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Research Development Unit: CKW Research Highlights

Research Support for Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health

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Effectiveness of interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in incarcerated adult populations: a systematic review protocol

Amanda Balmer  1 , Annette Brömdal  2 , Amy Mullens  3 , Kathryn Kynoch  4   5 , Sonya Osborne  1
Affiliations

Abstract

Objective: This review will identify, synthesize, and make recommendations regarding the effectiveness of interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood-borne viruses (BBVs) in incarcerated adult settings.

Introduction: High-risk sexual behaviors, intravenous drug use, piercing, and tattooing are well documented within incarceration environments. Despite the World Health Organization's Global Health Sector Strategy on Sexually Transmitted Infections 2016-2021 and the Global Health Sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030, STI rates within adult incarceration environments continue to rise. Identifying and implementing best-practice interventions to prevent and manage STIs and BBVs will aid infection reduction in correctional settings. The review results will inform the development of educational programs, health promotion, and policies and procedures to improve health outcomes for incarcerated populations.

Inclusion criteria: This review will consider studies in any language from any adult incarceration facility. Studies set in juvenile facilities or detention centers will be excluded. Any intervention for preventing or reducing STI and/or BBV transmission will be included.

Methods: This review will follow the JBI methodology for systematic reviews of effectiveness. Databases to be searched will include PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCO), Ovid Library, PsycINFO (EBSCO), Cochrane CENTRAL, and Scopus. Two independent reviewers will screen titles and abstracts and assess full-text citations against the inclusion criteria. Methodological quality will be appraised using JBI's standardized critical appraisal instruments. Where possible, studies will be pooled using meta-analysis. Where statistical pooling is not possible, findings will be presented in narrative format. Certainty of evidence will be ascertained using the GRADE approach.

Review registration: PROSPERO CRD42022325077.

 

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Nurses’ assessment of health literacy requirements for adult inpatients: An integrative review

First published: 13 July 2023
https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.780

Issue Addressed

This paper reviews current research which examines nurses' assessment of patient's health literacy in the acute hospital setting. Research highlights, that patients with low health literacy have more frequent hospitalisations and are more likely to be re-admitted. Within the healthcare team, nurses are primarily responsible for teaching patients and deciphering health communication, to enhance understanding. Within the acute care setting, there remains a disparity in patient understanding of information, despite nurse-led education. The health literacy assessment and tailoring of information by nurses, is becoming more important with shorter stays, plus limited family visits and the wearing of masks with COVID-19 related changes.

Methods

An integrative review across four nursing databases, from 2010 and June 2022 was conducted. The integrative framework included problem identification, literature search, data evaluation, data analysis with thematic analysis, and results presentation.

Results

Nine studies were included. Common themes were nurses' overestimation of patients' health literacy, the use of universal precautions, and adapting communication techniques to improve education moments.

Conclusion

The findings of this review indicate a tendency among nurses to overestimate their patients' health literacy levels, which can result in ineffective health education and inadequate discharge planning.

So What

Nurses decipher health communication for their patients. Designing tailored patient communication and education could potentially be a cost saving measure for hospitals by reducing length of stay and reducing readmissions. Health literacy training should be incorporated into nursing practice.

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Opioid dispensing 2008-18: a Queensland perspective

Benita Suckling  1 , Champika Pattullo  2 , Peter Donovan  2 , Marcus Gallagher  3 , Asad Patanwala  4 , Jonathan Penm  5
Affiliations

Abstract

Objective This study provides an overview of opioid dispensing in Queensland from 2008 to 2018 by recipient age, drug, oral morphine equivalent and remoteness. Methods Data were obtained from the Queensland Monitoring of Drugs of Dependence System database for 2008-18 and analysed using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to account for population growth. Opioid dispensing by age, drug, oral morphine equivalent and remoteness were assessed. Results The number of prescriptions for Schedule 8 opioid medicines dispensed in Queensland increased from 190 to 430 per 1000 population over the study period (2.3-fold increase). Oxycodone had the largest increase in dispensing over the study period of 3.1-fold, with tapentadol increasing rapidly since initial Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listing in 2013 to the third most dispensed opioid by 2018. By 2018, opioid dispensing among the oldest Queenslanders, those aged 85+ years, occurred at triple the rate for those aged 65-84 years. When adjusted to report oral morphine equivalents (OME) in milligrams (mg), there has been an increase of approximately 1.9-fold over the study period. Results were also presented by geographical area, including a heatmap and analysis by remoteness. Prescriptions dispensed per 1000 population were 416 for major cities, 551 for inner regional and 445 for outer regional, and highlight that inner and outer regional areas have higher rates of prescriptions when compared to major cities (32 and 7% higher, respectively). Conclusion This study highlights changes in opioid prescription dispensing by drug and OME, as well as the variation in dispensing rates when accounting for remoteness. Further studies to link statewide databases, and to better understand drivers for differences in dispensing by location, will provide valuable insights to further inform policy and service provision.

Caboolutre, Kilcoy and Woodford Affiliated Publications

Attokaran, A. G., Ramanan, M., Hunt, L., Chandra, K., Sandha, R., Watts, S., & Venkatesh, B. (2023). Sodium chloride or plasmalyte-148 for patients presenting to emergency departments with diabetic ketoacidosis: A nested cohort study within a multicentre, cluster, crossover, randomised, controlled trial. Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA, 35(4), 657–663. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14198

Balmer, A., Brömdal, A., Mullens, A., Kynoch, K., & Osborne, S. (2023). Effectiveness of interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in incarcerated adult populations: a systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 10-11124.

