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

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The ISHLT primary graft dysfunction (PGD) grading system: time for refinement?

Oto T, Levvey BJ, Snell GI

(2007), J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(2), S66

Potential refinements of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation primary graft dysfunction grading system

Oto T, Levvey BJ, Snell GI

(2007), J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5), 431-6

Feasibility and utility of a lung donor score: correlation with early post-transplant outcomes

Oto T, Levvey BJ, Whitford H, Griffiths AP, Kotsimbos T, Williams TJ, Snell GI

(2007), Ann Thorac Surg, 83(1), 257-63

Risk-minimisation strategies for peanut allergy

O'Hehir RE, Douglass JA

(2007), Lancet, 370(9586), 483

Is childhood immunisation associated with atopic disease from age 7 to 32 years?

Nakajima K, Dharmage SC, Carlin JB, Wharton CL, Jenkins MA, Giles GG, Abramson MJ, Haydn Walters E, Hopper JL

(2007), Thorax, 62(3), 270-5

Lung transplantation

Myles PS, Snell GI, Westall GP

(2007), Curr Opin Anaesthesiol, 20(1), 21-6

Asthma management and outcomes in Australia: a nation-wide telephone interview survey

Marks GB, Abramson MJ, Jenkins CR, Kenny P, Mellis CM, Ruffin RE, Stosic R, Toelle BG, Wilson DH, Xuan W

(2007), Respirology, 12(2), 212-9

Induction of “regulatory” T cells by Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass) specific allergen immunotherapy

Li S, Rolland JM, Paukovics G, Douglass JA, Baxter L, Deckert K, Suphioglu C, Weiner JM, O’Hehir RE

(2007), Allergy Clin Immunol Int: J World Allergy Org, Suppl 2,

Inhibition of release of inflammatory mediators in primary and cultured cells by a Chinese herbal medicine formula for allergic rhinitis

Lenon GB, Xue CC, Story DF, Thien FC, McPhee S, Li CG

(2007), Chin Med, 2, 2

Inhibition of release of vasoactive and inflammatory mediators in airway and vascular tissues and macrophages by a chinese herbal medicine formula for allergic rhinitis

Lenon GB, Li CG, Xue CC, Thien FC, Story DF

(2007), Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 4(2), 209-17

Using discrete choice experiments to investigate subject preferences for preventive asthma medication

Lancsar EJ, Hall JP, King M, Kenny P, Louviere JJ, Fiebig DG, Hossain I, Thien FC, Reddel HK, Jenkins CR

(2007), Respirology, 12(1), 127-36

Quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension: improvement and maintenance with bosentan

Keogh AM, McNeil KD, Wlodarczyk J, Gabbay E, Williams TJ

(2007), J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(2), 181-7

Young people with chronic illness: the approach to transition

Kennedy A, Sloman F, Douglass JA, Sawyer SM

(2007), Intern Med J, 37(8), 555-60

Gene expression analysis in human osteoblasts exposed to dexamethasone identifies altered developmental pathways as putative drivers of osteoporosis

Hurson CJ, Butler JS, Keating DT, Murray DW, Sadlier DM, O'Byrne JM, Doran PP

(2007), BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 8, 12

Host predisposition by endogenous transforming growth factor-beta1 overexpression promotes pulmonary fibrosis following bleomycin injury

Haider Y, Malizia AP, Keating DT, Birch M, Tomlinson A, Martin G, Ferguson MW, Doran PP, Egan JJ

(2007), J Inflamm, 4, 18

"You have to learn to live with it”: a qualitative and quantitative study of older people with asthma

Goeman DP, O’Hehir RE, Jenkins C, Scharf SL, Douglass JA

(2007), Clin Resp J, 1(2), 99-105

Optimal management of asthma in elderly patients: strategies to improve adherence to recommended interventions

Goeman DP, Douglass JA

(2007), Drugs Aging, 24(5), 381-94

Do levels of airborne grass pollen influence asthma hospital admissions?

Erbas B, Chang JH, Dharmage S, Ong EK, Hyndman R, Newbigin E, Abramson M

(2007), Clin Exp Allergy, 37(11), 1641-7

Ventilation heterogeneity is a major determinant of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma, independent of airway inflammation.

Downie SR, Salome CM, Verbanck S, Thompson B, Berend N, King GG

(2007), Thorax, 62(8), 684-9

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure: justified or just hot air?

Crummy F, Naughton MT

(2007), Intern Med J, 37(2), 112-8