Publications

Publication: Paediatric ENT Emergencies – more than ‘just’ things stuck up children’s noses – S.Reynolds, H.Cunniffe, J.Bewick, N.Richens (2025) – BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood (2025) – Approved, pre-print.

Publication: Bivalent prefusion F vaccination in pregnancy and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation in infants in the UK: results of a multicentre, test-negative, case-control study – T.C.Williams et al (PERUKI & BronchStart Collaboration) – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (2025) DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00155-5

Publication: Maternal Views on RSV vaccination during the first season of implementation in England and Scotland – T.Williams et at (N.Richens – contributor, PERUKI and BronchStart Collaboration). The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2025) Vol. 25, Issue 3, E135-136 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00060-X/fulltext

Publication: Changes in paediatric respiratory infections at a UK teaching hospital 2016-2021; impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – S. Lumley, N.Richens, et al. The Journal of Infection. (2022) Jan;84(1)40-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.10.022.

Publication: Critical Care Course of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 and Response to Immunomodulation – N.Richens et al. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721456.

Publication: Intensive care admission of children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) in the UK: a multicenter observational study – Davies et al, The Lancet (Child &Adolescent Health) Vol 4, Issue 9, P669-677 (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30215-7. (Data Collection)

Publication: Self-assessment – Paediatric Emergency Department Presentations – N.Richens, S.Hartshorn, Paediatrics and Child Health Journal, (2016) Vol 26, Issue 11, P508-512. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2016.06.013.

Poster: A Breath of Fresh Air – The Oxford Paediatric Lung Ultrasound Training and Observation (PLUTO) QI Study – S.Baldelli, N.Richens – Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) National Conference 2023.

Presentation: Paediatric Emergency Department Influence on Medical Student Experience of Respiratory Pathology – Clerking The Common Colds of Childhood– S.Baldelli, N.Richens – Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) National Conference 2023.

Presentation: Paediatric Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department – The Ketamine Journey – A Good Trip or Bad? – S.Vettikumaran, N.Richens – Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) National Conference 2023.

Poster: A Breath of Fresh Air – N.Richens, S.Baldelli – Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) National Conference 2023.

Poster: A Breath of Fresh Air PLUTO–Paediatric Lung Ultrasound Training and Observation Project – N.Richens, S.Baldelli – Oxford Society of Emergency Medicine (OSEM) National Conference 2023.

Poster: Paediatric Emergency Department Influence on Medical Student Experience of Respiratory Pathology – N.Richens, S.Baldelli – Oxford Society of Emergency Medicine (OSEM) National Conference 2023.

Poster/Presentation: “Entero de Sabiduría” – “The Entire Wisdom” – The Challenges of Enterovirus Infection and a Life Not Saved. – N.Richens, N.Dole – Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Paediatric Emergency Medicine National Conference 2022.

QI/Poster/Presentation: A breath of fresh air – Utilising Medical Students to Aid Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Lung Assessment Research Development in the Paediatric Emergency Department – N.Richens et al – Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Paediatric Emergency Medicine National Conference 2022.

Poster/Presentation: TikTok – The Ticking Time Bomb of Adolescent Functional Neurology, Social Media Influence, and The Evolution of Medical Education – N.Richens, N.Dole – Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Paediatric Emergency Medicine National Conference 2022.

Audit/Poster/Presentation: The First Breath Is The Fastest – Oxygen Consumption in Acute Resuscitation Areas Across Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) and Paediatric High Dependency/Intensive Care Unit (HDU/PICU) Settings – N.Richens, N.Dole – Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Paediatric Emergency Medicine National Conference 2022.

QI/Audit/Poster: Where Has All The Oxygen Gone? – N.Richens – Oxford Society of Emergency Medicine (OSEM) National Conference 2021.

Audit/QI: PLUTO – Paediatric Lung Ultrasound Training and Observation Project – N.Richens – Presented at the West Midlands Deanery Quality Improvement Clinic Training Program 2021.

Poster: Be Head Smart: Raising Concerns Can Save A Life – N.Richens, M.Dawson – Oxford Society of Emergency Medicine (OSEM) National Conference 2020.

Poster: P278 Improving the quality of acute and inpatient management of paediatric anaphylaxis through the simulation of intramuscular adrenaline administration – N. Richens et al, BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol 104, Issue Suppl 3, 2019 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-epa.628

Audit/Poster: G460(P) Emergency antibiotic administration to children at high risk of sepsis – using the golden hour – Nicholas Richens et al, BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol 104, Issue Suppl 2, 2019 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.445

Audit/Poster: G461(P) Antibiotic therapy in high risk of sepsis emergency department patients – the debate about who should deliver the care – Nicholas Richens et al, BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol 104, Issue Suppl 2, 2019 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.446

QI/Poster: 736 Quality improvement in the management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) to reduce the number of referrals for ECMO – V.Venugopalam, S.Sivakumar, N.Richens – ESPNIC 2019

Poster: Evaluation of Novel Student Feedback Methods in An Acute Paediatric Lecture Series – N.Richens et al. – Paediatric Educators Special Interest Group (PEDSIG) Winter Meeting, 2018

Audit/Poster: P37 An analysis of ECMO referral rates from a level 2 neonatal unit – Nicholas Richens et al, Heart Vol 102, Issue Suppl 1, 2015 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309377.37