Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Australia; Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Babl FE, Eapen N, Herd D, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lawton B, Hort J, West A, George S, Davidson A, Cheek JA, Oakley E, Hopper SM, Berkowitz RG, Wilson CL, Williams A, MacKay MT, Lee KJ, Hearps S, Dalziel SR. Pain in children with Bell's palsy: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child 2024; 109:227-232. [PMID: 38049992 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and severity of pain experienced by children with Bell's palsy over the first 6 months of illness and its association with the severity of facial paralysis. METHODS This was a secondary analysis of data obtained in a phase III, triple-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of prednisolone for the treatment of Bell's palsy in children aged 6 months to <18 years conducted between 13 October 2015 and 23 August 2020 in Australia and New Zealand. Children were recruited within 72 hours of symptom onset and pain was assessed using a child-rated visual analogue scale (VAS), a child-rated Faces Pain Score-Revised (FPS-R) and/or a parent-rated VAS at baseline, and at 1, 3 and 6 months until recovered, and are reported combined across treatment groups. RESULTS Data were available for 169 of the 187 children randomised from at least one study time point. Overall, 37% (62/169) of children reported any pain at least at one time point. The frequency of any pain reported using the child-rated VAS, child-rated FPS-R and parent-rated VAS was higher at the baseline assessment (30%, 23% and 27%, respectively) compared with 1-month (4%, 0% and 4%, respectively) and subsequent follow-up assessments. At all time points, the median pain score on all three scales was 0 (no pain). CONCLUSIONS Pain in children with Bell's palsy was infrequent and primarily occurred early in the disease course and in more severe disease. The intensity of pain, if it occurs, is very low throughout the clinical course of disease. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12615000563561.
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- Franz E Babl
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
- Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Long E, Borland ML, George S, Jani S, Tan E, Neutze J, Phillips N, Kochar A, Craig S, Lithgow A, Rao A, Dalziel S, Oakley E, Hearps S, Singh S, Gelbart B, McNab S, Balamuth F, Weiss S, Kuppermann N, Williams A, Babl FE. Sepsis epidemiology in Austral ian and New Zealand children (SENTINEL): protocol for a multicountry prospective observational study. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e077471. [PMID: 38216206 PMCID: PMC10806766 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Sepsis affects 25.2 million children per year globally and causes 3.4 million deaths, with an annual cost of hospitalisation in the USA of US$7.3 billion. Despite being common, severe and expensive, therapies and outcomes from sepsis have not substantially changed in decades. Variable case definitions, lack of a reference standard for diagnosis and broad spectrum of disease hamper efforts to evaluate therapies that may improve sepsis outcomes. This landscape analysis of community-acquired childhood sepsis in Australia and New Zealand will characterise the burden of disease, including incidence, severity, outcomes and cost. Sepsis diagnostic criteria and risk stratification tools will be prospectively evaluated. Sepsis therapies, quality of care, parental awareness and understanding of sepsis and parent-reported outcome measures will be described. Understanding these aspects of sepsis care is fundamental for the design and conduct of interventional trials to improve childhood sepsis outcomes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This prospective observational study will include children up to 18 years of age presenting to 12 emergency departments with suspected sepsis within the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative network in Australia and New Zealand. Presenting characteristics, management and outcomes will be collected. These will include vital signs, serum biomarkers, clinician assessment of severity of disease, intravenous fluid administration for the first 24 hours of hospitalisation, organ support therapies delivered, antimicrobial use, microbiological diagnoses, hospital and intensive care unit length-of-stay, mortality censored at hospital discharge or 30 days from enrolment (whichever comes first) and parent-reported outcomes 90 days from enrolment. We will use these data to determine sepsis epidemiology based on existing and novel diagnostic criteria. We will also validate existing and novel sepsis risk stratification criteria, characterise antimicrobial stewardship, guideline adherence, cost and report parental awareness and understanding of sepsis and parent-reported outcome measures. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval was received from the Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne, Australia Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/69948/RCHM-2021). This included incorporated informed consent for follow-up. The findings will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal and at academic conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12621000920897; Pre-results.
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- Elliot Long
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Division of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Emergency Medicine and Children’s Critical Care, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine and Menzies Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Kidz first Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Emergency Department, Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Women and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Department of Acute Care Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, The Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Women’s and Children’s Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Surgery and Paediatrics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacremento, California, USA
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Nemours Children’s Health and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine and University of California Davis Health, Sacremento, California, USA
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Crowe LM, Rausa VC, Anderson V, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lyttle MD, Gilhotra Y, Dalziel SR, Oakley E, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Davis GA, Babl FE. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Characteristics and Symptoms in Preschool Children: How Do They Differ to School Age Children? A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2024; 105:120-124. [PMID: 37715760 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate if preschool children differ to school age children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) with respect to injury causes, clinical presentation, and medical management. DESIGN A secondary analysis of a dataset from a large, prospective and multisite cohort study on TBI in children aged 0-18 years, the Australian Paediatric Head Injury Rules Study. SETTING Nine pediatric emergency departments (ED) and 1 combined adult and pediatric ED located across Australia and New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS 7080 preschool aged children (2-5 years) were compared with 5251 school-age children (6-12 years) with mild TBI (N= (N=12,331) MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical report form on medical symptoms, injury causes, and management. RESULTS Preschool children were less likely to be injured with a projectile than school age children (P<.001). Preschool children presented with less: loss of consciousness (P<.001), vomiting (P<.001), drowsiness (P=.002), and headache (P<.001), and more irritability and agitation (P=.003), than school-age children in the acute period after mild TBI. Preschool children were less likely to have neuroimaging of any kind (P<.001) or to be admitted for observation than school age children (P<.001). CONCLUSIONS Our large prospective study has demonstrated that preschool children with mild TBI experience a different acute symptom profile to older children. There are significant clinical implications with symptoms post-TBI used in medical management to aid decisions on neuroimaging and post-acute intervention.
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- Louise M Crowe
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia; School of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Emergency Medicine Education and Training, Retrieval Services, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand; Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia; Emergency Department, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, Australia; School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Kidzfirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Neurosurgery, Austin and Cabrini Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Sanders M, Goulding K, Oakley E, Reidlinger D, Groom KM. Activities critical to success and growth of clinical trials networks. What is needed and how are we doing? An Australian and New Zealand perspective. Trials 2023; 24:707. [PMID: 37925441 PMCID: PMC10625692 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07709-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical trial evidence underpins evidence-based medicine and the improvement of healthcare worldwide. In Australasia, a significant proportion of clinical trials are conducted by geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary clinical researchers under the auspices of Clinical Trials Networks (CTNs). These groups play an important role in contributing to evidence-based medicine, primarily by conducting investigator-initiated clinical trials. Despite their clear benefits in terms of return on investment, CTNs suffer significant challenges. METHODS We conducted surveys and focus groups with Australian and New Zealand CTNs to identifying the activities and attributes that enable CTNs to operate successfully. Based on our findings, we then conducted further surveys of Australian and New Zealand CTNs to identify the prevalence of these success factors in existing CTNs. RESULTS Our focus groups identified three key themes associated with success and growth of a CTN: engaged membership, established infrastructure, and sustainability; and thirteen critical success factors: shared vision and motivation; strong leaders, governance and succession planning; an executive officer; sustainable funding for operations; effective communication; diverse representation and consumer input; transparent processes; a strong pipeline of trials; a reputable and recognised CTN brand; innovation and adaption; an effective group of network sites with a skilled workforce; embedded trials and prioritisation of research. These key themes and the relevant key areas were presented to 30 CTNs. Two factors were almost universally present in CTNs, reflecting the importance of these attributes: the presence of an executive officer, and a strong pipeline of trials. Three factors had a particularly low prevalence: sustainable funding for operations, effective communication, and embedded trials. CONCLUSIONS By supporting both emerging and established CTNs to achieve critical success factors, we can improve the efficiency of CTNs to continue to contribute and expand their clinical trial activities. Particular focus needs to be on finding sustainable funding for CTNs, and raising awareness of the critical role undertaken by CTNs to improve healthcare and health outcomes.
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- Megan Sanders
- Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ANZCA Clinical Trials Network, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Australasian Kidney Trials Network, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Maternal and Perinatal Health, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
- National Women's Health, Te Whatu Ora, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.
- PSANZ IMPACT Network - Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Interdisciplinary Maternal Perinatal Australasian Collaborative Trials Network, Mornington, VIC, Australia.
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Borland ML, Dalziel SR, Phillips N, Dalton S, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Oakley E, Kochar A, Furyk J, Cheek JA, Neutze J, Eapen N, Hearps SJC, Rausa VC, Babl FE. Incidence of traumatic brain injuries in head-injured children with seizures. Emerg Med Australas 2023; 35:289-296. [PMID: 36323396 PMCID: PMC10947265 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 03/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Incidence and short-term outcomes of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) in head-injured children presenting to ED with post-traumatic seizure (PTS) is not described in current literature. METHODS Planned secondary analysis of a prospective observational study undertaken in 10 Australasian Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) network EDs between 2011 and 2014 of head-injured children <18 years with and without PTS. Clinical predictors and outcomes were analysed by attributable risk (AR), risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI), including the association with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores. RESULTS Of 20 137 head injuries, 336 (1.7%) had PTS with median age of 4.8 years. Initial GCS was 15 in 268/336 (79.8%, AR -16.1 [95% CI -20.4 to -11.8]), 14 in 24/336 (7.1%, AR 4.4 [95% CI 1.6-7.2]) and ≤13 in 44/336 (13.1%, AR 11.7 [95% CI 8.1-15.3]) in comparison with those without PTS, respectively. The ciTBI rate was 34 (10.1%) with PTS versus 219 (1.1%) without PTS (AR 9.0 [95% CI 5.8-12.2]) with 5/268 (1.9%), 6/24 (25.0%) and 23/44 (52.3%) with GCS 15, 14 and ≤13, respectively. In PTS, rates of admission ≥2 nights (34 [10.1%] AR 9.0 [95% CI 5.8-12.3]), intubation >24 h (9 [2.7%] AR 2.5 [95% CI 0.8-4.2]) and neurosurgery (8 [2.4%] AR 2.0 [95% CI 0.4-3.7]), were higher than those without PTS. Children with PTS and GCS 15 or 14 had no neurosurgery, intubations or death, with two deaths in children with PTS and GCS ≤13. CONCLUSIONS PTS was uncommon in head-injured children presenting to the ED but associated with an increased risk of ciTBI in those with reduced GCS on arrival.
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- Meredith L Borland
- Emergency DepartmentPerth Children's HospitalPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of MedicineThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Children's Emergency DepartmentStarship Children's HospitalAucklandNew Zealand
- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth HealthThe University of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Emergency DepartmentQueensland Children's HospitalBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Child Health Research Centre, School of MedicineThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentThe Children's Hospital at WestmeadSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentBristol Royal Hospital for ChildrenBristolUK
- Academic Department of Emergency CareUniversity of the West of EnglandBristolUK
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- Department of Women's and Children's HealthUniversity of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Emergency DepartmentThe Royal Children's HospitalMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesThe University of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentWomen's and Children's HospitalAdelaideSouth AustraliaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentThe Townsville HospitalTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
- School of MedicineDeakin UniversityMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- University Hospital GeelongGeelongVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentThe Royal Children's HospitalMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesThe University of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentKidz First Children's HospitalAucklandNew Zealand
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentThe Royal Children's HospitalMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesThe University of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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Tavender EJ, Wilson CL, Dalziel S, Oakley E, Borland M, Ballard DW, Cotterell E, Phillips N, Babl FE. Qualitative study of emergency clinicians to inform a national guideline on the management of children with mild-to-moderate head injuries. Emerg Med J 2023; 40:195-199. [PMID: 36002242 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2021-212198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Head injury is a common reason children present to EDs. Guideline development to improve care for paediatric head injuries should target the information needs of ED clinicians and factors influencing its uptake. METHODS We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews (November 2017-November 2018) with a stratified purposive sample of ED clinicians from across Australia and New Zealand. We identified clinician information needs, used the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to explore factors influencing the use of head CT and clinical decision rules/guidelines in CT decision-making, and explored ways to improve guideline uptake. Two researchers coded the interview transcripts using thematic content analysis. RESULTS A total of 43 clinicians (28 doctors, 15 nurses), from 19 hospitals (5 tertiary, 8 suburban, 6 regional/rural) were interviewed. Clinicians sought guidance for scenarios including ED management of infants, children with underlying medical issues, delayed or representations and potential non-accidental injuries. Improvements to the quality and content of discharge communication and parental discussion materials were suggested. Known risks of radiation from head CTs has led to a culture of observation over use of CT in Australasia (TDF domain: beliefs about consequences). Formal and informal policies have resulted in senior clinicians making most head CT decisions in children (TDF domain: behavioural regulation). Senior clinicians consider their gestalt to be more accurate and outperform existing guidance (TDF domain: beliefs about capabilities), although they perceive guidelines as useful for training and supporting junior staff. Summaries, flow charts, publication in ED-specific journals and scripted training materials were suggestions to improve uptake. CONCLUSION Information needs of ED clinicians, factors influencing use of head CT in children with head injuries and the role of guidelines were identified. These findings informed the scope and implementation strategies for an Australasian guideline for mild-to-moderate head injuries in children.