Black, M., Kothari, A., Chawla, G., Pelecanos, A., Zahumensky, A., McDermott, L., O’Connor, H., Kalma, B., & Eley, V. (2023). Attitudes and awareness of Australian women regarding peripartum antibiotic use: A multicentre survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 63(2), 171–177. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13587

Chilman, L. B., Meredith, P. J., Kennedy-Behr, A., Campbell, G., Frakking, T., Swanepoel, L., & Verdonck, M. (2023). Picky eating in children: Current clinical trends, practices, and observations within the Australian health-care context. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12869

Chilman, L. B., Meredith, P. J., Southon, N., Kennedy-Behr, A., Frakking, T., Swanepoel, L., & Verdonck, M. (2023). A qualitative inquiry of parents of extremely picky eaters: Experiences, strategies and future directions. Appetite, 190, 107022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107022

Flaws, D., Allen, C., Baker, S., Barnett, A., Metcalf, O., Pollock, H., Ramanan, M., Tabah, A., & Varker, T. (2023). A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an Early Psychiatric Assessment, Referral, and Intervention Study (EPARIS) for intensive care patients. PloS One, 18(6), e0287470. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287470

Flaws, D., Patterson, S., Bagshaw, T., Boon, K., Kenardy, J., Sellers, D., & Tronstad, O. (2023). Caring for critically ill patients with a mental illness: A discursive paper providing an overview and case exploration of the delivery of intensive care to people with psychiatric comorbidity. Nursing Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1935

Franz, N. (2023). The effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors on newborn adaptation and withdrawal symptoms: A scoping review. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 29(2), 235–244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2022.07.004

Harvey, G., Collyer, S., McRae, P., Barrimore, S. E., Demmitt, C., Lee-Steere, K., Nolan, B., & Mudge, A. M. (2023). Navigating the facilitation journey: a qualitative, longitudinal evaluation of 'Eat Walk Engage' novice and experienced facilitators. BMC health services research, 23(1), 1132. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10116-3

Hogan, A., Hughes, L., & Coyne, E. (2023). Nurses’ assessment of health literacy requirements for adult inpatients: An integrative review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia : Official Journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.780

Hogan, A., Hughes, L., & Coyne, E. (2023). Understanding nursing assessment of health literacy in a hospital context: A qualitative study. Journal of clinical nursing, 10.1111/jocn.16809. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16809

Kelly, J. T., Mitchell, N., Campbell, K. L., Furlong, K., Langley, M., Clark, S., Rushbrook, E., & Hansen, K. (2023). Implementing a virtual emergency department to avoid unnecessary emergency department presentations. Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA, 10.1111/1742-6723.14328. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14328

Kothari, A., Khuu, A., Dulhunty, J., Bruxner, G., Ballard, E., & Callaway, L. (2023). Fathers attending the birth of their baby: Views, intentions and needs. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13692

Kumar, A., Doola, R., Zahumensky, A., Shaikh, A., Tabah, A., Laupland, K. B., & Ramanan, M. (2023). Association between elevated lactate and clinical outcomes in adults with diabetic ketoacidosis. Journal of Critical Care, 78, 154377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154377

Langford, A. V., Schneider, C. R., Lin, C. C., Bero, L., Collins, J. C., Suckling, B., & Gnjidic, D. (2023). Patient-targeted interventions for opioid deprescribing: An overview of systematic reviews. Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 10.1111/bcpt.13844. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.13844
Laupland, K. B., Shekar, K., Tabah, A., Clement, P., Edwards, F., & Ramanan, M. (2023). Excess burden of critical illness related to inflammatory bowel disease. Internal Medicine Journal, 53(5), 812–818. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15672

Lin, F., Craswell, A., Murray, L., Brailsford, J., Cook, K., Anagi, S., Muir, R., Garrett, P., Pusapati, R., Carlini, J., & Ramanan, M. (2023). Establishing critical care nursing research priorities for three Australian regional public hospitals: A mixed method priority setting study. Intensive & critical care nursing, 77, 103440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103440

Liu, S., Stevens, J. A., Collins, A. E., Duff, J., Sutherland, J. R., Oddie, M. D., Naylor, J. M., Patanwala, A. E., Suckling, B. M., & Penm, J. (2023). Prevalence and predictors of long-term opioid use following orthopaedic surgery in an Australian setting: A multicentre, prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia and intensive care, 51(5), 321–330. https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057X231172790

Liu, S., Stevens, J. A., Collins, A. E., Duff, J., Sutherland, J. R., Oddie, M. D., Naylor, J. M., Patanwala, A. E., Suckling, B. M., & Penm, J. (2023). Prevalence and predictors of opioid use before orthopaedic surgery in an Australian setting: A multicentre, cross-sectional, observational study. Anaesthesia and intensive care, 310057X221147066. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057X221147066

Marella, P., Laupland, K. B., Shekar, K., Tabah, A., Edwards, F., & Ramanan, M. (2023). Institution-free days after critical illness: A multicenter retrospective study. Journal of Critical Care, 74, 154253. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154253

Marella, P., Ramanan, M., Shekar, K., Tabah, A., & Laupland, K. B. (2023). Determinants of 90-day case fatality among older patients admitted to intensive care units: A retrospective cohort study. Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, S1036-7314(23)00133-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2023.07.039

Meloncelli, N., James, S., Riggs, K., & de Jersey, S. (2023). 'Scaling-out' evidence-informed antenatal care to support healthy pregnancy weight gain: a context assessment using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. JBI evidence implementation, 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000369. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000369

O’Donnell, S. L., & Meloncelli, N. J. L. (2023). Implementing evidence-based eating disorder guidelines at a small metro hospital: current practice and staff perceptions of caring for eating disorder patients. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00787-y

