Darsim Haji

Effect of Lower vs Higher Oxygen Saturation Targets on Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Resuscitated After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The EXACT Randomized Clinical Trial.

Stephen A Bernard, Janet E Bray, Karen Smith, Michael Stephenson, Judith Finn, Hugh Grantham, Cindy Hein, Stacey Masters, Dion Stub, Gavin D Perkins, Natasha Dodge, Catherine Martin, Sarah Hopkins, Peter Cameron, undefined EXACT Investigators

Journal article  |  2022  |  JAMA

IMPORTANCE: The administration of a high fraction of oxygen following return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac..

Use of intramuscular ketamine by paramedics in the management of severely agitated patients.

Stephen Bernard, Renee Roggenkamp, Ashleigh Delorenzo, Michael Stephenson, Karen Smith, undefined Ketamine in Severely Agitated Patients Study Investigators

Journal article  |  2021  |  Emerg Med Australas

OBJECTIVE: Administration of a sedative agent is required for safe transport of prehospital patients with severe agitation to EDs...

Time to antimicrobial therapy in septic shock patients treated with an early goal-directed resuscitation protocol: A post-hoc analysis of the ARISE trial

Esther B Bulle, Sandra L Peake, Mark Finnis, Rinaldo Bellomo, Anthony Delaney

Journal article  |  2020  |  EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA

Objective: Intravenous antimicrobial therapy within 1 h of the diagnosis of septic shock is recommended in international sepsis gu..

Point-of-care lung ultrasound in the assessment of patients with COVID-19: A tutorial.

Ximena Cid, Andrew Wang, Johan Heiberg, David Canty, Colin Royse, Xiaoqiang Li, Doa El-Ansary, Yang Yang, Kavi Haji, Darsim Haji, Andre Denault, Lynda Tivendale, Kyle Brooks, Xiaobo Hu, Alistair Royse

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australas J Ultrasound Med

The adoption of point-of-care lung ultrasound for both suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients highlights the issues of accessib..

Can pre-hospital administration reduce time to initial antibiotic therapy in septic patients?

Daniel Cudini, Karen Smith, Stephen Bernard, Michael Stephenson, Emily Andrew, Peter Cameron, Mark Lum, Andrew Udy, S Peake, A Delaney, R Bellomo, PA Cameron, DJ Cooper, A Cross, C Gomersall, C Graham, AM Higgins, A Holdgate, BD Howe, I Jacobs, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the potential time saved with pre-hospital antibiotic therapy in sepsis. METHODS: Study data for adult pati..

Expanding our FoCUS: the utility of advanced echocardiography in the emergency department.

Jonathan Henry, Darsim Haji

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australas J Ultrasound Med

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use is widespread amongst emergency physicians (EPs). Many sonographic modalities have proven use..

The impact of heart, lung and diaphragmatic ultrasound on prediction of failed extubation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a prospective observational pilot study

Kavi Haji, Darsim Haji, David J Canty, Alistair G Royse, Cameron Green, Colin F Royse

Journal article  |  2018  |  CRITICAL ULTRASOUND JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Failed extubation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients is multifactorial, complex and not well under..

The Feasibility and Impact of Routine Combined Limited Transthoracic Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound on Diagnosis and Management of Patients Admitted to ICU: A Prospective Observational Study

Kavi Haji, Darsim Haji, David J Canty, Alistair G Royse, Dhaksha Tharmaraj, Meor Azraee, Lynda Hopkins, Collin F Royse

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

OBJECTIVES: Limited transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and lung ultrasound increasingly is performed in the intensive care unit ..

Diaphragmatic regional displacement assessed by ultrasound and correlated to subphrenic organ movement in the critically ill patients-an observational study

Kavi Haji, Alistair Royse, Dhaksha Tharmaraj, Darsim Haji, John Botha, Colin Royse

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

INTRODUCTION: The objectives of the study are to identify the most reliably imaged regions of the diaphragm, to evaluate the corre..

Interatrial Septum Motion but Not Doppler Assessment Predicts Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Darsim L Haji, Mohamed M Ali, Alistair Royse, David J Canty, Sandy Clarke, Colin F Royse

Journal article  |  2014  |  ANESTHESIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Left atrial pressure and its surrogate, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), are important for determining diast..