Koen Simons

Mobility Deterioration During Acute Pneumonia Illness Is Associated With Increased Hospital Length of Stay and Health Service Costs: An Observational Study

Melanie Lloyd, Emily Callander, Koen Simons, Amalia Karahalios, Graeme Maguire, Edward Janus, Harin Karunajeewa

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal

Effects of rotational thromboelastometry-guided transfusion management in patients undergoing surgical intervention for postpartum hemorrhage: An observational study

Yiying Sally Tsang, Ade Rizki Kurniawan, Owen Tomasek, Elizabeth Hessian, David Bramley, Oliver Daly, Koen Simons, Georgina Imberger

Journal article  |  2021  |  TRANSFUSION

BACKGROUND: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) can be associated with coagulopathy, which may be difficult to rapidly assess and may exac..

Corrigendum to: Short-run effects of poverty on asthma, ear infections and health service use: analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

Rebecca Bentley, Koen Simons, Amanda Kvalsvig, Barry Milne, Tony Blakely

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Epidemiol

Short-run effects of poverty on asthma, ear infections and health service use: analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

Rebecca Bentley, Koen Simons, Amanda Kvelsvig, Barry Milne, Tony Blakely

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Epidemiol

BACKGROUND: Many studies have reported an inferred causal association of income poverty with physical health among children; but m..

Anaemia and its impact on colorectal cancer patients: how can we better optimize surgical outcomes?

Vanessa Roberts, Irene Deftereos, Bilkis Mahbub, Koen Simons, Ian Faragher, Steven TF Chan, Justin M Yeung

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Anaemia is a common manifestation of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, appropriate workup prior to surgery and the eff..

Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) in multiparous women with the use of epidural anaesthesia: A retrospective cohort study

Inge Putri, Koen Simons, Jonathan Nettle, Anthony Woodward

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The use of epidural as a form of analgesia is increasingly common in labour, but this has shown to have been associate..

Reflection on modern methods: when worlds collide-prediction, machine learning and causal inference

Tony Blakely, John Lynch, Koen Simons, Rebecca Bentley, Sherri Rose

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Causal inference requires theory and prior knowledge to structure analyses, and is not usually thought of as an arena for the appl..

Cold snare piecemeal EMR of large sessile colonic polyps > 20 mm: a call for dedicated snares Response

Dileep Mangira, Karla Cameron, Koen Simons, Simon Zanati, Richard LaNauze, Spiro Raftopoulos, Gregor Brown, Alan Moss

Journal article  |  2020  |  GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Patterns of surveillance for colorectal cancer: Experience from a single large tertiary institution

Samantha A Pellegrino, Steven Chan, Koen Simons, Rita Kinsella, Peter Gibbs, Ian G Faragher, Irene Deftereos, Justin Mc Yeung

Journal article  |  2020  |  ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

AIM: Colorectal cancer surveillance is an essential part of care and should include clinical review and follow-up investigations. ..

Walking the boundaries: using the 6-min walk test for accurate assessment of the level of fitness in breast clinic outpatients

Lei Ying, Jeong-Moh John Yahng, Melanie Fisher, Koen Simons, Sophie Nightingale

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Healthy levels of physical activity and improved fitness have shown better quality of life outcomes and improved survi..