Padar, M., Rieseberg, A., & Hendahewa, R. (2023). Spontaneous periduodenal hematoma: a rare surgical and radiological conundrum. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2023(3), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad133

Padar, M., Rieseberg, A., & Ratnayake, S. (2023). Unexpected finding of arc of Buhler with celiac artery stenosis during workup for a suspected pancreatic lesion. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2023(3), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad178
Patterson, S., Flaws, D., Latu, J., Doo, I., & Tronstad, O. (2023). Patient aggression in intensive care: A qualitative study of staff experiences. Australian Critical Care : Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, 36(1), 77–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.02.006

Peri, A. M., O’Callaghan, K., Rafiei, N., Graves, B., Sinclair, H., Brischetto, A., Lim, K., Parkes-Smith, J., Eustace, M., Davidson, N., Tabah, A., Stewart, A., Chatfield, M. D., Harris, P. N., & Paterson, D. L. (2023). Persistence of detectable pathogens by culture independent systems (T2 Magnetic Resonance) in patients with bloodstream infection: prognostic role and possible clinical implications. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad663

Purtell, L., Bennett, P., & Bonner, A. (2023). Multimodal approaches for inequality in kidney care: turning social determinants of health into opportunities. Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000936. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNH.0000000000000936

Suckling, B., Pattullo, C., Donovan, P., Gallagher, M., Patanwala, A., & Penm, J. (2023). Opioid dispensing 2008-18: a Queensland perspective. Australian Health Review : A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 47(2), 217–225. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH22247

Tronstad, O., Flaws, D., Patterson, S., Holdsworth, R., & Fraser, J. F. (2023). Creating the ICU of the future: patient-centred design to optimise recovery. Critical care (London, England), 27(1), 402. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-023-04685-2

Tronstad, O., Patterson, S., Sutt, A.-L., Pearse, I., Hay, K., Liu, K., Sato, K., Koga, Y., Matsuoka, A., Hongo, T., Rätsep, I., Fraser, J. F., & Flaws, D. (2023). A protocol of an international validation study to assess the clinical accuracy of the eDIS-ICU delirium screening tool. Australian Critical Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2023.02.003

Vourliotis, C., Ng, F. & Bruxner, G. (2023). “Fighting for the Last Gasp”—Severe Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder , Chronic Deliberate Ingestion of Foreign Bodies , and Palliative Struggles in Intensive Care. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 29(2), p 160-166. 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000693

White, K. C., Laupland, K. B., Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., & Bellomo, R. (2023). Clinical implications of urine output-based sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. Author's reply. Intensive care medicine, 49(10), 1266–1267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07205-6

White, K. C., Laupland, K. B., Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., & Bellomo, R. (2023). Details and the devil within: the case of sepsis associated AKI. Author's reply. Intensive care medicine, 10.1007/s00134-023-07209-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07209-2

White, K. C., Laupland, K. B., Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., & Bellomo, R. (2023). Double the risk of death and other 'inconvenient truths' about oliguria. Author's reply. Intensive care medicine, 10.1007/s00134-023-07218-1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07218-1

White, K. C., Serpa-Neto, A., Hurford, R., Clement, P., Laupland, K. B., See, E., McCullough, J., White, H., Shekar, K., Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., Garrett, P., Attokaran, A. G., Luke, S., Senthuran, S., McIlroy, P., & Bellomo, R. (2023). Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit: incidence, patient characteristics, timing, trajectory, treatment, and associated outcomes. A multicenter, observational study. Intensive Care Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07138-0
Yapa, H. E., Chambers, S., Purtell, L., & Bonner, A. (2023). Impact of chronic kidney disease on everyday life: A descriptive qualitative study. Journal of renal care, 10.1111/jorc.12478. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12478
Publications by Caboolture & Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Services staff and affiliated personnel in 2021 include the following:

Alghamdi, N. A., Major, P., Chaudhuri, D., Tsui, J., Brown, B., Self, W. H., Semler, M. W., Ramanan, M., & Rochwerg, B. (2022). Saline compared to balanced crystalloid in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Critical Care Explorations, 4(1), e0613. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000613

Bailey, R. L., Ramanan, M., Litton, E., Yan Kai, N. S., Coyer, F. M., Garrouste-Orgeas, M., & Tabah, A. (2022). Staff perceptions of family access and visitation policies in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: The WELCOME-ICU survey. Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, 35(4), 383–390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.06.014

Begum, H., Neto, A. S., Alliegro, P., Broadley, T., Trapani, T., Campbell, L. T., Cheng, A. C., Cheung, W., Cooper, D. J., Erickson, S. J., French, C. J., Litton, E., McAllister, R., Nichol, A., Palermo, A., Plummer, M. P., Rotherham, H., Ramanan, M., Reddi, B., Reynolds, C., … Burrell, A. (2022). People in intensive care with COVID-19: demographic and clinical features during the first, second, and third pandemic waves in Australia. The Medical Journal of Australia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51590

Black, M., Kothari, A., Chawla, G., Pelecanos, A., Zahumensky, A., McDermott, L., O’Connor, H., Kalma, B., & Eley, V. (2022). Attitudes and awareness of Australian women regarding peripartum antibiotic use: A multicentre survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13587

Brierty, A., Horan, S., Giacomozzi, C., Johnson, L., Bade, D., & Carty, C. P. (2022). Kinematic differences in the presentation of recurrent congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot). Gait & Posture, 96, 195–202. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.05.016

