The Trauma Audit and Research Network

Publications
Below is a list of all TARN publications.
Click on the title of a paper for Open Access options (where available).

2022

A randomised fractional factorial screening experiment to predict effective features of audit and feedback
A. Wright-Hughes, T. A. Willis, S. Wilson, A. Weller, F. Lorencatto, M. Althaf, V. Seymour, A. J. Farrin, J. Francis, J. Brehaut, N. Ivers, S. L. Alderson, B. C. Brown, R. G. Feltbower, C. P. Gale, S. J. Stanworth, S. Hartley, H. Colquhoun, J. Presseau, R. Walwyn and R. Foy
BMC, 2022; doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01208-5
Regional variation in the provision of major trauma services for the older injured patient
J. Dixon, O. Bouamra, F. Lecky, C. B. Hing, M. Baxter, W.Eardley
Injury, 2022; doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.04.008

Opportunities to improve the impact of two national clinical audit programmes: a theory-guided analysis
TA Willis, S. Wood, J. Brehaut, H. Colquhoun, B. Brown, F. Lorencatto & R. Foy
British Medical Journal https://rdcu.be/cJvSD

Do entrapment, injuries, outcomes and potential for self-extrication vary with age? A pre-specified analysis of the UK trauma registry (TARN)
T. Nutbeam, A. Kehoe, R. Fenwick, J. Smith, O. Bouamra, L. Wallis and W. Stassen
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022, 30(14); https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00989-w


2021

Tranexamic acid for major trauma patients in Ireland
K. Walsh, F. O’Keeffe, L. Brent, and B. Mitra
World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022, 13(1), pp.136-142; doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2022.003

Comparative analysis of major incident triage tools in children: a UK population-based analysis
J. Vassallo, S. Chernbumroong, N. Malik, Y. Xu, D. Keene, G. Gkoutos, M.D. Lyttle and J. Smith in collaboration with PERUKI (Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland)
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021; doi:10.1136/emermed-2021-211706

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to hanging: a retrospective analysis
J. Turner, A, Brown, R. Boldy, J. Lumley-Holmes, A. Rosser and A. James
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021; doi:10.1136/ emermed-2020-210839

Impact of a physician – critical care practitioner pre-hospital service in Wales on trauma survival: a retrospective analysis of linked registry data
J. Lyons, B. J. Gabbe, D. Rawlinson, D. Lockey, R. J. Fry, A. Akbari and R. A. Lyons
Anaesthesia, 2021; doi.org/10.1111/anae.15457

External validation of the Dutch prediction model for prehospital triage of trauma patients in South West region of England, United Kingdom
T.A.G Shanahan, G. W. Fuller, T. Sheldon, E. Turton, F.M.A. Quilty and C. Marincowitz
Injury, 2021, 52, pp. 1108-1116; doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2021.01.039

New concept: “TARN friendly trauma reporting” (what radiologists say really does matter)
P.Jenkins, P.Coates, J.Fong, A.Eccles, L.Drake and T.Hudson
Clinical Radiology, 2021; doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2021.04.016

The BCD Triage Sieve outperforms all existing major incident triage tools: Comparative analysis using the UK national trauma registry population
N.S.Malik, S. Chernbumroong, Y. Xu, J. Vassallo, J. Lee, D.M. Bowley, T.Hodgetts, C.G. Moran, J.M. Lord, A. Belli, D. Keene, M. Foster, and G.V. Gkoutos
EClinicalMedicine, 2021, 36; doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100888

Healthcare system impacts of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing: evidence from a national trauma registry patient case series and hospital performance data
P. Dark, M. Smith, H. Ziman, S. Carley, and F. Lecky Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) Collaborators
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021; doi:10.1136/emermed-2019-208575

Mortality in Adolescent Trauma: a comparison of children’s, mixed and adult major Trauma Centres
J Evans, H Murch, R Begley, D Roland, M D Lyttle, O Bouamra, S Mullen
BMJ, 2021; doi:10.1136/emermed-2020-210384

National temporal variation in major trauma in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
W. Kieffer, D. Michalik, J. Bernard, O. Bouamra and B. Rogers
Trauma, 2021; doi: 10.1177/1460408620982264

A comparison of the demographics, injury patterns and outcome data for patients injured in motor vehicle collisions who are trapped compared to those patients who are not trapped
T. Nutbeam, R. Fenwick, J. Smith, O. Bouamra, L. Wallis and W. Stassen
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021, 29(17);
doi:10.1186/s13049-020-00818-6 


2020

Bypassing the nearest emergency department for a more distant neurosurgical centre in traumatic brain injury patients
C. J. Prosser , D. Edwards , O. Boumara , G. Fuller , D. Holliman and F. Lecky
British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020; DOI:10.1080/02688697.2020.1858026 

Helicopter and ground emergency medical services transportation to hospital after major trauma in England: a comparative cohort study
O. Beaumont, F. Lecky, O. Bouamra, D. Surendra Kumar, T. Coats, D. Lockey and K. Willett
Trauma Surgery Acute Care Open, 2020, 5:e000508; doi:10.1136/tsaco-2020-000508 

Optimizing the availability of enhanced prehospital care team resources
N. Hewitt, M. Davenport, M. Smyth, & T. Smith
Air Medical Journal, 2020, 39, pp.351-359; doi:10.1016/j.amj.2020.06.003 

Traumatic brain injury probability of survival assessment in adults using iterative random comparison classification
M. Salah, R. Saatchi, F. Lecky & D. Burke
Healthcare Technology Letters, 2020 7(5), pp.119-124; doi: 10.1049/htl.2019.0029 

Epidemiology of adult rib fracture and factors associated with surgical fixation: Analysis of a chest wall injury dataset from England and Wales
H.M.A. Ingoe, W. Eardley, C. McDaid, A. Rangan, T. Lawrence & C. Hewitt
Injury, 2020 51(2), pp.218-223; doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.10.030

Mortality and morbidity of stairlift injuries: Analysis of the UK TARN database
O. O’Malley, O. Ryan, G. Wilson, M. Islam, T.O. Smith & C.B. Hing
Injury, 2020, 51, pp.1306–1311; doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.04.004

