By Emeritus Fellow Kenneth Mark Hillman

Journal articles

Cardona-Morrell M; Hillman K, 2015, 'Development of a tool for defining and identifying the dying patient in hospital: Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CriSTAL)', BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 5, pp. 78 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000770

Frost SA; Chapman A; Aneman A; Chen J; Parr MJ; Hillman K, 2015, 'Hospital outcomes associated with introduction of a two-tiered response to the deteriorating patient', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 17, pp. 77 - 82

Hillman KM, 2015, 'Rapid response systems', Medical Journal of Australia, 202, pp. i, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.01655

Hunt L; Frost SA; Alexandrou E; Hillman K; Newton PJ; Davidson PM, 2015, 'Reliability of intra-abdominal pressure measurements using the modified Kron technique', Acta Clinica Belgica International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, 70, pp. 116 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2295333714Y.0000000083

Smith GB; Welch J; DeVita MA; Hillman KM; Jones D, 2015, 'Reply to Letter: 'Re: Education for cardiac arrest - Prevention and treatment'', Resuscitation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.06.010

Hillman KM; Chen J; Jones D, 2014, 'Rapid response systems', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 519 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.01088

Clay-Williams R; Nosrati H; Cunningham FC; Hillman K; Braithwaite J, 2014, 'Do large-scale hospital- and system-wide interventions improve patient outcomes: A systematic review', BMC Health Services Research, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-369

Chen J; Ou L; Hillman KM; Flabouris A; Bellomo R; Hollis SJ; Assareh H, 2014, 'Cardiopulmonary arrest and mortality trends, and their association with rapid response system expansion', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 167 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.00019

Ou L; Chen J; Assareh H; Hollis SJ; Hillman K; Flabouris A, 2014, 'Trends and variations in the rates of hospital complications, failure-to-rescue and 30-day mortality in surgical patients in New South Wales, Australia, 2002-2009', Plos One, 9, pp. e96164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096164

Concha OP; Gallego B; Hillman K; Delaney GP; Coiera E, 2014, 'Do variations in hospital mortality Patterns after weekend admission Reflect reduced quality of care or Different patient cohorts' A population-based study', BMJ Quality and Safety, 23, pp. 215 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002218

Hunt L; Frost SA; Hillman K; Newton PJ; Davidson PM, 2014, 'Management of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome: A review', Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes, 8, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-2897-8-2

Hughes C; Pain C; Braithwaite J; Hillman K, 2014, ''Between the flags': Implementing a rapid response system at scale', BMJ Quality and Safety, 23, pp. 714 - 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2014-002845

Hillman KM, 2014, 'Failure to recognise patients at the end of life in acute hospitals', Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 58, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aas.12231

Herod R; Frost SA; Parr M; Hillman K; Aneman A; Aneman E, 2014, 'Long term trends in medical emergency team activations and outcomes', Resuscitation, 85, pp. 1083 - 1087, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.04.010

Hillman KM; Lilford R; Braithwaite J, 2014, 'Patient safety and rapid response systems', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 654 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.01260

Assareh H; Chen J; Ou L; Hollis SJ; Hillman K; Flabouris A, 2014, 'Rate of venous thromboembolism among surgical patients in Australian hospitals: A multicentre retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, 4, pp. e005502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005502

DeVita MA; Hillman K; Smith GB, 2014, 'Resuscitation and rapid response systems', Resuscitation, 85, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.11.005

Alexandrou E; Spencer TR; Frost SA; Mifflin N; Davidson PM; Hillman KM, 2014, 'Central Venous Catheter Placement by Advanced Practice Nurses Demonstrates Low Procedural Complication and Infection Rates—A Report From 13 Years of Service*', Critical Care Medicine, 42, pp. 536 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182a667f0

Assareh H; Ou L; Chen J; Hillman K; Flabouris A; Hollis SJ, 2014, 'Geographic variation of failure-to-rescue in public acute hospitals in New South Wales, Australia.', PLoS One, 9, pp. e109807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109807

Chen J; Ou L; Hillman K; Flabouris A; Bellomo R; Hollis SJ; Assareh H, 2014, 'The impact of implementing a rapid response system: a comparison of cardiopulmonary arrests and mortality among four teaching hospitals in Australia.', Resuscitation, 85, pp. 1275 - 1281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.06.003

Frost SA; Azeem A; Alexandrou E; Tam V; Murphy JK; Hunt L; O'Regan W; Hillman KM, 2013, 'Subglottic secretion drainage for preventing ventilator associated pneumonia: A meta-analysis', Australian Critical Care, 26, pp. 180 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2013.03.003

Søreide E; Morrison L; Hillman K; Monsieurs K; Sunde K; Zideman D; Eisenberg M; Sterz F; Nadkarni VM; Soar J; Nolan JP, 2013, 'The formula for survival in resuscitation', Resuscitation, 84, pp. 1487 - 1493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.07.020

Ou L; Chen J; Hillman K, 2013, 'Trends in general practice services in two cohorts of Australian children between 2003-2004 and 2010-2011', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 199, pp. 460 - 461, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10105

Subbe CP; Hillman K, 2013, 'Reply to Letter: Response to "To live and let die" - The search for the best way to identify at-risk patients?"', Resuscitation, 84, pp. e109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.05.010

Jones D; Mitchell I; Hillman K; Story D, 2013, 'Defining clinical deterioration', Resuscitation, 84, pp. 1029 - 1034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.01.013

Nosrati H; Clay-Williams R; Cunningham F; Hillman K; Braithwaite J, 2013, 'The role of organisational and cultural factors in the implementation of systemwide interventions in acute hospitals to improve patient outcomes: Protocol for a systematic literature review', BMJ Open, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002268

