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

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Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: a protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery

Wijeysundera DN, Pearse RM, Shulman MA, Abbott TE, Torres E, Croal BL, Granton JT, Thorpe KE, Grocott MP, Farrington C, Myles PS, Cuthbertson BH; METS Study Investigators

(2016), BMJ Open, 6(3)

Serious adverse event reporting in investigator-initiated clinical trials

Wallace S, Myles PS, Zeps N, Zalcberg JR

(2016), Med J Aust, 204(6)

The effect of breastfeeding on lung function at 12 and 18 years: a prospective cohort study

Waidyatillake NT, Simpson JA, Allen KJ, Lodge CJ, Dharmage SC, Abramson MJ, De Livera AM, Matheson MC, Erbas B, Hill DJ, Lowe AJ

(2016), Eur Respir J, 48(1)

The cost-effectiveness of hospital-based telephone coaching for people with type 2 diabetes: a 10 year modelling analysis

Varney JE, Liew D, Weiland TJ, Inder WJ, Jelinek GA

(2016), BMC Health Serv Res, 16

Elevated total serum immunoglobulin E (>1000 IU/mL): implications?

Tay TR, Bosco J, Aumann H, O'Hehir R, Hew M

(2016), Intern Med J, 46(7)

Strategies for improving memory: a randomized trial of memory groups for older people, including those with mild cognitive impairment

Kinsella GJ, Ames D, Storey E, Ong B, Pike KE, Saling MM, Clare L, Mullaly E, Rand E

(2016), J Alzheimers Dis, 49(1), 31-43

Comorbidities in difficult asthma are independent risk factors for frequent exacerbations, poor control and diminished quality of life

Tay TR, Radhakrishna N, Hore-Lacy F, Smith C, Hoy R, Dabscheck E, Hew M

(2016), Respirology, 21(8)

Closing the million patient gap of uncontrolled asthma

Tay TR, Abramson MJ, Hew M

(2016), Med J Aust, 204(6)

Sensitivity of HIV rapid tests compared with fourth-generation enzyme immunoassays or HIV RNA tests

Tan WS, Chow EP, Fairley CK, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Read TR

(2016), AIDS, 30(12)

Sustained high prevalence of viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections among female sex workers in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Su S, Chow EP, Muessig KE, Yuan L, Tucker JD, Zhang X, Ren J, Fairley CK, Jing J, Zhang L

(2016), BMC Infect Dis, 16

The social side of pain: what does it mean to feel another's pain?

Giummarra M, Tracy LM, Young KA, Fitzgibbon B

(2016), In: van Rysewyk (ed), Meanings of Pain, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, Chapter 21

Optimizing the management of disabling spasticity following spinal cord damage: the ability network-an international initiative

Burns AS, Lanig I, Grabljevec K, New PW, Bensmail D, Ertzgaard P, Nene AV

(2016), Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 97(12)

Longitudinal cleavage of the penis in chronic spinal cord injury: two case reports

Mansoor SN, Ayaz SB, Rathore FA, New P

(2016), J Spinal Cord Med, 39(3)

A randomised control trial of an Internet-based cognitive behaviour treatment for mood disorder in adults with chronic spinal cord injury

Migliorini C, Sinclair A, Brown D, Tonge B, New P

(2016), Spinal Cord, 54(9)

Prevalence of co-occurring alcohol and other drug use in an Australian older adult mental health service

Searby A, Maude P, McGrath I

(2016), Int J Ment Health Nurs, 25(2)

Establishing a nurse practitioner model to enhance continuity between palliative care settings

O'Connor M, Palfreyman S, Le B, Lau R

(2016), Int J Palliat Nurs, 22(12)

Objective but not subjective sleep predicts memory in community-dwelling older adults

Cavuoto MG, Ong B, Pike KE, Nicholas CL, Bei B, Kinsella GJ

(2016), J Sleep Res, 25(4)

Better objective sleep quality in older adults with high subjective memory decline

Cavuoto MG, Ong B, Pike KE, Nicholas CL, Bei B, Kinsella GJ

(2016), J Alzheimers Dis, 53(3)

Understanding women's experience of memory over the menopausal transition: subjective and objective memory in pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal women

Unkenstein AE, Bryant CA, Judd FK, Ong B, Kinsella GJ

(2016), Menopause, 23(12)

Measuring safety climate in acute hospitals: Rasch analysis of the safety attitudes questionnaire

Soh SE, Barker A, Morello R, Dalton M, Brand C

(2016), BMC Health Serv Res, 16