Low falls causing major injury: a retrospective study
K. Lesko & C. Deasy
Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2020; doi:10.1007/s11845-020-02212-8

Have changes in computerised tomography guidance positively impacted detection of cervical spine injury in children? A review of the Trauma Audit and Research Network data
C. Nunn, S. Negus, T. Lawrence, F. Lecky, & D. Roland
Trauma, 2020; doi: 10.1177/1460408620939381

Time to definitive care in English major trauma networks
N.R. Haslam, O. Bouamra, T. Lawrence, C.G. Moran & D.J. Lockey
BJS Open 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50316

Cross-validation of two Prognostic Trauma scores in severely injured patients
Rolf Lefering, Stefan Huber-Wagner, Bertil Bouillon, Tom Lawrence, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2020

Variations in the management of adolescents with blunt splenic trauma in England and Wales: are we preserving enough?
PA Green, DJ Wilkinson, O Bouamra, M Fragoso, PJ Farrelly
The Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2020

Serious sports related injury in England and Wales from 2012-2017: a study protocol
M. A. M. Davies, T. Lawrence, A. Edwards, F. Lecky, C. D. McKay, K. A. Stokes & S. Williams
Injury Epidemiology, 2020, 7(14); doi:10.1186/s40621-020-00243-4

High Riding Prostate: Epidemiology of Genitourinary Injury in Motorcyclists from a UK Register of over 12,000 victims.
Moss B.F, Moss C.E, Dervin P, Lawrence T, Jones S, Thomas S
Current Urology 2020,14(2), pp.105–112; doi: 10.1159/000499251

Head and neck injury in major trauma in Ireland: a multicentre retrospective analysis of patterns and surgical workload.
A. Mohamed, J. Mulcaire and A.J.P. Clover
Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02304-5


2019

Cycling related major trauma in Ireland
James Foley, Marina Cronin, Louise Brent, Tom Lawrence, Ciaran Simms, Kevin Gildea, John Ryan, Conor Deasy, John Cronin
Injury 2019 21:5

Age and the distribution of major injury across a national trauma system
Jan Robert Dixon, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Paul Dixon, Faye Wilson, Antoinette Edwards, Will Eardley
Age and Ageing 2019; 00: 1–9

Epidemiology of adolescent trauma in England: a review of TARN data 2008–2017
Zoe Roberts, Julie-Ann Collins, David James, Omar Bouamra, Mike Young, Mark D Lyttle, Damian Roland, Stephen Mullen, On behalf of PERUKI
Emerg Med J 2019;0:1–6

Urethral injury in major trauma
Battaloglu E, Figuero M, Moran C, Lecky F, Porter K
Injury, Int J. Care Injured 2019; 1053-1057

Open tibial fractures in major trauma centres: A national prospective cohort study of current practice
Young K, Aquilina A, Chesser TJS, Costa ML, Hettiaratchy S, Kelly MB, Moran CG, Pallister I, Woodford M; MTC-22
Injury 2019; 50 (2):497-502

Evaluating the impact of cycle helmet use on severe traumatic brain injury and death in a national cohort of over 11000 pedal cyclists: a retrospective study from the NHS England Trauma Audit and Research Network dataset
Nick Dodds, Rowena Johnson, Benjamin Walton, Omar Bouamra, David Yates, Fiona Elizabeth Lecky, Julian Thompson
BMJ Open 2019;9:e027845. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027845

Trends in admission timing and mechanism of injury can be used to improve general surgical trauma training
AP Pearce, MER Marsden, N Newell, K Hancorn, F Lecky, K Brohi, N Tai
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2019; 00: 1–7

Patterns of moderate and severe injury in children after the introduction of major trauma networks
Samantha Jones, Sarah Tyson, Michael Young, Matthew Gittins, Naomi Davis
Arch Dis Child 2019. doi:10.1136/ archdischild-2018-315636

Investigating the effects of under-triage by existing major incident triage tools
James M Vassallo, Jason E Smith, Lee A Wallis
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019, 26(2), pp:139-144; doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000513


2018

Socioeconomic status and 30-day mortality after minor and major trauma: A retrospective analysis of the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) dataset for England
Philip McHale, Daniel Hungerford, David Taylor-Robinson, Thomas Lawrence, Timothy Astles, Ben Morton
PLoS ONE 2018;13 (12): e0210226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210226

Maxillofacial injuries in patients with major trauma
McGoldrick DM, Fragoso-Iñiguez M, Lawrence T, McMillan K.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018; 56(6):496-500

Incidence of combined burns and major trauma in England and Wales
Emir Battaloglu, Marisol Fragoso Iniguez, Fiona Lecky, Keith Porter
Trauma 2018; 0(0):1-5

Motorcyclists and pillion passengers with open lower-limb fractures: a study using TARN data 2007–2014
AGC Hay-David, T Stacey, I Pallister on behalf of the Trauma Audit and Research Network Research Committee, University of Manchester
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2018; 100: 203–208

Implementation of tranexamic acid for bleeding trauma patients: a longitudinal and cross-sectional study
Coats TJ, Fragoso-Iñiguez M, Roberts I
Emerg Med J. 2018 Dec 8. pii: emermed-2018-207693. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2018-207693

Changing the system-major trauma patients and their outcomes in the NHS (England) 2008–17
Moran, Christopher G., Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Tom Lawrence, Antoinette Edwards, Maralyn Woodford, Keith Willett, and Timothy J. Coats
EClinicalMedicine 2 (2018): 13-21

Impact of a physician-led pre-hospital critical care team on outcomes after major trauma.
Hepple DJ, Durrand JW, Bouamra O, Godfrey P
Anaesthesia. 2018 Dec 5. doi: 10.1111/anae.14501

Disparities in the management of paediatric splenic injury
A. M. Warwick, T. Jenks, R. Fisher, R. Garrett-Cox, F. Lecky, D. Yates et al
British Journal of Surgery (2018)

Comparison of two prognostic models in trauma outcome
A Cook, T Osler, L Glance, O Bouamra, J Weddle, B Gross, J Ward, FO Moore, F Rogers, D Hosmer
British Journal of Surgery DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10764

Fractures of the femoral shaft in children: national epidemiology and treatment trends in England following activation of major trauma networks
C. Talbot, N. Davis, I. Majid, M. Young, O. Bouamra, F. E. Lecky, S. Jones
Bone Joint J 2018;100-B:109–18.

