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Getting to know you – Payal Mandaliya

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Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Payal Mandaliya from Maitland Hospital, NSW.

A word from Payal

Hello, I am Payal Mandaliya. I am a Paediatric Respiratory Physician and a general paediatrician currently working as a Staff Specialist at Maitland Hospital, a regional hospital in New South Wales near Newcastle. I am also pursuing my masters in Sleep Medicine. My primary research interests lie in paediatric respiratory disorders, and I am keen to contribute to ongoing or future research projects in this area.

Welcome to PREDICT Mandaliya!

 

 

 

 

 

 

New PREDICT publications

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Congratulations to the following PREDICT authors:

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

ED Clinicians – help us find parents for study reference group

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The Bronchiolitis season is upon us! 

Doctors and Nurses in regional and rural areas, can you help us to find parents of infants who have been treated for bronchiolitis in the ED?

What for? A Parent Advisory Group

In relation to what? The Regional and Rural Translation Bronchiolitis Study, (RART-Bronch). This MRFF funded research is based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and endorsed by PREDICT. https://www.predict.org.au/projects/rart-bronch/

What’s it about?
This study aims to improve the hospital care of babies (<12 months) with bronchiolitis, in regional and rural hospitals.  It will do this by supporting doctors, nurses to give the right care and providing relevant information for families.  This research will involve nearly 30-40 hospitals across all states of Australia.

What’s the parent criteria?

  • Parent/ Carer resides in regional or rural Australia
  • Has presented to ED (locally) with an infant <12 months for bronchiolitis
  • Presented to ED in the past 18 months

What will they be asked to do?

  • Provide advice to the research team on topics relevant to families
  • Help us produce useful information for families about bronchiolitis
  • Help us communicate our research and study findings to families
  • All meetings will be online and they will be paid $50 per hour.

Found someone – what to do…..

If you find someone who meets the above criteria and think they may be interested, download this flyer here, ask them to email or text Cate Wilson – Project Manager. Cate will provide further information and follow up directly with the parent. 

Don’t hesitate to email or call if you have questions too. 

E: Catherine.wilson@mcri.edu.au

Thanks for our help!

RESEARCH EDUCATION SESSION – 19th June

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Education session 2 for 2025 is:

‘Engaging staff and enhancing recruitment strategies’.
Date/time: June 19th 2025, 11am-12pm (AEST) 
Conducting research in the emergency department is important and necessary to improve emergency care. Research co-ordinators and research nurses are key to successful research. In this session, research nurses and co-ordinators will share their strategies to engage staff and enhance recruitment of participants in emergency research.

Presenters: Dr Sharon O’Brien, Research Nurse Coordinator for the ED at Perth Children’s Hospital, Dr Libby Haskell, Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner from Starship Children’s Hospital and Ms Megan Duck, Emergency Department Nursing Research Coordinator from Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospital.

A calendar invite with Zoom link has been sent to all PREDICT members.

We hope you can join us.

The recording of Education session 1 – Research Priorities & Safety Reporting that was held on 10/4/2025 – is now available on the website at: 
https://www.predict.org.au/education-sessions/

ED Clinicians – help us find parents for study reference group

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The Bronchiolitis season is upon us! 

Doctors and Nurses in regional and rural areas, can you help us to find parents of infants who have been treated for bronchiolitis in the ED?

What for? A Parent Advisory Group

In relation to what? The Regional and Rural Translation Bronchiolitis Study, (RART-Bronch). This MRFF funded research is based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and endorsed by PREDICT. https://www.predict.org.au/projects/rart-bronch/

What’s it about?
This study aims to improve the hospital care of babies (<12 months) with bronchiolitis, in regional and rural hospitals.  It will do this by supporting doctors, nurses to give the right care and providing relevant information for families.  This research will involve nearly 30-40 hospitals across all states of Australia.

What’s the parent criteria?

  • Parent/ Carer resides in regional or rural Australia
  • Has presented to ED (locally) with an infant <12 months for bronchiolitis
  • Presented to ED in the past 18 months

What will they be asked to do?

