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

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Incidence, determinants, and prognostic significance of hyperkalemia and worsening renal function in patients with heart failure receiving the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist eplerenone or placebo in addition to optimal medical therapy: results from

Rossignol P, Dobre D, McMurray JJ, Swedberg K, Krum H, van Veldhuisen DJ, Shi H, Messig M, Vincent J, Girerd N, Bakris G, Pitt B, Zannad F

(2014), Circ Heart Fail, 7(1), 51-8

Worsening renal function during renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor initiation and long-term outcomes in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Clark H, Krum H, Hopper I

(2014), Eur J Heart Fail, 16(1), 41-8

Medical therapy versus implantable cardioverter -defibrillator in preventing sudden cardiac death in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure: a meta-analysis of > 35,000 patients

Peck KY, Lim YZ, Hopper I, Krum H

(2014), Int J Cardiol, 173(2), 197-203

Heart failure and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors

Krum H, Skiba M, Wu S, Hopper I

(2014), Eur J Heart Fail, 16(6), 603-7

Attenuation of microglial and neuronal activation in the brain by ICV minocycline following myocardial infarction

Dworak M, Stebbing M, Kompa AR, Rana I, Krum H, Badoer E

(2014), Auton Neurosci, 185, 43-50

Sustained sympathetic and blood pressure reduction 1 year after renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension

Hering D, Marusic P, Walton AS, Lambert EA, Krum H, Narkiewicz K, Lambert GW, Esler MD, Schlaich MP

(2014), Hypertension, 64(1), 118-24

Can medications be safely withdrawn in patients with stable chronic heart failure? systematic review and meta-analysis

Hopper I, Samuel R, Hayward C, Tonkin A, Krum H

(2014), J Card Fail, 20(7), 522-32

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and cardiovascular outcomes: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials with 55,141 participants

Wu S, Hopper I, Skiba M, Krum H

(2014), Cardiovasc Ther, 32(4), 147-58

Worsening renal function in heart failure: the need for a consensus definition

Sheerin NJ, Newton PJ, Macdonald PS, Leung DY, Sibbritt D, Spicer ST, Johnson K, Krum H, Davidson PM

(2014), Int J Cardiol, 174(3), 484-91

Anti-lysophosphatidic acid antibodies improve traumatic brain injury outcomes

Crack PJ, Zhang M, Morganti-Kossmann MC, Morris AJ, Wojciak JM, Fleming JK, Karve I, Wright D, Sashindranath M, Goldshmit Y, Conquest A, Daglas M, Johnston LA, Medcalf RL, Sabbadini RA, Pébay A

(2014), J Neuroinflammation, 11, 37

Advancing age and trauma: triage destination compliance and mortality in Victoria, Australia

Cox S, Morrison C, Cameron P, Smith K

(2014), Injury, 45(9), 1312-9

Acute risk change for cardiothoracic admissions to intensive care: A new measure of quality in cardiac surgery

Coulson TG, Bailey M, Reid CM, Tran L, Mullany DV, Smith JA, Pilcher D

(2014), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 148(6), 3076-81.e1

Systolic blood pressure variability is an important predictor of cardiovascular outcomes in elderly hypertensive patients

Chowdhury EK, Owen A, Krum H, Wing LM, Nelson MR, Reid CM; Second Australian National Blood Pressure Study Management Committee

(2014), J Hypertens, 32(3), 525-33

Short- and long-term survival in treated elderly hypertensive patients with or without diabetes: findings from the Second Australian National Blood Pressure study

Chowdhury EK, Owen A, Ademi Z, Krum H, Johnston CI, Wing LM, Nelson MR, Reid CM; Second Australian National Blood Pressure Study Management Committee

(2014), Am J Hypertens, 27(2), 199-206

Influenza epidemiology, vaccine coverage and vaccine effectiveness in sentinel Australian hospitals in 2013: the Influenza Complications Alert Network

Cheng AC, Dwyer DE, Holmes M, Irving LB, Brown SG, Waterer GW, Korman TM, Hunter C, Hewagama S, Friedman ND, Wark PA, Simpson G, Upham JW, Bowler SD, Senenayake SN, Kotsimbos TC, Kelly PM

(2014), Commun Dis Intell Q Rep, 38(2), E143-9

Impact of vanB vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia analysed as a time-varying covariate on length of hospital stay

Cheah AL, Spelman T, Peel T, Howden BP, Spelman D, Grayson ML, Nation RL, Kong DC

(2014), Epidemiol Infect, 142(12), 2667-71

Analysis of knowledge and attitude surveys to identify barriers and enablers of appropriate antimicrobial prescribing in three Australian tertiary hospitals

Chaves NJ, Cheng AC, Runnegar N, Kirschner J, Lee T, Buising K

(2014), Intern Med J, 44(6), 568-74

Over-the-counter (OTC) medications to reduce cough as an adjunct to antibiotics for acute pneumonia in children and adults

Chang CC, Cheng AC, Chang AB

(2014), Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 3, CD006088

Triaging the right patient to the right place in the shortest time

Cameron PA, Gabbe BJ, Smith K, Mitra B

(2014), Br J Anaesth, 113(2), 226-33

An intensive physiotherapy program improves mobility for trauma patients

Calthorpe S, Barber EA, Holland AE, Kimmel L, Webb MJ, Hodgson C, Gruen RL

(2014), J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 76(1), 101-6