Scholarly papers and presentations by staff in the Health Sciences and Medicine Faculty
Documents from 2012
Assessing the motives of living, non-related donors, Katrina A. Bramstedt and Francis L. Delmonico
Research review: Don't forget to slip, slop, slap ... and salute?, Mike Climstein and Joe Walsh
Sarcopenia in older adults, Timothy Henwood, Justin Keogh, and Mike Climstein
Documents from 2011
Point-of-care testing for Hb A1c in the management of diabetes: A systematic review and metaanalysis, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Andrew J. Farmer, Jennifer Hirst, Nia Roberts, Paul Glasziou, Rafael Perera, and Christopher P. Price
Monitoring adherence to drug treatment by using change in cholesterol concentration: Secondary analysis of trial data, Katy J. L. Bell, Adrienne Kirby, Andrew Hayen, Les Irwig, and Paul Glasziou
Prediction and surveillance of influenza epidemics, Justin R. Boyle, Ross S. Sparks, Gerben B. Keijzers, Julia L. Crilly, James F. Lind, and Louise M. Ryan
Buteyko breathing for asthma (protocol), Thomas G. Campbell, Tammy Hoffmann, and Paul P. Glasziou
Incidence of chronic disease and lipid profile in veteran rugby athletes, Mike Climstein, Joe Walsh, John Best, Ian Timothy Heazlewood, Stephen Burke, Jyrki Kettunen, Kent Adams, and Mark DeBeliso
Linking ambulance, emergency department and hospital admissions data: Understanding the emergency journey, Julia L. Crilly, John A. O'Dwyer, Marilla A. O'Dwyer, James F. Lind, Julia A.L. Peters, Vivienne C. Tippett, Marianne C. Wallis, Nerolie F. Bost, and Gerben B. Keijzers
New investments in primary care in Australia, Chris Del Mar
Problems and promises of innovation: Why healthcare needs to rethink its love/hate relationship with the new, Mary Dixon-Woods, Rene Amalberti, Steve Goodman, Bo Bergman, and Paul Glasziou
Letter to the editor: Antibiotics and acute otitis media in children, Paul Glasziou, Chris Del Mar, and Maroeska Rovers
Can evidence-based medicine and clinical quality improvement learn from each other?, Paul Glasziou, Greg Ogrinc, and Steve Goodman
GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction-GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables, Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D. Oxman, Elie A. Akl, Regina Kunz, Gunn E. Vist, Jan Brozek, Susan Norris, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Paul Glasziou, Hans deBeer, Roman Jaeschke, David Rind, Joerg Meerpohl, Philipp Dahm, and Holger J. Schunemann
GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes, Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D. Oxman, Regina Kunz, David Atkins, Jan Brozek, Gunn E. Vist, Philip Alderson, Paul Glasziou, Yngve Falck-Ytter, and Holger J. Schunemann
Falls after discharge from hospital: Is there a gap between older peoples’ knowledge about falls prevention strategies and the research evidence?, Anne-Marie Hill, Tammy Hoffmann, Christopher Beer, Steven McPhail, Keith D. Hill, David Oliver, Sandra G. Brauer, and Terry P. Haines
Evaluation of the sustained effect of inpatient falls prevention education and predictors of falls after hospital discharge: Follow-up to a randomised controlled trial, Anne-Marie Hill, Tammy Hoffmann, Steven McPhail, Christopher Beer, Keith D. Hill, David Oliver, Sandra G. Brauer, and Terrence P. Haines
Predicting influenza A and 2009 H1N1 influenza in patients admitted to hospital with acute respiratory illness, Gerben B. Keijzers, Caleb Nathaniel Kai-Lik Vossen, Ping Zhang, Deborough MacBeth, Petra Derrington, John Gregory Gerrard, and Jenny Doust
Cardiovascular risk scores do not account for the effect of treatment: A review, Su May Liew, Jenny Doust, and Paul Glasziou
Patterns of 'leakage' in the utilisation of clinical guidelines: A systematic review, Sharon Mickan, Amanda Burls, and Paul Glasziou
A comparison of capillary and venous blood sampling methods for the use in haemorheology studies, Michael J. Simmonds, Oguz K. Baskurt, Herbert J. Meiselman, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik
Haemorheology of the eastern grey kangaroo and the Tasmanian devil, Michael J. Simmonds, Oguz K. Baskurt, Herbert J. Meiselman, Michael Pyne, Michael Kakanis, Ekua Brenu, James Keane, Rhys Christy, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik
Phasic activity of urinary bladder smooth muscle in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat: Effect of potassium channel modulators, Bahareh Vahabi, Kim Lawson, Neil G. McKay, and Donna Sellers
