Anaesthesia

 

Airway Management

Name	Topic
Dr. Rafael Von Hellmann	Incidence and Risk Factors for Peri-Intubation Cardiac Arrest in Emergency Departments: A Multicenter Study
Dr. Rafael Von Hellmann	Characteristics and Outcomes of 3,000 Emergency Department Intubations in Brazil
Dr. Rafael Von Hellmann	Effect of Pretreatment Opioids on Hemodynamics during Emergency Intubations: A Systematic Review
Dr. Rafael Von Hellmann	Effect of Hyperangulated Videolaryngoscopy on First-Attempt Success in Tracheal Intubations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Dr Kunal Singh	Assessing the impact of cricoid pressure on tracheal intubation using a video laryngoscope in patients scheduled for elective surgeries
Dr Rhea Daniel	Airway injury secondary to Smoke Inhalation: An overlooked morbidity?
Dr Rahul Menon	Laryngeal injury following endotracheal intubation -have you considered reflux?
Dr Jonathan Begley	Oesophageal intubation with sustained capnography mimicking tracheal intubation
Dr Dan Tran	Tracheostomy Position Confirmation through Real-Time Ultrasound. A Pilot Study
Dr Frank Huang	Analysis of trends and predictors to address rising costs of video laryngoscopy

 

Allergy and malignant hyperthermia (ANZAAG)

Name	Topic
Dr Ned Douglas	A retrospective patient-level single-centre cohort study of patients administered sugammadex for neuromuscular reversal to estimate the incidence of anaphylaxis.
Dr Rosalyn Boyd	Pacific Islands Anaphylaxis box and Education Project
Dr Luke Chan	Evolving Patterns of Perioperative Anaphylaxis Testing in Australia
Dr Monique Pisaniello	Validation of a scoring tool for suspected perioperative immediate hypersensitivity reactions using case referrals to a specialist perioperative allergy clinic
Miss Lucinda Liu	Perioperative anaphylaxis: a 14-year experience from a South Australian allergy referral & testing centre

 

Anaesthesia techniques

Name	Topic
Dr Casey Allen	A retrospective audit of techniques to minimise risk of aspiration in emergency small bowel obstructions
Dr Sadatoshi Kawakami	Opioid-free Anaesthetic Management Combined with Epidural Anaesthesia for Hepatectomy in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis and Sleep Apnea: A Case Report
Dr Addison Zhang	Case report: urgent gastroscopy in cold agglutinin disease
Dr Aylin Seven	Nitrous Oxide use in a paediatric anaesthetic department: A survey of anaesthesists and their standard practice
Dr Kieran Zhang	Intraoperative methadone use in surgical inpatients
Dr Scott Dickson	The effects of topical pharyngeal anaesthesia on patient tolerance and recovery time following gastroscopy under sedation
Dr Sue Lawrence	Lumbar ultrasound measurements are imprecise when compared with MRI: Is it more than tissue compression?
Dr Jaskamal Gill	Early postoperative outcomes following total knee arthroplasty in patients receiving spinal versus general anaesthesia – a retrospective pilot study in a regional hospital
Dr Subham Kulshrestha	Anaesthetic outcomes in patients undergoing rigid bronchoscopy with spontaneous ventilation; a single-centre experience
Dr Sue Lawrence	Sonoanatomy of the lumbar posterior complex and interlaminar space: Can you recognise them?
Dr Angelina Koh	Forecasting the fall: the role of machine learning in predicting intraoperative hypotension, a scoping review
Dr Sue Lawrence	Typical L2L3 and L3L4 interspinous space dimensions: Details that help guide epidural insertion.

