2024
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; Paediatric Research In Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT); Children’s Inpatient Research Collaborative of Australia and New Zealand (CIRCAN). Sepsis epidemiology in Australian and New Zealand children (SENTINEL): protocol for a multicountry prospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2024 Jan 12;14(1):e077471. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077471. PMID: 38216206. [Link]
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’s Palsy in a Cohort of Children Randomized to Prednisolone or Placebo 12 months after Diagnosis. Pediatric Neurology. Published online 2024 Jan 11. ISSN 0887-8994, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.01.011.
Robertson T, Borland ML, O’Brien S, Haskell L, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Tavender E. Understanding the uptake and adaption of targeted implementation interventions for reducing bronchiolitis investigations and therapies. Acta Paediatr. 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1111/apa.17090. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38189212. [Link]
Craig S, Collings M, Gray C, Benito J, Velasco R, Lyttle MD, Roland D, Schuh S, Shihabuddin B, Kwok M, Mahajan P, Johnson M, Zorc J, Khanna K, Fernandes R, Yock-Corrales A, Santhanam I, Cheema B, Ong GY, Jaiganesh T, Powell C, Nixon G, Dalziel S, Babl FE, Graudins A. Analysis of guideline recommendations for treatment of asthma exacerbations in children: a Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) study. Arch Dis Child. 2024 Feb 7:archdischild-2023-326739. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326739. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38325912. [Link]
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 Feb 19;109(3):227-232. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325381. PMID: 38049992. [Link].
Tavender E, Eapen N, Wang J, Rausa VC, Babl FE, Phillips N. Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD011686. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011686.pub3. [Link]
Sasse R, Borland ML, George S, Jani S, Tan E, Neutze J, Phillips N, Kochar A, Craig S, Lithgow A, Rao A, Dalziel SR, Williams A, Babl FE, Went G, Long E; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) Network. Appraisal of Australian and New Zealand paediatric sepsis guidelines. Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Feb 25. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14381. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38403429. [Link]
Parr M, Wilson CL, Jones B, Crawford NW, Ferguson S, Ramesh S, Eapen N, Craig S, Hearps S, Babl FE; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) Research Network. Emergency department presentations for chest complaints after mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations in children and adolescents. Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Feb;36(1):110-117. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14327. Epub 2023 Oct 23. PMID: 37872323. [Link].
Long E, Davidson A, Lee KJ, Babl FE, George S. Adaptive platform trials rather than randomised controlled trials for paediatric sepsis. Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14409. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38600436. [Link]
Gannon B, Franklin D, Vo V, Babl FE, Schibler A. Cost-effectiveness of nasal high-flow in children with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure. J Paediatr Child Health. 2024 May 17. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16558. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38757897. [Link]
Franklin D, Miller L, Pham TM, Frampton C, Moloney S, Waugh J, Fairless S, Hobbins S, Grew S, George S, Fahy R, Morel D, Schibler A. Nasal High Flow Therapy for Bronchiolitis. J Paediatr Child Health. 2024 May 22. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16557. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38775344. [Link]
Rausa VC, Borland ML, Kochar A, Phillips N, Gilhotra Y, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Davis GA, Anderson V, Williams A, Dalziel SR, Hearps SJC, Babl FE. Pediatric sport and nonsport concussions presenting to emergency departments: injury circumstances, characteristics, and clinical management. Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Jul;57(1):E4. doi: 10.3171/2024.4.FOCUS2493. PMID: 38950430. [Link].
Babl FE, Bressan S. Imaging rules in paediatric trauma: The PECARN decision rules for head, neck and abdominal trauma. Arch Dis Child. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327822. EPub 2024 Sept 5. [Link]
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; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). 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 Jan;105(1):120-124. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.08.008. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37715760. [Link]
Bourke EM, Say DF, Carison A, O’Donnell SM, Babl FE; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) research network. Emergency department mental health presentations in young children: a retrospective chart review. J Paediatr Child Health. 2024 Sep;60(9):415-421. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16600. Epub 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 39699004. [Link]
O’Brien S, Wilson C, Duck M, Nieva G, Rao MP, Haskell L. Review article: A primer for clinical researchers in the emergency department: Part XIII. Strategies to engage staff and enhance participant recruitment in emergency department research. Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Sep 26. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14505. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39327712. [Link]
Phillips N, Eapen N, Wilson CL, Nehme Z, Babl FE. Prehospital use of spinal precautions by emergency medical services in children and adolescents. Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Oct 4. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14499. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39363781. [Link].
