Pellatt, RAF, Kamona, S, Chu, K, et al. The Headache in Emergency Departments study: Opioid prescribing in patients presenting with headache. A multicentre, cross-sectional, observational study. Headache. 2021; 00: 1– 16.
White, B.P., Willmott, L., Close, E., Hewitt, J., Meehan, R., Greaves, L.L., Parker, M.H. and Yates, P., 2021. Development of voluntary assisted dying training in Victoria, Australia: a model for consideration. Journal of Palliative Care, 36(3), pp.162-167.
White, B., Close, E., Willmott, L., Del Villar, K., Downie, J., Cameron, J., Hewitt, J., Meehan, R. and Ley Greaves, L., 2021. Comparative and critical analysis of key eligibility criteria for voluntary assisted dying under five legal frameworks. University of New South Wales Law Journal.
Dr Eve Purdy
Dr Daniel Weston, Dr Charlotte Alexander, Dr Richard Pellatt, Prof Gerben Keijzers, Ms Amy Sweeny, Ms Katie East, Dr Sushma Vytla, Mr Luc Nguyen
The “Buddy Study” funded in the EMF grant round 25 showed a common type of hand fracture can be treated without a plaster – a finding that if applied broadly could result in patients returning to work faster and significant healthcare savings. However, since the study was published in 2019 it is unclear to what degree there has been a change in how clinicians actually treat this fracture.
This follow up study will explore factors related to research reach, adoption, and implementation at two hospitals in Queensland to 1) inform a strategy to implement knowledge related to hand fractures and to 2) explore how participation in research affects implementation.
Prof Julia Crilly OAM, Prof Gerben Keijzers, Dr Kairi Kolves, Dr David Painter, Dr Jesse Young
In 2018, there were 3046 deaths by suicide in Australia. Suicide was the leading cause of death among people age 15-44 in 2016-2018. In Queensland, rates remain highest in young men, particularly in rural areas.
The emergency department (ED) can be the only option for people in a mental health crisis. Presentations with self-harm and attempted suicide are recognised high-risk events for subsequent suicide.
This data-linkage study is the first of its kind in Queensland, examining ED presentations with self-harm between 2012 and 2017, utilising data from a collaboration examining broader mental health presentations. This ED data will be ‘linked’ to inpatient admissions and death records, allowing insight into the patient journey over several years.
Aligning with national and international calls to make suicide and self-harm a priority for research and policy innovation, the study will examine the demographics, co-morbidities and characteristics of these patients, and factors predictive of hospital admission to improve care and recognition around those presenting to ED with self-harm.
Walker K, Jiarpakdee J, Loupis A, Tantithamthavorn C, Joe K, Ben-Meir M, Akhlaghi H, Hutton J, Wang W, Stephenson M, Blecher G, Buntine P, Sweeny A, Turhan B. 2021. Emergency medicine patient wait time multivariable prediction models: a multicentre derivation and validation study. Emergency Medicine Journal.
White, B., Willmott, L., Del Villar, K., Hewitt, J., Close, E., Ley Greaves, L., Cameron, J., Meehan, R. and Downie, J. 2021. Who is eligible for voluntary assisted dying? Nine medical conditions assessed against five legal frameworks. University of New South Wales Law Journal.
Kusakabe, A., Sweeny, A. and Keijzers, G. 2021. Early compared to later commencement of vasopressors in the management of Emergency Department patients with sepsis and hypotension, a multi-centre observational study. Archives of Medical Research.
Hamill, L.M., Bonnett, J., Baxter, M.F., Kreutz, M., Denny, K.J. and Keijzers, G. 2021. Antimicrobial Prescribing in the Emergency Department; Who Is Calling the Shots?. Antibiotics, 10(7), p.843.
Etheridge, N. and Keijzers, G. 2021. Cellulitis: Treatment failure or failure to define treatment failure?. EMA-Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(1), pp.180-181
