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Anne Thomson
Researcher at John Radcliffe Hospital
Publications - 46
Citations - 3166
Anne Thomson is an academic researcher from John Radcliffe Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Community-acquired pneumonia & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 46 publications receiving 2910 citations. Previous affiliations of Anne Thomson include Boston Children's Hospital.
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British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in children: update 2011
Michael R. Harris,Julia E Clark,Nicky Coote,Penny Fletcher,Anthony Harnden,Michael C McKean,Anne Thomson +6 more
TL;DR: These updated guidelines represent a review of new evidence since then and consensus clinical opinion where evidence was not found and supersedes the previous guideline document.
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Association of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis with the interleukin 8 gene region in UK families.
TL;DR: Disease severity following RSV infection appears to be determined by a genetic factor close to the IL-8 gene, and analysis of this effect may elucidate causal processes in the pathogenesis of RSV bronchiolitis.
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BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children
I M Balfour-Lynn,E Abrahamson,G Cohen,J Hartley,S King,D Parikh,David A. Spencer,Anne Thomson,D Urquhart +8 more
TL;DR: Each section of the guideline was researched and drafted by a subgroup of the Paediatric Pleural Diseases Subcommittee (itself a subcommittee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee).
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Randomised trial of intrapleural urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema
TL;DR: Intrapleural urokinase is effective in treating empyema in children and significantly shortens hospital stay, and the use of small percutaneous drains was also associated with shorter hospital stay.
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Increase in emergency admissions to hospital for children aged under 15 in England, 1999-2010: National database analysis
Peter J Gill,Michael J Goldacre,David Mant,Carl Heneghan,Anne Thomson,Valerie Seagroatt,Anthony Harnden +6 more
TL;DR: The continuing increase in very-short-term admission of children with common infections suggests a systematic failure, both in primary care and in hospital, in the assessment ofChildren with acute illness that could be managed in the community.