ORCID Profile
0000-0002-3241-0974
Current Organisation
John Hunter Hospital
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Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-06-2015
Abstract: Pasteurella multocida, a zoonotic agent transmitted by canines and felines, has been very rarely reported to cause bacterial peritonitis in humans. Pasteurella multocida peritonitis is associated with high mortality even with appropriate treatment, therefore its early recognition is essential. We report a case of Pasteurella multocida peritonitis following cat scratch in a patient with Child Pugh Class C alcoholic cirrhosis, culminating in multiple organ failure and death.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-04-2022
DOI: 10.1111/IJS.12347
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2008
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2010
DOI: 10.1038/JID.2009.367
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2014
DOI: 10.1111/AJR.12115
Abstract: To rationalise oxygen procedures in adult medical and surgical inpatients with a view to improving patient safety. Prospective pre- and post-intervention audit. Manning Hospital, a rural referral hospital in Taree NSW. Pre-intervention: 82 patients aged 72.7 ± 14.7 years. Post-intervention: 77 patients aged 73.6 ± 12.4 years. A multicomponent intervention composed of implementation of a local hospital oxygen policy, introduction of a specific oxygen prescription chart and targeted staff education. Satisfactory oxygen prescription, monitoring and titration. Only 2/82 (2.4%) patients had satisfactory oxygen prescription specifying target saturation, device and initial flow rate before the intervention compared with 26/77 (34%) patients post-intervention (χ(2) = 56.88, df = 5, P < 0.0001). Percentage of patients with conditions predisposing to hypercapnic respiratory failure who were overtreated with oxygen dropped from 9/19 (47%) to 4/22 (18%) following the study intervention (χ(2) = 4.011, df = 1, P = 0.04). Oxygen therapy monitoring was satisfactory during the audit period, but oxygen titration was unsatisfactory and did not significantly improve following the intervention. A multicomponent intervention can achieve a significantly increased rate of satisfactory oxygen prescriptions specifying target saturation, including in those who are at risk of hypercapnic respiratory failure.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.MYCMED.2013.09.005
Abstract: Curvularia lunata is a dematiaceous fungus that rarely causes cutaneous infections in immunocompetent humans. We describe a case of mycetoma pedis caused by Curvularia lunata in a 50-year-old woman from a rural farming community who had prolonged morbidity due to diagnostic delay. She improved with antifungal therapy, showing a satisfactory clinical response after 12 months of treatment.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2009
DOI: 10.1038/JID.2008.442
Location: United States of America
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