Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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COVID-19 safety: aerosol-generating procedures and cardiothoracic surgery and anaesthesia - Australian and New Zealand consensus statement
Published 2020Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a contagious disease that is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Health care workers are at risk of infection from aerosolisation of respiratory ...Article -
Animal and human RNA viruses: genetic variability and ability to overcome vaccines
Published 2020RNA viruses, in general, exhibit high mutation rates; this is mainly due to the low fidelity displayed by the RNA-dependent polymerases required for their replication that lack the proofreading machinery to correct ...Article -
Personal protective equipment in the paediatric emergency department during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Estimating requirements based on staff numbers and patient presentations
Published 2020OBJECTIVE: To estimate the personal protective equipment (PPE) required in a paediatric ED during the COVID-19 pandemic comparing the use per patient to use per patient zone, based on the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission ...Article -
The role of faecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
Published 2020Purpose of the review Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has emerged as a potent form of therapeutic microbial manipulation. There is much interest in exploring its potential in conditions such as inflammatory bowel ...Article