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Dr

Alison Boast

Paediatric Clinical Teaching Fellow
Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
science & technology
humans
life sciences & biomedicine
child
pediatrics
infectious diseases
pharmacokinetics
female
drug monitoring
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 9 most recent scholarly works by Alison Boast.

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Candidemia in Children A 16-year Longitudinal Epidemiologic Study

Eloise J Silvester, Melissa MY Watanabe, Laure F Pittet, Alison Boast, Penelope A Bryant, Gabrielle M Haeusler, Andrew J Daley, Nigel Curtis, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2021  |  PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Candida species are the most common cause of systemic fungal infections in children. Risk factors for candidemia vary ..

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Paediatric treatment trials for COVID-19 are an ethical imperative

Amanda Gwee, Alison Boast, Joshua Osowicki, Andrew C Steer, Simon Coghlan

Journal article  |  2021  |  ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD

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Itraconazole Dosing and Drug Monitoring at a Tertiary Children's Hospital

Ying Hua Leong, Alison Boast, Noel Cranswick, Nigel Curtis, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2019  |  PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Itraconazole is a broad-spectrum antifungal agent used for prophylaxis and treatment of fungal infections in immunocom..

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Teicoplanin-Should We Be Doing Routine Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Children?

Alison Boast, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2017  |  PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

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Absence of evidence: antimicrobial prescribing in neonates, elderly and pregnant women

Alison Boast, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2017  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

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Teething issues: can doxycycline be safely used in young children?

Alison Boast, Nigel Curtis, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2016  |  ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD

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Voriconazole dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring in children: experience from a paediatric tertiary care centre

Alison Boast, Nigel Curtis, Noel Cranswick, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

OBJECTIVES: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of voriconazole is recommended to achieve trough concentrations of 1-5 mg/L. In chil..

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Effective CSF concentrations achieved with continuous-infusion flucloxacillin in a child

Alison Boast, Jeremy Carr, Nigel Curtis, Andrew J Daley, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2015  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

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Question 1: Co-trimoxazole dosing dilemma: what is the right dose?

Alison Boast, Joshua Osowicki, Theresa Cole, Nigel Curtis, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2015  |  Arch Dis Child

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Clinical Health
Paediatrics
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Medical Microbiology
Applied Ethics
Health Services and Systems
Public Health

Credentials

Positions

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Medical Education

Paediatric Clinical Teaching Fellow

Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

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Medical Education

Education

Doctor of Medicine

University of Melbourne