Publications by authors named "Lambros Halkidis"
Objective: Children frequently present with head injuries to acute care settings. Although international paediatric clinical practice guidelines for head injuries exist, they do not address all considerations related to triage, imaging, observation versus admission, transfer, discharge and follow-up of mild to moderate head injuries relevant to the Australian and New Zealand context. The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) set out to develop an evidence-based, locally applicable, practical clinical guideline for the care of children with mild to moderate head injuries presenting to acute care settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Death adders (Acanthophis spp) are found in Australia, Papua New Guinea and parts of eastern Indonesia. This study aimed to investigate the clinical syndrome of death adder envenoming and response to antivenom treatment.
Methodology/principal Findings: Definite death adder bites were recruited from the Australian Snakebite Project (ASP) as defined by expert identification or detection of death adder venom in blood.
Article Synopsis
- During the second bite, he developed serious local muscle damage (myotoxicity) and was treated with antivenom after a significant delay, showing high levels of creatine kinase.
- Although he developed human IgG antibodies to the venom during the second admission, he still experienced myotoxicity despite not detecting the venom in his system at that time.