Northern Clinical Research Centre

Publications

2010

de Morton, N., Davidson, M., & Keating, J. Reliability of the de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) in an older acute medical population. Physiotherapy Research International, In press.

Berlowitz DJ, Graco M. The development of a streamlined, coordinated and sustainable evaluation methodology for a diverse chronic disease management population Australian Health review 2010: 34: (2) 148 – 151

Hutchinson AF, Brand CA., Irving LB, Thompson P, Campbell D. Acute Care Costs of patients admitted for management of COPD exacerbations: contribution of disease severity, infection, and chronic heart failure. Internal Medicine Journal, 2010: (40) 5: 364- 371

Hutchinson AF, M.A. Thompson, C.A. Brand, J. Black, G.P. Anderson, L.B. Irving Assessing severity of exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a community-care setting: Development of a clinical prediction model. Journal of Advanced Nursing - Accepted April 2010

Considine J, Smith R, Hill K, Weiland T, Gannon J, Behm C, Wellington P, McCarthy S Older peoples' experience of accessing emergency care.
Australian Emergency Nursing Journal, (in press 2010)

2009 

Duke GJ, Graco M, Santamaria J, Shann F Validation of the hospital outcome prediction equation model for monitoring clinical performance. Internal Medicine Journal 2009; 39(3).

Graco M, Garrard J, Jasper AE Participation in physical activity: Perceptions of women with a previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus. Australian Journal of Health Promotion 2009; 20 (1): 20-25

Graco M, Berlowitz DJ, Fourlanos S, Sundram S. Depression is greater in non-English speaking hospital outpatients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2009: 83(2):51-3

Chong CP, Lam QT, Ryan JE, Sinnappu RN, Lim WK. Incidence of post-operative Troponin I rises and one year mortality after emergency orthopaedic surgery in older patients. Age and Ageing 2009; 38: 168 – 174

Barker A, Morton A, Gatton M, Tong E, Clements A. Measuring Falls Risk and Predicting Who Will Fall: clinimetric properties of four falls risk assessment tools for residential aged care. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2009: 64A (8): 916 – 924

Barker A, Kamar J, Berlowitz D, Morton A. Bridging the gap between research and practice: Review of a Targeted Hospital Inpatient Falls prevention Program. Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2009: 18:467-472

Barker A, Morton A, Gatton M, Tong E, Clements A. Sequential monitoring of Hospital Adverse Events when Control Charts Fail: the example of fall injuries in hospitals. Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2009: 18: 473 - 477

Lim WK, Chong CP, Gideon C, Gray L. Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Position Statement No. 15 – Discharge Planning. Australasian Journal of Ageing 2009

Hutchinson AF, Black J, Thompson MA, Bozinovski S, Brand CA, Smallwood DM, Irving LB, Anderson GP. Identifying viral infections in vaccinated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients using clinical features and inflammatory markers. Influenza and  Other Respiratory Viruses. Published Online: Dec 9 2009

Hutchinson AF, Respiratory Expert Group. Therapeutic guidelines: respiratory. Version 4.  Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited; 2009. http://www.tg.org.au/. Department of Human Services Victoria, Australia

Rasekaba T, Risteski C, Hutchinson AF. NA-Hospital Admission Risk Program Report 2009. "Impact of the NA-HARP programs on Acute Health Utilisation at Northern Health”.

Risteski C, Jasper A, Hutchinson A. Client and Carer Satisfaction with the services provided by clinicians from the Northern Alliance – HARP Program in 2008 - 9.

Rasekaba TM, Williams E, and Hsu-Hage B. Can a chronic disease management pulmonary rehabilitation program for COPD reduce acute rural hospital utilisation? (Original paper). Chronic Respiratory Disease 2009. 6:157-163.

Tshepo Rasekaba, Anne Holland, John Wilson, Brenda Button. Desaturation on 3-Minute Step Test is associated with impaired outcomes at 12 months in adults with CF. Respirology. 14 Sup 1:A14, April 2009.

Rasekaba TM, Williams E, and Hsu-Hage B. Can a chronic disease management pulmonary rehabilitation program for COPD reduce acute rural hospital utilisation? at 12 months in adults with CF. Respirology. 14 Sup 1:A14, April 2009.

