Bruce A Cooper

Summary

Affiliation: University of Sydney
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi A randomized, controlled trial of early versus late initiation of dialysis
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia
    N Engl J Med 363:609-19. 2010
  2. ncbi The Initiating Dialysis Early and Late (IDEAL) study: study rationale and design
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Perit Dial Int 24:176-81. 2004
  3. ncbi Nutritional state correlates with renal function at the start of dialysis
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Perit Dial Int 23:291-5. 2003
  4. ncbi Early start peritoneal dialysis
    Carol A Pollock
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 14:e27-34. 2007
  5. ncbi Protein malnutrition and hypoalbuminemia as predictors of vascular events and mortality in ESRD
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
    Am J Kidney Dis 43:61-6. 2004
  6. ncbi Validity of subjective global assessment as a nutritional marker in end-stage renal disease
    Bruce A Cooper
    Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Am J Kidney Dis 40:126-32. 2002
  7. ncbi Subgroups of patients with cancer with different symptom experiences and quality-of-life outcomes: a cluster analysis
    Christine Miaskowski
    Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Oncol Nurs Forum 33:E79-89. 2006
  8. ncbi Predictors of physical functioning among adults with severe mental illness
    Linda Chafetz
    Community Health Systems Department, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0608, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:225-31. 2006
  9. ncbi No long-term changes in psoriasis severity and quality of life following climate therapy
    Astrid K Wahl
    Oslo University College, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    J Am Acad Dermatol 52:699-701. 2005
  10. ncbi Cluster analysis: a useful technique to identify elderly cardiac patients at risk for poor quality of life
    Yoshimi Fukuoka
    School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Qual Life Res 16:1655-63. 2007

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi A randomized, controlled trial of early versus late initiation of dialysis
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia
    N Engl J Med 363:609-19. 2010
    ..In this study, conducted at 32 centers in Australia and New Zealand, we examined whether the timing of the initiation of maintenance dialysis influenced survival among patients with chronic kidney disease...
  2. ncbi The Initiating Dialysis Early and Late (IDEAL) study: study rationale and design
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Perit Dial Int 24:176-81. 2004
    ..The secondary objectives are to determine the impact of "early start" versus "late start" dialysis on nutritional and cardiac morbidity, quality of life, and economic cost...
  3. ncbi Nutritional state correlates with renal function at the start of dialysis
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Perit Dial Int 23:291-5. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Patients that start dialysis with low levels of renal function are likely to be significantly malnourished. Whether this translates into a survival advantage requires prospective study...
  4. ncbi Early start peritoneal dialysis
    Carol A Pollock
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 14:e27-34. 2007
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  5. ncbi Protein malnutrition and hypoalbuminemia as predictors of vascular events and mortality in ESRD
    Bruce A Cooper
    Department of Renal Medicine, Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
    Am J Kidney Dis 43:61-6. 2004
    ..The study supports the hypothesis that hypoalbuminemia is pathogenically associated with vascular disease, but dissociates this effect from protein malnutrition...
  6. ncbi Validity of subjective global assessment as a nutritional marker in end-stage renal disease
    Bruce A Cooper
    Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Am J Kidney Dis 40:126-32. 2002
    ..Therefore, SGA appears not to improve the posttest probability of detecting malnutrition. SGA may differentiate severely malnourished patients from those with normal nutrition, but is not a reliable predictor of degree of malnutrition...
  7. ncbi Subgroups of patients with cancer with different symptom experiences and quality-of-life outcomes: a cluster analysis
    Christine Miaskowski
    Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Oncol Nurs Forum 33:E79-89. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Predictors of physical functioning among adults with severe mental illness
    Linda Chafetz
    Community Health Systems Department, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0608, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:225-31. 2006
    ..This study examined physical functioning scores for this population and compared them with national norms...
  9. ncbi No long-term changes in psoriasis severity and quality of life following climate therapy
    Astrid K Wahl
    Oslo University College, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    J Am Acad Dermatol 52:699-701. 2005
    ..The lowest disease severity and better life quality occurred 2 weeks after therapy. However, by 4 and 8 months after therapy, all measures had returned to approximately the same level as before treatment...
  10. ncbi Cluster analysis: a useful technique to identify elderly cardiac patients at risk for poor quality of life
    Yoshimi Fukuoka
    School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Qual Life Res 16:1655-63. 2007
    ....
  11. ncbi Melatonin and bright-light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with Alzheimer's disease
    Glenna A Dowling
    Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:239-46. 2008
    ..To test whether the addition of melatonin to bright-light therapy enhances the efficacy in treating rest-activity (circadian) disruption in institutionalized patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD)...
  12. ncbi The symptom experience of oncology outpatients has a different impact on quality-of-life outcomes
    Dorit Pud
    Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
    J Pain Symptom Manage 35:162-70. 2008
    ..g., environmental or physiologic) or genetic determinants for experiencing symptoms that are independent of demographic, disease, and treatment characteristics...
  13. ncbi Cluster analysis of elderly cardiac patients' prehospital symptomatology
    Teri G Lindgren
    University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0606, USA
    Nurs Res 57:14-23. 2008
    ..Chest pain routinely brings patients into the healthcare system, and elderly patients may present with more complex symptoms presaging ischemic heart changes than do younger patients...
  14. ncbi The effects of a collaborative peer advisor/advanced practice nurse intervention: cardiac rehabilitation participation and rehospitalization in older adults after a cardiac event
    Diane L Carroll
    Yvonne L Munn Center for Nursing Research, Institute for Patient Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Cardiovasc Nurs 22:313-9. 2007
    ....