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- Emma J Tavender
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- CREST Network & Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
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- Armidale Rural Referral Hospital, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Rural Medicine, Tablelands Clinical School, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia .,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Franklin D, Babl FE, George S, Oakley E, Borland ML, Neutze J, Acworth J, Craig S, Jones M, Gannon B, Shellshear D, McCay H, Wallace A, Hoeppner T, Wildman M, Mattes J, Pham TMT, Miller L, Williams A, O’Brien S, Lawrence S, Bonisch M, Gibbons K, Moloney S, Waugh J, Hobbins S, Grew S, Fahy R, Dalziel SR, Schibler A. Effect of Early High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Standard Oxygen Therapy on Length of Hospital Stay in Hospitalized Children With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: The PARIS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2023; 329:224-234. [PMID: 36648469 PMCID: PMC9856857 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.21805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Nasal high-flow oxygen therapy in infants with bronchiolitis and hypoxia has been shown to reduce the requirement to escalate care. The efficacy of high-flow oxygen therapy in children aged 1 to 4 years with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure without bronchiolitis is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of early high-flow oxygen therapy vs standard oxygen therapy in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A multicenter, randomized clinical trial was conducted at 14 metropolitan and tertiary hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, including 1567 children aged 1 to 4 years (randomized between December 18, 2017, and March 18, 2020) requiring hospital admission for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. The last participant follow-up was completed on March 22, 2020. INTERVENTIONS Enrolled children were randomly allocated 1:1 to high-flow oxygen therapy (n = 753) or standard oxygen therapy (n = 764). The type of oxygen therapy could not be masked, but the investigators remained blinded until the outcome data were locked. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was length of hospital stay with the hypothesis that high-flow oxygen therapy reduces length of stay. There were 9 secondary outcomes, including length of oxygen therapy and admission to the intensive care unit. Children were analyzed according to their randomization group. RESULTS Of the 1567 children who were randomized, 1517 (97%) were included in the primary analysis (median age, 1.9 years [IQR, 1.4-3.0 years]; 732 [46.7%] were female) and all children completed the trial. The length of hospital stay was significantly longer in the high-flow oxygen group with a median of 1.77 days (IQR, 1.03-2.80 days) vs 1.50 days (IQR, 0.85-2.44 days) in the standard oxygen group (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.83 [95% CI, 0.75-0.92]; P < .001). Of the 9 prespecified secondary outcomes, 4 showed no significant difference. The median length of oxygen therapy was 1.07 days (IQR, 0.50-2.06 days) in the high-flow oxygen group vs 0.75 days (IQR, 0.35-1.61 days) in the standard oxygen therapy group (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.70-0.86]). In the high-flow oxygen group, there were 94 admissions (12.5%) to the intensive care unit compared with 53 admissions (6.9%) in the standard oxygen group (adjusted odds ratio, 1.93 [95% CI, 1.35-2.75]). There was only 1 death and it occurred in the high-flow oxygen group. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Nasal high-flow oxygen used as the initial primary therapy in children aged 1 to 4 years with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure did not significantly reduce the length of hospital stay compared with standard oxygen therapy. TRIAL REGISTRATION anzctr.org.au Identifier: ACTRN12618000210279.
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- Donna Franklin
- Children’s Emergency and Critical Care Research, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia
- Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Children’s Emergency and Critical Care Research, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia
- Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Medicine, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
- Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- KidzFirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Department, Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Department, Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Paediatrics, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Emergency Medicine, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Townsville University Hospital, Douglas, Australia
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- Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, New Lambton Heights, Australia
- Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Emergency Medicine, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- KidzFirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Paediatric Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Griffith University School of Medicine, Southport, Australia
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- Paediatric Department, Ipswich General Hospital, Ipswich, Australia
- Paediatric Department, Caboolture Hospital, Caboolture, Australia
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- Paediatric and Emergency Departments, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Australia
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- Paediatric Department, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Australia
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- Paediatric and Emergency Departments, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia
- St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Critical Care Research Group, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Wesley Medical Research, Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower, Australia
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O’Brien SL, Haskell L, Tavender EJ, Wilson S, Borland ML, Oakley E, Dalziel SR, Gill FJ. Factors influencing health professionals' use of high-flow nasal cannula therapy for infants with bronchiolitis - A qualitative study. Front Pediatr 2023; 11:1098577. [PMID: 37009298 PMCID: PMC10060553 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1098577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023] Open
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Aim To explore the factors influencing the use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy for infants with bronchiolitis. Design Qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews. Methods The semi-structured interviews (face-to-face or virtual) were conducted between September 2020 and February 2021. Deductive content analysis was used to map key influencing factors for use of HFNC therapy to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Results Nineteen interviews were undertaken before reaching thematic saturation (7 nurses, 12 doctors) in emergency departments and paediatric wards from four purposively selected hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Influencing factors were mapped to eight domains in the TDF with 21 themes identified. Main findings included: (1) Health professionals' expectations of HFNC therapy on patient deterioration, work of breathing and oxygenation; (2) Staff emotions relating to concern and anxiety about deterioration and "need to do something"; (3) Social influences from other health professionals and parents and (4) Environmental factors relating to logistics of care and patient transfer considerations. These factors, combined with the ready availability of HFNC equipment and health professionals having the required skills to administer the therapy, contributed to its initiation. Conclusion Individual/personal and contextual/environmental factors contribute to the use of HFNC therapy for infants with bronchiolitis. It is evident these influences contribute substantially to increased use, despite evidence-based guidelines recommending a more nuanced approach to this therapy. These findings will inform a targeted implementation intervention to promote evidence-based use of HFNC therapy in infants with bronchiolitis.
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- Sharon L. O’Brien
- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- Correspondence: Sharon L. O’Brien sharon.o’
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- Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences Theme, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Theme, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- enAble Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- Nursing Research, Perth Children’s Hospital, Child & Adolescent Health Service, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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Babl FE, Eapen N, Herd D, Borland ML, Kochar A, Zhang M, Oakley E, Hopper SM, Berkowitz RG, Wilson CL, Williams A, Mackay MT, Lee KJ, Hearps S. Agreement of Clinician‐Administered and Modified Parent‐Administered House‐Brackmann Scales in Children with Bell's Palsy. OTO Open 2023; 7:e44. [PMID: 36998545 PMCID: PMC10046699 DOI: 10.1002/oto2.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Objective Currently there is no parent administered scale for facial nerve function in children. We set out to assess the agreement between a newly developed parent-administered modified version of the House-Brackmann (HB) scale and the standard clinician-administered HB scale in children with Bell's palsy. Study Design Secondary analysis of a triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of corticosteroids to treat idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy) in children (6 months to <18 years). Setting Multicenter study at pediatric hospitals with recruitment in emergency departments. Methods Children were recruited within 72 hours of symptom onset and assessed using the clinician-administered and the parent-administered modified HB scales at baseline, and at 1, 3, and 6 months until recovered. Agreement between the 2 scales was assessed using intraclass coefficient (ICC) and a Bland-Altman plot. Results Data were available for 174 of the 187 children randomized from at least 1 study time point. The mean ICC between clinician and parent HB scores across all time points was 0.88 (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.86, 0.90). The ICC for the data collected at baseline was 0.53 (95% CI: 0.43, 0.64), at 1 month was 0.88 (95% CI: 0.84, 0.91), at 3 months was 0.80 (95% CI: 0.71, 0.87) and at 6 months was 0.73 (95% CI: 0.47, 0.89). A Bland-Altman plot indicated a mean difference between the 2 scores (clinician-reported minus parent-reported) of only -0.07 (95% limits of agreement -1.37 to 1.23). Conclusion There was good agreement between the modified parent-administered and the clinician-administered HB scales.
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- Franz E. Babl
- Emergency DepartmentRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentQueensland Children's HospitalBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Child Health Research CentreUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Mater Research InstituteBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentPerth Children's HospitalPerthAustralia
- Divisions of Emergency Medicine and PaediatricsUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentWomen's and Children's HospitalAdelaideSouth AustraliaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentJohn Hunter HospitalNewcastleNew South WalesAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of OtolaryngologyRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of NeurologyRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Melbourne Children's Trial Centre, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics UnitMurdoch Children's Research InstituteVictoriaParkvilleAustralia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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O'Brien S, Haskell L, Schembri R, Gill FJ, Wilson S, Borland ML, Oakley E, Dalziel SR. Prevalence of high flow nasal cannula therapy use for management of infants with bronchiolitis in Australia and New Zealand. J Paediatr Child Health 2022; 58:2230-2235. [PMID: 36066264 PMCID: PMC10947204 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To determine the prevalence of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy in infants presenting to hospital in Australia and New Zealand with bronchiolitis over four bronchiolitis seasons. Secondary aims were to determine temporal trends in HFNC use, and associations between HFNC, hospital length of stay (LOS) and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. METHODS A planned sub-study of a multi-centre international cluster randomised controlled trial investigating knowledge translation strategies for a bi-national bronchiolitis guideline. Demographics, management and outcomes data were collected retrospectively for infants presenting with bronchiolitis to 26 hospitals between 1 May 2014 and 30 November 2017. Prevalence data are presented as absolute frequencies (95% confidence interval (CI)) with differences between groups for continuous and categorical variables analysed using linear and logistic regression, respectively. RESULTS 11 715 infants were included with 3392 (29.0%, 95% CI (28.1-29.8%)) receiving oxygen therapy; of whom 1817 (53.6%, 95% CI (51.9-55.3%)) received HFNC. Use of oxygen therapy did not change over the four bronchiolitis seasons (P = 0.12), while the proportion receiving HFNC increased (2014, 336/2587 (43.2%); 2017, 609/3720 (57.8%); P ≤ 0.001). Infants who received HFNC therapy were not substantially different to infants who received oxygen therapy without HFNC. HFNC use was associated with increases in both hospital LOS (P < 0.001) and ICU admissions (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Use of HFNC therapy for infants with bronchiolitis increased over 4 years. Of those who received oxygen therapy, the majority received HFNC therapy without improvement in hospital LOS or ICU admissions. Strategies to guide appropriate HFNC use in infants with bronchiolitis are required.
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- Sharon O'Brien
- Emergency DepartmentPerth Children's HospitalPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health SciencesCurtin UniversityPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Children's Emergency DepartmentStarship Children's HospitalAucklandNew Zealand
- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth HealthUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Clinical Epidemiology and BiostatisticsMelbourne Children's Trials Centre, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health SciencesCurtin UniversityPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Child & Adolescent Health ServicePerth Children's HospitalPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health SciencesCurtin UniversityPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentPerth Children's HospitalPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of MedicineUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Emergency DepartmentRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Emergency ResearchMurdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Departments of Paediatrics and Critical CareUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Children's Emergency DepartmentStarship Children's HospitalAucklandNew Zealand
- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth HealthUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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Babl FE, Herd D, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lawton B, Hort J, West A, George S, Zhang M, Velusamy K, Sullivan F, Oakley E, Davidson A, Hopper SM, Cheek JA, Berkowitz RG, Hearps S, Wilson CL, Williams A, Elborough H, Legge D, Mackay MT, Lee KJ, Dalziel SR. Efficacy of Prednisolone for Bell Palsy in Children: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial. Neurology 2022; 99:e2241-e2252. [PMID: 36008143 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Corticosteroids are used to treat the early stages of idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell palsy) in children, but their effectiveness is uncertain. We set out to determine whether prednisolone improves the proportion of children with Bell palsy with complete recovery at 1 month. METHODS We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of prednisolone in children presenting to emergency departments with Bell palsy. Patients aged 6 months to younger than 18 years were recruited within 72 hours after the symptom onset and were randomly assigned to receive 10 days of treatment with oral prednisolone (approximately 1 mg/kg) or placebo. The primary outcome was complete recovery of facial function at 1 month rated on the House-Brackmann scale. Secondary outcomes included facial function, adverse events, and pain up to 6 months. Target recruitment was n = 540 (270 per group). RESULTS Between October 13, 2015, and August 23, 2020, 187 children were randomized (94 to prednisolone and 93 to placebo) and included in the intention-to-treat analysis. At 1 month, the proportions of patients who had recovered facial function were 49% (n = 43/87) in the prednisolone group compared with 57% (n = 50/87) in the placebo group (risk difference -8.1%, 95% CI -22.8 to 6.7; adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.7, 95% CI 0.4 to 1.3). At 3 months, these proportions were 90% (n = 71/79) for the prednisolone group vs 85% (n = 72/85) for the placebo group (risk difference 5.2%, 95% CI -5.0 to 15.3; aOR 1.2, 95% CI 0.4 to 3.0) and, at 6 months, 99% (n = 77/78) and 93% (n = 76/82), respectively (risk difference 6.0%, 95% CI -0.1 to 12.2; aOR 3.0, 95% CI 0.5 to 17.7). There were no serious adverse events and little evidence for group differences in secondary outcomes. DISCUSSION In children with Bell palsy, the vast majority recover without treatment. This study, although underpowered, does not provide evidence that early treatment with prednisolone improves complete recovery. TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000563561, registered June 1, 2015. anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=368505&isReview=true. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE This study provides Class I evidence that for children with Bell palsy, prednisolone does not significantly change recovery of complete facial function at 1 month. However, this study lacked the precision to exclude an important harm or benefit from prednisolone.