 

Cardiac Thoracic Vascular and Perfusion (CTVP)

Name	Topic
Associate Professor Lachlan Miles	Sustained renal hypoxia and tissue injury in a large animal model of cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective observational study
Dr Asher Dixon	A Perioperative Marvel – CTEPH in the setting of JAK2 positive polycythaemia successfully treated by pulmonary endarterectomy
Dr. Haipeng Jerry Wang	Anaesthetic management of open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: an institutional audit
Dr Albert Chan	Acute type A aortic dissection in a second trimester twin pregnancy: A case report and discussion
Miss Jesselyn Jun Yi Sin	Epidemiology, trajectory and outcomes of patients requiring megadose vasopressors after cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Ms Jessica Wu	Association between elevated lactate and adverse outcomes in cardiac surgery
Dr Sashi Peiris	Milrinone versus epinephrine in cardiac surgery
Dr Ivona Bandilovska	Validation of the vascular leak index in cardiac surgery
Dr Rosemary Luong	Audit of residual heparinisation following cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery patients
Miss Jingyue (Jocelyn) Na	Comparison of norepinephrine and phenylephrine as the sole vasopressor after cardiac surgery: a target trial emulation

 

Career

Name	Topic
Dr Joshua Nguyen	Assessment of specialty and career interest in medical students and prevocational doctors interested in anaesthesia

 

Communication

Name	Topic
Dr Wey Han Ng	What anaesthetists want to know – a guide for junior doctors
Dr Dan Tran	Improving teamwork and communication: evaluating theatre staff name recognition methods by anaesthetists.

 

Day care anaesthesia

Name	Topic
Dr Wisalya Enuri Wijesinghe	A Quality Assurance Project: Assessment of Post-operative Analgesia Management in Day Surgery in an Australian Teaching Hospital
Dr Cathy Hua	Pain, delayed discharges and analgesia in lithotripsy patients – a retrospective audit
Dr Archit Vora	Future of Day Surgery: Prilocaine’s Role in Spinal Anaesthesia? An early audit of hyperbaric 2% prilocaine at Western Health.

 

Emergency response

Name	Topic
Dr Nathan Strugnell	Central anticholinergic syndrome following intraoperative atropine
Dr Dan Tran	Evaluating and improving the management of inpatients with threatened airways

 

Innovations in anaesthesia

Name	Topic
Dr. Chetankumar B. Raval	Can recent advances in AI (Artificial Intelligence) help in Regional Anesthesia education of trainees- A literature review?
Dr Michelle Gerstman	Feasibility of Perioperative Pharmacogenomic Testing for Elective Surgeries: A RE-AIM Framework Analysis
Dr Luke Chan	Bibliometric Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Depth of Anaesthesia Monitoring
Dr Kanika Chaudhri	Digital pathway for Improved Assessment, Management & Optimisation of patieNts for planneD Surgery (DIAMONDS) pilot.
Dr Thomas Nack	Implementation of a standardised Myocardial Injury after Non-Cardiac Surgery (MINS) perioperative pathway at a tertiary cancer centre
Dr Raymond Kaining Zhang	The Impact of Genetic Variation on the Pharmacokinetics of Propofol: A Systematic Review
Dr Frank Huang	Large language models for anaesthetic assessment and planning: a review

 

Medical education and research

Name	Topic
Dr Dhaniya Padman	These are the SALAD days: Vomikin training for the Management of Aspiration under Anaesthesia
Dr Kanika Chaudhri	Advanced cannulation skills: A retrospective evaluation of a quality improvement program to train junior doctors in ultrasound guided peripheral intravenous cannulation.
Dr Samuel Nunn	Simulation for all: introducing a new free tool for medical educators
Dr Jamie Brookes	Opportunistic theatre team training: testing response to mass casualty events through a multidisciplinary simulation exercise

 

Neuroanaesthesia

Name	Topic
Dr Gemma Johnston	The development of a hospital guideline for the early management of patients with severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr Sarah-Anne Milne	Opioid-sparing pain management after craniotomy: An audit of practice at Western Australia’s principle neurosurgical hospital

 

Obstetric anaesthesia

Name	Topic
Dr. Jaisil Punnasseril	Audit of anaesthetic management of obese parturients at Caboolture Hospital, Queensland
Dr Nishant Sahay	Role of sonographic assessment of the inferior vena cava in the supine and left lateral positions in predicting hypotension after spinal anesthesia in term patients undergoing cesarean section.
Dr John Choi	An audit of labour epidural response times in a regional New Zealand hospital
Dr Monique Pisaniello	Analgesia for caesarean section: An audit on current practices at a tertiary maternity facility in South Australia
Dr Maleck Louis	Comparison of standard and ultra-low local anaesthetic concentration for labour epidural analgesia: a critical review
Rosanna Grimes	Carbetocin as a first-line uterotonic in caesarean section: Impact on blood loss, uterotonic requirement, transfusion and sustainability.
Dr Kai Woodfall	Characteristics of parturients with pulmonary oedema at the time of delivery.

