Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Frailty in the Face of COVID-19
Published 2020The Clinical Frailty Scale is a quick and reliable screening tool for frailty. While the CFS has value in allocation of scarce health resources, it also has limitations. Frailty is a continuum rather than a dichotomous ...Article -
Evaluation of Ten Years Of Parainfluenza virus, human Metapneumovirus And Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections In Lung Transplant Recipients
Published 2020Respiratory tract infection with Pneumoviruses (PV) and Paramyxoviruses (PMV) are increasingly associated with chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) in lung transplant recipients (LTR). Ribavirin may be a treatment ...Article -
Global coordination on cross-border travel and trade measures crucial to COVID-19 response
Published 2020When WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Jan 30, 2020, under the provisions of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), it recommended against “any ...Article -
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on surgical services: early experiences at a nominated COVID‐19 centre
Published 2020The evolving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic represents an unprecedented and largely unanticipated challenge to the delivery of surgical care in Australia and New Zealand. The first confirmed COVID‐19 case in ...Article -
Disparities in COVID-19 related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours by health literacy
Published 2020Objectives: To explore the variation in understanding, attitudes and uptake of COVID-19 health advice during the 2020 pandemic lockdown by health literacy. Study design: National cross sectional community survey. Setting: ...Preprint