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G29(P) The management of children diagnosed with an uncomplicated clavicle fracture : broad-arm sling and written self-care information versus broad-arm sling and hospital outpatient follow-up (2014)
Journal Article
Crowder, R., Rowland, A., Tan, S., Handford, M., & Stuart, M. (2014). G29(P) The management of children diagnosed with an uncomplicated clavicle fracture : broad-arm sling and written self-care information versus broad-arm sling and hospital outpatient follow-up. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(Suppl), A13-A13. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306237.29

Background and objectives: In July 2013 the Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) of a UK District General Hospital seeing approximately 30000 children per year aged under 16 years in the ED, began managing children diagnosed with an uncomplicated (no... Read More about G29(P) The management of children diagnosed with an uncomplicated clavicle fracture : broad-arm sling and written self-care information versus broad-arm sling and hospital outpatient follow-up.

G34(P) The management of children diagnosed with torus (buckle) fractures of the distal radius : wrist splint and written self-care information versus wrist splint and hospital outpatient follow-up (2014)
Journal Article
Crowder, R., Rowland, A., Handford, M., Tan, S., & Stuart, M. (2014). G34(P) The management of children diagnosed with torus (buckle) fractures of the distal radius : wrist splint and written self-care information versus wrist splint and hospital outpatient follow-up. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(Suppl), A15-A15. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306237.34

Background and objectives: In July 2013, the Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) of a UK District General Hospital ED seeing approximately 30000 children aged under 16 years of age per year in the ED, began managing children diagnosed with a torus f... Read More about G34(P) The management of children diagnosed with torus (buckle) fractures of the distal radius : wrist splint and written self-care information versus wrist splint and hospital outpatient follow-up.

The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) : a more accurate predictor of admission risk from the emergency department than the Manchester Children’s Early Warning System (ManChEWS) (2014)
Journal Article
Rowland, A., Cotterill, S., Lees, H., & Kelly, J. (2014). The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) : a more accurate predictor of admission risk from the emergency department than the Manchester Children’s Early Warning System (ManChEWS). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(A8),

Background: The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) is
a specific Emergency Department (ED) physiological and observational aggregate scoring system, with scores of 0–18. A higher score indicates greater likelihood of admission. The Manches... Read More about The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) : a more accurate predictor of admission risk from the emergency department than the Manchester Children’s Early Warning System (ManChEWS).

The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) : a useful tool to predict likelihood of admission from the emergency department (2013)
Journal Article
Kelly, J., Rowland, A., Cotterill, S., Lees, H., & Kamara, M. (2013). The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) : a useful tool to predict likelihood of admission from the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(10), 877.3-878. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203113.29

Objectives & Background: No specific early warning score universally validated for use in all children presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) exists. POPS is a novel aggregate scoring system, designed for ED use.
Methods: Prospectively collecte... Read More about The Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS) : a useful tool to predict likelihood of admission from the emergency department.

1554 An educational programme focusing on paediatric fracture identification maintains a low false-negative radiograph initial report rate in emergency medicine (2012)
Journal Article
Fox, T., & Rowland, A. (2012). 1554 An educational programme focusing on paediatric fracture identification maintains a low false-negative radiograph initial report rate in emergency medicine. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl), A440-A440. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1554

Introduction: False negative radiograph reports constitute greater
than 80% of all diagnostic errors in Emergency Departments (EDs)
with reported levels of false negative initial reports around 1%.
Method: The records of all patients recalled to t... Read More about 1554 An educational programme focusing on paediatric fracture identification maintains a low false-negative radiograph initial report rate in emergency medicine.

1478 Attendances at the children's emergency department : an audit of two years of activity at a new, dedicated paediatric emergency department (2012)
Journal Article
Isba, R., Gibb, M., & Rowland, A. (2012). 1478 Attendances at the children's emergency department : an audit of two years of activity at a new, dedicated paediatric emergency department. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl), A419-A419. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1478

Aim: The aim of this audit was to explore patterns of attendance at
a new, dedicated, audio-visually separate paediatric emergency
department (PED) within the ED of a hospital in the North West of
England. The PED was opened in June 2009 following... Read More about 1478 Attendances at the children's emergency department : an audit of two years of activity at a new, dedicated paediatric emergency department.

1479 Referral of children from a UK district general hospital emergency department to primary care general practitioners (2012)
Journal Article
Rowland, A., & Isba, R. (2012). 1479 Referral of children from a UK district general hospital emergency department to primary care general practitioners. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl), A419-A420. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1479

Background: This preliminary audit aimed to assess the feasibility
of referring children presenting to a UK District General Hospital
Emergency Department (ED), seeing 27500 children per year, to
their own Primary Care General Practitioner (GP) fo... Read More about 1479 Referral of children from a UK district general hospital emergency department to primary care general practitioners.

Review of the efficacy of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute and prolonged tonic-clonic convulsions (2009)
Journal Article
Rowland, A., Gill, A., Stewart, A., Appleton, R., Al Kharusi, A., Cramp, C., & Yeung, L. (2009). Review of the efficacy of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute and prolonged tonic-clonic convulsions. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 94(9), 720-723. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.157636

Introduction: The aim of this prospective audit was to
assess the effectiveness and safety of rectal paraldehyde
in the management of acute, including prolonged, tonic–
clonic convulsions. There are very limited published data
on its effectivenes... Read More about Review of the efficacy of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute and prolonged tonic-clonic convulsions.

BMA View in BMA News 20 December 2003 (2003)
Journal Article
Macklin, D., & Rowland, A. (2003). BMA View in BMA News 20 December 2003. BMA news review (The voice of doctors), 6

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