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Some of our 2007 publications

Peer reviewed articles

Abramson M, Glasgow N, McDonald C. Managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Australian Prescriber 2007;30:64:66.

Barr ELM, Zimmet PZ, Welborn TA, Jolley D, Magliano DJ, Dunstan DW, Cameron AJ, Dwyer T, Taylor HR, Tonkin AM, Wong TY, McNeil J, Shaw JE. Risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance. The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiaB). Circulation 2007;116:151-157.

Bell RJ, Davison SL, Papalia M, McKenzie DP, Davis SR. Endogenous androgen levels and cardiovascular risk profile in women across the adult life span. Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 2007;14:4:630-638.

Bennett CM, Simpson P, Raven J, Skoric B, Powell J, Wolfe R, Walters EH, Abramson M. Associations between ambient PM2.5 concentrations and respiratory symptoms in Melbourne, 1998-2005. J Tox Env Health 2007;70:1613-1618.

Buntine P, Thom O, Babl F, Bailey M, Bernard S. Prehospital analgesia in adults using inhaled methoxyflurane. Emerg Med Australas 2007;19(6):509-14.

Chen L, Peeters A, Magliano D, Shaw J. Anthropometric measures and absolute cardiovascular risk estimates in the Australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle (Ausdiab) study. The European Society of Cardiology 2007; 14:740-745

Clark RA, Eckert KA, Stewart S, Phillips SM, Yallop JJ, Tonkin AM, Krum H. Rural and urban differentials in primary care management of chronic heart failure: new data from the CASE study. MJA 2007;186:441-445.

Cui J. QIC program and model selection in GEE analyses. The Stata Journal 2007;7(2):209-220.

Cui J. Selection of working correlation structure and best model in GEE analyses of longitudinal data. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 2007;36:987-996.

Cui J. Stata tip 42: The overlay problem: Offset for clarity. The Stata Journal 2007;7(1):141-142.

Curtis AJ, Wolfe R, Russell COH, Costello AJ, Travis DG, Snow R, McNeil JJ. Prioritizing patients for prostatectomy: Balancing clinical and psychosocial factors. ANZ J Surg 2007;77:12-117.

Day L, Langley J, Stathakis V, Wolfe R, Sim M, Voaklander D, Ozanne-Smith J. Challenges of recruiting farm injury study participants through hospital emergency departments. Injury Prevention 2007;13:88-92.

Desmond C, Wilson J, Bailey M, Clark D. The benign course of liver disease in adults with cystic fibrosis and the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid. Liver International 2007; 27:1402-1408

Ding C, Cicuttini F, Blizzard L, Scott F, Jones G. A longitudinal study of the effect of sex and age on rate of change in knee cartilage volume in adults. Rheumatology 2007;46:273-279.

Ding C, Cicuttini F, Jones G. Tibial subchondral bone size and knee cartilage defects: relevance to knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2007:doi:10.1016/j.joca.2007.01.003

Ding C, Martel-Pelletier J, Pelletier JP, Abram F, Raynauld J, Cicuttini F, Jones G. Meniscal tear as an osteoarthritis risk factor in a largely non-osteoarthritic cohort: A cross-sectional study. Rheumatology 2006;34:776-84.

Etto TL, Stewart LA, Muirhead J, Bailey M, Schwarer AP. Kappa immunoglobulin light chain polymorphisms and survival after allogeneic transplantation for B-cell malignancies: a potential graf-vs-leukaemia target. Tissue Antigens 2007;69(1):56-61.

Foley S, Ding C, Cicuttini F, Jones G. Physical activity and knee structural change: a longitudinal study using MRI. Med and Science in Sports and Exercise 2007;39(3):426-34.

Fradkin A, Cameron PA, Gabbe BJ. Is there an association between self-reported warm-up behavior and golf related injury in female golfers? J Sci Med in Sport 2007;10:66-71.

Fritschi L, Glass DC, Tabrizi JS, Leavy JE, Ambrosini GL. Occupational risk factors for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a case-control study in Western Australia. Occup Environ Med 2007;64:60-65.

Gabbe BJ, Cameron PA, Graves SE, Williamson OD, Edwards ER. Preinjury status: Are orthopaedic trauma patients different than the general population? J Orthop Trauma 2006;21:223-228.

Gabbe BJ, Cameron PA, Williamson OD, Edwards ER, Graves SE, Richardson MD. The relationship between compensable status and long-term patient outcomes following orthopaedic trauma. MJA 2007;187:14-17.

