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| L T LamSummaryAffiliation: The Children's Hospital at Westmead Country: Australia Publications
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The association between sudden illness and motor vehicle crash mortality and injury among older drivers in NSW, AustraliaLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 37:563-7. 2005..These results are discussed in the light of possible preventive strategies and the provision of risk assessment and safety counselling for older people...- A neglected risky behavior among children and adolescents: underage driving and injury in New South Wales, AustraliaLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, NSW 2145, Westmead, Australia
J Safety Res 34:315-20. 2003.... - Passenger carriage and car crash injury: a comparison between younger and older driversLawrence T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Sydney, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 35:861-7. 2003..Passenger restriction as part of the graduate licensing system was discussed in the light of these results... - Factors associated with young drivers' car crash injury: comparisons among learner, provisional, and full licenseesLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 35:913-20. 2003..A population-based case-control study was proposed to overcome the limitations of this study... - Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder tendency and unintentional injury among adolescents in ChinaLawrence T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, NSW 2145, Sydney, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 38:1176-82. 2006..68, 95%CI = 1.18-2.40). ADD tendency has been identified as a potential risk factor of injury among adolescents. Screening for risk factors can be considered as a potential preventive strategy... - Hospitalisation due to sports-related injuries among children and adolescents in New South Wales, Australia: an analysis on socioeconomic and geographic differencesL T Lam
Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 8:433-40. 2005..Greater efforts are required in the implementation of safety strategies in research, training, and education for the prevention of sports-related injury in rural areas... - Childhood and adolescence poisoning in NSW, Australia: an analysis of age, sex, geographic, and poison typesL T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Inj Prev 9:338-42. 2003..This study aims to investigate whether there is any association between the types of poison substances and geographic locations for different age groups and sex... - Different quantitative measures of the impact of injury deaths on the community in the Guangxi Province, ChinaL T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001 Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 37:761-6. 2005..This study aims to examine the utility of different measures in assessing the impact of injury to Chinese society... - Environmental factors associated with crash-related mortality and injury among taxi drivers in New South Wales, AustraliaLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 36:905-8. 2004..02-1.41) should these drivers involve in a crash. The increased relative risk of crash-related mortality and injury is nearly 2.5 times for female taxi drivers (OR = 2.30, 95%CI = 1.45-3.65) when compared with their male counterparts... - Attention deficit disorder and hospitalization owing to intra- and interpersonal violence among children and young adolescentsLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Adolesc Health 36:19-24. 2005..To investigate the associations between intra-and interpersonal violence and related injuries and the diagnosis of attention deficit disorder (ADD) among children and young adolescents... - Parental risk perceptions of childhood pedestrian road safety: a cross cultural comparisonLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
J Safety Res 36:181-7. 2005.... - Overweight/obesity and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder tendency among adolescents in ChinaL T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:584-90. 2007..This study aims to investigate whether there is any association between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tendency and overweight/obesity among adolescents... - The association between climatic factors and childhood illnesses presented to hospital emergency among young childrenLawrence T Lam
Discipline of Paediatric and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Environ Health Res 17:1-8. 2007..37, p = 0.018). However, none of the climatic variables were associated with respiratory problems after adjusting for other air quality variables and infectious disease... - Duration of sleep and ADHD tendency among adolescents in ChinaLawrence T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia
J Atten Disord 11:437-44. 2008..This study investigates the association between duration of sleep and ADHD tendency among adolescents... - Uncorrected or untreated vision problems and occupational injuries among the adolescent and adult population in AustraliaL T Lam
Centre for Trauma Care, Prevention, Education, and Research, The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia
Inj Prev 14:396-400. 2008..To investigate the relationship between uncorrected or untreated vision problems and occupational injuries in the adolescent and adult population in Australia... - Factors associated with fatal and injurious car crash among learner drivers in New South Wales, AustraliaLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 35:333-40. 2003..Speeding was a common factor for the increased risk of crash injury across all age groups. The implication of the results and limitations of the study were discussed... - Short duration of sleep and unintentional injuries among adolescents in ChinaLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 166:1053-8. 2007..5, 95% confidence interval: 0.9, 2.3). Findings suggest that a short nightly duration of sleep can be considered a potential risk factor for multiple unintentional injuries among adolescents... - Distractions and the risk of car crash injury: the effect of drivers' ageLawrence T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
