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Shammi Ramlakhan

Sheffield Children's Hospital
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Primary care services located with EDs: a review of effectiveness

S Ramlakhan, S Mason, C O'Keeffe… - Emergency Medicine …, 2016 - emj.bmj.com
Background Primary care focused unscheduled care centres (UCC) co-located with major
EDs have been proposed as a solution to the rise in ED attendances. They aim to reduce the …

[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 …

Understanding and interpreting artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in emergency medicine

S Ramlakhan, R Saatchi, L Sabir, Y Singh… - Emergency Medicine …, 2022 - emj.bmj.com
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been developing more prominently for over half a
century. Innovations in computer processing power and analytical capabilities coupled with …

Clinical options for the treatment of urinary tract infections in children

S Ramlakhan, V Singh, J Stone… - Clinical Medicine …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are a common cause of childhood febrile illness with 7% of
girls and 2% of boys having a symptomatic culture positive UTI by the age of six years …

Can ocular ultrasound predict intracranial hypertension? A pilot diagnostic accuracy evaluation in a UK emergency department

H Qayyum, S Ramlakhan - European Journal of Emergency …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective To determine if ultrasound guided measurement of the optic nerve sheath
diameter accurately predicted elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) as demonstrated by …

[HTML][HTML] Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK

DC Perry, J Achten, R Knight, D Appelbe, SJ Dutton… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The most common fractures in children are torus (buckle) fractures of the wrist.
Controversy exists over treatment, which ranges from splint immobilisation and discharge to …

AHEAD study: an observational study of the management of anticoagulated patients who suffer head injury

S Mason, M Kuczawski, MD Teare, M Stevenson… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Management of anticoagulated patients after head injury is unclear due to lack of
robust evidence. This study aimed to determine the adverse outcome rate in these patients …

Comparison of qSOFA and hospital early warning scores for prognosis in suspected sepsis in emergency department patients: a systematic review

L Sabir, S Ramlakhan, S Goodacre - Emergency Medicine Journal, 2022 - emj.bmj.com
Background Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and many tools exist to
facilitate early recognition. This review compares two tools: the quick Sequential Organ …

Clinical emergency care research in low-income and middle-income countries: opportunities and challenges

AR Aluisio, S Waheed, P Cameron, J Hess… - BMJ global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Disease processes that frequently require emergency care constitute approximately 50% of
the total disease burden in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many LMICs …

Validating clinical practice guidelines for the management of children with non-blanching rashes in the UK (PiC): a prospective, multicentre cohort study

T Waterfield, JA Maney, D Fairley, MD Lyttle… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background No previous studies have validated current clinical practice guidelines for the
management of non-blanching rashes in children who have received meningococcal B and …