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Journal articles

Powell M; Pilkington R; Ahmed T; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Lynch JW; Dobbins T; Stewart J; Cretikos M; Havard A; Falster K, 2025, 'Prevalence of maternal substance use problems during pregnancy and the first 2 years of life: A whole-population birth cohort of 970 470 Australian children born 2008-2017', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 79, pp. 614 - 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-223439

Lovell T; Mitchell M; Powell M; Strube P; Tonge A; O'Neill K; Dunstan E; Bonnin-Trickett A; Miller E; Suliman A; Ownsworth T; Ranse K, 2025, 'An interprofessional multicomponent intervention to improve end-of-life care in intensive care: A before-and-after study', Australian Critical Care, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2024.101147

Pollard-Wharton N; Townsend A; Newton BJ; Andersen M; MacNiven R; Corby C; McCausland R; MacGillivray P; Spencer W; Hunter K; Clapham K; Erskine C; Powell M; Ivers RQ, 2025, ''Better together': Codesign of Aboriginal unintentional child injury prevention programme', Injury Prevention, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045355

Townsend A; Macniven R; Pollard-Wharton N; Andersen M; Powell M; Cairnduff S; McCausland R; Corby C; Clapham K; Ivers RQ, 2025, '‘They have a really good way of getting it to the kids’: evaluation of a child injury prevention programme in Walgett, New South Wales', Injury Prevention, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2025-045630

Powell M; Pilkington R; Ahmed T; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Stewart J; Cretikos M; Havard A; Kathleen F, 2024, 'Prenatal and early life maternal substance use prevalence among Australian children born 2007-2018: a data linkage study using health, death, and child protection data', International Journal of Population Data Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2680

Varney B; Brett J; Zoega H; Gillies MB; Powell M; Bateman BT; Shand AW; Pearson SA; Havard A, 2024, 'Opioid analgesic exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of major congenital malformations in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis†', Anaesthesia, 79, pp. 967 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/anae.16307

Powell M; Pilkington R; Varney B; Havard A; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Oei JL; Ahmed T; Falster K, 2024, 'The burden of prenatal and early life maternal substance use among children at risk of maltreatment: A systematic review', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 823 - 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13835

Economidis G; Pilkington R; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Shakeshaft A; Powell M; Eades AM; Falster K, 2023, 'The effect of family-based therapy on child physical abuse and neglect: a narrative systematic review', International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice, 6, pp. 633 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42448-023-00170-z

Lovell T; Mitchell M; Powell M; Tonge A; Strube P; O'Neill K; Dunstan E; Bonnin-Trickett A; Miller E; Suliman A; Ownsworth T; Ranse K, 2023, 'Dying in intensive care: An analysis of the perspectives of families and clinicians on end-of-life care', Australian Critical Care, 36, pp. 595 - 603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.07.004

Lovell T; Mitchell M; Powell M; Cummins B; Tonge A; Metcalf E; Ownsworth T; O'Neill K; Morris L; Ranse K, 2023, 'Fostering positive emotions, psychological well-being, and productive relationships in the intensive care unit: A before-and-after study', Australian Critical Care, 36, pp. 28 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.08.001

Lovell T; Mitchell M; Powell M; Tonge A; Strube P; O'Neill K; Bonnin-Trickett A; Dunstan E; Miller E; Suliman DA; Ownsworth T; Ranse K, 2023, 'Improving end-of-life care in intensive care: a before/after study', Australian Critical Care, 36, pp. S3 - S4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2023.07.018

Coyer F; Chaboyer W; Lin F; Doubrovsky A; Barakat-Johnson M; Brown W; Lakshmanan R; Leslie G; Jones SL; Pearse I; Martin K; McInnes E; Powell M; Mitchell ML; Sosnowski K; Tallot M; Thompson A; Thompson L; Labeau S; Blot S, 2022, 'Pressure injury prevalence in Australian intensive care units: A secondary analysis', Australian Critical Care, 35, pp. 701 - 708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.009