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- Franz E Babl
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand.
| | - David Herd
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Meredith L Borland
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Amit Kochar
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Ben Lawton
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Jason Hort
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Adam West
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Shane George
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Michael Zhang
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Karthik Velusamy
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Frank Sullivan
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Ed Oakley
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Andrew Davidson
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Sandy M Hopper
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - John A Cheek
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Robert G Berkowitz
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Stephen Hearps
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Catherine L Wilson
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Amanda Williams
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Hannah Elborough
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Donna Legge
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Mark T Mackay
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Katherine J Lee
- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Emergency Department (F.E.B., E.O., S.M.H., J.A.C., A. Williams, H.E.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Sciences (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., J.A.C., R.G.B., S.H., C.L.W., A. Williams, H.E., M.T.M.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville; Departments of Paediatrics (F.E.B., E.O., A.D., S.M.H., R.G.B., M.T.M., K.J.L.) and Critical Care (F.E.B., E.O., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Emergency Department (D.H.), Queensland Children's Hospital; University of Queensland (D.H.); Mater Research Institute (D.H.), Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (M.L.B.), Perth Children's Hospital; Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics (M.L.B.), University of Western Australia, Perth; Emergency Department (A.K.), Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide; Emergency Department (B.L.), Logan Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland; Emergency Department (J.H.), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; Emergency Department (A. West, J.A.C.), Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.G.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport; School of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland (S.G.), Griffith University, Southport; Child Health Research Centre (S.G.), The University of Queensland, South Brisbane; Emergency Department (M.Z.), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales; Emergency Department (K.V.), Townsville Hospital; James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry (K.V.), Townsville, Australia; University of St Andrews (F.S.), School of Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; North York General Hospital (F.S.), Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anaesthesia (A.D.), Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Otolaryngology (R.G.B.), Pharmacy Department (D.L.), and Department of Neurology (M.T.M.), Royal Children's Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (K.J.L.) and Melbourne Children's Trial Centre (A.D., K.J.L.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Children's Emergency Department (S.R.D.), Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland; and Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health (S.R.D.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Ramsden V, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Middleton S, Oakley E, Haskell L, Lithgow A, Orsini F, Schembri R, Wallace A, Wilson CL, McInnes E, Wilson PH, Tavender E. Sustainability of evidence-based practices in the management of infants with bronchiolitis in hospital settings - a PREDICT study protocol. BMC Health Serv Res 2022; 22:1099. [PMID: 36038929 PMCID: PMC9423692 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08450-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Understanding how and why de-implementation of low-value practices is sustained remains unclear. The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International CollaboraTive (PREDICT) Bronchiolitis Knowledge Translation (KT) Study was a cluster randomised controlled trial conducted in 26 Australian and New Zealand hospitals (May-November 2017). Results showed targeted, theory-informed interventions (clinical leads, stakeholder meetings, train-the-trainer workshop, targeted educational package, audit/feedback) were effective at reducing use of five low-value practices for bronchiolitis (salbutamol, glucocorticoids, antibiotics, adrenaline and chest x-ray) by 14.1% in acute care settings. The primary aim of this study is to determine the sustainability (continued receipt of benefits) of these outcomes at intervention hospitals two-years after the removal of study supports. Secondary aims are to determine sustainability at one-year after removal of study support at intervention hospitals; improvements one-and-two years at control hospitals; and explore factors that influence sustainability at intervention hospitals and contribute to improvements at control hospitals. Methods A mixed-methods study design. The quantitative component is a retrospective medical record audit of bronchiolitis management within 24 hours of emergency department (ED) presentations at 26 Australian (n = 20) and New Zealand (n = 6) hospitals, which participated in the PREDICT Bronchiolitis KT Study. Data for a total of 1800 infants from intervention and control sites (up to 150 per site) will be collected to determine if improvements (i.e., no use of all five low-value practices) were sustained two- years (2019) post-trial (primary outcome; composite score); and a further 1800 infants from intervention and control sites will be collected to determine sustained improvements one- year (2018) post-trial (secondary outcome). An a priori definition of sustainability will be used. The qualitative component will consist of semi-structured interviews with three to five key emergency department and paediatric inpatient medical and nursing staff per site (total n = 78-130). Factors that may have contributed to sustaining outcomes and/or interventions will be explored and mapped to an established sustainability framework. Discussion This study will improve our understanding of the sustainability of evidence-based bronchiolitis management in infants. Results will also advance implementation science research by informing future de-implementation strategies to reduce low-value practices and sustain practice change in paediatric acute care. Trial registration Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12621001287820.
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- Victoria Ramsden
- Australian Catholic University, 40 Edward Street, North Sydney, NSW, 2060, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Level 4 West, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,University of Notre Dame, 160 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Level 4 West, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, 28 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.,Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, 2 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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- Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, and Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.,St Vincent's Hospital, Level 5 DeLacy Building, Victoria Road, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Level 4 West, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, 28 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.,Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, 2 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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- Royal Darwin Hospital, 105 Rocklands Dr, Tiwi, Northern Territory, 0810, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, VIC, 3052, Parkville, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, VIC, 3052, Parkville, Australia
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- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, 28 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics, Waikato Hospital, Selwyn St, Hamilton Central, Hamilton, 3204, New Zealand
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Level 4 West, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, and Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
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- Australian Catholic University, Building 460, Level 8, 250 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Level 4 West, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia. .,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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Abstract
Viral bronchiolitis is the most common cause of admission to hospital for infants in high-income countries. Respiratory syncytial virus accounts for 60-80% of bronchiolitis presentations. Bronchiolitis is diagnosed clinically without the need for viral testing. Management recommendations, based predominantly on high-quality evidence, advise clinicians to support hydration and oxygenation only. Evidence suggests no benefit with use of glucocorticoids or bronchodilators, with further evidence required to support use of hypertonic saline in bronchiolitis. Evidence is scarce in the intensive care unit. Evidence suggests use of high-flow therapy in bronchiolitis is limited to rescue therapy after failure of standard subnasal oxygen only in infants who are hypoxic and does not decrease rates of intensive care unit admission or intubation. Despite systematic reviews and international clinical practice guidelines promoting supportive rather than interventional therapy, universal de-implementation of interventional care in bronchiolitis has not occurred and remains a major challenge.
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- Stuart R Dalziel
- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; School of Nursing, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; Division of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Division of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Emergency Department, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Craig S, Powell CVE, Nixon GM, Oakley E, Hort J, Armstrong DS, Ranganathan S, Kochar A, Wilson C, George S, Phillips N, Furyk J, Lawton B, Borland ML, O'Brien S, Neutze J, Lithgow A, Mitchell C, Watkins N, Brannigan D, Wood J, Gray C, Hearps S, Ramage E, Williams A, Lew J, Jones L, Graudins A, Dalziel S, Babl FE. Treatment patterns and frequency of key outcomes in acute severe asthma in children: a Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open Respir Res 2022; 9:9/1/e001137. [PMID: 35301198 PMCID: PMC8932260 DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Severe acute paediatric asthma may require treatment escalation beyond systemic corticosteroids, inhaled bronchodilators and low-flow oxygen. Current large asthma datasets report parenteral therapy only. OBJECTIVES To identify the use and type of escalation of treatment in children presenting to hospital with acute severe asthma. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of children with an emergency department diagnosis of asthma or wheeze at 18 Australian and New Zealand hospitals. The main outcomes were use and type of escalation treatment (defined as any of intensive care unit admission, nebulised magnesium, respiratory support or parenteral bronchodilator treatment) and hospital length of stay (LOS). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Of 14 029 children (median age 3 (IQR 1-3) years; 62.9% male), 1020 (7.3%, 95% CI 6.9% to 7.7%) had treatment escalation. Children with treatment escalation had a longer LOS (44.2 hours, IQR 27.3-63.2 hours) than children without escalation 6.7 hours, IQR 3.5-16.3 hours; p<0.001). The most common treatment escalations were respiratory support alone (400; 2.9%, 95% CI 2.6% to 3.1%), parenteral bronchodilator treatment alone (380; 2.7%, 95% CI 2.5% to 3.0%) and both respiratory support and parenteral bronchodilator treatment (209; 1.5%, 95% CI 1.3% to 1.7%). Respiratory support was predominantly nasal high-flow therapy (99.0%). The most common intravenous medication regimens were: magnesium alone (50.4%), magnesium and aminophylline (24.6%) and magnesium and salbutamol (10.0%). CONCLUSIONS Overall, 7.3% children with acute severe asthma received some form of escalated treatment, with 4.2% receiving parenteral bronchodilators and 4.3% respiratory support. There is wide variation treatment escalation.
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- Simon Craig
- Paediatric Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Emergency Research Collaborative, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia .,Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidra Medicine, Ad-Dawhah, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.,The University of Sydney Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Respiratory Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Medicine and Children's Critical Care Service, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia.,Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, Logan Hospital, Loganholme, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Nursing, Curtin University Faculty of Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Kidz First Emergency Department, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Northern Territory of Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Northern Territory of Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Emergency Research Collaborative, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Paediatric Intensive Care, Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Dandenong Hospital, Monash Emergency Research Collaborative, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Shi YC, Hiscock H, Oakley E, Freed G, O'Loughlin R. Nonindicated Brain Computed Tomography Scans for Children: Adaptation of an American Measurement Tool and Contrast of Current Practice in an Australian Hospital. Pediatr Emerg Care 2022; 38:e550-e555. [PMID: 34393214 DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Clinical guidelines state brain computed tomography (CT) for atraumatic headache or first generalized afebrile, atraumatic seizure as nonindicated in neurologically normal children. We aimed to adapt 2 rigorously validated United States-based measures that examine overuse of CT in children with these conditions, and to determine whether these measures can be used in an Australian setting to determine rates of CT scanning in current practice. METHODS Within an Australian tertiary pediatric hospital, we successfully adapted the measures from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) coding system of the United States measures to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) coding system used in Australia. We conducted a retrospective audit of electronic medical record data from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018. Eligible patients were children aged 4 to 17 years who attended one of the hospital outpatient clinics and/or emergency department and/or were admitted to an inpatient ward. The conditions of interest were (1) atraumatic headache and (2) first generalized afebrile, atraumatic seizure. RESULTS The measure for afebrile seizure was found to have low accuracy and low feasibility in this setting and was not tested further. The adapted measure for atraumatic headache was highly accurate in determining the encounters of interest; however, manual chart review was required to identify nonindicated brain CTs. Using this measure, 601 encounters for atraumatic headache were identified, of which 98 (16.3%) received at least 1 brain CT. We found that 14.1% of these scans were nonindicated, meaning 2% all atraumatic headache encounters received a nonindicated scan; lower than rates reported in international literature. CONCLUSIONS Using the tool developed in this study, rigorous measurement of the overuse of CT scans in other settings may determine the reasons for the lower rates observed in this study; inform future interventions to minimize overuse; and provide safer, higher quality care to children.
