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| Mark E HowardSummaryAffiliation: Austin Health Country: Australia Publications
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The effect of acute sleep deprivation on visual evoked potentials in professional driversMelinda L Jackson
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Sleep 31:1261-9. 2008..The current study aimed to replicate these behavioral effects and to examine the electrophysiological underpinnings of these changes...
Sleepiness, sleep-disordered breathing, and accident risk factors in commercial vehicle driversMark E Howard
Institute of Breathing and Sleep, Bowen Centre, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:1014-21. 2004..44, p = 0.04). Chronic excessive sleepiness and sleep-disordered breathing are common in Australian commercial vehicle drivers. Accident risk was related to increasing chronic sleepiness and antihistamine and narcotic analgesic use...
The interactive effects of extended wakefulness and low-dose alcohol on simulated driving and vigilanceMark E Howard
Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Sleep 30:1334-40. 2007..Sleep deprivation and alcohol both impair driving performance. This study assessed the interactive effect of low-dose alcohol and extended wakefulness...
A comparison of the effect of mobile phone use and alcohol consumption on driving simulation performanceSumie Leung
Brain Sciences Institute, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Traffic Inj Prev 13:566-74. 2012..The present study compared the effects of a variety of mobile phone usage conditions to different levels of alcohol intoxication on simulated driving performance and psychomotor vigilance...
The effect of sleep deprivation on BOLD activity elicited by a divided attention taskMelinda L Jackson
Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
Brain Imaging Behav 5:97-108. 2011..These findings have implications for understanding the neural correlates of divided attention and the neurofunctional changes that occur in individuals who are sleep deprived...
Relationships between objective sleep indices and symptoms in a community sample of people with tetraplegiaDavid J Berlowitz
Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1246-52. 2012..To examine the relationships between injury severity, quality of life, sleep symptoms, objectively measured sleep, and sleep disorders in chronic tetraplegia...
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and neurocognitive dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea before and after CPAP treatmentFergal J O'Donoghue
Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia
Sleep 35:41-8. 2012..To determine whether cerebral metabolite changes may underlie abnormalities of neurocognitive function and respiratory control in OSA...
Outcomes of patients with spinal cord injury before and after introduction of an interdisciplinary tracheostomy teamTanis S Cameron
Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Vic
Crit Care Resusc 11:14-9. 2009..To assess outcomes in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and a tracheostomy tube (TT), before and after the introduction of a tracheostomy review and management service (TRAMS) for ward-based patients...
Individual differences in the effects of mobile phone exposure on human sleep: rethinking the problemSarah P Loughran
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Bioelectromagnetics 33:86-93. 2012....
Inpatient and long-term outcomes of individuals admitted for weaning from mechanical ventilation at a specialized ventilation weaning unitLiam M Hannan
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Respirology 18:154-60. 2013..Weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in specialized weaning units has been demonstrated to be safe and cost-effective. Success rates and outcomes vary widely, probably relating to patient factors and unit expertise...
