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Design of the RINSE trial: the rapid infusion of cold normal saline by paramedics during CPRConor Deasy
Ambulance Victoria, Victoria, Australia
BMC Emerg Med 11:17. 2011..This study aims to determine whether paramedic cooling during CPR improves outcome compared standard treatment in patients who are being resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
Interface between residential aged care facilities and a teaching hospital emergency department in Western AustraliaJudith C Finn
School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Med J Aust 184:432-5. 2006..To estimate the appropriateness of emergency department (ED) presentations by people aged>or=65 years living in residential care facilities...
Effect of adrenaline on survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trialIan G Jacobs
Discipline of Emergency Medicine M516, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009 Western Australia, Australia
Resuscitation 82:1138-43. 2011..The aim of our study was to determine the effect of adrenaline on patient survival to hospital discharge in out of hospital cardiac arrest...
In vitro fertilization, endometriosis, nulliparity and ovarian cancer riskLouise M Stewart
School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia, M431, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Gynecol Oncol 128:260-4. 2013..To examine the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in a cohort of women seeking treatment for infertility...
Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era? Evidence from a population-based cohort studyFrank M Sanfilippo
School of Population Health M431, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 WA, Australia
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 11:35. 2011..Troponins (highly sensitive biomarkers of myocardial damage) increase counts of myocardial infarction (MI) in clinical practice, but their impact on trends in admission rates for MI in National statistics is uncertain...
Short-term risk of adverse outcome is significantly higher in patients returning an abnormal troponin result when tested in the emergency departmentJade A Flindell
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Emerg Med Australas 21:465-71. 2009..Describe short-term mortality and hospitalization outcomes in patients undergoing troponin testing in Western Australia tertiary public hospital ED...
Cardiac arrest resuscitation policies and practices: a survey of Australian hospitalsJudith C Finn
The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Med J Aust 179:470-4. 2003..To describe the policy and practice relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation in cardiac arrest in Australian hospitals...
In vitro fertilization and breast cancer: is there cause for concern?Louise M Stewart
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Fertil Steril 98:334-40. 2012..To examine the incidence rate of breast cancer in a cohort of women undergoing treatment for infertility, comparing the rate in women who had in vitro fertilization (IVF) with those who did not...
Coronary heart disease events in Aboriginal Australians: incidence in an urban populationPamela J Bradshaw
School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Med J Aust 190:583-6. 2009..To determine the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in an urban Aboriginal population...
Effect of upper limb botulinum toxin-A therapy on health-related quality of life in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsyToni A Redman
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 44:409-14. 2008..The inclusion of child self-reports is increasing as poor correlation with proxy reports is being demonstrated. This paper aims to study the effect of UL BTX-A therapy on HRQOL in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP)...
A multipurpose comorbidity scoring system performed better than the Charlson indexC D Arcy J Holman
Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, MDP M431, Crawley 6009, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 58:1006-14. 2005..To develop a comorbidity scoring system that out-performs the Charlson index...
Reducing time to analgesia in the emergency department using a nurse-initiated pain protocol: a before-and-after studyJudith C Finn
Discipline of Emergency Medicine M516, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
Contemp Nurse 43:29-37. 2012..Whilst we demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a NIPP in ED, an unacceptable proportion of patients continued to have inadequate pain relief...
A randomized controlled equivalence trial of short-term complications and efficacy of tension-free vaginal tape and suprapubic urethral support sling for treating stress incontinenceH Elizabeth Lord
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia
BJU Int 98:367-76. 2006..Approximately 35% of women have stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and although TVT is now perceived as the standard treatment, the SPARC is a very similar procedure and is thought to have fewer peri-operative complications...
Long-term survival from intensive care: a reviewTeresa A Williams
Royal Perth Hospital, 6000 Wellington, St. Perth, WA, Australia
Intensive Care Med 31:1306-15. 2005..Deficiencies in design, methodology, and reporting make interpretation and comparison difficult. Recommendations are made for the reporting of outcome from the ICU. Optimum duration of follow-up has not been determined...
CPR before defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomized trialIan G Jacobs
Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawely, WA 6009, Australia
Emerg Med Australas 17:39-45. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine if 90 seconds of CPR before defibrillation improved survival...
Patient delay in responding to symptoms of possible heart attack: can we reduce time to care?Judith C Finn
Centre for Nursing Research, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Med J Aust 187:293-8. 2007..The National Heart Foundation of Australia proposes a comprehensive strategy to incorporate this approach into its future campaigns to reduce patient delay for suspected heart attack...
Beyond competition: a new paradigm for collaborative cardiovascular research in AustraliaPatricia M Davidson
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 4:181-2. 2005