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- Critical Care, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Haskell L, Tavender EJ, O'Brien S, Wilson CL, Borland ML, Cotterell E, Babl FE, Zannino D, Sheridan N, Oakley E, Dalziel SR. Can targeted interventions change the factors influencing variation in management of infants with bronchiolitis? A survey of Australian and New Zealand clinicians: A paediatric research in emergency departments international collaborative (PREDICT) study. J Paediatr Child Health 2022; 58:302-311. [PMID: 34498782 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
AIM This study aimed to determine whether targeted interventions, proven to be effective at improving evidence-based bronchiolitis management, changed factors previously found to influence variation in bronchiolitis management. METHODS This survey assessed change in factors influencing clinicians' (nurses and doctors) bronchiolitis management at baseline and post-intervention in a cluster randomised controlled trial of targeted, theory-informed interventions aiming to de-implement non-evidence-based bronchiolitis management (no use of chest X-ray, salbutamol, antibiotics, glucocorticoids and adrenaline). Survey questions addressed previously identified factors influencing bronchiolitis management from six Theoretical Domains Framework domains (knowledge; skills; beliefs about consequences; social/professional role and identity; environmental context and resources; social influences). Data analysis was descriptive. RESULTS A total of 1958 surveys (baseline = 996; post-intervention = 962) were completed by clinicians from the emergency department and paediatric inpatient units from 26 hospitals (intervention = 13; control = 13). Targeted bronchiolitis interventions significantly increased knowledge of the Australasian Bronchiolitis Guideline (intervention clinicians = 74%, control = 39%, difference = 34.7%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 25.6-43.8%), improved skills in diagnosing (intervention doctors = 89%, control = 76%, difference = 12.6%, 95% CI = 6.2-19%) and managing bronchiolitis (intervention doctors = 87%, control = 76%, difference = 9.9%, 95% CI = 3.7-16.1%), positively influenced both beliefs about consequences regarding salbutamol use (intervention clinicians = 49%, control = 29%, difference = 20.3%, 95% CI = 13.2-27.4%) and nurses questioning non-evidence-based bronchiolitis management (chest X-ray: intervention = 71%, control = 51%, difference = 20.8%, 95% CI = 11.4-30.2%; glucocorticoids: intervention = 64%, control = 40%, difference = 21.9%, 95% CI = 10.4-33.5%) (social/professional role and identity). A 14% improvement in evidence-based bronchiolitis management favouring intervention hospitals was demonstrated in the cluster randomised controlled trial. CONCLUSION Targeted interventions positively changed factors influencing bronchiolitis management resulting in improved evidence-based bronchiolitis care. This study has important implications for improving bronchiolitis management and future development of interventions to de-implement low-value care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Libby Haskell
- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Division of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Division of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Armidale Rural Referral Hospital, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Haskell L, Tavender EJ, O'Brien S, Wilson CL, Babl FE, Borland ML, Schembri R, Orsini F, Cotterell E, Sheridan N, Oakley E, Dalziel SR. Process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial to improve bronchiolitis management - a PREDICT mixed-methods study. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:1282. [PMID: 34844605 PMCID: PMC8628472 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-07279-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bronchiolitis is the most common reason for hospitalisation in infants. All international bronchiolitis guidelines recommend supportive care, yet considerable variation in practice continues with infants receiving non-evidence based therapies. We developed six targeted, theory-informed interventions; clinical leads, stakeholder meeting, train-the-trainer, education delivery, other educational materials, and audit and feedback. A cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) found the interventions to be effective in reducing use of five non-evidence based therapies in infants with bronchiolitis. This process evaluation paper aims to determine whether the interventions were implemented as planned (fidelity), explore end-users' perceptions of the interventions and evaluate cRCT outcome data with intervention fidelity data. METHODS A pre-specified mixed-methods process evaluation was conducted alongside the cRCT, guided by frameworks for process evaluation of cRCTs and complex interventions. Quantitative data on the fidelity, dose and reach of interventions were collected from the 13 intervention hospitals during the study and analysed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data identifying perception and acceptability of interventions were collected from 42 intervention hospital clinical leads on study completion and analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS The cRCT found targeted, theory-informed interventions improved bronchiolitis management by 14.1%. The process evaluation data found variability in how the intervention was delivered at the cluster and individual level. Total fidelity scores ranged from 55 to 98% across intervention hospitals (mean = 78%; SD = 13%). Fidelity scores were highest for use of clinical leads (mean = 98%; SD = 7%), and lowest for use of other educational materials (mean = 65%; SD = 19%) and audit and feedback (mean = 65%; SD = 20%). Clinical leads reflected positively about the interventions, with time constraints being the greatest barrier to their use. CONCLUSION Our targeted, theory-informed interventions were delivered with moderate fidelity, and were well received by clinical leads. Despite clinical leads experiencing challenges of time constraints, the level of fidelity had a positive effect on successfully de-implementing non-evidence-based care in infants with bronchiolitis. These findings will inform widespread rollout of our bronchiolitis interventions, and guide future practice change in acute care settings. TRIAL REGISTRATION Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12616001567415 .
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- Libby Haskell
- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag, Auckland, 92019, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.,Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.,Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials, Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials, Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Armidale Rural Referral Hospital, Armidale, NSW, Australia.,School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag, Auckland, 92019, New Zealand. .,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Affiliation(s)
- Libby Haskell
- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Surgery , The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Bressan S, Eapen N, Phillips N, Gilhotra Y, Kochar A, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Williams A, Hearps S, Donath S, Oakley E, Singh S, Dalziel SR, Borland ML, Babl FE. PECARN algorithms for minor head trauma: Risk stratification estimates from a prospective PREDICT cohort study. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28:1124-1133. [PMID: 34236116 DOI: 10.1111/acem.14308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) head trauma clinical decision rules informed the development of algorithms that risk stratify the management of children based on their risk of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI). We aimed to determine the rate of ciTBI for each PECARN algorithm risk group in an external cohort of patients and that of ciTBI associated with different combinations of high- or intermediate-risk predictors. METHODS This study was a secondary analysis of a large multicenter prospective data set, including patients with Glasgow Coma Scale scores of 14 or 15 conducted in Australia and New Zealand. We calculated ciTBI rates with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each PECARN risk category and combinations of related predictor variables. RESULTS Of the 15,163 included children, 4,011 (25.5%) were aged <2 years. The frequency of ciTBI was 8.5% (95% CI = 6.0%-11.6%), 0.2% (95% CI = 0.0%-0.6%), and 0.0% (95% CI = 0.0%-0.2%) in the high-, intermediate-, and very-low-risk groups, respectively, for children <2 years and 5.7% (95% CI = 4.4%-7.2%), 0.7% (95% CI = 0.5%-1.0%), and 0.0% (95% CI = 0.0%-0.1%) in older children. The isolated high-risk predictor with the highest risk of ciTBI was "signs of palpable skull fracture" for younger children (11.4%, 95% CI = 5.3%-20.5%) and "signs of basilar skull fracture" in children ≥2 years (11.1%, 95% CI = 3.7%-24.1%). For older children in the intermediate-risk category, the presence of all four predictors had the highest risk of ciTBI (25.0%, 95% CI = 0.6%-80.6%) followed by the combination of "severe mechanism of injury" and "severe headache" (7.7%, 95% CI = 0.2%-36.0%). The very few children <2 years at intermediate risk with ciTBI precluded further analysis. CONCLUSIONS The risk estimates of ciTBI for each of the PECARN algorithms risk group were consistent with the original PECARN study. The risk estimates of ciTBI within the high- and intermediate-risk predictors will help further refine clinical judgment and decision making on neuroimaging.
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- Silvia Bressan
- Department of Women's and Children's Health University of Padova Padova Italy
- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Child Health Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Emergency Department Women's & Children's Hospital Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- Emergency Department The Children's Hospital at Westmead Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department Monash Medical Centre Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Emergency Department The Townsville Hospital Townsville Queensland Australia
- Emergency Department University Hospital Geelong Geelong Victoria Australia
- School of Medicine Faculty of Health Deakin University Geelong Victoria Australia
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- Emergency Department Kidzfirst Middlemore Hospital Auckland New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
- University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento California USA
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- Emergency Department Starship Children's Health Auckland New Zealand
- Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Emergency Department Perth Children's Hospital Perth Western Australia Australia
- Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics School of Medicine University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Clinical Sciences Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Kloeden B, Tham D, Oakley E, Cheek J. Community use of paracetamol and ibuprofen in children with fever. J Paediatr Child Health 2021; 57:1640-1644. [PMID: 34036655 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To establish, in children aged from 3 months to less than 13 years with a febrile illness, caregiver medication usage patterns and drivers. Secondary objectives assessed caregiver knowledge and concern about fever. METHODOLOGY This was a prospective, observational study of a convenience sample of 147 children presenting to a tertiary Paediatric Emergency Department, where the caregivers reported a concern of fever within the preceding 48 h. A paper-based survey was completed by the caregivers, and the results analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. RESULTS Caregivers of 92.4% had administered medication for fever in the 48 h prior to presentation. Dual therapy of paracetamol and ibuprofen was used by 45.8%, with paracetamol used more frequently as monotherapy (35.4%). Almost one-third of caregivers woke their child to administer medication. Just over one-third of respondents stated that a temperature of less than 38.0°C is a fever. The majority of caregivers (67.6%) said that fever is bad for their child, with 97.9% being concerned by fever. Almost half the children (46.8%) were given medication purely to treat the degree of the temperature. General practitioners were reported as the strongest influence on medication decision (60%). CONCLUSIONS This study provides insight into current knowledge and practices of parents regarding fever and its treatment. The results of this study may be used to direct future interventions to educate caregivers on this topic.
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- Bethany Kloeden
- Paediatric Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Faculty of Medical, Dental and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
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- Paediatric Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Faculty of Medical, Dental and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
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Babl FE, Rausa VC, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lyttle MD, Phillips N, Gilhotra Y, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Davis GA, Anderson V, Williams A, Oakley E, Dalziel SR, Crowe LM, Hearps SJC. Characteristics of concussion based on patient age and sex: a multicenter prospective observational study. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2021:1-10. [PMID: 34598158 DOI: 10.3171/2021.6.peds20953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Children with concussion frequently present to emergency departments (EDs). There is limited understanding of the differences in signs, symptoms, and epidemiology of concussion based on patient age. Here, the authors set out to assess the association between age and acute concussion presentations. METHODS The authors conducted a multicenter prospective observational study of head injuries at 10 EDs in Australia and New Zealand. They identified children aged 5 to < 18 years, presenting with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13-15, presenting < 24 hours postinjury, with no abnormalities on CT if performed, and one or more signs or symptoms of concussion. They extracted demographic, injury-related, and signs and symptoms information and stratified it by age group (5-8, 9-12, 13 to < 18 years). RESULTS Of 8857 children aged 5 to < 18 years, 4709 patients met the defined concussion criteria (5-8 years, n = 1546; 9-12 years, n = 1617; 13 to < 18 years, n = 1546). The mean age of the cohort was 10.9 years, and approximately 70% of the patients were male. Sport-related concussion accounted for 43.7% of concussions overall, increasing from 19.1% to 48.9% to 63.0% in the 5-8, 9-12, and 13 to < 18 years age groups. The most common acute symptoms postinjury were headache (64.6%), disorientation (36.2%), amnesia (30.0%), and vomiting (27.2%). Vomiting decreased with increasing age and was observed in 41.7% of the 5-8 years group, 24.7% of the 9-12 years group, and 15.4% of the 13 to < 18 years group, whereas reported loss of consciousness (LOC) increased with increasing age, occurring in 9.6% in the 5-8 years group, 21.0% in the 9-12 years group, 36.7% in the 13 to < 18 years group, and 22.4% in the entire study cohort. Headache, amnesia, and disorientation followed the latter trajectory. Symptom profiles were broadly similar between males and females. CONCLUSIONS Concussions presenting to EDs were more sports-related as age increased. Signs and symptoms differed markedly across age groups, with vomiting decreasing and headache, LOC, amnesia, and disorientation increasing with increasing age.
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- Franz E Babl
- 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.,3Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
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- 2Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
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- 20Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia; and.,21School of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- 7Emergency Department, Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- 8Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- 9Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane.,10Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
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- 9Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane
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- 11Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
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- 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.,3Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.,12Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- 13Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland.,15School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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- 16Emergency Department, Kidzfirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- 2Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne.,17Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- 2Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne.,4Department of Neurosurgery, Austin and Cabrini Hospitals, Melbourne
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- 2Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne.,5School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.,6Psychology Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
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- 2Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
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- 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.,3Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
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- 18Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland.,19Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- 2Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne.,3Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.,5School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.,6Psychology Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
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Craig SS, Auerbach M, Cheek JA, Babl FE, Oakley E, Nguyen L, Rao A, Dalton S, Lyttle MD, Mintegi S, Nagler J, Mistry RD, Dixon A, Rino P, Kohn Loncarica G, Dalziel SR. Exposure and Confidence With Critical Nonairway Procedures: A Global Survey of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care 2021; 37:e551-e559. [PMID: 32433454 DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Children rarely experience critical illness, resulting in low exposure of emergency physicians (EPs) to critical procedures. Our primary objective was to describe senior EP confidence, most recent performance, and/or supervision of critical nonairway procedures. Secondary objectives were to compare responses between those who work exclusively in PEM and those who do not and to determine whether confidence changed for selected procedures according to increasing patient age. METHODS Survey of senior EPs working in 96 emergency departments (EDs) affiliated with the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks. Questions assessed training, performance, supervision, and confidence in 11 nonairway critical procedures, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), vascular access, chest decompression, and cardiac procedures. RESULTS Of 2446 physicians, 1503 (61%) responded to the survey. Within the previous year, only CPR and insertion of an intraosseous needle had been performed by at least 50% of respondents: over 20% had performed defibrillation/direct current cardioversion. More than 50% of respondents had never performed or supervised ED thoracotomy, pericardiocentesis, venous cutdown, or transcutaneous pacing. Self-reported confidence was high for all patient age groups for CPR, needle thoracocentesis, tube thoracostomy, intraosseous needle insertion, and defibrillation/DC cardioversion. Confidence levels increased with increasing patient age for central venous and arterial line insertion. Respondents working exclusively in PEM were more likely to report being at least somewhat confident in defibrillation/DC cardioversion, intraosseous needle insertion, and central venous line insertion in particular age groups; however, they were less likely to be at least somewhat confident in ED thoracotomy and transcutaneous pacing. CONCLUSIONS Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and intraosseous needle insertion were the only critical nonairway procedures performed by at least half of EPs within the previous year. Confidence was higher for these procedures, and needle and tube thoracostomy. These data may inform the development of continuing medical education activities to maintain pediatric procedural skills for emergency physicians.
