By Conjoint Professor Balasubramanian Venkatesh

Journal articles

Krishnan A; Venkatesh B, 2013, 'Vitamin D measurement in the intensive care unit: Methodology, clinical relevance and interpretation of a random value', Inflammation and Allergy Drug Targets, 12, pp. 230 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18715281113129990050

Krishnan A; Grosso A; Dimeski G; Grice J; Jones M; Venkatesh B, 2013, 'Evidence for extra-renal production of 1α,25(OH)2D 3 in critical illness: A preliminary study', Intensive Care Medicine, 39, pp. 1505 - 1506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2961-5

Kruger P; Bailey M; Bellomo R; Cooper DJ; Harward M; Higgins A; Howe B; Jones D; Joyce C; Kostner K; McNeil J; Nichol A; Roberts MS; Syres G; Venkatesh B, 2013, 'A multicenter randomized trial of atorvastatin therapy in intensive care patients with severe sepsis', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 187, pp. 743 - 750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201209-1718OC

White H; Venkatesh B; Jones M; Worrall S; Chuah T; Ordonez J, 2013, 'Effect of a hypertonic balanced ketone solution on plasma, CSF and brain beta-hydroxybutyrate levels and acid-base status', Intensive Care Medicine, 39, pp. 727 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-012-2790-y

Grundgeiger T; Sanderson PM; Beltran Orihuela C; Thompson A; MacDougall HG; Nunnink L; Venkatesh B, 2013, 'Prospective memory in the ICU: The effect of visual cues on task execution in a representative simulation', Ergonomics, 56, pp. 579 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2013.765604

Venkatesh B; Freebairn R, 2013, 'Assessment of the distribution and professional roles of the new Fellows of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 15, pp. 327 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1441-2772(23)01434-5

Cohen J; Venkatesh B; Tan T, 2013, 'Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of measured and calculated free cortisol in acutely ill patients using the Coolens equation', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 15, pp. 39 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1441-2772(23)02186-5

Semark AJ; Venkatesh K; McWhinney BC; Pretorius C; Roberts JA; Cohen J; Venkatesh B, 2013, 'The compatibility of a low concentration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate with selected drugs during a simulated Y-site administration', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 15, pp. 63 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1441-2772(23)02191-9

Yu P; Venkatesh B, 2013, 'Fuzzy security constraints for unit commitment with outages', IET GENERATION TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, 7, pp. 1516 - 1526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2012.0573

Dadhania A; Venkatesh B; Nassif AB; Sood VK, 2013, 'Modeling of doubly fed induction generators for distribution system power flow analysis', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS, 53, pp. 576 - 583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.05.025

Chua H-R; Venkatesh B; Stachowski E; Schneider AG; Perkins K; Ladanyi S; Kruger P; Bellomo R, 2013, 'Plasma-Lyte 148 vs 0.9% Saline for Fluid Resuscitation in Diabetic Ketoacidosis', Survey of Anesthesiology, 57, pp. 107 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.sa.0000428771.48543.af

Sonawane R; Jones M; Kruger P; Venkatesh B; Rao J, 2012, 'Placebo disclosure rate in randomized controlled trials involving critically ill patients', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 186, pp. 463 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.186.5.463a

Morgan TJ; Venkatesh B; Power G; Jones M, 2012, 'Acid-base effects of a bicarbonate-balanced priming fluid during cardiopulmonary bypass: Comparison with Plasma-Lyte 148. A randomised single-blinded study (Anaesth Intensive Care (2008) 36, (822-829))', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 40, pp. 719

Cohen J; Pretorius C; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Dismissal of the utility of free cortisol measurement is premature', Intensive Care Medicine, 38, pp. 718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-012-2505-4

Chua HR; Venkatesh B; Stachowski E; Schneider AG; Perkins K; Ladanyi S; Kruger P; Bellomo R, 2012, 'Plasma-Lyte 148 vs 0.9% saline for fluid resuscitation in diabetic ketoacidosis', Journal of Critical Care, 27, pp. 138 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.01.007

Amrein K; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Vitamin D and the critically ill patient', Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 15, pp. 188 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCO.0b013e32834f0027

Kruger PS; Joyce CJ; Harward ML; Jones MA; Kostner KM; Roberts MS; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Continuation of statin therapy in patients with presumed infection [2]', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 185, pp. 456 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.185.4.456a

Dimeski G; Morgan TJ; Presneill JJ; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Disagreement between ion selective electrode direct and indirect sodium measurements: Estimation of the problem in a tertiary referral hospital', Journal of Critical Care, 27, pp. 326 - 326.e16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.11.003

Venkatesh B; Davidson B; Robinson K; Pascoe R; Appleton C; Jones M, 2012, 'Do random estimations of vitamin D 3 and parathyroid hormone reflect the 24-h profile in the critically ill?', Intensive Care Medicine, 38, pp. 177 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2415-x

Sturgess DJ; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Plasma free cortisol and B-type natriuretic peptide in septic shock', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 40, pp. 95 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1204000109

Cohen J; Smith ML; Deans RV; Pretorius CJ; Ungerer JPJ; Tan T; Jones M; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Serial changes in plasma total cortisol, Plasma free cortisol, and tissue cortisol activity in patients with septic shock: An observational study', Shock, 37, pp. 28 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SHK.0b013e318239b809

Nair P; Venkatesh B, 2012, 'Vitamin D in the ICU: Anything new under the sun?', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 14, pp. 268 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1441-2772(23)01767-2

Brandon RB; Thomas M; Brandon RA; Venter D; Presneill J; Lipman J; Morgan J; Venkatesh B; Sackier J; Sutherland A, 2012, 'A limited set of molecular biomarkers may provide superior diagnostic outcomes to procalcitonin in sepsis', Critical care (London, England), 16, pp. P40 - P40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11727

He Y; Venkatesh B; Guan L, 2012, 'Optimal Scheduling for Charging and Discharging of Electric Vehicles', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, 3, pp. 1095 - 1105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSG.2011.2173507

Cooper MS; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'Preface', Best Practice and Research Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 25, pp. 703 - 704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beem.2011.08.002

Robinson K; Kruger P; Phillips LK; Prins J; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'Effect of statin therapy on plasma adiponectin concentrations in patients with the sepsis syndrome: A preliminary investigation', Intensive Care Medicine, 37, pp. 1388 - 1389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2247-8

Robinson K; Prins J; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'Clinical review: Adiponectin biology and its role in inflammation and critical illness', Critical Care, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10021

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

Savithri MB; Iyer V; Jones M; Yarwood T; Looke D; Kruger PS; Faogali J; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'Epidemiology and significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated in blood cultures from critically ill adult patients', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 13, pp. 103 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1441-2772(23)01840-9

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

Arunagiri A; Venkatesh B, 2011, 'HARMONIC LOAD FLOW FOR RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS', JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 6, pp. 300 - 310

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

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