Steven A Frost

Summary

Affiliation: University of Western Sydney
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients
    Steven A Frost
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
    Evid Based Nurs 16:62-3. 2013
  2. ncbi Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit in the very elderly and risk of in-hospital mortality
    Steven A Frost
    Department of Intensive Care, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW
    Crit Care Resusc 12:171-6. 2010
  3. ncbi Unplanned admission to intensive care after emergency hospitalisation: risk factors and development of a nomogram for individualising risk
    Steven A Frost
    Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Resuscitation 80:224-30. 2009
  4. ncbi Severity of illness and risk of readmission to intensive care: a meta-analysis
    Steven A Frost
    Intensive Care Liverpool Hospital, Australia University of Western Sydney, Australia
    Resuscitation 80:505-10. 2009
  5. ncbi Readmission to intensive care: development of a nomogram for individualising risk
    Steven A Frost
    Intensive Care, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 12:83-9. 2010
  6. ncbi Risk factors for in-hospital post-hip fracture mortality
    Steven A Frost
    Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Bone 49:553-8. 2011
  7. ncbi What are the factors in risk prediction models for rehospitalisation for adults with chronic heart failure?
    Vasiliki Betihavas
    Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, The Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Curtin University, Sydney, Australia
    Aust Crit Care 25:31-40. 2012
  8. ncbi Using administrative data to develop a nomogram for individualising risk of unplanned admission to intensive care
    Victor Tam
    Intensive Care Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, NSW, Australia
    Resuscitation 79:241-8. 2008
  9. ncbi Importance of predictors of rehospitalisation in heart failure: a survey of heart failure experts
    Vasiliki Betihavas
    The University of Western Sydney, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia
    Heart Lung Circ 22:179-83. 2013
  10. ncbi Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion-procedural characteristics and outcomes of three intensive care based catheter placement services
    Evan Alexandrou
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Nurs Stud 49:162-8. 2012

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Publications17

  1. ncbi Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients
    Steven A Frost
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
    Evid Based Nurs 16:62-3. 2013
    ..Larger international studies are needed to assess the effect of nurse staffing levels and risk of hospital-wide adverse events...
  2. ncbi Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit in the very elderly and risk of in-hospital mortality
    Steven A Frost
    Department of Intensive Care, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW
    Crit Care Resusc 12:171-6. 2010
    ..The risk of in-hospital death associated with unplanned admission to the ICU in very elderly patients has not been clearly defined...
  3. ncbi Unplanned admission to intensive care after emergency hospitalisation: risk factors and development of a nomogram for individualising risk
    Steven A Frost
    Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Resuscitation 80:224-30. 2009
    ..This study was designed to identify factors associated with unplanned ICU admission in emergency admissions to hospital and develop an absolute risk tool to individualise the risk of an event during a hospital stay...
  4. ncbi Severity of illness and risk of readmission to intensive care: a meta-analysis
    Steven A Frost
    Intensive Care Liverpool Hospital, Australia University of Western Sydney, Australia
    Resuscitation 80:505-10. 2009
    ..The association between increasing severity of illness (widely calculated in ICU patients) with risk of readmission to ICU has not been systematically summarized...
  5. ncbi Readmission to intensive care: development of a nomogram for individualising risk
    Steven A Frost
    Intensive Care, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 12:83-9. 2010
    ..There is lack of published research attempting to develop clinical prediction tools that individualise the risk of readmission to the intensive care unit during the same hospital stay...
  6. ncbi Risk factors for in-hospital post-hip fracture mortality
    Steven A Frost
    Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Bone 49:553-8. 2011
    ..This study sought to examine risk factors of, and to develop prognostic model for, predicting in-hospital mortality among hip fracture patients...
  7. ncbi What are the factors in risk prediction models for rehospitalisation for adults with chronic heart failure?
    Vasiliki Betihavas
    Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, The Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Curtin University, Sydney, Australia
    Aust Crit Care 25:31-40. 2012
    ..Our objective was to describe risk prediction models for the rehospitalisation of individuals with chronic heart failure (CHF) and identify the elements contributing to these models...
  8. ncbi Using administrative data to develop a nomogram for individualising risk of unplanned admission to intensive care
    Victor Tam
    Intensive Care Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, NSW, Australia
    Resuscitation 79:241-8. 2008
    ..We developed a nomogram for calculating the individualised absolute risk of unplanned ICU admission during a hospital stay...
  9. ncbi Importance of predictors of rehospitalisation in heart failure: a survey of heart failure experts
    Vasiliki Betihavas
    The University of Western Sydney, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia
    Heart Lung Circ 22:179-83. 2013
    ..We investigated the opinion of clinical experts and researchers involved in chronic heart failure disease management regarding the ranking of patient, provider and system factors that predict the risk of rehospitalisation...
  10. ncbi Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion-procedural characteristics and outcomes of three intensive care based catheter placement services
    Evan Alexandrou
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Nurs Stud 49:162-8. 2012
    ..Nurse-led central venous catheter placement is an emerging clinical role internationally. Procedural characteristics and clinical outcomes is an important consideration in appraisal of such advanced nursing roles...
  11. ncbi Patient, provider and system factors influencing rehospitalisation in adults with heart failure
    Vasiliki Betihavas
    Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2 School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Contemp Nurse 43:244-56. 2013
    ..There is a need to identify individuals at risk of rehospitalisation and tailor disease management programmes accordingly...
  12. ncbi A comparison of fluid instillation volumes to assess intra-abdominal pressure using Kron's methods
    Leanne Hunt
    Trauma Department, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:152-5. 2012
    ..It is postulated that the volume of fluid instilled may have an impact on the estimation of IAP...
  13. ncbi Central venous catheter insertion by a clinical nurse consultant or anaesthetic medical staff: a single-centre observational study
    Nic Yacopetti
    Department of Anaesthetics and Critical Care, St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Crit Care Resusc 12:90-5. 2010
    ..To compare clinical outcomes of elective central venous catheter (CVC) insertions performed by either a clinical nurse consultant (CNC) or anaesthetic medical staff (AMS)...
  14. ncbi Timing of repeat BMD measurements: development of an absolute risk-based prognostic model
    Steven A Frost
    Bone and Mineral Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Bone Miner Res 24:1800-7. 2009
    ..The prognostic model and approach presented in this study may help improve the individualization and management of osteoporosis...
  15. ncbi Australia's health care reform agenda: implications for the nurses' role in chronic heart failure management
    Vasiliki Betihavas
    The University of Western Sydney, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sydney, Australia
    Aust Crit Care 24:189-97. 2011
    ..With the recent release of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) report in Australia, a review of nursing roles in CHF management is timely and appropriate...
  16. ncbi Value of Web-based learning activities for nursing students who speak English as a second language
    Jane Koch
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, Penrith, NWS 2751, Australia
    J Nurs Educ 50:373-80. 2011
    ..Targeted strategies to promote language acculturation and acquisition are valued by students. Linking language acquisition skills to assessment tasks is likely to leverage improvements in competence...
  17. ncbi Cross-cultural validation of the Cardiac Depression Scale in Iran
    Leila Gholizadeh
    Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
    Br J Clin Psychol 49:517-28. 2010
    ..The Cardiac Depression Scale (CDS) is a disease-specific instrument for measuring depression in cardiac patients. This study was designed to validate the CDS in an Iranian population...