By Professor Balasubramanian Venkatesh

Journal articles

White H; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'Clinical review: Ketones and brain injury', Critical Care, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10020

Kruger PS; Harward ML; Jones MA; Joyce CJ; Kostner KM; Roberts MS; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'Continuation of statin therapy in patients with presumed infection: A randomized controlled trial', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 183, pp. 774 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201006-0955OC

Silcock RL; Venkatesh B; Pascoe RL; Fisher DK, 2011, 'Frequency of documentation of family communication in an Australian intensive care unit: A retrospective study', Medical Journal of Australia, 194, pp. 271 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb02969.x

Davies PG; Venkatesh B; Morgan TJ; Presneill JJ; Kruger PS; Thomas BJ; Roberts MS; Mundy J, 2011, 'Plasma acetate, gluconate and interleukin-6 profiles during and after cardiopulmonary bypass: A comparison of Plasma-Lyte 148 with a bicarbonate-balanced solution', Critical Care, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9966

Venkatesh B; Cohen J, 2011, 'Adrenocortical (dys)function in septic shock - A sick euadrenal state', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 25, pp. 719 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beem.2011.04.007

Robinson K; Kruger P; Prins J; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'The metabolic syndrome in critically ill patients', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 25, pp. 835 - 845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beem.2011.04.008

Cooper J; Rosenfeld J; Murray L; Arabi YM; Davies AR; D''urso P; Kossmann T; Ponsford J; Seppelt I; Reilly P; Wolfe R; Parr MJ, 2011, 'Decompressive craniectomy in diffuse traumatic brain injury', The New England Journal of Medicine, 364, pp. 1493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1102077

Jack L; Coyer F; Courtney M; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Diarrhoea risk factors in enterally tube fed critically ill patients: A retrospective audit', Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 26, pp. 327 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2010.08.001

Grundgeiger T; Sanderson P; MacDougall HG; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Interruption Management in the Intensive Care Unit: Predicting Resumption Times and Assessing Distributed Support', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16, pp. 317 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021912

Jack L; Coyer F; Courtney M; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Probiotics and diarrhoea management in enterally tube fed critically ill patients-What is the evidence?', Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 26, pp. 314 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2010.07.001

Krishnan A; Ochola J; Mundy J; Jones M; Kruger P; Duncan E; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Acute fluid shifts influence the assessment of serum vitamin D status in critically ill patients', Critical Care, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9341

Tan T; Chang L; Woodward A; McWhinney B; Galligan J; MacDonald GA; Cohen J; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Characterising adrenal function using directly measured plasma free cortisol in stable severe liver disease', Journal of Hepatology, 53, pp. 841 - 848, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2010.05.020

Xiao T; Sanderson P; Clayton S; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'The ETTO principle and organisational strategies: A field study of ICU bed and staff management', Cognition, Technology and Work, 12, pp. 143 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10111-010-0147-2

Sturgess DJ; Marwick TH; Joyce C; Jenkins C; Jones M; Masci P; Stewart D; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Prediction of hospital outcome in septic shock: A prospective comparison of tissue Doppler and cardiac biomarkers', Critical Care, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8931

Cohen J; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'When an effect is unclear, questioning its proposed mechanism is appropriate', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 12, pp. 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1441-2772(23)01362-5

Sturgess DJ; Pascoe RLS; Scalia G; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'A comparison of transcutaneous Doppler corrected flow time, b-type natriuretic peptide and central venous pressure as predictors of fluid responsiveness in septic shock: A preliminary evaluation', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 38, pp. 336 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1003800216

Nunnink L; Venkatesh B; Krishnan A; Vidhani K; Udy A, 2010, 'A prospective comparison between written examination and either simulation-based or oral viva examination of intensive care trainees' procedural skills', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 38, pp. 876 - 882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1003800511

Cohen J; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Relative adrenal insufficiency in the intensive care population; background and critical appraisal of the evidence', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 38, pp. 425 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1003800304

Sturgess D; Marwick T; Joyce C; Jenkins C; Jones M; Masci P; Stewart D; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Diastolic dysfunction in septic shock is an independent predictor of elevated B-type natriuretic peptide and hospital mortality', Critical care (London, England), 14, pp. P394 - P394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8626

Grundgeiger T; Sanderson PM; Orihuela CB; Thompson A; MacDougall HG; Nunnink L; Venkatesh B, 2010, 'Distractions and Interruptions in the Intensive Care Unit: A Field Observation and a Simulator Experiment', Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 54, pp. 835 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193121005401206

Dalley AJ; Deans R; Lipman J; Venkatesh B; Rudd M; Roberts MS; Cross SE, 2009, 'Unbound cephalothin pharmacokinetics in adult burn patients are related to the elapsed time after injury', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53, pp. 5303 - 5305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01600-08

Panwar R; Venkatesh B; Kruger P; Bird R; Gill D; Nunnink L; Dimeski G, 2009, 'Plasma protein C levels in immunocompromised septic patients are significantly lower than immunocompetent septic patients: A prospective cohort study', Journal of Hematology and Oncology, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-8722-2-43

Venkatesh B; Hickman I; Nisbet J; Cohen J; Prins J, 2009, 'Changes in serum adiponectin concentrations in critical illness: A preliminary investigation', Critical Care, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7941

Miller A; Scheinkestel C; Limpus A; Joseph M; Karnik A; Venkatesh B, 2009, 'Uni- and interdisciplinary effects on round and handover content in intensive care units', Human Factors, 51, pp. 339 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018720809338188

Kruger PS; Freir NM; Venkatesh B; Robertson TA; Roberts MS; Jones M, 2009, 'A preliminary study of atorvastatin plasma concentrations in critically ill patients with sepsis', Intensive Care Medicine, 35, pp. 717 - 721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1358-3

