Tom Waterfield

Research output

Research output per year 2010 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

• 33 Article
• 5 Meeting abstract
• 3 Editorial
• 2 Letter
• 2 More
  • 1 Review article
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Applying clinical decision aids for the assessment and management of febrile infants presenting to emergency care in the UK and Ireland: Febrile Infant Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome (FIDO) Study protocol

  Umana, E., Mills, C., Norman-Bruce, H., Wilson, K., Mitchell, H., McFetridge, L., Woolfall, K., Lynn, F. A., McKeeman, G., Foster, S., Barrett, M., Roland, D., Lyttle, M. D., Watson, C. & Waterfield, T., 20 Sep 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 9, p. e075823 8 p., e075823.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Assessment 100%
  • Diagnosis 100%
  • Emergency Care 100%
  • Febrile Infant 100%
  • Health 66%
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Applying the American Academy of Pediatrics guideline to a cohort of febrile infants attending emergency departments in the UK and Ireland

  Umana, E., Norman-Bruce, H., Mills, C., Mitchell, H., McFetridge, L., Waterfield, T. & Febrile Infants Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome study group, 01 Jun 2023, In: European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 30, 3, p. 219-221 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Serum HCoV-spike specific antibodies do not protect against subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents

  Waterfield, T., Ratcliffe, H., Tiley, K. S., Longet, S., Tonry, C., Roarty, C., Watson, C., Amirthalingam, G., Vichos, I., Morey, E., Douglas, N. L., Marinou, S., Plested, E., Aley, P. K., Galiza, E. P. & Faust, S. N., 15 Dec 2023, In: iScience. 26, 12, 14 p., 108500.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• 2022

  272 Point-of-care testing in paediatric settings in the UK and Ireland: a cross-sectional study

  Pandey, M., Lyttle, M., Cathie, K., Munro, A., Waterfield, T. & Roland, D., 17 Aug 2022, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 107, p. A6-A7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

• Diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants attending the emergency department

  Waterfield, T., Foster, S., Platt, R., Barrett, M. J., Durnin, S., Maney, J-A., Roland, D., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Umana, E. & Lyttle, M. D., 24 Aug 2022, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Urinary Tract Infection 100%
  • Febrile Infant 88%
  • Male 22%
  • Nitrite 22%
  • Diagnostic Accuracy 22%
  52 Downloads (Pure)

• Diagnostic Value of Mid-regional Pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) as a Biomarker of Invasive Bacterial Infection in Children: A Systematic Review

  Corr, M. P., Fairley, D., McKenna, J. P., Shields, M. D. & Waterfield, T., 04 Apr 2022, In: BMC Pediatrics. 22, 176.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Adrenomedullin 100%
  • Bacterial Infection 71%
  • Child 64%
  • Children 64%
  • Proadrenomedullin 50%
  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Fifteen-minute consultation: A guide to the paediatric primary survey

  Kavanagh, K., Mullen, S., Sloane, C., Watson, B., Waterfield, T. & Quinn, N., 17 May 2022, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Injury 100%
  • Child 80%
  • Pediatrics 60%
  • Parent 40%
  • Patient 40%
  117 Downloads (Pure)

• How to interpret cardiac biomarkers in children?

  McGinn, C., Waterfield, T., McKeeman, G., Morrison, L., Callaghan, S., Watson, C. & Casey, F. A., 22 Nov 2022, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Biological Marker 60%
  • Pediatrics Patient 40%
  • Adult 20%
  • Troponin 20%
  75 Downloads (Pure)

• Periorbital and orbital cellulitis in children: a survey of emergency physicians and analysis of clinical practice guidelines across the PERUKI network

  Tolhurst-Cleaver, M., Evans, J., Waterfield, T., Adamson, J., Marlow, R., Lyttle, M. D. & Roland, D., 09 Mar 2022, (Early online date) In: Emergency Medicine Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Practice Guideline 100%
  • Child 28%
  • Periorbital Cellulitis 28%
  • Pediatrics 21%
  • Emergency 21%
  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Point-of-care testing in Paediatric settings in the UK and Ireland: a cross-sectional study

  Pandey, M., Lyttle, M. D., Cathie, K., Munro, A., Waterfield, T. & Roland, D., 11 Jan 2022, In: BMC Emergency Medicine. 22, 6.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pediatrics 100%
  • Procalcitonin 25%
  • Quality Control 25%
  • Cross-Sectional Study 25%
  • C Reactive Protein 25%
  125 Downloads (Pure)

• Review and future directions for PIMSTS (MIS-C)

  Roarty, C. & Waterfield, T., 10 Jan 2022, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

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  70 Downloads (Pure)

• Systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the diagnostic test accuracy of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of invasive bacterial infections in febrile infants: a study protocol

  Norman-Bruce, H., Umana, E., Mills, C., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H. & Waterfield, T., 25 Aug 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, e062473.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Febrile Infant 100%
  • Procalcitonin 100%
  • Bacterial Infection 66%
  • Diagnostic Accuracy 50%
  • C Reactive Protein 33%
  41 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Abstract: Symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK paediatric population

