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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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Risk-adjusted continuous outcome monitoring with an EWMA chart: could it have detected excess mortality among intensive care patients at Bundaberg Base Hospital?

Pilcher DV, Hoffman T, Thomas C, Ernest D, Hart GK

(2010), Crit Care Resusc, 12(1), 36-41

Hypercapnia and acidosis in sepsis: a double-edged sword?

Curley G, Contreras MM, Nichol AD, Higgins BD, Laffey JG

(2010), Anesthesiology, 112(2), 462-72

The management of pulmonary embolism

Garner DJ, Pilcher D

(2010), Anaesth Intensive Care Med, 11(12), 512-8

Expensive care - a rationale for economic evaluations in intensive care

Higgins AM, Pettila V, Bellomo R, Harris AH, Nichol AD, Morrison SS

(2010), Crit Care Resusc, 12(1), 62-6

Critical illness due to 2009 A/H1N1 influenza in pregnant and postpartum women: population based cohort study

ANZIC Influenza Investigators and Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System

(2010), Br Med J, 340, c1279

Biomarkers of acute kidney injury in anesthesia, intensive care and major surgery: from the bench to clinical research to clinical practice

Moore E, Bellomo R, Nichol A

(2010), Minerva Anestesiologica, 76(6), 425-40

Hypercapnic acidosis reduces oxidative reactions in endotoxin-induced lung injury

Nichol AD, O'Cronin DF, Naughton F, Hopkins N, Boylan J, McLoughlin P

(2010), Anesthesiology, 113(1), 116-25

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the critically ill: a point prevalence survey of current practice in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Robertson MS, Nichol AD, Higgins AM, Bailey MJ, Presneill JJ, Cooper DJ, Webb SA, McArthur C, MacIsaac CM; VTE Point Prevalence Investigators for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre......

(2010), Crit Care Resusc, 12(1), 9-15

Relative hyperlactatemia and hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a retrospective multi-centre study

Nichol AD, Egi M, Pettila V, Bellomo R, French C, Hart G, Davies A, Stachowski E, Reade MC, Bailey M, Cooper DJ

(2010), Crit Care, 14(1), R25

Challenging issues in randomised controlled trials

Nichol AD, Bailey M, Cooper DJ; POLAR; EPO Investigators

(2010), Injury, 41 Suppl 1, S20-3

The incidence of acute kidney injury in patients with traumatic brain injury

Moore EM, Bellomo R, Nichol A, Harley N, Macisaac C, Cooper DJ

(2010), Ren Fail, 32(9), 1060-5

International albumin use: 1995 to 2006

Jones D, McEvoy S, Merz TM, Higgins A, Bellomo R, Cooper JD, Hollis S, McArthur C, Myburgh JA, Taylor C, Liu B, Norton R, Finfer S

(2010), Anaesth Intensive Care, 38(2), 266-73

The effects of vasopressin on acute kidney injury in septic shock

Gordon AC, Russell JA, Walley KR, Singer J, Ayers D, Storms MM, Holmes CL, HĂ©bert PC, Cooper DJ, Mehta S, Granton JT, Cook DJ, Presneill JJ

(2010), Intensive Care Med, 36(1), 83-91

Resuscitation fluid use in critically ill adults: an international cross-sectional study in 391 intensive care units

Finfer S, Liu B, Taylor C, Bellomo R, Billot L, Cook D, Du B, McArthur C, Myburgh J; SAFE TRIPS Investigators

(2010), Crit Care, 14(5), R185

Pathophysiology of laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands: analysis and classification using high-resolution video manometry and a stress barium protocol

Burton PR, Brown WA, Laurie C, Korin A, Yap K, Richards M, Owens J, Crosthwaite G, Hebbard G, O'Brien PE

(2010), Obes Surg, 20(1), 19-29

Effects of adjustable gastric bands on gastric emptying, supra- and infraband transit and satiety: a randomized double-blind crossover trial using a new technique of band visualization

Burton PR, Yap K, Brown WA, Laurie C, O'Donnell M, Hebbard G, Kalff V, O'Brien PE

(2010), Obes Surg, 20(12), 1690-7

Accuracy of CT parameters for assessment of tumour size and aggressiveness in lung adenocarcinoma with bronchoalveolar elements

Bhure UN, Lardinois D, Kalff V, Hany TF, Soltermann A, Seifert B, Steinert HC

(2010), Br J Radiol, 83(994), 841-9

Transfusion practice and guidelines in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Blood Observational Study Investigators of ANZICS-Clinical Trials Group, Westbrook A, Pettilä V, Nichol A, Bailey MJ, Syres G, Murray L, Bellomo R, Wood E, Phillips LE, Street A, French C, Orford N, Santamaria J, Cooper DJ

(2010), Intensive Care Med, 36(7), 1138-46

Induction of therapeutic hypothermia by paramedics after resuscitation from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: a randomized controlled trial

Bernard SA, Smith K, Cameron P, Masci K, Taylor DM, Cooper DJ, Kelly AM, Silvester W; Rapid Infusion of Cold Hartmanns (RICH) Investigators

(2010), Circulation, 122(7), 737-42

What can paper-based clinical information systems tell us about the design of computerized clinical information systems (CIS) in the ICU?

Miller A, Pilcher D, Mercaldo N, Leong T, Scheinkestel C, Schildcrout J

(2010), Aust Crit Care, 23(3), 130-40