The volume-outcome relationship in severely injured patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Charlie A. Sewalt, Eveline J. A. Wiegers, Esmee Venema, Fiona E. Lecky, Stephanie C. E. Schuit, Dennis Den Hartog, Hester F. Lingsma
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2018; 85(4):810-819



2017

Major incident triage and the implementation of a new triage tool, the MPTT-24
James Vassallo, J E Smith, L A Wallis
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2018, 164(2), pp:103-106; doi: 10.1136/jramc-2017-000819.
Epub 2017 Oct 21.

The impact of age on major orthopaedic trauma: an analysis of the United Kingdom Trauma Audit Research Network Database
J Herron, R Hutchinson, F Lecky, O Bouamra, A Edwards, M Woodford, W Eardley
The Bone & Joint Journal, 2017, 99-B(12), pp:1677-1680, DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.99B12.BJJ-2016-1140.R2

The civilian validation of the Modified Physiological Triage Tool (MPTT): an evidence-based approach to primary major incident triage
James Vassallo, Jason Smith, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky, Lee A Wallis
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017, 34(12), pp:810-815; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2017-206647

Differential effects of the Glasgow Coma Scale Score and its Components: An analysis of 54,069 patients with traumatic brain injury
Florence CM Reith, Hester Lingsma, Belinda Gabbe, Fiona Lecky, Ian Roberts, Andrew IR Maas
Injury, 2017, 48(9), pp:1932-1943; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2017.05.038

Major trauma from suspected child abuse: a profile of the patient pathway
Ffion C Davies, Fiona Lecky, Ross Fisher, Marisol Fragoso Iniguez, Tim Coats
Emerg Med J Published Online First: 24 April 2017. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2016-206296

The use of whole-body computed tomography in major trauma: variations in practice in UK trauma hospitals
I Sammy, H Chatha, O Bouamra, M Iniguez, F Lecky, A Edwards
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017, 34(10), pp:647-652; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2016-206167

Improved outcomes for hepatic trauma in England and Wales over a decade of trauma and hepatobiliary surgery centralisation
J Barrie, S Jamdar, M Iniguez, O Bouamra, T Jenks, F Lecky, D O'Reilly
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2018, 44(1), pp:63-70. DOI:10.1007/s00068-017-0765-y.
Epub 2017 Feb 16.

Survival Trends after Surgery for Acute Subdural Hematoma in Adults over a 20-Year Period
D Fountain, A Kolias, F Lecky, O Bouamra, T Lawrence, H Adams, S Bond, P Hutchinson
Annals of Surgery, 2017, 265(3), pp:590-596. DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000001682.


2016

The differential mortality of Glasgow Coma Score in patients with and without head injury
T. Osler, A. Cook, L.G. Glance, F. Lecky, O. Bouamra, M. Garrett, J.S. Buzas and D.W. Hosmer
Injury, 2016 Sep;47(9),pp.1879-85; doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.04.016.  

Temporal variation in major trauma admissions
W.K.M. Kieffer, D.V. Michalik, K. Gallagher, I. McFadyen, J. Bernard and B.A. Rogers
Annals of Royal College of Surgeons (2016), 98(2), pp128-137; doi:10.1308/rcsann.2016.0040  

Epidemiology and aetiology of traumatic cardiac arrest in England and Wales – A retrospective database analysis
E Barnard, D Yates, A Edwards, M Fragoso-Iniguez, T Jenks, J E Smith
Resuscitation, 2017, Jan, pp:110:90-94; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.11.001.
Epub 2016 Nov 14.

Traumatic brain injury in England and Wales: prospective audit of epidemiology, complications and standardised mortality
T Lawrence, A Helmy, O Bouamra, M Woodford, F Lecky, P J Hutchinson
BMJ Open, 2016, 6(11); DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012197

Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A review of the Ps14 Survival Prediction Model
D Mynors-Wallis, F Lecky, O Bouamra, D Burke
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016, 33(12), pp:902-903.

Is there a ‘weekend effect’ in major trauma?
D Metcalfe, D C Perry, O Bouamra, A Salim, F Lecky, M Woodford, A Edwards, M Costa
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016, 33(12), pp:836-842; DOI:10.1136/ emermed-2016-206049

A review of the management of blunt splenic trauma in England and Wales: have regional trauma networks influenced management strategies and outcomes?
P Yiannoullou, C Hall, K Newton, L Pearce, O Bouamra, T Jenks, AB Scrimshire, J Hughes, F Lecky, ADH Macdonald
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2017, 99(1), pp:63-69; DOI:10.1308/rcsann.2016.0325.
Epub 2016 Oct 28

Regionalisation of trauma care in England
D Metcalfe, D.C. Perry, O Bouamra, A Salim, M Woodford, A Edwards, F.E. Lecky, M.L. Costa
The Bone & Joint Journal, 2016, 98-B, pp:1253–61; DOI:10.1302/0301-620X.98B9.37525

Handling missing data in large healthcare dataset: A case study of unknown trauma outcomes
E.M. Mirkes, T.J. Coats, J Levesley, A.N. Gorban
Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2016, 75, pp:203-16; DOI:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.06.004.

Older patients with traumatic brain injury present with a higher GCS score than younger patients for a given severity of injury
A. Kehoe, J.E. Smith, O. Bouamra, A. Edwards, D. Yates, F. Lecky
Emerg Med J, 2016, 33(6), pp:381-385; doi:10.1136/emermed-2015-205180

Management of the anticoagulated trauma patient in the emergency department: a survey of current practice in England and Wales
Ceri E Battle, Fiona E Lecky, Tom Stacey, Antoinette Edwards, Phillip A Evans
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016, 33(6), pp:403-7; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2015-205120.