 

Other

Name	Topic
Dr Keeyeon Kim	Neuromuscular blockade and post-operative pain in open hernia repairs
Dr. Jaisil Punnasseril	Audit of management of intraoperative hypotension and post-operative acute kidney injuries
Dr. Anupam Verma	Evaluation of hemostatic changes in breast cancer patients using thromboelastography: A retro-prospective observational study from north India

 

Paediatrics anaesthesia (SPANZA)

Name	Topic
Dr Ayano Nakazawa	Successful Perioperative Management of a Pediatric Patient with VLCADD using Remimazolam
Dr Muhammad Asghar Ali	Comparison of weight-based versus external ear-size based technique for selection of Laryngeal Mask Airway in pediatric surgical patients. A Randomised Controlled Trial
Dr Bushra Saleem	To compare pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions (use of technology) for alleviating preoperative anxiety in children undergoing general anesthesia in a tertiary care hospital of pakistan: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Dr Matthew Kilpin	Assessment of the use of topical anaesthesia for intravenous access in paediatric patients awaiting elective surgery
Associate Professor Paul Lee-Archer	Randomised controlled trial of the Take5 Video

 

Perioperative Medicine

Name	Topic
Dr K H A Sultan Menazirsha	Assessing the accuracy of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in Predicting Days alive and at home within 30 days after elective Liver transplant surgery – holistic outcome markers from a retrospective study.
Dr Lachlan Blackwood	Impact of a restructuring a pre-admission clinic on patient outcomes, surgery wait times and perioperative care: an audit at a Victorian tertiary health service
Dr Michael Lam	Compliance to the pre-operative anaemia protocol at a Melbourne Metropolitan Hospital: an evaluation for quality improvement following the COVID-19 pandemic
Associate Professor Lachlan Miles	Causes of and risk factors for unplanned readmission in a large cohort of patients undergoing major surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Doctor Jasper Chin Hwa Goh	Increasing Uptake of Music Therapy Among Long-Stayer Major Burns Patients in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) to facilitate perioperative care.
Dr Conor O’Brien	Extent of pre-operative HbA1c testing in elective surgery patients across Metro South Health – a multi-centre clinical audit
Dr Jonathan Chien	Improving patient selection for Advanced Recovery Room Care (ARRC): a registry analysis
Dr Chang Chuan Melvin Lee	A Comparison of Three Different Machine Learning Ideologies in Predicting Intensive Care Unit Admissions after Emergency Laparotomy: A Retrospective Study from a Regional Referral Hospital
Dr Mark Johnson	Effects of a multidisciplinary ERAS protocol for joint arthroplasty on total length of stay at Cairns Hospital
Dr Thomas Nack	Vasoactive infusion use following surgery in an Enhanced Care Unit in a tertiary oncology centre
Dr Ramis Hassan	A Dilemma Fit for Hollywood: An Audit of Perioperative Advice for GLP-1 Receptor Agonist
Dr Gregory Xu	Impact of anaemia on postoperative outcomes and readmission rates in total knee arthroplasty – a retrospective study from a regional referral hospital
Dr Senthuran Surendran	Case Report: A Case of Acute Intermittent Porphyria Suspected Post-Operatively
Dr. Sara Comb	Fluid and food fasting times at logan hospital in consideration of sip till send protocols
Dr Oscar Boag Taylor	Preparing rather than waiting for surgery: survey review of patient responses to new information resources
Dr Kanika Chaudhri	A retrospective evaluation of You and Your Surgery (YaYS): A preoperative shared decision-making referral pathway for elective surgery.
Dr Millicent Burggraf	Adequacy of perioperative optimisation of diabetes in patients undergoing elective major vascular surgery
Dr. Changhan Xu	Vascular enhanced recovery after surgery care pathways decrease patient length of stay and complications.
Dr Chuan-Whei Lee	Illness phases and trajectories in high-risk patients considered for surgery
Dr Tobias Gillanders	Assessing the impact of a high-risk ready for surgery clinic at a major regional tertiary centre in Queensland
Dr Roland Crantock	PACU length of stay for hip fracture patients
Dr Hannah Denby	Measuring uptake of a new model of care: The Perioperative Medical Service at The Alfred
