Scholarly papers and presentations by staff in the Health Sciences and Medicine Faculty
Documents from 2009
Health care-associated bloodstream infections associated with negative - or positive - pressure or displacement mechanical valve needleless connectors, William R. Jarvis, Cathryn Murphy, Keri K. Hall, Pamela J. Fogle, Tobi B. Karchmer, Glenys Harrington, Cassandra Salgado, Eve T. Giannetta, Carol Cameron, and Robert J. Sherertz
Lp(a) and coronary disease: Rules of engagement - when to measure and how to treat, Rohan Jayasinghe and Karam M. Kostner
Genetics and cardiovascular disease: Design and development of a DNA biobank, Satyajit Rohan Jayasinghe, Akshay Mishra, Angela Van Daal, and Edmond Kwan
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: Systematic review, Tom Jefferson, Chris Del Mar, Liz Dooley, Eliana Ferroni, Lubna A. Al-Ansary, Shaikh Abdullah S. Bahamdam, Ghada A. Bawazeer, Mieke L. van Driel, Ruth Foxlee, and Alessandro Rivetti
Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Tom Jefferson, Mark Jones, Peter Doshi, and Chris Del Mar
Possible harms of oseltamivir—A call for urgent action, Tom Jefferson, Mark Jones, Peter Doshi, and Chris Del Mar
Influence of β2-adrenoceptor gene polymorphisms on β2-adrenoceptor expression in human lung, Linda J. Kay, Kim Suvarna, Anne-Marie Scola, Amin Rostami-Hodjegan, Russell Chess-Williams, and Peter T. Peachell
The effect of captopril on progression of retinopathy in type 2 diabetes, Mohammad E. Khamseh, Bahareh Safarnejad, and Hamid R. Baradaran
Splenic rupture after colonoscopy: A case report, Anthony J. Kiosoglous, Raphael Varghese, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Resistance training reduces the blood pressure response of older men during submaximum aerobic exercise, Dale I. Lovell, Ross Cuneo, and Greg C. Gass
Strength training improves submaximum cardiovascular performance in older men, Dale I. Lovell, Ross Cuneo, and Greg C. Gass
Systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of diagnosis of heart failure, with modelling of implications of different diagnostic strategies in primary care, J. Mant, J. Doust, A. Roalfe, P. Barton, M. R. Cowie, P. Glasziou, D. Mant, R. J. McManus, R. Holder, J. Deeks, K. Fletcher, M. Qume, S. Sohanpal, S. Sanders, and F. D. R. Hobbs
Anabolic androgenic steroids effects on the immune system: A review, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Rachel Green, Ekua W. Brenu, and Robert P. Weatherby
Review of the quality of complementary medicines information resources: Summary report, Treasure McGuire, Julie Walters, Angela Dean, Mieke van Driel, Chris Del Mar, Vicki Kotsirilos, Geraldine Moses, Steven Chong, Gary Deed, Barbara Eldred, Janet Hardy, Honey Heussler, Samantha Hollingsworth, Loretta Marron, Joy Mendel, David Pache, Kathryn Steadman, Helen Trenerry, Jared Brown, and Margaret Williamson
Pharmacology of the internal anal sphincter and its relevance to faecal incontinence, K. Mills and R. Chess-Williams
Preliminary results of a meta-analysis evaluating the effect of immunonutrition on outcomes of elective gastrointestinal surgery, Emma Osland, Md Belal Hossain, Shahjahan Khan, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Letter to the editors: Early enteral nutrition within 24 h of intestinal surgery versus later commencement of feeding: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Emma Osland, Rossita Yunus, Shahjahan Khan, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Benefits of early feeding versus traditional nil-by-mouth nutritional postoperative management in gastrointestinal resectional surgery patients: A meta-analysis, Emma Osland, Rossita Mohamad Yunus, Shahjahan Khan, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Early life undernutrition alters the level of reduced glutathione but not the activity levels of reactive oxygen species enzymes or lipid peroxidation in the mouse forebrain, G. Partadiredja, S. Worrall, and K. S. Bedi
