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A is for aphorism: If many treatments are used for a disease, all are insufficient (with Georga Cooke, Tammy Hoffmann, and Chris Del Mar), Australian Family Physician (2012)
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The aphorism, ‘If many treatments are used for a disease, all are insufficient’ seems self...
Addressing antibiotic resistance: Focusing on acute respiratory infections in primary care (with Chris Del Mar, Paul Glasziou, John B. Lowe, Mieke L. van Driel, and Tammy Hoffmann), Australian Family Physician (2012)
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We have been aware for decades – perhaps as a somewhat far-off theoretical problem –...
Cardiac surgery in the presence of dialysis: Effect on mid-term outcomes and quality of life (with Hasanga Jayasekera, Nigel Pinto, Julie Mundy, Annabel Wood, Rayleene Griffin, Paul Peters, and Pallav Shah), Heart, lung and circulation (2011)
Background: This study evaluates the impact on short and mid-term outcomes and quality of life...
Physical function and health-related quality of life of older adults undergoing hospital rehabilitation: How strong is the association? (with Steven McPhail and Terry Haines), Journal of the American geriatrics society (2010)
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To the Editor: When an elderly patient has a first-time presentation of psychiatric symptoms, a...
Contemporary results following surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD): A single centre experience (with Andrew J. M. Campbell-Lloyd, Julie Mundy, Nigel Pinto, Annabelle Wood, Stephen Strahan, and Pallav Shah), Heart, lung and circulation (2010)
Objectives: The study aims to define predictors of neurological dysfunction, 30-day mortality, long-term survival...
The impact of extended-hours home hemodialysis and buttonhole cannulation technique on hospitalization rates for septic events related to dialysis access (with Carolyn Van Eps, Mark Jones, Tsun Ng, David W. Johnson, Scott B. Campbell, Nicole M. Isbel, David W. Mudge, and Carmel M. Hawley), Hemodialysis international (2010)
Few studies adequately document adverse events in patients receiving long, slow, and overnight hemodialysis (NHD)....
Cost-effectiveness of lowering blood pressure with a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide in type 2 diabetes mellitus: An ADVANCE trial-based analysis (with Paul Glasziou, Philip M. Clarke, Jan Alexander, Mohana Rajmokan, Mark Woodward, John Chalmers, Neil Poulter, and Anushka A. Patel), The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) (2010)
Objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of routine administration, irrespective of blood pressure (BP), of a...
Reference bias: Presentation of extreme health states prior to EQ-VAS improves health-related quality of life scores. A randomised cross-over trial (with Steven McPhail and Terry Haines), Health and quality of life outcomes (2010)
Background - Clinical practice and clinical research has made a concerted effort to move beyond...
The Honeypot study protocol: A randomised controlled trial of exit site application of Medihoney antibacterial wound gel for the prevention of catheter-associated infections in peritoneal dialysis patients (with David W. Johnson, Carolyn Clark, Nicole M. Isbel, Carmel M. Hawley, Alan Cass, Janak de Zoysa, Steven McTaggart, Geoffrey Playford, Brenda Rosser, Charles Thompson, and Paul Snelling), Peritoneal dialysis international (2009)
Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to determine whether daily exit-site application of...
Preventing AVF thrombosis: The rationale and design of the omega-3 fatty acids (fish oils) and aspirin in vascular access outcomes in renal disease (FAVOURED) study (with Ashley Irish, Gursharan Dogra, Trevor Mori, Stephane Heritier, Carmel Hawley, Peter Kerr, Amanda Robertson, Johan Rosman, Peta-Anne Paul-Brent, Melissa Starfield, Kevan Polkinghorne, and Alan Cass), BMC nephrology (2009)
Background: Haemodialysis (HD) is critically dependent on the availability of adequate access to the systemic...
Two perspectives of proxy reporting of health-related quality of life using the EQ-5D: An investigation of agreement (with Steven McPhail, Elaine Beller, and Terry Haines), Medical care (2008)
Background: Proxy-reporting has been proposed as an alternative to self-report of health-related quality of life...