The role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells in mediating phasic contractions of bladder strips from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Bahareh Vahabi, Neil G. McKay, Kim Lawson, and Donna J. Sellers
Improved body mass index classification for football code masters athletes: A comparison to the Australian national population, Joe Walsh, Mike Climstein, Ian Timothy Heazlewood, Stephen Burke, Jyrki Kettunen, Kent Adams, and Mark DeBeliso
The loess regression relationship between age and BMI for both Sydney World Masters Games athletes and the Australian national population, Joe Walsh, Mike Climstein, Ian Timothy Heazlewood, Stephen Burke, Jyrki Kettunen, Kent Adams, and Mark DeBeliso
Body mass index of masters basketball players, Joe Walsh, Mike Climstein, Ian Timothy Heazlewood, Mark DeBeliso, Kent Adams, Stephen Burke, and Jyrki Kettunen
Body site distribution of skin cancer, pre-malignant and common benign pigmented lesions excised in general practice, Philippa H. Youl, Monika Janda, Joanne F. Aitken, Chris B. Del Mar, David C. Whiteman, and Peter D. Baade
Documents from 2010
The use of adhesive tape for recovery of DNA from crime scene items, Mark Barash, Ayeleth Reshef, and Paul Brauner
Assessment of the hemorheological profile of koala and echidna, Oguz K. Baskurt, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Michael Pyne, Michael Simmonds, Ekua Brenu, Rhys Christy, and Herbert J. Meiselman
Seventy-five trials and eleven systematic reviews a day: How will we ever keep up?, Hilda Bastian, Paul Glasziou, and Iain Chalmers
Biocompatibility of individually designed scaffolds with human periosteum for use in tissue engineering, Stephan T. Becker, Timothy Douglas, Yahya Acil, Hermann Seitz, Sureshan Sivananthan, Jörg Wiltfang, and Patrick H. Warnke
Developing advocacy in physiotheraphy students: Working with our Tanzanian colleagues, Mara Bennett
The immune system in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, Ekua W. Brenu, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, and Donald R. Staines
Immune and hemorheological changes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Ekua W. Brenu, Donald R. Staines, Oguz K. Baskurt, Kevin J. Ashton, Sandra B. Ramos, Rhys M. Christy, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik
Forensic osteology, Christopher A. Briggs, Denise Donlon, and Walter B. Wood
Attitudes to infant feeding decision-making - A mixed-methods study of Australian medical students and GP registrars, Wendy Brodribb, Tony Fallon, Claire Jackson, and Desley Hegney
The relationship between performances at U-14 international youth tournaments and later success in tennis, Jessie Brouwers, Veerle De Bosscher, Hebe Schaillée, Jasper Truyens, and Popi Sotiriadou
Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment for vertebral fractures, Rachelle Buchbinder, David Kallmes, and Paul Glasziou
Pathaid: The interpretation of common pathology tests and the pathological diagnosis of disease, Warwick Carter
Factors for evaluating the web as a marketing tool in Greek sport, George Costa, Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Shayne Quick, Efi Tsitskari, and George Tzetzis
Interventions for preventing mastitis after childbirth (Review), Maree Anne Crepinsek, Linda Crowe, Keryl Michener, and Neil A. Smart
The inhibitory role of acetylcholine and muscarinic receptors in bladder afferent activity, Donna M. Daly, Russell Chess-Williams, Christopher Chapple, and David Grundy
But what should journals actually do to keep industry sponsored research unbiased?, Chris Del Mar
Urinary tract infections in healthy women: A revolution in management?, Chris Del Mar
Information needs, asking questions and some basics of research studies, Chris Del Mar and Tammy Hoffmann
Has the investment in general practice research been worthwhile?, Christopher B. Del Mar and Mieke van Driel
Novel ceramic bone replacement material CeraBall® seeded with human mesenchymal stem cells, Timothy Douglas, Qin Liu, Andreas Humpe, Jörg Wiltfang, Sureshan Sivananthan, and Patrick H. Warnke
Qualification versus validation of biomarkers, Jenny Doust
Platelet-rich fibrin membranes as scaffolds for periosteal tissue engineering, Volker L. Gassling, Timothy Douglas, Patrick H. Warnke, Yahya Acil, Jörg Wiltfang, and Stephan T. Becker
Emergency care workload units: A novel tool to compare emergency department activity, Audra Gedmintas, Nerolie Bost, Gerben Keijzers, David Green, and James Lind
