Journal Articles
2009
Flabouris A, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S. The MERIT study investigators from the Simpson Centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. (2010)
Timing and interventions of emergency teams during the MERIT study. Resuscitation, 81, 25-30.
Chen J, Flabouris A, Bellomo R, Hillman K, Finfer S, and MERIT Investigators for the Simpson Centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group.
Baseline hospital performance and the impact of medical emergency teams: Modelling vs. conventional subgroup analysis. Trials, 10:117.
Forero R, Hillman K, McCarthy S, Fatovich D, Joseph A, Richardson DW. Access block and Emergency Department Overcrowding. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2010; 22:119-135. (In Press 15 April 2010).
Garrett P, Dickson H, Whelan A, Whyte L. (2010)
Representations and coverage of non-English-speaking immigrants and multicultural issues in three major. Australian health care publications Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 7(1), 1.
Mohsin M, Bauman A, Forero R. Socio economic correlates and Trends in Smoking in Pregnancy in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (accepted February 2010, In Press).
Nugus P, Forero R. The importance of understanding interdepartmental and organizational work in the emergency department. An ethnographic approach. International Emergency Nursing (accepted March 2010. In Press)
Ou L, Chen J, Hillman K, Eastwood J.
The comparison of health status and health services utilisations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants in Australia. Aust N Z J Public Health, 34(1):50-56.
Shehabi Y, Grant P, Wolfenden H, Bass F, Hammon N, Nicholson L, Chen J.
Prevalence of Delirium with Dexmedetomidine Compared with Morphine-based Therapy after Cardiac Surgery: A randomized controlled trial. (DEXmedetomidine COMpared to Morphine – DEXCOM study) Anesthesiology, 111(5), 1075-84.
2009
Chen J, Bellomo R, Hillman K, Flabouris A, Finfer S. The triggers of the emergency team calls: A multicentre assessment. Journal of Critical Care. Under review. 2009.
Chen J, Bellomo R, Flabouris A, Hillman K, Finfer S and the MERIT study investigators for the Simpson centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trails Group. Relationship between preventive emergency team activity and serious adverse events. Critical Care Medicine, 2009; 37(1):148-153.
Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Flabouris A, Finfer S, Cretikos M, The MERIT Study Investigators for the Simpson Centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. The Impact of introducing Medical Emergency Team System on the documentations of vital signs. Resuscitation, 2009; 80(1):35-43.
Flabouris A, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S, The MERIT Study Investigators from the Simpson Centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trial Group. Timing and Interventions of Emergency Teams During the MERIT study. Resuscitation, Accepted August 2009.
Forero R, Hillman K, McCarthy S, Fatovich D, Joseph A, Richardson DW. Systematic Review: Access block and ED Overcrowding. Emergency Medicine Australasia (in press).
Hillman K, Chen J, May E. Complex Intensive Care Unit Interventions. Supplement to Critical Care Medicine. 2009; 37(13):S1-S5.
Ou L, Young L, Chen J, Santiano L, Baramy LS, Hillman K. Discharge delay in acute care: reasons and determinants in general ward patients. Australia Health Review, 2009: 33 (3): 513-521.
Ou L, Young L, Chen J, Santiano N, Baramy LS and Hillman K. Discharge delay in acute care: reasons and determinants of delay in general ward patients. Australian Health Review 2009; 33 (3): 513-521.
Ou L, Chen J, Hillman K, Eastwood J. The comparison of health services utilisation between indigenous and non-indigenous infants in Australia. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, accepted August, 2009.
Ou L, Chen J, Hillman. Health services utilisation: a comparison between English speaking and non-English speaking background Australia infants. BMC: Public Health, under review, 2009.
Chen J, Flabours A, Bellomo R, Hillman K, Finfer S, the MERIT investigators for the Simpson Centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trial Group. Baseline Hospital Performance and the Impact of Medical Emergency Teams: Modelling vs. Conventional Subgroup Analysis. Trials. Under review, 2009.