Gabbe BJ, Finch CF, Cameron PA. Priorities for reducing the burden of injuries in sport: The example of Australian football. J Science and Med in Sport 2007;10:273-276.

Guymer E, Baranyay F, Wluka AE, Hanna F, Bell RJ, Davis SR, Wang Y, Cicuttini FM. A study of the prevalence and assocaitions of subchondral bone marrow lesions in the knees of health, middle-aged women. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2007;15:1437-1442.

Haas SJ, Hill R, Krum H, Liew D, Tonkin A, Demos L, Stephan K, McNeil J. Clozapine-associated myocarditis. Drug Safety 2007;30:47-57.

Hanna F, Teichtahl AJ, Bell R, Davis SR, Wluka AE, O'Sullivan R, Cicuttini FM. The cross-sectional relationship between fortnightly exercise and knee cartilage properties in healthy adult women in midlife. Menopause 2007;14(5):1-5.

Hanna FS, Bell RJ, Cicuttini FM, Davison SL, Wluka AE, Davis SR. The relationship between endogenous testosterone, preandrogens, and sex hormone binding globulin and knee joint structure in women at midlife. Semin Aerthritis Rheum 2007;37:56-62.

Hanna FS, Bell RJ, Davis SR, Wluka AE, Teichtahl AJ, O'Sullivan R, Cicuttini FM. Factors affecting patella cartilage and bone in middle-aged women. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2007:57:272-278.

Harford A, Edwards J, Priestly B, Wright P. Current OHS best practices for the Australian nanotechnology industry: a position paper by the NanoSafe Australia Network. J Occup Health Safety Aust NZ 2007;23(4):315-331.

Harrington G, Watson K, Bailey M et al. Reduction in hospital wide incidence of infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus with use of antimicrobial hand-hygiene gel and statistical process control charts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28(7):837-44.

Harriss LR, English DR, Hopper JL, Powles J, Simpson JA, O'Dea K, Giles GG, Tonkin AM. Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular mortality accounting for possible misclassification of intake: 11 year follow up of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort study. Addiction 2007;102:1574-1585.

Harriss LR, English DR, Powles J, Giiles GG, Tonkin AM, Hodge AM, Brazionis L, O'Dea K. Dietary patterns and cardiovascular mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;86:221-9.

Harvey A, Graham H, Morris M, Baker R, Wolfe R. The functional mobility scale: ability to detect change following single event multilevel surgery. Developmental medicine and Child Neurology 2007; 603-607

Hing C, Raleigh E, Bailey M, et al. A prospective study of the diagnostic potential of the knee tunnel view radiograph in assessing anterior knee pain. Knee 2007;14(1):29-33.

Hing CB, Back DL, Bailey M, Young DA, Dalziel RE, Shimmin AJ. The results of primary Birmingham hip resurfacings at a mean of five years: An independent prospective review of the first 230 hips. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2007;89(11):1431-8.

Hing CB, Young DA, Dalziel RE, Bailey M, Back DL, Shimmin AJ. Narrowing of the nec in resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip: A radiological study. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2007;89-B(8):1019-24.

Hinwood AL, Rodriguez C, Runnion T, Farrar D, Murray F, Horton A, Glass D et al. Risk factors for increased BTEX exposure in four Australian cities. Chemosphere 2007;66:533-541.

Hiwase DK, Bollard G, Hiwase S, Bailey M, Muirhead J, Schwarer AP. Intermediate-dose CY and G-CSF more efficiently mobilize adequate numbers of PBSC for tandem autologous PBSC transplantation compared with low-dose CY in patients with multiple myeloma. Cytotherapy 2007;9(6):539-47.

Hogg M, Braithwaite M, Bailey M, Kotsimbos T, Wilson JW. Work disability in adults with cystic fibrosis and its relationship to quality of life. J Cyst Fibros 2007;6(3):223-7.

Hoyle RJ, Walker KJ, Thomson G, Bailey M. Accuracy of electrocardiogram interpretation improves with emergency medicine training. Emerg Med Australia. 2007;19(2):143-50.

Ikin JF, Sim MR, McKenzie DP, Horsley KWA, Wilson EJ, Moore MR, Jelfs P, Harrex WK, Henderson S. Anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in Korean War veterans 50 years after the war. Brit J Psychiatry 2007;190:475-483.

Inyang I, Benke G, McKenzie R, Abramson M. Comparison of measuring instruments for radiofrequency radiation from mobile telephones in epidemiological studies: Implications for exposure assessment. J Exposure Science and Env Epidemiology 2007;doi:10.1038/sj.jes 7500555.