  McGinn, C., Moore, R., Ferris, K. & Waterfield, T., 30 Sep 2021, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 106, Suppl 1, p. A79 1 p., 675.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

• A International Multicentre observational study to validate clinical practice guidelines for management of febrile infants aged ≤90 days

  Puthucode, D. S., McNulty, M. & Waterfield, T., 30 Sep 2021, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 106, Supplement 1, p. A181 979.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

  • Infant 100%
  • Febrile Infant 75%
  • Bacterial Infection 62%
  • Clinician 43%
  • Sepsis 25%

• Kinetics and seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children

  Roarty, C., Tonry, C., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Watson, C., Waterfield, T. & Covid Warriors research team, 01 Jun 2021, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21, 6, p. e143

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

  78 Downloads (Pure)

• Predicting serious bacterial infections in infants aged 90 days or less

  McGinn, C., Munday, C. & Waterfield, T., 30 Sep 2021, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 106, 793.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bacterial Infection 100%
  • Child 75%
  • Infant 75%
  • Febrile Infant 50%
  • Clinical Feature 37%

• Seroprevalence and kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children in the UK: a prospective multicentre cohort study

  Roarty, C., Tonry, C., Waterfield, T. & Watson, C., 30 Sep 2021, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 106, Supplement 1, p. A38-A39 553.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

  • Monospecific Antibody 100%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 90%
  • Seroprevalence 54%
  • Kinetics 18%
  • Time 18%

• Testing the limits of pragmatism in children with fever and non-blanching rash

  Snelson, E. & Waterfield, T., Mar 2021, In: The Lancet. Infectious diseases. 21, 3, p. 320 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

• Validating British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) guidance for the management of children with fever and a non-blanching rash

  Waterfield, T., 01 Nov 2021, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21, 11, p. 1487 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Rash 22%
  • Exanthem 22%
  • Fever 17%
  • Punctate Hemorrhage 17%
  16 Downloads (Pure)

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

  Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) Group, 01 Apr 2021, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21, 4, p. 569-577 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Practice Guideline 72%
  • Meningococcosis 50%
  • Meningococcal Disease 50%
  • Patient 44%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  413 Downloads (Pure)

• Validating clinical practice guidelines for the management of febrile infants presenting to the emergency department in the UK and Ireland

  Waterfield, T., Lyttle, M. D., Munday, C., Foster, S., McNulty, M., Platt, R., Barrett, M., Rogers, E., Durnin, S., Jameel, N., Maney, J-A., McGinn, C., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Puthucode, D. & Roland, D., 17 Sep 2021, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Febrile Infant 100%
  • Antiinfective Agent 75%
  • Patient 50%
  • Infant 50%
  • Anti-biotics 25%
  293 Downloads (Pure)

• Varying international practices regarding the evaluation of febrile young infants

  Umana, E. & Waterfield, T., 15 Sep 2021, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

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  116 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin in predicting invasive bacterial infection in children

  Corr, M., Waterfield, T., Fairley, D., McKenna, J. & Shields, M. D., 02 Apr 2020, In: Systematic Reviews. 9, 1, p. 69

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Bacterial Infection 50%
  • Proadrenomedullin 43%
  • Adrenomedullin 43%
  • Systematic Review 37%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  59 Downloads (Pure)

• Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children

  Waterfield, T., Maney, J-A., Lyttle, M. D., McKenna James, P., Roland, D., Corr, M., Patenall, B., Shields, M. D., Woolfall, K. & Fairley, D., 22 Oct 2020, In: BMC Pediatrics. 20, 1, p. 487 6 p., 487.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Bacterial Infection 70%
  • Procalcitonin 50%
  • C Reactive Protein 40%
  • Diagnostic Accuracy 20%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Fifteen-minute consultation: The limping child

  Waterfield, T. & Adamson, J., 20 May 2020, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Diseases 25%
  • Diagnosis 12%
  • Life 12%
  • Limb 12%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• How to use clinical signs of meningitis

  Waterfield, T. & Tracy, A., 30 Jan 2020, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the early diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

  Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI), Dec 2020, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 105, 12, p. 1151-1156 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Meningococcal Disease 88%
  • Age 22%
  • Emergency Department 22%
  • Analysis 11%
  151 Downloads (Pure)

• Secondary attack rate and family clustering of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children of healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19

  Ladhani, S. N., Andrews, N., Aiano, F., Baawuah, F., Amin-Chowdhury, Z., Brown, K. E., Amirthalingam, G., Ramsay, M. E., Waterfield, T., Investigation team, RAPID., Corr, M., McFetridge, L. & Mitchell, H., 17 Nov 2020, (Early online date) In: Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Family 100%
  • Child 80%
  • COVID-19 40%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 40%
  • Serum 20%
  75 Downloads (Pure)

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

  Waterfield, T., Watson, C., Moore, R., Ferris, K., Tonry, C., Watt, A., McGinn, C., Foster, S., Evans, J., Lyttle, M. D., Ahmad, S., Ladhani, S., Corr, M., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Brown, K., Amirthalingam, G., Maney, J-A. & Christie, S., 10 Nov 2020, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Early Online, p. 1-7 7 p., 320558.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 100%
  • Monospecific Antibody 50%
  • Antibody 43%
  • Infection 18%
  • Symptom 18%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  114 Downloads (Pure)

• Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children - A prospective multicentre cohort study.