O'Neill K; Lovell T; Powell M; Brown D; Davis C; Calleja P; Walsham J; Nielsen S; Mitchell M, 2022, 'Improving the handover of complex trauma patients by implementing a standardised process', Australian Critical Care, 35, pp. S4 - S4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.08.022

Santomauro C; Powell M; Davis C; Liu D; Aitken LM; Sanderson P, 2021, 'Interruptions to intensive care nurses and clinical errors and procedural failures: A controlled study of causal connection', Journal of Patient Safety, 17, pp. E1433 - E1440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000528

Larsen EN; Corley A; Mitchell M; Lye I; Powell M; Tom S; Mihala G; Ullman AJ; Gibson V; Marsh N; Kleidon TM; Rapchuk IL; Rickard CM, 2021, 'A pilot randomised controlled trial of dressing and securement methods to prevent arterial catheter failure in intensive care', Australian Critical Care, 34, pp. 38 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.05.004

Castillo MI; Mitchell M; Davis C; Powell M; Le Brocque R; Ullman A; Wetzig K; Rattray J; Hull AM; Kenardy J; Aitken LM, 2020, 'Feasibility and acceptability of conducting a partially randomised controlled trial examining interventions to improve psychological health after discharge from the intensive care unit', Australian Critical Care, 33, pp. 488 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.01.002

Powell M; Brown D; Davis C; Walsham J; Calleja P; Nielsen S; Mitchell M, 2020, 'Handover practices of nurses transferring trauma patients from intensive care units to the ward: A multimethod observational study', Australian Critical Care, 33, pp. 538 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.03.004

Mitchell ML; Ullman AJ; Takashima M; Davis C; Mihala G; Powell M; Gibson V; Zhang L; Bauer M; Geoffrey Playford E; Rickard CM, 2020, 'Central venous access device Securement and dressing effectiveness: The CASCADE pilot randomised controlled trial in the adult intensive care', Australian Critical Care, 33, pp. 441 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2019.10.002

Mitchell M; Ullman A; Takashima M; Davis C; Mihala G; Powell M; Gibson V; Zhang L; Bauer M; Playford G; Rickard C, 2020, 'Central venous access device securement and dressing effectiveness: the cascade pilot randomised controlled trial in adult intensive care', Australian Critical Care, 33, pp. S2 - S2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.04.004

Powell M; Bonnin-Trickett A; Davis C; Dunstan E; Suliman A; Tonge A; Mansfield D; Ownsworth T; Takashima M; Mitchell M, 2020, 'End-of-life care in ICU – what clinicians think', Australian Critical Care, 33, pp. S12 - S12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2020.04.036

Powell M; Mitchell M; Brown D; Davis C; Nielsen S; Calleja P; Walsham J, 2019, 'Discrepancies and Deficits in Nursing Handover of Trauma Patients From the ICU to the Ward – We Can Improve', Australian Critical Care, 32, pp. S5 - S5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2018.11.019

Davis C; Mitchell M; Powell M; Takashima M; Aitken L, 2019, 'Sleep and Delirium in the Intensive Care: A Pre–post Cohort Study Following Implementation of a Unit-wide Sleep Bundle', Australian Critical Care, 32, pp. S4 - S4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2018.11.017

Santomauro C; Powell M; Davis C; Liu D; Aitken L; Sanderson P, 2018, 'Interruptions to intensive care nurses lead to clinical errors', Australian Critical Care, 31, pp. 125 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.038