Janus ED, Laatikainen T, Dunbar JA, Kilkkinen A, Bunker SJ, Philpot B, Tideman PA, Tirimacco R, Heistaro S. Overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome in rural souteastern Australia. MJA 2007;187:147-152.

Jones D, Bellomo R. Pattern of detection of cardiac arrests was unaffected by the introduction of medical emergency team: (Letter) reply to Smith et al. Intensive Care Med 2007;33:387.

Jones D, Egi M, Bellomo R, Goldsmith D. Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery. Critical Care 2007;11:12 (doi:10.1186/cc5673).

Jones D, Opdam H, Egi M, Goldsmith D, Bates S, Gutteridge G, Kattula A, Bellomo R. Long-term effect of a medical emergency team on mortality in a teaching hospital. Resuscitation 2007:doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.12.007.

Jones DA, Cooper DJ, Finfer SR, Bellomo R, Myburgh JA, Higgins A, Peake SL, Jenkins I, McNeil J. Advancing intensive care research in Australia and New Zealand: development of the binational ANZIC Research Centre. Crit Care Resusc 2007;9:198-204.
Jones DA, McIntyre T, Baldwin I, Mercer I, Kattula A, Bellomo R. The medical emergency team and end-of-life care: a pilot study. Crit Care Resusc 2007;9:151-156.

Joyce CM, Stoelwinder JU, McNeil JJ, Piterman L. Riding the wave: current and emerging trends in graduates from Australian university medical schools. MJA 2007:186:309-312.

Karipidis K, Benke G, Sim M, Fritschi L, Yost M, Armstrong B, Hughes AM, Grulich A, Vajdic CM, Kaldor JM, Kricker A. Occupational exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Occup Environ Med 2007;64:25-29.

Keleher H, Joyce CM, Parker R, Piterman L. Practice nurses in Australia: current issues and future directions. MJA 2007;187:108-110.

Kelsall HL, Sim MR, Ikin JF, Forbes AB, McKenzie DP, Glass DC, Ittak P. Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. BMC Public Health 207;7:79.

Kemp W, Krum H, Colman J, Bailey M, Yandle T, Richards M, Roberts S. Urotensin II: a novel vasoactive mediator linked to chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. Liver International 2007;doi:10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01539.x

Khanjani N, Sim MR. Maternal contamination with PCBs and reproductive outcomes in an Australian population. J Exposure Science and Env Epi 2007;17:191-195.

Kogevinas M, Zock JP, Jarvis D, Kromhout H, Lillienberg L, Plana E, Radon K, Toren K, Alliksoo A, Benke G, et al. Exposure to substances in the workplace and new-onset asthma: an international prospective population-based study (ECRHS-II). Lancet 2007;370:336-41.

Krum H, Bailey M, Meyer W, Verkenne P, Dargie H, Lechat P, Anker S. Impact of statin therapy on clinical outcomes in chronic heart failure patients according to beta-blocker use: Results of CIBIS II. Cardiology 2007;108:28-34.

Labattaglia MP, Cameron PA, Santamaria M, Varma D, Thomson K, Bailey M, Kossman T. Clinical outcomes of magnetic resonance imaging in blunt cervical trauma. Emerg Med Australas 2007;19(3):253-61.

Lee G, Jennings N, Bailey M. An exploration of staff knowledge on the nurse practitioner's role in the emergency department. Accid Emergency Nurs 2007;15(2):79-87.

Lo CH, Spelman D, Bailey M, Cooper DJ, Rosenfeld JV, Brecknell JE. External ventricular drain infections are independent of drain duration: an argument against elective revision. J Neurosrg 2007;106(3):378-83.

Lowe AJ, Abramson MJ, Hosking CS, Carlin JB, Bennett CM, Dharmage SC, Hill DJ. The temporal sequence of allergic sensitization and onse of infantile eczema. Clin & Exp Allergy 2007;37:536-542.

Lynagh M, Burton R, Sanson-Fisher R. A systematic review of medical skills laboratory training: where to from here? Medical Education 2007;41:879-887.

Macfarlane E, Benke G, Goddard D, Sim M. Urban pest control operators in Australia. Occup Env Med 2007;64:422-427.