Reducing the waste in health care research, Paul Glasziou
Cost-effectiveness of lowering blood pressure with a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide in type 2 diabetes mellitus: An ADVANCE trial-based analysis, Paul P. Glasziou, Philip Clarke, Jan Alexander, Mohana Rajmokan, Elaine Beller, Mark Woodward, John Chalmers, Neil Poulter, and Anushka Patel
Developing the guidelines for preventive care: Two decades of experience, Mark F. Harris, Linda Bailey, Teri Snowdon, John Litt, Jane W. Smith, Beres Joyner, and John Furler
Diagnosis of heart failure in primary care, F. D. R. Hobbs, Jenny Doust, J. Mant, and M. R. Cowie
Questions about the effects of interventions: Examples of appraisals from different health professions, Tammy Hoffmann, John W. Bennett, Mark R. Elkins, Craig Lockwood, Angela Morgan, Sharon Sanders, Alan Spencer, Luis Vitetta, and Caroline Wright
Introduction to evidence-based practice, Tammy Hoffmann, Sally Bennett, and Chris Del Mar
Non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea caused by ethmoid sinus osteoma, Charlie C.-T. Hsu, Gigi N. C. Kwan, and Sandeep S. Bhuta
Embolisation therapy for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (Review), Charlie C-T. Hsu, Gigi N. C. Kwan, Shane A. Thompson, and Mieke L. van Driel
Assessment of DNA degradation and the genotyping success of highly degraded samples, Sheree R. Hughes-Stamm, Kevin J. Ashton, and Angela van Daal
Sensory system function and postural stability in men aged 30-80 years, Sara Illing, Nancy Low Choy, Jennifer Nitz, and Melissa Nolan
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses (Review), Tom Jefferson, Chris Del Mar, Liz Dooley, Eliana Ferroni, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Ghada A. Bawazeer, Mieke L. van Driel, Sreekumaran Nair, Ruth Foxlee, and Alessandro Rivetti
Vaccines for preventing influenza in the elderly, Tom Jefferson, Carlo Di Pietrantonj, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Eliana Ferroni, Sarah Thorning, and Roger E. Thomas
Manikins across the lifespan: Intertwining scenarios with hi-fidelity simulation to teach medical students clinical skills, Patricia Johnson
BioSMART: An integrated programme to enhance graduate skills in biomedical science, Peter J. Johnson, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Kevin Ashton, John Leggett, Russ Chess-Williams, and Debra Henly
From novice to expert: Building professional acumen through tertiary education programs, Clive M. Jones
Current strategies to repair the injured central nervous system, R. Juneja and K. S. Bedi
The open window of susceptibility to infection after acute exercise in healthy young male elite athletes, Michael W. Kakanis, Jonathan Peake, Ekua W. Brenu, Michael Simmonds, A. Bon Gray, Sue L. Hooper, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik
Doctors' knowledge of patient radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging requested in the emergency department, Gerben B. Keijzers and Charles J. Britton
Does a dedicated pediatric team within a busy mixed emergency department make a difference in waiting times, satisfaction, and care transition?, Gerben Keijzers, Julia Crilly, Benjamin Walters, Rosalind Crawford, and Christa Bell
In vitro release of adenosine triphosphate from the urothelium of human bladders with detrusor overactivity, both neurogenic and idiopathic, Vivek Kumar, Christopher R. Chapple, Derek Rosario, Paul R. Tophill, and Russell Chess-Williams
The effect of strength training and short-term detraining on maximum force and the rate of force development of older men, Dale I. Lovell, Ross Cuneo, and Greg C. Gass
Can aerobic training improve muscle strength and power in older men?, Dale I. Lovell, Ross Cuneo, and Gregory C. Gass
General practice research: Training and capacity building, Parker J. Magin, Marie Pirotta, Emily Farrell, and Mieke van Driel
Mortality rate comparsion after switching from continuous to prolonged intermittent renal replacement for acute kidney injury in three intensive care units from different countries, Mark R. Marshall, Julie M. Creamer, Michelle Foster, Tian M. Ma, Susan L. Mann, Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Brent Richards, Vanessa L. Wilson, Anthony B. Williams, and Alan P. N. Rankin
Creatine kinase and endocrine responses of elite players pre, during, and post rugby league match play, Christopher P. McLellan, Dale I. Lovell, and Gregory Gass