Dr Ifrah Khan	Paediatric Fluid Fasting Audit for Elective Surgery at University Hospital Geelong
dr Basel El-Behesy	Factors influencing postoperative serum magnesium levels in adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery
Dr James Elix	Preoperative anaemia in patients undergoing major elective surgery (colorectal, orthopaedic, urology and gynaecology). An audit of screening and management practices in 2024.
Dr Ashly Liu	Audit of the Perioperative Management of Diabetes Medications at Concord Hospital
Dr Luke Chan	Scoping Review on Perioperative Risk Prediction using Artificial Intelligence
Dr Chang Chuan Melvin Lee	Evaluation of gastric residual volume using point-of-care ultrasound in patients with and without semaglutide: A retrospective pilot study
Dr Alexandra Mehl	Significant improvement in fluid fasting times with the Sip-Til-Send initiative
Dr Renee Rostolis	Intra-operative intravenous methadone use in non-cardiac surgery – A single tertiary centre retrospective audit: March 2023 – March 2024.
Dr Elizabeth Hu	Characteristics and outcomes of nonagenarians admitted to the ICU: a single centre observational study
Dr Frank Huang	Intraoperative temperature management leads to early recovery post renal transplantation
Dr Chang Chuan Melvin Lee	Bedside Ultrasound Measurements of Ocular Nerve Sheath Diameter and Ophthalmic Artery Flow Velocity for Assessment of Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure – A Retrospective Proof-of-Concept Study
Dr Basel El-Behesy	Factors contributing to increased hospital costs in older surgical patients after hip fracture
Professor Bernhard Riedel	Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Prehabilitation in a Regional Healthcare Network: The ERAS Plus (ERAS+) Project
Dr Ji Ting Li	Using the microcirculation to predict postoperative hypotension
Dr Chuan-Whei Lee	The goals of care (GOC) framework and the perioperative period: the impact of a policy update.
Dr Frank Huang	Preoperative haemoglobin as a predictor for renal transplant recovery
Dr Ned Douglas	Validating the SORT V2 model in Australia: a single centre cohort study at tertiary metropolitan centre.
Dr Brendan Creely	The Association Between DREAM Criteria Adherence and Length of Stay in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
Dr Samuel Nunn	Periscope: an open platform for perioperative medicine
Dr Yiming (Jason) Dong	Cognitive recovery in open versus laparoscopic abdominal surgeries: A retrospective cohort analysis

 

Regional anaesthesia

Name	Topic
Dr Jordan Munro	Clinical audit: weight-based dosing of paravertebral and erector spinae block regional anaesthetics at GCHHS
Dr Ha Jin (Ava) Kim	The pains of precarious epidurals: an audit of epidural failures and their causes at an Australian tertiary hospital
Dr Chris Zhao	Regional analgesia in shoulder surgery at a large tertiary centre: an audit of variation of practice and efficacy.
Dr Chang Chuan Melvin Lee	Regional Anaesthesia and Analgesia in an Opioid-Tolerant Pregnant Patient with Osteomyelitis of the Manubrium – A Case Report
Dr Sarah Madden	A prospective audit comparing complications following peribulbar or sub-tenons blocks for cataract surgery at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
Dr Luke Chan	Trends in Sphenopalatine and Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks: Insights from Two Decades of Australian Data
Doctor Jack Hopkins	Postoperative Outcomes of Regional Anaesthesia for Below Knee Amputations in North Queensland
Dr Joel Bloomfield	Does peripheral nerve blockade improve early postoperative pain in total knee arthroplasty when added to periarticular local anaesthesia: A retrospective pilot study from a regional referral hospital
Dr Blake Vorias	Regional anaesthesia for thoracic fractures acquired from cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Dr Danielle Leithhead	Effectiveness of peripheral nerve blocks in preventing severe pain following ankle surgery
Dr Toby Redler	An audit of regional anaesthesia practice for patients with neck of femur fracture
Dr Zachary Ball	Femoral nerve blocks: A 28-year review of trends in Australia
Dr Hemlata Hemlata	Comparative evaluation of Modified Thoracolumbar Interfascial Plane Block and Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia Following Lumbar Spine Surgeries.

