Selected Publications

• A J Brent, M Lakhanpaul, M Thompson, J Collier, S Ray, N Ninis, M Levin and R Macfaul (2011): Risk score to stratify children with suspected serious bacterial infection: observational cohort study. - Arch Dis Child.
• C Blacklock, R Mayon-White, N Coad and M Thompson (2011): Which symptoms and clinical features correctly identify serious respiratory infection in children attending a paediatric assessment unit? - Arch Dis Child, 96(8):708-14.
• Juliet A Usher-Smith, Matthew J Thompson, Stephen J Sharp and Fiona M Walter (2011): Factors associated with the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis of diabetes in children and young adults: a systematic review. - BMJ, 343:d4092.
• Ann Van den Bruel, Matthew J Thompson, Tanya Haj-Hassan, Richard Stevens, Henriette Moll, Monica Lakhanpaul and David Mant (2011): Diagnostic value of laboratory tests in identifying serious infections in febrile children: systematic review. - BMJ, 342:d3082.
• Annette Pluddemann, Christopher P Price, Matthew Thompson, Jane Wolstenholme and Carl Heneghan (2011): Primary care diagnostic technology update: point-of-care testing for glycosylated haemoglobin. - Br J Gen Pract, 61(583):139-40.
• Tanya Ali Haj-Hassan, Matthew J Thompson, Richard T Mayon-White, Nelly Ninis, Anthony Harnden, Lindsay Fp Smith, Rafael Perera and David C Mant (2011): Which early 'red flag' symptoms identify children with meningococcal disease in primary care? - Br J Gen Pract, 61(584):97-104.
• A J Brent, M Lakhanpaul, N Ninis, M Levin, R Macfaul and M Thompson (2011): Evaluation of temperature-pulse centile charts in identifying serious bacterial illness: observational cohort study. - Arch Dis Child.
• Susannah Fleming, Matthew Thompson, Richard Stevens, Carl Heneghan, Annette Pluddemann, Ian Maconochie, Lionel Tarassenko and David Mant (2011): Normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years of age: a systematic review of observational studies. - Lancet, 377(9770):1011-8.
• Tom Jefferson, Peter Doshi, Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan and Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group (2011): Ensuring safe and effective drugs: who can do what it takes? - BMJ, 342:c7258.
• Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan, Matthew Billingsley and Deborah Cohen (2011): Medical device recalls and transparency in the UK. - BMJ, 342:d2973.
• Ingrid Wolfe, Hilary Cass, Matthew J Thompson, Alan Craft, Ed Peile, Pieter A Wiegersma, Staffan Janson, T L Chambers and Martin McKee (2011): Improving child health services in the UK: insights from Europe and their implications for the NHS reforms. - BMJ, 342:d1277.
• Annette Pluddemann, Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan and Christopher Price (2011): Pulse oximetry in primary care: primary care diagnostic technology update. - Br J Gen Pract, 61(586):358-9.
• Annette Pluddemann, Carl Heneghan, Matthew Thompson, Jane Wolstenholme and Christopher P Price (2011): Dermoscopy for the diagnosis of melanoma: primary care diagnostic technology update. - Br J Gen Pract, 61(587):416-7.
• Annette Pluddemann, Carl Heneghan, Christopher P Price, Jane Wolstenholme and Matthew Thompson (2011): Point-of-care blood test for ketones in patients with diabetes: primary care diagnostic technology update. - Br J Gen Pract, 61(589):530-1.
• Y Wan, C Heneghan, R Stevens, R J McManus, A Ward, R Perera, M Thompson, L Tarassenko and D Mant (2010): Determining which automatic digital blood pressure device performs adequately: a systematic review. - J Hum Hypertens.
• Silvana Bettiol, Matthew J Thompson, Nia Wyn Roberts, Rafael Perera, Carl J Heneghan and Anthony Harnden (2010): Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough. - Cochrane Database Syst Rev(1):CD003257.
• Ann Van den Bruel, Tanya Haj-Hassan, Matthew Thompson, Frank Buntinx and David Mant (2010): Diagnostic value of clinical features at presentation to identify serious infection in children in developed countries: a systematic review. - Lancet, 375(9717):834-45.
• Lindsay Smith, Paul Ewings, Caroline Smith, Matthew Thompson, Anthony Harnden and David Mant (2010): Ear discharge in children presenting with acute otitis media: observational study from UK general practice. - Br J Gen Pract, 60(571):101-5.
• A Pluddemann, C Heneghan, M Thompson, N Roberts, N Summerton, L Linden-Phillips, C Packer and C P Price (2010): Prioritisation criteria for the selection of new diagnostic technologies for evaluation. - BMC Health Serv Res, 10(1):109.
• M Thompson and C Heneghan (2010): Antivirals for pandemic influenza: a triumph of policy over evidence? - Trends Pharmacol Sci.
• M Thompson, N Coad, A Harnden, R Mayon-White, R Perera and D Mant (2009): How well do vital signs identify children with serious infections in paediatric emergency care? - Arch Dis Child, 94(11):888-93.
• Gail Hayward, Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan, Rafael Perera, Chris Del Mar and Paul Glasziou (2009): Corticosteroids for pain relief in sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis. - BMJ, 339:b2976.
• Susanna Almond, David Mant and Matthew Thompson (2009): Diagnostic safety-netting. - Br J Gen Pract, 59(568):872-4; discussion 874.
• Matthew J Thompson, Anthony Harnden and Chris Del Mar (2009): Excluding serious illness in feverish children in primary care: restricted rule-out method for diagnosis. - BMJ, 338:b1187.
• C Heneghan, P Glasziou, M Thompson, P Rose, J Balla, D Lasserson, C Scott and R Perera (2009): Diagnostic strategies used in primary care. - BMJ, 338:b946.