David Berlowitz

Repeated proning in non-intubated patients with COVID-19

Jennifer RA Jones, Zachary Attard, Rinaldo Bellomo, Nicola Burgess, Ashleigh Donovan, Marnie Graco, Thomas Rollinson, David J Berlowitz

Journal article  |  2021  |  Respirology

Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in people with tetraplegia-a systematic review and meta-analysis

Marnie Graco, Luke McDonald, Sally E Green, Melinda L Jackson, David J Berlowitz

Journal article  |  2021  |  Spinal Cord

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review with meta-analysis. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in..

Critical appraisal on the impact of preoperative rehabilitation and outcomes after major abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis: Counting rules are critical

Danni Dunlop, Estelle Kyriacou, Jennifer RA Jones, Ianthe Boden, David J Berlowitz

Journal article  |  2020  |  Surgery

Tetraplegic obstructive sleep apnoea patients dilate the airway similarly to able-bodied obstructive sleep apnoea patients

Alice Hatt, Elizabeth Brown, David J Berlowitz, Fergal O'Donoghue, Hailey Meaklim, Alan Connelly, Graeme Jackson, Kate Sutherland, Peter A Cistulli, Bon San Bonne Lee, Lynne E Bilston

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Context/objective: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) develops soon after cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) at rates higher than the g..

A randomised controlled trial of lung volume recruitment in people with neuromuscular disease

Nicole Sheers, Mark Howard, Linda Rautela, Caroline Chao, Peter Rochford, David Berlowitz

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  Physiotherapists

The Effect of Hospital Discharge with Empiric Noninvasive Ventilation on Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Babak Mokhlesi, Juan Fernando Masa, Majid Afshar, Virginia Almadana Pacheco, David J Berlowitz, Jean-Christian Borel, Stephan Budweiser, Andres Carrillo, Olalla Castro-Anon, Miquel Ferrer, Frederic Gagnadoux, Rafael Golpe, Nicholas Hart, Mark E Howard, Patrick B Murphy, Andreas Palm, Luis A Perez de Llano, Amanda J Piper, Jean Louis Pepin, Pascaline Priou, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Rationale: Hospitalized patients with acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure due to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OH..

Perceived sleep problems after spinal cord injury: Results from a community-based survey in Switzerland

Anne Buzzell, Jonviea D Chamberlain, Martin Schubert, Gabi Mueller, David J Berlowitz, Martin WG Brinkhof, Xavier Jordan, Fabienne Reynard, Michael Baumberger, Hans Peter Gmuender, Armin Curt, Margret Hund-Georgiadis, Kerstin Hug, Charly Freitag, Daniel Joggi, Hardy Landolt, Nadja Muenzel, Mirjam Brach, Gerold Stucki, Christine Fekete

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Objective: To investigate the burden of sleep problems within the Spinal Cord injured (SCI) community with respect to the general ..

Respiratory function and respiratory complications in spinal cord injury: protocol for a prospective, multicentre cohort study in high-income countries

Anja M Raab, Martin WG Brinkhof, David J Berlowitz, Karin Postma, David Gobets, Sven Hirschfeld, Maria TE Hopman, Burkhart Huber, Margret Hund-Georgiadis, Xavier Jordan, Martin Schubert, Renate Wildburger, Gabi Mueller

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Pneumonia is one of the leading complications and causes of death after a spinal cord injury (SCI). After a cervical..

Development and validation of models to predict respiratory function in persons with long-term spinal cord injury

Anja M Raab, Sonja de Groot, David J Berlowitz, Marcel WM Post, Jacinthe Adriaansen, Maria Hopman, Gabi Mueller

Journal article  |  2019  |  Spinal Cord

STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter, cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES: To validate previously developed respiratory function prediction mod..

Using language descriptors to recognise delirium: a survey of clinicians and medical coders to identify delirium-suggestive words

Natasha E Holmes, Sobia Amjad, Marcus Young, David J Berlowitz, Rinaldo Bellomo

Journal article  |  2019  |  Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine

OBJECTIVE: To develop a library of delirium-suggestive words. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Single tertiary referral ho..