Buetti, N., Tabah, A., Loiodice, A., Ruckly, S., Aslan, A. T., Montrucchio, G., Cortegiani, A., Saltoglu, N., Kayaaslan, B., Aksoy, F., Murat, A., Akdoğan, Ö., Saracoglu, K. T., Erdogan, C., Leone, M., Ferrer, R., Paiva, J. A., Hayashi, Y., Ramanan, M., Conway Morris, A., … Eurobact 2 study group (2022). Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients: a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact II study. Critical Care (London, England), 26(1), 319. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04166-y

Carter, H. E., Waugh, J., Chang, A. B., Shelton, D., David, M., Weir, K. A., Levitt, D., Carty, C., & Frakking, T. T. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of care coordination for children with chronic noncomplex medical conditions: Results from a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Value in Health : The Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2022.06.007

Dastouri D., McSweeney W. T., Leaning M., & Hendahewa, R. (2022). Outcome comparison of totally implantable venous access device insertions between surgeons and radiologists in Australia. Cureus, 14(3): e23244. http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23244

Frakking, T. T., Chang, A. B., Carty, C., Newing, J., Weir, K. A., Schwerin, B., & So, S. (2022). Using an automated speech recognition approach to differentiate between normal and aspirating swallowing sounds recorded from digital cervical auscultation in children. Dysphagia, 37(6), 1482–1492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-022-10410-y

Frakking, T. T., Waugh, J., Carty, C., Burmeister, A., Marozza, A., Hobbins, S., Kilah, M., David, M., Kane, L., McCormick, S., & Carter, H. E. (2022). The effect of different service models on quality of care in the assessment of autism spectrum disorder in children: Study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics, 22(1), 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03244-y

Gane E. M., Schoeb V., Cornwell P., Cooray C. R., Cowie B., Comans T.A. (2022). Discharge planning of older persons from hospital: Comparison of observed practice to recommended best practice. Healthcare, 10(2):202. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020202

Guo L., Ryan B., Leditschke I. A., Haines, K. J., Cook, K., Ericksson, L., Olusanya, O., Selak, T., Kiran, S., & Ramanan, M. (2022). Impact of unacceptable behaviour between healthcare workers on clinical performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review. BMJ Quality & Safety. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013955

Gurung, A., Romeo, M., Clark, S., Hocking, J., Dhollande, S., Broadbent, M. (2022). The enigma: Decision-making to transfer residents to the emergency department; communication and care delivery between emergency department staff and residential aged care facilities’ nurses. Australasian Journal on Ageing. http://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13044

James, S., Annetts, K., Frakking, T., Broadbent, M., Waugh, J., Perry, L., Lowe, J., & Clark, S. (2022). Hospital presentations with diabetic ketoacidosis: A retrospective review. Australasian Emergency Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2022.06.001

Liang, E. S., Efendy, M., Winter, C., & Coulthard, A. (2022). Intracranial perianeurysmal cysts: case series and review of the literature. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, 14(8), 837–841. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017807

McCourt, E., Harper, N., Butnoris, M., Friend, R., Dekker, K., Ayre, J., Tai, B., Pelecanos, A., Stowasser, D., Coombes, I., Dunn, T., & Donovan, P. (2022). The effect of Computerised Physician Order Entry on prescribing errors: An interrupted time-series study at a secondary referral hospital in Australia. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 165, 104829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104829

Patterson, S., Flaws, D., Latu, J., Doo, I., & Tronstad, O. (2022). Patient aggression in intensive care: A qualitative study of staff experiences. Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, S1036-7314(22)00032-7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.02.006

Purtell, L., Whiting, E., Muller, K., McSherry, C., Gillespie, K., Havas, K., & Bonner, A. (2022). Evaluation of a General Practitioner with Special Interest model: lessons learned from staff experiences. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28(4), 330–337. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY21065

Rabbi, M. F., Diamond, L. E., Carty, C. P., Lloyd, D. G., Davico, G., & Pizzolato, C. (2022). A muscle synergy-based method to estimate muscle activation patterns of children with cerebral palsy using data collected from typically developing children. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 3599. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07541-5

Ramanan, M., Kumar, A., Billot, L., Myburgh, J., & Venkatesh, B. (2022). Recruitment characteristics of randomised trials in critical care: A systematic review. Clinical trials (London, England), 17407745221123248. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17407745221123248

Reynolds, H. V., Pollock, H., Apte, Y. V., & Tabah, A. (2022). Achieving high dialysis dose via continuous renal replacement therapy in the setting of metformin associated lactic acidosis. A case series. A&A practice, 16(1), e01561. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000001561

Sawyer, E., Tran, K., Kalpakos, L., & Ratnayake, S. (2022). Metastatic melanoma of the gallbladder in a patient with acute cholecystitis: a case report and review of the literature. International Surgery Journal, 9(3), 664-670. https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20220640

Shah, V., Ahuja, A., Kumar, A., Anstey, C., Thang, C., Guo, L., Shekar, K., & Ramanan, M. (2022). Outcomes of prolonged ICU stay for patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 36(12), 4313–4319. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2022.08.026

Spann, G., Austin, L., & King, E. (2022). Pharmacists in clozapine clinics improving physical health monitoring. The Mental Health Clinician, 12(3), 193–198. https://doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2022.06.193

Stolz, A., Efendy, R., Apte, Y., Craswell, A., Lin, F., & Ramanan, M. (2022). Safety and efficacy of peripheral versus centrally administered vasopressor infusion: A single-centre retrospective observational study. Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, 35(5), 506–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.005

Suckling, B., Pattullo, C., Liu, S., James, P., Donovan, P., Patanwala, A., & Penm, J. (2022). Persistent opioid use after hospital discharge in Australia: a systematic review. Australian Health Review: A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 46(3), 367–380. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH21353

