The University of Queensland

Establishing a paediatric critical care core quality measure set using a multistakeholder, consensus-driven process

Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina R., Millar, Johnny, Rickard, Claire M., Chopra, Vineet, Lake, Anna, Gibbons, Kristen, Long, Debbie, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Hutching, Katrina, Winderlich, Jacinta, Spotswood, Naomi E., Johansen, Amy, Secombe, Paul, Pizimolas, Georgina A., Tu, Quyen, Waak, Michaela, Allen, Meredith, McMullan, Brendan and Hall, Lisa (2024). Establishing a paediatric critical care core quality measure set using a multistakeholder, consensus-driven process. Critical Care and Resuscitation. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.01.002

‘Baby Liberation’ – Developing and implementing an individualised, developmentally-supportive care bundle to critically unwell infants in an Australian Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

McAlinden, Bronagh, Pool, Natasha, Harnischfeger, Jane, Waak, Michaela and Campbell, Miranda (2024). ‘Baby Liberation’ – Developing and implementing an individualised, developmentally-supportive care bundle to critically unwell infants in an Australian Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. Early Human Development, 190 105944, 105944. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.105944

Implementing paediatric appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction to reduce complications in mechanically ventilated children with respiratory infections

Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina R., Harnischfeger, Jane, Ware, Robert S., Royle, Ruth H., Byrnes, Joshua M., Long, Debbie A., Ullman, Amanda J., Raman, Sainath, Waak, Michaela, Lake, Anna, Cooke, Marie, Irwin, Adam, Tume, Lyvonne and Hall, Lisa (2023). Implementing paediatric appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction to reduce complications in mechanically ventilated children with respiratory infections. Australian Critical Care, 37 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.09.008

Tenecteplase in Pediatric Stroke: Ready or Not

Wilson, Jenny L., Waak, Michaela, Barry, Megan, Jordan, Lori C. and Sun, Lisa R. (2023). Tenecteplase in Pediatric Stroke: Ready or Not. Pediatric Neurology, 151, 17-20. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.11.003

CSF neopterin and quinolinic acid are biomarkers of neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity in FIRES and other infection‐triggered encephalopathy syndromes

Dale, Russell C., Thomas, Terrence, Patel, Shrujna, Han, Velda X., Kothur, Kavitha, Troedson, Christopher, Gupta, Sachin, Gill, Deepak, Malone, Stephen, Waak, Michaela, Calvert, Sophie, Subramanian, Gopinath, Andrews, P. Ian, Kandula, Tejaswi, Menezes, Manoj P., Ardern‐Holmes, Simone, Mohammad, Shekeeb, Bandodkar, Sushil and Yan, Jingya (2023). CSF neopterin and quinolinic acid are biomarkers of neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity in FIRES and other infection‐triggered encephalopathy syndromes. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 10 (8), 1417-1432. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51832

Tenecteplase in acute stroke: what about the children?

Sun, Lisa R., Wilson, Jenny L., Waak, Michaela, Kiskaddon, Amy, Goldenberg, Neil A., Jordan, Lori C. and Barry, Megan (2023). Tenecteplase in acute stroke: what about the children?. Stroke, 54 (7), 1950-1953. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.042951

Consensus-Based Evaluation of Outcome Measures in Pediatric Stroke Care: A Toolkit

Feldman, Samantha J., Beslow, Lauren A., Felling, Ryan J., Malone, Laura A., Waak, Michaela, Fraser, Stuart, Bakeer, Nihal, Lee, Jo Ellen M., Sherman, Victoria, Howard, Melissa M., Cavanaugh, Beth Anne, Westmacott, Robyn and Jordan, Lori C. (2023). Consensus-Based Evaluation of Outcome Measures in Pediatric Stroke Care: A Toolkit. Pediatric Neurology, 141, 118-132. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.01.009

Continuous electroencephalography in the intensive care unit: A critical review and position statement from an Australian and New Zealand perspective

Waak, Michaela, Laing, Joshua, Nagarajan, Lakshmi, Lawn, Nicholas and Simon Harvey, A. (2023). Continuous electroencephalography in the intensive care unit: A critical review and position statement from an Australian and New Zealand perspective. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 25 (1), 9-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2023.04.004

Brain-directed care: why neuroscience principles direct PICU management beyond the ABCs

Long, Debbie A., Waak, Michaela, Doherty, Nicola N. and Dow, Belinda L. (2022). Brain-directed care: why neuroscience principles direct PICU management beyond the ABCs. Children, 9 (12) 1938, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/children9121938

Pediatric Moyamoya Biomarkers: Narrowing the Knowledge Gap

Lehman, Laura L., Kaseka, Matsanga Leyila, Stout, Jeffery, See, Alfred P., Pabst, Lisa, Sun, Lisa R., Hassanein, Sahar A., Waak, Michaela, Vossough, Arastoo, Smith, Edward R. and Dlamini, Nomazulu (2022). Pediatric Moyamoya Biomarkers: Narrowing the Knowledge Gap. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 43 101002, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2022.101002

Pediatric Stroke and Cardiac Disease: Challenges in Recognition and Management

Mayne, Elizabeth W., Mailo, Janette A., Pabst, Lisa, Pulcine, Elizabeth, Harrar, Dana B., Waak, Michaela, Rafay, Mubeen F., Hassanein, Sahar M. A., Amlie-Lefond, Catherine and Jordan, Lori C. (2022). Pediatric Stroke and Cardiac Disease: Challenges in Recognition and Management. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 43 100992, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2022.100992

