By Professor Kenneth Mark Hillman

Journal articles

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

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 & safety, 23, pp. 215 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002218

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; 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

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

Nugus PI; Forero R; Mccarthy S; McDonnell GD; Travaglia JF; Hillman KM; Braithwaite J, 2013, 'The emergency department ‘‘carousel’’: An ethnographically-derived model of the dynamics of patient flow', International Emergency Nursing, 10th May 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2013.01.001

Nosrati HN; Clay-Williams R; Cunningham F; Hillman KM; Braithwaite J, 2013, 'The role of organisational and cultural factors in the implementation of system-wide interventions in acute hospitals to improve patient outcomes: protocol for a systematic literature review.', BMJ Open, 3, pp. e002268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002268

Hunt L; Van luenen H; Alexandrou E; Frost SA; Davidson PM; Hillman KM; D'Amours S, 2012, 'A comparison of fluid instillation volumes to assess intra-abdominal pressure using Kron's methods', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 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

Ou L; Chen J; Hillman KM, 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 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 T; 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 central venous catheter placement services', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49, pp. 162 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.08.011

Hillman KM, 2012, 'Outreach systems - where next?', Journal of the Intensive Care Society, UK, 13, pp. 193 - 195

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 T; Casamento AJ; Duke GJ; Gibney NR; Hart G; Hillman KM; Jaderling G; Parmar A; Parr MJ, 2012, 'The role of the medical emergency team in end-of-life care: A multicenter, prospective, observational study', Critical Care Medicine, 40, pp. 98 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822e9d50

Forero R; Mccarthy S; Hillman KM, 2011, 'Access block and emeregency department overcrowding', Critical Care, 15, pp. 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9998

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 KM, 2011, 'Rapid response systems: You won't know there is a problem until you measure it', Critical Care, 15, pp. 1001

Hillman KM; Alexandrou E; Ramjan ; Spencer T; Frost SA; Salamonson Y; Davidson P, 2011, 'The use of mideline catheters in the adult care setting - clinical implictions and recommendations for practice', Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 16, pp. 8 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.2309/java.16-1-5

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

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

DeVita M; Smith G; Adam S; Adams-pizarro I; Buist MD; Bellomo R; Bonello R; Cerchiari E; Farlow B; Goldsmith D; Haskell H; Hillman KM; Howell M; Hravnak M; Hunt E; Hvarfner A; Kellett J; Lighthall G; Lippert A; Lippert F; Mahroof R; Myers J; Rosen M; Reynolds S; Rotondi A; Rubulotta F; Winters B, 2010, '“Identifying the hospitalised patient in crisis”—A consensus conference on the afferent limb of Rapid Response Systems', Resuscitation, 81, pp. 375 - 382

Alexandrou E; Spencer T; Frost SA; Parr MJ; Spencer T; Hillman KM, 2010, 'A review of the nursing role in central venous cannulation: implications for practice policy and research', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 99, pp. 1485 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02910.x

Yacopetti N; Alexandrou E; Spencer T; Frost SA; Davidson PM; O''sullivan G; Hillman KM, 2010, 'Central venous catheter insertion by a clinical nurse consultant or anaesthetic medical staff: a single-centre observational study', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 12, pp. 90 - 95

Hillman KM; Chen J; Anneman A, 2010, 'Continuum of hospital care: the role of intensive care', Current Opinion in Critical Care, 16, pp. 505 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833e11dc

Hillman KM, 2010, 'Dying safely', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 22, pp. 339 - 340

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

Ou L; Chen J; Hillman KM, 2010, 'Health services utilisation disparities between English speaking and non-English speaking background Australian infants', BMC Public Health, 10, pp. 182, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/182

Hillman KM; DeVita M; Bellomo R; Chen J, 2010, 'Meta-analysis for Rapid Response Teams', Archives of Internal Medicine, 170, pp. 996 - 997, http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=416017

Frost SA; Tam V; Alexandrou E; Hunt L; Salamonson Y; Davidson PM; Parr MJ; Hillman KM, 2010, 'Readmission to intensive care: development of a nomogram for individualising risk', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 12, pp. 83 - 89

Ou L; Chen J; Hillman KM; Eastwood JG, 2010, 'The comparison of health status and health services utilisation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34, pp. 50 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00473.x

Flabouris A; Chen J; Hillman KM; Bellomo R; Finfer SR, 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

Chen J; Bellomo R; Hillman KM; Flabouris A; Finfer SR, 2010, 'Triggers of the emergency team calls: A multicenter assessment', Journal of Critical Care, 25, pp. 359 e1 - 359 e7

Frost SA; Davidson P; Alexandrou E; Hunt L; Salamonson Y; Tam V; Parr MJ; Aneman A; Hillman KM, 2010, 'Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit in the very elderly and risk of in-hospital mortality', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 12, pp. 171 - 176

Hillman K; Morgan A, 2009, 'Why aren't they screaming?', Australian Doctor, pp. 14 - 21

Alexandrou E; Frost S; Spencer T; Davidson P; Parr MJ; Hillman KM, 2009, 'Nurse led central venous catheter insertion: An integrative review', AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE, 22, pp. 61 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2008.12.053

Frost SA; Alexandrou E; Bogdanovski T; Salamonson Y; Parr MJ; Hillman KM, 2009, 'Readmission to intensive care: A meta-analysis of severity of illness on admission and risk of readmission', AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE, 22, pp. 63 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2008.12.056

Santiano N; Young L; Hillman KM; Parr MJ; Jayasinghe S; Baramy L; Stevenson JD; heath T; Chan C; Claire M; Hanger G, 2009, 'Analysis of Medical Emergency Team calls comparing subjective to `objective` call criteria', Resuscitation, 80, pp. 44 - 49

Chen J; Flabouris A; Bellomo R; Hillman KM; Finfer SR; Doig G; Parr M, 2009, 'Baseline hospital perforamnce and the impact of medical emergency teams: Modeling vs conventional subgroup analysis', Trials, 10, pp. 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-10-117

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