Robert C Tasker

Summary

Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The BRACELET Study: surveys of mortality in UK neonatal and paediatric intensive care trials
    Claire Snowdon
    Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Trials 11:65. 2010
  2. ncbi Control of hyperglycaemia in paediatric intensive care (CHiP): study protocol
    Duncan Macrae
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
    BMC Pediatr 10:5. 2010
  3. ncbi Neurological critical care
    R C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke s Hospital, United Kingdom
    Curr Opin Pediatr 12:222-6. 2000
  4. ncbi Inter-hospital transport for children and their parent(s)
    R C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Box 116, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 90:1217-8. 2005
  5. ncbi Paediatric cardiac resuscitation: can we do better?
    R C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Box 116, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 90:1102-3. 2005
  6. ncbi Skull x rays, CT scans, and making a decision in head injury
    R C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 90:774-5. 2005
  7. ncbi Severe head injury in children: intensive care unit activity and mortality in England and Wales
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, Cambridge University Clinical School, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Br J Neurosurg 25:68-77. 2011
  8. ncbi Changes in white matter late after severe traumatic brain injury in childhood
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge University, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Dev Neurosci 28:302-8. 2006
  9. ncbi Pediatric neurocritical care: is it time to come of age?
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Curr Opin Pediatr 21:724-30. 2009
  10. ncbi Severe head injury in children: geographical range of an emergency neurosurgical practice
    R C Tasker
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Emerg Med J 21:433-7. 2004

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Publications41

  1. ncbi The BRACELET Study: surveys of mortality in UK neonatal and paediatric intensive care trials
    Claire Snowdon
    Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Trials 11:65. 2010
    ..These are essential prerequisites to considering the implications of future policies and practice subsequent to bereavement following a child's enrollment in a trial...
  2. ncbi Control of hyperglycaemia in paediatric intensive care (CHiP): study protocol
    Duncan Macrae
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
    BMC Pediatr 10:5. 2010
    ..Children show similar hyperglycaemic responses to surgery or critical illness. However it is not known whether tight control will benefit children given maturational differences and different disease spectrum...
  3. ncbi Neurological critical care
    R C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke s Hospital, United Kingdom
    Curr Opin Pediatr 12:222-6. 2000
    ....
  4. ncbi Inter-hospital transport for children and their parent(s)
    R C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Box 116, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 90:1217-8. 2005
  5. ncbi Paediatric cardiac resuscitation: can we do better?
    R C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Box 116, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 90:1102-3. 2005
  6. ncbi Skull x rays, CT scans, and making a decision in head injury
    R C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 90:774-5. 2005
  7. ncbi Severe head injury in children: intensive care unit activity and mortality in England and Wales
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, Cambridge University Clinical School, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Br J Neurosurg 25:68-77. 2011
    ..To explore the relationship between volume of paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) head injury (HI) admissions, specialist paediatric neurosurgical PICU practice, and mortality in England and Wales...
  8. ncbi Changes in white matter late after severe traumatic brain injury in childhood
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge University, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Dev Neurosci 28:302-8. 2006
    ..In this context, the pattern of hippocampal rather than parahippocampal gyrus tissue loss provides insight into the likely cause of white matter injury being cerebral hypoperfusion...
  9. ncbi Pediatric neurocritical care: is it time to come of age?
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Curr Opin Pediatr 21:724-30. 2009
    ..This review considers whether it is time for such a specialized service to be developed in pediatrics...
  10. ncbi Severe head injury in children: geographical range of an emergency neurosurgical practice
    R C Tasker
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Emerg Med J 21:433-7. 2004
    ..To determine the timings of regional transfer for emergency neurosurgery and intensive care after severe head injury in children, and the effective operational range of a regional service...