 

Safety, quality and research

Name	Topic
Associate Professor Jennifer Stevens	Peripheral intravenous catheters: the impact of compliance with standards on patient-reported experience measures
Dr Stephen Richards	The effect of fluid pre-warming on patient outcomes: a critical analysis of resource utilization and clinical benefits in perioperative care.
Dr Stephen Richards	Implementing ‘SipTilSend’ Initiatives: Insights from a Tertiary Surgical Unit.
Dr Stephanie Li	Muscle relaxant and reversal agent choice in renal transplant surgery: a quality and safety review at a tertiary transplant centre
Mr Sze Ngok Samuel Chow	A 7-year retrospective review of opioid-patch related incident reports across South Australian hospitals before and after implementation of electronic medical records
Dr Conor O’Brien	The growing burden of workplace violence against healthcare workers: trends in prevalence, risk factors, consequences, and prevention – a narrative review
Dr Sian Brooker	Cervical spine clearance documentation at SCUH. A quality improvement initiative to establish a consistent and comprehensive approach.
Mr Henry CM Clutterbuck	A survey of nitrous oxide use, attitudes and environmental sustainability considerations by anaesthetists across metropolitan Local Health Districts in New South Wales
Dr Thomas Stefoulis	Trial of portable ultrasound in ward-based procedural training: junior doctor perspectives at a NSW tertiary hospital
Dr Wai Yan Bettina Fung	Sustainable Analgesia Practices: An Audit of Pre-Operative Paracetamol Usage in Elective Surgeries at a Regional Hospital
Dr Kyriakos Matsis	Enhancing elective surgery practices: insights from two audits of unexpected emergency transfers and day-of-surgery cancellations at Kenepuru Hospital
Dr Elizabeth Hu	A survey of single-use and reusable surgical and anaesthetics equipment in Victorian public health services
Dr Jaskamal Gill	Analysis of rurality and interhospital transfers on mortality outcomes at a regional referral centre following emergency laparotomy: a retrospective study
Dr Tobias Gillanders	Exploring patient experience, comfort, and satisfaction with proceduralist-led sedation administered in interventional radiology procedures at a regional tertiary centre
Dr Joseph Cotterill	A Timely Nudge: A Quality Improvement initiative to optimise perioperative ventilation
Dr Marise Tan	The clot thickens: how fibrinogen concentrate use has gone beyond guidelines, a comparative audit of fibrinogen concentrate and TEG/ ROTEM guided coagulopathy management
Dr Austin Lee	Intention to comply does not equal compliance with evidence-based transfusion algorithms
Dr Jessica Vartuli	Improving the pain management of patients undergoing elective caesarean sections- a complete audit cycle reviewing adherence to the PROSPECT guidelines
Dr Thomas Scodellaro	Is it time to move the goalposts? A prospective group audit of perioperative hypothermia
Dr Sei Nishimura	Retrospective audit of trainee versus consultant performed paediatric neuraxial procedure: Comparison of primary failure rates, complications, and post operative outcomes.
Dr Rowan Pienaar	Princess Alexandra Hospital Anaesthetic staff Radiation safety audit
Dr Phuong Markman	Sip Til Send Nation: Insights from the Australasian Sip Til Send Implementation Survey
Dr Lisa Toh	Perioperative serum sodium change and complications in liver transplant recipients: a retrospective study
Dr Tanmay Nigam	An analysis of the appropriateness of intraoperative surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
Dr Frank Huang	Neuromuscular monitoring of blockade at Redland Hospital
Dr Elizabeth Hu	Choosing reusable medical devices can avoid 748 tonnes of waste and save millions of dollars per annum: an audit of single-use device procurement at an Australian health service.
Dr Chanelle Ren	Greener anaesthesia, one breath at a time:  A full audit cycle of low flow sevoflurane use at a single-centre tertiary hospital
Dr Natarsha Vukalovich	Internal audit: evaluating nitrous oxide usage patterns for procedural sedations in 2023-2024 at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Dr Robert Fanning	Trolley Troubles – An Audit of Medication Ampoule Misplacement in Anaesthetic Trolleys
Dr Simon Sherrington	Service registrars provide safe labour epidural analgesia in a peripheral hospital.
Dr Dan Tran	A Retrospective Audit of appropriate Anaesthetic Pre-Sedation Checks and Intra-Procedural Monitoring within Procedural Sedation
Dr Josephine Kneebone	Extended hospital-based opioid stewardship following lower limb arthroplasty
Dr Owen Tomasek	The Carbon Footprint of a Unit of Packed Red Blood Cells
Dr Anthony Hade	Gastric Emptying of Jelly.

