Anthony Delaney

Summary

Affiliation: University of Sydney
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Bench-to-bedside review: avoiding pitfalls in critical care meta-analysis--funnel plots, risk estimates, types of heterogeneity, baseline risk and the ecologic fallacy
    Michael C Reade
    CRISMA Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Crit Care 12:220. 2008
  2. ncbi Very old patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre cohort analysis
    Sean M Bagshaw
    Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
    Crit Care 13:R45. 2009
  3. ncbi Levosimendan for the treatment of acute severe heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    Anthony Delaney
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Highway, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia
    Int J Cardiol 138:281-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Is there a place for levosimendan in the intensive care unit?
    Anthony Delaney
    Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 9:290-2. 2007
  5. ncbi The role of albumin as a resuscitation fluid for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Anthony P Delaney
    Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Crit Care Med 39:386-91. 2011
  6. ncbi Kinetic bed therapy to prevent nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Anthony Delaney
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care 10:R70. 2006
  7. ncbi Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy versus surgical tracheostomy in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Anthony Delaney
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care 10:R55. 2006
  8. ncbi A systematic evaluation of the quality of meta-analyses in the critical care literature
    Anthony Delaney
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care 9:R575-82. 2005
  9. ncbi Effect of evidence-based feeding guidelines on mortality of critically ill adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial
    Gordon S Doig
    Northern Clinical School, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2006
    JAMA 300:2731-41. 2008
  10. ncbi The quality of reports of critical care meta-analyses in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: an independent appraisal
    Anthony Delaney
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Med 35:589-94. 2007

Detail Information

Publications21

  1. ncbi Bench-to-bedside review: avoiding pitfalls in critical care meta-analysis--funnel plots, risk estimates, types of heterogeneity, baseline risk and the ecologic fallacy
    Michael C Reade
    CRISMA Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Crit Care 12:220. 2008
    ..The present review explains these problems and the strategies by which they are overcome...
  2. ncbi Very old patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre cohort analysis
    Sean M Bagshaw
    Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
    Crit Care 13:R45. 2009
    ..The primary objective was to evaluate the rate, characteristics and outcomes of very old (age >or= 80 years) patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs)...
  3. ncbi Levosimendan for the treatment of acute severe heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    Anthony Delaney
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Highway, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia
    Int J Cardiol 138:281-9. 2010
    ..The objective of this study was to critically review the literature to evaluate whether levosimendan compared to standard therapy, in patients with acute severe heart failure, is associated with improved clinical outcomes...
  4. ncbi Is there a place for levosimendan in the intensive care unit?
    Anthony Delaney
    Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 9:290-2. 2007
    ..Until their results can be fully scrutinised, and placed in the context of all available evidence, we should conclude that there is no place for levosimendan in the ICU...
  5. ncbi The role of albumin as a resuscitation fluid for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Anthony P Delaney
    Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Crit Care Med 39:386-91. 2011
    ..To assess whether resuscitation with albumin-containing solutions, compared with other fluids, is associated with lower mortality in patients with sepsis...
  6. ncbi Kinetic bed therapy to prevent nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Anthony Delaney
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care 10:R70. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to investigate whether kinetic bed therapy reduces the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia and improves outcomes in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients...
  7. ncbi Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy versus surgical tracheostomy in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Anthony Delaney
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care 10:R55. 2006
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  8. ncbi A systematic evaluation of the quality of meta-analyses in the critical care literature
    Anthony Delaney
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care 9:R575-82. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the quality of meta-analyses that address topics pertinent to critical care...
  9. ncbi Effect of evidence-based feeding guidelines on mortality of critically ill adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial
    Gordon S Doig
    Northern Clinical School, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2006
    JAMA 300:2731-41. 2008
    ..Changing practice in complex multidisciplinary environments is difficult. Evidence supporting whether guidelines can improve ICU feeding practices and patient outcomes is contradictory...
  10. ncbi The quality of reports of critical care meta-analyses in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: an independent appraisal
    Anthony Delaney
    Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Med 35:589-94. 2007
    ....
  11. ncbi Bench-to-bedside review: the evaluation of complex interventions in critical care
    Anthony Delaney
    Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Highway, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia
    Crit Care 12:210. 2008
    ..These aspects of study design impact upon the evaluation of complex interventions in critical care. Clinicians should also consider these specific issues when implementing new complex interventions into their practice...
  12. ncbi Dobutamine for patients with severe heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
    Catherine L Tacon
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Intensive Care Med 38:359-67. 2012
    ..This study aims to critically review the literature to evaluate whether dobutamine, compared with placebo or standard care, is associated with lower mortality and a range of secondary outcomes, in patients with severe heart failure...
  13. ncbi A review of the true methodological quality of nutritional support trials conducted in the critically ill: time for improvement
    Gordon S Doig
    Department of Intensive Care, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Highway, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
    Anesth Analg 100:527-33. 2005
    ..To detect important differences in clinically meaningful outcomes in critical care, the methodological quality of future studies must be improved...
  14. ncbi Decompressive craniectomy for patients with severe non-traumatic brain injury: a retrospective cohort study
    Louise Hitchings
    Intensive Care Unit, Sydney Children s Hospital, Sydney, NSW
    Crit Care Resusc 12:16-23. 2010
    ..To describe the current utilisation and outcomes for patients receiving decompressive craniectomy (DC) for acute non-trauma-related indications...
  15. ncbi Current use of preoperative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in high-risk cardiac surgery: a cohort study
    Ed Litton
    Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 10:188-92. 2008
    ..To determine whether preoperative introduction of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABC) reduced mortality in high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery...
  16. ncbi Loop diuretics in the management of acute renal failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Sean M Bagshaw
    Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 9:60-8. 2007
    ..We systematically reviewed the literature comparing loop diuretics with control in the management of ARF...
  17. ncbi Early goal-directed therapy of septic shock: we honestly remain skeptical
    Sandra Peake
    Crit Care Med 35:994-5; author reply 995. 2007
  18. ncbi Polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock in critically ill adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Kevin B Laupland
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Crit Care Med 35:2686-92. 2007
    ..To systematically review the literature to assess whether adjunctive therapy with polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin (ivIg) reduces mortality among critically ill adults with severe sepsis and septic shock...
  19. ncbi Continuous versus intermittent renal replacement therapy for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis
    Sean M Bagshaw
    Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Crit Care Med 36:610-7. 2008
    ..To appraise the literature on the effect of initial renal replacement therapy (RRT) modality on clinical outcomes...
  20. ncbi Tight glycemic control in critically ill adults
    Simon Finfer
    JAMA 300:963-5. 2008
  21. ncbi Best evidence in critical care medicine. Steroids to prevent post-extubation airway obstruction in adult critically ill patients
    Sean M Bagshaw
    University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Can J Anaesth 55:382-5. 2008