2015

Twenty-five years of the trauma audit and research network: a continuing evolution to drive improvement
Fiona Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32(12), pp:906-8. DOI:10.1136/emermed-2015-205460.

Top 10 TARN research publications
Antoinette Edwards
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32, pp:966-968; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2015-205454

Prediction modelling for trauma using comorbidity and ‘true’ 30-day outcome
Omar Bouamra, Richard Jacques, Antoinette Edwards, David W Yates, Thomas Lawrence, Tom Jenks, Maralyn Woodford, Fiona E Lecky
Emerg Med J 2015;32:933-938 doi:10.1136/emermed-2015-205176

The effect of preinjury warfarin use on mortality rates in trauma patients: a European multicentre study
Fiona E Lecky, Mahad Omar, Omar Bouamra, Tom Jenks, Antoinette Edwards, Ceri E Battle, Phillip A Evans
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32(12), pp:933-8; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205176

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA): a population based gap analysis of trauma patients in England and Wales
Edward Benjamin Graham Barnard, Jonathan James Morrison, Ricardo Mondoni Madureira, Robbie Lendrum, Marisol Fragoso-Iñiguez, Antoinette Edwards, Fiona E Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Thomas Lawrence, Jan Olaf Jansen
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32, pp:926-932; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2015-205217

A profile of suspected child abuse as a subgroup of major trauma patients
Ffion C Davies, Timothy J Coats, Ross Fisher, Thomas Lawrence, Fiona E Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32(12), pp:921-5. DOI:10.1136/emermed-2015-205285

The changing face of major trauma in the UK
Anthony Kehoe, Jason E Smith, Antoinette Edwards, David W Yates, Fiona E Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32, pp:911-915; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2015-205265

Epidemiology and outcomes of pregnancy and obstetric complications in trauma in the United Kingdom
Emir Battaloglu,D McDonnell, J Chu, Fiona Lecky, Keith Porter
Injury, 2016, 47(1), pp:184-7; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2015.08.026.
Epub 2015 Aug 22.

Implementing Major Trauma Audit in Ireland
Conor Deasy, Marina Cronin, Fiona Cahill, U Geary, P Houlihan, Maralyn Woodford, Fiona Lecky, K Mealy, P Crowley, Major Trauma Audit Governance Committee, National Office of Clinical Audit, Ireland.
Injury, 2016, 47(1), pp:166-72; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2015.07.016.
Epub 2015 Jul 26.

Quantifying the healthcare costs of treating severely bleeding major trauma patients: a national study for England

Helen E Campbell, Elizabeth A Stokes, Danielle N Bargo, Nicola Curry, Fiona E Lecky, Antoinette Edwards, Maralyn Woodford, Frances Seeney, Simon Eaglestone, Karim Brohi, Alastair M Gray, Simon J Stanworth
Critical Care, 2015, 19(1), pp:276; DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-0987-5.

Major cardiothoracic trauma: Eleven-year review of outcomes in the North West of England
M Khorsandi, C Skouras, S Prasad, R Shah
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2015, 97(4), pp:298-303; DOI:10.1308/003588415X14181254789169

Enhanced Care Team response to incidents involving Major Trauma at night: are helicopters the answer?
Carl McQueen, Tim Nutbeam, Nick Crombie, Fiona Lecky, Thomas Lawrence, Karen Hathaway, Steve Wheaton
Injury, 2015, 46(7), pp:1262-9; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2015.03.026.

Emergency medical services interval and mortality in significant head injury: a retrospective cohort study
Gordon Fuller, Thomas Lawrence, Maralyn Woodford, Timothy Coats, Fiona Lecky
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015, 22(1), pp:42-8; DOI:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000117


2014

The epidemiology of and outcome from pancreatoduodenal trauma in the UK, 1989–2013
DA O’Reilly, O Bouamra, A Kausar, DJ Malde, EJ Dickson, F Lecky
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2014, 97, pp:125–130; DOI:10.1308/003588414X14055925060712

Validation and reclassification of MGAP and GAP in hospital settings using data from the Trauma Audit and Research Network
Rebecca M. Hasler, Nicole Mealing, Hans-Ulrich Rothen, Michael Coslovsky, Fiona Lecky, Peter Juni
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2014, 77(5), pp:757-763; DOI:10.1097/TA.0000000000000452

The Glasgow Coma Scale at 40 years: standing the test of time
Graham Teasdale, Andrew Maas, Fiona Lecky, Geoffrey Manley, Nino Stocchetti, Gordon Murray
Lancet Neurology, 2014, 13(8), pp:844-54; DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70120-6

Outcomes of polytrauma patients with diabetes mellitus
James Tebby, Fiona Lecky, Antoinette Edwards, Tom Jenks, Omar Bouamra, Rozalia Dimitriou, Peter V Giannoudis
BMC Medicine 2014, 12; DOI:10.1186/1741-7015-12-111

Trauma scoring systems and databases
F. Lecky, M.Woodford, A. Edwards, O. Bouamra, T. Coats
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2014, 113(2), pp:286-94; DOI:10.1093/bja/aeu242.

Effect of regional trauma centralization on volume, injury severity and outcomes of injured patients admitted to trauma centres
D. Metcalfe, O. Bouamra, N. R. Parsons, M.-O. Aletrari, F. E. Lecky, M. L. Costa
British Journal of Surgery, 2014, 101(8), pp:959–964; DOI:10.1002/bjs.9498

The accuracy of existing pre hospital triage tools for injured children in England - an analysis using Emergency Department data
Antonella Ardolino, C Ronny Cheung, Thomas Lawrence, Omar Bouamra, Fiona E Lecky, Kathleen Berry, Mark Lyttle, Damian Roland, Nadeeja Koralage, Shabara Issa, Adeel Chaudhary, Ian Maconochie on behalf of the PERUKI group
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015, 32(5), pp:397-400; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2013-203251.
Epub 2014 Apr 8.