J Safety Res 33:411-9. 2002..This exploratory study investigated the association between distractions, both inside and outside the vehicle, and the increased risk of car crash injury among drivers across different ages... - Different quantitative measures of the impact of premature deaths on the community in AustraliaLawrence T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 28:555-8. 2004..This study aims to examine the utility of different measures in assessing the impact of premature deaths on Australian society... - Attention Deficit Disorder and hospitalization due to injury among older adolescents in New South Wales, AustraliaL T Lam
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in New South Wales, Australia
J Atten Disord 6:77-82. 2002..Information on the ADD status of injured patients is important for treatment decision making. A screening tool should be developed for assessing all injured patients upon admission to hospitals... - The benefits of using clinical pathways for managing acute paediatric illness in an emergency departmentG J Browne
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, NSW, Australia
J Qual Clin Pract 21:50-5. 2001..Clinical pathways in this emergency department allowed rapid stabilisation of children, reducing admission rate, with a shortened length of hospital stay and few patients re-presenting after discharge and were well accepted by parents... - Paediatric walk-out patients: characteristics and outcomesG J Browne
Emergency Department, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 37:235-9. 2001..To investigate the characteristics and outcomes of patients who walked out from a tertiary children's hospital emergency department (ED) without seeing a medical officer... - Clinical pathway using rapid rehydration for children with gastroenteritisS J Phin
The Emergency Department, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 39:343-8. 2003..To determine in the Emergency Department (ED) the efficacy of a clinical pathway using rapid rehydration for children moderately dehydrated as a result of acute gastroenteritis... - Children at play: the death and injury pattern in New South Wales, Australia, July 1990-June 1994L T Lam
Department of Surgical Research, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 35:572-7. 1999..To describe and to understand the pattern of play-related deaths and injury (excluding organized sports) among children in New South Wales (NSW), Australia... - The association between internet addiction and self-injurious behaviour among adolescentsL T Lam
Discipline of Paediatric and Child Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
Inj Prev 15:403-8. 2009..To examine the association between internet addiction and self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in adolescence... - Concussive head injury in children and adolescents related to sports and other leisure physical activitiesG J Browne
The Children s Hospital at Westmead, CHISM, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
Br J Sports Med 40:163-8. 2006..To compare the characteristics of children and adolescents with concussive head injury (CHI) sustained during organised sports or other leisure physical activity... - Spacer compliance after discharge following a mild to moderate asthma attackN G Cheng
The Emergency Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Arch Dis Child 87:302-5. 2002..MDIS compliance may be associated with knowledge, experience, and ease of spacer usage. The study shows that education for parents is crucial for MDIS compliance... - The nature and characteristics of abdominal injuries sustained during children's sportsFarah Noaman
Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:30-5. 2010..To increase the evidence base by characterizing various features of pediatric sports-related abdominal injuries... - Isolated extradural hematoma in children presenting to an emergency department in AustraliaGary J Browne
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, New South Wales, Australia
Pediatr Emerg Care 18:86-90. 2002..Isolated extradural hematoma (EDH) is becoming more frequently recognized in emergency departments (EDs) in children. We describe the natural history of children with isolated EDH presenting to a large Children's Hospital ED... - Transfer of pediatric trauma patients to a tertiary pediatric trauma centre: appropriateness and timelinessS V S Soundappan
Department of Academic Surgery and Trauma, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
J Trauma 62:1229-33. 2007..To study the appropriateness of, and time taken, to transfer pediatric trauma patients in New South Wales to The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW), a pediatric trauma center... - The usefulness of a modified adult protocol for the clearance of paediatric cervical spine injury in the emergency departmentGary J Browne
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Med (Fremantle) 15:133-42. 2003..To determine if the use of a modified adult protocol that uses cervical spine imaging on presentation for the assessment of cervical spine injury in children improves clinical outcome... - A trauma series in the injured child: do we really need it?Soundappan Soundappan
Department of Academic Surgery and Trauma, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:710-6. 2006..To study the use of trauma series radiographs in children that required activation of a trauma call... - Oral baclofen in children with cerebral palsy: a double-blind cross-over pilot studyAdam Scheinberg
Department of Rehabilitation, Centre for Trauma Care, Prevention, Education, and Research, The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 42:715-20. 2006..To assess the effectiveness of oral baclofen in reducing spasticity and improving function in children with cerebral palsy... - The administration of beta2-agonists for paediatric asthma and its adverse reaction in Australian and New Zealand emergency departments: a cross-sectional surveyDoaa Habashy
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
Eur J Emerg Med 10:219-24. 2003..More evidence is needed on the clinical significance of the adverse effects reported in this study and optimal doses for the safe use of continuous-infusion intravenous salbutamol therapy in paediatric emergency departments... - Children under 5 years presenting to paediatricians with near-drowningF I Ross
Trauma Research Unit, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 39:446-50. 2003..To characterize children aged under 5 years who present to paediatricians following near-drowning and the circumstances surrounding the event, identify high-risk groups and document short-term outcome... - The health effects of odor emission from domestic renovation on household residents in Tianjin, ChinaHong Liang Liu