White, K., Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., Shekar, K., Edwards, F., & Laupland, K. B. (2022). 90-day case-fatality in critically ill patients with chronic liver disease influenced by presence of portal hypertension, results from a multicentre retrospective cohort study. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 8850666221100408. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08850666221100408

Yapa, H. E., Purtell, L., Chambers, S., & Bonner, A. (2022). Factors influencing health-related quality of life in people with chronic kidney disease: A structural equation modelling approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.1111/jocn.16422. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16422

Publications by Caboolture & Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Services staff and affiliated personnel in 2021 include the following:

Apte, Y., Jacobs, K., Shewdin, S., Murray, A., Tung, L., Ramanan, M., & Massey, D. (2021). Prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, translating research and implementing practice change from bench to bedside in the era of coronavirus disease 2019. Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, 34(2), 176-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.08.002

Bailey, R. L., Ramanan, M., Litton, E., Yan Kai, N. S., Coyer, F. M., Garrouste-Orgeas, M., Tabah, A., & Welcome ICU contributors (2021). Staff perceptions of family access and visitation policies in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: The WELCOME-ICU survey. Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.06.014

Brierty, A., Carty, C. P., Giacomozzi, C., Phillips, T., Walsh, H. P. J., Bade, D., & Horan, S. (2021). Plantar load transfer in children: a descriptive study with two pathological case studies. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1), 521. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04364-9

Broom, J., Broom, A., Anstey, C., Kenny, K., Young, S., Grieve, D., Sowden, D., Jangam, A., Henderson, A., Melon, A., Tabone, R., Farquhar, D., Harding, H., Panahi, S. E., Chin, T., Abdullah, M., Waterhouse, L., Lo, C., Parker, R., Bui, T. L., … Wallis, M. C. (2021). Barriers-enablers-ownership approach: a mixed methods analysis of a social intervention to improve surgical antibiotic prescribing in hospitals. BMJ Open, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046685

Burrell, A. J., Pellegrini, B., Salimi, F., Begum, H., Broadley, T., Campbell, L. T., Ramanan, M., ... & Udy, A. A. (2021). Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic. Medical Journal of Australia, 214(1), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50883

Cheng, J., Mackie, A., Chang, A. B., Grimwood, K., Scott, M., King, A., . . . O'Grady, K. F. (2021). Medication and healthcare use, parent knowledge and cough in children: A cohort study. Pediatric Pulmonology, 56(7), 2345-2354. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.25424

Chilman, L., Kennedy-Behr, A., Frakking, T., Swanepoel, L., & Verdonck, M. (2021). Picky eating in children: A scoping review to examine its intrinsic and extrinsic features and how they relate to identification. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9067. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179067

Dhollande, S., Taylor, A., Meyer, S., & Scott, M. (2021). Conducting integrative reviews: A guide for novice nursing researchers. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26(5), 427–438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987121997907

Flaws, D. F., Barnett, A., Fraser, J., Latu, J., Ramanan, M., Tabah, A., Tippett, V., Tronstad, O., & Patterson, S. (2021). A protocol for tracking outcomes post intensive care. Nursing in Critical Care. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12613

Flaws, D., & Manning, J. C. (2021). Post intensive care syndrome across the life course: Looking to the future of paediatric and adult critical care survivorship. Nursing in Critical Care, 26(2), 64-66. https://doi.org/0.1111/nicc.12605

Frakking, T., Craswell, A., Clayton, A., & Waugh, J. (2021). Evaluation of research capacity and culture of Health Professionals working with women, children and families at an Australian public hospital: A cross sectional observational study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 14, 2755–2766. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S330647

Ippolito, M., Ramanan, M., Bellina, D., Catalisano, G., Iozzo, P., Di Guardo, A., Moscarelli, A., Grasselli, G., Giarratano, A., Bassetti, M., Tabah, A., & Cortegiani, A. (2021). Personal protective equipment use by healthcare workers in intensive care unit during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A secondary analysis of the PPE-SAFE survey. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2049936121998562

James, S., Annetts, K., Frakking, T., Broadbent, M., Waugh, J., Perry, L., Lowe, J., & Clark, S. (2021). Diabetic ketoacidosis presentations in a low socio-economic area: are services suitable?. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 682. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06715-7

Kearney, L., Craswell, A., Massey, D., Marsh, N., Nugent, R., Alexander, C., Smitheram, C., McLoughlin, A., & Ullman, A. (2021). Peripheral intravenous catheter management in childbirth (PICMIC): A multi-centre, prospective cohort study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(11), 4451-4458. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14933

Kerz, A., Bell, K., White, M., Thompson, A., Suter, M., McKechnie, R., & Gallegos, D. (2021). Development and preliminary validation of a brief household food insecurity screening tool for paediatric health services in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(5), 1538–1549. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13219

Kirrane, M. D., Shrapnel, S., Ramanan, M., Clement, P., Fraser, J. F., Laupland, K. B., ... & Shekar, K. (2021). Intensive care digital health response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 49(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057x20975777

Laupland, K. B., Ramanan, M., Shekar, K., Edwards, F., Clement, P., & Tabah, A. (2021). Long-term outcome of prolonged critical illness: A multicentered study in North Brisbane, Australia. PloS One, 16(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249840

Laupland, K. B., Edwards, F., Ramanan, M., Shekar, K., & Tabah, A. (2021). Reconciling the obesity paradox: Obese patients suffer the highest critical illness associated mortality rates. Journal of Critical Care, 66, 75–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.08.005

Leaning M. (2021). Chylous ascites as a sequelae of primary small bowel volvulus in a virgin abdomen. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2021(5), rjab176. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab176