Magliano DJ, Barr ELM, Zimmet PZ, Cameron AJ, Dunstan DW, Colagiuri S, Jolley D, Owen N, Phillips P, Tapp RJ, Welborn TA, Shaw JE. Glucose indices, health behaviours and incidence of diabetes in Australia: the AusDiab study. Diabets Care 2007;DOI:10.2337/dc07-0912

Magliano DJ, Polkinghorne KR, Barr LM, Su Q, Chadban SJ, Zimmet PZ, Shaw JE, Atkins RC. HPLC-detected albuminuria predicts mortality. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007;18:3171-3176.

Man CY, Cheung ITF, Cameron PA, Rainer TH. Comparison of oral prednisolone / paracetamol and oral indomethacin / paracetamol combination therapy in the treatment of acute goutlike arthritis: A double-blind randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med 2007;49:670-677.

Marasco SF, Esmore DS, Richardson M, Bailey M, Negri J, Rowland M, et al. Prolonged cardiac allograft ischemic time - no impact on long-term survival but at what cost? Clin Transplant 2007;21(3):321-9.

Matheson M, Erbas B, Balasuriya A, Jenkins M, Abramson M. Breast-feeding and atopic disease: A cohort study from childhood to middle age. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2007; 120 (5): 1051-1057.

Matheson MC, Erbas B, Balasuriya A, Jenkins MA, Wharton CL, Tang ML, Abramson MJ, Walters EH, Hopper JL, Dharmage SC. Breast-feeding and atopic disease: A cohort study from childhood to middle age. J Allergy and Clinical Immunology doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.06.030.

Matheson MC, Raven J, Johns DP, Abramson MJ, Walters EH. Associations between reduced diffusing capacity and airflow obstruction in community-based subjects. Resp Med 2007;101:1730-1737.

McLennan PL, Owen AJ, Slee EL, Theiss ML. Myocardial function, ischaemia and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: a membrane basis. J Cardiovascular Med 2007;8(S1):S15-S18.

McMurray JJV, Teerlink JR, Cotter G, Bourge RC, Cleland J, Jondeau G, Krum H, et al. Effects of Tezosentan on symptoms and clinical outcomes in patients with acute heart failure. JAMA 2007;298(17):2009-2019.

Mitra B, Mori A, Cameron PA, Fitzgerald M, Street A, Bailey M. Massive blood transfusion and trauma resuscitation. Injury 2007;38:1023-1029.

Mitra B, Cameron PA, Gabbe BJ. Ladders revisited. MJA 2007;186:31-34.

Myles P, Cui J. Using the Bland-Altman method to measure agreement with repeated measures. Brit J Anaesthesia 2007;309 - doi:10.1093/bja.aem214

Pepe S, Marasco SF, Haas SJ, Sheeran FL, Krum H, Rosenfeldt FL. Coenzyme Q10 in cardiovascular disease. Mitochondrion 2007;7S:S154-S167.

Phrommintikul A, Haas SJ, Elsik M, Krum H. Mortality and target haemoglobin concentrations in anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease treated with erythropoietin: a meta-analysis. Lancet 2007;369:381-88.

Pilcher DV, Duke GJ, George C, Bailey MJ, Hart G. After-hours discharge from intensive care increases the risk of readmission and death. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2007;35:477-485.

Priestly BG, Di Marco P, Sim M, Moore MR, Langley A. Toxicology in Australia: A key component of environmental health. J Toxicology and Env Health 2007;70:1578-1583.

Priestly BG, Harford AW, Sim MR. Nanotechnology: a promising new technology - but how safe? MJA 2007;186:187-188.

Racunica TL, Szramka M, Wluka AE, Wang Y, English DR, Giles GG, O'Sullivan R, Cicuttini FM. Brief report - A positive association of smoking and articular knee joint cartilage in healthy people. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2007:15:587-590.

Racunica TL, Teichtahl AJ, Wang Y, Wluka AE, English DR, Giles GG, O'Sullivan R, Cicuttini FM. Effect of physical activity on articular knee joint structures in community-based adults. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2007;57(7):1261-1268.

Radi S, Ostry A, LaMontagne AD. Job stress and other working conditions: relationships with smoking behaviors in a representative sample of working Australians. Am J Industrial Medicnie 2007;50:584-596.

Richards AL, Bailey M, Hooper R, Thomson P. Quality of life effect of tonsillectomy in a young adult gruop. ANZ J Surg 2007;77(11):988-90.

Robinson PJ, Billah B, Leder K, Reid CM. on behalf of the ASCTS Database Committee. Factors associated with deep sternal wound infection and haemorrhage following cardiac surgeyr in Victoria. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2007;6:167-171.

