A5010029200- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Renal function and acid-base balance
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
Fiona Stanley Hospital
2016-2025
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
2023
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
2014-2021
The Alfred Hospital
2013-2021
St John of God Subiaco Hospital
2014-2020
The University of Western Australia
2015-2020
St John of God Hospital
2014-2018
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
2016
Murdoch University
2016
Perkins School for Blind
2015
Trust is an important concept in social science research as a key factor organizational success and human resource practice. Few models of change encompass the role trust process change. Further, little empirical has focused on potential effects strategies employee management. To address this gap, paper explores effect that different types may have More specifically, it examines several major – technological, structural work involvement. Using data from most recent Australian Workplace...
Aims: Ultrasound is a non-invasive, non-ionising radiation modality which highly successful at soft tissue imaging.Groin pain from an occult hernia can be difficult clinical diagnosis made easier by good imaging.The aim of this study was to demonstrate the accuracy ultrasound in diagnosing and typing groin hernia, could lead its justification use imaging hernia.Patients Methods: A total 118 patients with prospectively underwent blinded, examination groin.All surgery these findings were...
Obesity is associated with an increased prevalence of psychiatric disorders. The association bariatric surgery mental health outcomes poorly understood.To investigate the incidence outpatient, emergency department (ED), and inpatient service use.This statewide, mirror-image, longitudinal cohort study used data from Western Australian Department Health Data Linkage Branch records all patients undergoing index (ie, first) in Australia over a 10-year period (January 2007-December 2016), mean...
Assess the incidence and determinants of hospitalization for deliberate self-harm mental health disorders, suicide after bariatric surgery.Limited recent literature suggests an increase in following surgery.A state-wide, population-based, self-matched, longitudinal cohort study over a 5-year period between 2007 2011. Utilizing Western Australian Department Health Data Linkage Unit records, all patients undergoing surgery (n = 12062) Australia were followed average 30.4 months preoperatively...
Abstract Biological age is increasingly recognized as being more accurate than chronological in determining chronic health outcomes. This study assessed whether biological age, on intensive care unit (ICU) admission, can predict hospital mortality. retrospective cohort study, conducted a tertiary multidisciplinary ICU Western Australia, used the Levine PhenoAge model to estimate each patient’s (also called PhenoAge). Each was calibrated generate regression residual which equivalent...
Acute kidney injury is a common complication present in critically ill patients and often managed by replacement therapy. Prolonged intermittent therapy (PIKRT) modality of utilized intensive care settings, but dosing recommendations pharmacokinetic data for antimicrobial removal during PIKRT are limited. Metronidazole, 5-nitroimidazole agent, commonly prescribed anaerobic protozoal infections. Although generally well tolerated, adverse effects including severe neurotoxicity have been...
Background: Most studies of the rapid response team (RRT) investigate effect introducing an RRT on outcomes all hospitalised patients. Less information exists patient epidemiology, or changes in call numbers with time.Objectives: To estimate inhospital mortality patients subject to review, proportion deaths reviewed by RRT, and annual time.Method: Retrospective observational study adult RRTequipped Australian hospitals for up 10 years (2000–2009).Participants outcome measures: Thirty-four...
To determine the long-term outcomes, health care utilization, and risk factors for complications after bariatric surgery.With burgeoning problem of obesity consequential rise in surgery, uncertainty remains as to whether this has been matched by a reduction utilization.A population-based linked-data cohort study, utilizing comprehensive set data, including detailed comorbidity complications, each individual who had undergone surgery between 2007 2011 Western Australia. Records were obtained...
Ten patients attending one general medical hospital clinic who fulfilled operational criteria for the diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and with a history longer than three months, underwent series standardized neuropsychological psychiatric tests. Nine were able to complete tests individually matched normal control group age, sex, educational background premorbid intelligence. The ME subjects showed inferior performance controls on two verbal memory. Their personality scores...
Furosemide, a loop diuretic, is used to increase urine output in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). It remains uncertain whether the benefits of furosemide AKI outweigh its potential harms. We investigated if influenced oxidative stress 30 critically ill by measuring changes F2-isoprostanes (F2-IsoPs), markers vivo stress, plasma and following intravenous furosemide. Urine F2-IsoPs were higher sepsis (p = 0.001) increased proportion 0.001). The furosemide-induced differed depending on...
<i>Background:</i> Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, and End-Stage (RIFLE) criteria have been proposed as a standard definition of acute kidney injury (AKI). The most severe form AKI, class F can be defined by either oliguria or 3-fold increase in serum creatinine concentrations. We hypothesized that the outcomes patients with these 2 alternative AKI were different. <i>Methods:</i> A prospective cohort study was conducted all attaining RIFLE during 12-month period tertiary...
When used to restrain rats while obtaining cardiac blood, there was little difference between the effects of ether, pentobarbitone sodium, and fentanyl plus droperidol on acid-base balance, haemoglobin, haematocrit, plasma protein, calcium magnesium. The use manual restraint increased blood acidity, magnesium, but decreased glucose. Haemoglobin haematocrit values were higher for tail than removed from heart or abdominal aorta.