Andrew T. Roberts

Management of Muscle Cramps in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Andrew T. Roberts, Jonathan Abdelmalak, Marie J. Sinclair, Adam Testro et autres

BACKGROUND: Muscle cramps are common in patients with cirrhosis. Despite their prevalence and impact on health-related quality of life, there are no widely used clinical practice guidelines for management of muscle cramps in cirrhosis. The aim of this review was to critically …

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A Nonrandomized Pilot Study to Investigate the Acceptability and Feasibility of LivR Well: A Multifaceted 28-Day Home-Based Liver Optimization Program for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Natalie L. Y. Ngu, Edward Saxby, Thomas Worland, Patricia S. Anderson et autres

Background and Aims Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) has a 22%–74% 28-day mortality rate and 30%–40% 30-day readmission rate. We investigated the acceptability and feasibility of a multimodal community intervention for ACLF. Methods A single-arm nonrandomized pilot study of consecutive participants with ACLF …

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Healthcare utilisation and costing for decompensated chronic liver disease hospitalisations at a Victorian network

Grace C. Lovett, Phil Ha, Andrew T. Roberts, Sally Bell et autres

BACKGROUND: The economic burden of decompensated chronic liver disease (CLD) on Australian healthcare services is poorly characterised. AIMS: To evaluate the in-patient healthcare utilisation costs associated with decompensated CLD at Monash Health, an Australian tertiary healthcare service. METHODS: The current retrospective cost …

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A home-based, multidisciplinary liver optimisation programme for the first 28 days after an admission for acute-on-chronic liver failure (LivR well): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Natalie L. Y. Ngu, Edward Saxby, Thomas Worland, Patricia S. Anderson et autres

BACKGROUND: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) represents a rising global healthcare burden, characterised by increasing prevalence among patients with decompensated cirrhosis who have a 28-day transplantation-free mortality of 33.9%. Due to disease complexity and a high prevalence of socio-economic disadvantage, there are deficits …

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Breast arterial calcification and epicardial adipose tissue volume, but not density are independently associated with cardiovascular risk

Vinay Goel, Ella Spear, D. William Cameron, Udit Thakur et autres

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Metal stents are safe and cost‐effective for preoperative biliary drainage in resectable pancreaticobiliary tumours

Andrew T. Roberts, Joseph Swaminadan Jaya, Phil Ha, Udit Thakur et autres

BACKGROUNDS: To compare the complication rates and overall costs of self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) and plastic stents (PS) in clinically indicated preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) prior to a pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). METHODS: We conducted an Australian multicentre retrospective cohort study using the databases …

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Impact of on-site compared to off-site testing for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on duration of isolation and resource utilization

Andrew T. Roberts, Gabriella Wong, Despina Kotsanas, Michelle J. Francis et autres

Rapid detection and isolation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is the only means of reducing hospital transmission. We describe the impact of implementation of on-site severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing on reducing turnaround …

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Stimulation of sympathetic innervation in the upper gastrointestinal tract as a treatment for obesity

Jolene Zheng, Daniel John DiLorenzo, Leslie D. McLaughlin, Andrew T. Roberts et autres

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An evaluation of mesotherapy solutions for inducing lipolysis and treating cellulite

Mary Katherine Caruso, Andrew T. Roberts, Lionel Bissoon, Kathryn Self et autres

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Evolutionary Community Build

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An Assay to Measure Angiogenesis in Human Fat Tissue

Frank L. Greenway, Zhijun Liu, Ying Yu, Mary Katherine Caruso et autres

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The Safety and Efficacy of a Dietary Herbal Supplement and Gallic Acid for Weight Loss

Andrew T. Roberts, Corby K. Martin, Zhijun Liu, Ronald J. Amen et autres

The objective of this study was to test the safety and efficacy of NT, a dietary herbal supplement made from rhubarb, ginger, astragulus, red sage, and turmeric, combined with gallic acid (GA) to reduce food intake and cause weight loss. A total …

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