Rosenfeldt FL, Haas SJ, Krum H, Hadj A, Ng K, Leong J-Y, Watts GF. Coenzyme Q10 in the treatment of hypertension: a meta-analysis of the clinical trials. J Human Hypertension 2007;21:297-306.

Sears WR, Sekhon LH. Duggal N, Williamson OD. Segmental malalignment with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis - does it occur? J Spinal Disord Tech 2007;20:1-6.

Snell GI, Levvey BJ, Zheng L, Bailey M, et al. Interleukin-17 and airway inflammation: A longitudinal airway biopsy study after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplantation 2007;26(7):669-674.

Stow P, Pilcher D, Wilson J, George C, Bailey M. Improved outcomes from acute asthma in Australia intensive care units (1996-2003) BMJ Publishing Group 2007;62:842-847

Stuckey R, LaMontagne AD, Sim M. Working in light vehicles - a review and conceptual model for occupational health and safety. Accident Analysis and Prevention 2007;39:1006-1014.

Teichtahl AJ, Parkins K, Hanna F, Wluka AE, Urquhart DM, English DR, Cicuttini FM. The relationship between the angle of the trochlear groove and patella cartilage and bone morphology - a cross-sectional study of heatlhy adults. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2007;15:1158-1162.

Tikellis G, Wang JJ, Tapp R, Simpson R, Mitchell P, Zimmet PZ, Shaw J, Wong TY. The relationship of retinal vascular calibre to diabetes and retinopathy: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) Study. Diabetologica 2007;50:2263-2271.

Urquhart DM, Wluka AE, Teichtahl AJ, Cicuttini FM. The effect of physical activity on the knee joint: is it good or bad? (Editorial) Brit J Sports Medicine 2007;41:546-547.

Wang Y, Hodge A, Wluka A, English D, Giles G, O'Sullivan R, Forbes A, Cicuttini F. Arthritis Research and Therapy 2007, 9:R66(doi:10.1186/ar2225) Effect of antioxidants on knee cartilage and bone in healthy, middle-aged subjects: a cross-sectional study.

Wang Y, Wluka AE, English DR, Teichtahl AJ, Giles GG, O'Sullivan R, Cicuttini FM. Body composition and knee cartilage properties in healthy, community-based adults. Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66:1244-1248.

Weatherburn C, Endacott R, Tynan P, Bailey M. The impact of bispectral index monitoring on sedation administration in mechanically ventilated patients. Anaesth Intensive Care 2007;35(2):204-8.

Wein L, Wein S, Haas SJ, Shaw J, Krum H. Pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients. Arch Intern Med 2007;167(14):1476-1486.

Wijayaratne SP, Teichtahl A, Wluka AE, Hanna F, Cicuttini FM. Patellofemoral osteoarthritis: new insights into a neglected disease. Future Rheumatol 2007;2(2):193-202.

Winter R, Nguyen O, Higgs P, Armstrong S, Duong D, Tach ML, Aitken C, Hellard M. Integrating enhanced hepatitis C testing and counselling in research. Int J Drug Policy doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.04.002

Wolfe R, Bolsin S, Colson M, Stow P. Monitoring the rate of re-exploration for excessive bleeding after cardiac surgery in adults. Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:192-196.

Wynne R, Botti M, Copley D, Bailey M. The normative distribution of chest tube drainage volume after coronary artery bypass grafting. Heart Lung 2007;36(1):35-42.

Letters, reports and editorials.

Letters

Dawson MA, Avery S, McQuilten ZK, Bailey M, et al. Blood transfusion requirements for patients undergoing chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia how much is enough? Haematologica 2007;92(7):996-7.

Diug B, Lowthian J, Evans S. Warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention (BAFTA). The Lancet 2007;370(1):1606-1607.

Reports

Mongolian STEPS Survey on the Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors 2006. WHO Western Pacific Region 2007. de Courten M (International Consultant).

Maga A, de Courten M, Dan L, Uele F, Macdonald N, Lili'o L, Prior J, Riley L, Raj S, Hughes R, Naidu S, Misi N, Galea G, Phongsavan P, Curtis A. American Samoe NCD Risk Factors STEPS Report. American Samoa Government and WHO Western Pacfici Region.

Editorials

Haas SJ. Is this medicine really involved in a drug interaction? Southern Medical Journal 2007;100:4:345-6.

Book Review

Higgs P. Rain in my Heart: Memories of Children and War in South Vietnam. Barbara Ferguson. Australian Social Work 2007;60:484-485.