Is Wikipedia unsuitable as a clinical information resource for medical students?, Michael P. Pender, Kaye E. Lasserre, Lisa M. Kruesi, Chris B. Del Mar, and Satyamurthy Anuradha
Searching of optimal vaccination schedules: Application of genetic algorithms to approach the problem in cancer immunoprevention, Marzio Alfio Pennisi, Francesco Pappalardo, Ping Zhang, and Santo Motta
Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials comparing open and laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery, Matthew James Peters, Athar Mukhtar, Rossita Mohamad Yunus, Shahjahan Khan, Juanita Pappalardo, Breda Memon, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children (Review), Sharon Sanders, Paul P. Glasziou, Chris Del Mar, and Maroeska Rovers
Design and evaluation of a new device for fungal spore aerosolization for laboratory applications, Elly Scheermeyer and Igor E. Agranovski
The status of the professional development programmes of the health and fitness industry in Turkey, Betul Sekendiz, M. Settar Kocak, and Feza Korkusuz
Systematic review of the effect of aerobic and resistance exercise training on systemic brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal BNP expression in heart failure patients, N. A. Smart and M. Steele
What is the number needed to treat when exercise training heart failure patients?, Neil Smart
The Australian sport system and its stakeholders: Development of cooperative relationships, Kalliopi (Popi) Sotiriadou
Nasal shape and gender of the observer: Implications for rhinoplasty, Ingo N. G. Springer, Oliver Zernial, Patrick H. Warnke, Jorg Wiltfang, Paul A. J. Russo, and Stefan Wolfart
Postulated vasoactive neuropeptide immunopathology affecting the blood-brain/blood-spinal barrier in certain neuropsychiatric fatigue-related conditions: A role for phosphodiesterase inhibitors in treatment?, Donald R. Staines, Ekua W. Brenu, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Vasoactive neuropeptides in clinical ophthalmology: An association with autoimmune retinopathy?, Donald R. Staines, Ekua W. Brenu, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Evaluating the statistical power of goodness-of-fit tests for health and medicine survey data, Michael Steele, Neil Smart, Cameron Hurst, and Janet Chaseling
Meta-analysis of D1 versus D2 gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma, Manjunath S. Subramanya, Md Belal Hossain, Shahjahan Khan, Breda Memon, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Meta-analysis of laparoscopic posterior and anterior fundoplication for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, Manjunath S. Subramanya, Md Belal Hossain, Shahjahan Khan, Breda Memon, and Muhammed Ashraf Memon
Cost of treating otitis media in Australia, Penelope S. Taylor, Isabel Faeth, Michael K. Marks, Chris B. Del Mar, Susan A. Skull, M. Lynne Pezzullo, Susan M. Havyatt, and Harvey L. Coates
Excluding serious illness in feverish children in primary care: Restricted rule-out method for diagnosis, Matthew J. Thompson, Anthony Harnden, and Chris Del Mar
Blood kinetics of four intraperitoneally administered therapeutic candidate bacteriophages in healthy and neutropenic mice, Jumpei Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Maeda, Iyo Takemura, Russ Chess-Williams, Hiroshi Wakiguchi, and Shigenobu Matsuzaki
Searching for unpublished trials in Cochrane reviews may not be worth the effort, Mieke van Driel, An De Sutter, Jan De Maeseneer, and Thierry Christiaens
The DRD2 gene 957C>T polymorphism is associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in war veterans, Joanne Voisey, Christopher D. Swagell, Ian P. Hughes, C. Phillip Morris, Angela van Daal, Earnest P. Noble, Burnett Kann, Karen A. Heslop, Ross McD Young, and Bruce R. Lawford
