Asha Christopher Tom Bowen Blyth Snelling AC CC T BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ...

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Pulmonary exacerbations are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). There is no consensus about which outcomes should be evaluated in studies of pulmonary exacerbations or how these outcomes should be measured. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

We conducted an open randomized controlled trial in Papua New Guinea to compare safety, immunogenicity and priming for memory of 7-valent PCV (PCV7) given in... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

While UV radiation is a skin carcinogen, this should not obscure the growing evidence that sunlight has significant health benefits, including impacts on cardiovascular and metabolic health. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

A novel mouse model for glioma demonstrating that the PI3K pathway is important for initiation of tumorigenesis ...

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• 2018
• September 2018

With the emergence of novel vaccines and new applications for older vaccines, co-administration is increasingly likely. The immunomodulatory effects of BCG could theoretically alter the reactogenicity of co-administered vaccines. Using active surveillance in a randomised controlled trial, we aimed to determine whether co-administration of BCG vaccination changes the safety profile of influenza vaccination. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Patients with adrenal insufficiency are at risk of adrenal crisis, a potentially life-threatening emergency in the peri-operative period due to their attenuated ability to mount a cortisol response. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

A 15 year old girl, born in Hakha, Myanmar, presented with 2 months of intermittent hemoptysis 3 years after immigrating to Australia, via Malaysia. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

The Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation project aims to develop effective communication tools to support primary health care providers' consultations with parents ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg BRVUS MD, PhD, DEAA, FANZA Chair of Paediatric anaesthesia, University of Western Australia; Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Perth Children’s Hospital; Team Leader, Perioperative Medicine Team; Program Lead, ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Fasting for surgery is a routine step in the preoperative preparation for surgery. There have however been increasing concerns with regard to the high incidence of prolonged fasting in children, and the subsequent psycho-social distress and physiological consequences that this poses. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

To investigate the effects of providing rigid wrist-hand orthoses plus usual multidisciplinary care, on reducing hand impairments in children with cerebral palsy. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022