Subbe CP; Hillman K, 2013, '"To live and let die" - the search for the best way to identify at-risk patients?', RESUSCITATION, 84, pp. 407 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.01.026

Jones D; Bellomo R; Hart GK; Parma A; Gibney RTN; Bagshaw SM; Bhatia G; Leong T; Eastwood G; Peck L; Barret J; Bucknall T; Hillman K; Parr M; Jäderling G; Konrad D; Casamento A; Doric A; Street C; Duke G; Barbetti J; Prowle J; Crosby D; Licari E; Farley KJ; Fedi M; Fong C; Atan R; Ruseckaite R; MacPartin M; Stevenson J; Bengtsson A; Ghosh A; Botha C; Kaufmann M; MacDonald N, 2013, 'The timing of rapid-response team activations: A multicentre international study', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 15, pp. 15 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1441-2772(23)02181-6

Nugus P; Forero R; Mcdonnell G; Travaglia J; Hilman K; Braithwaite J; McCarthy S, 2013, 'The emergency department "carousel": An ethnographically-derived model of the dynamics of patient flow', International Emergency Nursing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2013.01.001

Ou L; Chen J; Hillman K, 2012, 'Have the health gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous Australian children changed over time? Results from an Australian national representative longitudinal study', Maternal and Child Health Journal, 16, pp. 814 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-011-0786-9

Hillman K, 2012, 'Outreach systems - Where next?', Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 13, pp. 193 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/175114371201300304

Hunt L; Van Luenen H; Alexandrou E; Frost SA; Davidson PM; Hillman K; D'Amours S, 2012, 'A comparison of fluid instillation volumes to assess intra-abdominal pressure using Kron's methods.', J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 73, pp. 152 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e31824e4f58

Forero R; McDonnell G; Gallego B; McCarthy S; Mohsin M; Shanley C; Formby F; Hillman K, 2012, 'A literature review on care at the end-of-life in the emergency department', Emergency medicine international, 2012, pp. 486516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/486516

De cossart LM; Fish D; Hillman K, 2012, 'Clinical Reflection: A vital process for supporting the development of wisdom in doctors', Current Opinion in Critical Care, 18, pp. 712 - 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCC.0b013e328358e239

Hillman KM, 2012, 'Limitations at the end of life', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 186, pp. 581 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201208-1365ED

Alexandrou E; Murgo M; Calabria E; Spencer TR; Carpen H; Brennan K; Frost SA; Davidson PM; Hillman KM, 2012, 'Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion-procedural characteristics and outcomes of three intensive care based catheter placement services.', Int J Nurs Stud, 49, pp. 162 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.08.011

Hillman KM, 2012, 'Run, don't walk', Critical Care Medicine, 40 Sep 2012, pp. 2712 - 2713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825bc7d1

Jones DA; Bagshaw SM; Barrett J; Bellomo R; Bhatia G; Bucknall TK; Casamento AJ; Duke GJ; Gibney N; Hart GK; Hillman KM; Jäderling G; Parmar A; Parr MJ, 2012, 'The role of the medical emergency team in end-of-life care: a multicenter, prospective, observational study.', Crit Care Med, 40, pp. 98 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822e9d50

Hillman KM, 2011, 'Rapid response systems: You won't know there is a problem until you measure it', Critical Care, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10477

Forero R; McCarthy S; Hillman K, 2011, 'Access block and emergency department overcrowding', Critical Care, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9998

Alexandrou E; Ramjan LM; Spencer T; Frost SA; Salamonson Y; Davidson PM; Hillman KM, 2011, 'The use of midline catheters in the adult acute care setting - Clinical implications and recommendations for practice', JAVA Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 16, pp. 35 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.2309/java.16-1-5

Ou L; Chen J; Young L; Santiano N; Baramy L; Hillman KM, 2011, 'Effective discharge planning - timely assignment of an estimated date of discharge', Australian Health Review, 35, pp. 357 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH09843

Hillman KM, 2011, 'End-of-life care in acute hospitals', Australian Health Review, 35, pp. 176 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH10963

Ou L; Chen J; Garrett P; Hillman KM, 2011, 'Ethnic and Indigenous access to early childhood healthcare services in Australia: parents’ perceived unmet needs and related barriers', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35, pp. 30 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00633.x

Forero R; McDonnell GD; Mccarthy S; Nugus PI; Braithwaite J; Hillman KM; Fatovich D; Mountain D; Daly F; FitzGerald G; Richardson D, 2011, 'Lessons from the 4-hour standard in England for Australia', The Medical Journal of Australia, 194, pp. 268 - 268, http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/194_05_070311/letters_070311_fm-1.html

Hillman KEN, 2010, 'A fight to the death', Australian Doctor, pp. 15

Hillman K; DeVita M; Bellomo R; Chen J, 2010, 'Meta-analysis for rapid response teams', Archives of Internal Medicine, 170, pp. 996 - 997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.178

Forero R; Hillman KM; McCarthy S; Fatovich DM; Joseph AP; Richardson DB, 2010, 'Access block and ED overcrowding: Short Report', EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 22, pp. 119 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01270.x

Alexandrou E; Spencer T; Frost SA; Parr M; Davidson PM; Hillman KM, 2010, 'Establishing a nurse-led central venous catheter insertion service', JAVA Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 15, pp. 21 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.2309/java.15-1-5

Flabouris A; Chen J; Hillman K; Bellomo R; Finfer S, 2010, 'Timing and interventions of emergency teams during the MERIT study', Resuscitation, 81, pp. 25 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.025

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