The PREDICT members meeting has been moved to 15th November 2023. An amended calendar invite has been forwarded to all members. Please accept the invite to ensure you have the correct date in your calendar.
The event will be held in Melbourne at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
Registrations for the meeting via Try Booking will open in late September – you will be notified of this.
We have scheduled up to three “New research idea” presentations at the PREDICT members meeting being held face to face and via ZOOM on Wednesday 15th of November 2023.
Do you have a proposal you would like to develop and present for feedback?
If so, please email the PREDICT research co-ordinator Catherine.wilson@mcri.edu.au, a 1 – 2 page proposal by Friday 15th September 2023.
The 3 researchers selected to present their idea will receive mentoring from one of the PREDICT Executive with relevant expertise.
Presenters will be given 5 minutes to present the idea with an extra 10 minutes for discussion and questions. Presentations will be confirmed by 13th October 2023 and presentation times given later on.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
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Fifty-three clinical research staff from 23 sites across Australia, attended training for the CHOICE UTI, Mental Health Observational, FEBCON, SPASMS and Asthma prospective studies. This event was held at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne on 24th and 25th July 2023.
This meeting provided an opportunity to meet fellow colleagues in the research team and learn about how these new studies will run in view of different settings.
There is nothing quite like being able to ask questions and give answers in a face to face context!
Thanks to the organising team including: Marian Chandler, Cate Wilson, Simon Craig, Naomi Loftus and Marietta John-White for ensuring the smooth running of this successful event.
Congratulations to the following PREDICT authors:
Borland ML, O’Brien S, Tavender E, Haskell L, Babl FE, Schembri R, Smedley B, Mitenko H, Robertson T, Mukherjee A, Dalziel SR. Evaluation of targeted implementation interventions for reducing investigations and therapies in infants with bronchiolitis. Acta Paediatr. 2023 Apr 6. doi: 10.1111/apa.16786. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37026175.
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. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023; 11: 1098577.
Bourke EM, Douglas N, Wilson CL, Anderson D, Nehme Z, Babl FE; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). Acute Severe Behavioral Disturbance Requiring Parenteral Sedation in Pediatric Mental Health Presentations to Emergency Medical Services: A Retrospective Chart Review. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 Jun 30:S0196-0644(23)00355-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.04.028. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37389492.
Craig S, Delardes B, Nehme Z, Wilson C, Dalziel S, Nixon GM, Powell C, Graudins A, Babl FE; PREDICT Network. Acute paediatric asthma treatment in the prehospital setting: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 22;13(6):e073029. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073029. PMID: 37349099; PMCID: PMC10314617.
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 Rebecca Gridley from the Queensland Children’s Hospital.
“I am currently an Advanced Trainee in Emergency Medicine and have been working at Queensland Children’s Hospital for the past 12 months. I have been very lucky to be involved in the data collection for some current studies within paediatric care, fostering an interest in research. I will be moving hospitals as part of my training but would like to stay linked in with research projects and remain up to date with evidence to provide the best possible care to all patients that I see. I hope to be able to contribute to research and continue to support advances in health care as my career progresses.”
Welcome to PREDICT Rebecca!
Laila Ibrahim
Emily McKie
The CHOICE UTI study is an international, MRFF-funded RCT across 5 PREDICT sites. The study is asking, for children with complicated UTI presenting to the ED, is a single dose IV plus two days oral as clinically effective as 3 doses IV antibiotics in resolving symptoms at 72 hours?
1 dose: one dose of a daily dose IV to cover Gram negative bacteria +/- one dose IV to cover Enterococcus spp. This will be followed by two days oral antibiotics.
3 doses: three doses of a daily dose IV to cover Gram negative bacteria +/- 3 days IV antibiotics to cover Enterococcus spp.
The Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) commenced recruitment in 2022 and has now recruited 20 patients to the study. In May 2023, both the Women and Children’s Hospital (WCH) (Adelaide) and Monash Medical Centre (Melbourne) commenced recruitment. WCH has now recruited their second patient. Perth Children’s Hospital will be commencing in July 2023 and Starship (New Zealand) is to commence recruitment soon.
An open label, multi-centre, pragmatic, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (RCT). It will incorporate a two-arm, non-inferiority design with parallel groups and 1:1 allocation of children presenting to the ED in whom clinicians deem parenteral antibiotics are required for a febrile complicated UTI.
The PREDICT members meeting has been moved to 15th November 2023. An amended calendar invite has been forwarded to all members. Please accept the invite to ensure you have the correct date in your calendar. The event will be held in Melbourne at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
We have scheduled up to three “New research idea” presentations at the PREDICT members meeting being held face to face and via ZOOM on Wednesday 15th of November 2023.
Do you have a proposal you would like to develop and present for feedback?
If so, please email the PREDICT research co-ordinator Catherine.wilson@mcri.edu.au, a 1 – 2 page proposal by Friday 13th October 2023.
The 3 researchers selected to present their idea will receive mentoring from one of the PREDICT Executive with relevant expertise.
Presenters will be given 5 minutes to present the idea with an extra 10 minutes for discussion and questions. Presentations will be confirmed by 20th October 2023 and presentation times given later on.
The PREDICT members meeting has been moved to 15th November 2023. An amended calendar invite has been forwarded to all members. Please accept the invite to ensure you have the correct date in your calendar. The event will be held in Melbourne at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
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 Helen Goldsmith from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network.
“I have been a registered nurse for over 25 years, and I have more than 20 years of experience conducting clinical trials, research projects and quality improvement initiatives with hospital clinicians, patients, and carers in a variety of disciplines and settings. I have always had an interest in emergency/trauma research; and I completed my PhD in 2018 investigating “The Incidence, Impact and Experience of Pain in Recently Discharged Adult Trauma Patients”. I have only recently commenced working in paediatrics. I am currently the Research Development Manager with the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, and my role involves promoting, encouraging, embedding, and supporting clinical research.”
Welcome to PREDICT Helen!
