Susan Donath

Solar-powered oxygen, quality improvement and child pneumonia deaths: a large-scale effectiveness study

Trevor Duke, Francis Pulsan, Doreen Panauwe, Ilomo Hwaihwanje, Martin Sa'avu, Magdalynn Kaupa, Jonah Karubi, Eleanor Neal, Hamish Graham, Rasa Izadnegahdar, Susan Donath

Journal article  |  2021  |  Archives of Disease in Childhood

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the largest cause of child deaths in low-income countries. Lack of availability of oxygen in small rural ..

The Australia and New Zealand Cardio-Oncology Registry: evaluation of chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity in a national cohort of paediatric cancer patients

Daniel Lapirow, Andre La Gerche, Claudia Toro, Emma Masango, Ben Costello, Enzo Porello, Louise Ludlow, Glenn Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion Mateos, Jeremy Lewin, Jennifer Byrne, Rose Boutros, Rebecca Manudhane, John Heath, Julian Ayer, Melissa Gabriel, Thomas Walwyn, Jelena Saundankar, Jonathon Forsey, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Cancer therapy related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) is an area of increasing focus, particularly during the survivorship period, fo..

Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific immune response after immunisation with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine

Laure F Pittet, Marc Tebruegge, Binita Dutta, Susan Donath, Nicole Messina, Dan Casalaz, Willem A Hanekom, Warwick J Britton, Roy Robins-Browne, Nigel Curtis, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2021  |  Vaccine

BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine provides partial protection against Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcera..

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  |  The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine

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

Has subsidized continuous glucose monitoring improved outcomes in pediatric diabetes?

Ella EK Swaney, Julia McCombe, Brenda Coggan, Susan Donath, Michele A O'Connell, Fergus J Cameron

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatric Diabetes

INTRODUCTION: In 2017, the Australian Federal Government fully subsidized continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices for patients..

Neonatal BCG Vaccination Reduces Interferon-gamma Responsiveness to Heterologous Pathogens in Infants From a Randomized Controlled

Bridget Freyne, Nicole L Messina, Susan Donath, Susie Germano, Rhian Bonnici, Kaya Gardiner, Dan Casalaz, Roy M Robins-Browne, Mihai G Netea, Katie L Flanagan, Toby Kollmann, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: BCG vaccination has beneficial nonspecific (heterologous) effects that protect against nonmycobacterial infections. We..

Paediatric Reference Intervals: Current Status, Gaps, Challenges and Future Considerations.

Monsurul Hoq, Susan Matthews, Susan Donath, John Carlin, Vera Ignjatovic, Paul Monagle

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Biochemist Reviews

Establishing paediatric reference intervals (RIs) is a challenging task due to difficulties in subject recruitment, collection of ..

The Effect of Patient Observation on Cranial Computed Tomography Rates in Children With Minor Head Trauma

Sonia Singh, Stephen JC Hearps, Meredith L Borland, Stuart R Dalziel, Jocelyn Neutze, Susan Donath, John A Cheek, Amit Kochar, Yuri Gilhotra, Natalie Phillips, Amanda Williams, Mark D Lyttle, Silvia Bressan, Jeffrey S Hoch, Ed Oakley, James F Holmes, Nathan Kuppermann, Franz E Babl

Journal article  |  2020  |  Academic Emergency Medicine

BACKGROUND: Management of children with minor blunt head trauma often includes a period of observation to determine the need for c..

Pediatric ASPECTS predicts outcomes following acute symptomatic neonatal arterial stroke

Mark T Mackay, Nedelina Slavova, Manuela Pastore-Wapp, Sebastian Grunt, Belinda Stojanovski, Susan Donath, Maja Steinlin

Journal article  |  2020  |  Neurology

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS) is useful in determini..