School of Medical Sciences: Recent submissions

    • Prediction of paraquat exposure and toxicity in clinically ill poisoned patients: a model based approach 

      Wunnapuk, Klintean; Mohammed, Fahim; Gawarammana, Indika; Liu, Xin; Verbeeck, Roger K; Buckley, Nicholas A.; Roberts, Michael S; Musuamba, Flora T
      Published 2014-10-01
      Aims Paraquat poisoning is a medical problem in many parts of Asia and the Pacific. The mortality rate is extremely high as there is no effective treatment. We analyzed data collected during an ongoing cohort study on ...
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    • Neuromuscular Effects of Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) Envenoming in Sri Lanka 

      Silva, Anjana; Maduwage, Kalana; Sedgwick, Michael; Pilapitiya, Senaka; Weerawansa, Prasanna; Dahanayaka, Niroshana J.; Buckley, Nicholas A.; Johnston, Christopher; Siribaddana, Sisira; Isbister, Geoffrey K.
      Published 2016-02-01
      Objective We aimed to investigate neurophysiological and clinical effects of common krait envenoming, including the time course and treatment response. Methodology Patients with definite common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) ...
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    • The Doctor in Literature. Volume 4. Gender and Sex 

      Posen, Solomon
      Published 2013-08-13
      This book is the fourth of four volumes in the series The Doctor in Literature. Like the first three it is intended to serve as an indexed, annotated anthology and to bring together a total of some 1500 extracts from ...
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    • Policies and Practices of Australian Universities on Competing Interests of Academic Staff 

      Chapman, Simon; Morrell, B; Forsyth, R; Kerridge, I; Steward, C
      Published 2011-06-25
      It is widely recognized that competing financial(and non-financial) interests may (inappropriately) influence the design and outcomes of research, the nature of public discourse and the development of public policy and the ...
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    • Reviewer refusal rates for 300,866 requested reviews in 20 BMJ Group journals 

      Chapman, Simon
      Published 2011-01-01
      Data were extracted from the BenchPress editorial management system for 20 journals which each had data for the years 2002-2010.We examined whether there were differences among journals on reviewer refusal rates. Across ...
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