2025

Lee WH, O’Brien S, Mckinnon EJ, Craig S, Dalziel S, Collin M, Phillips N, Babl FE, Davidson SJ, George S, Jani S, Tham D, Tran V, Borland ML. Validation and Comparison of Pediatric Appendicitis Scores and Management Strategies (Project SPASMS): Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Observational Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jun 27;14:e67941. doi: 10.2196/67941. PMID: 40577711. [Link]

Denbali D, Borland ML, O’Brien S. Clinical Debriefing Characteristics in Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Emergency Departments: A PREDICT Study Revisited. Emerg Med Australas. 2025 Jun;37(3):e70068. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70068. PMID: 40490424. [Link]

Long E, Borland ML, George S, Jani S, Tan E, Phillips N, Kochar A, Craig S, Lithgow A, Rao A, Dalziel S, Oakley E, Hearps S, Gelbart B, McNab S, Balamuth F, Weiss SL, Kuppermann N, Brad C, Williams A, Babl FE; for the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) Network. External validation of the Phoenix sepsis score and criteria in children with suspected community acquired sepsis. JAMA Network Open. January. 2025;8(3):e251412. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1412. [Link]

Ramsden V, McInnes E, Wilson P, Babl FE, Kuhn L, Cowie J, Campbell P, Middleton S, Wilson C, Straiton N, Tavender E. Sustainability of healthcare system improvements, programmes and interventions in acute care settings: protocol for a mixed methods systematic review.  BMJ Open. 2025 Feb 7;15(2):e094174. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094174. PMID: 39920055; PMCID: PMC11808872. [Link]

Furyk JS, McBain-Rigg K, George S, Phillips N, Craig S, Franklin D, Watt K, Wilson C, Borland ML, Franklin D, Dalziel SR, Schibler A, Babl F; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). Parent Attitudes to Research Without Prior Consent in Two Pediatric Emergency Clinical Trials in Australia: A Qualitative Study of Transcripts From 2017. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Mar 10. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003719. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40062809. [Link]

Bourke E, Douglas N, Nehme Z, Knott J, Craig SS, Babl FE, the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) research network. Qualitative exploration of health care professionals’ experiences caring for young people with acute severe behaviorial disturbance in the acute care setting. JACEP Open. 6:100030. [Link]

Bourke EM, Kochar A, Shellshear D, Borland ML, Jani S, George S, Tham D, Gordon M, Klein K, Wilson CL, Prakash C, Phillips N, Nieva G, Selman CJ, Lee KJ, Davidson A, Knott JC, Craig SS, Babl FE; PREDICT Research Network. PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Feb 14:S0196-0644(25)00017-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.01.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39955661. [Link]

Phillips N, Askin GN, Davis GA, O’Brien S, Borland ML, Williams A, Kochar A, John-Denny B, Watson S, George S, Davison M, Dalziel S, Tan E, Chong SL, Craig S, Rao A, Donath SM, Selman CJ, Goergen S, Wilson CL, Singh S, Kuppermann N, Leonard JC, Babl FE. Prospective observational study to assess the performance accuracy of clinical decision rules in children presenting to emergency departments with possible cervical spine injuries: the Study of Neck Injuries in Children (SONIC). BMJ Open. 2025 May 2;15(5):e096294. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096294.PMID: 40316355. [Link]

Bourke EM, Haskell L, Phillips N, Dalziel SR, Babl FE, Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) at 20 years: Challenges of an emergency research network; Emerg Med Australas. 2025 Apr;37(2):e70039. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70039.PMID: 40178079. [Link]

Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, Laskin BL, Singh R, Artis AS, Vohra A, Tsemberis E, Kierian E, Lau KC, Campos AB, Hickey C, Hayes KL, Singleton D, Long E, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Thompson GC, Freedman SB, Eckerle M, Hickey RW, Huang J, Kuppermann N, Balamuth F;Time Course of Kidney Injury Biomarkers in Children With Septic Shock: Nested Cohort Study Within the Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis Trial. Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced vs. Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis (PRoMPT BOLUS) Investigators of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC), and Pediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) Networks.Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 2. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003737. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40172287. [Link]

Davis GA, Anderson N, Babl FE, Ballard DW, Barlow KM, Barrett MJ, Beauchamp MH, Borland ML, Bressan S, Crowe L, Chong SL, Corwin DJ, Dalziel SR, Emery CA, Fauteux-Lamarre E, Gioia GA, Haarbauer-Krupa J, Kirkwood MW, Löllgen RMC, Master CL, McKinlay A, Olver J, Mintegi S, Pavlicich V, Purcell L, Raman R, Rino P, Suskauer SJ, Shavit I, Tavender EJ, van Ierssel J, Yeates KO, Zuckerman SL, Anderson V. International Consensus Definition of ‘Sport & Exercise’ in Toddlers and Young Children, Children, and Adolescents. Acta Paediatr. 2025 Feb 17. doi: 10.1111/apa.70013. Online ahead of print.PMID: 39962915. [Link]

Mudzingwa IT, Prior SJ, Griffin P, Tavender E, Tran V. The Use of Clinical Pathways in Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review. Health Services Insights. 2025;18. doi:10.1177/11786329251328527. [Link]

Rathe S, Alkhouri H, Reeves K, Tagg A, McCarthy B, O’Brien S, et al. Supraglottic Airway Device Use During Paediatric Airway Management in the Emergency Department: A Registry Study. Emerg Med Australas. 2025;37(3):e70056. [Link]