Jones, P., Kelly, A.M., Keijzers, G., Klim, S., Holdgate, A., Graham, C.A., Craig, S., Kuan, W.S., Laribi, S., AANZDEM Study Group and McNulty, R., Sept 2020. Chronic disease management in emergency department patients presenting with dyspnoea. Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Snelling, P.J., Jones, P., Keijzers, G., Bade, D., Herd, D.W. and Ware, R.S., 2020. Nurse practitioner administered point-of-care ultrasound compared with X-ray for children with clinically non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the ED: a diagnostic study. Emergency Medicine Journal. Sept 2020
Archer-Jones, A., Sweeny, A., Schults, J.A., Rickard, C.M., Johnson, L., Gunter, A. and Watkins, S., 2020. Evaluating an ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation training program for emergency clinicians: An Australian perspective. Australasian Emergency Care
Queensland Health’s Artificial Intelligence Hub Datathon winners, 2020: Amy Sweeny, Dr Katya May, Dr Nimai Etheridge… $25,000 in Amazon Web Services credit to pursue a project leading to faster reporting of chest x-rays for ED patients.
Host Gene Expression Signatures to Diagnose Sepsis in Children, following on from the RAPIDS project: “Host Gene Expression Signatures to Diagnose Sepsis in Children”. Our paediatric pillar lead, Dr Shane George, is one of the principal investigators on this study, led by A/Prof Luregn Schlapbach from Children’s Health Queensland and UQ. Prof Keith Grimwood and Dr Peter Snelling are also co-investigators. Specific aims of the project include the creation of a paediatric biobank, identification of gene markers for sepsis, and evaluation of a point of care test that rapidly determines whether a critically ill paediatric patient has an infection (bacterial or viral).
Rousseau, G., Keijzers, G., van Meer, O., Craig, S., Karamercan, M., Klim, S., Body, R., Kuan, W.S., Harjola, V.P., Jones, P. and Verschuren, F., Epidemiology, treatment and outcome of patients with lower respiratory tract infection presenting to emergency departments with dyspnoea (AANZDEM and EuroDEM studies). Emergency Medicine Australasia.
Rana, R., Gow, J., Moloney, C., King, A., Keijzers, G., Beccaria, G. and Mullens, A., Does distance to hospital affect emergency department presentations and hospital length of stay among COPD patients?. Internal Medicine Journal.
Keijzers, G., Macdonald, S.P., Udy, A.A., Arendts, G., Bailey, M., Bellomo, R., Blecher, G.E., Burcham, J., Delaney, A., Coggins, A.R. and Fatovich, D.M., 2019. The Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation: FLUid or vasopressors In Emergency Department Sepsis, a multicentre observational study (ARISE FLUIDS observational study): Rationale, methods and analysis plan. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31(1), pp.90-96.
Findings from a 星空体育 driven investigation into the use of intravenous fluids in sepsis management in emergency patients will be used as the foundation for a larger, $2.33M randomised controlled trial.
Sepsis, although not very common, is a serious condition where infection leads to organ dysfunction and possibly death.
The planned ARISE: Fluids study will explore liberal versus restricted fluid management in patients with septic shock after a large study led by principal investigator Professor Gerben Keijzers showed that there was large variation in how much fluid patients were given.
A/Prof Ed Heffernan, A/Prof David Green OAM, Dr Cathy Lincoln, A/Prof Josh Byrnes, Sen Sgt Paul Gardiner, Prof Stuart Kinner, Dr Caitlin Brandenburg, Prof Stuart Thomas, Dr Annabel Somerville and A/Prof Peter Davidson
In the acute phase of police detention, health concerns can emerge for detainees, especially around drug dependence, mental health conditions, and physical injury. In addition are system complexities including crowding.
In the event of an infectious disease outbreak (such as COVID-19), crowded conditions amongst a population with greater underlying burden of disease than the general population creates significant public health and economic concern. Furthermore, access to resources and expertise to manage health concerns in this environment can be challenging, especially in rural areas.
Researchers will interview key stakeholders involved with the care delivery and decision making of detainees, to identify innovative strategies to delivering healthcare in watch-house settings. This research will consider the decision making processes and costs associated with the delivery of healthcare in police watch-houses that may reduce the need for transfer to hospital emergency departments or reduce the potential for deaths in custody.
This research addresses the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation to understand how evidence-based health services can be provided for those requiring treatment, care and illness prevention whilst in police custody. It also identifies ways in which the need for expensive hospital stays can be minimised.
The expected impact of this research is the capability to identify and inform joined-up approaches so that cost-effective, safe, quality emergency care can be provided to detainees in police watch-house settings.