Mark Little

Summary

Affiliation: Western Australia
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Is there a role for the use of pressure immobilization bandages in the treatment of jellyfish envenomation in Australia?
    Mark Little
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 14:171-4. 2002
  2. ncbi A potentially fatal prescribing error in the treatment of paracetamol poisoning
    Mark Little
    Emergency Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
    Med J Aust 183:535-6. 2005
  3. ncbi Another cause of "Irukandji stingings"
    Mark Little
    Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia
    Med J Aust 179:654. 2003
  4. ncbi Antivenom dosing in 35 patients with severe brown snake (Pseudonaja) envenoming in Western Australia over 10 years
    Justin M Yeung
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
    Med J Aust 181:703-5. 2004
  5. ncbi Severity of Irukandji syndrome and nematocyst identification from skin scrapings
    Truc T Huynh
    Emergency Department, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
    Med J Aust 178:38-41. 2003
  6. ncbi Intracerebral hemorrhage and death after envenoming by the jellyfish Carukia barnesi
    Peter Pereira
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Cairns Base Hospital, Australia
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 48:390-2. 2010
  7. ncbi Randomised trial of magnesium in the treatment of Irukandji syndrome
    Nora McCullagh
    Emergency Department, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 24:560-5. 2012
  8. ncbi Jellyfish envenoming syndromes: unknown toxic mechanisms and unproven therapies
    Paul M Bailey
    Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Med J Aust 178:34-7. 2003
  9. ncbi First aid for jellyfish stings: do we really know what we are doing?
    Mark Little
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Caboolture Hospital, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 20:78-80. 2008
  10. ncbi Prospective study of 101 patients with suspected drink spiking
    Paul Quigley
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 21:222-8. 2009

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  1. ncbi Is there a role for the use of pressure immobilization bandages in the treatment of jellyfish envenomation in Australia?
    Mark Little
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 14:171-4. 2002
    ....
  2. ncbi A potentially fatal prescribing error in the treatment of paracetamol poisoning
    Mark Little
    Emergency Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
    Med J Aust 183:535-6. 2005
  3. ncbi Another cause of "Irukandji stingings"
    Mark Little
    Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia
    Med J Aust 179:654. 2003
  4. ncbi Antivenom dosing in 35 patients with severe brown snake (Pseudonaja) envenoming in Western Australia over 10 years
    Justin M Yeung
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
    Med J Aust 181:703-5. 2004
    ..The authors now use 10 ampoules as an initial dose in severe brown snake envenoming...
  5. ncbi Severity of Irukandji syndrome and nematocyst identification from skin scrapings
    Truc T Huynh
    Emergency Department, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
    Med J Aust 178:38-41. 2003
    ..Our finding of a cnidome not consistent with Carukia barnesi in the setting of Irukandji syndrome makes it possible that other species of jellyfish may also cause this syndrome...
  6. ncbi Intracerebral hemorrhage and death after envenoming by the jellyfish Carukia barnesi
    Peter Pereira
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Cairns Base Hospital, Australia
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 48:390-2. 2010
    ..Irukandji syndrome is because of envenoming by a number of small jellyfish. It results in a delayed onset of generalized pain, sweating hypertension, and tachycardia. There is no antivenom...
  7. ncbi Randomised trial of magnesium in the treatment of Irukandji syndrome
    Nora McCullagh
    Emergency Department, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 24:560-5. 2012
    ..Magnesium sulphate has become the standard of care despite minimal evidence. The aim of this study was to investigate if magnesium would reduce analgesic requirement and length of stay for patients with Irukandji syndrome...
  8. ncbi Jellyfish envenoming syndromes: unknown toxic mechanisms and unproven therapies
    Paul M Bailey
    Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Med J Aust 178:34-7. 2003
    ..Current understanding of jellyfish venom activity is very limited, and many treatments are unproven and based on anecdote...
  9. ncbi First aid for jellyfish stings: do we really know what we are doing?
    Mark Little
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Caboolture Hospital, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 20:78-80. 2008
    ..There is more evidence supporting the use of hot water. More research is required to simplify first aid for jellyfish stings...
  10. ncbi Prospective study of 101 patients with suspected drink spiking
    Paul Quigley
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 21:222-8. 2009
    ..To evaluate cases of suspected drink spiking presenting to the ED by the prospective collection of standardized relevant historical, clinical and laboratory data...
  11. ncbi Consensus statement: risk of nosocomial organophosphate poisoning in emergency departments
    Mark Little
    University of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 16:456-8. 2004
  12. ncbi The evacuation of cairns hospitals due to severe tropical cyclone Yasi
    Mark Little
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
    Acad Emerg Med 19:E1088-98. 2012
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  13. ncbi 'Lessons learned': A comparative case study analysis of an emergency department response to two burns disasters
    Mark Little
    Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA 6000, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 24:420-9. 2012
    ..The aim of this paper is to identify the interventions developed following the Bali bombing in 2002 and review their effectiveness of their implementation in the subsequent burns disaster...
  14. ncbi Five years of snake envenoming in far north Queensland
    Robyn Barrett
    Emergency Department, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 15:500-10. 2003
    ..There was one death from brown snake envenoming. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of snakebite and envenoming in far north Queensland is higher than reported from hospitals in capital cities and is a significant health issue...
  15. ncbi Changes in serial laboratory test results in snakebite patients: when can we safely exclude envenoming?
    Graham Ireland
    Emergency Department, Gold Coast Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
    Med J Aust 193:285-90. 2010
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  16. ncbi Early use of high-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy for verapamil toxicity
    Christopher P Nickson
    Intensive Care Unit, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
    Med J Aust 191:350-2. 2009
    ..Consideration should be given to the early use of HIET in treating severe calcium channel blocker toxicity, rather than as a last resort after other therapies have failed...
  17. ncbi Emergency department presentations of naltrexone-accelerated detoxification
    Jason Armstrong
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
    Acad Emerg Med 10:860-6. 2003
    ..Patients presenting with agitation should be sedated with benzodiazepines; large doses may be required. Close monitoring of respiratory function is mandatory, and advanced airway management may be required...
  18. ncbi Temperature effects on box jellyfish venom: a possible treatment for envenomed patients?
    Teresa J Carrette
    Tropical Biology, James Cook University Cairns Campus, Cairns, QLD, Australia
    Med J Aust 177:654-5. 2002
    ..To determine the effect of temperature on lethality of venom from Chironex fleckeri (the potentially fatal box jellyfish)...
  19. ncbi Sublingual glyceryl trinitrate as prehospital treatment for hypertension in Irukandji syndrome
    Mark Little
    Med J Aust 180:482-3; author reply 483-4. 2004
  20. ncbi The use of pressure immobilization bandages in the first aid management of cubozoan envenomings
    Jamie Seymour
    Department of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, McGregor Road, Cairns 4878, Australia
    Toxicon 40:1503-5. 2002
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  21. ncbi Current use of Australian snake antivenoms and frequency of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis
    Geoffrey K Isbister
    Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
    Med J Aust 188:473-6. 2008
    ..To investigate current use of Australian snake antivenoms and the frequency and severity of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions...
  22. ncbi Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006
    Mark Little
    Med J Aust 187:372; author reply 372. 2007
  23. ncbi Rapid opioid detoxification in Australia
    Gary Hulse
    Acad Emerg Med 9:960. 2002
  24. ncbi High rate of immediate systemic hypersensitivity reactions to tiger snake antivenom
    Geoffrey K Isbister
    Med J Aust 184:419-20.. 2006