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Pain and symptom control in HIV disease: under-researched and poorly managedRichard Harding
Clin Infect Dis 40:491-2. 2005
Development of the APCA African Palliative Outcome ScaleRichard A Powell
African Palliative Care Association, Kampala, Uganda
J Pain Symptom Manage 33:229-32. 2007
Intensity and correlates of multidimensional problems in HIV patients receiving integrated palliative care in sub-Saharan AfricaRichard Harding
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Sex Transm Infect 88:607-11. 2012....
Palliative and end-of-life care in the global response to multidrug-resistant tuberculosisRichard Harding
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, London, UK, and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Lancet Infect Dis 12:643-6. 2012....
Prevalence, burden, and correlates of physical and psychological symptoms among HIV palliative care patients in sub-Saharan Africa: an international multicenter studyRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy, and Rehabilitation and The Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 44:1-9. 2012..Despite evidence of problems persisting throughout the trajectory and alongside treatment, scant attention has been paid to these manageable problems...
What factors are associated with patient self-reported health status among HIV outpatients? A multi-centre UK study of biomedical and psychosocial factorsRichard Harding
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, London, UK
AIDS Care 24:963-71. 2012..As HIV management focuses on treatment for extended survival and a chronic model of disease, clinical attention to physical and psychological dimensions of patient care are essential to achieve optimal well-being...
Behavioral surveillance study: sexual risk taking behaviour in UK HIV outpatient attendeesRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, King s Health Partners, UK
AIDS Behav 16:1708-15. 2012..Psychological symptoms should be assessed and managed in the HIV outpatient setting to ensure integrated care that enhances prevention...
Outcomes 'out of africa': the selection and implementation of outcome measures for palliative care in AfricaJulia Downing
Honorary Professor Palliative Care, Makerere University, Kampala, c o PO Box 72518, Kampala, Formerly Deputy Executive Director, African Palliative Care Association, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Palliat Care 11:1. 2012..abstract:..
Needs, experiences, and preferences of sexual minorities for end-of-life care and palliative care: a systematic reviewRichard Harding
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, United Kingdom
J Palliat Med 15:602-11. 2012..To identify and appraise the existing evidence for the needs, experiences, and preferences for palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations...
How can informal caregivers in cancer and palliative care be supported? An updated systematic literature review of interventions and their effectivenessRichard Harding
King s College London, School of Medicine, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Palliat Med 26:7-22. 2012..Informal caregivers needs in cancer/advanced disease are largely unmet. The science of carer intervention evaluation is methodologically challenging, and the evidence historically weak...
Pain control in the African context: the Ugandan introduction of affordable morphine to relieve suffering at the end of lifeAnne Merriman
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, King s College, London, UK
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 5:10. 2010..Thus it is now possible to complete the ethical circle of care in resource poor circumstances...
Implementing patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in palliative care--users' cry for helpClaudia Bausewein
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:27. 2011..However, little is known about professionals' views using these measures. The aim of this study is to describe the use and experiences of palliative care professionals with outcome measures...
Quality of life among patients receiving palliative care in South Africa and Uganda: a multi-centred studyLucy E Selman
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:21. 2011....
An evaluation of a morphine public health programme for cancer and AIDS pain relief in Sub-Saharan AfricaDorothy E Logie
Cheviot View, Bowden, Melrose, UK
BMC Public Health 5:82. 2005..Uganda has achieved a morphine roll-out programme in partnership with the Ministry of Health. This study aimed to evaluate that programme by identifying challenges to implementation that may inform replication...
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity Therapy for people with advanced cancer referred to a hospital-based palliative care team: Study protocolSue Hall
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
BMC Palliat Care 8:5. 2009..TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Clinical Trials: ISRCTN29868352...
Appraisal of literature reviews on end-of-life care for minority ethnic groups in the UK and a critical comparison with policy recommendations from the UK end-of-life care strategyNatalie Evans
Barcelona Centre for International Health Research CRESIB, Hospital Clínic Universitat de Barcelona, C Rosselló 132 Sobre ático, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
BMC Health Serv Res 11:141. 2011..This article aims to review and evaluate literature reviews on minority ethnic groups and EoL care in the UK and assess their suitability as an evidence base for policy...
A Phase II randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of dignity therapy for older people in care homes: study protocolSue Hall
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
BMC Geriatr 9:9. 2009....
Generating an African palliative care evidence base: the context, need, challenges, and strategiesRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 36:304-9. 2008..Here, they report the methodological, ethical, logistic and capacity-based challenges of conducting research in the sub-Saharan context from their experience. A number of strategies and responses are presented...
