Chong Tan

Postoperative complications and hospital costs following open radical cystectomy: A retrospective study.

Laurence Weinberg, Sarah Aishah Azlina Aitken, Peter Kaldas, Luke Fletcher, Patryck Lloyd-Donald, Peter Le, Daniel Do, Carla Borg Caruana, Dominic Walpole, Joseph Ischia, Ronald Ma, Chong Oon Tan, Dong-Kyu Lee

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLoS One

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate primarily the relationship between postoperative complications and hospital costs, and secondarily the rel..

Nocturnal respiratory abnormalities among ward-level postoperative patients as detected by the Capnostream 20p monitor: A blinded observational study.

Vichaya Champreeda, Raymond Hu, Brandon Chan, Owen Tomasek, Yuan-Hong Lin, Laurence Weinberg, Will Howard, Chong O Tan

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLoS One

PURPOSE: This prospective observational study aimed to establish the frequency of postoperative nocturnal respiratory abnormalitie..

Peri-OPerative Pain Management, Education & De-escalation (POPPMED), a novel anaesthesiologist-led program, significantly reduces acute and long-term postoperative opioid requirements: a retrospective cohort study.

Charlotte Heldreich, Ilonka Meyer, Esther Dube, Raymond Hu, William Howard, Natasha Holmes, Nada Maroon, Laurence Weinberg, Chong O Tan

Journal article  |  2022  |  Pain Rep

INTRODUCTION: The opioid tolerant patient requiring surgery is highly likely to be discharged on high Oral Morphine Equivalent Dai..

Comparing the analgesic efficacy of erector spinae plane block catheters with surgically placed extrapleural catheters after thoracic surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

Annie Xin, Raymond Hu, Luke Fletcher, Chong Oon Tan

Journal article  |  2022  |  Reg Anesth Pain Med

Inadequate analgesia after thoracic surgery has been associated with postoperative pulmonary complications and prolonged hospital ..

Use of a buprenorphine-based pain management protocol is associated with reduced opioid requirements and pain on swallowing in oral mucositis: a retrospective cohort study.

Ilonka Meyer, Brandon Chan, Emma Cohen, Esther Dube, Raymond Hu, Megan Yeomans, Frances Pontonio, Charlotte Heldreich, Stiofan O'Conghaile, Natasha Holmes, Nada Maroon, Laurence Weinberg, Chong O Tan

Journal article  |  2022  |  Support Care Cancer

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to ascertain the analgesic efficacy and total oral morphine equivalent daily dose (OMEDD) effe..

Intraoperative low tidal volume ventilation and the risk of ICD-10 coded delirium and the use for antipsychotic medications

Dharshi Karalapillai, Laurence Weinberg, Ary Serpa Neto, Philip J Peyton, Louise Ellard, Raymond Hu, Brett Pearce, Chong Tan, David Story, Mark O'Donnell, Patrick Hamilton, Chad Oughton, Jonathan Galtieri, Sree Appu, Anthony Wilson, Glenn Eastwood, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl A Jones

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC ANESTHESIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Low tidal volume (VT) ventilation and its associated increase in arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) may affect postoperat..

Lung auscultation versus point-of-care ultrasound for assessment of basal lung excursion at maximal inspiration: An exploratory study

Patrick A Tully, Lachlan Kwa, Aisling Buckley, Raymond Hu, Stephanie Chen, David Long, Laurence Weinberg, Chong Oon Tan

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE

Complete opioid transition to sublingual Buprenorphine after abdominal surgery is associated with significant reductions in opioid requirements, but not reduction in hospital length of stay: a retrospective cohort study

Charlotte Heldreich, Sameer Ganatra, Zheng Lim, Ilonka Meyer, Raymond Hu, Laurence Weinberg, Chong O Tan

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC ANESTHESIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The use of sublingual buprenorphine (SLBup) for acute pain after major abdominal surgery may offer the potential advan..

Intra-operative ventilator mechanical power as a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications in surgical patients: A secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial.

Dharshi Karalapillai, Laurence Weinberg, Serpa Neto A, Philip Peyton, Louise Ellard, Raymond Hu, Brett Pearce, Chong O Tan, David Story, Mark O'Donnell, Patrick Hamilton, Chad Oughton, Jonathan Galtieri, Anthony Wilson, Glenn Eastwood, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl A Jones

Journal article  |  2022  |  Eur J Anaesthesiol

BACKGROUND: Studies in critically ill patients suggest a relationship between mechanical power (an index of the energy delivered b..

Characteristics, comorbidity burden and outcomes in centenarians undergoing surgery in a university hospital: A case series

Jayden MacDowall, Patrick Tully, Ranj Guha, Marissa Ferguson, Chong Tan, Laurence Weinberg

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY CASE REPORTS

INTRODUCTION: As the population ages, so too does the age of those requiring surgery. People over the age of 100, centenarians, of..