The battle against multi-resistant strains: Renaissance of antimicrobial essential oils as a promising force to fight hospital-acquired infections, Patrick H. Warnke, Stephan T. Becker, Rainer Podschun, Sureshan Sivananthan, Ingo N. Springer, Paul A. J. Russo, Joerg Wiltfang, Helmut Fickenscher, and Eugene Sherry
Tissue engineering of periosteal cell membranes in vitro, Patrick H. Warnke, Timothy Douglas, Sureshan Sivananthan, Jörg Wiltfang, Ingo Springer, and Stephan T. Becker
Rapid prototyping: Porous titanium alloy scaffolds produced by selective laser melting for bone tissue engineering, Patrick H. Warnke, Timothy Douglas, Patrick Wollny, Eugene Sherry, Martin Steiner, Sebastian Galonska, Stephan T. Becker, Ingo N. Springer, Jörg Wiltfang, and Sureshan Sivananthan
A randomized controlled trial of treatment options for troublesome uterine bleeding in Implanon users, E. Weisberg, M. Hickey, D. Palmer, V. O'Connor, L. A. Salamonsen, J. K. Findlay, and I. S. Fraser
N-of-1 randomized trials to assess the efficacy of gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain, Michael J. Yelland, Christopher J. Poulos, Peter I. Pillans, Guy M. Bashford, Catherine Jane Nikles, Joanna M. Sturtevant, Norma Vine, Christopher B. Del Mar, Philip J. Schluter, Meng Tan, Jonathan Chan, Fraser Mackenzie, and Robyn Brown
Documents from 2008
“Bis-phossy jaws” – High and low risk factors for bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw, Mario H. Abu-Id, Patrick H. Warnke, Joachim Gottschalk, Ingo N. G. Springer, Jorg Wiltfang, Yahya Acil, Paul A. J. Russo, and Thomas Kreusch
Spontaneous contractions of the pig urinary bladder: The effect of ATP-sensitive potassium channels and the role of the mucosa, Hironobu Akino, Christopher R. Chapple, Neil McKay, Rebecca L. Cross, Shigetaka Murakami, Osamu Yokoyama, Russ Chess-Williams, and Donna J. Sellers
Changing GPs’ attitudes to research: Do N of 1 trials hold the key?, Deborah Askew, Philip J. Schluter, Alexandra M. Clavarino, and Chris B. Del Mar
Factors associated with the number of lesions excised for each skin cancer: A study of primary care physicians in Queensland, Australia, Peter D. Baade, Philippa H. Youl, Monika Janda, David C. Whiteman, Chris B. Del Mar, and Joanne F. Aitken
Clinimetric evaluation of the physical mobility scale supports clinicians and researchers in residential aged care, Anna L. Barker, Jennifer C. Nitz, Nancy L. Low Choy, and Terry P. Haines
Arterial stiffness and haemodynamic response to vasoactive medication in subjects with insulin-resistance syndrome, Divina G. Brillante, Anthony J. O'Sullivan, Martina T. Johnstone, and Laurence G. Howes
Aerobic training increases the stimulated percentage of CD4+CD25+ in older men but not older women, Suzanne Broadbent and Gregory Gass
Effects of estrogen on the mechanical behavior of the human Achilles tendon in vivo, Adam L. Bryant, Ross A. Clark, Simon Bartold, Aron Murphy, Kim L. Bennell, Erik Hohmann, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Craig Payne, and Kay M. Crossley
Forensically relevant SNP classes, Bruce Budowle and Angela van Daal
Matters of life and death: Key writings, Chris Del Mar
Check Unit: evidence based medicine, Chris Del Mar and Jenny Doust
Evaluating diagnostic tests—Should the same methods apply?, Jenny A. Doust and Jonathon C. Craig
EBM journal clubs in general practice, Jenny Doust, Chris B. Del Mar, Brett David Montgomery, Clare Heal, Rachel Bidgood, David Jeacoke, Gary Bourke, and Geoffrey Spurling
The Logan healthy living program: A cluster randomized trial of a telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary behavior intervention for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension from a socially disadvantaged community—Rationale, design and recruitment, Elizabeth G. Eakin, Marina M. Reeves, Sheleigh P. Lawler, Brian Oldenburg, Chris Del Mar, Ken Wilkie, Adele Spencer, Diana Battistutta, and Nicholas Graves
A nurse led model of chronic disease care: An interim report, Diann S. Eley, Chris B. Del Mar, Elizabeth Patterson, Robyn L. Synnott, Peter G. Baker, and Desley Hegney