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- School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University Melbourne, Australia
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Haskell L, Tavender EJ, Wilson CL, O'Brien S, Babl FE, Borland ML, Cotterell E, Sheridan N, Oakley E, Dalziel SR. Development of targeted, theory-informed interventions to improve bronchiolitis management. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:769. [PMID: 34344383 PMCID: PMC8335893 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06724-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Despite international guidelines providing evidence-based recommendations on appropriate management of infants with bronchiolitis, wide variation in practice occurs. This results in infants receiving care of no benefit, with associated cost and is potentially harmful. Theoretical frameworks are increasingly used to develop interventions, utilising behaviour change techniques specifically chosen to target factors contributing to practice variation, with de-implementation often viewed as harder than implementing. This paper describes the stepped process using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to develop targeted, theory-informed interventions which subsequently successfully improved management of infants with bronchiolitis by de-implementing ineffective therapies. Explicit description of the process and rationale used in developing de-implementation interventions is critical to dissemination of these practices into real world clinical practice. METHODS A stepped approach was used: (1) Identify evidence-based recommendations and practice variation as targets for change, (2) Identify factors influencing practice change (barriers and enablers) to be addressed, and (3) Identification and development of interventions (behaviour change techniques and methods of delivery) addressing influencing factors, considering evidence of effectiveness, feasibility, local relevance and acceptability. The mode of delivery for the intervention components was informed by evidence from implementation science systematic reviews, and setting specific feasibility and practicality. RESULTS Five robust evidence-based management recommendations, targeting the main variation in bronchiolitis management were identified: namely, no use of chest x-ray, salbutamol, glucocorticoids, antibiotics, and adrenaline. Interventions developed to target recommendations addressed seven TDF domains (identified following qualitative clinician interviews (n = 20)) with 23 behaviour change techniques chosen to address these domains. Final interventions included: (1) Local stakeholder meetings, (2) Identification of medical and nursing clinical leads, (3) Train-the-trainer workshop for all clinical leads, (4) Local educational materials for delivery by clinical leads, (5) Provision of tools and materials targeting influencing factors, and prompting recommended behaviours, and (6) Audit and feedback. CONCLUSION A stepped approach based on theory, evidence and issues of feasibility, local relevance and acceptability, was successfully used to develop interventions to improve management of infants with bronchiolitis. The rationale and content of interventions has been explicitly described allowing others to de-implement unnecessary bronchiolitis management, thereby improving care.
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- Libby Haskell
- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag 92024, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. .,Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Austalia, Western Australia, Australia
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- Armidale Rural Referral Hospital, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Paediatrics and Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag 92024, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.,Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Haskell L, Tavender EJ, Wilson CL, O’Brien S, Babl FE, Borland ML, Cotterell E, Schembri R, Orsini F, Sheridan N, Johnson DW, Oakley E, Dalziel SR. Effectiveness of Targeted Interventions on Treatment of Infants With Bronchiolitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr 2021; 175:797-806. [PMID: 33843971 PMCID: PMC8042564 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
IMPORTANCE In developed countries, bronchiolitis is the most common reason for infants to be admitted to the hospital, and all international bronchiolitis guidelines recommend supportive care; however, significant variation in practice continues with infants receiving non-evidence-based therapies. Deimplementation research aims to reduce the use of low-value care, and advancing science in this area is critical to delivering evidence-based care. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of targeted interventions vs passive dissemination of an evidence-based bronchiolitis guideline in improving treatment of infants with bronchiolitis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This international, multicenter cluster randomized clinical trial included 26 hospitals (clusters) in Australia and New Zealand providing tertiary or secondary pediatric care (13 randomized to intervention, 13 to control) during the 2017 bronchiolitis season. Data were collected on 8003 infants for the 3 bronchiolitis seasons (2014-2016) before the implementation period and 3727 infants for the implementation period (2017 bronchiolitis season, May 1-November 30). Data were analyzed from November 16, 2018, to December 9, 2020. INTERVENTIONS Interventions were developed using theories of behavior change to target key factors that influence bronchiolitis management. These interventions included site-based clinical leads, stakeholder meetings, a train-the-trainer workshop, targeted educational delivery, other educational and promotional materials, and audit and feedback. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was compliance during the first 24 hours of care with no use of chest radiography, albuterol, glucocorticoids, antibiotics, and epinephrine, measured retrospectively from medical records of randomly selected infants with bronchiolitis who presented to the hospital. There were no patient-level exclusions. RESULTS A total of 26 hospitals were randomized without dropouts. Analysis was by intention to treat. Baseline data collected on 8003 infants for 3 bronchiolitis seasons (2014-2016) before the implementation period were similar between intervention and control hospitals. Implementation period data were collected on 3727 infants, including 2328 boys (62%) and 1399 girls (38%), with a mean (SD) age of 6.0 (3.2) months. A total of 459 (12%) were Māori (New Zealand), and 295 (8%) were Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander (Australia). Compliance with recommendations was 85.1% (95% CI, 82.6%-89.7%) in intervention hospitals vs 73.0% (95% CI, 65.3%-78.8%) in control hospitals (adjusted risk difference, 14.1%; 95% CI, 6.5%-21.7%; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Targeted interventions led to improved treatment of infants with bronchiolitis. This study has important implications for bronchiolitis management and the development of effective interventions to deimplement low-value care. TRIAL REGISTRATION Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12616001567415.
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Affiliation(s)
- Libby Haskell
- Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victoria, Australia,Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia, Australia,Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victoria, Australia,Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia, Australia,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine), The University of Western Australia, Western Australia
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- Armidale Rural Referral Hospital, New South Wales, Australia,School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials Center, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne Children's Trials Center, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Nursing and Health Research, Massey University, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victoria, Australia,The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand,Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Eapen N, Kochar A, Lyttle MD, Phillips N, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Williams A, Hearps S, Oakley E, Dalziel SR, Borland ML, Babl FE. Seizure- and syncope-related head injuries in children: A prospective PREDICT cohort study. Emerg Med Australas 2021; 33:769-771. [PMID: 34105253 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nitaa Eapen
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.,Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Kidz First Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Crichton A, Ignjatovic V, Babl FE, Oakley E, Greenham M, Hearps S, Delzoppo C, Beauchamp MH, Guerguerian AM, Boutis K, Hubara E, Hutchison J, Anderson V. Interleukin-8 Predicts Fatigue at 12 Months Post-Injury in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:1151-1163. [PMID: 31880977 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.6083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite many children experiencing fatigue after childhood brain injury, little is known about the predictors of this complaint. To date, traditional indices of traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity have not predicted reliably persisting fatigue (up to three years post-injury). This study aimed to establish whether persisting fatigue is predicted by serum biomarker concentrations in child TBI. We examined whether acute serum biomarker expression would improve prediction models of 12-month fatigue based on injury severity. Blood samples were collected from 87 children (1-17 years at injury) sustaining mild to severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] range 3-15; mean 12.43; classified as mild TBI [n = 50, 57%] vs. moderate/severe TBI [n = 37, 43%]), and presenting to the emergency departments (ED) and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) at one of three tertiary pediatric hospitals (Royal Children's Hospital (RCH); Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Toronto; St Justine Children's Hospital (SJH), Montreal). Six serum biomarker concentrations were measured within 24 h of injury (interleukin-6, interleukin-8 [IL-8], soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule [SVCAM], S100 calcium binding protein B [S100B], neuron specific enolase [NSE], and soluble neural cell adhesion molecule [sNCAM]). Fatigue at 12 months post-injury was measured using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (parent report), classified as present/absent using previously derived cut-points. At 12 months post-injury, 22% of participants experienced fatigue. A model including IL-8 was the best serum biomarker for estimating the probability of children experiencing fatigue at 12 months post-injury. The IL-8 also significantly improved predictive models of fatigue based on severity.
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- Alison Crichton
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, The Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.,Research Center, Ste-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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- Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada.,Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.,The Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada
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- Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada.,Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.,The Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Tavender E, Ballard DW, Wilson A, Borland ML, Oakley E, Cotterell E, Wilson CL, Ring J, Dalziel SR, Babl FE. Review article: Developing the Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children: An adoption/adaption approach. Emerg Med Australas 2021; 33:195-201. [PMID: 33528917 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) released the Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children in 2021. We describe innovative and practical methods used to develop this guideline. Informed by GRADE-ADOLOPMENT and ADAPTE frameworks, we adopted or adapted recommendations from multiple high-quality guidelines or developed de novo recommendations. A Guideline Steering Committee and a multidisciplinary Guideline Working Group of 25 key stakeholder representatives formulated the guideline scope and developed 33 clinical questions. We identified four relevant high-quality source guidelines; their recommendations were mapped to clinical questions. The choice of guideline recommendation, if more than one guideline addressed a question, was based on its appropriateness, currency of the literature, access to evidence, and relevance. Updated literature searches identified 440 new studies and key new evidence identified. The decision to develop adopted, adapted or de novo recommendations was based on the supporting evidence-base and its transferability to the local setting. The guideline underwent a 12-week consultation period. The final guideline consisted of 35 evidence-informed and 17 consensus-based recommendations and 19 practice points. An algorithm to inform imaging and observation decision-making was also developed. The resulting process was an efficient and rigorous way to develop a guideline based on existing high-quality guidelines from different settings.
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- Emma Tavender
- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Research on Emergency Services and Treatment (CREST) Network and Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
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- Health Research Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Health Research Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Babl FE, Tavender E, Ballard DW, Borland ML, Oakley E, Cotterell E, Halkidis L, Goergen S, Davis GA, Perry D, Anderson V, Barlow KM, Barnett P, Bennetts S, Bhamjee R, Cole J, Craven J, Haskell L, Lawton B, Lithgow A, Mullen G, O'Brien S, Paproth M, Wilson CL, Ring J, Wilson A, Leo GS, Dalziel SR. Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children. Emerg Med Australas 2021; 33:214-231. [PMID: 33528896 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Children frequently present with head injuries to acute care settings. Although international paediatric clinical practice guidelines for head injuries exist, they do not address all considerations related to triage, imaging, observation versus admission, transfer, discharge and follow-up of mild to moderate head injuries relevant to the Australian and New Zealand context. The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) set out to develop an evidence-based, locally applicable, practical clinical guideline for the care of children with mild to moderate head injuries presenting to acute care settings. METHODS A multidisciplinary Guideline Working Group (GWG) developed 33 questions in three key areas - triage, imaging and discharge of children with mild to moderate head injuries presenting to acute care settings. We identified existing high-quality guidelines and from these guidelines recommendations were mapped to clinical questions. Updated literature searches were undertaken, and key new evidence identified. Recommendations were created through either adoption, adaptation or development of de novo recommendations. The guideline was revised after a period of public consultation. RESULTS The GWG developed 71 recommendations (evidence-informed = 35, consensus-based = 17, practice points = 19), relevant to the Australian and New Zealand setting. The guideline is presented as three documents: (i) a detailed Full Guideline summarising the evidence underlying each recommendation; (ii) a Guideline Summary; and (iii) a clinical Algorithm: Imaging and Observation Decision-making for Children with Head Injuries. CONCLUSIONS The PREDICT Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children provides high-level evidence and practical guidance for front line clinicians.
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- Franz E Babl
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Research on Emergency Services and Treatment (CREST) Network and Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Nursing, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Monash Health Imaging, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Departments of Surgery and Medical Imaging, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Radiology Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Psychology Service, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Neurosciences Unit, Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Effectiveness, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Women and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,MedSTAR, SA Ambulance, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Emergency Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Don't Forget the Bubbles, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Emergency Department, Logan Hospital, Logan, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Nursing, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Health Research Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Health Research Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Don't Forget the Bubbles, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Emergency Department, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Women and Children's Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Franklin D, Shellshear D, Babl FE, Hendrickson R, Williams A, Gibbons K, McEnery K, Kennedy M, Pham TM, Acworth J, Levitt D, Oakley E, Schibler A. High flow in children with respiratory failure: A randomised controlled pilot trial - A paediatric acute respiratory intervention study. J Paediatr Child Health 2021; 57:273-281. [PMID: 33377568 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS High-flow is increasingly used in children with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF), despite limited evidence. The primary feasibility endpoint for this pilot-study was the proportion of treatment failure, secondary outcomes being intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and proportion of patients requiring escalation of care. We measured duration of hospital stay, duration of oxygen therapy and rates of ICU admission. METHODS An open-labelled randomised controlled trial feasibility design was used in two tertiary children's hospitals in the emergency department and general wards. Children aged 0-16 years with AHRF were randomised (1:1) to either high-flow or standard-oxygen. Children on standard-oxygen received rescue high-flow in general wards if failure criteria were met. RESULTS Of 563 randomised, 283 received high-flow and 280 standard-oxygen with no adverse events. The proportion of children who failed treatment and receiving escalation of care was 11.7% (32/283 children) on high-flow and 18.1% (50/280 infants) on standard-oxygen (odds ratio 0.68, 95% confidence interval 0.38-1.00). In children with obstructive airway disease, 9.7% on high-flow and 17.4% on standard-oxygen required escalation (risk-difference -7.7% percentage points; 95% confidence interval -14.3, -1.1); in children with non-obstructive disease no difference was observed. Neither difference in ICU admissions nor any difference in length of hospital stay was observed. Sixty percent of children who failed standard-oxygen responded to rescue high-flow. CONCLUSION High-flow outside ICU appears to be feasible in children with AHRF and the required proportion of escalation was lower compared to standard-oxygen. The trial design can be applied in a future large randomised controlled trial.
