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| Amy C PlintSummaryAffiliation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Country: Canada Publications
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Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials? A systematic reviewAmy C Plint
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Med J Aust 185:263-7. 2006..To determine whether the adoption of the CONSORT checklist is associated with improvement in the quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...- Activities scale for kids: an analysis of normalsAmy C Plint
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada
J Pediatr Orthop 23:788-90. 2003..12 (SD 6.45). This score differs significantly from the mean summary score for children with mild disabilities as determined in previous studies of disability (P = 0.005)... - Practice variation among pediatric emergency departments in the treatment of bronchiolitisAmy C Plint
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L1
Acad Emerg Med 11:353-60. 2004.... - A randomized, controlled trial of removable splinting versus casting for wrist buckle fractures in childrenAmy C Plint
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatrics 117:691-7. 2006..The objective was to determine if children with distal radius and/or ulna buckle fractures treated with a removable splint have better physical functioning than those treated with a short arm cast for 3 weeks... 
Cost-effectiveness of epinephrine and dexamethasone in children with bronchiolitisAmanda Sumner
Clinical Research Unit, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L1
Pediatrics 126:623-31. 2010..Using data from the Canadian Bronchiolitis Epinephrine Steroid Trial we assessed the cost-effectiveness of treatments with epinephrine and dexamethasone for infants between 6 weeks and 12 months of age with bronchiolitis...- Epinephrine and dexamethasone in children with bronchiolitisAmy C Plint
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa and Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
N Engl J Med 360:2079-89. 2009..Although numerous studies have explored the benefit of using nebulized epinephrine or corticosteroids alone to treat infants with bronchiolitis, the effectiveness of combining these medications is not well established... - Clinical and radiographic characteristics associated with abusive and nonabusive head trauma: a systematic reviewShalea J Piteau
Department of Pediatrics, Kingston General Hospital, Queen s University, 76 Stuart St, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7
Pediatrics 130:315-23. 2012..To systematically review the literature to determine which clinical and radiographic characteristics are associated with abusive head trauma (AHT) and nonabusive head trauma (nAHT) in children... - A randomized, controlled trial of acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and codeine for acute pain relief in children with musculoskeletal traumaEric Clark
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatrics 119:460-7. 2007.... - Use of personal protective equipment in Canadian pediatric emergency departmentsSarah M Reid
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, and Clinical Research Unit of Ottawa, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
CJEM 13:71-8. 2011..This study examined the knowledge, self-reported behaviours, and barriers to compliance with infection control practices and the use of PPE in Canadian pediatric EDs... - Consolidated standards of reporting trials (CONSORT) and the completeness of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in medical journalsLucy Turner
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 11:MR000030. 2012..In 2006, a systematic review of eight studies evaluating the "effectiveness of CONSORT in improving reporting quality in journals" was published... - Child protection: a neglected area of pediatric residency trainingMichelle G K Ward
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ont, Canada
Child Abuse Negl 28:1113-22. 2004..As a result, even senior pediatric residents feel poorly trained. These results highlight the need to establish effective training programs for residents in child protection... - "I never hear what happens, even if they die": a survey of emergency physicians about outcome feedbackCurtis F Lavoie
Emergency Department, Hôpital Montfort, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CJEM 11:523-8. 2009..quot; Some suggest this hinders the practice of emergency medicine (EM); however, evidence is lacking. We sought to evaluate EPs' perception of the current and potential role of outcome feedback in EM... - Epinephrine for bronchiolitisLisa Hartling
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Aberhart Centre One, Room 9424, 11402 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2J3
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD003123. 2011..Bronchodilators are commonly used for acute bronchiolitis, despite uncertain effectiveness... - Dating of bruises in children: an assessment of physician accuracyErika D Bariciak
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatrics 112:804-7. 2003..To determine whether physicians can estimate accurately the age of an accidental bruise on direct physical examination... - North American practice patterns of intravenous magnesium therapy in severe acute asthma in childrenSuzanne Schuh
The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acad Emerg Med 17:1189-96. 2010.... 
Factors influencing childhood influenza immunizationVincent J Grant
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
CMAJ 168:39-41. 2003..7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8-12.6). Children of parents who discussed immunization with a physician were more likely to be immunized than those who had not discussed immunization with a physician (OR 6.8, 95% CI 2.4-19.2)...- Absorbable versus nonabsorbable sutures in the management of traumatic lacerations and surgical wounds: a meta-analysisTawfik Al Abdullah
Emergency Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:339-44. 2007..To complete a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compare the cosmetic outcomes and complications of traumatic lacerations and surgical incisions closed with absorbable sutures versus nonabsorbable sutures...