John-White MR, Proper E, Muscara F, Marietta R, Babl FE, Anderson VA, Wilson CL, Borland ML, Tonge BJ, Gray KM, Melvin GA, Kochar A, Borschmann R, Haslam R, Tavender E, Gordon M, Dalziel SR, Smith K, Craig SC, the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) Network. Research themes and key data points for child and adolescent emergency department mental health presentations: A national Delphi study.
Acad Emerg Med. 2024; 00: 1-11. doi:10.1111/acem.15056. [Link]
2024 Presentations (conference proceedings, posters, published abstracts)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Craig S. Stronger Together: Paediatric Emergency Medicine Research Networks. (Keynote). Society for Emergency Medicine in India EMCON2023, Chennai, India, November 2024.
Craig S. Pediatric Emergency Research Networks Asthma Guideline Study. National Assembly for Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Bengaluru, India, March 2024.
Craig S. PREDICT Network: Discuss the latest evidence for best practice from the Australia and New Zealand PEM Network. Q-PEM 2024 Qatar Pediatric Emergency Medicine International Conference [Online], Doha, Qatar, Jan 2024.
Ramsden T, Tavender E, Babl FE. Understanding sustainment of evidence-based bronchiolitis management in 12 acute care settings: a PREDICT process evaluation. 23rd International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM), Taipei, Taiwan 19-23 June 2024.
Long E, Williams A, Babl FE. Prospective validation of the Phoenic sepsis score. 23rd International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM), Taipei, Taiwan. 19-23 June 2024.
Babl FE, Ramsden V, Haskell L, O’Brien S, Wilson C, Schembri R, Middleton S, Tavender E. Sustaining improvements in the management of infants with bronchiolitis in 21 acute care settings: A PREDICT cohort study.
23rd International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2024). 19-23 June 2024.
Tavender E, Ramsden T, Babl FE, Wilson C, Haskell L, O’Brien S, Borland ML, Middleton S, Schembri R, Oakley E, Lithgow A, Wallace A, Kuhn L, Wilson PH, McInnes L, Dalziel SR. Sustained effectiveness at two-years of targeted interventions to improve the management of infants with bronchiolitis in Australian and New Zealand hospital settings. Paediatric Academic Societies (PAS) May 2024, Toronto Canada.
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PEAChY Investigator team. The PEAChY-O randomised controlled trial. November 2024. Australasian Conference for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
(Best Oral Presentation by a Fellow).
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PEAChY Investigator team. The PEAChY-O study. Research in the Emergency Department International Collaborative (PREDICT) network annual meeting: October 2024.
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PEAChY Investigator team. The PEAChY-O randomised controlled trial. European Conference for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Copenhagen: October 2024.
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PEAChY Investigator team. The PEAChY-O randomised controlled trial. International Conference for Emergency Medicine (ICEM) Taipei. June 2024.
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PREDICT network. Network approach to answering the big questions in paediatric emergency and critical care. University of Melbourne Department of Critical Care Big Questions Seminar, June 2024.(Invited Speaker).
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PEAChY Investigator team. PEAChY-O Trial. Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Care Research Symposium. May 2024 (Invited Speaker).
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PREDICT network. How to better develop cross-network collaborations and linkages. Australian Clinical Trials Association (ACTA) Workshop. April 2024. (Invited Speaker).
Bourke EM, On behalf of the PEAChY Investigator team. Learnings from recruitment success – the story of PEAChY-O. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Clinical Research Development Office. March 2024. (Invited Speaker)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Babl FE, Ramsden V, McInnes E, Middleton S, Haskell L, Wilson C, Kun L, Tavender E. Understanding sustainment of evidence-based bronchiolitis management in 12 acute care settings: a PREDICT process evaluation. 23rd International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2024). Taiwan. 19-23 June 2024.
Ramsden T, Babl FE, Wilson C, Haskell L, O’Brien S, Borland ML, Middleton S, Schembri R, Oakley E, Lithgow A, Wallace A, Kuhn L, Wilson PH, McInnes L, Dalziel SR. Understanding how to sustain evidence-based bronchiolitis management of infants in Australian and New Zealand hospital settings: A qualitative process. Paediatric Academic Societies (PAS) May 2024, Toronto Canada.
Bourke EM, On behalf of PREDICT. Qualitative exploration of healthcare providers experiences caring for young people with acute severe behavioural disturbance in the acute care setting. ACEM ASM November 2024.