Comparison of several prognostic tools in traumatic brain injury including S100B
Mehdi Lesko, Sarah O’Brien, Charmaine Childs, Omar Bouamra, Timothy Rainey, Fiona Lecky
Brain Injury, 2014, 28(7), pp:987-94; DOI:10.3109/02699052.2014.890743.

Do prolonged primary transport times for traumatic brain injury patients result in deteriorating physiology? A cohort study
Gordon Fuller, Maralyn Woodford, Thomas Lawrence, Timothy Coats, Fiona Lecky
Prehospital Emergency Care, 2014, 18(1), pp:60-7; DOI:10.3109/10903127.2013.831507.

The association between admission systolic blood pressure and mortality in significant traumatic brain injury: A multi-centre cohort study
Fuller G, Hasler RM, Mealing N, Lawrence T, Woodford M, Juni P, Lecky F
Injury, 2014, 45(3), pp:612-7; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2013.09.008.


2013

The accuracy of alternative triage rules for identification of significant traumatic brain injury: a diagnostic cohort study
Fuller G, Woodford M, Lawrence T, Coats T, Lecky F
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2014, 31(11), pp:914-9. DOI:10.1136/emermed-2013-202575.
Epub 2013 Aug 12.

Increased mortality associated with cerebral contusions following trauma in the elderly: bad patients or bad management?
Matthew A. Kirkman, Tom Jenks, Omar Bouamra, Antoinette Edwards, David Yates, Mark H. Wilson
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2013, 30(16), pp:1385-90; DOI:10.1089/neu.2013.2881.

Models of Mortality Probability in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Results of the Modelling by the UK Trauma Registry (TARN)
Mehdi Lesko, Thomas Jenks, Sarah O'Brien, Pablo Perel, Charmaine Childs, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2013, 30(24), pp:2021-30; DOI:10.1089/neu.2013.2988.

The accuracy of existing pre hospital triage tools for injured children in England - an analysis using trauma registry data
C Ronny Cheung, Antonella Ardolino, Thomas Lawrence, Omar Bouamra, Fiona E Lecky, Kathleen Berry, Mark Lyttle, Ian Maconochie
Emergency Medicine Journal 2013, 30(6), pp:476-9; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2012-201324.

The value of the difference between ED and prehospital vital signs in predicting outcome in trauma
Stevan Raynier Bruijns, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky, Lee A Wallis
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2014, 31(7), pp:579-582. DOI:10.1136/emermed-2012-202271.
Epub 2013 Apr 24.

Improving mortality after Extradural haematoma in England and Wales
David Mendelow, Lauren Ruff, Fiona Lecky
British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2013, 27(1), pp:19-23; DOI:10.3109/02688697.2012.709555

Comparing model performance for survival prediction using total Glasgow coma scale and its components in traumatic brain injury
M Lesko, Jenks T, O'Brien SJ, Childs C, Bouamra O, Woodford M, Lecky F
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2013, 30(1), pp:17-22; DOI:10.1089/neu.2012.2438.

Heart Rate and Systolic Blood Pressure in patients with minor to moderate, non-haemorrhagic injury versus normal controls
Stevan Raynier Bruijns, Henry R Guly, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky, Lee Wallis
Emerg Med Journal 2013, 30, pp:901-905; DOI:10.1136/emermed-2012-201760


2012

Predicting early death in patients with traumatic bleeding: development and validation of a prognostic model
Pablo Perel, David Prieto-Merino, Haleema Shakur, Tim Clayton, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Rob Russell, Mark Faulkner, Ewout Steyerberg, Ian Roberts
BMJ, 2012, 345; DOI:10.1136/bmj.e5166

Prediction of Outcome after Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: External Validation of the IMPACT and CRASH Prognostic Models
Bob Roozenbeek, Hester F. Lingsma, Fiona E. Lecky, Juan Lu, James Weir, Isabella Butcher, Gillian S. McHugh, Gordon D. Murray, Pablo Perel, Andrew I.R. Maas, Ewout W. Steyerberg
Critical Care Medicine, 2012, 40(5), pp:1609-17. DOI:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824519ce.

Epidemiology and predictors of cervical spine injury in adult major trauma patients: Multicentre cohort study
Rebecca M. Hasler, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Omar Bouamra, Lorin M. Benneker, Mike Clancy, Robert Sieber, Heinz Zimmermann, Fiona Lecky
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2012, 72(4), pp:975-981; DOI:10.1097/TA.0b013e31823f5e8e

Prognostic Value of Major Extracranial Injury in Traumatic Brain Injury: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis in 39,274 Patients
van Leeuwen N, Lingsma HF, Perel P, Lecky F, Roozenbeek B, Lu J, Shakur H, Weir J, Steyerberg EW, Maas AI
Neurosurgery, 2012, 70(4), pp:811-8; DOI:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318235d640

Burns represent a significant proportion of the total serious trauma workload in England and Wales
Nicholas S. Kalson, Tom Jenks, Maralyn Woodford, Fiona E. Lecky, Ken W. Dunn
Burns, 2012, 38(3), pp:330-9; DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2011.09.017.

Systolic blood pressure below 110 mmHg is associated with increased mortality in penetrating major trauma patients: Multicentre cohort study
Rebecca M. Hasler, Eveline Nuesch, Peter Jueni, Omar Bouamra, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Fiona Lecky
Resuscitation, 2012, 83(4), pp:476-81. DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.10.018.

Epidemiology of in-hospital trauma deaths
Rolf Lefering, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamara, Arasch Wafaisade, Ulrike Nienaber, Thomas Paffrath
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2012, 38(1), pp:3-9. DOI:10.1007/s00068-011-0168-4.