Shehabi Y, Grant P, Wolfenden H, Bass F, Hammond N, Nicholson L. Chen J Prevalence of Delirium with Dexmedetomidine Compared with Morphine-based Therapy after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial (DEXmedetomidine COMpared to Morphine - DEXCOM study). Anesthesiology,2009; 111:1074-1083.
2008
Chen J, Flabouris A, Bellomo R, Hillman K, Finfer S, The MERIT Study Investigators for the Simpson Centre and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. The Medical Emergency Team System and Not-for-Resuscitation Orders: Results from the MERIT Study. Resuscitation, 2008;79(3):391-397.
Chiu A, Nguyen H, Reutens S, Grace D, Schmidtman R, Shen Q, Chen J, Chan DKY. Clinical outcomes and length of stay of a co-located psychogeriatric and geriatric unit. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2008; online: doi.10.1016/j.archger.2008.08.008.
Cretikos M, Bellomo R, Hillman K, Chen J, Finfer S, Flabouris A. Respiratory rate: the neglected vital signs. Medical Journal of Australia 2008;188:657-659.
Forero R, Mohsin M, Young L, Ieraci S, McCarthy S, Hillman, Santiano N, Bauman A, Phung H. Prevalence of morphine use and time to initial analgesia in an Australian emergency department. Emergency Medicine of Australasia, 2008; 20:136-143.
Forero R. (Book Review) Inventing disease and pushing pills: pharmaceutical companies and the medicalisation of normal life by Jorg Blech. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2008; 19:74.
Garrett P, Forero R, Dickson H, Whelan AK. How are language barriers bridged in acute hospital care? The tale of two methods of data collection. Australian Health Review (2008; 32: 755-765.
Garrett P, Dickson H, Young L, Whelan AK, Forero R. What do non-English speaking patients value in acute care? Cultural competency from the patient’s perspective: a qualitative study. Ethnicity and Health, 2008; 13: 479-496.
Garrett P, Forero R, Whelan AK, Dickson H. Communication and Healthcare Complexity in People with Little or No English: The Communication Complexity Score. Ethnicity and Health, 2008; 13: 203-217.
Hillman K, Chen J. Rapid Reviews of the Conflict Resolution in End-of-Life Treatment Decisions. Commissioned by the NSW Health Department, September 2008.
Shehabi Y, Grant P, Wolfenden H, Bass F, Chen J, Hammond N, Nicholson L. Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Renal Impairment: Roles of N-Acetylcysteine and Cystatin C. Kidney International, submitted 2008.
Martlin M. Chen J, Holdgate A. The preoperative preservation of amputed digits: An assessment of proposed methods. The Journal of Trauma, 2008;65:127-131.
2007
Cretikos M, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S, Flabouris A, the MERIT study investigators. The effectiveness of MET system implementation and factors associated with the level of MET utilisation during the MERIT study, Critical Care and resuscitation, 2007;9:206-212.
Cretikos M, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S, Flabouris A, the MERIT investigators. The Medical Emergency Team Activation Criteria: A matched case-control study. Resuscitation 2007; 73:69-72.
Elbourne K, Chen J. The Continuum Model of Obligatory Exercise: A Preliminary Investigation. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2007; 62(1):73-80.
Mohsin M, Forero R, Berthelsen A, Bauman A, Jalaludin B, Gyaneshwar R. Social influences for smoking in pregnancy in South Western Sydney antenatal clinic attendees. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2007; 47: 207-212.
Mohsin M, Forero R, Ieraci S, Bauman A, Young L, Santiano N. A population follow up study of patients who left emergency department without been seen by a medical officer. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2007; 24:175-179.
2006
DeVita M, Bellomo R, Hillman K, Kellum J, Rotondi A, Terres D, Auerbach A, Chen WJ, Duncan K, Kenward G, Bell M, Buist M, Chen J, Bion J, Kirby A, Lighthall G, Ovreveit J, Scott B, Gosbee J, Mibrandt E, Peberdy M, Savitz L, Young L, Chelluri L, Galhotra S. Findings of the First Consensus Conference on Medical Emergency Teams. Critical Care Medicine. 2006; 34:2463-2478.