Physical function and health-related quality of life of older adults undergoing hospital rehabilitation: How strong is the association?, Steven McPhail, Elaine Beller, and Terry Haines
Reference bias: Presentation of extreme health states prior to EQ-VAS improves health-related quality of life scores. A randomised cross-over trial, Steven McPhail, Elaine Beller, and Terry Haines
Gallstone ileus: A difficult emergency diagnosis!, B. Memon, H. Sharma, M A. Anwar, and M. A. Memon
Assessing the surgeon's technical skills: Analysis of the available tools, Muhammed Ashraf Memon, David Brigden, and Manjunath S. Subramanya
Oral assessment and postgraduate medical examinations: Establishing conditions for validity, reliability and fairness, Muhammed Ashraf Memon, Gordon Rowland Joughin, and Breda Memon
Drug interactions with complementary medicines, Geraldine M. Moses and Treasure M. McGuire
Stakeholders' views on the routine use of n-of-1 trials to improve clinical care and to make resource allocation decisions for drug use, Jane Nikles, Geoffrey K. Mitchell, Alexandra Clavarino, Michael J. Yelland, and Christopher B. Del Mar
Age-related changes in musculoskeletal function, balance and mobility measures in men aged 30-80 years, Melissa Nolan, Jennifer Nitz, Nancy Low Choy, and Sara Illing
Rates of radiologically confirmed pneumonia as defined by the World Health Organization in Northern Territory Indigenous children, Kerry-Ann F. O'Grady, Debbie M. Taylor-Thompson, Anne B. Chang, Paul J. Torzillo, Peter S. Morris, Grant A. Mackenzie, Gavin R. Wheaton, Paul A. Bauert, Margaret P. De Campo, John F. De Campo, and Alan R. Ruben
Undernutrition during either the pre- or immediate post-weaning period does not affect longevity in Quackenbush mice, G. Partadiredja and K. S. Bedi
Undernutrition during the gestation and suckling periods does not cause any loss of pyramidal neurons in the CA2-CA3 region of the rat hippocampus, G. Partadiredja and K. S. Bedi
Assessment of immune function after short-term administration of recombinant human growth hormone in healthy young males, Sandra B. Ramos, Ekua W. Brenu, Rhys Christy, A. Bon Gray, Lars McNaughton, Lotti Tajouri, Mieke Van Driel, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik
Antibacterial prophylaxis in dermatologic surgery: An evidence-based review, Helen Rosengren and Anthony Dixon
Elasmobranch qPCR reference genes: A case study of hypoxia preconditioned epaulette sharks, Kalle T. Rytkönen, Gillian M. C. Renshaw, Kevin J. Ashton, Grant Williams-Pritchard, Erica H. Leder, and Mikko Nikinmaa
Using N-of-1 trials to improve patient management and save costs, Paul A. Scuffham, Jane Nikles, Geoffrey K. Mitchell, Michael J. Yelland, Norma Vine, Christopher J. Poulos, Peter I. Pillans, Guy Bashford, Chris del Mar, Philip J. Schluter, and Paul Glasziou
Effects of Swiss-ball core strength training on strength, endurance, flexibility, and balance in sedentary women, Betül Sekendiz, Mutlu Cüg, and Feza Korkusuz
Exercise & Sports Science Australia Position Statement on exercise training and chronic heart failure, Steve E. Selig, Itamar Levinger, Andrew D. Williams, Neil Smart, David J. Holland, Andrew Maiorana, Daniel J. Green, and David L. Hare
Heart rate variability is related to impaired haemorheology in older women with type 2 diabetes, Michael J. Simmonds, Surendran Sabapathy, Gregory C. Gass, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Luke J. Hassler, Rhys M. Christy, and Clare L. Minahan
High-risk lesions: ALH/LCIS/ADH, Chanel E. Smart, Colin M. Furnival, and Sunil R. Lakhani
The sport development processes in Australia: The attraction, retention/transition, and nurturing of sport participants and athletes, Popi Sotiriadou
A case study validating the attraction and retention of sport club members, Popi Sotiriadou, Shayne Quick, and David Shilbury
Information from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of physicians' prescribing: A systematic review, Geoffrey K. Spurling, Peter R. Mansfield, Brett D. Montgomery, Joel Lexchin, Jenny Doust, Noordin Othman, and Agnes I. Vitry
Sudden infant death syndrome: Postulated role of impaired vasoactive neuropeptide-related inflammatory modulation, Donald R. Staines, Ekua Weba Brenu, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Emergency intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair of incarcerated Spigelian hernia, M. S. Subramanya, J. Chakraborty, B. Memon, and M. A. Memon