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Mark D Lyttle

Consultant & Senior Research Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Bristol Royal …
Verified email at uhbristol.nhs.uk
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Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries

MD Lyttle, L Crowe, E Oakley, J Dunning… - Emergency Medicine …, 2012 - emj.bmj.com
Many children present to emergency departments following head injury (HI), with a small
number at risk of avoidable poor outcome. Difficulty identifying such children, coupled with …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for the use of chest radiographs in community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents

S Andronikou, E Lambert, J Halton, L Hilder… - Pediatric …, 2017 - Springer
National guidance from the United Kingdom and the United States on community-acquired
pneumonia in children states that chest radiographs are not recommended routinely in …

Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

FE Babl, ML Borland, N Phillips, A Kochar, S Dalton… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Clinical decision rules can help to determine the need for CT imaging in
children with head injuries. We aimed to validate three clinical decision rules (PECARN …

[HTML][HTML] Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial

MD Lyttle, NEA Rainford, C Gamble, S Messahel… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Phenytoin is the recommended second-line intravenous anticonvulsant for
treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus in the UK; however, some evidence …

Effect of amoxicillin dose and treatment duration on the need for antibiotic re-treatment in children with community-acquired pneumonia: the CAP-IT randomized …

JA Bielicki, W Stöhr, S Barratt, D Dunn, N Naufal… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The optimal dose and duration of oral amoxicillin for children with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) are unclear. Objective To determine whether lower-dose …

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children: a prospective multicentre cohort study

T Waterfield, C Watson, R Moore, K Ferris… - Archives of disease in …, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
Background Studies based on molecular testing of oral/nasal swabs underestimate SARS-
CoV-2 infection due to issues with test sensitivity, test timing and selection bias. The …

Epidemiology of adolescent trauma in England: a review of TARN data 2008–2017

Z Roberts, JA Collins, D James, O Bouamra… - Emergency medicine …, 2020 - emj.bmj.com
Objectives Trauma contributes significantly to adolescent morbidity and mortality. We aimed
to ascertain the epidemiology of adolescent trauma to inform prevention strategies. Methods …

Practice variation in acute bronchiolitis: a pediatric emergency research networks study

S Schuh, FE Babl, SR Dalziel, SB Freedman… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of previously healthy infants aged< 12 months with
bronchiolitis. Our primary outcome was that hospitalization occurred with EBST (ie …

[HTML][HTML] A prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision rules for children presenting to emergency departments after head …

FE Babl, MD Lyttle, S Bressan, M Borland, N Phillips… - BMC pediatrics, 2014 - Springer
Background Head injuries in children are responsible for a large number of emergency
department visits. Failure to identify a clinically significant intracranial injury in a timely …

[HTML][HTML] Presentations of children to emergency departments across Europe and the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational observational study

RG Nijman, K Honeyford, R Farrugia, K Rose… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background During the initial phase of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, reduced numbers of acutely ill or injured children presented to emergency …