Louis Irving

Transoesophageal Fine Needle Aspiration of Pleural Metastasis Using EBUS Scope

Manu Juneja, Louis Irving, Daniel P Steinfort

Journal article  |  2020  |  Respiration

Endoscopic ultrasound using convex endobronchial ultrasound probe (EUS-B) is an evolving diagnostic technique. We present a case o..

Cardiovascular Health Profile at Age 25 Years in Adults Born Extremely Preterm or Extremely Low Birthweight

Jeanie LY Cheong, Anjali Haikerwal, John D Wark, Louis Irving, Suzanne M Garland, George C Patton, Michael M Cheung, Lex W Doyle

Journal article  |  2020  |  Hypertension

Being born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g birthweight) may predict incre..

Australian childcare centres are too close to car parks exposing children with developing lungs to high levels of traffic pollution

Harrison Birch, Clare Walter, Louis Irving, Shymali C Dharmage, Natasha Smallwood

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

OBJECTIVE: To examine the co-location of childcare centres and their outdoor play spaces with car parks in Melbourne and Sydney, A..

A hospital-wide response to multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 in health care workers: lessons learned from the field

Kirsty L Buising, Deborah Williamson, Benjamin C Cowie, Jennifer MacLachlan, Elizabeth Orr, Christopher MacIsaac, Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond, Stephen Muhi, James McCarthy, Andrea B Maier, Louis Irving, Denise Heinjus, Cate Kelly, Caroline Marshall

Journal article  |  2020  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Learning Gain and Skill Retention Following Unstructured Bronchoscopy Simulation in a Low-fidelity Airway Model

David B Feng, Yi Heng Yong, Timothy Byrnes, Alex Gorelik, Henri Colt, Louis B Irving, Daniel Steinfort

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology

BACKGROUND: Simulation is invaluable for bronchoscopy training. Studies report improved procedure time, dexterity/technique, and t..

Managing Severe Chronic Breathlessness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Is Challenging for General Practitioners

John Politis, Peter Eastman, Brian Le, John Furler, Louis Irving, Natasha Smallwood

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

CONTEXT: Patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can develop increasing breathlessness, which can pers..

Bronchial Rheoplasty for Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis Twelve-Month Results from a Multicenter Clinical Trial

Arschang Valipour, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Alvin J Ing, Daniel P Steinfort, Gregory Snell, Jonathan P Williamson, Tajalli Saghaie, Louis B Irving, Eli J Dabscheck, William S Krimsky, Jonathan Waldstreicher

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Rationale: Chronic bronchitis (CB) is characterized by productive cough with excessive mucus production, resulting in quality-of-l..

Harnessing Natural Killer Immunity in Metastatic SCLC

Sarah A Best, Jonas B Hess, Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Joseph Cursons, Ariena Kersbergen, Xueyi Dong, Jai Rautela, Stephanie R Hyslop, Matthew E Ritchie, Melissa J Davis, Tracy L Leong, Louis Irving, Daniel Steinfort, Nicholas D Huntington, Kate D Sutherland

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Thoracic Oncology

INTRODUCTION: SCLC is the most aggressive subtype of lung cancer, and though most patients initially respond to platinum-based che..

Pandemic printing: a novel 3D-printed swab for detecting SARS-CoV-2

Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond, Nicole Isles, Brian Chong, Douglas Johnson, Julian Druce, Tuyet Hoang, Susan A Ballard, Victoria Hall, Stephen Muhi, Kirsty L Buising, Seok Lim, Dick Strugnell, Mike Catton, Louis B Irving, Benjamin P Howden, Eric Bert, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Medical Journal of Australia

OBJECTIVES: To design and evaluate 3D-printed nasal swabs for collection of samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing. DESIGN: An iterative d..

Correlation of positron emission tomography ventilation-perfusion matching with CT densitometry in severe emphysema

Asha Bonney, Carrie-Anne Wagner, Shankar Siva, Jason Callahan, Pierre-Yves Le Roux, Diane M Pascoe, Louis Irving, Michael S Hofman, Daniel P Steinfort

Journal article  |  2020  |  EJNMMI Research

BACKGROUND: Emphysema severity is frequently measured on CT via densitometry. Correlation with scintigraphic and spirometric funct..