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- Donna Franklin
- Gold Coast University Hospital, Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group, Southport, Australia.,The University of Queensland, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, South Brisbane, Australia.,PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Paediatric Emergency Department, Children's Health Queensland and Health Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Paediatric Emergency Department, Children's Health Queensland and Health Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, South Brisbane, Australia.,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,The University of Queensland, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, South Brisbane, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Paediatric Emergency Department, Children's Health Queensland and Health Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Children's Health Queensland and Health Services, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,The University of Queensland, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, South Brisbane, Australia.,PREDICT (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Nagler J, Auerbach M, Monuteaux MC, Cheek JA, Babl FE, Oakley E, Nguyen L, Rao A, Dalton S, Lyttle MD, Mintegi S, Mistry RD, Dixon A, Rino P, Kohn-Loncarica G, Dalziel SR, Craig S. Exposure and confidence across critical airway procedures in pediatric emergency medicine: An international survey study. Am J Emerg Med 2020; 42:70-77. [PMID: 33453618 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.12.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Airway management procedures are critical for emergency medicine (EM) physicians, but rarely performed skills in pediatric patients. Worldwide experience with respect to frequency and confidence in performing airway management skills has not been previously described. OBJECTIVES Our aims were 1) to determine the frequency with which emergency medicine physicians perform airway procedures including: bag-mask ventilation (BMV), endotracheal intubation (ETI), laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion, tracheostomy tube change (TTC), and surgical airways, and 2) to investigate predictors of procedural confidence regarding advanced airway management in children. METHODS A web-based survey of senior emergency physicians was distributed through the six research networks associated with Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN). Senior physician was defined as anyone working without direct supervision at any point in a 24-h cycle. Physicians were queried regarding their most recent clinical experience performing or supervising airway procedures, as well as with hands on practice time or procedural teaching. Reponses were dichotomized to within the last year, or ≥ 1 year. Confidence was assessed using a Likert scale for each procedure, with results for ETI and LMA stratified by age. Response levels were dichotomized to "not confident" or "confident." Multivariate regression models were used to assess relevant associations. RESULTS 1602 of 2446 (65%) eligible clinicians at 96 PERN sites responded. In the previous year, 1297 (85%) physicians reported having performed bag-mask ventilation, 900 (59%) had performed intubation, 248 (17%) had placed a laryngeal mask airway, 348 (23%) had changed a tracheostomy tube, and 18 (1%) had performed a surgical airway. Of respondents, 13% of physicians reported the opportunity to supervise but not provide ETI, 5% for LMA and 5% for BMV. The percentage of physicians reporting "confidence" in performing each procedure was: BMV (95%) TTC (43%), and surgical airway (16%). Clinician confidence in ETT and LMA varied by patient age. Supervision of an airway procedure was the strongest predictor of procedural confidence across airway procedures. CONCLUSION BMV and ETI were the most commonly performed pediatric airway procedures by emergency medicine physicians, and surgical airways are very infrequent. Supervising airway procedures may serve to maintain procedural confidence for physicians despite infrequent opportunities as the primary proceduralist.
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- Joshua Nagler
- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), USA.
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC), USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Peninsula Health, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand; Sydney Children's Hospital (Randwick), NSW, Australia; University of New South Wales, Australia; Health Education Training Institute (HETI), New South Wales, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand; The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK; Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Paediatric Emergency Research in the United Kingdom & Ireland (PERUKI), UK
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain; University of the Basque Country, Spain; Research in European Pediatric Emergency Medicine (REPEM), Spain; Red de Investigación de la Sociedad Española de Urgencias de Pediatría/Spanish Pediatric Emergency Research Group (RISeuP/SPERG), Spain
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- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC), USA; Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Women's and Children's Health Research Institute, Canada; Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC), Canada
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Buenos Aires, Argentina; Red de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Emergencia Pediátrica Latinoamericana (RIDEPLA), Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Buenos Aires, Argentina; Red de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Emergencia Pediátrica Latinoamericana (RIDEPLA), Argentina
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand; Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Australia and New Zealand; Paediatric Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Australia
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Bressan S, Monagle P, Dalziel SR, Borland ML, Phillips N, Kochar A, Lyttle MD, Cheek JA, Neutze J, Oakley E, Dalton S, Gilhotra Y, Hearps S, Furyk J, Babl FE. Risk of traumatic intracranial haemorrhage in children with bleeding disorders. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:1891-1897. [PMID: 32810331 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIM To assess computerised tomography (CT) use and the risk of intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) in children with bleeding disorders following a head trauma. METHODS Design: Multicentre prospective observational study. SETTING 10 paediatric emergency departments (ED) in Australia and New Zealand. PATIENTS Children <18 years with and without bleeding disorders assessed in ED following head trauma between April 2011 and November 2014. INTERVENTIONS Data collection of patient characteristics, management and outcomes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rate of CT use and frequency of ICH on CT. RESULTS Of 20 137 patients overall, 103 (0.5%) had a congenital or acquired bleeding disorder. CT use was higher in these patients compared with children without bleeding disorders (30.1 vs. 10.4%; rate ratio 2.91 95% CI 2.16-3.91). Only one of 31 (3.2%) children who underwent CT in the ED had an ICH. This patient rapidly deteriorated in the ED on arrival and required neurosurgery. None of the patients with bleeding disorders who did not have a CT obtained in the ED or had an initial negative CT had evidence of ICH on follow up. CONCLUSIONS Although children with a bleeding disorder and a head trauma more often received a CT scan in the ED, their risk of ICH seemed low and appeared associated with post-traumatic clinical findings. Selective CT use combined with observation may be cautiously considered in these children based on clinical presentation and severity of bleeding disorder.
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- Silvia Bressan
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Children's Hospital Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Centre for Children's Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, UK.,Academic Department of Emergency Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Kidzfirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Children's Hospital Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Babl FE, Lyttle MD, Phillips N, Kochar A, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Williams A, Hearps SJC, Oakley E, Davis GA, Dalziel SR, Borland ML. Mild traumatic brain injury in children with ventricular shunts: a PREDICT study. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2020; 27:196-202. [PMID: 33254139 DOI: 10.3171/2020.7.peds2090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Current clinical decision rules (CDRs) guiding the use of CT scanning in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) assessment generally exclude children with ventricular shunts (VSs). There is limited evidence as to the risk of abnormalities found on CT scans or clinically important TBI (ciTBI) in this population. The authors sought to determine the frequency of these outcomes and the presence of CDR predictor variables in children with VSs. METHODS The authors undertook a planned secondary analysis on children with VSs included in a prospective external validation of 3 CDRs for TBI in children presenting to 10 emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand. They analyzed differences in presenting features, management and acute outcomes (TBI on CT and ciTBI) between groups with and without VSs, and assessed the presence of CDR predictors in children with a VS. RESULTS A total of 35 of 20,137 children (0.2%) with TBI had a VS; only 2 had a Glasgow Coma Scale score < 15. Overall, 49% of patients with a VS underwent CT scanning compared with 10% of those without a VS. One patient had a finding of TBI on CT scanning, with positive predictor variables on CDRs. This patient had a ciTBI. No patient required neurosurgery. For children with and without a VS, the frequency of ciTBI was 2.9% (95% CI 0.1%-14.9%) compared with 1.4% (95% CI 1.2%-1.6%) (difference 1.5% [95% CI -4.0% to 7.0%]), and TBI on CT 2.9% (95% CI 0.1%-14.9%) compared with 2.0% (95% CI 1.8%-2.2%) (difference 0.9%, 95% CI -4.6% to 6.4%). CONCLUSIONS The authors' data provide further support that the risk of TBI is similar for children with and without a VS.
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- Franz E Babl
- 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.,2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,18Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,3Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol.,4Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- 7Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, and Child Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, South Brisbane
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- 8Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
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- 9Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
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- 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.,2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,10Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne.,18Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- 11Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville.,12Emergency Department, University Hospital Geelong.,13School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- 14Emergency Department, KidzFirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,15Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Italy
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- 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.,2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,18Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- 16Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland.,17Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand; and
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- 5Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital.,6School of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth
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Griffin B, Frear C, Kimble R, Oakley E. 47 Cool Running Water First Aid for Pediatric Burns: Recommendation Adherence & Clinical Outcomes in a Series of Cohort and Cross-sectional Studies. Ann Emerg Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.09.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gc VS, Franklin D, Whitty JA, Dalziel SR, Babl FE, Schlapbach LJ, Fraser JF, Craig S, Neutze J, Oakley E, Schibler A. First-line oxygen therapy with high-flow in bronchiolitis is not cost saving for the health service. Arch Dis Child 2020; 105:975-980. [PMID: 32276987 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bronchiolitis is the most common reason for hospital admission in infants. High-flow oxygen therapy has emerged as a new treatment; however, the cost-effectiveness of using it as first-line therapy is unknown. OBJECTIVE To compare the cost of providing high-flow therapy as a first-line therapy compared with rescue therapy after failure of standard oxygen in the management of bronchiolitis. METHODS A within-trial economic evaluation from the health service perspective using data from a multicentre randomised controlled trial for hypoxic infants (≤12 months) admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis in Australia and New Zealand. Intervention costs, length of hospital and intensive care stay and associated costs were compared for infants who received first-line treatment with high-flow therapy (early high-flow, n=739) or for infants who received standard oxygen and optional rescue high-flow (rescue high-flow, n=733). Costs were applied using Australian costing sources and are reported in 2016-2017 AU$. RESULTS The incremental cost to avoid one treatment failure was AU$1778 (95% credible interval (CrI) 207 to 7096). Mean cost of bronchiolitis treatment including intervention costs and costs associated with length of stay was AU$420 (95% CrI -176 to 1002) higher per infant in the early high-flow group compared with the rescue high-flow group. There was an 8% (95% CrI 7.5 to 8.6) likelihood of the early high-flow oxygen therapy being cost saving. CONCLUSIONS The use of high-flow oxygen as initial therapy for respiratory failure in infants with bronchiolitis is unlikely to be cost saving to the health system, compared with standard oxygen therapy with rescue high-flow.
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- Vijay S Gc
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK.,Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,KidzFirst Middlemore Hospital and theUniversity of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia .,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Singh S, Hearps SJC, Borland ML, Dalziel SR, Neutze J, Donath S, Cheek JA, Kochar A, Gilhotra Y, Phillips N, Williams A, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Hoch JS, Oakley E, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N, Babl FE. The Effect of Patient Observation on Cranial Computed Tomography Rates in Children With Minor Head Trauma. Acad Emerg Med 2020; 27:832-843. [PMID: 32064711 DOI: 10.1111/acem.13942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Management of children with minor blunt head trauma often includes a period of observation to determine the need for cranial computed tomography (CT). Our objective was to estimate the effect of planned observation on CT use for each Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) traumatic brain injury (TBI) risk group among children with minor head trauma. METHODS This was a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study at 10 emergency departments (EDs) in Australia and New Zealand, including 18,471 children < 18 years old, presenting within 24 hours of blunt head trauma, with Glasgow Coma Scale scores of 14 to 15. The planned observation cohort was defined by those with planned observation and no immediate plan for cranial CT. The comparison cohort included the rest of the patients who were either not observed or for whom a decision to obtain a cranial CT was made immediately after ED assessment. The outcome clinically important TBI (ciTBI) was defined as death due to head trauma, neurosurgery, intubation for > 24 hours for head trauma, or hospitalization for ≥ 2 nights in association with a positive cranial CT scan. We estimated the odds of cranial CT use with planned observation, adjusting for patient characteristics, PECARN TBI risk group, history of seizure, time from injury, and hospital clustering, using a generalized linear model with mixed effects. RESULTS The cranial CT rate in the total cohort was 8.6%, and 0.8% had ciTBI. The planned observation group had 4,945 (27%) children compared to 13,526 (73%) in the no planned observation group. Cranial CT use was significantly lower with planned observation (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 0.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.1 to 0.1), with no difference in missed ciTBI rates. There was no difference in the odds of cranial CT use with planned observation for the group at very low risk for ciTBI (adjusted OR = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.5 to 1.4). Planned observation was associated with significantly lower cranial CT use in patients at intermediate risk (adjusted OR = 0.2, 95% CI = 0.2 to 0.3) and high risk (adjusted OR = 0.1, 95% CI = 0.0 to 0.1) for ciTBI. CONCLUSIONS Even in a setting with low overall cranial CT rates in children with minor head trauma, planned observation was associated with decreased cranial CT use. This strategy can be safely implemented on selected patients in the PECARN intermediate- and higher-risk groups for ciTBI.