Meeting the communication and information needs of chronic heart failure patientsRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 36:149-56. 2008....
Positive futures? The impact of HIV infection on achieving health, wealth and future planningRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, King s College London, London, UK
AIDS Care 20:565-70. 2008..Gay men living with HIV require an integrated holistic approach to wellbeing that incorporates clinical, social and individual intervention in order to lead productive lives with maximum benefit from treatment gains...
Is antiretroviral therapy associated with symptom prevalence and burden?Richard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine at Guy s, King s College and St Thomas Hospitals, London, UK
Int J STD AIDS 17:400-5. 2006..The high symptom prevalence, particularly psychological symptoms, is comparable with end-stage malignant and non-malignant diseases. Greater attention needs to be paid to the assessment and management of burdensome symptoms...
Paediatric antiretroviral therapy outcomes under HIV hospice care in South AfricaRichard Harding
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, United Kingdom
Int J Palliat Nurs 15:142-5. 2009..This study aims to evaluate outcomes of children with advanced HIV disease who are initiated on antiretroviral therapy under multiprofessional specialist paediatric hospice care...
Provision of palliative care for chronic heart failure inpatients: how much do we need?Richard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, London, UK
BMC Palliat Care 8:8. 2009..This study aimed to: 1) Measure point prevalence of inpatients appropriate for palliative care. 2) Identify patient characteristics associated with palliative care appropriateness. 3) Propose evidence-based clinical referral criteria...
Research priorities in health economics and funding for palliative care: views of an international think tankRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 38:11-4. 2009..Recommendations for study included international comparative research into the components of care and settings, evaluative studies, methodologic development and strategies to initiate studies, and make better use of data...
Validation of a core outcome measure for palliative care in Africa: the APCA African Palliative Outcome ScaleRichard Harding
Dept Palliative Care, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:10. 2010..A primary reason has been the lack of appropriate locally-validated outcome tools. This study aimed to validate a multidimensional scale (the APCA African Palliative Outcome Scale) in a multi-centred international study...
PRISMA: a pan-European co-ordinating action to advance the science in end-of-life cancer careRichard Harding
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy s King s and St Thomas Hospitals, Cicely Saunders Institute, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK
Eur J Cancer 46:1493-501. 2010....
Symptoms are highly prevalent among HIV outpatients and associated with poor adherence and unprotected sexual intercourseRichard Harding
King s College London, School of Medicine at Guy s, King s and St Thomas Hospitals, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, London SE5 9PJ, UK
Sex Transm Infect 86:520-4. 2010..This study aimed to measure symptom prevalence and determine associations with key variables: demographics, treatment status, adherence and risk behaviours...
Provision of pain- and symptom-relieving drugs for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan AfricaRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 40:405-15. 2010..Although pain and burdensome symptoms among HIV-infected persons can be effectively managed, the availability of opioids and other symptom-controlling drugs is a particular challenge in sub-Saharan Africa...
The prevalence and burden of symptoms amongst cancer patients attending palliative care in two African countriesRichard Harding
King s College London, Dept Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, UK
Eur J Cancer 47:51-6. 2011..This study aimed to determine the symptom prevalence and burden amongst advanced cancer patients in two African countries...
Multi-centred mixed-methods PEPFAR HIV care & support public health evaluation: study protocolRichard Harding
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation School of Medicine at Guy s, King s and St Thomas Hospitals Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK
BMC Public Health 10:584. 2010....
What is the evidence for effectiveness of interventions to enhance coping among people living with HIV disease? A systematic reviewRichard Harding
King s College London, London, UK
Psychol Health Med 16:564-87. 2011..Despite a lack of common outcome tolls, there are useful data that demonstrate effectiveness. Further studies must address outcomes for women and children...
The PRISMA Symposium 1: outcome tool use. Disharmony in European outcomes research for palliative and advanced disease care: too many tools in practiceRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation and The Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, King s College London, London, UK
J Pain Symptom Manage 42:493-500. 2011..The measurement of outcomes in advanced disease is complex, and to conduct comparative research and meta-analyses, appropriate tool selection is essential...
How can we improve palliative care patient outcomes in low- and middle-income countries? Successful outcomes research in sub-Saharan AfricaRichard Harding
Cicely Saunders Institute, King s College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 40:23-6. 2010..Here we report a novel collaborative effort to measure and improve outcomes for patients and families receiving palliative care in two sub-Saharan African countries...
Working with ambivalence: informal caregivers of patients at the end of lifeR Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
Support Care Cancer 9:642-5. 2001....
