List of works - Edward Purssell

Antipyretic use in Children: More than Just Temperature ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Applying thematic synthesis to interpretation and commentary in epidemiological studies: identifying what contributes to successful interventions to promote hand hygiene in patient care

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

Can the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme check-lists be used alongside Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation to improve transparency and decision-making?

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Changing the paradigm: messages for hand hygiene education and audit from cluster analysis.

scientific article

Children infected with meningitis before 1 year of age were at increased risk of disability at 5 years of age

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Combining paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever in children.

scientific article

Commentary on Farnell S, Maxwell L, Tan, S, Rhodes A & Phillips A (2005) Temperature measurement: comparison of non-invasive methods used in adult critical care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 632-639.

scientific article published on January 2007

Cyclooxygenase inhibitors inhibit antibody response through interference with MAPK/ERK pathways and BLIMP-1 inhibition

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

Development of a scale to measure parental self-efficacy in the care of pre-school children during periods of health and minor illness: integrating health and social policy methods.

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

Do doctors' smoking habits influence their smoking cessation practices? A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 05 August 2014

Does the Use of Antipyretics in Children Who Have Acute Infections Prolong Febrile Illness? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on 08 May 2013

Does the Use of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine in Treating Patients with Uncomplicated falciparum Malaria Reduce the Risk for Recurrent New falciparum Infection More Than Artemether-Lumefantrine?

scientific article

Eligibility criteria in systematic reviews published in prominent medical journals: a methodological review.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Eligibility criteria in systematic reviews: A methodological review.

scientific article published on 16 February 2015

Evolutionary nursing: the case of infectious diseases.

scientific article

Fever in children--a concept analysis.

scientific article published on 14 September 2013

Fever phobia 35 years later: did we fail?

scientific article published in January 2016

Fever phobia: The impact of time and mortality--a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Impact of isolation on hospitalised patients who are infectious: systematic review with meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

Impaired mobility associated with an increased likelihood of death in children: A systematic review.

scientific article published in January 2017

Is it really theoretical? A review of sampling in grounded theory studies in nursing journals.

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Isolating infectious patients: organizational, clinical, and ethical issues ⬇️

scholarly article by Dinah J Gould et al published August 2018 in American Journal of Infection Control

Listening to children: medical treatment and consent

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Needs and priorities of young people with human immunodeficiency virus.

scientific article

Nurses' smoking habits and their professional smoking cessation practices. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 2 November 2016

P = nothing, or why we should not teach healthcare students about statistics.

scientific article

Parental self-efficacy and its measurement - an evaluation of a parental self-efficacy measurement scale.

scientific article published on 2 November 2012

Physical treatment of fever.

scientific article published on March 2000

Preventing infection in intravenous catheters in the community

scientific article

Preventing nosocomial infection in paediatric wards.

scientific article published on September 1996

Reply: To PMID 23664629.

scientific article

Reviewing the importance of the cold chain in the distribution of vaccines

scientific article published on October 2015

Shingles vaccination: background and advice for community nurses.

scientific article published on September 2014

Survey to explore understanding of the principles of aseptic technique: Qualitative content analysis with descriptive analysis of confidence and training.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Systematic review of studies comparing combined treatment with paracetamol and ibuprofen, with either drug alone ⬇️

scientific article published on August 24, 2011

The diagnosis, transmission and prevention of HIV-1 in the infant under 18 months of age: implications for nursing practice.

scientific article

Treating fever in children: paracetamol or ibuprofen?

scientific article

Treatment abandonment in children with cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Treatment of fever and over-the-counter medicines

scientific article

Uncertainties and anxieties about vaccination, answering parent's concerns.

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

What is the relationship between increased access to HAART, relationship status and fertility decisions amongst HIV-positive women? A literature review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Who's afraid of fever?

scientific article

List of works by Edward Purssell

Antipyretic use in Children: More than Just Temperature ⬇️

Applying thematic synthesis to interpretation and commentary in epidemiological studies: identifying what contributes to successful interventions to promote hand hygiene in patient care

Can the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme check-lists be used alongside Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation to improve transparency and decision-making?

Changing the paradigm: messages for hand hygiene education and audit from cluster analysis.

Children infected with meningitis before 1 year of age were at increased risk of disability at 5 years of age

Combining paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever in children.

Commentary on Farnell S, Maxwell L, Tan, S, Rhodes A & Phillips A (2005) Temperature measurement: comparison of non-invasive methods used in adult critical care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 632-639.

Cyclooxygenase inhibitors inhibit antibody response through interference with MAPK/ERK pathways and BLIMP-1 inhibition

Development of a scale to measure parental self-efficacy in the care of pre-school children during periods of health and minor illness: integrating health and social policy methods.

Do doctors' smoking habits influence their smoking cessation practices? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Does the Use of Antipyretics in Children Who Have Acute Infections Prolong Febrile Illness? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ⬇️

Does the Use of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine in Treating Patients with Uncomplicated falciparum Malaria Reduce the Risk for Recurrent New falciparum Infection More Than Artemether-Lumefantrine?

Eligibility criteria in systematic reviews published in prominent medical journals: a methodological review.

Eligibility criteria in systematic reviews: A methodological review.

Evolutionary nursing: the case of infectious diseases.

Fever in children--a concept analysis.

Fever phobia 35 years later: did we fail?

Fever phobia: The impact of time and mortality--a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Impact of isolation on hospitalised patients who are infectious: systematic review with meta-analysis

Impaired mobility associated with an increased likelihood of death in children: A systematic review.

Is it really theoretical? A review of sampling in grounded theory studies in nursing journals.

Isolating infectious patients: organizational, clinical, and ethical issues ⬇️

Listening to children: medical treatment and consent

Needs and priorities of young people with human immunodeficiency virus.

Nurses' smoking habits and their professional smoking cessation practices. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

P = nothing, or why we should not teach healthcare students about statistics.

Parental self-efficacy and its measurement - an evaluation of a parental self-efficacy measurement scale.

Physical treatment of fever.

Preventing infection in intravenous catheters in the community

Preventing nosocomial infection in paediatric wards.

Reply: To PMID 23664629.

Reviewing the importance of the cold chain in the distribution of vaccines

Shingles vaccination: background and advice for community nurses.

Survey to explore understanding of the principles of aseptic technique: Qualitative content analysis with descriptive analysis of confidence and training.

Systematic review of studies comparing combined treatment with paracetamol and ibuprofen, with either drug alone ⬇️

The diagnosis, transmission and prevention of HIV-1 in the infant under 18 months of age: implications for nursing practice.

Treating fever in children: paracetamol or ibuprofen?

Treatment abandonment in children with cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Treatment of fever and over-the-counter medicines

Uncertainties and anxieties about vaccination, answering parent's concerns.

What is the relationship between increased access to HAART, relationship status and fertility decisions amongst HIV-positive women? A literature review and meta-analysis.

Who's afraid of fever?