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

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Patient physiological status during emergency care and rapid response team or cardiac arrest team activation during early hospital admission

Considine J, Jones D, Pilcher D, Currey J

(2017), Eur J Emerg Med, 24(5), 359-65

DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000375

The influence of comorbidity on survival and long-term outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Andrew E, Nehme Z, Bernard S, Smith K

(2017), Resuscitation, 110, 42-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.10.018

Effect of probiotics on respiratory, gastrointestinal and nutritional outcomes in patients with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review

Anderson JL, Miles C, Tierney AC

(2017), J Cyst Fibros, 16(2), 186-97

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.09.004

Early spinal surgery following thoracolumbar spinal cord injury: process of care from trauma to theater

Agostinello J, Battistuzzo CR, Skeers P, Bernard S, Batchelor PE

(2017), Spine, 42(10), E617-23

DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001903

Induction of therapeutic hypothermia during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using a rapid infusion of cold saline: The RINSE Trial (Rapid Infusion of Cold Normal Saline)

Bernard SA, Smith K, Finn J, Hein C, Grantham H, Bray JE, Deasy C, Stephenson M, Williams TA, Straney LD, Brink D, Larsen R, Cotton C, Cameron P

(2016), Circulation, 134(11)

Associations of hospital characteristics with nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery can impact on standardized infection rates

Sanagou M, Leder K, Cheng AC, Pilcher D, Reid CM, Wolfe R

(2016), Epidemiol Infect, 144(5)

Cerebral oxygen saturation and tissue hemoglobin concentration as predictive markers of early postoperative outcomes after pediatric cardiac surgery

Suemori T, Skowno J, Horton S, Bottrell S, Butt W, Davidson AJ

(2016), Paediatr Anaesth, 26(2)

Early decompression following cervical spinal cord injury: examining the process of care from accident scene to surgery

Battistuzzo CR, Armstrong A, Clark J, Worley L, Sharwood L, Lin P, Rooke G, Skeers P, Nolan S, Geraghty T, Nunn A, Brown DJ, Hill S, Alexander J, Millard M, Cox SF, Rao S, Watts A, Goods L, Allison GT, Agostinello J, Cameron PA, Mosley I, Liew SM, Geddes

(2016), J Neurotrauma, 33(12)

Leadership and organisational development

Scheinkestel CD, King-Rowley D

(2016), In: Webb A (ed), Handbook of Intensive Care Organization and Management, Imperial College Press, New Jersey

What is the optimal approach to weaning and liberation from mechanical ventilation?

Nichol A, Duff S, Pettila V, Cooper DJ

(2016), In: Deutschman CS, Neligan PJ (eds), Evidence-based Practice of Critical Care, 2nd edition, Elsevier, Canada, Chapter 9

Family presence during management of acute deterioration: clinician attitudes, beliefs and perceptions of current practices

Youngson MJ, Currey J, Considine J

(2016), Australas Emerg Nurs J, 19(3)

The Alfred Hospital experience of resumption of cardiac activity after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy

Yong SA, D'Souza S, Philpot S, Pilcher DV

(2016), Anaesth Intensive Care, 44(5)

The influence of intensive care unit-acquired central line-associated bloodstream infection on in-hospital mortality: A single-center risk-adjusted analysis

Wong SW, Gantner D, McGloughlin S, Leong T, Worth LJ, Klintworth G, Scheinkestel C, Pilcher D, Cheng AC, Udy AA

(2016), Am J Infect Control, 44(5)

Methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy: patterns and predictors of recovery

Voskoboinik A, Ihle JF, Bloom JE, Kaye DM

(2016), Intern Med J, 46(6)

The association between low admission peak plasma creatinine concentration and in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand

Udy AA, Scheinkestel C, Pilcher D, Bailey M; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcomes and Resource Evaluation

(2016), Crit Care Med, 44(1)

Dengue fever in travellers: are we missing warning signs of severe dengue in a non-endemic setting?

Tai A, Robosa R, Padiglione AA, Dalpatadu C, Korman TM

(2016), Med J Aust, 204(7)

Response to letter regarding article, "Air Versus Oxygen in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction"

Stub D, Smith K, Bernard S, Nehme Z, Stephenson M, Bray JE, Cameron P, Barger B, Ellims AH, Taylor AJ, Meredith IT, Kaye DM

(2016), Circulation, 133(3)

Analysis of the impact of limitation of medical treatment orders during unplanned transfers from sub-acute care to Emergency Departments

Street M, Considine J

(2016), Australas Emerg Nurs J, 19(1)

Are sociodemographic characteristics associated with spatial variation in the incidence of OHCA and bystander CPR rates? A population-based observational study in Victoria, Australia

Straney LD, Bray JE, Beck B, Bernard S, Lijovic M, Smith K

(2016), BMJ Open, 6(11)

Outcomes and survival prediction models for severe adult acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Rozencwajg S, Pilcher D, Combes A, Schmidt M

(2016), Crit Care, 20(1)