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Journal articles

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

Hillman KM; Chen J; May EL, 2009, 'Complex intensive care unit interventions', Critical Care Medicine, 37, pp. S102 - S105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181920f18

Ou L; Young L; Chen J; Santiano N; Baramy L; Hillman KM, 2009, 'Discharge delay in acute care: reasons and determinants of delay in general ward patients', Australian Health Review, 33, pp. 513 - 521

Reynolds S; Bellomo R; Hillman KM, 2009, 'Rapid Response Team Implementation and Hospital Mortality Rates', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 301, pp. 1659

Frost SA; Alexandrou E; Bogdanovski T; Salamonson Y; Davidson PM; Parr MJ; Hillman KM, 2009, 'Severity of illness and risk of readmission to intensive care: A meta-analysis', Resuscitation, 80, pp. 505 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.02.015

Hillman KM, 2009, 'The conveyor belt of acute care - what should happen?', EOL. Towards Quality Care at the End of Life, 1, pp. 6 - 7

Chen J; Hillman KM; Bellomo R; Flabouris A; Finfer SR; Cretikos MA, 2009, 'The impact of introducing medical emergency team system on the documentations of vital signs', Resuscitation, 80, pp. 35 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.10.009

Chen J; Bellomo R; Flabouris A; Hillman KM; Finfer SR, 2009, 'The relationship between early emergency team calls and serious adverse events', Critical Care Medicine, 37, pp. 148 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181928ce3

Frost SA; Alexandrou E; Bogdanovski T; Salamonson Y; Parr MJ; Hillman KM, 2009, 'Unplanned admission to intensive care after emergency hospitalisation: Risk factors and development of a nomogram for individualising risk', Resuscitation, 80, pp. 224 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.10.030

Hillman K, 2008, 'Rapid response systems', Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 12, pp. 77 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.42561

Hillman KM, 2008, 'Overview of Outreach', ICU Management, 8, pp. 6 - 6

Forero R; Mohsin M; Mccarthy SM; Young L; Ieraci S; Hillman KM; Santiano N; Bauman A; Phung HN, 2008, 'Prevalence of morphine use and time to initial analgesia in an Australian emergency department', Emergency Medicine Australasia, 20, pp. 136 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01068.x

Forero R; Mohsin M; McCarthy S; Young L; Ieraci S; Hillman K; Santiano N; Bauman A; Phung H, 2008, 'Prevalence of morphine use and time to initial analgesia in an Australian emergency department', Acute Pain, 10, pp. 103 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acpain.2008.05.031

Cretikos MA; Bellomo R; Hillman KM; Chen J; Finfer SR; Flabouris A, 2008, 'Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign', Medical Journal of Australia, 188, pp. 657 - 659

Chen J; Flabouris A; Bellomo R; Hillman KM; Finfer SR, 2008, 'The Medical Emergency Team System and Not-for-Resuscitation Orders: Results from the MERIT Study', Resuscitation, 79, pp. 391 - 397

Young L; Donald M; Parr M; Hillman K, 2008, 'The Medical Emergency Team System: A two hospital comparison', Resuscitation, 77, pp. 180 - 188

Tam V; Frost SA; Hillman KM; Salamonson Y, 2008, 'Using administrative data to develop a nomogram for individualising risk of unplanned admission to intensive cre.', Resuscitation, 79, pp. 241 - 248

Hillman K; Chen J, 2007, 'Health services research and critical care', , pp. 773 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-35096-9_73

Hillman K; Chen J, 2007, 'Managing conflict at the end-of-life', , pp. 969 - 978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92278-2_86

MacPartlin M; Hillman KM, 2007, 'Medical Emergency Team Calls: The need to communicate a resuscitation plan', Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 33, pp. 54 - 56

DeVita M; Bellomo R; Hillman KM; Kellum J; Harvey M, 2007, 'Requirements of the afferent arm of rapid response systems - Reply', Critical Care Medicine, 35, pp. 993 - 994

Cheatham ML; Malbrain ML; Kirkpatrick A; Sugrue ME; Parr MJ; De Waele J; Balogh ZJ; Leppaniemi A; Leppaniemi A; Olvera C; Ivatury R; D Amours S; Wendon J; Hillman KM; Wilmer A, 2007, 'Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. II. Recommendations', Intensive Care Medicine, 33, pp. 951 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0592-4

Cretikos MA; Chen J; Hillman KM; Bellomo R; Finfer SR; Flabouris A, 2007, 'The effectiveness of implementation of the medical emergency team (MET) system and factors associated with use during the MERIT study', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 9, pp. 205 - 212

Cretikos MA; Chen J; Hillman KM; Bellomo R; Finfer SR; Flabouris A, 2007, 'The objective medical emergency team activation criteria: A case-control study', Resuscitation, 73, pp. 62 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.08.020

