Pre-existing disease is associated with a significantly higher risk of death in severe respiratory syncytial virus infectionK Thorburn
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK
Arch Dis Child 94:99-103. 2009
..600,000 deaths worldwide are estimated to be directly or indirectly attributable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and infection in children with cerebral palsy requiring mechanical ventilationKentigern Thorburn
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital, Alder Hey, UK
Pediatr Crit Care Med 10:222-6. 2009
..Severe and chronic illness can alter the bacterial flora carried in the oropharynx and gut. There are little data on the bacterial flora of children with chronic neurologic impairment...
Death by acid rain: VAP or EXIT?Kentigern Thorburn
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital Alder Hey, Liverpool, L12 2AP, UK
Crit Care 13:1008. 2009
..VAP is associated with increased mortality and morbidity, prolonged duration of ventilation and hospital stay, and escalated costs of hospitalisation. VAP 'bundles' are championed as the antidote...
Right ventricular function in children with severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitisK Thorburn
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK
Minerva Anestesiol 77:46-53. 2011
..The aim of this study was to assess right ventricular function in children with severe RSV disease and to investigate an association with disease severity, myocardial damage, and hepatitis...
High incidence of pulmonary bacterial co-infection in children with severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitisK Thorburn
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK
Thorax 61:611-5. 2006
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RSV outbreak in a paediatric intensive care unitK Thorburn
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK
J Hosp Infect 57:194-201. 2004
..Persistent shedders of RSV are an important potential source of nosocomial RSV infection within a PICU. Patients with co-morbidities are at increased risk of nosocomial RSV infection...
Use of surveillance cultures and enteral vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a paediatric intensive care unitK Thorburn
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK
Clin Microbiol Infect 12:35-42. 2006
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Mortality in severe meningococcal diseaseK Thorburn
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK
Arch Dis Child 85:382-5. 2001
..To evaluate mortality of critically ill children admitted with meningococcal disease...
Cardiac Troponin T levels and myocardial involvement in children with severe respiratory syncytial virus lung diseaseM Eisenhut
Royal Liverpool Children s Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK
Acta Paediatr 93:887-90. 2004
..To compare severity of disease with and without myocardial involvement as evident from duration of ventilation, inotrope requirements and death...