Publications in alphabetical order:
Auckland
Allegaert K, van Schaik RHN, Verbesselt R, Debeer A, van den Anker JN, Naulaers
G, de Hoon J, Anderson BJ. Contributors to interindividual variability of tramadol
clearance in early life. Brit J Anesth 2008;100:525-532.
Anderson BJ, Holford NHG. Mechanism based concepts of size and maturity in pharmacokinetics.
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2008; 48: 303-32.
Austin JD, Hofman PL, Anderson BJ. Life-threatening hyperkalaemia following partial
pancreatectomy for neonatal hyperinsulinism. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2008 May;9(3):e17-9.
Barber PA, Hach S, Tippett LJ, Ross L, Merry AF, Milsom P. Cerebral ischemic lesions
on diffusion-weighted imaging are associated with neurocognitive decline following
cardiac surgery. Stroke. 2008;39(5):1427-33.
Bennett PB, Wienke BR, Mitchell SJ (eds). Decompression and the Deep Stop – Workshop
Proceedings. Durham NC 2008, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society: 329pp (ISBN
0 930406 24 9).
Chisholm A, Harrison MJ. Opioid abuse amongst anaesthetists: a system to detect
personal usage. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. in press.
Connor C, Gohil B, Harrison M. 6-Sigma systolic arterial pressure alarms. Euroanaesthesia
2008, 3AP4-1, Copenhagen, Denmark . (Eur J Anaesthesiol 2008; 25 (Suppl 44): 3AP4-1).
Connor CW, Gohil B, Harrison MJ. Triggering of systolic arterial pressure alarms
using statistics-based versus threshold alarms. Anaesthesia 2009;64:131-5.
Cooper R Lebron, Merry Alan. Medication Management. In Stonemetz J, Ruskin K eds.
Anesthesia Informatics. London : Springer 2008; 209-226. ISBN 978-0387-76417-7.
Cumin D, Merry AF, Weller JM. Standards for simulation (editorial) Anaesthesia 2008.
63: 1281-1287. Cumin D, Merry AF, Weller JM. Standards for simulation (editorial)
Anaesthesia 2008. 63: 1281-1287.
Dallimore D, Herd DW, Short T, Anderson BJ. Dosing ketamine for pediatric procedural
sedation in the emergency department. Pediatric Emergency Care 2008 Epub 18 July.
Gander P, Miller M, Webster C, Merry A. Sleep loss and performance of anaesthesia
trainees and specialists. Chronobiology International 2008; 25(6):1077-1091.
Gibb IA , Anderson BJ. Paracetamol pharmacodynamics; interpreting the serum concentration.
Arch Dis Child 2008; 93:241-7
Harrison M, Fry R. The Art of Anaesthesia. ANZCA ASM 2008, Sydney, Australia.
Hayne AB, Weiser TG, Berry WB, Lipsitz SR, Breizat AS, Dellinger EP, Herbosa T,
Joseph S, Kibatala PL, Lapitan MCM, Merry AF, Moorthy K, Reznick RK, Taylor B, Gawande
AA for the Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. A Surgical Safety Checklist to
Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Patient Population. New England Journal
of Medicine, 2009; 360: 491-9.
Herd DW, Anderson BJ, Keene NA, Holford NHG. Investigating the pharmacodynamics
of ketamine in children. Pediatr Anesth 2008; 18:36-42.
Houliston B, Parry D, Merry, A. Sensors and Insensibility: Monitoring Anaesthetic
Activity with RFID. In: Peck C, Warren J, editors. Health Informatics New Zealand
Seventh Annual Conference and Exhibition; October 15-17, Rotorua , New Zealand :
Health Informatics New Zealand ; 2008.
Koomen E, Bouman E, Callewaerdt P, Vos GD, Prins MH, Anderson BJ, Marcus MAE. An
evaluation of a non-invasive bladder volume measurement in children. Scand J Urol
Nephrol Epub 15 April 2008.