  Waterfield, T., 02 Sep 2020

  Research output: Other contribution

• Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: a prospective multicentre cohort study protocol

  Corr, M., Christie, S., Watson, C., Maney, J., Fairley, D., Ladhani, S. N., Lyttle, M. D., McFetridge, L., Mitchell, H., Shields, M. D., McGinn, C., McKenna, J., Mallett, P., Ferris, K., Rowe-Setz, G., Moore, R., Foster, S., Evans, J. & Waterfield, T., 19 Nov 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 11, 5 p., e041661.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Seroprevalence 100%
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 85%
  • Pediatrics 42%
  • Infection 28%
  57 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of Loop-mediated-isothermal AMPlification (LAMP) in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

  Waterfield, T., Fairley, D., Blackwood, B., Mckenna, J. & Shields, M., 07 Feb 2019, In: BMC Pediatrics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  • Child 88%
  • Systematic Review 88%
  • Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification 88%
  • Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification 88%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  201 Downloads (Pure)

• Fifteen-minute consultation: How good is this test?

  Waterfield, T., 11 Jun 2019, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Diagnostic Test Accuracy Study 100%
  128 Downloads (Pure)

• Fifteen-minute consultation: Preseptal and orbital cellulitis

  Waterfield, T., 22 Mar 2019, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pediatrics 100%
  • Eye Movement 100%
  • Rhinorrhea 100%
  • Pupil 100%
  • Visual Acuity 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  367 Downloads (Pure)

• Fifteen-minute consultation: Symptoms and signs of meningococcal disease

  Corr, M., Waterfield, T. & Shields, M., 16 Oct 2019, (Early online date) In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Meningococcal Disease 100%
  • Child 66%
  • Physical Disease by Body Function 33%
  • Infection 33%
  • Life 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  330 Downloads (Pure)

• How to use C-reactive protein

  Waterfield, T., 17 May 2019, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• How to write an Interpretation

  Waterfield, T., 20 Sep 2019, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  164 Downloads (Pure)

• Parents’ and clinicians’ views on conducting paediatric diagnostic test accuracy studies without prior informed consent. Qualitative insight from the Petechiae in Children study (PiC)

  Waterfield, T., Lyttle, M. D., Shields, M., Fairley, D., Roland, D., McKenna, J. & Woolfall, K., 2019, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 104, 10, p. 979-983 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Consent 100%
  • Parent 77%
  • Punctate Hemorrhage 66%
  • Clinician 55%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  266 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  A protocol for a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of Loop-mediated-isothermal AMPlification (LAMP) in diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

  Waterfield, T., Fairley, D., Lynn, F., Blackwood, B. & Shields, M. D., 15 Jun 2018, In: Systematic Reviews. 7, p. 1-5 86.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Meningococcal Disease 100%
  • Meningococcosis 100%
  • Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification 85%
  • Diagnosis 71%
  • Diagnostic Accuracy 57%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  188 Downloads (Pure)

• Point-of-care testing for procalcitonin in identifying bacterial infections in young infants: a diagnostic accuracy study

  Waterfield, T., Maney, J-A., Hanna, M., Fairley, D. & Shields, M. D., 12 Dec 2018, In: BMC Pediatrics. 18, 1, p. 1-6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Bacterial Infection 100%
  • Infant 66%
  • Child 55%
  • Diagnostic Accuracy 55%
  • Point of Care Testing 44%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  297 Downloads (Pure)

• The "Petechiae in children" (PiC) study evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA - a study protocol

  Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI), 30 Jul 2018, In: BMC Pediatrics. 18, 1, p. 246

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Child 100%
  • Point of Care Testing 29%
  • Diagnosis 29%
  • Rash 16%
  • DNA 16%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  275 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  How to interpret malaria tests

  Waterfield, T., 17 Mar 2017, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Malaria 100%
  • Diagnosis 66%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 33%
  • Child 33%
  • Clinical Feature 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2016

  How to interpret mast cell tests

  Waterfield, T., 20 Sep 2016, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

  387 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  Is atopy the common factor mediating changes in the prevalence of different allergic diseases?

  Waterfield, T. & Warner, J. O., 01 Sep 2012, In: Allergologia et Immunopathologia . 40, 5, p. 265-266

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
• 2010

  Challenges in the management of refractory bilateral idiopathic congenital chylothoraces in a newborn

  Waterfield, T. & Lakhoo, K., 01 May 2010, In: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery . 20, 3, p. 198-201

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pleurodesis 100%
  • Noonan Syndrome 33%
  • Medium Chain Triacylglycerol 33%
  • Turner Syndrome 33%
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition 33%