Forero R, Ieraci S, Young L, Bauman A, Hillman K. Prevalence of psychological distress assessed in the Emergency Department-letter. Emergency Medicine Journal; 2006:23:489.
Garrett P, Forero R. Racism and healthcare: experiences of Arabic-speaking patients (letter). A&NZJ Pub Health; 2006;30(4):389.
Lucumí DI, Sarmiento OL, Forero R, Gomez LF, Espinosa G. Community intervention to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables, smoke-free environments, and physical activity among home caregivers in Bogotá, Colombia. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2006 October Volume 3:No.4 (date cited: Nov 10 2006). Available from:
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/oct/06_0014.htm.
Smith B, Bauman A, Chen J, Loveday S, Costello M, Mackie B, Dore GJ, Heptitis C in Australia: Impacts of a mass media awareness campaign. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006;31(6):493-498.
2005
Chen J, Smith BJ, Loveday S, Bauman A, Costello M, Mackie B and Chung D. Impact of a mass media campaign upon calls to the New South Wales Hep C Helpline. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2005;16(1):11-14.
Corner H, Rissel C, Smith B, Forero R, et al. Sexual health behaviours among pacific island youth in Vanuatu, Tonga and the Federated States of Micronesia. Australian Journal of Health Promotion; 2005, 16:2:144-150.
Gomez LF, Sarmiento OL, Lucumi DI, Espinosa G, Forero R, Bauman A. Prevalence and factors associated with walking and cycling for transport among young adults in two low income localities of Bogota, Colombia. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2005; 2(4):445-459.
Hillman K, Chen J, Cretikos M, Brown D, Bellomo R, Finfer S, Flabouris A. Introduction of the Medical Emergency Team (MET) System: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 2005;365(9477):2091-2097.
Phongsavan P, Olatunbosun-Alakija A, Havea B, Bauman A, Smith BJ, Galea G, Chen J, Members of the Health Behaviour and Lifestyle of Pacific Youth Survey Collaborating Group and Core Survey Teams. Health behaviour and lifestyle of Pacific youth surveys: a resource for capacity building. Health Promotion International 2005; 20:238-248.
2004
Donaldson A, Forero R, Finch C. The first aid policies and practices of community sports clubs in northern Sydney, Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2004; 15 (2): 155-161.
Donaldson A, Forero R, Finch C, Hill T. A comparison of sport safety policies and practices of community sports clubs during training and competition in northern Sydney, Australia. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2004; 38:60-63.
Forero R, Mohsin M, Bauman A, Ieraci S, Young L, Phung H, Hillman M, McCarthy S, Hugelmeyer D. Access-block in NSW hospitals: 1999 to 2001. Does the definition matter? Medical Journal of Australia 2004; 180: (19): 67-70.
2003
Chen J, Conigrave KM, Macaskill P, Whitfield JB, Irwig L. Combining Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrrin and Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase to increase diagnositc accuracy for chronic problem drinking. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2003; 38(6): 574-82.
Hillman K, Chen J, Brown D. A clinical Model for Health Services Research – The Medical Emergency Team. Journal of Critical Care. 2003:19(3): 195-199.
Donaldson A, Hill T, Finch C, Forero R. The development of a tool to audit the safety policies and practices of community sports clubs. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2003; 6: (2): 226-230.
2002
Aristides M, Chen J, Schulz M, Williamson E, Glarke S, Grant K. Conjoint analysis of a new chemotherapy: Willingness to pay and preference for the features of raltitrexed versus standard therapy in advanced colorectoal cancer. Pharmacoeconomics. 2002; 20(11):775-784.
Chen J, Forero R, Rissel C, Bauman A. New Statistical Methods: Their Role in Health Promotion Research and Evaluation Practice – Part 1. Australian Journal for Health Promotion 2002:13(2):72-76.
Forero R, Chen J, Rissel C, Bauman A. New Statistical Methods: Their Role in Health Promotion Research and Evaluation Practice - Part 2. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2002;(3):242-246.
Hillman K. Critical care without walls. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2002;8:594-599.