Diurnal variation in mortality in older nocturnal fallers
Geraldine McMahon, RoseAnne Kenny, Kathleen Bennett, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky
Age and Ageing, 2012, 41(1), pp:29-35; DOI:10.1093/ageing/afr119

Civilian firearm injury and death in England and Wales
M J Davies,C Wells, P A Squires, T J Hodgetts, F E Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2012; 29, pp:10-14; DOI:10.1136/emj.2009.085837

Recent Massive Blood Transfusion practice in England and Wales - view from a trauma registry
G. Fuller, O. Bouamra, M. Woodford, T. Jenks, S.Stanworth, S. Allard, T. Coats, K. Brohi, F. Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2012, 29(2), pp:118-23. DOI:10.1136/emj.2010.104349


2011

Prognostic value of various intracranial pathologies in traumatic brain injury
Mehdi Lesko, Omar Bouamra, Sarah o'Brien, Fiona Lecky
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2012, 38, pp:25–32; DOI:/10.1007/s00068-011-0167-5
Epub 06 Dec 2011

Modelling the effects of the weather on UK trauma units: a cross-sectional study

Nick Parsons, Michelle Odumenya, Antoinette Edwards, Fiona Lecky, Giles Pattison
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2011, 28(10), pp:851-855; DOI:10.1136/emj.2010.091058

Systolic blood pressure below 110mmHg is associated with increased mortality in blunt major trauma patients: multicenter cohort study

Rebecca M. Hasler, Eveline Nuesch, Peter Juni, Omar Bouamra, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Fiona Lecky
Resuscitation, 2011, 82(9), pp:1202-7; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.021

The effect of Specialist Neurosciences Care in Adult Severe Head Injury: A Cohort Study
Fuller G, Bouamra O, Woodford M, Jenks T, Patel H, Coats TJ, Oakley P, Mendelow D, Pigott T, Hutchinson PJ, and Lecky F
Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 2011, 23(3), pp:198-205; DOI:10.1097/ANA.0b013e3182161816

Temporal Trends in Head Injury outcomes from 2003 to 2010 in England and Wales

Fuller G, Bouamra O, Woodford M, Jenks T, Patel H, Coats TJ, Oakley P, Mendelow D, Pigott T, Hutchinson PJ, and Lecky F
British Journal of Neurosurgery 2011, 25(3), pp:414-21.; DOI:10.3109/02688697.2011.570882
**Winner of the CEM Rod Little Prize Session 2011**

Epidemiology and predictors of spinal injury in adult major trauma patients: European cohort study
Rebecca M. Hasler, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Omar Bouamra, Lorin M. Benneker, Mike Clancy, Robert Sieber, Heinz Zimmermann, Fiona Lecky
European Spine Journal, 2011, 20, pp:2174–2180; DOI:10.1007/s00586-011-1866-7

Comparison of Mortality Following Hospitalisation for Isolated Head Injury in England and Wales and Victoria, Australia
Belinda J Gabbe, Ronan A. Lyons, Fiona E Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Maralyn Woodford, Timothy J Coats, Peter A Cameron
PLoS ONE, 2011, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0020545

Vital signs and estimated blood loss in patients with major trauma: testing the validity of the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock
H R Guly, O Bouamra, M Hatton, P Dark, T Coats, P Driscoll, FE Lecky
Resuscitation, 2011, 82(5), pp:556-59; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.01.013.

The effect of an organised trauma system on mortality in major trauma involving serious head injury: A comparison of the United Kingdom and Victoria, Australia
Belinda J Gabbe, Fiona E Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Maralyn Woodford, Tom Jenks, Timothy J Coats, Peter A Cameron
Annals of Surgery, 2011, 253(1), pp:138-43. DOI:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f6685b


2010

Systematic Review of Major Trauma March 2010
Trauma Audit & Research Network & the Cochrane Injuries Group
Not available online.

Variation in recording of child maltreatment in administrative records of hospital admissions for injury in England, 1997 - 2009
Arturo González-Izquierdo, Jenny Woodman, Lynn Copley, Jan van der Meulen, Marian Brandon, Deborah Hodes, Fiona Lecky, Ruth Gilbert
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2010, 95(11), pp:918-25; DOI:10.1136/adc.2009.180216.

Testing the validity of the ATLS classification of hypovolemic shock
H R Guly, O Bouamra, R Little, P Dark, T Coats, P Driscoll, FE Lecky
Resuscitation, 2010, 81(9), pp:1142-7; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.007.

Risk of Mortality: The Relationship With Associated Injuries and Fracture Treatment Methods in Patients With Unilateral or Bilateral Femoral Shaft Fractures

Keith Willett, Hesham Al-Khateeb, Rohit Kotnis, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2010, 69(2), pp:405-10; DOI:10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e6138a.

Applying Composite Performance Measures to Trauma Care
Cameron Willis, Johannes Stoelwinder, Fiona Lecky, Maralyn Woodford, Tom Jenks, Omar Bouamra, Peter Cameron
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2010, 69(2), pp:256-62; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e5e2a3

Mortality following Severe Head Injury in the elderly
H Patel, O Bouamra, D Yates, M Woodford, F Lecky
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2010, 152(8), pp:1353-7; DOI:10.1007/s00701-010-0666-x

Comparing the systolic blood pressure (SB) and pulse rate (PR) in injured children with and without traumatic brain injury
Eleana Loizou, Omar Bouamra, Paul Dark, Bruce Martin, Fiona Lecky
Resuscitation, 2010, 81(4), pp:418-21; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.017

A Major Trauma Centre is a speciality hospital not a hospital of specialities
Ross Davenport, Nigel Tai, Anita West, Christopher Aylwin, Anne McGinley, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Maralyn Woodford, Michael Walsh, Karim Brohi
British Journal of Surgery, 2010; 97(1), pp:109-17; DOI:10.1002/bjs.6806

Using Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) codes to classify Computed Tomography (CT) features in the Marshall System
Mehdi Moazzez Lesko, Maralyn Woodford, Laura White, Sarah J O’Brien, Charmaine Childs, Fiona Lecky
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2010, 10, article:72; DOI:10.1186/1471-2288-10-72


2009

Screening injured children for physical abuse or neglect in emergency departments: a systematic review

J Woodman, F Lecky, D Hodes, M Pitt, B Taylor, R Gilbert
Child: Care, Health & Development, 2010, 36(2), pp:153-64. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01025.x
Epub 2009 Dec 29.