DeVita MA; Bellomo R; Hillman K; Kellum J; Rotondi A; Teres D; Auerbach A; Chen WJ; Duncan K; Kenward G; Bell M; Buist M; Chen J; Bion J; Kirby A; Lighthall G; Ovreveit J; Braithwaite RS; Gosbee J; Milbrandt E; Peberdy M; Savitz L; Young L; Harvey M; Galhotra S, 2006, 'Erratum: Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams (Critical Care Medicine (2006) 34, (2463-2478))', Critical Care Medicine, 34, pp. 3070

DeVita MA; Bellomo R; Hillman K, 2006, 'Introduction to the rapid response systems series', Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 32, pp. 359 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32046-6

Silove DM; Brooks RT; Steel ZP; Blaszczynski A; Hillman KM; Tyndall K; Blaszczynski , 2006, 'Can structured interviews for posttraumatic stress disorder assist clinical decision-making after motor vehicle accidents? An exploratory analysis', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, pp. 194 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.08.004

Iribhogbe P; Verbeek D; Sugrue ME; Hemathulintra D; Parr MJ; Hillman KM, 2006, 'Continuous abdominal perfusion pressure in intensive care - a novel technique', Inernational Journal of Disaster Medicine, 4, pp. 22 - 22

Hillman KM, 2006, 'Dying in Intensive Care', Care of the Critically Ill, 22, pp. 56 - 56

DeVita M; Bellomo R; Hillman KM; Kellum J; Rotondi A; Teres D; Auerbach A; Chen W; Duncan K; Kenward G; Bell M; Buist MD; Chen X; Bion J; Kirby A; Lighthall G; Ovreveit J; Braithwaite S; Gosbee J; Milbrandt E; Peberdy M; Savitz L; Young L; Galhotra S, 2006, 'Findings of the First Consensus Conference on Medical Emergency Teams', Critical Care Medicine, 34, pp. 2463 - 2478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000235743.38172.6E

DeVita MA; Bellomo R; Hillman K; Kellum J; Rotondi A; Teres D; Auerbach A; Chen W-J; Duncan K; Kenward G; Bell M; Buist M; Chen J; Bion J; Kirby A; Lighthall G; Ovreveit J; Braithwaite RS; Gosbee J; Milbrandt E; Peberdy M; Savitz L; Young L; Harvey M; Galhotra S, 2006, 'Findings of the First Consensus Conference on Medical Emergency Teams (vol 34, pg 2463, 2006)', CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, 34, pp. 3070 - 3070

Cretikos MA; Parr MJ; Hillman KM; Bishop G; Brown DP; Daffurn K; Dinh H; Francis N; heath T; Hill G; Murphy J; Sanchez D; Santiano N; Young L, 2006, 'Guidelines for the uniform reporting of data for Medical Emergency Teams', Resuscitation, 68, pp. 11 - 25

Forero R; Young L; Hillman KM; Bauman A; Ieraci S, 2006, 'Prevalence of psychological distress assessed in emergency departments', Emergency Medicine Journal, 23, pp. 489 - 489

DeVita M; Bellomo R; Hillman KM, 2006, 'Rapid response systems: The stories: Introduction to the rapid resposne systems series', Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 32, pp. 359 - 360

Malbrain ML; Cheatham ML; Kirkpatrick A; Sugrue ME; Parr MJ; de Waele J; Balogh ZJ; Lepp niemi A; Olvera C; Ivatury R; D Amours S; Wendon J; Hillman KM; Johansson K; Kolkman K; Wilmer A, 2006, 'Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. I. Definitions', Intensive Care Medicine, 32, pp. 1722 - 1732

Buttfield MA; Amos JD; Hillman KM, 2006, 'The Medical Emergency Team as a Safety Net', Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 32, pp. 641 - 645

Hillman KM, 2006, 'What is vital to measure?', Anaesthesia, 61, pp. 1027 - 1028

Phung HN; Bauman A; Tran M; Young L; Mcdonald JL; Michell L; Hillman KM, 2005, 'Factors that influence special care nursery admissions to a district hospital in South-Western Sydney.', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Vol. 48, Suppl. 2, 2012, 1–13), 41, pp. 119 - 124

Hillman KM, 2005, 'History of Outreach', ICU Management, 5, pp. 8 - 10

Hillman KM; Chen J; Cretikos MA; Bellomo R; Brown DP; Doig G; Finfer SR; Flabouris A, 2005, 'Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial', Lancet, 365, pp. 2091 - 2097, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673605667335

Santiano N; Murphy J; Cretikos MA; Hillman KM, 2005, 'Managing implementation of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia', ICU Management, Issue 2, pp. 14 - 15

Hillman KM, 2005, 'Medical emergency teams (METS): preventive practice', ICU Management, 5, pp. 54 - 54

Suri S; Hillman KM, 2005, 'Neostigmine for treatment of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.', Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 9, pp. 86 - 87


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