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Kate Fitzsimons

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As seen in: Publishers Weekly, Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ Open, ComicsBeat, medRxiv
I write for ComicsBeat.com, PWComicsWorld and Publishers Weekly and produce the comics news podcast More To Come.
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Cleft lip sidedness and the association with additional congenital malformations

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By Matthew Fell, Kate Fitzsimons, Mark Hamilton, Jibby Medina
| medRxiv
The authors have declared no competing interest. Professor Sarah Lewis is supported by a project grant from the Medical Research Council (MR/T002093/1) I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.
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Number and timing of primary cleft lip and palate repair surgeries in England: whole nation study of electronic health records before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

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By David Etoori, Ruth Blackburn, Kate Fitzsimons, Sophie Butterworth
| BMJ Open Verified
Discussion This national study using routinely collected administrative hospital data of children born with an orofacial cleft in England found an 18% reduction in the number of first primary CLP repair procedures during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a delay of 1.6 months in the timing of the first primary lip repair procedure, compared with the preceding year. The largest difference was observed during the first quarter of the COVID-19 pandemic period.
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Longitudinal educational attainment among children with isolated oral cleft: a cohort study

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By Kate Fitzsimons, Scott A Deacon, Jibby Medina, Sophie Butterworth
| Archives of Disease in Childhood Verified
Abstract Objectives (1) To explore differences in educational attainment between children born with isolated clefts and the general population at ages 5, 7 and 11 years; (2) to describe longitudinal changes in attainment among children with cleft through primary education. Design Analysis of Cleft Registry and Audit Network data linked to national educational outcomes. Setting English state schools. Patients 832 children born with isolated cleft, aged 5 years in 2006–2008.
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