Leaders, leadership and future primary care clinical research, John Furler, Jennifer Cleland, Chris Del Mar, Barbara Hanratty, Umesh Kadam, Daniel Lasserson, Colin McCowan, Parker Magin, Caroline Mitchell, Nadeem Qureshi, Greta Rait, Nick Steel, Mieke van Driel, and Alison Ward
The right kind of teacher: Renee’s story, Deborah Harcourt
Young children constructs of quality, Deborah Harcourt
Revisiting informed assent: Intention vs reality, Deborah Harcourt and Heather Conroy
Phase Ib single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetic study of oral NV-52 in healthy volunteers, Laurence G. Howes, Jan B. Howes, Jiu Li Huang, and Catherine Walker
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: Systematic review, Tom Jefferson, Ruth Foxlee, Chris Del Mar, Liz Dooley, Eliana Ferroni, Bill Hewak, Adi Prabhala, Sree Nair, and Alex Rivetti
Effects of sexual arousal on vibrotactile detection thresholds in aged men with and without erectile dysfunction, Chuanshu Jiao, Peter K. Knight, Patricia Weerakoon, Brett D. McCann, and Bulent Turman
Enhancing and rewarding engagement within a multi-disciplinary Health foundation year: The "Pharm-First" program, Peter J. Johnson and Janine Chipperfield
The Brisbane International Initiative: Fostering leadership and international collaboration in primary care research, Parker J. Magin, John S. Furler, and Mieke L. van Driel
Natural killer cell activity following 6 weeks of strength training in healthy young males with/without testosterone enanthate administration, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Robert P. Weatherby, Glen B. Deakin, Rosanne A. Coutts, Rudi Meir, Paul Connellan, Lesley M. Stevenson, Shane Rogerson, and Shi Zhou
Early postnatal ethanol exposure induces fluctuation in the expression of BDNF mRNA in the developing rat hippocampus, Takanori Miki, Hiromi Kuma, Toshifumi Yokoyama, Kazunori Sumitani, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Takashi Kusaka, Katsuhiko Warita, Zhi-Yu Wang, Naohisa Hosomi, Tomohiro Imagawa, Kuldip S. Bedi, Susumu Itoh, Yu Nakamura, and Yoshiki Takeuchi
Ethanol neurotoxicity and dentate gyrus development, Takanori Miki, Toshifumi Yokoyama, Kazunori Sumitani, Takashi Kusaka, Katsuhiko Warita, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Zhi-Yu Wang, Peter A. Wilce, Kuldip S. Bedi, Susumu Itoh, and Yoshiki Takeuchi
Characterization of the α1-adrenoceptor subtype mediating contractions of the pig internal anal sphincter, K. A. Mills, N. Hausman, and Russ Chess-Williams
Do case conferences between general practitioners and specialist palliative care services improve quality of life? A randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN 52269003), Geoffrey K. Mitchell, Chris B. Del Mar, Peter K. O'Rourke, and Alexandra M. Clavarino
HDR brachytherapy irradiation of the jaw – as a new experimental model of radiogenic bone damage, Peter Niehoff, Ingo N. G. Springer, Yahya Acil, Andre Lange, Matthias Marget, J. Camilo Roldan, Klaas Koppe, Patrick H. Warnke, Bernhard Kimmig, and Jorg Wiltfang
Pre-weaning undernutrition alters the expression levels of reactive oxygen species enzymes but not their activity levels or lipid peroxidation in the rat brain, G. Partadiredja, S. Worrall, R. Simpson, and Kuldip S. Bedi
Contractile properties of the pig bladder mucosa in response to neurokinin A: A role for myofibroblasts?, P Sadananda, Russ Chess-Williams, and E Burcher
Acute respiratory infections, Sharon Sanders, Jenny Doust, and Chris Del Mar
Use of ‘sham’ radiotherapy in randomized clinical trials, F Schwarz and David R. H. Christie
The attraction, retention/transition, and nurturing process of sport development: Some Australian evidence, Kalliopi Sotiriadou, David Shilbury, and Shayne Quick
BMP-2 and bFGF in an irradiated bone model, Ingo N. G. Springer, Peter Niehoff, Yahya Acil, Matthias Marget, Arne Lange, Patrick H. Warnke, Helge Pielenz, J. Camilo Roldan, and Jorg Wiltfang
