Journal articles
The most recent citations for articles by Metro North Health staff and research partners are listed below.
A more extensive list of articles is available via the PubMed advanced search.
- Reply to: Optimal clinical practice in IPF and PPF: Integrating scientific ethos and clinical reasoning 28 March 2024No abstractJohn A Mackintosh
- Clinician- and Patient-Centred Outcomes of Digital Impressions in Infants with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Systematic Review 28 March 2024This systematic review examines the effectiveness of digital impressions in infants with cleft lip and palate (CLP), focusing on accuracy, operator preferences, and parents' perceptions. The PICO-formulated focused questions assessed the accuracy and operator preference of digital impressions compared to conventional impressions in infants with cleft lip and palate, while also exploring parents' perceptions as […]Jyotsna Unnikrishnan
- Utilisation of in-consultation supervisor assistance in general practice training and personal cost to trainees: a cross-sectional study 28 March 2024Aim The aim of the study was to establish whether two previously described barriers to effective in-consultation assistance-seeking by general practice (GP) vocational specialist trainees (ie concern about patient impressions of their competence, and discomfort presenting to supervisors in front of patients) influenced the frequency of trainee in-consultation assistance-seeking from their supervisor. Methods This was […]Nancy Sturman
- Bad behavior in healthcare: an insidious threat to patients, staff, and organizations 28 March 2024PURPOSE OF REVIEW: 'Bad' or unprofessional behavior (UPB) destroys communication, teamwork, and professional wellbeing, presenting a significant threat to patients and staff. Understanding what constitutes 'bad' or UPB and creating broad accountability for its cessation is imperative to patient-centered care and the survival of the multidisciplinary health workforce.Liz Crowe
- How comparable are patient outcomes in the "real-world" with populations studied in pivotal AML trials? 27 March 2024Despite an increasing desire to use historical cohorts as "synthetic" controls for new drug evaluation, limited data exist regarding the comparability of real-world outcomes to those in clinical trials. Governmental cancer data often lacks details on treatment, response, and molecular characterization of disease sub-groups. The Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group National Blood Cancer Registry (ALLG […]Ing Soo Tiong
- Introducing the Concept of Sanctuary Sites in Ischemic Stroke 27 March 2024CONCLUSIONS: We propose that following vessel occlusion, there are cortical regions with a low Pi, which we termed sanctuary sites. The anatomic basis for this observation is the compensatory capacity of leptomeningeal collaterals.Tharani Thirugnanachandran
- <em>Pseudomonas stutzeri</em> bloodstream infection is a prevailing community-onset disease with important mortality rates: results from a retrospective observational study in Australia 27 March 2024CONCLUSIONS: P. stutzeri bloodstream infection was predominantly a community-onset condition including ambulatory healthcare related cases, with increasing incidence, especially in older males. No antimicrobial resistance was observed. Mortality was high in patients with respiratory infectious source. This new observational data have implications when considering the epidemiology of these infections and for patient management.Juan P Horcajada
- Catheter Ablation for VT in DSP Cardiomyopathy: DiSPuting Genomic Nihilism 27 March 2024No abstractHaris M Haqqani
- Occupational Performance Coaching for parents of picky eaters: A mixed methods study 27 March 2024CONCLUSION: Targeted OPC intervention delivered online by an occupational therapist may be an effective intervention for parents of picky eaters. Future studies using randomised controls are required before OPC can be routinely recommended in a clinical setting for the management of picky eating in children.Laine B Chilman
- Clinical grade multiparametric cell sorting and gene-marking of regulatory T cells 26 March 2024CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated the feasibility of isolating, expanding and gene-marking Tregs in clinical scale, thus paving the way for future phase I trials that will advance knowledge about the in vivo fate of transferred Tregs and its relationship with concomitant Treg-directed pharmacotherapy and clinical response.Adaeze Precious Ekwe
- Estimation of risk posed by malignant polyps amongst colorectal surgeons in Australia and New Zealand 25 March 2024CONCLUSION: Colorectal surgeons in Australia and New Zealand accurately estimated the risk posed by malignant polyps. An online risk calculator may assist in better conveying risk to patients.Andrew P Zammit
- Transseptal Mitral Valve-in-Valve-in-Valve 25 March 2024No abstractBlanaid Canavan
- Is extended pelvic lymph node dissection REALLY required for staging of prostate cancer in the PSMA-PET era? 23 March 2024No abstractMatthew J Roberts
- The Why, What and Where Podcast on the Updated 2023 IWGDF Guideline on Offloading Treatments for Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers 23 March 2024In this podcast the lead authors of the 2023 International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) guideline on offloading treatments for diabetes-related foot ulcers briefly discuss why we need offloading treatments for people with diabetes-related foot ulcers, what the new international offloading guideline recommends, and where offloading treatment might go into the future.A podcast […]Sicco A Bus
- Prospective validity of a clinical prediction rule for response to non-surgical multidisciplinary management of knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: a multisite prospective longitudinal study 23 March 2024CONCLUSIONS: The knee osteoarthritis clinical nomogram prediction tool may have capacity to identify patients at risk of poor response to non-surgical management. Further work is required to determine the implications for service delivery, feasibility and impact of implementing the nomogram in clinical practice.Peter Window