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Katy J.L. Bell

Researcher at University of Sydney

Publications -  136
Citations -  3024

Katy J.L. Bell is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 106 publications receiving 1895 citations. Previous affiliations of Katy J.L. Bell include Bond University & Westmead Hospital.

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Overdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review.

TL;DR: A systematic scoping review of evidence for or against overdiagnosis of ADHD in children and adolescents using a published 5-question framework for detecting over-diagnosis in non-cancer conditions is presented in this paper.
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Procalcitonin: a marker of bacteraemia in SIRS.

TL;DR: Measurement of PCT alone or in combination with CRP can aid discrimination of septicaemia/bacteraemia with associated SIRS from non-infectious SirS in an Australian ICU setting, while PCT was a more accurate diagnostic test for bacteraemia than CRP.
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The carbon footprint of pathology testing.

TL;DR: The carbon footprint of five common hospital pathology tests: full blood examination; urea and electrolyte levels; coagulation profile; C‐reactive protein concentration; and arterial blood gases is estimated.
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General practitioners' decision making about primary prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in older adults: A qualitative study

TL;DR: Older patients receive different care depending on their GP’s perceptions of ageing and CVD prevention, and their knowledge of available evidence, which is likely to contribute to variation in the management of CVD risk in older people.