25 Feb-02 Mar 2020 Central Clinical School recent publications

Image: @MonashNeurosci tweet published 5 March 2020
Professor Anneke van der Walt recalls when she was working in a

department as one of two women consultants, only three years

 ago. Times have changed for the better #IWD2020. This week's

 publications roundup features a paper on early detection of gait changes

 in MS, co-authored by Prof van der Walt. Follow her at @anneke_vdw 

Recent publications as notified during the week 25 Feb-02 Mar 2020 by PubMed from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following disciplines. This is not a comprehensive list:

• Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine
• Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
• Blood Diseases
• Diabetes
• Infectious Diseases
• Immunology and Pathology
• Medicine
• Neuroscience
• Psychiatry
• Sexual Health
• Surgery

Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRmed)

Blyth CC, Cheng AC, Crawford NW, Clark JE, Buttery JP, Marshall HS, Francis JR, McRae J, Kotsimbos T, Kelly PM, Macartney KK; Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS), Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) Collaboration.  The impact of new universal child influenza programs in Australia: Vaccine coverage, effectiveness and disease epidemiology in hospitalised children in 2018.  Vaccine. 2020 Feb 24. pii: S0264-410X(20)30228-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.031.

Moore C, ....Glaspole I, ....Schwartz DA.  Resequencing Study Confirms That Host Defense and Cell Senescence Gene Variants Contribute to the Risk of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jul 15;200(2):199-208. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201810-1891OC.

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Wijeysundera DN, Beattie WS, Hillis GS, Abbott TEF, Shulman MA,...., Myles PS,....Lifford R; International and National Coordinators; Central Project Office Operations Committee; CPET Methods Committee; Outcome Adjudication Committee; International Steering Committee. 42 Collaborators including Myles PS.  Integration of the Duke Activity Status Index into preoperative risk evaluation: a multicentre prospective cohort study.  Br J Anaesth. 2020 Mar;124(3):261-270. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.11.025.

Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)

Luu S, Woolley IJ, Andrews RK.  Platelet phenotype and function in the absence of splenic sequestration (Review).  Platelets. 2020 Feb 27:1-6. doi: 10.1080/09537104.2020.1732322.

Moore HB,...., Medcalf RL,....Walsh M; Subcommittees on Fibrinolysis, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, and Perioperative and Critical Care Thrombosis and Hemostasis.  Defining trauma-induced coagulopathy with respect to future implications for patient management: Communication from the SSC of the ISTH.  J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Mar;18(3):740-747. doi: 10.1111/jth.14690.

Department of Diabetes

Kaye DM,...., Snelson M, Coughlan MT...El-Osta A,...Lambert G,...Marquez FZ.  Deficiency of prebiotic fibre and insufficient signalling through gut metabolite sensing receptors leads to cardiovascular disease.  Circulation. 2020 Feb 25. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.043081.

Liang J, Mantelos A, Toh ZQ, Tortorella SM, Ververis K, Vongsvivut J, Bambery KR, Licciardi PV, Hung A, Karagiannis TC.  Investigation of potential anti-pneumococcal effects of l-sulforaphane and metabolites: Insights from synchrotron-FTIR microspectroscopy and molecular docking studies.  J Mol Graph Model. 2020 Feb 17;97:107568. doi: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107568.

Department of Immunology and Pathology

Jackson JT, O'Donnell K, Light A, Goh W, Huntington ND, Tarlinton DM, McCormack MP.  Hhex regulates murine lymphoid progenitor survival independently of Stat5 and Cdkn2a.  Eur J Immunol. 2020 Feb 23. doi: 10.1002/eji.201948371.

Department of Infectious Diseases

Angelovich TA, Trevillyan JM, Hoy JF, Wong ME, Agius PA, Hearps AC, Jaworowski A.  Monocytes from men living with HIV exhibit heightened atherogenic potential despite long-term viral suppression with antiretroviral therapy.  AIDS. 2020 Mar 15;34(4):513-518. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002460.

Department of Medicine - Alfred

Iyngkaran P, Thomas MC, Neil C, Jelinek M, Cooper M, Horowitz JD, Hare DL, Kaye DM.  The Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Conundrum-Redefining the Problem and Finding Common Ground?  Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2020 Feb 28. doi: 10.1007/s11897-020-00454-2.


Department of Medicine - Peninsula

Phan R, Hunter-Smith DJ, Rozen WM.  Reactivated cutaneous tuberculosis presenting as an abscess.  ANZ J Surg. 2020 Feb 27. doi: 10.1111/ans.15728.

Zinsaz H, Calder G, Corallo C, Gibson PR, Poojary S, Moran C.  Initial experiences of an in-reach service providing iron infusions in residential aged care facilities.  Australas J Ageing. 2020 Feb 23. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12776.


Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Ong JJ, Peng MH, Wong WW, Lo YR, Kidd MR, Roland M, Zhu SZ, Jiang SF.  Opportunities and barriers for providing HIV testing through community health centers in mainland China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey.  BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 16;19(1):1054. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4673-0.

Department of Neuroscience

Cofré Lizama LE, Bastani A, van der Walt A, Kilpatrick T, Khan F, Galea MP.  Increased ankle muscle coactivation in the early stages of multiple sclerosis.  Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2020 Feb 11;6(1):2055217320905870. doi: 10.1177/2055217320905870. eCollection 2020 Jan-Mar.

Perucca E, Brodie MJ, Kwan P, Tomson T.  30 years of second-generation antiseizure medications: impact and future perspectives.  Lancet Neurol. 2020 Feb 25. pii: S1474-4422(20)30035-1. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30035-1.

Department of Psychiatry 

Trisno R, Nair P, Martin D, Baghini MS, Chung H, Pendharkar G, Kulkarni J.  Using accelerometer as a diagnostic tool to detect drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) secondary to first-generation anti-psychotic medications.  Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 24:1039856220901467. doi: 10.1177/1039856220901467.

Department of Surgery

McIlroy D, Murphy D, Kasza J, Bhatia D, Marasco S.  Association of postoperative blood pressure and bleeding after cardiac surgery.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Nov;158(5):1370-1379.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.063.

Woodford K, Panettieri V, Ruben JD, Davis S, Sim E, Tran Le T, Senthi S.  Contrast enhanced oesophageal avoidance for stereotactic body radiotherapy: Barium vs. Gastrografin.  Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2019 Dec 16;12:16-22. doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2019.10.004. eCollection 2019 Dec.