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Children's Hospital at Westmead
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NSW 2145 Australia
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CKR Publications 2007

Below is a listing of papers published by members of the Centre for Kidney Research in 2007.

Young HK, Lowe A, Fitzgerald D, Seton C, Waters KA, Kenny E, Hynan LS, Iannaccone ST, North KN, Ryan MM Outcome of noninvasive ventilation in children with neuromuscular disease Neurology 2007 Jan 68:198-201
[PubMed abstract]

Campbell D, Walker R, Mathew T, Craig J. Commentary on "influence of industry of renal guideline development". Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2007; 2(2): 211
[PubMed abstract]

Fung AT, Reid SE, Jones MP, Healey PR, McCluskey PJ, Craig JC. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing latanoprost with brimonidine in the treatment of open angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension or normal tension glaucoma. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 91(1): 62-68
[PubMed abstract]

Gunasekera H, Knox S, Morris P, Britt H, McIntyre PB, Craig JC. The spectrum and management of otitis media in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a national study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2007; 26: 689-692.
[PubMed abstract]

Haysom L, Williams R, Hodson E, Roy LP, Lyle D, Craig JC. Early Chronic Kidney Disease In Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children: Remoteness, Socioeconomic Disadvantage or Race? Kidney International 2007; 71(8): 787-794
[PubMed abstract]

Jepson RG, Craig JC. A systematic review of the evidence for cranberries and blueberries in UTI prevention. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2007; 51: 738-745
[PubMed abstract]

Patradoon P, Gunasekera H. ADHD: a stimulating debate for young paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2007; 43: 196.

Playford EG, Craig JC, Iredell J. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit patients: risk factors for acquisition, infection and their consequences. Journal of Hospital Infection 2007; 65(3): 204-211
[PubMed abstract]

Strippoli GFM, Tognoni G, Navaneethan SD, Nicolucci A, Craig JC. Haemoglobin targets: we were wrong, time to move on. Comment on Phrommintikul's paper "Mortality and target haemoglobin concentrations in anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease treated with erythropoietin: a meta-analysis. Lancet 2007; 369(9559): 346-350
[PubMed abstract]

Tang BMP, Eslick GD, Craig JC, McLean AS. Accuracy of procalcitonin for sepsis diagnosis in critically ill patients: A systematic reveiw and meta-analysis. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2007; 7: 210-2117
[PubMed abstract]

Vanbelleghem H, Vanholder R, Levin NW, Becker G, Craig JC, Ito S, Lau J, Locatelli F, Zoccali C, Solez K, Hales M, Lameire N, Eknoyan G. The kidney disease: improving global outcomes (KDIGO) website: comparison of guidelines as a tool for harmonization. Kidney International 2007; 71: 1054-1061
[PubMed abstract]

Webster A, Chapman J, Craig J, Simpson JM, Jones M. Identifying high risk groups and quantifying absolute risk of cancer after kidney transplantation: a cohort study of 15,183 recipients. American Journal of Transplantation 2007; 7(9):2140-
[PubMed abstract]

Williams G, Sureshkumar P,, Chan S, Macaskill P, JC Craig Ordering of renal tract imaging by pediatricians after urinary tract infection in children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007; 43 (4): 280-288
[PubMed abstract]

Williams G, Macaskill P, Chan SF, Karplus TE, Yung W, Hodson E, Craig JC. Comparative accuracy of renal duplex sonographic parameters in the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis: paired and unpaired analysis. American Journal of Roentgenology 2007; 188(3): 798-811
[PubMed abstract]