Hillman KM, Bristow PJ, Chey T, Daffurn K, Jacques T, Norman SL, Bishop GF, Simmons G. Duration of life-threatening antecedents prior to intensive care admission. Intensive Care Medicine, 2002;28(11):1629-1634.
Ieraci S. Small emergency departments: reappraising 'critical mass'. Emergency Medicine, 2002;14(1):12-13.
Mabbutt J, Bauman A, Moshin M. Tobacco use of pregnant women and their male partners who attend antenatal classes: what happened to routine quit smoking advice in pregnancy? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2002; 26(6):571-572.
Marshall AL, Bauman A, Patch C, Wilson J, Chen J. Can motivational signs prompt increases in incidental physical activity in an Australia health-care facility? Health Education Research 2002;17(6): 743-749.
Steel Z, Silove D, Phan T, Bauman A. Long-term effect of psychological trauma on the mental health of Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia: a population-based study. Lancet, 2002; 360(9339):1056-1062.
Shulz MW, Chen J, Woo HH, Keech M, Watson M, Davey P. A comparison of techniques for eliciting patient preferences in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Journal of Urology 2002;168(1):155-159.
Sugrue M, Bauman A, Jones F, Bishop G, Flabouris A, Parr M, Stewart A, Hillman K, Deane SA. Clinical examination is an inaccurate predictor of intraabdominal pressure. World Journal of Surgery, 2002;26(12):1428-1431.
Tran M. Survival of glioblastoma patients post-radiation related to presenting symptoms, brain site and treatment variables in Radiotherapy & Oncology. Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2002;64 Supplement 1 (September 2002).
Tran M, Phung H, Young L, Hopper U, Hillman K. Patterns and characteristics of ethnic Australian women utilising ethno-specific maternal and child health services. Australian Health Review, 2002;25(4):107-118.
Yuile G P and Tran MH. Survival with brain metastases following radiation therapy. Australasian Radiology, 2002;46:390-395.
Zhao X, Furber S, Bauman A. Asthma knowledge and medication compliance among parents of asthmatic children in Nanjing, China. Journal of Asthma, 2002;39(8):743-747.
2001
Alexandrou E, Murphy J, Nguyen T, Hillman K. Adverse Events in Critical Care Transfers: Incidence, Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2001;29:195.
Jacques T, Bristow P, Hillman K, Chey T, Daffurn K, Norman S, Bishop G, Simmons G. Antecedent Events and Outcome from In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2001;29:194.
Hadfield RJH, Mercer M, Parr MJA. Alcohol and drug abuse in trauma. Resuscitation, 2001;48:25-36.
Hillman KM, Bristow PJ, Chey T, Daffurn K, Jacques T, Norman SK, Bishop GF, Simmons G. Antecedents to hospital deaths. Internal Medicine Journal, 2001;31:343-348.
Hillman K, Parr M, Flabouris A, Bishop G, Stewart A. Redefining in-hospital resuscitation: The concept of the medical emergency team. Resuscitation, 2001; 48:105-110.
Gliksman M, Chen J. Changes in the juvenile crime incidence rate by gender in New South Wales, Australia, 1991/2 to 1996/7. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2001; 34:3.
Nguyen T, Maynard M, Towne B, Roche A, et al. Sex differences in bone mass acquisition during growth. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 2001;4(2):147-157.
Nguyen TV, Center JR, Sambrook PN, Eisman JA. Risk factors for Proximal Humerus, Forearm, and Wrist Fractures in Elderly Men and Women - The Dubbo Osteoporosis epidemiology Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2001;153(1):587-595.
Nguyen TV, Hillman KM, Buist MD. Adverse events in British hospitals. Preventive strategies, not epidemiological studies, are needed. British Medical Journal, 2001;322(7299):1425.
Nguyen TV, Hillman KM. On the analysis and interpretation of spontaneous variability of cardiac output. Critical Care Medicine, 2001;29(1):220-221.
Mackle IJ, Halcomb E, Parr MJA. Severe Adult Botulism. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2001;29(3):297-300.
Parr MJA, Hadfield JH, Flabouris A, Bishop G, Hillman K. The Medical Emergency Team: 12 month analysis of reasons for activation, immediate outcome and not-for-resuscitation orders. Resuscitation, 2001;50(1):39-44.
