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| Susan A SkullSummaryAffiliation: University of Melbourne Country: Australia Publications
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Prevention of community-acquired pneumonia among a cohort of hospitalized elderly: benefit due to influenza and pneumococcal vaccination not demonstratedSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Vaccine 25:4631-40. 2007..02, 95%CI 0.84-1.20) or for both vaccines compared with influenza vaccine (RR 0.98, 95%CI 0.81-1.18). The current program of funding these vaccines for the elderly is not having a discernable impact on HCAP in this setting...- An evidence-based review of current guidelines for the public health control of typhoid in Australia: a case for simplification and resource savingsS A Skull
Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Aust N Z J Public Health 25:539-42. 2001..Although an uncommon disease in Australia, public health control measures for typhoid remain important to prevent further cases, however, they are labour intensive... - Vitamin D deficiency is common and unrecognized among recently arrived adult immigrants from The Horn of AfricaS A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Intern Med J 33:47-51. 2003..Routine assessment for vitamin D deficiency should be considered for male and female immigrants from East Africa... - Missed opportunities to vaccinate a cohort of hospitalised elderly with pneumococcal and influenza vaccinesSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Vaccine 25:5146-54. 2007..Previous hospitalisation was a risk factor for being unvaccinated. Barriers to implementation of current vaccination policy in the hospital setting require formal evaluation in Australia... - Validity of self-reported influenza and pneumococcal vaccination status among a cohort of hospitalized elderly inpatientsSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
Vaccine 25:4775-83. 2007..Self-report remains imperfect and whole-of-life immunisation registers a preferable goal... 
Hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: an Australian case-cohort studyS A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Epidemiol Infect 137:194-202. 2009..Investigation is ad hoc and management empirical. Influenza vaccination is associated with reduced mortality. Patient characteristics can predict risk of CAP and subsequent mortality...
ICD-10 codes are a valid tool for identification of pneumonia in hospitalized patients aged > or = 65 yearsS A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Epidemiol Infect 136:232-40. 2008....- Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, VictoriaRoss M Andrews
Centre for International Child Health and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 29:283-8. 2005..However, these data highlight the need for greater awareness of pneumococcal vaccine among practitioners and for systematic recording of vaccination status, as many of these subjects will soon become eligible for revaccination... - Health services utilisation and barriers for settlers from the Horn of AfricaAndrea Neale
Department of Medicine RMH WH, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:333-5. 2007..To examine health services use and barriers for recently arrived immigrants from the Horn of Africa... - Undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in AustraliaSonia R Caruana
Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
J Travel Med 13:233-9. 2006..Immigrants and refugees from high-risk countries would benefit from comprehensive health checks soon after resettlement... - Incomplete immunity and missed vaccination opportunities in East African immigrants settling in AustraliaSusan A Skull
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
J Immigr Minor Health 10:263-8. 2008..Immigrants and refugees are at particular risk of incomplete immunisation and may be unaware of their vaccination status. There is a paucity of data on the immunisation status of adult immigrants from African countries... - Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East AfricaJ E Rice
Department of Paediatrics and University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 39:456-9. 2003..The results of this survey support the need for routine assessment of newly arrived immigrants from East Africa for intestinal parasites, anaemia and iron deficiency... - High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climateGeorge McGillivray
Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Arch Dis Child 92:1088-93. 2007..We assessed the pattern of and risk factors for VDD in immigrant East African children living in Melbourne (latitude 37 degrees 49' South)... - Cost of treating otitis media in AustraliaPenelope S Taylor
Access Economics, Suite 905, Level 9, 343 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 9:133-41. 2009..It is very common and associated with serious complications, including hearing loss. This study aimed to estimate the treatment costs of OM in Australia and the associated burden of disease (in disability-adjusted life-years)... - East African immigrant children in Australia have poor immunisation coverageGeorgia A Paxton
Royal Children s Hospital, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 47:888-92. 2011..To provide data on the immunisation status of recently arrived East African children and adolescents in Australia... - Re-visioning refugee health: the Victorian Immigrant Health ProgrammeS B Murray
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Australia
Health Serv Manage Res 16:141-6. 2003.... - Should programmes for community-level meningococcal vaccination be considered in Australia? An economic evaluationS A Skull
Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3050 Australia
Int J Epidemiol 30:571-8; discussion 578-9. 2001..In the same year, Victoria, Australia experienced a similar change in disease epidemiology. It is timely to undertake an economic evaluation of options for community vaccination in Australia based on local data... - Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine may not prevent hospitalization for pneumonia in elderly individualsSusan A Skull
Clin Infect Dis 44:617; author reply 617-8. 2007 - Australia needs an expanded immunisation register for further improvements in vaccine delivery and program evaluationSusan A Skull
Med J Aust 187:504-5. 2007 - The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal studyKatherine B Gibney
Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Australia
BMC Pediatr 5:16. 2005..Our aim was to describe the clinical course of AOM and the associated bacterial nasopharyngeal colonisation in a high-risk population of Australian Aboriginal children...