  • Provide advice to the research team on topics relevant to families
  • Help us produce useful information for families about bronchiolitis
  • Help us communicate our research and study findings to families
  • All meetings will be online and they will be paid $50 per hour.

Found someone – what to do…..

If you find someone who meets the above criteria and think they may be interested, download this flyer here, ask them to email or text Cate Wilson – Project Manager. Cate will provide further information and follow up directly with the parent. 

Don’t hesitate to email or call if you have questions too. 

E: Catherine.wilson@mcri.edu.au

Thanks for our help!

New PREDICT publications

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Congratulations to the following PREDICT authors:

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.

Gray C, Collings M, Benito J, Velasco R, Lyttle MD, Roland D, Schuh S, Shihabuddin B, Kwok M, Mahajan P, Johnson M, Zorc J, Khanna K, Yock-Corrales A, Fernandes RM, Santhanam I, Cheema B, Ong GY, Jaiganesh T, Powell C, Dalziel S, Babl FE, Couper J, Craig S. Analysis of the asthma scores recommended in guidelines for children presenting to the emergency department: a Pediatric Emergency Research Networks study. Arch Dis Child. 2025 Mar 28:archdischild-2024-327635. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327635. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40155002.

Furyk JS, McBain-Rigg K, George S, Phillips N, Craig S, Franklin D, Watt K, Wilson C, Borland ML, Franklin R, 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.

Newberry-Dupe J, Melvin G, King K, White MJ, Anderson V, Babl FE, Borland ML, Dalziel SR, Hiscock H, Tonge BJ, Buntine P, Charters B, Hamilton M, Kochar A, Meyer A, Tran V, Aldridge E, Barrington G, Hackett L, Lowry N, Miller J, Wrobel S, Borschmann R, Craig S. Paediatric Emergency Department Mental Health and Behavioural Presentations in Australia Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study. J Paediatr Child Health. 2025 Mar 31. doi: 10.1111/jpc.70046. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40165036.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated Australasian Bronchiolitis Guideline now available

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We are pleased to let you know that the updated Australasian Bronchiolitis Guideline is now available on the PREDICT website at:

https://www.predict.org.au/bronchiolitis-guideline/

The updated guideline can be downloaded in the full or bedside version, or in components of interest eg. evidence based approach to the use of respiratory support.  We encourage you to review the site and to share the link with your local general paediatrics and ED teams.

Congratulations to the Guideline working group members for their sustained efforts to complete this huge project!

Getting to know you – Emma Jeffs

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Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Emma Jeffs from The Women’s and Children’s Health Network in Adelaide. 

A word from Emma:

“I am employed at the Women’s and Children’s Health Network in Adelaide as an Academic Nurse Researcher. In this role I aim to develop nurse and midwife led research capacity and support qualitative research enquiry. My clinical background and substantive role is as a Paediatric Emergency Nurse. I hope to return to some clinical work soon.

I recently completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne exploring Morbidity and Mortality meetings in paediatric acute care. My research interests include patient safety, interdisciplinary collaboration, consumer experience of healthcare and healthcare research involving qualitative methodologies.’

Welcome to PREDICT Emma.

 

Getting to know you – Louise Shaw

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Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Louise Shaw from The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Louise is a Senior Research Fellow in Health Services Research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). She is working on the RART-Bronch MRFF study, focused on improving the care of infants with bronchiolitis in regional and rural Australia.

Her research spans applied research translation, health services innovation, digital transformation, and workforce development. She has led and contributed to projects on bronchiolitis care, falls prevention, disability inclusion, and digital health systems.

Welcome to PREDICT Louise!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting to know you – Andrea Hetherington

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Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located.

This month we introduce Andrea Hetherington from The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH). 

A word from Andrea:

“I work in the Children’s Emergency Department (CED) of The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH), a metropolitan teaching hospital in Brisbane, Australia. The CED provides emergency care and treatment for children from birth to 16 years. I am new to research and keeping my interests broad. I have led research that encourages nurses to work to their full scope of practice in CED.”

Welcome to PREDICT Andrea