  11. ncbi Corpus callosum and inferior forebrain white matter microstructure are related to functional outcome from raised intracranial pressure in child traumatic brain injury
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Dev Neurosci 32:374-84. 2010
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  12. ncbi Neurocritical care and traumatic brain injury
    R C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge
    Indian J Pediatr 68:257-66. 2001
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  13. ncbi Severe head injury in children: emergency access to neurosurgery in the United Kingdom
    R C Tasker
    Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Emerg Med J 23:519-22. 2006
    ..To determine the scale of acute neurosurgery for severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in childhood, and whether surgical evacuation for haematoma is achieved within four hours of presentation to an emergency department...
  14. ncbi Glycemic level in mechanically ventilated children with bronchiolitis
    Ricardo G Branco
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 8:546-50. 2007
    ..To evaluate in children with bronchiolitis requiring mechanical ventilation the association between blood glucose level and duration of mechanical ventilation and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay...
  15. ncbi Pilot evaluation of continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring in children with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
    Ricardo G Branco
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 11:415-9. 2010
    ..To evaluate continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring in pediatric critical illness...
  16. ncbi Year in review 2006: Critical Care--Paediatrics
    Carolina F Amoretti
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Box 7, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK
    Crit Care 11:222. 2007
    ..In particular, these papers highlighted the management of refractory septic shock, extracorporeal support, outcome markers in sepsis, and outcome after cardiac arrest...
  17. ncbi Endocrine sequelae of traumatic brain injury in childhood
    Carlo L Acerini
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Horm Res 68:14-7. 2007
    ..A multidisciplinary approach to follow-up and endocrine assessment is required for the long-term management and rehabilitation of children and adolescents who survive moderate to severe head injury...
  18. ncbi Traumatic brain injury induced hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction: a paediatric perspective
    Carlo L Acerini
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Level 8 Box 116, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Pituitary 10:373-80. 2007
    ..We propose that a multidisciplinary approach to follow-up and endocrine assessment is required for the long-term management and rehabilitation of children and adolescents who survive moderate to severe head injury...
  19. ncbi Head circumference and brain and hippocampal volume after severe traumatic brain injury in childhood
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
    Pediatr Res 58:302-8. 2005
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  20. ncbi Neuroendocrine consequences of traumatic brain injury
    Carlo L Acerini
    Department ofPaediatrics, University of Cambridge, UK
    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 21:611-9. 2008
    ..We propose that a multidisciplinary approach to follow-up and endocrine assessment is required for the long-term management and rehabilitation of children and adolescents who survive moderate to severe head injury...
  21. ncbi Frontal cerebral vulnerability and executive deficits from raised intracranial pressure in child traumatic brain injury
    Helen Slawik
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    J Neurotrauma 26:1891-903. 2009
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  22. ncbi Meningococcal disease and meningitis
    Ricardo G Branco
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    J Pediatr (Rio J) 83:S46-53. 2007
    ..To review the literature relevant to diagnosis and management of meningococcal disease (MD)...
  23. ncbi European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology/Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society consensus statement on diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents
    David B Dunger
    European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom
    Pediatrics 113:e133-40. 2004
  24. ncbi ESPE/LWPES consensus statement on diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents
    D B Dunger
    University of Cambridge, Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Level 8, Box 116, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Arch Dis Child 89:188-94. 2004
    ..There is agreement that prevention of DKA and reduction of its incidence should be a goal in managing children with diabetes...
  25. ncbi Hyperventilation in severe diabetic ketoacidosis
    Robert C Tasker
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:405-11. 2005
    ..It also indicates that the recommendation to avoid induced hyperventilation early in the course of intensive care may be counter to the logic of adaptive physiology...
  26. ncbi Hypopituitarism in childhood and adolescence following traumatic brain injury: the case for prospective endocrine investigation
    Carlo L Acerini
    Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Eur J Endocrinol 155:663-9. 2006
    ..We urge paediatric endocrinologists, in collaboration with adult endocrinologists, to perform formal prospective research studies in patients suffering from TBI to clarify these questions...
