2020

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; PARIS and PREDICT. High flow in children with respiratory failure: A randomised controlled pilot trial – A paediatric acute respiratory intervention study. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Dec 30. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15259. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33377568. [link]

Florin TA, Tancredi DJ, Ambroggio L, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Eckerle M, Mintegi S, Neuman M, Plint AC, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) Pneumonia Investigators. Predicting severe pneumonia in the emergency department: a global study of the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN)-study protocol. BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 2;10(12):e041093. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041093. [link].

Wilson CL, Hearps SJ, Tavender EJ, Phillips NT, Lawton B, Kinnear F, Beattie A, Mitenko H, Young R, Cole J, Kochar A, George S, Teo SS, Georgeson T, Michael A, Mukherjee A, King A, Gamage L, Archer P, Cassidy C, Rao A, Thosar D, Borland ML, Babl FE. Factors predictive for computed tomography use and abnormality in paediatric head injuries in Australia and New Zealand. Emerg Med Australas. 2020 Dec 22. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13694. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33354919. [link]

Babl FE, Lyttle MD, Phillips N, Kochar A, Dalton S, Cheek JA, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Williams A, Hearps SJC; MBiostat, Oakley E, Davis GA, Dalziel SR, Borland ML. Mild traumatic brain injury in children with ventricular shunts: a PREDICT study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Nov 20:1-7. doi: 10.3171/2020.7.PEDS2090. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 33254139. [link]

George S, Long E, Gelbart B, Dalziel SR, Babl FE, Schibler A, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group (PCCRG), Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (ANZICS PSG) and Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) research networks. Intubation practices for children in emergency departments and intensive care units across Australia and New Zealand: A survey of medical staff. Emerg Med Australas. 2020 Sep 23. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13620. PMID: 32969150. [Online ahead of print]. [link].

McMullan BJ, Haeusler GM, Hall L, Cooley L, Stewardson AJ, Blyth CC, Jones CA, Konecny P, Babl FE, Mechinaud F, Thursky K; Australian PICNICC study group and the PREDICT network. Aminoglycoside use in paediatric febrile neutropenia – Outcomes from a nationwide prospective cohort study. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 16;15(9):e0238787. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238787. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32936822. [link].

Wilson C, Tavender E, Phillips N, Hearps S, Foster K, O’Brien S, Borland ML, Watkins G, McLeod L, Putland M, Priestley S, Brabyn C, Ballard D, Craig S, Dalziel S, Oakley E, Babl FE. Variation in Computed Tomography Use for Paediatric Head Injuries Across Different Types of Emergency Departments in Australia and New Zealand. Emerg Med J 2020 Aug 17. 0:1–4. doi:10.1136/emermed-2020-209719. [Epub ahead of print].

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; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). Risk of traumatic intracranial haemorrhage in children with bleeding disorders. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Aug 18. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15073. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32810331. [link].

Babl FE, Kochar A, Osborn M, Borland ML, West A, Williams A, Dalziel SR; PREDICT network.  Risk of Leukemia in Children With Peripheral Facial Palsy.  Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 9:S0196-0644(20)30491-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.06.029. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32788067. [link].

Craig SS, Dalziel SR, Powell CV, Graudins A, Babl FE, Lunny C.  Interventions for escalation of therapy for acute exacerbations of asthma in children: an overview of Cochrane Reviews.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Aug 5;8:CD012977. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012977.pub2. PMID: 32767571 Review. [link].

Haeusler GM, Gaynor L, Teh B, Babl FE, Orme LM, Segal A, Mechinaud F, Bryant PA, Phillips B, Lourenco RA, Slavin MA, Thursky KA. Home-based care of low-risk febrile neutropenia in children-an implementation study in a tertiary paediatric hospital.  Support Care Cancer. 2020 Aug 1. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05654-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32740894. [link].

Zipursky A, Kuppermann N, Finkelstein Y, Zemek R, Plint AC, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Freedman SB, Steele DW, Fernandes RM, Florin TA, Stephens D, Kharbanda A, Roland D, Lyttle MD, Johnson DW, Schnadower D, Macias CG, Benito J, Schuh S; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY RESEARCH NETWORKS (PERN). International Practice Patterns of Antibiotic Therapy and Laboratory Testing in Bronchiolitis. Pediatrics. 2020 Jul 13:e20193684. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3684. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32661190. [link].