Keech AC; Scott R; Best J; Forder P; Taskinen MR; Simes J; Barter P; Colman P; d'Emden M; Davis T; Drury P; Ehnholm C; Glasziou P; Hunt D; Kesaniemi YA; Laakso M; Simes RJ; Sullivan D; Whiting M; Ansquer JC; Fraitag B; Anderson N; Hankey G; Lehto S; Mann S; Romo M; Li LP; Hennekens C; MacMahon S; Pocock S; Tonkin A; Wilhelmsen L; Akauola H; Alford F; Beinart I; Bohra S; Boyages S; Connor H; Darnell D; Davoren P; Lepre F; De Looze F; Duffield A; Fassett R; Flack J; Fulcher G; Grant S; Hamwood S; Harmelin D; Jackson R; Jeffries W; Kamp M; Kritharides L; Mahar L; McCann V; McIntyre D; Moses R; Newnham H; Nicholson G; O'Brien R; Park K; Petrovsky N; Phillips P; Pinn G; Simmons D; Stanton K; Stuckey B; Sullivan DR; Suranyi M; Suthers M; Tan Y; Templer M; Topliss D; Waites JH; Watts G; Welborn T; Wyndham R; Haapamaki H; Kesaniemi A; Laakso M; Lahtela J; Levanen H; Saltevo J; Sodervik H; Taskinen M; Vanhala M; Baker J; Burton A; Dixon P; Doran J; Drury P; Dunn P; Graham N; Hamer A; Hedley J; Lloyd J; Manning P; McPherson I; Morris S; Barter P; Powell M, 2005, 'Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study: Baseline characteristics and short-term effects of fenofibrate [ISRCTN64783481]', Cardiovascular Diabetology, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-4-13

Barter P; Best J; Colman P; d'Emden M; Davis T; Drury P; Ehnholm C; Glasziou P; Hunt D; Keech A; Kesaniemi Y; Laakso M; Scott R; Simes R; Sullivan D; Taskinen MR; Whiting M; Ansquer JC; Fraitag B; Anderson N; Hankey G; Lehto S; Mann S; Romo M; Li L; Hennekens C; MacMahon S; Pocock S; Tonkin A; Wilhelmsen L; Forder P; Akauola H; Alford F; Beinart I; Bohra S; Boyages S; Connor H; Darnell D; Davoren P; Lepre F; De Looze F; Duffield A; Fassett R; Flack J; Fulcher G; Grant S; Hamwood S; Harmelin D; Jackson R; Jeffries W; Kamp M; Kritharides L; Mahar L; McCann V; McIntyre D; Moses R; Newnham H; Nicholson G; O'Brien R; Park K; Petrovsky N; Phillips P; Pinn G; Simmons D; Stanton K; Stuckey B; Sullivan DR; Suranyi M; Suthers M; Tan Y; Templer M; Topliss D; Waites JH; Watts G; Welborn T; Wyndham R; Haapamaki H; Kesaniemi A; Lahtela J; Levanen H; Saltevo J; Sodervik H; Vanhala M; Baker J; Burton A; Dixon P; Doran J; Dunn P; Graham N; Hamer A; Hedley J; Lloyd J; Manning P; McPherson I; Morris S; Renner C; Smith R; Wackrow M; Young S; Alard F, 2004, 'The need for a large-scale trial of fibrate therapy in diabetes: The rationale and design of the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study. [ISRCTN64783481]', Cardiovascular Diabetology, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-3-9

Conference Papers

O'Neill K; Powell M; Lovell T; Brown D; Walsham J; Calleja P; Nielsen S; Mitchell M, 2023, 'Improving the handover of complex trauma patients by implementing a standardised process', in Australian Critical Care, pp. 799 - 805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.10.020

Lovell T; Mitchell M; Powell M; Strube P; Dunstan E; Bonnin-Trickett A; Tonge A; Suliman A; Ranse K; Miller E; Ownsworth T, 2022, 'DYING IN INTENSIVE CARE: FAMILIES' EXPERIENCES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT', in AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, pp. S6 - S6

Cummins B; Mitchell M; Lovell T; Morris L; Ownsworth T; Powell M; Tonge A; O'Neil K; Metcalf E; Ranse K, 2022, 'IMPROVING WELLBEING IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS', in AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, pp. S6 - S6

Conference Posters

Powell M, 2024, 'Prenatal and early life maternal substance prevalence in Australian children', Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024

Preprints

Powell M; Pilkington R; Ahmed T; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Lynch J; Dobbins T; Stewart J; Cretikos M; Havard A; Falster K, 2024, Prevalence of maternal substance use during pregnancy and first two years of life: A whole-population cohort of 970,470 Australian children born 2008-2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.09.24318518


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