Outcomes and lessons from a pilot RCT of a community-based HIV prevention multi-session group intervention for gay menR Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College, London, UK
AIDS Care 16:581-5. 2004..This study has demonstrated that high-risk community samples can be recruited to multi-session interventions, and has provided feasibility data for future rigorous evaluation designs...
Palliative care in sub-Saharan AfricaRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK
Lancet 365:1971-7. 2005....
Access and equity in HIV/AIDS palliative care: a review of the evidence and responsesRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, GKT Medical School, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, London SE5 9RJ, UK
Palliat Med 19:251-8. 2005..Service responses that have attempted to increase access to palliative care are presented...
Current HIV/AIDS end-of-life care in sub-Saharan Africa: a survey of models, services, challenges and prioritiesRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College London, UK
BMC Public Health 3:33. 2003..In response to increased global public health funding initiatives to HIV/AIDS care in Africa, this study aimed to describe practice models, strategies and challenges to delivering end-of-life care in sub-Saharan Africa...
Does palliative care improve outcomes for patients with HIV/AIDS? A systematic review of the evidenceR Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas s School of Medicine, King s College, London, UK
Sex Transm Infect 81:5-14. 2005....
The relationship between patient characteristics and carer psychological status in home palliative cancer careRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, SE5 9PJ, London, UK
Support Care Cancer 11:638-43. 2003..In order to develop supportive care strategies, this analysis aimed to identify which patient characteristics contribute to carer psychological distress and which coping strategies carers employ...
Clinical notes for informal carers in palliative care: recommendations from a random patient file auditRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College London, London, UK
Palliat Med 19:639-42. 2005....
What is the best way to help caregivers in cancer and palliative care? A systematic literature review of interventions and their effectivenessR Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s, King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
Palliat Med 17:63-74. 2003..The current evidence contributes more to understanding feasibility and acceptability than to effectiveness. Practitioners and evaluators must prioritize the further development of intervention studies...
Targeting smoking cessation to high prevalence communities: outcomes from a pilot intervention for gay menRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9PJ, UK
BMC Public Health 4:43. 2004..Cigarette smoking prevalence among gay men is twice that of population levels. A pilot community-level intervention was developed and evaluated aiming to meet UK Government cessation and cancer prevention targets...
Successive switching of antiretroviral therapy is associated with high psychological and physical burdenLorraine Sherr
Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Int J STD AIDS 18:700-4. 2007..A holistic approach is needed to understand the psychological effects of such switches if lifelong treatment is to be maintained and those on antiretroviral treatment are to attain good quality of life and minimize symptom burden...
Doctor-patient concordance during HIV treatment switching decision-makingC Clucas
University College London, London, UK
HIV Med 12:87-96. 2011..The aim of the study was to explore levels of doctor-patient concordance during the making of decisions regarding HIV treatment switching and stopping in relation to patient health-related outcomes...
A multi-professional short-term group intervention for informal caregivers of patients using a home palliative care serviceRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy's King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, London, U.K
J Palliat Care 18:275-81. 2002..Qualitative data from attendees showed that identifying with other carers and validating feelings, asking questions of professionals, and providing each other with support and encouragement were valuable outcomes from the group...
What are the perceived needs and challenges of informal caregivers in home cancer palliative care? Qualitative data to construct a feasible psycho-educational interventionR Harding
Department of Palliative Care Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, King s College London, London, UK
Support Care Cancer 20:1975-82. 2012..Tailored and specific interventions for informal caregivers in palliative care are rare. We aimed to generate evidence to inform a subsequent appropriate intervention based on caregivers' experiences...
Adherence to antiretroviral treatment in patients with HIV in the UK: a study of complexityLorraine Sherr
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free University College Medical School, London, UK
AIDS Care 20:442-8. 2008..42, p=0.01). The softer markers of adherence are not usually measured in follow up and may account for variations in treatment responses. The complexity of adherence needs to be understood and addressed to maximise treatment efficacy...
Generating the evidence base for the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions: a new research typologyLynne Turner-Stokes
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, King s College London, UK
Clin Med 6:91-7. 2006..Preliminary testing and application in development of the evidence base for the NSF are described...
The views of patients with advanced cancer regarding participation in serial questionnaire studiesC Shipman
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Palliat Med 22:913-20. 2008..Developing flexible and responsive recruitment procedures is vital to retain patient participation as more than one contact might be required to successfully conclude an interview...
Optimal approaches to the health economics of palliative care: report of an international think tankBarbara Gomes
King s College London Cicely Saunders International, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 38:4-10. 2009....
