Recent CCS Publications: 1-8 December 2017

Dr Geraldine Ooi is co-author on a
paper on calibrating risk factors
 for  NAFLD in the obese. Geraldine
also won the 2017 D.S. Rosengarten
Surgical Research Prize - see more

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the following departments. Note, browse down this entry for complete publications list. Linked headings for each section are to the departments' home pages.

• Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRMed)
• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) 
• Centre for Obesity Research and Education
• Gastroenterology
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
• Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc)
• Medicine
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)
• National Trauma Research Institute
• Neuroscience
• Surgery 

ACBD

Calderone A et al. Nandurkar H, Williams T. Multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral anticoagulation with apixaban in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: the SPHInX study protocol. BMJ Open. 2016 Dec 8;6(12):e011028. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011028.

Hamilton JR, Trejo J. Challenges and Opportunities in Protease-Activated Receptor Drug Development. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2017 Jan 6;57:349-373. doi: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-011613-140016. Epub 2016 Sep 9.

Rigano J, Ng C, Nandurkar H, Ho P. Thrombin generation estimates the anticoagulation effect of direct oral anticoagulants with significant interindividual variability observed. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2017 Nov 25. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000678. [Epub ahead of print]

Samson AL, Ho B, Au AE, Schoenwaelder SM, Smyth MJ, Bottomley SP, Kleifeld O, Medcalf RL. Physicochemical properties that control protein aggregation also determine whether a protein is retained or released from necrotic cells. Open Biol. 2016 Nov;6(11). pii: 160098.

Stack JR, Madigan A, Helbert L, Dunne E, Gardiner EE, Andrews RK, Finan R, Smyth E, Kenny D, McCarthy GM. Soluble glycoprotein VI, a specific marker of platelet activation is increased in the plasma of subjects with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 15;12(11):e0188027. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188027. eCollection 2017.

AIRmed

Nguyen TH, Bird NL, Grant EJ, Miles JJ, Thomas PG, Kotsimbos TC, Mifsud NA, Kedzierska K. Maintenance of the EBV-specific CD8+ TCRαβ repertoire in immunosuppressed lung transplant recipients. Immunol Cell Biol. 2017 Jan;95(1):77-86. doi: 10.1038/icb.2016.71. Epub 2016 Oct 4.

Moghaddas F, Smith C, Pilcher D, O'Hehir R, Hew M, Dabscheck E. Need for intensive care in patients admitted for asthma: Red flags from the social history. Respirology. 2016 Oct;21(7):1251-4. doi: 10.1111/resp.12831. Epub 2016 Jun 19.

CORE

Ooi GJ, Burton PR, Doyle L, Wentworth JM, Bhathal PS, Sikaris K, Cowley MA, Roberts SK, Kemp W, O'Brien PE, Brown WA. Modified thresholds for fibrosis risk scores in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are necessary in the obese. Obes Surg. 2017 Jan;27(1):115-125. doi: 10.1007/s11695-016-2246-5

Long AJ, Burton PR, De Veer MJ, Ooi GJ, Laurie CP, Nottle PD, Watt MJ, Brown WA. Radical gastric cancer surgery results in widespread upregulation of pro-tumourigenic intraperitoneal cytokines. ANZ J Surg. 2017 Nov 30. doi: 10.1111/ans.14267. [Epub ahead of print]

Stefanidis A, Man Lee CC, Brown WA, Oldfield BJ. Improving efficacy of the adjustable gastric band: studies of the use of adjuvant approaches in a rodent model. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Feb;13(2):291-304. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.09.005. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Gastroenterology

Hamilton A et al. Sparrow MP, Gibson PR. Serologic antibodies in relation to outcome in postoperative Crohn's disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jun;32(6):1195-1203. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13677.

Kao JH t al. Roberts SK. Daclatasvir plus asunaprevir for HCV genotype 1b infection in patients with or without compensated cirrhosis: a pooled analysis. Liver Int. 2016 Jul;36(7):954-62. doi: 10.1111/liv.13049. Epub 2016 Jan 24.

Immunology

Duan M, Hibbs ML, Chen W. The contributions of lung macrophage and monocyte heterogeneity to influenza pathogenesis. Immunol Cell Biol. 2017 Mar;95(3):225-235. doi: 10.1038/icb.2016.97. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Hogg SJ et al. Spencer A. BET-Bromodomain Inhibitors Engage the Host Immune System and Regulate Expression of the Immune Checkpoint Ligand PD-L1. Cell Rep. 2017 Feb 28;18(9):2162-2174. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.011.

Jansen MA et al. van Zelm MC. Herpesvirus Infections and Transglutaminase Type 2 Antibody Positivity in Childhood: The Generation R Study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Oct;63(4):423-30. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001163.

Makkawi M, Howells D, Wright MD, Jackson DE. A complementary role for tetraspanin superfamily member TSSC6 and ADP purinergic P2Y12 receptor in platelets. Thromb Res. 2017 Nov 15;161:12-21. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2017.11.009. [Epub ahead of print

Infectious Diseases

Akl EA, Meerpohl JJ, Elliott J, Kahale LA, Schünemann HJ; Collaborators: Srikanth V. Living Systematic Review Network. Living systematic reviews: 4. Living guideline recommendations. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Nov;91:47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.009. Epub 2017 Sep 11.