Rasekaba T, Lee AL, Naughton MT, Williams TJ, Holland AE. The six-minute walk test: a useful metric for the cardiopulmonary patient. Internal Medicine Journal 2009; 39(8):495-501.

Holland AE, Hill CJ, Rasekaba T, Lee A, Naughton MT, McDonald CF. Updating the minimal important difference for six-minute walk distance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2010. Volume 91, Issue 2, Pages 221-225

HollandAE, Rasekaba T, Wilson JW, Button BM. Is the 3-minute step test useful in adults with cystic fibrosis? Pediatric Pulmononolgy 2008. 43(S31):390

Chong CP, Savige JA, Lim WK. Medical problems in hip fracture patients. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (in press, accepted 17 December 2009).

Chong CP, van Gaal W, Savige J, Lim WK. Cardiac injury and troponin testing after orthopaedic surgery. Injury (in press, accepted October 2009).

Chong CP, Lam QT, Ryan JE, Sinnappu RN, Lim WK. Long term impact of Troponin I after emergency orthopaedic-geriatric surgery. Internal Medical Journal (in press, accepted June 2009)

Chong CP, Lim WK, Savige J. Orthopaedic-geriatric models of care and their effectiveness. Australasian journal on Ageing, 2009:28(4):171-176.

Chong CP, Lam QT, Ryan JE, Sinnappu RN, Lim WK. In reply to: Postoperative myocardial damages are a key issue in patient’s outcome after hip fracture. Age and Ageing, 2009; 38 (4):489.

Moore RP, Berlowitz DJ, Pretto JJ, Brazzale DJ, Denehy L, Jackson B, McDonald CF. Acute effects of hyperoxia upon resting pattern of ventilation and dyspnoea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respirology, 2009; 14 (4): 545-550.

Moore RP, Berlowitz DJ, Denehy L, Jackson B, McDonald CF. Use of pedometer and daily diary for measurement of physical activity in COPD. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 2009; 29: 57-61.   

Moore RP, Berlowitz DJ, Pretto JJ, Brazzale DJ, Denehy L, Sharpe K, Jackson B, McDonald CF. A randomised trial of domiciliary ambulatory oxygen in patients with COPD and dyspnoea buth without resting hypoxaemia. Accepted for publication in Thorax: June 2010.

Reports

DHS Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) Evaluations

Amartya B, Brand C, Hutchinson A, Landgren F. Jones C. Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) for Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Program Guidelines. Published by Project Health April 2009.

Amartya B, Brand C, Hutchinson A, Landgren F. Jones C. Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) for Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Literature Review. Published by Project Health April 2009.

Northern Alliance HARP Reports

Gannon J, Atkinson J, Shanahan-McKenna L, Hutchinson A. 
The nature of how Northern Coordinated Health Care service clinicians facilitate partnerships with and between clients and their general practitioners: A descriptive qualitative study.
Executive Summary & Synopsis of Key Findings. April 2010.

2008

Barker A, Nitz J, Low Choy N, Haines T. Clinimetric evaluation of the physical Mobility Scale supports clinicians and researchers in Residential Aged Care. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2008; 89:2140-45.

Chong CP, Christou J, Fitzpatrick K, Wee R, Lim WK. Description of an orthopaedicgeriatric model of care in Australia with 3 year data. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 2008; 8: 86-92.

Chong CP, Street P. Pneumonia in the elderly - A review of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, microbiology and clinical features. Southern Medical Journal, 2008;101(11):1141-1145.

Chong CP, Street P. Pneumonia in the elderly: A review of Severity Assessment, Prognosis, Mortality, Prevention and Treatment. Southern Medical Journal, 2008; 101(11): 1134-1140.

Chong CP, Derigo L, Brown D. Massive Gastric Bleeding: A rarely encountered subacute complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Internal Medicine Journal, 2007: 37: 787-788.

de Morton NA, Davidson M, Keating JL. The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI): an essential health index for an ageing world. Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2008 Aug 19: 6:63.

de Morton NA, Berlowitz DJ, Keating JL. A systematic review of mobility instruments and their measurement properties for older acute medical patients. Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2008 Jun 5: 6:44.

de Morton NA, Keating JL, Davidson M. Rasch analysis of the barthel index in the assessment of hospitalized older patients after admission for an acute medical condition. Arch Phys Med Rehabilitation 2008 Apr; 89(4): 641-7.

de Morton NA & Keating JL. Health instruments itching for a Rasch. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation [Invited editorial]. Northern Health Annual Research Report 2008 27

2007

Azad A, Berera V, Jayarajan J, Lim K. Evans syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology.  2007; 29: 145-148.