Meeting information needs of patients with incurable progressive disease and their families in South Africa and Uganda: multicentre qualitative studyLucy Selman
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, London SE5 9RJ
BMJ 338:b1326. 2009..To explore the information needs of patients with progressive, life limiting disease and their family caregivers in South Africa and Uganda and to inform clinical practice and policy in this emerging field...
Short-form Zarit Caregiver Burden Interviews were valid in advanced conditionsIrene J Higginson
King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy s, King s College and St Thomas Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
J Clin Epidemiol 63:535-42. 2010..To assess six short-form versions of Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12, ZBI-8, ZBI-7, ZBI-6, ZBI-4, and ZBI-1) among three caregiving populations...
Evaluation of a short-term group intervention for informal carers of patients attending a home palliative care serviceRichard Harding
Department of Palliative Care and Policy, Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Pain Symptom Manage 27:396-408. 2004..Short-term interventions are unlikely to affect global psychological scores, and future evaluations should include additional time points of data collection to demonstrate support during attendance...
Psychological, social and spiritual distress at the end of life in heart failure patientsLucy Selman
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, UK
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 1:260-6. 2007..This review informs clinicians of the importance of understanding, assessing and managing patients' psychosocial and spiritual needs...
Physical and psychological symptoms and risk of virologic rebound among patients with virologic suppression on antiretroviral therapyFiona C Lampe
Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 54:500-5. 2010..We examined the association of self-reported physical and psychological symptoms with subsequent virologic rebound among patients with viral suppression on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART)...
Modelling services to meet the palliative care needs of chronic heart failure patients and their families: current practice in the UKLucy Selman
Dept of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine, London
Palliat Med 21:385-90. 2007..To describe current provision of specialist palliative care for chronic heart failure (CHF) patients, and explore challenges, referral criteria and recommendations to inform service development...
Improving end-of-life care for patients with chronic heart failure: "Let's hope it'll get better, when I know in my heart of hearts it won't"Lucy Selman
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
Heart 93:963-7. 2007....
Constructing understandings of end-of-life care in Europe: a qualitative study involving cognitive interviewing with implications for cross-national surveysBarbara A Daveson
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, United Kingdom
J Palliat Med 14:343-9. 2011....
Preferences for place of death if faced with advanced cancer: a population survey in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and SpainB Gomes
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Ann Oncol 23:2006-15. 2012..Cancer end-of-life care (EoLC) policies assume people want to die at home. We aimed to examine variations in preferences for place of death cross-nationally...
Are we heading in the same direction? European and African doctors' and nurses' views and experiences regarding outcome measurement in palliative careB A Daveson
King s College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, London, UK
Palliat Med 26:242-9. 2012..To examine and compare doctors' and nurses' views and experiences regarding outcome measurement in palliative care, including patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)...
Evaluation of welfare rights advice in primary care: the general practice perspectiveRichard Harding
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free University College Medical School, London, UK and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, UK
Health Soc Care Community 10:417-22. 2002..The current lack of basic information in surgeries must be addressed (e.g. information on local providers, printed information detailing range and eligibility criteria of welfare benefits)...
Clinical and behavioural aspects of aging with HIV infectionLorraine Sherr
Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Psychol Health Med 14:273-9. 2009..The older group were similar in employment, education and disclosure, but complained less and reported much higher tolerance...
Self-reported non-adherence to ART and virological outcome in a multiclinic UK studyL Sherr
Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
AIDS Care 22:939-45. 2010..Age should be an important consideration in clinical strategies to minimise non-adherence and in decisions regarding ART initiation. A simple measure of non-adherence can identify patients at risk of poorer virological outcome...
Suicidal ideation in UK HIV clinic attendersLorraine Sherr
Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
AIDS 22:1651-8. 2008..Although new treatments have changed prognosis, they also bring new challenges. This study measured suicidal ideation in HIV clinic attenders in the United Kingdom (London/Southeast) and explored associated factors...
Needs assessments in palliative care: an appraisal of definitions and approaches usedIrene J Higginson
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London School of Medicine at Guy s, King s College and St Thomas Hospitals, London, UK
J Pain Symptom Manage 33:500-5. 2007..Careful consideration must be paid to any needs assessment data to ensure that the assessment is implemented...
A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: palliative care and antiretroviral treatment can be integratedCatherine Senyimba
BMJ 331:778-9. 2005
Access to hospice care: multi-professional specialist perspectives in South AfricaCarla D L Ens
Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Int J Palliat Nurs 14:169-74. 2008..An interpretation of the themes led to the development of a model describing the ideal hospice referral system for South Africa...