Marwick TH; Branagan H; Venkatesh B; Stewart S, 2009, 'Use of a nurse-led intervention to optimize beta-blockade for reducing cardiac events after major noncardiac surgery', American Heart Journal, 157, pp. 784 - 790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.09.014

Cohen J; Venkatesh B, 2009, 'Assessment of tissue cortisol activity.', Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 11, pp. 287 - 289

Venkatesh B; Kennedy P; Kruger PS; Looke D; Jones M; Hal J; Ray Barruel G, 2009, 'Changes in serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein following antimicrobial therapy as a guide to antibiotic duration in the critically ill: A prospective evaluation', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 37, pp. 20 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x0903700102

Morgan TJ; Vellaichamy M; Cowley DM; Weier SL; Venkatesh B; Jones MA, 2009, 'Equivalent metabolic acidosis with four colloids and saline on ex vivo haemodilution', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 37, pp. 407 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x0903700304

Lee RP; Venkatesh B; Morley P, 2009, 'Evidence-based evolution of the high stakes postgraduate intensive care examination in Australia and New Zealand', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 37, pp. 525 - 531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x0903700422

Lee RP; Venkatesh B; Morley P, 2009, 'Evidence-based evolution of the high-stakes postgraduate intensive care examination in Australia and New Zealand.', Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 11, pp. 144 - 150

Cohen J; Deans R; Dalley A; Lipman J; Roberts MS; Venkatesh B, 2009, 'Measurement of tissue cortisol levels in patients with severe burns: a preliminary investigation.', Critical care (London, England), 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8184

Dimeski G; Dastagir N; Kruger PS; Venkatesh B, 2009, 'Not all unexplained hyperkalaemia is pseudohyperkalaemia.', Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 11, pp. 219 - 221

Venkatesh B; Cohen J, 2009, 'Sick adrenal or sick euadrenal?', Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 11, pp. 301 - 304

Dalley AJ; Lipman J; Deans R; Venkatesh B; Rudd M; Roberts MS; Cross SE, 2009, 'Tissue accumulation of cephalothin in burns: A comparative study by microdialysis of subcutaneous interstitial fluid cephalothin concentrations in burn patients and healthy volunteers', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53, pp. 210 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00718-08

Sturgess D; Pascoe R; Scalia G; Venkatesh B, 2009, 'B-type natriuretic peptide, corrected flow time and central venous pressure as predictors of fluid responsiveness in septic shock', Critical care (London, England), 13, pp. P200 - P200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7364

Grundgeiger T; Sanderson PM; MacDougall HG; Venkatesh B, 2009, 'Distributed Prospective Memory: An Approach to Understanding how Nurses Remember Tasks', Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 53, pp. 759 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120905301127

Kruger P; Harward M; Helyar J; Venkatesh B; Jones M, 2009, 'Statin therapy in patients admitted to hospital with presumed infection', Critical care (London, England), 13, pp. P331 - P331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7495

White H; Cook D; Venkatesh B, 2008, 'The role of hypertonic saline in neurotrauma', European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 25, pp. 104 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0265021507003420

Morgan TJ; Power G; Venkatesh B; Jones MA, 2008, 'Acid-base effects of a bicarbonate-balanced priming fluid during cardiopulmonary bypass: Comparison with Plasma-Lyte 148. A randomised single-blinded study', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 36, pp. 822 - 829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x0803600611

Laurie GA; Venkatesh B; Kruger PS; Morgan TJ; Pascoe RLS, 2008, 'Basic science research in Australian intensive care practice', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 10, pp. 47 - 52

White H; Venkatesh B, 2008, 'Cerebral perfusion pressure in neurotrauma', Anesthesia and Analgesia, 107, pp. 979 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/ane.0b013e31817e7b1a

Venkatesh B; Morgan TJ, 2008, 'Unmeasured anions: the unknown unknowns.', Critical care (London, England), 12, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6768

Myburgh J; Cooper DA; Finfer SR; Venkatesh B; Jones DR; Higgins A; Bishop N; Higlett T, 2008, 'Epidemiology and 12-month outcomes from traumatic brain injury in Australia and New Zealand', Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection and Critical Care, 64, pp. 854 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e3180340e77

Sturgess DJ; Haluska BA; Jones M; Venkatesh B, 2008, 'Noninvasive rodent cardiac output: comparison of a compact clinical monitor with echocardiography and proposal of a simple correction factor', Critical care (London, England), 12, pp. P84 - P84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6305

Sturgess DJ; Haluska BA; Masci P; Jones M; Venkatesh B, 2008, 'Sepsis-associated diastolic dysfunction without elevated plasma B-type natriuretic peptide', Critical care (London, England), 12, pp. P447 - P447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6668

Venkatesh B; Cohen J; Hickman I; Nisbet J; Thomas P; Ward G; Hall J; Prins J, 2007, 'Evidence of altered cortisol metabolism in critically ill patients: A prospective study', Intensive Care Medicine, 33, pp. 1746 - 1753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0727-7

Sturgess DJ; Marwick TH; Joyce CJ; Jones M; Venkatesh B, 2007, 'Tissue Doppler in critical illness: A retrospective cohort study', Critical Care, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6114

Dalley AJ; Lipman J; Venkatesh B; Rudd M; Roberts MS; Cross SE, 2007, 'Inadequate antimicrobial prophylaxis during surgery: A study of β-lactam levels during burn debridement', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 60, pp. 166 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkm128

Sturgess DJ; Venkatesh B; Perry C; Kelly W, 2007, 'Negative-pressure pulmonary oedema with normal concentration of B-type natriuretic peptide.', Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 9, pp. 107 - 108

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