Penney DJ, Hillman KM. Ogilvie's syndrome: the novel use of a continuous neostigmine infusion. Clinical Intensive Care, 2001;12:237-239.
Phung H, Young L, Greenfield D, Bauman A, Hillman K. A framework for monitoring Maternal and Infant Health status: Integration of services with a Health Services Research perspective. Australian Health Review, 2001;24(1):105-116.
Tran M, Young L, Phung H, Hillman K, Willcocks K. Quality of health services and early postpartum discharge: results from a sample of non-English speaking women. Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice, 2001;21(4):135-143.
2000
Bristow P, Hillman K, Chey T, Daffurn K, Jacques T, Norman S, Bishop G, Simmons G. Rates of in-hospital arrests, deaths and intensive care admissions: the effect of a medical emergency team. Medical Journal of Australia, 2000;173(5):236-240.
Chen J, Bauman A, Rissel C, Tang KC, Forero R, Flaherty B. Substance use in high schools students in New South Wales, Australia, in relation to language spoken at home. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2000;26:53-63.
Francis J, Bauman A, Chey T. Assessing need in a privately insured population-the MBF Preventive Health Survey. Australian Health Review, 2000;23(3):38-45.
Hillman K, Alexandrou E, Flabouris M, Brown D, Murphy J, Daffurn K, Flabouris A, Parr M, Bishop G. Clinical outcome indicators in acute hospital medicine. Clinical Intensive Care, 2000;11(2):89-94.
Hillman K. Hospitals and hospitalists: an alternative view. Medical Journal of Australia, 2000;172(6):299.
Ieraci S, Cunningham P, Talbot-Stern J, Walker S. Emergency medicine and "acute" general practice: comparing apples with oranges. Australian Health Review, 2000;23(2):152-161.
Jones G, Tuan V. Nguyen. Associations between maternal peak bone mass and bone mass in prepubertal male and female children. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2000;15(10):1998-2003.
Marks GB, Jalaludin BB, Williamson M, Atkin NL, Bauman A. Use of "preventer" medications and written asthma management plans among adults with asthma in New South Wales. NSW Health Department Asthma Data Working Group. Medical Journal of Australia, 2000;173(8):407-410.
Murphy J, Alexandrou E. Medical Emergency Teams (MET) The New Frontier? The Lamp, June 2000.
Murphy J, Alexandrou E. Medical Emergencies: What is your hospital response? Nursing Review, August 2000.
Murphy J. Team change: medical emergency replace cardiac arrest. Nursing Review, May 2000, p18.
Nguyen TV, Centre JR, Eisman JA. Association between breast cancer and bone mineral density: the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study. Maturitas, 2000;36:27-34.
Nguyen TV, Blangero J, Eisman JA. Genetic epidemiological approaches to the search for osteoporosis genes. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2000;15(3):392-401.
Nguyen TV, Center JR, Eisman JA. Osteoporosis in elderly men and women: Effects of dietary calcium, physical activity and body mass index. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2000;15:322-331.
Parr MJA. Introduction to the International Guidelines 2000 for CPR and ECC. A Consensus on Science. Resuscitation, 2000;46:3-15.
Randell AG, Nguyen TV, Bhalerao N, Silverman SL, Sambrook PN, Eisman JA. Deterioration in quality of life following hip fracture: a prospective study. Osteoporosis International, 2000;11:460-466.
Smith BJ, Bauman AE, Bull FC, Booth ML, Harris MF. Promoting physical activity in general practice: a controlled trial of written advice and information materials. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2000;34(4):262-267.
Stevens D, Johnson M, Langdon R. Comparison of two warming interventions in surgical patients with mild and moderate hypothermia. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2000;6(5):268-275.
Tuan V, Nguyen, Nicholas A. Pocock, John A. Eisman. Interpretation of Bone Mineral Density Measurement and its Change. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 2000;3(2) Summer.
Vidhani K, Parr M. Pulmonary Contusion: Critical Care Management. Trauma Care, 2000;10(1) Spring Summer.