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- Sonia Singh
- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia
- and the University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento CA USA
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- the Perth Children's Hospital Perth Australia
- and the Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine School of Medicine University of Western Australia Perth Australia
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- the Starship Children's Health Auckland New Zealand
- and the Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia
- the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Australia
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- the Women's & Children's Hospital Adelaide Australia
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- the Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Australia
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- the Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Australia
- and the Child Health Research Centre University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Bristol UK
- and the Academic Department of Emergency Care University of the West of England Bristol UK
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Department of Women's and Children's Health University of Padova Padova Italy
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- the Division of Health Policy and Management Department of Public Health Sciences University of California at Davis Davis CA USA
- and the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research University of California at Davis Sacramento CA USA
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia
- the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Australia
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- the Division of Health Policy and Management Department of Public Health Sciences University of California at Davis Davis CA USA
- and the Department of Emergency Medicine University of California Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA USA
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- and the Department of Emergency Medicine University of California Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA USA
- and the Department of Pediatrics University of California Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA USA
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Australia
- the Department of Paediatrics University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia
- the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Australia
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Wilson CL, Tavender EJ, Phillips NT, Hearps SJC, Foster K, O'Brien SL, Borland ML, Watkins GO, McLeod L, Putland M, Priestley S, Brabyn C, Ballard DW, Craig S, Dalziel SR, Oakley E, Babl FE. Variation in CT use for paediatric head injuries across different types of emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand. Emerg Med J 2020; 37:686-689. [DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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ObjectivesCT of the brain (CTB) for paediatric head injury is used less frequently at tertiary paediatric emergency departments (EDs) in Australia and New Zealand than in North America. In preparation for release of a national head injury guideline and given the high variation in CTB use found in North America, we aimed to assess variation in CTB use for paediatric head injury across hospitals types.MethodsMulticentre retrospective review of presentations to tertiary, urban/suburban and regional/rural EDs in Australia and New Zealand in 2016. Children aged <16 years, with a primary ED diagnosis of head injury were included and data extracted from 100 eligible cases per site. Primary outcome was CTB use adjusted for severity (Glasgow Coma Scale) with 95% CIs; secondary outcomes included hospital length of stay and admission rate.ResultsThere were 3072 head injury presentations at 31 EDs: 9 tertiary (n=900), 11 urban/suburban (n=1072) and 11 regional/rural EDs (n=1100). The proportion of children with Glasgow Coma Score ≤13 was 1.3% in each type of hospital. Among all presentations, CTB was performed for 8.2% (95% CI 6.4 to 10.0) in tertiary hospitals, 6.6% (95% CI 5.1 to 8.1) in urban/suburban hospitals and 6.1% (95% CI 4.7 to 7.5) in regional/rural. Intragroup variation of CTB use ranged from 0% to 14%. The regional/rural hospitals admitted fewer patients (14.6%, 95% CI 12.6% to 16.9%, p<0.001) than tertiary and urban/suburban hospitals (28.1%, 95% CI 25.2% to 31.2%; 27.3%, 95% CI 24.7% to 30.1%).ConclusionsIn Australia and New Zealand, there was no difference in CTB use for paediatric patients with head injuries across tertiary, urban/suburban and regional/rural EDs with similar intragroup variation. This information can inform a binational head injury guideline.
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Bressan S, Clarke CJ, Anderson V, Takagi M, Hearps SJC, Rausa V, Anderson N, Doyle M, Dunne K, Oakley E, Davis GA, Babl FE. Use of the sport concussion assessment tools in the emergency department to predict persistent post-concussive symptoms in children. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:1249-1256. [PMID: 32436608 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool v3 (SCAT3) and its child version (ChildSCAT3) are composite tools including a symptom scale, a rapid cognitive assessment (standardised assessment of concussion (SAC)) and the modified Balance Error Scoring System (mBESS). It is unclear whether their use for the acute assessment of paediatric concussion in the emergency department (ED) may help predict persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS). We aim to assess the predictive value of the main SCAT3/ChildSCAT3 components for PPCS when applied in the ED. METHODS A single-site, prospective longitudinal cohort study of children aged 5-18 years assessed within 48 h of their concussion at the ED of a state-wide tertiary paediatric hospital and followed up at the affiliated concussion clinic, between November 2013 and August 2017. PPCS was defined as ≥2 new or worsening symptoms at 1 month post-injury using the Post-Concussive Symptom Inventory. RESULTS Of the 370 children enrolled, 213 (57.7% <13 years old) provided complete data. Of these, 34.7% had PPCS at 1 month post-injury (38.2% of children <13 years and 30.0% ≥13 years of age, P = 0.272). The adjusted ORs from multiple logistic regression models, for number and severity of symptoms, and for the SAC and mBESS performance in both the ChildSCAT3/SCAT3, were all not significant. The area under the curve of receiver operator characteristic curves for all analysed ChildSCAT3/SCAT3 components was below 0.6. CONCLUSIONS Although SCAT3 and ChildSCAT3 are recommended tools to assist with concussion diagnosis and monitoring of patient recovery, their use in the ED does not seem to help predict PPCS.
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- Silvia Bressan
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Psychology Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Austin Health & Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Babl FE, Franklin D, Schlapbach LJ, Oakley E, Dalziel S, Whitty JA, Neutze J, Furyk J, Craig S, Fraser JF, Jones M, Schibler A. Enteral hydration in high-flow therapy for infants with bronchiolitis: Secondary analysis of a randomised trial. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:950-955. [PMID: 32043304 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM Nasal high-flow oxygen therapy is increasingly used in infants for supportive respiratory therapy in bronchiolitis. It is unclear whether enteral hydration is safe in children receiving high-flow. METHODS We performed a planned secondary analysis of a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of infants aged <12 months with bronchiolitis and an oxygen requirement. Children were assigned to treatment with either high-flow or standard-oxygen therapy with optional rescue high-flow. We assessed adverse events based on how children on high-flow were hydrated: intravenously (IV), via bolus or continuous nasogastric tube (NGT) or orally. RESULTS A total of 505 patients on high-flow via primary study assignment (n = 408), primary treatment (n = 10) or as rescue therapy (n = 87) were assessed. While on high flow, 15 of 505 (3.0%) received only IV fluids, 360 (71.3%) received only enteral fluids and 93 (18.4%) received both IV and enteral fluids. The route was unknown in 37 (7.3%). Of the 453 high-flow infants hydrated enterally patients could receive one or more methods of hydration; 80 (15.8%) received NGT bolus, 217 (43.0%) NGT continuous, 118 (23.4%) both bolus and continuous, 32 (6.3%) received only oral hydration and 171 (33.9%) a mix of NGT and oral hydration. None of the patients receiving oral or NGT hydration on high-flow sustained pulmonary aspiration (0%; 95% confidence interval N/A); one patient had a pneumothorax (0.2%; 95% confidence interval 0.0-0.7%). CONCLUSIONS The vast majority of children with hypoxic respiratory failure in bronchiolitis can be safely hydrated enterally during the period when they receive high-flow.
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- Franz E Babl
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Pediatric Critical Care Research Group, Queensland Children's Hospital and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Critical Care Research Group, Queensland Children's Hospital and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, KidzFirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Paediatric Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Pediatric Critical Care Research Group, Queensland Children's Hospital and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Pediatric Critical Care Research Group, Queensland Children's Hospital and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Eapen N, Borland ML, Phillips N, Kochar A, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Gilhotra Y, Neutze J, Lyttle MD, Donath S, Crowe L, Dalziel SR, Oakley E, Williams A, Hearps S, Bressan S, Babl FE. Neonatal head injuries: A prospective Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative cohort study. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:764-769. [PMID: 31868278 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIM To characterise the causes, clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of neonates who presented to paediatric emergency departments with a head injury. METHODS Secondary analysis of a prospective data set of paediatric head injuries at 10 emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand. Patients without neuroimaging were followed up by telephone call. We extracted epidemiological information, clinical findings and outcomes in neonates (≤28 days). RESULTS Of 20 137 children with head injuries, 93 (0.5%) occurred in neonates. These were mostly fall-related (75.2%), commonly from a care giver's arms, or due to being accidentally struck by a person/object (20.4%). There were three cases of non-accidental head injuries (3.2%). Most neonates were asymptomatic (67.7%) and many had no findings on examination (47.3%). Most neonates had a Glasgow Coma Scale 15 (89.2%) or 14 (7.5%). A total of 15.1% presented with vomiting and 5.4% were abnormally drowsy. None had experienced a loss of consciousness. The most common findings on examination were scalp haematoma (28.0%) and possible palpable skull fracture (6.5%); 8.6% underwent computed tomography brain scan and 4.3% received an ultrasound. Five of eight computed tomography scan (5.4% of neonates overall) showed traumatic brain injury and two of four (2.2% overall) had traumatic brain injury on ultrasound. Thirty-seven percent were admitted, one patient was intubated and none had neurosurgery or died. CONCLUSIONS Neonatal head injuries are rare with a mostly benign short-term outcome and are appropriate for observation. However, non-accidental injuries need to be considered.
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- Nitaa Eapen
- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Schools of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Kidzfirst Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Women's and Child Heath, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Haskell L, Tavender EJ, Wilson C, Babl FE, Oakley E, Sheridan N, Dalziel SR. Understanding factors that contribute to variations in bronchiolitis management in acute care settings: a qualitative study in Australia and New Zealand using the Theoretical Domains Framework. BMC Pediatr 2020; 20:189. [PMID: 32357866 PMCID: PMC7193400 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-02092-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Bronchiolitis is the most common reason for infants under one year of age to be hospitalised. Despite management being well defined with high quality evidence of no efficacy for salbutamol, adrenaline, glucocorticoids, antibiotics or chest x-rays, substantial variation in practice occurs. Understanding factors that influence practice variation is vital in order to tailor knowledge translation interventions to improve practice. This study explores factors influencing the uptake of five evidence-based guideline recommendations using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Methods Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with clinicians in emergency departments and paediatric inpatient areas across Australia and New Zealand exploring current practice, and factors that influence this, based on the Theoretical Domains Framework. Interview transcripts were coded using thematic content analysis. Results Between July and October 2016, 20 clinicians (12 doctors, 8 nurses) were interviewed. Most clinicians believed chest x-rays were not indicated and caused radiation exposure (beliefs about consequences). However, in practice their decisions were influenced by concerns about misdiagnosis, severity of illness, lack of experience (knowledge) and confidence in managing infants with bronchiolitis (skills), and parental pressure influencing practice (social influences). Some senior clinicians believed trialling salbutamol might be of benefit for some infants (beliefs about consequences) but others strongly discounted this, believing salbutamol to be ineffective, with high quality evidence supporting this (knowledge). Most were concerned about antibiotic resistance and did not believe in antibiotic use in infants with bronchiolitis (beliefs about consequences) but experienced pressure from parents to prescribe (social influences). Glucocorticoid use was generally believed to be of no benefit (knowledge) with concerns surrounding frequency of use in primary care, and parental pressure (social influences). Nurse’s reinforced evidence-based management of bronchiolitis with junior clinicians (social/professional role and identity). Regular turnover of medical staff, a lack of ‘paediatric confident’ nurses and doctors, reduced senior medical coverage after hours, and time pressure in emergency departments were factors influencing practice (environmental context and resources). Conclusions Factors influencing the management of infants with bronchiolitis in the acute care period were identified using the Theoretical Domains Framework. These factors will inform the development of tailored knowledge translation interventions.
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- Libby Haskell
- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag 92024, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. .,University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Private Bag 92024, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Babl FE, Pfeiffer H, Kelly P, Dalziel SR, Oakley E, Borland ML, Kochar A, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Gilhotra Y, Furyk J, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Donath S, Hearps SJC, Smith A, Crowe L. Paediatric abusive head trauma in the emergency department: A multicentre prospective cohort study. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:615-621. [PMID: 31821681 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Abusive head trauma (AHT) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We aimed to describe characteristics of cases where clinicians suspected AHT and confirmed AHT cases and describe how they differed. METHODS This was a planned secondary analysis of a prospective multicentre cohort study of head injured children aged <18 years across five centres in Australia and New Zealand. We identified cases of suspected AHT when emergency department clinicians raised suspicion on a clinical report form or based on research assistant-assigned epidemiology codes. Cases were categorised as AHT positive, negative and indeterminate after multidisciplinary review. Suspected and confirmed AHT and non-AHT cases were compared using odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS AHT was suspected in 70 of 13 371 (0.5%) head-injured children. Of these, 23 (32.9%) were categorised AHT positive, 18 (25.7%) AHT indeterminate and 29 (27.1%) AHT negative. Median age was 0.8 years in suspected, 1.4 years in confirmed AHT and 4.1 years in non-AHT cases. Odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for presenting features and outcomes in confirmed AHT versus non-AHT were: loss of consciousness 2.8 (1.2-6.9), scalp haematoma 3.9 (1.7-9.0), seizures 12.0 (4.0-35.5), Glasgow coma scale ≤12 30.3 (11.8-78.0), abnormal neuroimaging 38.3 (16.8-87.5), intensive care admission 53.4 (21.6-132.5) and mortality 105.5 (22.2-500.4). CONCLUSIONS Emergency department presentations of children with suspected and confirmed AHT had higher rates of loss of consciousness, scalp haematomas, seizures and low Glasgow coma scale. These cases were at increased risk of abnormal computed tomography scans, need for intensive care and death.
