CCS Publications update: 17-24 March 2017

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed), Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Haematology, Infectious Diseases, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) and Medicine.

Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory medicine

Tay TR, Lee J, Radhakrishna N, Hore-Lacy F, Stirling R, Hoy R, Dabscheck E, O'Hehir R, Hew M. A Structured Approach to Specialist-referred Difficult Asthma Patients Improves Control of Comorbidities and Enhances Asthma Outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017 Mar 8. pii: S2213-2198(17)30014-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.12.030. [Epub ahead of print]

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases

Bryant J, Carey M, Sanson-Fisher R, Turon H, Wei A, Kuss B. The Patients' Perspective: Hematological Cancer Patients' Experiences of Adverse Events as Part of Care. J Patient Saf. 2017 Mar 17. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000347. [Epub ahead of print]

Diabetes

See feature article on the fainting disorder

Khan AW, Ziemann M, Corcoran S, Harikrishnan KN, Okabe J, Rafehi H, Maxwell SS, Esler MD, El-Osta A. NET silencing by let-7i in postural tachycardia syndrome. JCI Insight. 2017; 2 (6):e90183. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.90183
 

Snelson M, Clarke RE, Coughlan MT. Stirring the Pot: Can Dietary Modification Alleviate the Burden of CKD? Nutrients. 2017 Mar 11;9(3). pii: E265. doi: 10.3390/nu9030265.

Gastroenterology

Eales J, Gibson P, Whorwell P, Kellow J, Yellowlees A, Perry RH, Edwards M, King S, Wood H, Glanville J. Systematic review and meta-analysis: the effects of fermented milk with Bifidobacterium lactis CNCM I-2494 and lactic acid bacteria on gastrointestinal discomfort in the general adult population. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2017 Jan;10(1):74-88. doi: 10.1177/1756283X16670075. Epub 2016 Oct 10.

March is endometriosis awareness month

and Judy Moore, Gastroenterology PhD

student, is first author on a paper describing

how women with endometriosis are three

times more likely to respond to a low

FODMAP diet than women with IBS alone.

Moore JS, Gibson PR, Perry RE, Burgell RE. Endometriosis in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: Specific symptomatic and demographic profile, and response to the low FODMAP diet. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2017 Mar 17. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12594. [Epub ahead of print] See write ups:

•  Low FODMAP blog article by Judy Moore
• The Limbic feature

 

Infectious Diseases

Flint A, Aubron C, Bailey M, Bellomo R, Pilcher D, Cheng AC, Hegarty C, Reade MC, McQuilten Z. Duration of platelet storage and outcomes of critically ill patients. Transfusion. 2017 Mar;57(3):599-605. doi: 10.1111/trf.14056.

Udy AA, Dulhunty JM, Roberts JA, Davis JS, Webb SA, Bellomo R, Gomersall C, Shirwadkar C, Eastwood GM, Myburgh J, Paterson DL, Starr T, Paul SK, Lipman J; BLING-II Investigators; ANZICS Clinical Trials Group. Collaborator - Cheng AC. Association between augmented renal clearance and clinical outcomes in patients receiving β-lactam antibiotic therapy by continuous or intermittent infusion: a nested cohort study of the BLING-II randomised, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.  Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2017 Mar 9. pii: S0924-8579(17)30080-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.12.022. [Epub ahead of print]

Mota TM, Rasmussen TA, Rhodes A, Tennakoon S, Dantanarayana A, Wightman F, Hagenauer M, Roney J, Spelman T, Purcell DF, McMahon J, Hoy JF, Prince HM, Elliott JH, Lewin SR. No adverse safety or virological changes two years following vorinostat in HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2017 Mar 15. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001442. [Epub ahead of print]

Petoumenos K, Choi JY, Hoy J, Kiertiburanakul S, Ng OT, Boyd M, Rajasuriar R, Law M; Australian HIV Observational Database; TREATAsia HIV Observational Database. CD4:CD8 ratio comparison between cohorts of HIV-positive Asians and Caucasians upon commencement of antiretroviral therapy. Antivir Ther. 2017 Mar 14. doi: 10.3851/IMP3155. [Epub ahead of print]



Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre

Cash RF, Dar A, Hui J, De Ruiter L, Baarbé J, Fettes P, Peters S, Fitzgerald PB, Downar J, Chen R. Influence of inter-train interval on the plastic effects of rTMS. Brain Stimul. 2017 Mar 2. pii: S1935-861X(17)30619-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.02.012. [Epub ahead of print]

Cash RF, Dar A, Hui J, De Ruiter L, Baarbé J, Fettes P, Peters S, Fitzgerald PB, Downar J, Chen R. Influence of inter-train interval on the plastic effects of rTMS. Brain Stimul. 2017 Mar 2. pii: S1935-861X(17)30619-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.02.012. [Epub ahead of print]

Phillipou A, Rossell SL, Gurvich C, Castle DJ, Abel LA. The eyes have it: Eye movements and anorexia nervosa. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;50(8):806-7. doi: 10.1177/0004867416656260. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

Tan EJ, Castle DJ, Rossell SL. On research distinctions and clinical relevance in psychiatry. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2017 Mar;51(3):217-218. doi: 10.1177/0004867416686697. Epub 2017 Jan 10.


Medicine

Riddell MA, Edwards N, Thompson SR, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Praveen D, Johnson C, Kengne AP, Liu P, McCready T, Ng E, Nieuwlaat R, Ovbiagele B, Owolabi M, Peiris D, Thrift AG, Tobe S, Yusoff K; GACD Hypertension Research Programme. Collaborator - Srikanth V. Developing consensus measures for global programs: lessons from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension research program. Global Health. 2017 Mar 15;13(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12992-017-0242-8.

Phan TG, Chen J, Beare R, Ma H, Clissold B, Van Ly J, Srikanth V; VISTA-ICH Collaboration. Classification of Different Degrees of Disability Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Decision Tree Analysis from VISTA-ICH Collaboration. Collaborator - Srikanth V. Front Neurol. 2017 Feb 28;8:64. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00064. eCollection 2017.