Emergency Department Collaborative Research Group
We are the overarching group for research conducted in the Emergency Department. Our vision is to integrate research seamlessly into clinical practice and education while shaping new guidelines and policy.
In 2024, our group achieved significant milestones, including the publication of over 91 articles in peer-reviewed journals, involvement in more than 150 research projects, and…
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Latest Emergency Department Research News
Dr Gerben Keijzers is a Senior Staff Specialist Emergency Physician at the Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department.
Dr Keijzers…
Dr Richard Pellatt has successfully secured over $27,000 in funding from the Emergency Medicine Foundation to work on the new project "Drug…
Embedding research into clinical practice was the theme of the second 欧宝娱乐 Emergency Care Research Symposium held on Thursday 23rd…
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Current projects
Deliberate Clinical Inertia is the art of doing nothing as a positive response, focusing on avoiding harm. The concept aligns with…
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A small proportion of patients with a headache are diagnosed with serious conditions such as subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH).
About one in…
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Publications
Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in the Emergency Department
Denny, K. J., Gartside, J. G., Alcorn, K., Cross, J. W., Maloney, S., & Keijzers, G. (2018). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Too clot or not too clot? The influence of travel, marathon running and compression socks on blood clot risk
Zadow, E., Adams, M., Wu, S., Kitic, C., Singh, I., Kundur, A., ... & Halson, S. (2018). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21, S31.
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Patients admitted via the emergency department to the intensive care unit: an observational cohort study
Crilly J, Sweeny A, O’Dwyer J, Richards B, Green D, Marshall A. (2019). Emergency Medicine Australasia 31 (2): 225-233
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