Coad BR, Griesser HJ, Peleg AY, Traven A. Anti-infective Surface Coatings: Design and Therapeutic Promise against Device-Associated Infections. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Jun 2;12(6):e1005598. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005598. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Mitchell BG et al. Cheng AC. Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals: study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled study. BMJ Open. 2017 Nov 28;7(11):e018871. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018871.

Russo PL, Havers SM, Cheng AC, Richards M, Graves N, Hall L. Characteristics of national and statewide health care-associated infection surveillance programs: A qualitative study. Am J Infect Control. 2016 Dec 1;44(12):1505-1510. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.034. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

Shane AL et al. Cheng AC. 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 29;65(12):1963-1973. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix959.

Simmonds M, Salanti G, McKenzie J, Elliott J; Collaborators: Srikanth V. Living Systematic Review Network. Living systematic reviews: 3. Statistical methods for updating meta-analyses. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Nov;91:38-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.008. Epub 2017 Sep 11.

Thomas J, Noel-Storr A, Marshall I, Wallace B, McDonald S, Mavergames C, Glasziou P, Shemilt I, Synnot A, Turner T, Elliott J; Collaborators: Srikanth V. Living Systematic Review Network. Living systematic reviews: 2. Combining human and machine effort. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Nov;91:31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Sep 11.

MAPrc

Fitzgerald PB, Hoy KE, Elliot D, McQueen S, Wambeek LE, Daskalakis ZJ. A negative double-blind controlled trial of sequential bilateral rTMS in the treatment of bipolar depression. J Affect Disord. 2016 Jul 1;198:158-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.03.052. Epub 2016 Mar 15.

Grace SA, Buchanan BG, Maller JJ, Toh WL, Castle DJ, Rossell SL. Reduced cortical thickness in body dysmorphic disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Jan 30;259:25-28. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.11.004. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Phillipou A, Rossell SL, Wilding HE, Castle DJ. Randomised controlled trials of psychological & pharmacological treatments for body dysmorphic disorder: A systematic review. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Nov 30;245:179-185. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.05.062. Epub 2016 Aug 5.

Philpott AL, Cummins TD, Bailey NW, Churchyard A, Fitzgerald PB, Georgiou-Karistianis N. Cortical inhibitory deficits in Huntington's disease are not influenced by gender. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Nov 30;257:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.04.018. Epub 2016 Sep 22.

Tan EJ, Wagner GA, Rossell SL. Examining lexical processing with two word tasks using the schizotypy analogue. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Dec 30;246:293-295. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.048. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Toh WL, Castle DJ, Thomas N, Badcock JC, Rossell SL. Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) and related psychotic phenomena in mood disorders: analysis of the 2010 Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP) data. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Sep 30;243:238-45. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.035. Epub 2016 Jun 2


Medicine

Beauchet O, Annweiler C, Callisaya ML, De Cock AM, Helbostad JL, Kressig RW, Srikanth V, Steinmetz JP, Blumen HM, Verghese J, Allali G. Poor Gait Performance and Prediction of Dementia: Results From a Meta-Analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Jun 1;17(6):482-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.12.092. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

MSHC

Boettiger DC, Law MG, Dore GJ, Guy R, Callander D, Donovan B, O'Connor CC, Fairley CK, Hellard M, Matthews G. Hepatitis C testing and re-testing among people attending sexual health services in Australia, and hepatitis C incidence among people with human immunodeficiency virus: analysis of national sentinel surveillance data. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 1;17(1):740. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2848-0.

Fairley CK, Zhang L, Chow EPF. New thinking on gonorrhoea control in MSM: are antiseptic mouthwashes the answer? Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 25. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000421. [Epub ahead of print]

Towns JM, Huffam S, Chow EP, Denham I, Zhang L, Ryan A, Bellhouse CE, Bissessor M, Bradshaw CS, Phillips T, Graves S, Fairley CK, Chen MY. Clinical factors associated with syphilis concordance in men in sexual partnerships: a cross-sectional couples study. Sex Transm Infect. 2017 Nov 30. pii: sextrans-2017-053297. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053297. [Epub ahead of print]

Trembizki E et al. Chen M, Fairley CK. The Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, 2012. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 15;63(12):1591-1598. Epub 2016 Sep 28.


Neuroscience

Opie NL, John SE, Rind GS, Ronayne SM, Grayden DB, Burkitt AN, May CN, O'Brien TJ, Oxley TJ. Chronic impedance spectroscopy of an endovascular stent-electrode array. J Neural Eng. 2016 Aug;13(4):046020. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/4/046020. Epub 2016 Jul 5.

Vajda FJE, O'Brien TJ, Graham JE, Hitchcock AA, Lander CM, Eadie MJ. Predicting epileptic seizure control during pregnancy. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Nov 24;78:91-95. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.10.017. [Epub ahead of print]

Surgery

Kimmel LA, Wilson S, Walker RG, Singer Y, Cleland H. Acute Kidney Injury: It's not just the 'big' burns. Injury. 2017 Nov 16. pii: S0020-1383(17)30808-2. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.11.016. [Epub ahead of print]

Middleton S et al. Cadilhac DA, Gerraty R, Fitzgerald M; T3 Trialist Collaborators. Triage, treatment and transfer of patients with stroke in emergency department trial (the T3 Trial): a cluster randomised trial protocol. Implement Sci. 2016 Oct 18;11(1):139.

Trauma

Evans LR, Fitzgerald MC, Mitra B, Varma D. Emergency department interpretation of CT of the brain: a systematic review. Postgrad Med J. 2017 Aug;93(1102):454-459. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134491. Epub 2016 Dec 23.