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- Franz E Babl
- Emergency department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Emergency department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency department, Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Emergency department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Emergency department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom.,Academic Department of Emergency Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Kochar A, Borland ML, Phillips N, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Lyttle MD, Hearps S, Dalziel S, Bressan S, Oakley E, Babl FE. Association of clinically important traumatic brain injury and Glasgow Coma Scale scores in children with head injury. Emerg Med J 2020; 37:127-134. [DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2018-208154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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ObjectiveHead injury (HI) is a common presentation to emergency departments (EDs). The risk of clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) is low. We describe the relationship between Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores at presentation and risk of ciTBI.MethodsPlanned secondary analysis of a prospective observational study of children<18 years who presented with HIs of any severity at 10 Australian/New Zealand centres. We reviewed all cases of ciTBI, with ORs (Odds Ratio) and their 95% CIs (Confidence Interval) calculated for risk of ciTBI based on GCS score. We used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to determine the ability of total GCS score to discriminate ciTBI, mortality and need for neurosurgery.ResultsOf 20 137 evaluable patients with HI, 280 (1.3%) sustained a ciTBI. 82 (29.3%) patients underwent neurosurgery and 13 (4.6%) died. The odds of ciTBI increased steadily with falling GCS. Compared with GCS 15, odds of ciTBI was 17.5 (95% CI 12.4 to 24.6) times higher for GCS 14, and 484.5 (95% CI 289.8 to 809.7) times higher for GCS 3. The area under the ROC curve for the association between GCS and ciTBI was 0.79 (95% CI 0.77 to 0.82), for GCS and mortality 0.91 (95% CI 0.82 to 0.99) and for GCS and neurosurgery 0.88 (95% CI 0.83 to 0.92).ConclusionsOutside clinical decision rules, decreasing levels of GCS are an important indicator for increasing risk of ciTBI, neurosurgery and death. The level of GCS should drive clinician decision-making in terms of urgency of neurosurgical consultation and possible transfer to a higher level of care.
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Lawrence JG, Andrew L, Bracken J, Voskoboynik A, Oakley E, South M, Middleton K, Scanlan B, Marshall T, Hiscock H. Bronchiolitis at a specialist paediatric centre: The electronic medical record helps to evaluate low-value care. J Paediatr Child Health 2020; 56:304-308. [PMID: 31448456 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIM Low-value care (LVC) is common. We aimed, using infants presenting to a major tertiary paediatric hospital with bronchiolitis between April 2016 and July 2018, to: (i) assess rates of chest X-ray (CXR) and medication use; (ii) identify associated factors; and (iii) measure the harm of not performing these practices. METHODS We extracted data from the electronic medical record for all children aged 1-12 months given a diagnosis of bronchiolitis in the emergency department. Factors potentially associated with LVC practices were extracted, including patient demographics, ordering physician characteristics, order indication, medications prescribed and admission ward. To assess for harm, a radiologist, blinded to CXR indication, reviewed all CXRs ordered over the winter of 2017 for infants with bronchiolitis. RESULTS A CXR was ordered for 439 (11.2%) infants, most commonly to rule out consolidation and collapse (65%). CXRs were more likely to be ordered for admitted infants (40.9% admitted to the general medical ward), and 62% were ordered by emergency department staff. Salbutamol was prescribed for 9.3% (n = 199). Amongst those who had a CXR, 28% were prescribed an antibiotic compared to 2.1% for those who did not. In an audit of 98 CXRs ordered over the winter of 2017, there were no CXR findings that meaningfully affected patient outcomes. CONCLUSION Using electronic medical record data, we found that CXR and medication use in bronchiolitis were higher than expected given our hospital guideline advice. Future research needs to understand why and develop interventions to reduce LVC.
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- Joanna G Lawrence
- Informatics and Training, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,General Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Informatics and Training, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Medical Imaging Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Informatics and Training, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- General Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Informatics and Training, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,General Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Informatics and Training, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,General Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Informatics and Training, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,General Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Strategy and Improvement, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- General Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Health Services Research Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Pfeiffer H, Cowley LE, Kemp AM, Dalziel SR, Smith A, Cheek JA, Borland ML, O'Brien S, Bonisch M, Neutze J, Oakley E, Crowe LM, Hearps S, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Babl FE. Validation of the PredAHT-2 prediction tool for abusive head trauma. Emerg Med J 2020; 37:119-126. [PMID: 31932397 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The validated Predicting Abusive Head Trauma (PredAHT) clinical prediction tool calculates the probability of abusive head trauma (AHT) in children <3 years of age who have sustained intracranial injuries (ICIs) identified on neuroimaging, based on combinations of six clinical features: head/neck bruising, seizures, apnoea, rib fracture, long bone fracture and retinal haemorrhages. PredAHT version 2 enables a probability calculation when information regarding any of the six features is absent. We aimed to externally validate PredAHT-2 in an Australian/New Zealand population. METHODS This is a secondary analysis of a prospective multicentre study of paediatric head injuries conducted between April 2011 and November 2014. We extracted data on patients with possible AHT at five tertiary paediatric centres and included all children <3 years of age admitted to hospital who had sustained ICI identified on neuroimaging. We assigned cases as positive for AHT, negative for AHT or having indeterminate outcome following multidisciplinary review. The estimated probability of AHT for each case was calculated using PredAHT-2, blinded to outcome. Tool performance measures were calculated, with 95% CIs. RESULTS Of 87 ICI cases, 27 (31%) were positive for AHT; 45 (52%) were negative for AHT and 15 (17%) had indeterminate outcome. Using a probability cut-off of 50%, excluding indeterminate cases, PredAHT-2 had a sensitivity of 74% (95% CI 54% t o89%) and a specificity of 87% (95% CI 73% to 95%) for AHT. Positive predictive value was 77% (95% CI 56% to 91%), negative predictive value was 85% (95% CI 71% to 94%) and the area under the curve was 0.80 (95% CI 0.68 to 0.92). CONCLUSION PredAHT-2 demonstrated reasonably high point sensitivity and specificity when externally validated in an Australian/New Zealand population. Performance was similar to that in the original validation study. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12614000463673.
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- Helena Pfeiffer
- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, UK
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, UK
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kidzfirst Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Emergency Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Child Neuropsychology, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Child Neuropsychology, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.,Academic Department of Emergency Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, Avon, UK
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- Emergency Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia .,Emergency Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Shavit I, Rimon A, Waisman Y, Borland ML, Phillips N, Kochar A, Cheek JA, Gilhotra Y, Furyk J, Neutze J, Dalziel SR, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Donath S, Hearps S, Oakley E, Crowe L, Babl FE. Performance of Two Head Injury Decision Rules Evaluated on an External Cohort of 18,913 Children. J Surg Res 2020; 245:426-433. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.07.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Franklin D, Shellshear D, Babl FE, Schlapbach LJ, Oakley E, Borland ML, Hoeppner T, George S, Craig S, Neutze J, Williams A, Acworth J, McCay H, Wallace A, Mattes J, Gangathimn V, Wildman M, Fraser JF, Moloney S, Gavranich J, Waugh J, Hobbins S, Fahy R, Grew S, Gannon B, Gibbons K, Dalziel S, Schibler A. Multicentre, randomised trial to investigate early nasal high-flow therapy in paediatric acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial-a Paediatric Acute respiratory Intervention Study (PARIS 2). BMJ Open 2019; 9:e030516. [PMID: 31857300 PMCID: PMC6937038 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) in children is the most frequent reason for non-elective hospital admission. During the initial phase, AHRF is a clinical syndrome defined for the purpose of this study by an oxygen requirement and caused by pneumonia, lower respiratory tract infections, asthma or bronchiolitis. Up to 20% of these children with AHRF can rapidly deteriorate requiring non-invasive or invasive ventilation. Nasal high-flow (NHF) therapy has been used by clinicians for oxygen therapy outside intensive care settings to prevent escalation of care. A recent randomised trial in infants with bronchiolitis has shown that NHF therapy reduces the need to escalate therapy. No similar data is available in the older children presenting with AHRF. In this study we aim to investigate in children aged 1 to 4 years presenting with AHRF if early NHF therapy compared with standard-oxygen therapy reduces hospital length of stay and if this is cost-effective compared with standard treatment. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The study design is an open-labelled randomised multicentre trial comparing early NHF and standard-oxygen therapy and will be stratified by sites and into obstructive and non-obstructive groups. Children aged 1 to 4 years (n=1512) presenting with AHRF to one of the participating emergency departments will be randomly allocated to NHF or standard-oxygen therapy once the eligibility criteria have been met (oxygen requirement with transcutaneous saturation <92%/90% (dependant on hospital standard threshold), diagnosis of AHRF, admission to hospital and tachypnoea ≥35 breaths/min). Children in the standard-oxygen group can receive rescue NHF therapy if escalation is required. The primary outcome is hospital length of stay. Secondary outcomes will include length of oxygen therapy, proportion of intensive care admissions, healthcare resource utilisation and associated costs. Analyses will be conducted on an intention-to-treat basis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval has been obtained in Australia (HREC/15/QRCH/159) and New Zealand (HDEC 17/NTA/135). The trial commenced recruitment in December 2017. The study findings will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences. Authorship of all publications will be decided by mutual consensus of the research team. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12618000210279.
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- Donna Franklin
- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
- University of Western Australia, School of Medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- KidzFirst Middlemore Emergency Department, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Royal Childrens Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine, The University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatrics, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Paediatrics, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Paediatrics, John Hunter Children's Hospital, Hunter Region Mail Centre, New South Wales, Australia
- University of Newcastle, Priority Research Centre GrowUpWell, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Townsville General Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Emergency Department, Townsville General Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Adult Intensive Care Services, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Department, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatrics, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatrics, Caboolture Hospital, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatrics, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatrics, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatrics, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, St Lucia Qld, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Starship Children's Health, Emergency Department, Newmarket, New Zealand
- Department of Surgery and Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Phillips N, Dalziel SR, Borland ML, Dalton S, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Oakley E, Hearps SJC, Kochar A, Furyk J, Cheek JA, Gilhotra Y, Neutze J, Babl FE. Imaging and admission practices in paediatric head injury across emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand: A PREDICT study. Emerg Med Australas 2019; 32:240-249. [DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Natalie Phillips
- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Child Health Research CentreThe University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Emergency Department, Starship Children's Health Auckland New Zealand
- Liggins InstituteThe University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital Perth Western Australia Australia
- Divisions of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of MedicineThe University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Emergency Research Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Bristol UK
- Academic Department of Emergency CareUniversity of the West of England Bristol UK
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- Emergency Research Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Women's and Children's HealthUniversity of Padova Padova Italy
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- Emergency Research Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesThe University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Emergency Research Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Emergency Department, Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide South Australia Australia
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- Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital Townsville Queensland Australia
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- Emergency Research Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Emergency Department, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Child Health Research CentreThe University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Emergency Department, Kidz First Children's Hospital Auckland New Zealand
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- Emergency Research Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Emergency Department, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesThe University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Griffin BR, Frear CC, Babl F, Oakley E, Kimble RM. Cool Running Water First Aid Decreases Skin Grafting Requirements in Pediatric Burns: A Cohort Study of Two Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-five Children. Ann Emerg Med 2019; 75:75-85. [PMID: 31474480 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE First-aid guidelines recommend the administration of cool running water in the early management of thermal injury. Our objective is to analyze the associations between first aid and skin-grafting requirements in children with burns. METHODS This cohort study used a prospectively collected registry of patients managed at a tertiary children's hospital. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to evaluate the relationship between first aid and the requirement for skin grafting. Secondary outcomes included time to re-epithelialization, wound depth, hospital admission and length of stay, and operating room interventions. Adequate first aid was defined as 20 minutes of cool running water within 3 hours of injury. RESULTS In our cohort of 2,495 children, 2,259 (90.6%) received first aid involving running water, but only 1,780 (71.3%) were given the adequate duration. A total of 236 children (9.5%) required grafting. The odds of grafting were decreased in the adequate first aid group (odds ratio [OR] 0.6; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.4 to 0.8). The provision of adequate running water was further associated with reductions in full-thickness depth (OR 0.4; 95% CI 0.2 to 0.6), hospital admission (OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.3 to 0.9), and operating room interventions (OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.5 to 0.9), but not hospital length of stay (hazard ratio=0.9; 95% CI 0.7 to 1.2; P=.48). CONCLUSION Burn severity and clinical outcomes improved with the administration of cool running water. Adequate first aid must be prioritized by out-of-hospital and emergency medical services in the preliminary management of pediatric burns.
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- Bronwyn R Griffin
- Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health, Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health, Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, and Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, and Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health, Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Eapen N, Davis GA, Borland ML, Phillips N, Oakley E, Hearps S, Kochar A, Dalton S, Cheek J, Furyk J, Lyttle MD, Bressan S, Crowe L, Dalziel S, Tavender E, Babl FE. Clinically important sport-related traumatic brain injuries in children. Med J Aust 2019; 211:365-366. [PMID: 31420871 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Nitaa Eapen
- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA.,University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
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- Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.,Children's Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
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- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA
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- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.,University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.,University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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