Intracranial bleeding in patients with traumatic brain injury: A prognostic study

Pablo Perel, Ian Roberts, Omar Bouamra, Maralyn Woodford, Jane Mooney, Fiona Lecky
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2009,9, article:15; DOI:10.1186/1471-227X-9-15

Paediatric trauma: injury pattern and mortality in the UK

Jane Bayreuther, Silke Wagener, Maralyn Woodford, Antoinette Edwards, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Evelyn Dykes
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice, 2009, 94, pp:37-41; DOI:10.1136/adc.2007.132787

Beyond the trauma registry (Editorial)

TJ Coats, FL Lecky, M Woodford
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2009, 102, pp:308–309; DOI:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090110


2008

Helsinki Trauma Outcome Study 2005: Audit on Outcome in Trauma Management in Adult Patients in Southern Part of Finland
Lauri Handolin, Ari Leppäniemi, Fiona Lecky, Omar Bouamra, Piia Hienonen, Satu Tirkkonen, Karin Pihlström, David Yates, Eero Hirvensalo
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2008, 34(6), pp:570-6; DOI:10.1007/s00068-007-7129-y

The use of Statistical Process Control for Monitoring Institutional Performance in Trauma Care
Jamie John Kirkham, Omar Bouamra
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2008, 65(6), pp:1494-501; DOI:10.1097/TA.0b013e31815ebabf

Management of Patients with Head Injury
AD Mendelow, J Timothy, AJW Steers, F Lecky, D Yates, O Bouamra, M Woodford,PJ Hutchinson
The Lancet, 2008, 372(9639), pp:685-7; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61280-5

Cost of Penetrating Trauma in England and Wales

Michael Christensen, Saxon Ridley, Fiona Lecky, Vicky Munro, Stephen Morris
Injury, 2008; 39(9), pp:1013-1025; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2008.01.012

Using Multiple Datasets to Understand Trends in Serious Road Traffic Casualties
Ronan Lyons, Heather Ward, Huw Brunt, Steven Macey, Roselle Thoreau, Maralyn Woodford
Accident, Analysis & Prevention, 2008, 40(4), pp:1406-10; DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.011

Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales
Michael Christensen, Saxon Ridley, Fiona Lecky, Vicky Munro, Stephen Morris
Critical Care, 2008, 12, article: R23; DOI:10.1186/cc6797

A proposed approach in defining population-based rates of major injury from a trauma registry dataset: Delineation of hospital catchment areas
Roxana Alexandrescu, Sarah J O'Brien, Ronan A Lyons, Fiona E Lecky
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8, article:80; DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-8-80

Determinants of hospital costs associated with traumatic brain injury in England and Wales
Stephen Morris, Saxon Ridley, Fiona Lecky, Vicky Munro, Michael Christensen
Anaesthesia, 2008, 63(5), pp:499-508; DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05432.x
Presented in part at EATES 2007, Gratz

The incidence of neurogenic shock in patients with isolated spinal cord injury in the emergency department
Henry Guly, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky
Resuscitation, 2008, 76(1), pp:57-62; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.06.008


2007

To resuscitate? Or not to resuscitate? That is the question
Bernard Foëx, Tony Gleeson, Fiona Lecky
Editorial Critical Care Medicine, 2007, 35(10), pp:2432-3; DOI:10.1097/01.CCM.0000284759.60703.5D

International comparison of prehospital trauma care systems
Bahman S. Roudsari, Avery B. Nathens, Peter Cameron, Ian Civil, Russel L. Gruen, Thomas D. Koepsell, Fiona E. Lecky, Rolf L. Lefering, Moishe Liberman, Charles N. Mock, Hans-Jo¨rg Oestern, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Christian Waydhas, Frederick P. Rivara
Injury, International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 2007, 38(9), pp:993-1000; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2007.03.028

An Analysis of Hospital Trauma Care Performance Evaluation

Bernice Dillon, Webwin Wang, Omar Bouamra
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2007, 62(5), pp:1215-22; DOI:10.1097/01.ta.0000221655.36019.21

Prevalence of Pelvic Fractures, Associated Injuries and Mortality: The United Kingdom Perspective
Peter Giannoudis, Martin Grotz, Christopher Tzioupis, Haralambos Dinopoulos, Gareth E Wells, Omar Bouamra, Fiona Lecky
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2007, 63(4), pp:875-83. DOI:10.1097/01.ta.0000242259.67486.15

A comparison of European Trauma Registries. The first report from the EuroTARN Group
The EuroTARN Writing Committee on behalf of the EuroTARN Group* **
Resuscitation, 2007, 75(2), pp:286-97; DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.06.023
*Corresponding author: Antoinette Edwards
**Writing Committee: Antoinette Edwards, Stefano Di Bartolomeo, Arturo Chieregato, Tim Coats, Francesco Della Corte, Peter Giannoudis, Ernestina Gomes, Henrik Groenborg, Rolf Lefering, Ari Leppaniemi, Hans Morten Lossius, Per Ortenwal, Olav Roise, Martin Rusnak, Leontien Sturms, Martin Smith, Annemarie Bondegaard Thomsen, Keith Willett, Maralyn Woodford, David Yates, Fiona Lecky.


