Elizabeth Hessian

A Pedometer-Guided Physical Activity Intervention for Obese Pregnant Women (the Fit MUM Study): Randomized Feasibility Study

Jai N Darvall, Andrew Wang, Mohamed Nusry Nazeem, Cheryce L Harrison, Lauren Clarke, Chennelle Mendoza, Anna Parker, Benjamin Harrap, Glyn Teale, David Story, Elizabeth Hessian

Journal article  |  2020  |  JMIR mHealth and uHealth

BACKGROUND: Obesity in pregnancy is a growing problem worldwide, with excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) occurring in the maj..

The association between maternal size and outcomes for women undergoing for caesarean section: a multicentre prospective observational study (The MUM SIZE Study)

A DENNIS, M Tew, K Dalziel, P Clarke, J Lew, D Story, A Parker, E Hessian, G Teale, S Simmons, D Casalaz

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between maternal body mass index (BMI) at delivery (using pregnancy-specific BMI cut-off v..

Safety of sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy in a group of university-affiliated hospitals: a prospective cohort study

K Leslie, ML Allen, EC Hessian, PJ Peyton, J Kasza, A Courtney, PA Dhar, J Briedis, S Lee, AR Beeton, D Sayakkarage, S Palanivel, JK Taylor, AJ Haughton, CX O'Kane

Journal article  |  2017  |  British Journal of Anaesthesia

BACKGROUND: Service models for gastrointestinal endoscopy sedation must be safe, as endoscopy is the most common procedure perform..

Survey of anaesthetists' practice of sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy

K Leslie, ML Allen, E Hessian, AY-S Lee

Journal article  |  2016  |  Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

We conducted a survey of Australian specialist anaesthetists about their practice of sedation for elective and emergency gastrosco..

Simulation Testing for Selection of Critical Care Medicine Trainees A Pilot Feasibility Study

Adriano G Cocciante, Martin N Nguyen, Candida F Marane, Anita E Panayiotou, Amalia Karahalios, Janet A Beer, Navroop Johal, John Morris, Stacy Turner, Elizabeth C Hessian

Journal article  |  2016  |  Annals of the American Thoracic Society

RATIONALE: Selection of physicians into anesthesiology, intensive care, and emergency medicine training has traditionally relied o..

Viscoelastic testing for hepatic surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis-a protocol

Kate Elizabeth McCrossin, David Edmund Piers Bramley, Elizabeth Hessian, Evelyn Hutcheon, Georgina Imberger

Journal article  |  2016  |  Systematic Reviews

BACKGROUND: Viscoelastic tests, including thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), provide a global as..

Plasma ropivacaine concentrations during bilateral transversus abdominis plane infusions

EC Hessian, BE Evans, JA Woods, DJ Taylor, E Kinkel, AR Bjorksten

Journal article  |  2013  |  British Journal of Anaesthesia

BACKGROUND: The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a regional anaesthetic technique that blocks abdominal wall somatic aff..

A Pedometer-Guided Physical Activity Intervention for Obese Pregnant Women (the Fit MUM Study): Randomized Feasibility Study (Preprint)

Jai N Darvall, Andrew Wang, Mohamed Nusry Nazeem, Cheryce L Harrison, Lauren Clarke, Chennelle Mendoza, Anna Parker, Benjamin Harrap, Glyn Teale, David Story, Elizabeth Hessian

Journal article

BACKGROUND Obesity in pregnancy is a growing problem worldwide, with excessive gestational weight gain (GW..