Postulated role of vasoactive neuropeptide-related immunopathology of the blood brain barrier and Virchow-Robin spaces in the aetiology of neurological-related conditions, Donald R. Staines, Ekua W. Brenu, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
Journal impact factor and its importance for AFP, Mieke L. van Driel, Parker J. Magin, Chris B. Del Mar, John Furler, and Jan De Maeseneer
Effects of an evidence report and policies lifting reimbursement restrictions for acid suppressants: Analysis of the Belgian national database, Mieke van Driel, Robert Vander Stichele, Monique Elseviers, An De Sutter, Jan De Maeseneer, and Thierry Christiaens
Penicillin compared with other advanced broad spectrum antibiotics regarding antibacterial activity against oral pathogens isolated from odontogenic abscesses, Patrick H. Warnke, Stephan T. Becker, Ingo N. G. Springer, Franz Haerle, Uwe Ullmann, Paul A. J. Russo, Jorg Wiltfang, Helmut Fickenscher, and Sabine Schubert
‘Grandmother penicillin’—Not in vogue, but clinically still effective, Patrick H. Warnke, Stephan T. Becker, Ingo N. G. Springer, Franz Harle, Uwe Ullmann, Paul A. J. Russo, Jorg Wiltfang, Helmut Fickenscher, and Sabine Schubert
Documents from 2007
Demonstration of 5-HT3 receptor function and expression in the mouse bladder , N Chetty, I M. Coupar, Russ Chess-Williams, and K P. Kerr
Unravelling the molecular control of calvarial suture fusion in children with craniosynostosis, Anna K. Coussens, Christopher R. Wilkinson, Ian P. Hughes, C. Phillip Morris, Angela Van Daal, Peter J. Anderson, and Barry C. Powell
Bladder afferent sensitivity in wildtype and TRPV1 knockout mice, D Daly, W Rong, Russ Chess-Williams, Christopher Chapple, and D Grundy
Prescribing antibiotics in primary care, Chris Del Mar
Rats exposed to cocaine during late gestation and early postnatal life show deficits in hippocampal pyramidal and granule cells in later life, Zul Izhar Mohd Ismail and Kuldip S. Bedi
Undernutrition during early life increases the level of apoptosis in the dentate gyrus but not in the CA2+CA3 region of the hippocampal formation, Sani Jahnke and Kuldip S. Bedi
Effects of visual erotic stimulation on vibrotactile detection thresholds in men, Chuanshu Jiao, Peter K. Knight, Patricia Weerakoon, and A. Bulent Turman
Enhanced ATP release from the urothelium of patients with painful bladder syndrome: A possible pathophysiological explanation, Vivek Kumar, Christopher Chapple, Ann Marie Surprenant, and Russ Chess-Williams
Suppression of vibrotactile discrimination by transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex, J. W. Morley, R. M. Vickery, M. Stuart, and Bulent Turman
The role of the urothelium in mediating bladder responses to isoprenaline, Shigetaka Murakami, Christopher Chapple, Hironobu Akino, Donna Sellers, and Russ Chess-Williams
Transparent development of the WHO rapid advice guidelines, Holger J. Schunemann, Suzanne R. Hill, Meetali Kakad, Gunn E. Vist, Richard Bellamy, Lauren Stockman, Torbjorn Fosen Wisloff, Chris Del Mar, Frederick Hayden, Timothy M. Uyeki, Jeremy Farrar, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Howard Zucker, John Beigel, Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, Tran Tinh Hien, Bulent Ozbay, Norio Sugaya, and Andrew D. Oxman
Antibiotics for bronchiolitis in children, Geoffrey KP Spurling, Kithsiri Fonseka, Jenny Doust, and Chris B. Del Mar
Documents from 2006
Alpha1A/L-adrenoceptors mediate contraction of the circular smooth muscle of the pig urethra, K. Bagot and Russ Chess-Williams
Ethanol prevents NMDA receptor reduction by maternal separation in neonatal rat hippocampus , Frederick P. Bellinger, Mark S. Davidson, Kuldip S. Bedi, and Peter A. Wilce
The α1A/L-Adrenoceptor Subtype Mediates Contraction of the Internal Anal Sphincter to Noradrenaline, Russ Chess-Williams, A. Shorthouse, and N. Hausman