Michael South

Neonatal Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination and Infections in the First Year of Life: The MIS BAIR Randomized Controlled Trial.

Nicole L Messina, Laure F Pittet, Kaya Gardiner, Bridget Freyne, Kate L Francis, Christel Zufferey, Veronica Abruzzo, Clare Morrison, Katrina J Allen, Katie L Flanagan, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Roy Robins-Browne, Frank Shann, Mike South, Peter Vuillermin, Susan Donath, Dan Casalaz, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has beneficial off-target effects that may include protecting against non-my..

Decreased in-hospital mortality rate following implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record system

Mike South, Daryl Cheng, Lauren Andrew, Nicholas Egan, John Carlin

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

AIM: To evaluate changes in in-hospital mortality rate following implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR)..

A digital approach in the rapid response to COVID-19-Experience of a paediatric institution

Daryl R Cheng, Andrew Coote, Mike South

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS

INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has radically changed the delivery of healthcare in Australia. Central to a tertiary paediatric institution..

Changing Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Australia - delayed re-emergence in Victoria compared to WA/NSW after prolonged lock-down for COVID-19.

Sarah McNab, Lien Anh Ha Do, Vanessa Clifford, Nigel W Crawford, Andrew Daley, Kim Mulholland, Daryl Cheng, Mike South, Greg Waller, Ian Barr, Danielle Wurzel

Journal article  |  2021  |  Clin Infect Dis

Electronic Task Management System: A Pediatric Institution's Experience

Daryl R Cheng, Mike South

Journal article  |  2020  |  APPLIED CLINICAL INFORMATICS

BACKGROUND: Electronic medical task management systems (ETMs) have been adopted in health care institutions to improve health care..

Action plans into action - An electronic action plan generation tool at a paediatric centre

Mark G Elliman, Peter Sloman, Mike South, Daryl R Chenga

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS

BACKGROUND: Individualised Action Plans (APs) are a key management tool for paediatric asthma, allergy, anaphylaxis and eczema. Th..

Study protocol for the Melbourne Infant Study: BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR), a randomised controlled trial to determine the non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a low-mortality setting

Nicole L Messina, Kaya Gardiner, Susan Donath, Katie Flanagan, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Frank Shann, Roy Robins-Browne, Bridget Freyne, Veronica Abruzzo, Clare Morison, Lianne Cox, Susie Germano, Christel Zufferey, Petra Zimmermann, Katie J Allen, Peter Vuillermin, Mike South, Dan Casalaz, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: BCG vaccination reduces all-cause infant mortality in high-mortality settings by more than can be attributed to prot..

Does discharging asthma patients after one hour of treatment if clinically well affect emergency department length of stay

Debbie Lenko, Rachael Purcell, Mike Starr, Penelope A Bryant, Michael South, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

AIM: Asthma is a major contributor to direct and indirect health-care costs and resource use. In May 2015, the Royal Children's Ho..

Biological sex influences antibody responses to routine vaccinations in the first year of life

Petra Zimmermann, Kirsten P Perrett, Nicole Ritz, Katie L Flanagan, Roy Robins-Browne, Fiona RM van der Klis, Nigel Curtis, Veronica Abruzzo, Katie Allen, Rhian Bonnici, Dan Casalaz, Hannah Elborough, Bridget Freyne, Kaya Gardiner, Susie Germano, Tobias Kollmann, Nicole Messina, Clare Morrison, Helder Nakaya, Anne Louise Ponsonby, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  ACTA PAEDIATRICA

AIM: We investigated the effect of early-life factors, namely sex, delivery mode, feeding method and antibiotic exposure, on antib..

Bronchiolitis at a specialist paediatric centre: The electronic medical record helps to evaluate low-value care

Joanna G Lawrence, Lauren Andrew, Jenny Bracken, Alice Voskoboynik, Ed Oakley, Mike South, Katherine Middleton, Barry Scanlan, Tim Marshall, Harriet Hiscock

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

AIM: Low-value care (LVC) is common. We aimed, using infants presenting to a major tertiary paediatric hospital with bronchiolitis..