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

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Can we improve neurological outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury? Something old (early prophylactic hypothermia) and something new (erythropoietin)

Nichol AD, Cooper DJ; POLAR Study Investigators on behalf of the ANZICS-Clinical Trials Group; EPO Study Investigators on behalf of the ANZICS-Clinical Trials Group

(2009), Injury, 40(5), 471-8

Treating intracranial hypertension: time to abandon mannitol?

Pettilä V, Cooper DJ

(2009), Crit Care Resusc, 11(2), 94-5

Red blood cell transfusion and mortality

Pettilä V, Nichol AD, Bellomo R, Cooper DJ

(2009), Crit Care Med, 37(11), 2996-7

Prospective observational study of postoperative complications after percutaneous dilatational or surgical tracheostomy in critically ill patients

Barbetti JK, Nichol AD, Choate KR, Bailey MJ, Lee GA, Cooper DJ

(2009), Crit Care Resusc, 11(4), 244-9

Care of Family with Critically Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: Evidence Based Guide for Clinical Practice

Redley B, Botti M, Duke M

(2009), Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN 9783838328034

Medical errors and errors in healthcare delivery

Bucknall T, Botti M

(2009), In: Kattan MW (ed) Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making, Sage Publications, California, 746-51

A review of the role of emergency nurses in management of chemotherapy-related complications

Considine J, Livingston P, Bucknall T, Botti M

(2009), J Clin Nurs, 18(18), 2649-55

Patient outcomes in the acute recovery phase following robotic-assisted prostate surgery: a prospective study

Watts R, Botti M, Beale E, Crowe H, Costello AJ

(2009), Int J Nurs Stud, 46(4), 442-9

Providing information to stroke survivors : lessons from a failed randomised controlled trial

O'Connell B, Hawkins M, Botti M, Buchbinder R, Baker L

(2009), JARNA, 12(3), 4-10

Tracheostomy decannulation failure rate following critical illness: a prospective descriptive study

Choate K, Barbetti J, Currey J

(2009), Aust Crit Care, 22(1), 8-15

Assessing advanced life support (ALS) competence: Victorian practices

Preston JL, Currey J, Eastwood GM

(2009), Aust Crit Care, 22(4), 164-71

Initial experience in 115 patients with the retrievable Cook Celect vena cava filter

Doody O, Given MF, Kavnoudias H, Street M, Thomson KR, Lyon SM

(2009), J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 53(1), 64-8

Assessing potential spinal injury in the intubated multitrauma patient: does MRI add value?

Schoenwaelder M, Maclaurin W, Varma D

(2009), Emerg Radiol, 16(2), 129-32

Fibromuscular dysplasia presenting with bilateral renal infarction

Doody O, Adam WR, Foley PT, Lyon SM

(2009), Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 32(2), 329-32

Assessment of snared-loop technique when standard retrieval of inferior vena cava filters fails

Doody O, Noë G, Given MF, Foley PT, Lyon SM

(2009), Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 32(1), 145-9

Percutaneous management of high-output chylothorax: case reviews

Choo JC, Foley PT, Lyon SM

(2009), Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 32(4), 828-32

Radiation exposure and the justification of computed tomography scanning in an Australian hospital emergency department

Street M, Brady Z, Van Every B, Thomson KR

(2009), Intern Med J, 39(11), 713-9

Vertebroplasty in the management of traumatic burst fractures: a case series

Doody O, Czarnecki C, Given MF, Lyon SM

(2009), J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 53(5), 489-92

Short- and long-term retrievability of the Celect vena cava filter: results from a multi-institutional registry

Lyon SM, Riojas GE, Uberoi R, Patel J, Lipp ME, Plant GR, De Gregorio MA, Günther RW, Voorhees WD, McCann-Brown JA

(2009), J Vasc Interv Radiol, 20(11), 1441-8

Caring for the carers of heart and/or lung transplant recipients

Shepherd J, Presnell S

(2009), Transplant Nurses J , 18(3), 6-12