Lee K, Yang KJ, Plimmer B, Harrison M. Real-time anaesthesia diagnosis display system
with multi-modal alarms. Dec 2008, Cairns, Australia . Proceedings OZCHI 2008 ISBN
0-9803063-4-5
Martinsen, P., Charlier, J-L., Willcox, T., Warman G.R., McGlone A., Kunnemeyer,
R. (2008).Temperature Dependence of Near-infrared Spectra of Whole Blood. Journal
of Biomedical Optics 13 (3): 034016. selected for the July 1 2008 issue of Virtual
Journal of Biological Physics Research.
Merry AF and Sidebotham D. Medicolegal issues in critical care. In Klein A, Vuylsteke
A and Nashef S (eds) Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Cambridge University
Press 2008, 504-511.
Merry AF and Sidebotham D. Research in Critical care. In Klein A, Vuylsteke A and
Nashef S (eds) Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Cambridge University
Press 2008, 512-518.
Merry AF, Webster CS. Medication Errors in New Zealand- time to act (invited editorial).
New Zealand Medical Journal 2008; 121 (1272), 6-9. http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1272/3015/
Merry AF. Ethics, industry and outcomes. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular
Anesthesia 2008: 12 (1): 7-11.
Merry AF. Managing risk to patient safety in clinical units. In Sorenson R and Iedema
R. Managing Clinical Processes in Health Services. Elsevier Australia . Submitted.
Merry AF. Safety in anaesthesia: reporting incidents and learning from them (invited
editorial). Anaesthesia 2008. 63: 337-339.
Merry Alan F. How does the law recognise and deal with medical errors? In Health
Care Errors and Patient Safety. Hurwitz B and Sheikh A. Wiley-Blackwell BMJ Books
2008, 77-90. In Press.
Merry, AF., Weller, JM., Robinson, BJ., Warman, GR., Davies, E., Shaw, J., Cheeseman,
JF., Wilson, LF. (2008) A simulation design for research evaluating safety innovations
in anaesthesia Anaesthesia 63 (12): 1349-1357.
Merry, Alan Forbes, 'When Are Errors A Crime? - Lessons From New Zealand ', in Charles
A. Erin & Suzanne Ost (Eds.), The Criminal Justice System and Health Care. Oxford
: Oxford University Press 2008, 67-97.
Mitchell SJ, Bennett MH. Clearance to dive and fitness for work. In: Neuman TS,
Thom SR (Eds). The Physiology and Medicine of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Philadelphia
2008, Saunders Publishers: 65-94.
Mitchell SJ, Doolette DJ. Selective vulnerability of the inner ear to decompression
sickness in divers with right to left shunt: the role of tissue gas supersaturation.
J Appl Physiol 2009: In press.
Mitchell SJ, Merry AF, Frampton C, Davies E, Grieve D, Mills BP, Webster CS, Milsom
FP, Willcox TW, Gorman DF. Cerebral protection by lidocaine during cardiac operations:
a follow-up study. Ann Thorac Surg 2009: In press.
Mitchell SJ, Merry AF. Lignocaine: neuroprotective or wishful thinking? J Extracorporeal
Technol 2009: In press.
Mitchell SJ. Carbon dioxide retention. In: Mount T, Dituri J (eds). Exploration
and Mixed Gas Diving Encyclopaedia: The Tao of Underwater Survival. Miami USA ,
IANTD Publishing: 2008:51-61.
Mitchell SJ. Respiratory physiology for technical divers. In: Gurr K. Technical
Diving From the Bottom Up (2nd ed). Cornwall UK , Periscope Publishing: 2009 In
press.
Mitchell SJ. Technical diving overview. In: Bennett PB, Wienke BR, Mitchell SJ eds.
Decompression and the Deep Stop Workshop Proceedings. Durham NC 2008, Undersea and
Hyperbaric Medical Society: 63-84.
Potts, AL., Warman G.R., Anderson B.J. (2008) Dexmedetomidine disposition in children;
a population analysis. Paedeatric Anaesthesia. 18: 722-730.
Putterill, J., Stockum, C. Warman, G.R. Photoperiodic flowering in the long day
plant Arabidopsis thaliana In Photoperiodism: The Biological Calender. R.J. Nelson,
D.L. Denlinger, and D.E. Somers (2008) (Editors) In Press.
