Department of Anaesthesia
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2000 - 2005 | 1995 - 1999 | 1990 - 1994 | 1985 -1989

2005

Domaingue C.
Anaesthesia for Neurosurgery in the Sitting Position: A Practical Approach.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2005; 33:323-331

Domaingue C.
Neurosurgery in the Sitting Position: A Case Series
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2005; 33:332-335

Cormack J, Orme R, Costello T
The Role of ∝ 2 Agonists in Neurosurgery
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2005; 12:375-378

Costello T, Cormack J, Mather L, LaFerlita B, Murphy M, Harris K.
Plasma Leuobupovacaine Concentrations Following Scalp Clock in Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy.
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005; 94:848-851

Barrington M, Kluger R, Watson R, Scott D, Harris K.
Epidural Anaesthesia for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Compared with General Anaesthesia Alone Does Not Reduce Biochemical Markers of Myocardial damage.
Anaesthesia and Analgesia 2005; 100:921-928

Lewis M, Maruff P, Silbert B
Examination of the use of Cognitive Domains in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005; 80:910-917

Barrington M, Olive D, Low K, Scott D, Brittain J, Choong P.
Continuous Femoral Nerve Blockade or Epidural Analgesia After Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.
Anesthesia and Analgesia 2005; 101:1824-1829

Lewis M, Maruff P, Silbert B, Evered L, Scott D.
The Sensitivity and Specificity of Three Common Statistical Rules for the Classification of Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2006; 50:50-57

Heard G.
Errors in Medicine: A Human Factors Perspective
Australasian Anaesthesia 2005: 1-12

Olive D.
Don’t Get Sucked In: Anaesthesia for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Australasian Anaesthesia 2005: 85-96

Mitchell J.
The Future of Selective COX Inhibitors
Australasian Anaesthesia 2005; 59-64

Low K.
The COX-2 Dilemma
Australasian Anaesthesia 2005; 53-58

Cormack J, Costello T.
Awake Craniotomy: Anaesthetic Guidelines and Recent Advances
Australasian Anaesthesia 2005; 77-84

Thomson B, Moulton C, Davies M, Banting S.
Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma with Caution
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2004; 74: 429-433

Hee C, Cormack J, Briggs R
Laser Stapedectomy Under Local Anaesthesia with Sedation: A series of 66 cases
Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2005; 8:15-18

Todd M, Hindman B, Clarke W, Torner J, and IHAST Investigators (Costello T)
Mild Intraoperative Hypothermia During Surgery for Intracranial Aneurysm
The New England Journal of Medicine 2005; 352:135-145

Blake D, Scott D, Angus J, Wright C
Synergy between Intrathecal W-Conotoxin CVID and Dexmedetomidine to Attenuate Mechanical Hypersensitivity in the Rat.
European Jounral of Pharmacology 2005; 506:221-227

Wang Y, Mitchell J, Moriyama K et al
Age-Dependant Morphine Tolerance Development in the Rat.
Anaesthesia and Analgesia 2005; 100:1733-1739

Schug S, MacIntyre P, Power I, Scott D, Visser E, Walker S.
The Scientific Evidence in Acute Pain Management.
Acute Pain 2005 7, 161-165

2004

Costello T, Cormack J, Hoy C, Wyss A, Braniff V, Martin K, Murphy M.
Plasma Ropivacaine Levels Following Scalp Block for Awake Craniotomy
J. Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 2004;16:147-150

Costello T, Cormack J
Anaesthesia for Awake Craniotomy – A Modern Approach
J. Clinical Neuroscience 2004;11: 16-19

Davies MJ, McGlade DP, Banting SW
A Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Approaches to Adrenalectomy in Patients’ with Phaeochromocytoma
Anaesth and Intensive Care 2004;32: 224-229

Grauer RP, Thomas RD, Tronson MD, Heard GC, Diacon M
Preoperative use of Herbal Medicines and Vitamin Supplements
Anaesth Intensive Care 2004;32: 173-177

Lewis M, Maruff P and Silbert B
Statistical and Conceptual Issues in Defining Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2004:28(4); 433-440

Silbert BS, Maruff P, Evered L, Scott D, Kalpokas M, Martin K, Lewis M, Myles P
Detection of Cognitive Decline After Coronary Surgery: A Comparison of Computerised and Conventional Tests
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2004; 92: 814-820

Scott DA, Wright C, Angus J
Evidence that CB-1 and CB-2 Cannabinoid Receptors Mediate Antinociception in Neuropathic Pain in the Rat
Pain 2004; 109:124-131

Myles PS, Leslie K, Silbert B, Paech MJ, Peyton P
A Review of the Risks and Benefits of Nitrous Oxide in Current Anaesthetic Practice
Anaesth Intensive Care 2004: 32: 165-172