Gonzalez-Urdiales P, Kuppermann N, Dalziel SR, Prego J, Benito J, Mintegi S. Pediatric intentional self-poisoning evaluated in the emergency department: an international study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Jun 12. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002141.  PMID: 32541402 [Epub ahead of print]. [link].

Babl FE, Franklin D, Dalziel S, Schibler A; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative and Pediatric Critical Care Research Group. Enteral hydration in high flow therapy. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Jun;56(6):989. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14894. PMID: 32567779. [link].

Haeusler G, Phillips R, Slavin M, Babl FE, De Abreu Lourenco R, Mechinaud F, Thursky K on behalf of the Australian PICNICC study group and the PREDICT network. Re-evaluating and recalibrating predictors of bacterial infection in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia. EClinicalMedicine. June 2020, 15;23. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100394. eCollection 2020 Jun. PMID: 32637894. [link].

Haskell L, Tavender EJ, Wilson C, Babl FE, Oakley E, Sheridan N, Dalziel SR; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) network, Australia.  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 May 1;20(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02092-y. PMID: 32357866 [link]

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 May 21. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14910. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32436608 [link].

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; Pediatric Emergency Research Networks. Exposure and Confidence With Critical Nonairway Procedures: A Global Survey of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 May 19. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002092. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32433454 [link].

Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Borland ML. Establishing a Research Network. J Paed Child Health 2020 May 4. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14896. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32364324.

Gc VS, Franklin D, Whitty JA, Dalziel SR, Babl FE, Schalpbach 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 Apr 10. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318427. [Epub ahead of print] [link]

Babl FE, Franklin D, Schlapbach LJ, Oakley E, Dalziel S, Whitty JA, Neutze J, Furyk J, Craig S, Fraser JF, Jones M, Schibler A; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative and Pediatric Critical Care Research Group.  Enteral hydration in high-flow therapy for infants with bronchiolitis: Secondary analysis of a randomised trial. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Feb 11. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14799. [Epub ahead of print] [link].

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 Feb 12. pii: emermed-2018-208154. [Epub ahead of print] [link].

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; Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT).  The Effect of Patient Observation on Cranial Computed Tomography Rates in Children with Minor Head Trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Feb 16. doi: 10.1111/acem.13942. [Epub ahead of print].

O’Donnell SM, Carison A, Adams J, Long E, Babl FE. Delphi assessment of audit and research priorities in an emergency department. Emerg Med Australas. 2020 Feb 5. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13453. [Epub ahead of print]. [link].

Haeusler GM, Thursky KA, Slavin MA, Babl FE, De Abreu Lourenco R, Allaway Z, Mechinaud F, Phillips R; Australian PICNICC study group and the PREDICT network. Risk stratification in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia: A national, prospective, multicentre validation of nine clinical decision rules. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Jan 7;18:100220. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.11.013. eCollection 2020 Jan. [link].

Craig S, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Gray C, Powell C, Al Ansari K, Lyttle MD, Roland D, Benito J, Velasco R, Hoeffe J, Moldovan D, Thompson G, Schuh S, Zorc JJ, Kwok M, Mahajan P, Johnson MD, Sapien R, Khanna K, Rino P, Prego J, Yock A, Fernandes RM, Santhanam I, Cheema B, Ong G, Chong SL, Graudins A; Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN).  Acute severe paediatric asthma: study protocol for the development of a core outcome set, a Pediatric Emergency Reserarch Networks (PERN) study. Trials. 2020 Jan 13;21(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3785-6. [link].

Pfeiffer H, Cowley LE, Kemp AM, Dalziel SR, Smith A, Cheek JA, Borland ML, O’Brien S, Bonisch M, Neutze J, Oakley E1, 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 Jan 13. pii: emermed-2019-208893. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208893. E-pub ahead of print. [link].

2020 Presentations (conference proceedings, posters, published abstracts)