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Thomas Bourke

Consultant and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics. Queens University Belfast
Verified email at qub.ac.uk
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Fifteen-minute consultation: the child with pica

B McNaughten, T Bourke, A Thompson - Archives of Disease in …, 2017 - ep.bmj.com
Pica is defined as the persistent ingestion of non-nutritive substances for more than 1 month
at an age at which this behaviour is deemed inappropriate. It occurs most commonly in …

Addressing recruitment and retention in paediatrics: a pipeline to a brighter future

P Mallett, A Thompson, T Bourke - Archives of Disease in Childhood …, 2022 - ep.bmj.com
Background In the UK, the number of junior doctors completing foundation programme, and
the number of trainees applying to paediatrics has been in decline in recent years. The NHS …

Diagnostic accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a near-patient test for meningococcal disease in children: an observational cohort study

TW Bourke, JP McKenna, PV Coyle… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Diagnosis of meningococcal disease relies on recognition of clinical signs and
symptoms that are notoriously non-specific, variable, and often absent in the early stages of …

[HTML][HTML] Bronchiolitis

T Bourke, M Shields - BMJ clinical evidence, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results We found 59 systematic reviews, RCTs, or observational studies that met our
inclusion criteria. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for …

Emergency department attendance following 4-component meningococcal B vaccination in infants

S Kapur, T Bourke, JA Maney, P Moriarty - Archives of disease in …, 2017 - adc.bmj.com
Introduction In September 2015, the UK became the first country in the world to introduce the
4-component meningococcal B vaccine (4CMenB) into the routine vaccine schedule for …

Fifteen-minute consultation: a practical approach to remote consultations for paediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Galway, G Stewart, J Maskery, T Bourke… - Archives of Disease in …, 2021 - ep.bmj.com
Objective This practical approach to the use of telehealth aims to offer clinicians a framework
for video and telephone interactions with children and families accessing healthcare. Design …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and cost-effectiveness of procalcitonin test for prodromal meningococcal Disease–A meta-analysis

JM Bell, MD Shields, A Agus, K Dunlop, T Bourke… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite vaccines and improved medical intensive care, clinicians must
continue to be vigilant of possible Meningococcal Disease in children. The objective was to …

[HTML][HTML] Susceptibility to Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Polymorphism of Complement System Genes and Neisseria meningitidis Factor H Binding Protein

DT Bradley, TW Bourke, DJ Fairley, R Borrow… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Neisseria meningitidis can cause severe infection in humans. Polymorphism of
Complement Factor H (CFH) is associated with altered risk of invasive meningococcal …

Clinicians' gaze behaviour in simulated paediatric emergencies

B McNaughten, C Hart, S Gallagher, C Junk… - Archives of disease in …, 2018 - adc.bmj.com
Aim Differences in the gaze behaviour of experts and novices are described in aviation and
surgery. This study sought to describe the gaze behaviour of clinicians from different training …

[HTML][HTML] Hofmeister effects influence bulk nanostructure in a protic ionic liquid

T Bourke, KP Gregory, AJ Page - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The origins and behaviour of specific ion effects have been studied in water for
more than a century, and more recently in nonaqueous molecular solvents. However, the …