Ning Lia, Shi-Yi Weia, Long-Chuan Yua, Kumi Moriyamab, James Mitchell and Pamela Pierce Palmer
Role of Nociceptin in the Modulation of Nociception in the Arcuate Nucleus of Rats
Brian Research 2004; 1025(1-2): 67-74

Wang Y, Mitchell J, Sharma M, Gabriel K, Moriyamab K, Pierce-Palmer P
Leukotrienes Mediate 5-Hydroxytryptamine-induced Plasma Extravasation in the Rat Knee joint via CysLT-type Receptors
Inflammation Research 2004; 53: 66-71

2003

Kalpokas MV, Nixon IK, Kluger R, Beilby DS, Silbert BS
Carbon Dioxide field flooding versus mechanical de-airing during open-heart surgery: a prospective randomised controlled trial.
Perfusion 2003; 18:291-294

Kluger R, Olive DJ, Stewart AB, Blyth CM
Epsilon-aminocaproic acid in coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Anesthesiology 2003; 99: 1263-9

Grauer R.
Herbal medicine and perioperative care – An Australian perspective
Australasian Anaesthesia 2003:105-115

Book Chapter written in: Practical perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography
Sidebotham D, Merry A, Leggett M.
The Chapters are as follows:
“The role of peri-operative TOE” D. Scott
“Image Planes and standard views” D. Scott
“Common diagnostic pitfalls and cardiac masses” R. Kluger
“Prosthetic values” R. Kluger, M. Kalpokas

Peyton P, Rigg J, Jamrozik K, Myles P, Silbert B, Parsons R.
“The Master Trial has successfully addressed requirements of protocols for large trials”.
Anaesthesia and Analgesia 2003; 97:922-933

Peyton R, Rigg J, Jamrozik K, Myles P, Silbert B, Parsons R.
“Response to: Need for an updated overview to assess the benefits of epidurals”.
Anaesthesia and Analgesia 2003; 97:923-924

Peyton P, Myles P, Silbert R, Rigg J, Jamrozik K, Parsons R.
“Perioperative epidural analgesia and outcome after major abdominal surgery in high risk patients”.
Anaesthesia and Analgesia 2003; 96:548-554

Blake D, Wright C, Scott D, Angus J
“Cardiovascular reflex responses after intrathecal – Conotoxins or dexmedetomidine in the rabbit.”
Clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology 2003; 30:82-87

Jones S, Kinsella S, Donald F
“Comparison of measured and estimated angles of table tilt as caesarean section
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2003; 90:86-87

Deam R, McCutcheon C
Management Choices for the Difficult Airway
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 2003; 50:623

Vote D, Vann R.
DAN USA Ascent Rate Study
South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal 2003; 33:25

McGlade D, Slinger P
The Elective Combined Use of a Double Lumen Tube and Endobronchial Blocker to Provide Selective Lobar Isolation for Lung Resection following Contralateral Lobectomy
Anesthesiology 2003; 99:1021-1022

2002

McCutcheon C, Hennessy B
Systemic Reperfusion Injury During Arm Replantation Requiring Intraoperative Amputation
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2002; 30:71-73

Davies M, Arhanghelschi I, Grauer R, Heard G, Scott D
Anaesthesia for Endoluminal Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2002; 30:167-170

Iatrou C, Domaingue C, Thomas R, Nye D
The effect of selective brain cooling on intracerebral temperature during craniotomy
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2002; 30:167-170

Davies MJ
Minimising Intra-operative Blood Loss
Transfusion and Apheresis Science 2002; 27:55-57

Scott DA, Silbert BS, Doyle T, Blyth C, Borton M, O’Brien J et al.
Centrifucal Versus Roller Head Pumps for Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Effect on Early Neuropsychological Outcomes After Coronary Surgery
J. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2002; 16:715-722

Davies MJ, Cook R, Quach K
Transient Lumbar Pain After 5% Hyperbaric Lignocaine Spinal Anaesthesia in Patients Having Minor Vascular Surgery.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2002; 30:782-785

Watts A, Wyss A, Gelb A.
Phenylephrine Increases Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Without Increasing Intracranial Pressure in Rabbits with Balloon Elevated Intracranial Pressure
J. of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 2002; 14:31-34

Rigg J, Jamrozik K, Myles P, Silbert B, Peyton P, Parsons R, Collins K and the Master Trial Study Group
Epidural Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Outcome of Major Surgery: A Randomized Trial
The Lancet 2002; 359:1276-1282

Covan P, Amiman A, Barlow H et al (including Stewart A)
Protective Effects of Recombinant Human Antithrombin III in Pig-to Primate renal xenotransplantation
American Journal of Transplantation 2002; 2:520-525