Leaning, M. (2021). Surgical case report-acalculous hemorrhagic cholecystitis. Journal Surgical Case Reports, 2021(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab075

Leaning, M., McSweeney, W., & Dastouri, D. (2021). Will a flexi-sig' do? A retrospective review of colonoscopies indicated by diverticulitis alone. Surgical Endoscopy, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08588-7

Liang, E. S., Efendy, M., Winter, C., & Coulthard, A. (2021). Intracranial perianeurysmal cysts: Case series and review of the literature. Journal of Neuro Interventional Surgery. https://www.doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017807

McSweeney, W., Leaning, M., & Dastouri, D. (2021). Keratinocyte Skin Cancers in General Surgery: The Impact of Anaesthesia, Trainee Supervision, and Choice of Reconstruction. Journal of Skin Cancer, 2021, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5537273

McSweeney, W., Leaning, M., Dastouri, D., Parkinson, D., & Hendahewa, R. (2021). It's not you, it's me: A descriptive study of patient complaints and surgeon understanding. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91(10), 1991-1995 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.17033

Modenese, L., Barzan, M., & Carty, C. P. (2021). Dependency of lower limb joint reaction forces on femoral version. Gait & Posture, 88, 318–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.06.014

North, R., Geraghty, A., Luscombe, G., & Frakking, T. (2021). Using quantitative fetal fibronectin to predict term labour onset in Australian rural women: A pilot study. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 61(6), 905-909. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13401

Pattullo, C., Suckling, B., Donovan, P. and Hall, L. (2021), Developing a framework for implementing Opioid Stewardship Programs in Australian Hospital Settings. Internal Medicine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15555                                

Pattullo, C., Suckling, B., Taylor, S., Thomson, J., Collins, G., Hall, L., & Donovan, P. (2021). Developing and piloting an adaptable oxycodone quality improvement strategy: Steps towards opioid stewardship. Australian Health Review: A publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 45(3), 353–360. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH20262

Peek, J., Hay, K., Hughes, P., Kostellar, A., Kumar, S., Bhikoo, Z., ... & Marshall, H. M. (2021). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App (My QuitBuddy) in Older Persons: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research, 5(4). https://doi.org/10.2196/24976

Pinks, D., Warren-James, M., & Katsikitis, M. (2021). Does a peer social support group intervention using the cares skills framework improve emotional expression and emotion-focused coping in paramedic students? Australasian Emergency Care, 24(4), 308-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2021.03.005

Raina, D. (2021). Rare case of gastric extranodal marginal zone lymphoma. International Surgery Journal, 8(4), 1316-1320. https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20210992

Raina, D., & Hendahewa, R. (2021). A case report on multiseptate gallbladder clinical manifestation and treatment. Indian Journal of Case Reports, 40-41. https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCR.2021.v07.i01.013

Raina, D., & Hendahewa, R. (2021). Sessile serrated adenomas detection rate among the surgeons and the gastroenterologists: A retrospective analysis. Eastern Journal of Medical Sciences, 27-30. https://doi.org/10.32677/EJMS.2021.v06.i01.006

Ramanan, M., Attokaran, A., Murray, L., Bhadange, N., Stewart, D., Rajendran, G., Pusapati, R., Petty, M., Garrett, P., Kruger, P., Peake, S., Billot, L., Venkatesh, B., & SCOPE-DKA Collaborators and Queensland Critical Care Research Network (QCCRN) (2021). Sodium chloride or Plasmalyte-148 evaluation in severe diabetic ketoacidosis (SCOPE-DKA): A cluster, crossover, randomized, controlled trial. Intensive Care Medicine, 74(11), 1248-1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06480-5    

Ramanan M, Billot L, Rajbhandari D, Myburgh J, Venkatesh B. (2021). An evaluation of factors that may influence clinicians’ decisions not to enrol eligible patients into randomized trials in critical care. PLOS ONE, 16(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255361

Ramanan, M., Burrell, A., Paul, E., Trapani, T., Broadley, T., McGloughlin, S., French, C., & Udy, A. (2021). Nosocomial infections amongst critically ill COVID-19 patients in Australia. Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 1(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2021.100054        

Ramanan, M., Shorr, A., & Lipman, J. (2021). Ventriculitis: Infection or inflammation. Antibiotics, 10(10), 1246. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10101246                                     

Scott, M., & Bertenshaw, C. (2021). Frequent attendees to the emergency department: Perspectives for trainee preparedness. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(3), 564-566. http://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13785

Shekar, K., Varkey, S., Cornmell, G., Parsons, L., Tol, M., Siuba, M., & Ramanan, M. (2021). Feasibility of non-invasive nitric oxide gas inhalation to prevent endotracheal intubation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: A single-centre experience. Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, 116, 35–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.niox.2021.08.005

Sin, J., Laupland, K. B., Ramanan, M., & Tabah, A. (2021). Phosphate abnormalities and outcomes among admissions to the intensive care unit: A retrospective multicentre cohort study. Journal of Critical Care, 64, 154–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.03.011

Sin, J., Laupland, K. B., Ramanan, M., & Tabah, A. (2021). Response to the letter: Renal status in the association between hyperphosphatemia and mortality. Journal of Critical Care. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.10.002

Stolz, A., Efendy, R., & Apte, Y. (2021). Headache, confusion, and behavioral changes - a HaNDL case report. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 5(5):133-137. https://doi.org/10.24911/ejmrc/173-1588758405

Stolz, A., Efendy, R., Apte, Y., Craswell, A., Lin, F., & Ramanan, M. (2021). Safety and efficacy of peripheral versus centrally administered vasopressor infusion: A single-centre retrospective observational study. Australian Critical Care, S1036-7314(21)00131-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.005  

Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., Bailey, R. L., Chavan, S., Baker, S., Huckson, S., Pilcher, D., & Litton, E. (2021). Family visitation policies, facilities, and support in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units: A multicentre, registry-linked survey. Australian Critical Care, S1036-7314(21)00103-X. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.06.009

Teoh, L., & Chang, A. B. (2021). Bird's eye overview of asthma in children. The Indian Journal of Medical Research, 154(1), 8–11. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_931_21

Thaker, D. A., McGuire, P., Bryant, G., Wyld, D., Leach, J., Wheatley, H., Snape-Jenkinson, S., Kelly, B., Bourke, A., & Kennedy, G. (2021). Our experience of nursing/allied health practitioner led geriatric screening and assessment of older patients with cancer - a highly accessible model of care. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, S1879-4068(21)00111-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2021.05.003

Thang, C., Marella, P., Kumar, A., Matebele, M., & Ramanan, M. (2021). Early albumin exposure after cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, S1053-0770(21)00583-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2021.07.011

Veerkamp, K., Waterval, N. F. J., Geijtenbeek, T., Carty, C. P., Lloyd, D. G., Harlaar, J., & van der Krogt, M. M. (2021). Evaluating cost function criteria in predicting healthy gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110530

Ward, E. C., Burns, C. L., Gray, A., Baker, L., Cowie, B., Winter, N., Rusch, R., Saxon, R., Barnes, S., & Turvey, J. (2021). Establishing clinical swallowing assessment services via telepractice: A multisite implementation evaluation. American Journal of Speech-language Pathology, 30(6), 2456-2464. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00109

White, L. D., Riley, B., Davis, K., Thang, C., Mitchell, A., Abi-Fares, C., Basson, W., & Anstey, C. (2021). Safety of continuous erector spinae catheters in chest trauma: A retrospective cohort study. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 133(5), 1296-1302. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000005730

Yapa, H. E., Purtell, L., Chambers, S., & Bonner, A. (2021). Alterations in symptoms and health-related quality of life as kidney function deteriorates: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(11-12), 1787-1796. http://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15738

Zad, M., Do, C. N., Teo, A., Dixon, E., Welch, C., & Karamatic, R. (2021). Concurrent cholecystoduodenal fistula and primary aortoenteric fistula. Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2021(10), omab102. https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab102

Publications by Caboolture & Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Services staff and affiliated personnel in 2020 include the following:

