Research

Fung R, Stellios J, Bannon PG, Ananda A, Forrest P Anaesth Intensive Care 2017 01;45(1):88-91 PMID: 28072940 Abstract We describe the use of peripheral veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) and high-flow nasal oxygen as procedural support in a patient undergoing debulking of a malignant tumour of the lower airway. Due to the significant risk…

Dennis M, McCanny P, D’Souza M, Forrest P, Burns B, Lowe DA, Gattas D, Scott S, Bannon P, Granger E, Pye R, Totaro R, Int. J. Cardiol. 2017 Mar;231:131-136 PMID: 27986281 Abstract AIM: To describe the ECPR experience of two Australian ECMO centres, with regards to survival and neurological outcome, their predictors and complications. METHODS:…

McBride KE, Young JM, Bannon PG, Solomon MJ ANZ J Surg 2017 Jan;87(1-2):70-75 PMID: 27880987 Abstract BACKGROUND: To undertake a comprehensive needs assessment to determine the baseline of surgical research activity at a tertiary referral hospital in Sydney, Australia. METHOD: The comprehensive needs assessment comprised three components: a retrospective audit of the hospital ethics committee…

Lal S, Turner L, Powell C, Wilson M, Bannon P Int. J. Cardiol. 2016 Nov;222:671-3 PMID: 27522375 Abstract

Villanueva C, Doyle M, Parikh R, Manganas C J Patient Saf 2016 Sep; PMID: 27653495 Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify the degree of awareness of the current guidelines and common practices for pleural drain insertion. METHODS: A 10-item questionnaire was sent electronically to junior physicians from 4 different hospitals in…

Rajaratnam K, Tak C, Alexander S, Passage J Innovations (Phila) 2016 May-Jun;11(3):219-21 PMID: 27532301 Abstract A 69-year-old man underwent minimal incision mitral valve repair for severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation. The echocardiography showed that he had normal left ventricular function with a moderately to severely dilated left atrium, a mildly dilated right atrium, and a large…

Verrelli DI, Qian Y, Wilson MK, Wood J, Savage C Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2016 Sep;23(3):410-5 PMID: 27241047 Abstract OBJECTIVES: Tremor may be expected to interfere with the performance of fine motor tasks such as surgery. While tremor is readily quantified in inactive subjects, it is more challenging to measure tremor as the subjects perform…

Robertson EN, van der Linde D, Sherrah AG, Vallely MP, Wilson M, Bannon PG, Jeremy RW Int. J. Cardiol. 2016 Oct;220:43-51 PMID: 27372041 Abstract BACKGROUND: Non-syndromal thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (ns-TAAD) is a genetic aortopathy, with uncertain incidence. This study documented the incidence of ns-TAAD and outcomes of family screening over 15years. METHODS: Consecutive…

Yoon PD, Byrom M, Lukins H J Card Surg 2016 Aug;31(8):531-2 PMID: 27349604 Abstract