Use of the palliative outcome scale in Argentina: a cross-cultural adaptation and validation studyJorge H Eisenchlas
Palliative Care Unit, C Bonorino Udaondo Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Pain Symptom Manage 35:188-202. 2008..Completion of the POS did not take more than 12 and 6 minutes for patients and staff, respectively. This study indicates that the Argentine POS is a valid and reliable measure of palliative care outcomes with advanced cancer patients...
Welfare rights advice in primary care: prevalence, processes and specialist provisionRichard Harding
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK
Fam Pract 20:48-53. 2003..Although practitioners are skilled in detecting need, and their practice is enhanced by specialist support, expansion is needed to provide the advice which cannot be met by clinical consultation...
Prevalence, severity, duration and measurement of pain in sub-Saharan AfricaPeter Cartledge
Palliat Med 18:737-8. 2004
Maturation of the initial ventilatory response to hypoxia in sleeping infantsHeidi L Richardson
Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
J Sleep Res 16:117-27. 2007..We suggest that arousal in response to hypoxia, particularly in AS, is a vital survival mechanism throughout the first 6 months of life...
Effects of sleep position, sleep state and age on heart rate responses following provoked arousal in term infantsRita Tuladhar
Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, 246 Clayton Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia
Early Hum Dev 71:157-69. 2003..Impairment of heart rate control in the prone position may be important in understanding the increased risk for SIDS in this position...
Chronic placental insufficiency and foetal growth restriction lead to long-term effects on postnatal retinal structureMichelle Loeliger
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 31:250-3. 2003....
Test-retest reliability of the measurement of penile dimensions in a sample of gay menRichard Harding
Family and Child Psychology Research Centre, City University, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College, Royal Free School of Medicine, London NW3 2PF, England
Arch Sex Behav 31:351-7. 2002..This may be due to both natural variability in penis size within subjects over time and unreliability of the measurement method...
Treating HIV/AIDS patients until the end of lifeRichard Harding
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:364. 2007
Fetal growth restriction induced by chronic placental insufficiency has long-term effects on the retina but not the optic nerveMichelle Loeliger
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, 3010 Victoria, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:3300-8. 2005..This study was undertaken to determine whether prenatal exposure to a chronic compromise sufficient to cause fetal growth restriction (FGR) results in long-term alterations to the retina and optic nerve...
Effects into adulthood of single or repeated antenatal corticosteroids in sheepTimothy J M Moss
School of Women s and Infants Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:146-52. 2005..To determine effects of maternal or fetal injections of betamethasone on postnatal growth and arterial pressure...
Heart rate responses to non-arousing trigeminal stimulation in infants: effects of sleep position, sleep state and postnatal ageRita Tuladhar
Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
Early Hum Dev 81:673-81. 2005....
Influence of maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy on uterine, umbilical and fetal cerebral artery blood flowsCheryl A Albuquerque
Center for Perinatal Medicine, Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, WA, USA
Early Hum Dev 80:31-42. 2004..CONCLUSION: Maternal cigarette smoking is associated with evidence of chronically increased resistances in the uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral arteries...
Report from the 6th International AIDS Impact Conference. The enduring role of mental health in the experience of HIVRichard Harding
Focus 18:1-4. 2003
Positive end expiratory pressure during resuscitation of premature lambs rapidly improves blood gases without adversely affecting arterial pressureMegan E Probyn
Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Pediatr Res 56:198-204. 2004..Applying PEEP during resuscitation of very premature infants might be advantageous and merits further investigation...
Early developmental origins of impaired lung structure and functionGert S Maritz
Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa
Early Hum Dev 81:763-71. 2005..Ultimately however, a major goal should be to prevent prenatal compromises through clinical monitoring, and in the case of smoking through education, thereby ensuring that each fetus has the best possible environment in which to develop...
Study of white coat effect on the prognosis of women with breast cancerLara Alloway
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 13:193; author reply 193. 2004
Arousal and ventilatory responses to hypoxia in sleeping infants: effects of maternal smokingPeter M Parsiow
Department of Paediatrics, Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash University, Level 5, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
Respir Physiol Neurobiol 140:77-87. 2004....
Palliative care for management of small-cell lung cancerRichard Harding
Lancet 367:474. 2006
Of sleep state and postnatal age on arousal responses induced by mild hypoxia in infantsPeter M Parslow
Department of Paediatrics and Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
Sleep 27:105-9. 2004..CONCLUSION: In sleeping infants, mild hypoxia serves as a stimulus for arousal in both AS and QS. Of particular significance is our finding that arousal from AS is readily elicited by mild hypoxia...