Bertenshaw, C., & Clark, S. (2020). Practical palliative care for the emergency trainee. Emergency medicine Australasia: EMA.2020;32(3):501-503. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742.6723.13532  
Bautista, M., Griffin, A., Hay, K., & Frakking, T. T. (2020). Association between type of phototherapy management and hospital and patient-related outcomes in neonates with non-haemolytic jaundice at an Australian community hospital. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15318
Chapman, P., Forde, B. M., Roberts, L. W., Bergh, H., Vesey, D., Jennison, A. V., ... & Harris, P. N. (2020). Genomic investigation reveals contaminated detergent as the source of an ESBL-producing Klebsiella michiganensis outbreak in a neonatal unit. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01980-19
Cook, K., Bartholdy, R., Raven, M., von Dohren, G., Rai, S., Haines, K., & Ramanan, M. (2020). A national survey of intensive care follow-up clinics in Australia. Australian Critical Care: Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, 33(6), 533-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.03.005
De Bus, L., Depuydt, P., Steen, J., Dhaese, S., De Smet, K., Tabah, A., Akova, M., Cotta, M. O., De Pascale, G., Dimopoulos, G., Fujitani, S., Garnacho-Montero, J., Leone, M., Lipman, J.Ostermann, M., Paiva, J.-A., Schouten, J., Sjövall, F., Timsit, J.-F., … De Waele, J. J. (2020). Antimicrobial de-escalation in the critically ill patient and assessment of clinical cure: the DIANA study. Intensive Care Medicine, 46(7), 1404–1417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06111-5
Frakking, T., Michaels, S., Orbell-Smith, J., & Le Ray, L. (2020). Framework for patient, family-centred care within an Australian Community Hospital: development and description. BMJ Open Quality, 9(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000823
Franks, Z. M., Alcock, J. A., Lam, T., Haines, K. J., Arora, N., & Ramanan, M. (2020). Physical restraints and post-traumatic stress disorder in survivors of critical illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202006-738OC
Imani, S., Alffenaar, J.-W., Cotta, M. O., Daveson, K., van Hal, S., Lau, C., Marriott, D., Penm, J., Roberts, J. A., Tabah, A., Trethewy, N., Williams, P., & Sandaradura, I. (2020). Therapeutic drug monitoring of commonly used anti-infective agents: A nationwide cross-sectional survey of Australian hospital practices. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 56(6), 106180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106180
Keogh, S. (2020). "Clinician-led design for optimising flow: Seizing the opportunity for a new-build Australian Emergency Department." Emergency Medicine Australasia: EMA, 32(2):351-353. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13464
Kerz, A., Bell, K., White, M., Thompson, A., Suter, M., McKechnie, R., & Gallegos, D. (2020). Development and preliminary validation of a brief household food insecurity screening tool for paediatric health services in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13219
Lakbar, I., De Waele, J. J., Tabah, A., Einav, S., Martin-Loeches, I., & Leone, M. (2020). Antimicrobial De-Escalation in the ICU: From Recommendations to Level of Evidence. Advances in Therapy, 37(7), 3083–3096. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-020-01390-2
Laupland, K. B., Tabah, A., Jacobs, N., & Ramanan, M. (2020). Determinants of serum magnesium abnormalities and outcome among admissions to the intensive care unit. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acOctobcpm.2020.07.020
McSweeney, W. T., & Hendahewa, R. (2020). Incidental leiomyosarcoma within an ischaemic gut: a review of the management of visceral sarcoma. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa007 
Morris, L., Cook, N., Ramsey, A., Alacapa, J. V., Smith, L. E., Gray, C., … Christensen, M. (2020). Weaning humidified high flow oxygen therapy among paediatric patients: An integrative review of literature. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 50, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2019.10.015
Page, D., & Hendahewa, R. (2020). An incarcerated Spigelian hernia with the appendix in the sac passing though all layers of the abdominal wall: an unusual cause for chronic right iliac fossa pain. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa099
Page, D., & Ratnayake, S. (2020). A rare case of emphysematous pancreatitis: managing a killer without the knife. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa086
Purushothaman, S., Fung, D., Reinders, J., Garrett-Walcott, S., Buda, M., Moudgil, V., & Emmerson, B. (2020). Electroconvulsive therapy, personal protective equipment and aerosol generating procedures: a review to guide practice during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Australasian Psychiatry, 28(6):632-635.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856220953699
Rabbi, M. F., Pizzolato, C., Lloyd, D. G., Carty, C. P., Devaprakash, D., & Diamond, L. E. (2020). Non-negative matrix factorisation is the most appropriate method for extraction of muscle synergies in walking and running. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 8266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65257-w
Ramanan, M., Billot, L., Rajbhandari, D., Myburgh, J., Finfer, S., Bellomo, R., & Venkatesh, B. (2020). Does asymmetry in patient recruitment in large critical care trials follow the Pareto principle?. Trials, 21, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04279-1
Ramanan, M., Stolz, A., Rooplalsingh, R., Billot, L., Myburgh, J., & Venkatesh, B. (2020). An evaluation of the quality and impact of the global research response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Medical Journal of Australia, 1. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50790
Rattray, J., Rigg, E., Partridge, B., & Taylor, M. (2020). Attitudes towards breech management among a team of maternity clinicians in Australia undertaking breech training. Women and birth: journal of the Australian College of Midwives, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.08.002
Rello, J., Sarda, C., Mokart, D., Arvaniti, K., Akova, M., Tabah, A., ... & Nine-I study Group. (2020). Antimicrobial Stewardship in Hematological Patients at the intensive care unit: a global cross-sectional survey from the Nine-i Investigators Network. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 39(2), 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03736-3
Ryan, J., Tieu, J., Bose, B., Francis, R., Gingold, M., Goh, L., . . . Wong, N. L. (2020). Formation of the Australia and New Zealand Vasculitis Society to improve the care of patients with vasculitis in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 50(7), 781-783. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14898 
Scott, J. G., Baker, A., Lim, C. C. W., Foley, S., Dark, F., Gordon, A., Ward, D., Richardson, D., Bruxner, G., Beckmann, K. M., Hatherill, S., Stathis, S., Dixon, K., Ryan, A. E., McWhinney, B. C., Ungerer, J. P. J., Berk, M., Dean, O. M., Saha, S., & McGrath, J. (2020). Effect of sodium benzoate vs placebo among individuals with early psychosis: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open, 3(11). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24335
Stokes, P., Ballard, E., McKeating, C., Belcher, J., Furlong, K., Hocking, J., & Forristal, C. (2020). Are expiratory radiographs more sensitive than inspiratory radiographs for the diagnosis of pneumothorax in the emergency department? A retrospective observational study. Emergency Medicine Australasia. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13482
Tabah, A., Bassetti, M., Kollef, M. H., Zahar, J.-R., Paiva, J.-A., Timsit, J.-F., Roberts, J. A., Schouten, J., Giamarellou, H., Rello, J., De Waele, J., Shorr, A. F., Leone, M., Poulakou, G., Depuydt, P., & Garnacho-Montero, J. (2020). Antimicrobial de-escalation in critically ill patients: a position statement from a task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Critically Ill Patients Study Group (ESGCIP). Intensive Care Medicine, 46(2), 245–265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05951-5
Tabah, A., Ramanan, M., Laupland, K. B., Buetti, N., Cortegiani, A., Mellinghoff, J., Conway Morris, A., Camporota, L., Zappella, N., Elhadi, M., Povoa, P., Amrein, K., Vidal, G., Derde, L., Francois, G., Bassetti, M., Ssi Yan Kai, N., De Waele, J. J., & the PPE-SAFE contributors (2020). Corrigendum to “Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 Era (PPE-SAFE): An international survey” [Journal of Critical Care, Volume 59, October 2020, Pages 70–75]. Journal of Critical Care, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.10.010
Xu, Y. E., & Hendahewa, R. (2020). A rare case of mesenteric heterotopic pancreas presenting as an inflammatory mass. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz395

Publications by Caboolture & Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Services staff and affiliated personnel in 2019 include the following:

Bakon S, Taylor A, Meyer S, Scott M. (2019) The provision of emergency healthcare for women who experience intimate partner violence: part 1. An integrative review. Emergency Nurse. 27(6):19-25.
Burns, C. L., Ward, E. C., Gray, A., Baker, L., Cowie, B., Winter, N., . . . Turvey, J. (2019). Implementation of speech pathology telepractice services for clinical swallowing assessment: An evaluation of service outcomes, costs and consumer satisfaction. Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare, 25(9), 545-551.
Clark, S., Shaw, C., Padayachee, A., Howard, S., Hay, K., & Frakking, T. T. (2019). Frailty and hospital outcomes within a low socioeconomic population. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 112(12), 907-913.
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