Davidson M, de Morton N. A systematic review of the Human Activity Profile. Clinical Rehabilitation, 21 (2), 151-162.

de Morton N, Keating J, Berlowitz D, Jackson B, Lim W. Additional exercise does not change hospital or patient outcomes in older medical patients: a controlled clinical trial. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(2) 105-111.

de Morton N, Keating J & Jeffs K. Review: Exercise interventions reduce length and cost of hospital stay in older patients hospitalised for acute conditions. ACP Journal Club. 146 (3), 72

de Morton N, Jones C, Keating J, Berlowitz D, Macgregor L, Lim W, Jackson B, Brand C. The effect of exercise on outcomes for hospitalised older acute medical patients: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Age Ageing, 36(2) 219-222.

de Morton N, Keating J & Jeffs K. The Effect of Exercise on Outcomes for Older Acute Medical Inpatients compared to control or alternative treatments: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials (2007). Clinical Rehabilitation, 21(1), 3-16.

Hong F, Sinnappu R, Lim WK. Pimary progressive aphasia: A case report. Age Ageing. In press.

2006

de Morton N, Keating J, & Jeffs K. Exercise for acutely hospitalised older medical patients. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews, Issue 2 (Protocol).

Harvey, PA Evaluation of a Geriatric outreach program providing acute medical care for hostel and nursing home residents – a randomised controlled trial. Doctorate of Medicine Thesis, The University of Melbourne. 

Jeffs, Kim and Darzins, Peteris. Delirium. In: Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience. Ed. Anthony HV Schapira. Mosby. Philadelphia. 2007.

2005

Berlowitz DJ, Brown DJ, Campbell DA, Pierce RJ. A longitudinal evaluation of sleep and breathing in the first year after cervical spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2005 Jun; 86(6): 1193-9.

Corbett HM. Lim WK. Davis SJ. Elkins AM. Care coordination in the Emergency Department: improving outcomes for older patients. Australian Health Review. 2005; 29(1):43-50.

Harvey PA, Murphy MC, Dornom E, Berlowitz DJ, Lim WK, Jackson B. Implementing evidence-based guidelines:inpatient management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 2005. Internal Medicine Journal 35(3): 151-5.

Jeffs KJ, Lim WK, Berlowitz DJ, Jackson B. A retrospective, case controlled evaluation of the effect of a post acute respiratory outreach service (PAROS) on COPD  patient outcomes and with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on hospital readmission rates. Respirology. 2005 MAr; 10(2):239-43.

Jeffs, KJ  & Darzins, P. “Delirium” in Schapira et al. Neurology: Basic and Clinical Neurosciences. El Sevier, Philadelphia 2005. 

Johnson CE, Lim WK. Workman BS. People aged over 75 in atrial fibrillation on warfarin: the rate of major hemorrhage and stroke in more than 500 patient-years of follow-up.  2005; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 53(4):655-9.

Murphy MC, Campbell M, Saunders JE, BErlowitz DJ. The Process of implementing a nurse coordinated multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation program in Melbourne. Contemporary Nurse. Vol 19 (1-2) 2005, p222-232.

2004 

Barlis P, James P, Sundralingam AB, Coombs PR, Lim K. Internal artery dissection: too old? Internal Medicine Journal. 2004; 34: 69-70.

Wee R, Lim WK. SSRIs and hyponatraemia in the elderly. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2004; 19: 1-2.

2003

Lim WK, Lambert SF. Gray LC. Effectiveness of case management and post-acute services in older people after hospital discharge.  Medical Journal of Australia. 2003; 178(6): 262-6.

2002

Heaney, C., Lim, K., Lydall-Smith, S & Dorevitch, M. Unassigned Geriatric Evaluation and Management Program: preventing sub-acute hospital admissions. Australian Health Review, 2002: 25(6):164-70.