University of Sydney, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Faculty of Medicine, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Environ Health 69:46-50. 2007..This effect seemed to be independent from that generated by chemicals. Implications and prevention strategies are discussed... - Controlling seizures in the prehospital setting: diazepam or midazolam?J Rainbow
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 38:582-6. 2002..0% cf. 29.0%; P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Midazolam controls seizures as effectively as diazepam in the prehospital setting. Furthermore, midazolam potentially reduces respiratory depression and time to treatment... - Nurse administered relative analgesia using high concentration nitrous oxide to facilitate minor procedures in children in an emergency departmentA Frampton
Departments of Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, and the Pain and Palliative Care Service, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Emerg Med J 20:410-3. 2003..2%. CONCLUSIONS: N(2)O is a safe analgesic in children over the age of 1 year undergoing painful or stressful procedures in the ED. It may safely be administered in concentrations of up to 70% by nursing staff after appropriate training... - Factors associated with Internet addiction among adolescentsLawrence T Lam
School of Medicine Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Cyberpsychol Behav 12:551-5. 2009..Clinicians need to be aware of potential comorbidities of other problems such as stress and family dissatisfaction among adolescent Internet addiction patients... - Suicidal ideation, antidepressive medication and car crash injuryLawrence T Lam
The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 37:335-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: The risk of an injury crash was significantly increased for those drivers who reported to have previous or current suicidal ideation but without current antidepressant medication... - Risky driving behavior and road traffic crashes among young Asian Australian drivers: findings from the DRIVE studySoufiane Boufous
The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Traffic Inj Prev 11:222-7. 2010..The groups examined include those born in Australia, those born in Asia, and those born in other countries... - Femoral nerve block for femoral shaft fractures in a paediatric Emergency Department: can it be done better?Robert S L Chu
Emergency Department, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
Eur J Emerg Med 10:258-63. 2003..This paper supports increased training and supervision to promote the more widespread and prompt use of femoral nerve blocks as an important standard of care for the Emergency Department... - Effectiveness of a croup clinical pathway in the management of children with croup presenting to an emergency departmentR Chin
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 38:382-7. 2002..CONCLUSION: The use of the croup clinical pathway in the ED is safe and effective in guiding consistent management, resulting in reduced admission rates, earlier discharge home, and no reported adverse events... - Effect of pathological use of the internet on adolescent mental health: a prospective studyLawrence T Lam
School of Medicine, Sydney, and the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:901-6. 2010..It is hypothesized that pathological use of the Internet is detrimental to adolescents’ mental health... - Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episodeJeanette Marchant
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 188:484-5. 2008..The other four were not discovered for >or= 5 minutes and all died. This cluster serves as a reminder that timely effective bystander BLS is crucial to survival and good clinical outcomes in near-drowning episodes... - Are children with femoral fracture haemodynamically unstable?Robert S Chu
Emergency Department, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Emerg Med (Fremantle) 15:453-8. 2003..Ninety-two percent of patients in this study had isolated femoral fracture. CONCLUSIONS: No evidence for haemodynamic instability was found in a cohort of children with traumatic femoral fracture... - Traction splinting of femoral shaft fractures in a paediatric emergency department: time is of the essence?Robert S Chu
Emergency Department, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Emerg Med (Fremantle) 15:447-52. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The timing of traction splinting is not associated with poor outcome in isolated paediatric femoral shaft fracture provided effective analgesia has been administered in a timely fashion... - Chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy: a meta-analysisJobe G Shatrov
School of Medicine, Sydney, The University of Notre Dame Australia and Cerebral Palsy Institute, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Obstet Gynecol 116:387-92. 2010..To examine the relationships between clinical or histological chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy using a meta-analysis approach... - Cross-boundary substance uses among Hong Kong Chinese young adultsJoseph T F Lau
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
J Urban Health 84:704-21. 2007..Cross-boundary substance users have specific characteristics. Prevention policies should take these characteristics into account. Regional collaborations are highly warranted... - A study of Legionella pneumophilia in Tianjin, ChinaHong-liang Liu
Department of Occupation Health and Environmental Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Int J Environ Health Res 16:15-20. 2006..54-4.98) of Legionella detection in cooling tower water as compared to water obtained from fountains and parks, suggesting that the mechanism of exposure plays an important role in the causal pathway of outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease... - Alcohol consumption, sex, and use of psychotropic substances among male Hong Kong-mainland China cross-border substance usersJoseph T F Lau
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 5 F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
Addict Behav 32:686-99. 2007..Cross-border psychoactive substance use often co-occurs with alcohol and sex. High levels of risk are involved. Different types of preventive programs need to be integrated...