2006

Outcome Prediction in Trauma
Omar Bouamra, Alan Wrotchford, Sally Hollis, Andy Vail, Maralyn Woodford, Fiona Lecky
Injury, 2006; 37(12), pp:1092-1097; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.029

A New Approach to Outcome Prediction in Trauma: A comparison with the TRISS Model
Omar Bouamra, Alan Wrotchford, Sally Hollis, Andy Vail, Maralyn Woodford, Fiona Lecky
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2006, 61(3), pp:701-10; DOI:10.1097/01.ta.0000197175.91116.10

A Comparison Study of the Injury Score Models
B Dillon, W Wang, O Bouamra
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, 32, pp:538–47; DOI:10.1007/s00068-006-5102-9

Ocular injuries in patients with major trauma
C M Guly, H R Guly, O Bouamra, R H Gray and F E Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2006, 23(12), pp:915-917; DOI:10.1136/emj.2006.038562

The effect of working hours on outcome from major trauma
H R Guly, G Leighton, M Woodford, O Bouamra, F Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2006, 23(4), pp:276-280; DOI:10.1136/emj.2005.028746

The Effect of Pre-Existing Medical Conditions and Age on Mortality After Injury

Sally Hollis, Fiona Lecky, David W. Yates, Maralyn Woodford
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2006, 61(5), pp:1255-60; DOI:10.1097/01.ta.0000243889.07090.da


2005

Trends in head injury outcome from 1989 to 2003 and the effect of neurosurgical care: an observational study
HC Patel, M Woodford, AT King, DW Yates, FE Lecky on behalf of the Trauma Audit & Research Network
The Lancet, 2005, 366(9496), pp:1538-44; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67626-X

Management of severe head injury: can we do it better?
Jeffrey V Rosenfeld, D James Cooper
Comment upon 'Trends in head injury outcome from 1989 to 2003 and the effect of neurosurgical care: an observational study'
The Lancet, 2005, 366(9496), pp:1509-10; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67609-X.

Head injuries: a study evaluating the impact of the NICE head injury guidelines

Z Hassan, M Smith, S Littlewood, O Bouamra, D Hughes, C Biggin, K Amos, AD Mendelow, F Lecky
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2005, 22(12), pp:845-9; DOI:10.1136/emj.2004.021717.

The Utilisation of intraosseous infusion in the resuscitation of paediatric major trauma patients
Smith R, Davis N, Bouamra O, Lecky F
Injury, 2005, 36(9), pp:1034-8; DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2004.11.008

Lack of consistency in threat to life from single injury abbreviated injury scale (AIS) 4 codes in different body areas

M Woodford, O Bouamra, A Wrotchford, DW Yates, FE Lecky
IUTAM Proceedings on Impact Biomechanics: From Fundemental Insights to Applications, Vol 24, Session 6, pp.329-336.


2000-2004

Patterns and risks in spinal trauma
Martin BW, Dykes E, Lecky FE
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2004, 89(9), pp:860-5. DOI:10.1136/adc.2003.029223.

Lack of change in trauma care in England and Wales since 1994
Lecky FE, Woodford M, Bouamra O, Yates DW
Emergency Medical Journal, 2002, 19(6), pp:520-523; DOI:10.1136/emj.19.6.520

Trauma care in England and Wales: Is this as good as it gets?
Lecky FE
Editorial - Emergency Medical Journal, 2002;19(6), pp:488-489; DOI:10.1136/emj.19.6.488

The influence of Medical Care on the Death Rate from Trauma in England and South Moravia
David W Yates, Petr Svoboda, Ilona Kantorova
European Journal of Trauma, 2002, 28, pp:304-309; DOI:10.1007/s00068-002-1123-1

Systolic hypertension and the response to blunt trauma in infants and children
Dark P, Woodford M, Vail A, Mackway-Jones K, Yates D, Lecky F
Resuscitation, 2002, 54(3), pp:245-53. DOI:10.1016/s0300-9572(02)00154-5

Trends in England and Wales 1989 - 1997
Lecky FE, Woodford M, Yates DW
The Lancet, 2000, 355(9217), pp:1771-5; DOI:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02264-9

Audit of time to emergency trauma laparotomy
Henderson K, Coats TJ, Hassan TB, Brohi K
British Journal of Surgery, 2000, 87(4), pp:472-6. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01392.x

The focused trauma ultrasound examination. Can, and should, accident and emergency physicians in the UK acquire this skill?
Robinson N
Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 2000, 17(5), pp:330-3; DOI:10.1136/emj.17.5.330-a
Clinical topic review for the Speciality examination for Fellowship of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine.


1992-1999

Unexpected Contribution of moderate traumatic brain injury to death after major trauma
McMahon G, Yates DW, Campbell F, Hollis S, Woodford M
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1999, 47(5), pp:891-5; DOI:10.1097/00005373-199911000-00013

Should UK emergency physicians undertake diagnostic ultrasound examinations?
Robinson N, Clancy MJ
Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1999, 16(4), pp:248-9; DOI:10.1136/emj.16.4.248.

Regional Trauma Systems - The negative results from an evaluation do not tell the whole story
DW Yates
BMJ, 1997, 315(7119), pp:1321–1322; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7119.1321

Reducing Death Rate in children and young adults: the contribution of hospital care
Roberts I, Campbell F, Hollis S, Yates DW
BMJ, 1996, 313(7067), pp:1239-41. DOI:10.1136/bmj.313.7067.1239

Trauma care systems in the United Kingdom, United States and South Africa
FE Lecky, DW Yates, RA Little
Trauma Care - an update 1995; 18-26
Not available online

Standardised Comparison of performance indicators in trauma: a new approach to case-mix variation
Hollis S, Yates DW, Woodford M, Foster P
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1995,38(5), pp:763-766; DOI:10.1097/00005373-199505000-00015

Towards statistical comparison of french and british systems of initial trauma care
D.W Yates, P Carli, M Woodford, C Soleil
Journal européen des urgences 1994; 7(2):88-93

Trauma audit - closing the loop
D.W.Yates, J. Bancewicz, M.Woodford, P.A. Driscoll, R.A.C. Jones, R. Kishen, D.R. Marsh and S Hollis
Injury, 1994, 25(8), pp:511-4; DOI:10.1016/0020-1383(94)90091-4

Trauma Audit Clinical judgment or statistical analysis?
Yates DW, Woodford M, Hollis, S
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1993, 75(5), pp:321-4

Preliminary Analysis of the care of injured patients in 33 British Hospitals: first report of the United Kingdom major trauma outcome study
Yates DW, Woodford M, Hollis, S
British Medical Journal 1992;305:737-740; DOI:10.1136/bmj.305.6856.737

ABC of major trauma. Scoring systems for trauma
DW Yates
BMJ, 1990, 301(6760), pp:1090-4; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6760.1090