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Can paediatric early warning scores (PEWS) be used to guide the need for hospital admission and predict significant illness in children presenting to the emergency department? An assessment of PEWS diagnostic accuracy using sensitivity and specificity by Lillitos, Peter J, Hadley, Graeme, Maconochie, Ian

“…Designed to detect early deterioration of the hospitalised child, paediatric early warning scores (PEWS) validity in the emergency department (ED) is less…”
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Performance of a single-ventricle home-monitoring programme: survival and predictors of adverse outcome by Lillitos, Peter J, Rittey, Leila, Vass, Madeleine, Ugwoke, Gerald, Akhtar, Muhammad, Barwick, Shuba, Van Doorn, Carin, Jaber, Osama, Bentham, James R

“…Mortality between stages 1 and 2 single-ventricle palliation is significant. Home-monitoring programmes are suggested to reduce mortality. Outcomes and risk…”
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Paediatric early warning systems (PEWS and Trigger systems) for the hospitalised child: time to focus on the evidence by Lillitos, Peter J, Maconochie, Ian K

“…In 2015, the Paediatric Task Force under the umbrella of the International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation Councils, in their Consensus on Science and…”
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39 Family presence on the HDU ward round: balancing compassionate care with patient privacy and confidentiality by Hughes, Ben, Lillitos, Peter, Barwick, Shuba

“…BackgroundThe paediatric cardiology HDU ward can be a busy environment with complex and often very unwell children. Ward rounds are imperative for information…”
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Is the medical treatment for arterial hypertension after primary aortic coarctation repair related to age at surgery? A retrospective cohort study by Lillitos, Peter J, Nassar, Mohamed S, Tibby, Shane M, Simmonds, Joy, Salih, Caner, Austin, Conal, Anderson, David, Krasemann, Thomas

“…Hypertension following primary coarctation repair affects up to a third of subjects. A number of studies suggest that future hypertension risk is reduced if…”
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Defining significant childhood illness and injury in the Emergency Department: a consensus of UK and Ireland expert opinion by Lillitos, Peter J, Lyttle, Mark D, Roland, Damian, Powell, Colin Ve, Sandell, Julian, Rowland, Andrew G, Chapman, Susan M, Maconochie, Ian K

“…Clarifying whether paediatric early warning scores (PEWS) accurately predict significant illness is a research priority for UK and Ireland paediatric emergency…”
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Fetal single ventricle journey to first postnatal procedure: a multicentre UK cohort study by Lillitos, Peter John, Nolan, Oscar, Cave, Daniel G W, Lomax, Catherine, Barwick, Shuba, Bentham, James R, Seale, Anna N

“…UK single ventricle (SV) palliation outcomes after first postnatal procedure (FPP) are well documented. However, survival determinants from fetal diagnosis to…”
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Toxic shock syndrome by Lillitos, Peter, Harford, Denise, Michie, Colin

“…Toxic shock syndrome is outlined, paying particular attention to the important role of nurses in its diagnosis and early management…”
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