By Assistant Professor Catherine Susan Downs

Journal articles

Selby J; Saxena A; Feddah G; Downs C, 2026, 'Multiplate Platelet Function Testing to Decide Timing of Cardiac Surgery for Patients on Platelet Inhibitors – A Single-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 35, pp. s17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2026.03.036

Caponas G; Deans R; Letafat S; Stewart I; Brännström M; Abbott J; Downs C, 2025, '“This is how we do it” Anaesthesia for uterine transplant and associated surgeries: the Australian-Swedish collaborative protocol', International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, 65, pp. 104800 - 104800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2025.104800

, 2025, 'Selected abstracts from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists National Scientific Congress, 6–9 September 2024, Darwin, Australia', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 53, pp. 1 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x251334529

Coatsworth N; Myles PS; Mann GJ; Cockburn IA; Forbes AB; Gardiner EE; Lum G; Cheng AC; Gruen RL; Collaborators TSTIES, 2021, 'Prevalence of asymptomatic SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in elective surgical patients in Australia: a prospective surveillance study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 91, pp. 27 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.16564

Haydon NB; Van Der Rijt R; Downs C; Buckland G, 2016, 'A novel technique of intraoperative lateral pectoral nerve block during subpectoral breast implant placement', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000625

Myles P; Leslie K; McNeil J; Forbes A; Chan M; group FTB-AT, 2004, 'Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial', The Lancet, 363, pp. 1757 - 1763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16300-9

Collins DW; Downs CL; Katz S; Gatt SP; Marsland C; Abrahams N; Turner RJ, 2002, 'Airway Management on Placental Support (AMPS) - The Anaesthetic Perspective', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 30, pp. 647 - 659

Turner RJ; Lambros M; Holmes C; Katz S; Downs CL; Collins DW; Gatt SP, 2002, 'The Effects of Sevoflurane on Isolated Gravid Human Myometrium', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 30, pp. 591 - 596

Downs CL; Cooper MG, 1997, 'Continuous extrpleural intercostal nerve block for post thoracotomy analgesia in children', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, pp. 390 - 397

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