29 Sep - 5 Oct 2020 Central Clinical School publications

"Grasping COVID-19's long neurological tail"
Pursuit" writeup of research, joint senior author TJ O'Brien

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 29 Sep -  2020 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments. The below is not a comprehensive list:

• Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
• Diabetes
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Diseases
• Medicine - Alfred & Peninsula
  
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
  
• Neuroscience
• Psychiatry
• Surgery and National Trauma Research Institute
  

Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Hicks SM, Pohl K, Neeman T, McNamara HA, ..., Myles PS, ..., Cockburn IA; SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Elective Surgery Collaborators. A dual antigen ELISA allows the assessment of SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in a low transmission setting. J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 3:jiaa623. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa623. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33009908.


Department of Diabetes

Kowlessur S, Ori B, Zimmet P, Tuomilehto J, Chitson P, Ramphul Y. Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in paradise: the Mauritian experience. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Sep 24:S2213-8587(20)30336-3. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30336-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32979933; PMCID: PMC7515597.

Park M, Nishimura T, Baeza-Garza CD,... Coughlan MT, ..., Krieg T. Confirmation of the Cardioprotective Effect of MitoGamide in the Diabetic Heart. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2020 Sep 26. doi: 10.1007/s10557-020-07086-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32979176.


Department of Gastroenterology

O'Brien L, Skidmore P, Wall C, Wilkinson T, Muir J, Frampton C, Gearry R. A Low FODMAP Diet Is Nutritionally Adequate and Therapeutically Efficacious in Community Dwelling Older Adults with Chronic Diarrhoea. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 30;12(10):E3002. doi: 10.3390/nu12103002. PMID: 33007886.

Shah ED, Salwen-Deremer JK, Gibson PR, Muir JG, Eswaran S, Chey WD. Comparing costs and outcomes of treatments for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea: cost-benefit analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Sep 30:S1542-3565(20)31373-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.09.043. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33010413.


Department of Infectious Diseases

Doyle JS, van Santen DK, Iser D, Sasadeusz J, O'Reilly M, Harney B, Traeger MW, Roney J, Cutts JC, Bowring AL, Winter R, Medland N, Fairley CK, Moore R, Tee B, Asselin J, El-Hayek C, Hoy JF, Matthews GV, Prins M, Stoové MA, Hellard ME. Micro-elimination of hepatitis C among people with HIV coinfection: declining incidence and prevalence accompanying a multi-center treatment scale-up trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 3:ciaa1500. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1500. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33010149.

Wiersinga WJ, Rhodes A, Cheng AC, Peacock SJ, Prescott HC. Pathophysiology, Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review. JAMA. 2020 Aug 25;324(8):782-793. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.12839. PMID: 32648899.

 

Department of Medicine - Alfred

McGiffin D. Patient safety with nighttime surgery-perhaps we should just assume that it is not as safe at night. J Card Surg. 2020 Sep 28. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32985714. 

 

Department of Medicine - Peninsula

Ayton D, O'Donnell R, Vicary D, Bateman C, Moran C, Srikanth VK, ..., Skouteris H. Psychosocial volunteer support for older adults with cognitive impairment: development of MyCare Ageing using a codesign approach via action research. BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 29;10(9):e036449. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036449. PMID: 32994233.

Phan R, Seifman MA, Dhillon R, Lim P, Hunter-Smith DJ, Rozen WM. Use of submental and submandibular free vascularized lymph node transfer for treatment of scrotal lymphedema: Report of two cases. Microsurgery. 2020 Sep 28. doi: 10.1002/micr.30651. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32985738.


Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

De Abreu Lourenço R, Devlin N, Howard K, Ong JJ, Ratcliffe J, Watson J, Willing E, Huynh E. Giving a Voice to Marginalised Groups for Health Care Decision Making. Patient. 2020 Oct 1. doi: 10.1007/s40271-020-00456-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33000424.

Martín-Sánchez M, Fairley CK, Ong JJ, Maddaford K, Chen MY, Williamson DA, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF. Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic women who tested positive for genital gonorrhoea at a sexual health service in Melbourne, Australia. Epidemiol Infect. 2020 Sep 28:1-18. doi: 10.1017/S0950268820002265. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32985394.

Phillips TR, Fairley C, Maddaford K, Trumpour S, Wigan R, Bradshaw C, Hocking JS, Chow EPF. Duration of gargling and rinsing among frequent mouthwash users: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 29;10(9):e040754. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040754. PMID: 32994261.


Department of Neuroscience

Cheng S, Jenkins B, Limberg N, Hutton E. Erenumab in Chronic Migraine: An Australian Experience. Headache. 2020 Sep 29. doi: 10.1111/head.13968. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32990364.

Christensen J, Yamakawa GR, Shultz SR, Mychasiuk R. Is The Glymphatic System the Missing Link Between Sleep Impairments and Neurological Disorders? Examining the Implications and Uncertainties. Prog Neurobiol. 2020 Sep 26:101917. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101917. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32991958. [review]

Pantelis C, Jayaram M, Hannan AJ, Wesselingh R, Nithianantharajah J, Wannan CM, Syeda WT, Choy KC, Zantomio D, Christopoulos A, Velakoulis D, O'Brien TJ. Neurological, neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental complications of COVID-19. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2020 Oct 1:4867420961472. doi: 10.1177/0004867420961472. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32998512.
See UMelb "Pursuit" writeup https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/grasping-covid-19-s-long-neurological-tail


Department of Psychiatry

Gurvich C, Thomas N, Kulkarni J. Sex differences in cognition and aging and the influence of sex hormones. Handb Clin Neurol. 2020;175:103-115. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64123-6.00008-4. PMID: 33008519. [Book chapter]

Fernando AN, Sharp G. Genital Self-Image in Adolescent Girls: The Effectiveness of a Brief Educational Video. Body Image 35, pp.75-83. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144520303843

See this issue's writeup, "Monash study aims to redress poor genital self-image in teens"

See also 7 Oct 2020 Conversation article, "Is my vulva normal? Not all genitalia look the same, and we're trying to teach teenagers that".

Department of Surgery including National Trauma Research Institute

Chowdhury S, Almubarak SH, Binsaad KH, Mitra B, Fitzgerald M. Vertebral artery injury in major trauma patients in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective cohort study. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 1;10(1):16199. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73238-2. PMID: 33004855; PMCID: PMC7530664.

Maharaj AD, Holland JF, Scarborough RO, Evans SM, Ioannou LJ, Brown W, ..., Burton PR, ..., Zalcberg JR. The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR): a clinical quality registry to monitor and improve care in upper gastrointestinal cancers. BMJ Open. 2019 Sep 30;9(9):e031434. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031434. PMID: 31575580; PMCID: PMC6773358.

Schadewaldt V, McElduff B, D'Este C, ..., Fitzgerald M, Middleton S. Measuring organizational context in Australian emergency departments and its impact on stroke care and patient outcomes. Nurs Outlook. 2020 Sep 24:S0029-6554(20)30623-0. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.08.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32981669.