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Paramedic intubation experience is associated with successful tube placement but not cardiac arrest survival

Dyson K, Bray JE, Smith K, Bernard S, Straney L, Nair R, Finn J

(2017), Ann Emerg Med, 70(3), 382-90.e1

DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.02.002

Age and other perioperative risk factors for postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome after cardiac surgery

Dieleman JM, Peelen LM, Coulson TG, Tran L, Reid CM, Smith JA, Myles PS, Pilcher D

(2017), Br J Anaesth, 119(4), 637-44

DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex239

Nurses' attitudes toward the single checking of medications

Cross R, Bennett PN, Ockerby C, Wang WC, Currey J

(2017), Worldviews Evid Based Nurs, 14(4), 274-81

DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12201

The NAPRESSIM trial: the use of low-dose, prophylactic naloxone infusion to prevent respiratory depression with intrathecally administered morphine in elective hepatobiliary surgery: a study protocol and statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial

Cosgrave D, Galligan M, Soukhin E, McMullan V, McGuinness S, Puttappa A, Conlon N, Boylan J, Hussain R, Doran P, Nichol A

(2017), Trials, 18, 633

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-2370-0

Age of red cells for transfusion and outcomes in critically ill adults

Cooper DJ, McQuilten ZK, Nichol A, Ady B, Aubron C, Bailey M, Bellomo R, Gantner D, Irving DO, Kaukonen KM, McArthur C, Murray L, Pettilâ V, French C; TRANSFUSE Investigators and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group

(2017), N Engl J Med, 377(19), 1858-67

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1707572

The impact of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on cytokine levels in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective, observational study

Burrell AJC, Lubnow M, Enger TB, Nanjayya VB, Philipp A, Malfertheiner MV, Lunz D, Bein T, Pellegrino VA, Muller T

(2017), Crit Care Resusc, 19 (Suppl 1), 37-44

Comparison of pre-filter and post-filter ionised calcium monitoring in continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHD-F) with citrate anti-coagulation

Brain MJ, Roodenburg OS, McNeil J

(2017), PLoS One, 12(12), e0189745

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189745

Designing a more efficient, effective and safe Medical Emergency Team (MET) service using data analysis

Bergmeir C, Bilgrami I, Bain C, Webb GI, Orosz J, Pilcher D

(2017), PLoS One, 12(12), e0188688

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188688

Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Nor MBM, Richards GA, McGloughlin S, Amin PR; Council of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

(2017), J Crit Care, 42, 360-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.004

Critical care of tropical disease in low income countries: Report from the Task Force on Tropical Diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Baker T, Khalid K, Acicbe O, McGloughlin S, Amin P; Council of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive &; Critical Care Medicine

(2017), J Crit Care, 42, 351-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.028

Stormy weather: a retrospective analysis of demand for emergency medical services during epidemic thunderstorm asthma

Andrew E, Nehme Z, Bernard S, Abramson MJ, Newbigin E, Piper B, Dunlop J, Holman P, Smith K

(2017), Br Med J, 359, j5636

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5636

Haemotherapy algorithm for the management of trauma-induced coagulopathy: an Australian perspective

Winearls J, Mitra B, Reade MC

(2017), Curr Opin Anaesthesiol, 30(2), 265-76

DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000447

Descriptive characteristics and in-hospital mortality of critically bleeding patients requiring massive transfusion: results from the Australian and New Zealand Massive Transfusion Registry

Ruseckaite R, McQuilten ZK, Oldroyd JC, Richter TH, Cameron PA, Isbister JP, Wood EM

(2017), Vox Sang, 112(3), 240-8

DOI: 10.1111/vox.12487

Training in a tertiary referral centre: a trainee's perspective

Robinson J

(2017), Emerg Med Australas, 29(2), 237

DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12748

The NEXUS criteria are insufficient to exclude cervical spine fractures in older blunt trauma patients

Paykin G, O'Reilly G, Ackland H, Mitra B

(2017), Injury, 48(5), 1020-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.02.013

What is the best analgesic option for patients presenting with renal colic to the emergency department? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pathan SA, Mitra B, Romero L, Cameron PA

(2017), BMJ Open, 7(4), e015002

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015002

Paramedic literature search filters: optimised for clinicians and academics

Olaussen A, Semple W, Oteir A, Todd P, Williams B

(2017), BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 17, 146

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-017-0544-z

Consciousness induced during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an observational study

Olaussen A, Nehme Z, Shepherd M, Jennings PA, Bernard S, Mitra B, Smith K

(2017), Resuscitation, 113, 44-50

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.01.018

Barriers to conducting research: a survey of trainees in emergency medicine

Olaussen A, Jennings PA, O'Reilly G, Mitra B, Cameron PA

(2017), Emerg Med Australas, 29(2), 204-9

DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12734

Emergency medicine research: a trainee perspective

Olaussen A

(2017), Emerg Med Australas, 29(6), 720-1

DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12890