  27. ncbi The neuroendocrine stress response and severity of acute respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infancy
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Box 181, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK
    Intensive Care Med 30:2257-62. 2004
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  28. ncbi Standards for head injury management in acute hospitals: evidence from the six million population of the Eastern region
    H M Seeley
    Neurosciences Department, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Emerg Med J 23:128-32. 2006
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  29. ncbi Emergency management of children with severe sepsis in the United Kingdom: the results of the Paediatric Intensive Care Society sepsis audit
    D P Inwald
    Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
    Arch Dis Child 94:348-53. 2009
    ..To audit current UK practice of the management of severe sepsis in children against the 2002 American College of Critical Care Medicine/Pediatric Advanced Life Support (ACCM-PALS) guideline...
  30. ncbi Non-traumatic coma
    Robert C Tasker
    Department of Paediatrics, Box 116, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
    Hosp Med 65:48-51. 2004
  31. ncbi Meningococcal meningitis
    Ricardo G Branco
    School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Addenbrookes Hospital, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK
    Curr Treat Options Neurol 12:464-74. 2010
    ..Other treatments, such as mannitol and activated protein C, should be avoided. Potential new treatments requiring further investigation include neuroprotection with hypothermia or glycerol...
  32. ncbi Glucose level and risk of mortality in pediatric septic shock
    Ricardo G Branco
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:470-2. 2005
    ..59 (range, 1.37-4.88). CONCLUSION: In children with septic shock, a peak glucose level of >178 mg/dL is associated with an increased risk of death...
  33. ncbi Prediction of raised intracranial pressure complicating severe traumatic brain injury in children: implications for trial design
    Rob J Forsyth
    School of Clinical Medical Sciences Child Health, Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:8-14. 2008
    ..This would permit quantification of ICP elevation and enrollment as appropriate to randomized controlled trials of raised ICP interventions...
  34. ncbi Intracranial pressure complicating severe traumatic brain injury in children: monitoring and management
    Kevin P Morris
    Diana Princess of Wales Children s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK
    Intensive Care Med 32:1606-12. 2006
    ..To evaluate current practice against recently published guidelines...
  35. ncbi Papilledema in patients with Apert, Crouzon, and Pfeiffer syndrome: prevalence, efficacy of treatment, and risk factors
    Natalja Bannink
    Dutch Craniofacial Center, Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Craniofac Surg 19:121-7. 2008
    ..Annual fundoscopy is recommended to screen for papilledema. We consider that early decompressive surgery (within the first year of age) prevents the development of papilledema and, most likely, elevated intracranial pressure...
  36. ncbi Fluid resuscitation of hypovolemic shock: acute medicine's great triumph for children
    Joseph A Carcillo
    Intensive Care Med 32:958-61. 2006
  37. ncbi Limitation in paediatric logistic organ dysfunction score
    Pedro Celiny R Garcia
    Lancet 368:1151; author reply 1151-2. 2006
  38. ncbi Respiratory viruses in the intensive care unit
    Michael Roe
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, CB2 2QQ, Cambridge, UK
    Paediatr Respir Rev 4:166-71. 2003
    ..This review provides an overview of these syndromes and a more detailed account of respiratory syncytial virus, our most commonly diagnosed winter illness...
  39. ncbi Does giving albumin infusion in hypoalbuminaeimic children with oncological disease affect colloid osmotic pressure and outcome?
    Sanjay Gupta
    Research Registrar, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge
    Arch Dis Child 86:380-1. 2002
  40. ncbi Adrenal response in children with septic shock
    Carlos Henrique Casartelli
    Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Intensive at Hospital São Lucas, Av Ipiranga 6690, 90610 000 Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Intensive Care Med 33:1609-13. 2007
    ..To describe the serum cortisol profile and evaluate the adrenal response in children with septic shock, and determine the influence of these factors on the outcome and mortality in this group...
  41. ncbi Biochemical markers of brain injury: Can they point to a diagnosis?
    Robert C Tasker
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:608-10. 2006