Vera Ignjatovic

Interleukin-8 Predicts Fatigue at 12 Months Post-Injury in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

Alison Crichton, Vera Ignjatovic, Franz E Babl, Ed Oakley, Mardee Greenham, Stephen Hearps, Carmel Delzoppo, Miriam H Beauchamp, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Kathy Boutis, Evyatar Hubara, Jamie Hutchison, Vicki Anderson

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA

Despite many children experiencing fatigue after childhood brain injury, little is known about the predictors of this complaint. T..

Proteomics reveals region-specific hemostatic alterations in response to mechanical ventilation in a preterm lamb model of lung injury

Christine Schmid, Vera Ignjatovic, Boyuan Pang, Shuai Nie, Nicholas A Williamson, David G Tingay, Prue M Pereira-Fantini

Journal article  |  2020  |  Thrombosis Research

Introduction Preterm infants often require assisted ventilation, however ventilation when applied to the immature lung can initiat..

Statistical methods used in the estimation of age-specific paediatric reference intervals for laboratory blood tests: A systematic review

Monsurul Hoq, Louise Canterford, Susan Matthews, Gulshan Khanom, Vera Ignjatovic, Paul Monagle, Susan Donath, John Carlin

Journal article  |  2020  |  CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

INTRODUCTION: There is an emerging realisation that paediatric reference intervals (RIs) estimated using discrete age-groups may b..

Validation of the HAPPI Kids Continuous Age-Specific Pediatric Reference Intervals

Monsurul Hoq, Susan Matthews, Vicky Karlaftis, Janet Burgess, Susan Donath, John Carlin, Vera Ignjatovic, Paul Monagle

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED LABORATORY MEDICINE

INTRODUCTION: To facilitate best possible patient care, reference intervals (RIs) adopted by a laboratory must be appropriate for ..

Clinical thresholds for diagnosing iron deficiency: comparison of functional assessment of serum ferritin to population based centiles

Gorkem Sezgin, Paul Monagle, Tze Ping Loh, Vera Ignjatovic, Monsurul Hoq, Christopher Pearce, Adam McLeod, Johanna Westbrook, Ling Li, Andrew Georgiou

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Low serum ferritin is diagnostic of iron deficiency, yet its published lower cut-off values are highly variable, particularly for ..

Adsorption of Blood Components to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Surfaces in Humans: A Systematic Review

Sam Callaghan, Tengyi Cai, Conor McCafferty, Suelyn Van Den Helm, Steve Horton, Graeme MacLaren, Paul Monagle, Vera Ignjatovic

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE

The accumulation of blood proteins and cells on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuits has been proposed as a contrib..

Whole blood flow cytometry protocol for the assessment of platelet phenotype, function, and cellular interactions

Hui Ping Yaw, Suelyn van den Helm, Matthew Linden, Paul Monagle, Vera Ignjatovic

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLATELETS

Platelets are a key component of the hemostatic system and their roles in inflammation via interactions with leukocytes have also ..

Age-specific differences in the in vitro anticoagulant effect of Bivalirudin in healthy neonates and children compared to adults

Natasha Letunica, Xavier Busuttil-Crellin, Jessica Cowley, Paul Monagle, Vera Ignjatovic

Journal article  |  2020  |  THROMBOSIS RESEARCH

Bivalirudin is a reversible direct thrombin inhibitor that inhibits both bound and free thrombin and binds to the active (catalyti..

Development and Validation of the Warfarin-Aspirin Bleeding Assessment Tool (WA-BAT) in Children

Chantal Attard, Joanna Huang, Fiona Newall, Paul Monagle, Yves d'Udekem, Vera Ignjatovic

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY

Bleeding assessment tools (BATs) aim to screen and estimate bleeding risk in patients with inherited bleeding disorders. However, ..

Sulfonated RAFT Copolymers as Heparin Mimetics: Synthesis, Reactivity Ratios, and Anticoagulant Activity

Abdullah Al Nahain, Vera Ignjatovic, Paul Monagle, John Tsanaktsidis, George Vamvounis, Vito Ferro

Journal article  |  2020  |  MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

The glycosaminoglycan heparin is a clinically important anticoagulant drug, primarily used to reduce the risk of blood clots (thro..