Scurra N, Ross A, Solly M
Peripartum Management of a Patient with Dopamine Beta-hydroxylase Deficiency, a Rare Congenital Cause of Dysaytonomia
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2002; 30:484-486

Collie A, Darby D, Falleti M, Silbert B, Maruff P
Determining the Extent of Cognitive Change After Coronary Surgery: A Review of Statistical Procedures.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002; 73:2005-2011

Scott DA, Wright CE, Angus JA
Actions of Intrathecal omega-conotoxins CVID, GVIA, MVIIA and Morphine in Acute and Neuropathic pain in the Rat.
European Journal of Pharmacology 2002; 451:279-286

Jones SJ, Dinsmore J
Effect of Diclofenac on Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in Patients with Supratentorial Tumours
British Journal of Anaesthetists 2002; 89:762-764

2001

Scott D, Silbert B, Blyth C, O’Brien J, Santamaria J
Blood Loss in Elective Coronary Artery Surgery: A Comparison of Centrifugal versus Roller Pump Heads during Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
J. Cardio Thor Vasc Anes 2001; 15:322-325

Davies M
Minimising Intra-operative Homologous Transfusions
Transfusion and Aphresis Science 2001; 24:145

Scott D
Ropivacaine for Post-operative Epidural Analgesia
Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 2001; 5:64-69

McGlade D, Poon A, Davies M
The use of a Questionnaire and Simple Exercise Test in the Preoperative Assessment of Vascular Surgery Patients
Anaesth Intensive Care 2001;29: 520-526

Silbert B, Santamaria J, Kelly W, O’Brien J, Blyth C, Wong M, Allen N
Early Extubation after Cardiac Surgery: Emotional status in the Early Postoperative Period
J Cardio Thor Vasc Anes 2001; 15: 439-444

Silbert B, Scott D, Doyle T, Blyth et al
Neuropsychological Testing within 18 hours after Cardiac Surgery
J Cardio Thor Vasc Anes 2001; 15: 20-24

Wilson M, Kruger J, Thomas R, Andreoli T
Redesigining the Preadmission Process to meet today’s demands
International Hospital Comparison 2001;4: 205-219

Linger R, Popovic R, Sullivan B, Gregory G, Bickler P
Effects of neuroprotective cocktails on Hippocampal Neurone Death in an Invitro Model of Cerebral Ischaemia
J. of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 2001; 13: 19-25

Vote D, Doar P, Moon R, Toffaletti J
Measurement of Plasma Glucose under Hyperbaric Oxygen Conditions
Clinica Chimica ACTA 2001; 305: 81-87

Vote D
Blood Sugar Levels and Hyperbaric Oxygen
South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal 2001; 31: 81-82

2000
Kluger R
Protection from Myocardial Ischaemia in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
Australasian Anaesthesia 2000; 79-90

Harley I, Hore P, Rosewarne F
An Introduction to Anaesthesia
1st book published by member of the Department

Popovic R, Linger R, Bickler P
Anesthetics and Mild Hypothermia similarly prevent Hippocampal Neurone Death in an Invitro Model of Cerebral Ischaemia
Anesthesiology 2000; 92: 1343-1349

Vote D, Doar P, Moon R, Toffaletti J
Measurement of Plasma Glucose under Hyprbaric Oxygen Conditions
South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal 2000; 30: 182-186

Royce C, Barrington M, Royce A
Transoesophageal Echocardiography Values for LVED Area and Pulmonary Vein and Mitral Inflow Doppler Velocities in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
J Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2000; 14: 130-132

Cowan P et al (incl Stewart A)
Renal Xenografts from Triple-transgenic Pigs are not Hyperacutely Rejected but cause Coagulopathy in Non-Immunosuppressed Baboons.
Transplantation 2000; 69: 2504-2515

Chen Z, Wright G, White A, Kluger R
Acute laryngeal oedema and the Yellow Nail Syndrome
Heart, Lung and Circulation 2000; 9: 36-38

Kochs E and the Remifentanil Study Group (incl Molnar R)
Postoperative pain management and recovery after remifentanil-based anaesthesia with isoflurane or propofol for major abdominal surgery
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000; 84: 169-173

Rigg J, Jamrozik K, Myles P, Silbert B et al
Design of the Multicenter Australian Study of Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia in Major Surgery: The MASTER Trial
Controlled Clinical Trials 2000; 21: 244-256

Barwood S, Wilson J, Molnar R, Choong P
The incidence of acute Cardiorespiratory and Vascular Dysfunction following Untramedullary nail Fixation of Femoral Metastasis
Acta Orthop Scand 2000; 71: 147-152