Robert Frengley, Jenny Weller, Jane Torrie, Lara Hopley, Kaylene Henderson, Alan
Merry, Peter Dezendrowskyj. Participants' perception of involvement in a one-day
simulation based team-work course for intensive care teams. Anaesthesia and Intensive
Care 2008 (submitted).
Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity
and mortality in a global population. N Eng J Med 2009;360:491-9
Sames C, Gorman D, Mitchell SJ, Gamble G. The utility of repetitive medical examinations
of occupational divers. Internal Med J 2009: In press.
Singh H, Merry AF, Ruygrok P, Ruttley A. Treatment of recurrent chest pain in a
heart transplant recipient using spinal cord stimulation. Anaesthesia and Intensive
Care 2008; 36: 242-244.
Weller J, Janssen AL, Merry AF, Robinson B. Interdisciplinary team interactions:
a qualitative study of perceptions of team function in simulated anaesthetic crises.
Medical Education 2008; 42(4):382-8.
Weller JM, Merry AF, Robinson B, Warman GR, Janssen A. The impact of trained assistance
on error rates in anaesthesia: a simulation-based randomised controlled trial. Anaesthesia
2008. Accepted.
Weller, J.M., Merry, A.F., Robinson, B., Warman, G.R., Janssen, A. (2008) The impact
of trained anaesthesia assistance on error rates in anaesthesia: a simulation-based
randomized controlled trial. In press Anaesthesia.
Yang T, Lee K, Harrison M, Plimmer B. An audio-visual display design for the presentation
of intra-operative diagnostic information. ASA/NZSA Combined Scientific Congress,
Oct 2008, Wellington New Zealand . p108.
Zernikow B, Michel E, Anderson BJ, Craig F. Pediatric Palliative Care: Use of Opioids
for the Management of Pain. Paediatr Drugs (in press).
Waikato
Kalkoff M, Chan-Dominy A, Sleigh JW, Jogia PM, Cursons RT, Towers R, La Pine M.
Alpha1-adrenergic receptor mRNA and inflammatory mediator expression in circulating
leucocytes after cardiac surgery. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2008 Jul;36(4):535-43.
Li X, Li D, Liang Z, Voss LJ, Sleigh JW. Analysis of depth of anesthesia with Hilbert-Huang
spectral entropy. Clin Neurophysiol. 2008;119(11):2465-75.
Moira L. Steyn-Ross, D. A. Steyn-Ross, M. T. Wilson, and J. W. Sleigh. Interacting
Turing and Hopf Instabilities Drive Pattern Formation in a Noise-Driven Model Cortex.
In: Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics ICCN 2007 Proceedings of the International
Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics.Wang, Rubin; Gu, Fanji; Shen, Enhua (Eds.)
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8386-0.
Olofsen E, Sleigh JW, Dahan A. Permutation entropy of the electroencephalogram:
a measure of anaesthetic drug effect. Br J Anaesth. 2008 ;101(6):810-21.
Sleigh JW. Mechanisms of General Anesthesia. IARS 2007 Review Course Lectures, April
Supplement Anesthesia and Analgesia: 85-89.
Subramaniam RM, Mandrekar J, Chang C, Blair D, Gilbert K, Peller PJ, Sleigh J, Karalus
N. Pulmonary embolism outcome: a prospective evaluation of CT pulmonary angiographic
clot burden score and ECG score. Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jun;190(6):1599-604.
Voss LJ, Voss JM, McLeay L, Sleigh JW. Aconitine induces prolonged seizure-like
events in rat neocortical brain slices. Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Apr 28;584(2-3):291-6.
Voss L, and Sleigh JW, Unconsciousness with an active cortex: ketamine anaesthesia
and rapid eye movement sleep. In: New Research on Consciousness ISBN 1-60021-246-8
Editor: Jason T. Locks, pp. 101-116. 2006 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Voss LJ, Sleigh JW, Barnard JP, Kirsch HE. The howling cortex: seizures and general
anesthetic drugs. Anesth Analg. 2008 Nov;107(5):1689-703.