 

Trauma

Name	Topic
Dr Ned Douglas	A systematic review of the scope and quality of evidence supporting the use of vasopressors during intubation to prevention postinduction hypotension in patients with severe trauma.
Dr Maria Perez	Implementation of a guideline for the early management of severe intracranial neurotrauma
Dr Neeraj Limaye	Management of patients with severe traumatic brain injuries at the Royal Melbourne Hospital: a retrospective cohort study

 

Pain medicine

 

Acute Pain

Name	Topic
Dr Megan Allen	A mixed methods investigation into patients’ experiences of perioperative opioid stewardship after spine surgery.
Dr Megan Allen	Perioperative opioid stewardship program: Barriers and promotors of implementation and sustainability
Associate Professor Jenny Stevens	Optimal securement techniques for peripheral nerve catheters: a quality improvement cycle

 

Pain Medicine

Name	Topic
Dr Conor O’Brien	Pain Management After-Hours: A Clinical Audit of analgesia prescribing by the After-Hours Care Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Dr. Lance Roy	Study to determine the efficacy and onset of Bonipar, a topical analgesic, for the management of acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain
Dr Nayana Khurana	A six-month retrospective audit of long-acting opioid prescription post non-cardiac surgery.
Dr Solange Page-Stephens	Analgesia for above and below-knee amputation: an audit into the provision of perioperative analgesia for above and below-knee amputation at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Miss Yan-Ting Cheung	Increasing the dose of intravenous dexamethasone before surgical incision does not reduce postoperative pain in rats
Dr Sachin Muthu	A Retrospective Audit of Rib Fracture Analgesic Management at Western Health
Dr Kai Woodfall	A continuous focus on improvement; the ongoing evaluation of discharge opioid prescribing practices on RBWH surgical wards
Doctor Stanley Sau Ching Wong	Liposomal bupivacaine versus dexmedetomidine for supraclavicular brachial plexus block in distal radial fracture surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
Dr Mary Hoang	Perioperative hip fracture analgesia management at Liverpool Hospital: a retrospective audit
Dr Jack Dale	Intraoperative methadone prescribing practices, safety and efficacy – a retrospective clinical practice review of current prescribing and postoperative outcomes
Dr Byung Kyu Jun	Methadone use in the perioperative setting for acute pain management: a multicentre audit of clinical practice
Clinical Asst Professor Lydia Weiling Li	Patients’ Receptiveness to Virtual Reality in Chronic Pain Management
Professor Rainer Viktor Haberberger	Detection of extracellular vesicle micro-RNAs in the cerebrospinal fluid of pain patients
Professor Rainer Viktor Haberberger	Ultrastructure of human dorsal root ganglia