Unclassified white matter disorders: a diagnostic journey requiring close collaboration between clinical and laboratory services

Stutterd, C. A., Vanderver, A., Lockhart, P. J., Helman, G., Pope, K., Uebergang, E., Love, C., Delatycki, M. B., Thorburn, D., Mackay, M. T., Peters, H., Kornberg, A. J., Patel, C., Rodriguez-Casero, V., Waak, M., Silberstein, J., Sinclair, A., Nolan, M., Field, M., Davis, M. R., Fahey, M., Scheffer, I. E., Freeman, J. L., Wolf, N. I., Taft, R. J., van der Knaap, M. S., Simons, C. and Leventer, R. J. (2022). Unclassified white matter disorders: a diagnostic journey requiring close collaboration between clinical and laboratory services. European Journal of Medical Genetics, 65 (9) 104551, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104551

Ventilator weaning and extubation practices in critically ill children: An Australian and New Zealand survey of practice

Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina, Harnischfeger, Jane, Erikson, Simon, Burren, Juerg, Waak, Michaela, Blackwood, Bronagh, Tume, Lyvonne N. and Long, Debbie (2022). Ventilator weaning and extubation practices in critically ill children: An Australian and New Zealand survey of practice. Australian Critical Care, 36 (4), 509-514. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.06.004

Real-time seizure detection in paediatric intensive care patients: the RESET child brain protocol

Waak, Michaela, Gibbons, Kristen, Sparkes, Louise, Harnischfeger, Jane, Gurr, Sandra, Schibler, Andreas, Slater, Anthony and Malone, Stephen (2022). Real-time seizure detection in paediatric intensive care patients: the RESET child brain protocol. BMJ Open, 12 (6) e059301, e059301. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059301

Every child, every day, back to play: the PICUstars protocol - implementation of a nurse-led PICU liberation program

Waak, M., Harnischfeger, J., Ferguson, A., Gibbons, K., Nguyen, K. H. and Long, D. (2022). Every child, every day, back to play: the PICUstars protocol - implementation of a nurse-led PICU liberation program. BMC Pediatrics, 22 (1) 279, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03232-2

Appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction interventions in mechanically ventilated children: The RAND/UCLA development process

Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Erikson, Simon, Brown, Georgia, Waak, Michaela, Tume, Lyvonne, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda J. (2021). Appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction interventions in mechanically ventilated children: The RAND/UCLA development process. Australian Critical Care, 35 (6), 661-667. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.006

The Paediatric AirWay Suction (PAWS) appropriateness guide for endotracheal suction interventions

Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Brown, Georgia, Copnell, Beverley, Dargaville, Peter, Davies, Kylie, Erikson, Simon, Forrest, Kate, Harnischfeger, Jane, Irwin, Adam, Kendrik, Tina, Lake, Anna, Ntoumenopoulos, George, Waak, Michaela, Woodard, Mark, Tume, Lyvonne, Cooke, Marie, Mitchell, Marion, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda (2021). The Paediatric AirWay Suction (PAWS) appropriateness guide for endotracheal suction interventions. Australian Critical Care, 35 (6), 651-660. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.005

Predicting neurological recovery following traumatic brain injury in children: a systematic review of prognostic models

Huth, Samuel Fergus, Slater, Anthony, Waak, Michaela, Barlow, Karen Maria and Raman, Sainath (2020). Predicting neurological recovery following traumatic brain injury in children: a systematic review of prognostic models. Journal of Neurotrauma, 37 (20) neu.2020.7158, 2141-2149. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7158

Evaluation of an educational video providing key messages for doctors to counsel families following a first afebrile seizure

Ng, Eleanor W. M., Le Marne, Fleur, Sinclair, Kate G., Lorentzos, Michelle S., Waak, Michaela, Deuble, Natalie, Georgeson, Thomas, Rao, Arjun, Rikhi, Surbhi, Mallitt, Kylie-Ann and Bye, Ann (2020). Evaluation of an educational video providing key messages for doctors to counsel families following a first afebrile seizure. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57 (2) jpc.15171, 198-203. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15171

Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy: pathological features and cerebrospinal fluid cytokine profiles

Waak, Michaela, Malone, Stephen, Sinclair, Kate, Phillips, Gael, Bandodkar, Sushil, Wienholt, Louise, Robertson, Thomas, Whitehead, Ben, Trnka, Peter, Kothur, Kavitha and Dale, Russel C (2019). Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy: pathological features and cerebrospinal fluid cytokine profiles. Pediatric Neurology, 100, 92-96. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.06.013

Severe infantile onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused by mutations in autophagy gene WDR45

Carvill, Gemma L, Liu, Aijie, Mandelstam, Simone, Schneider, Amy, Lacroix, Amy, Zemel, Matthew, McMahon, Jacinta M, Bello-Espinosa, Luis, Mackay, Mark, Wallace, Geoffrey, Waak, Michaela, Zhang, Jing, Yang, Xiaoling, Malone, Stephen, Zhang, Yue-Hua, Mefford, Heather C and Scheffer, Ingrid E (2018). Severe infantile onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused by mutations in autophagy gene WDR45. Epilepsia, 59 (1), e5-e13. doi: 10.1111/epi.13957

GNAO1-related movement disorder with life-threatening exacerbations: movement phenomenology and response to DBS

Waak, Michaela, Mohammad, Shekeeb S., Coman, David, Sinclair, Kate, Copeland, Lisa, Silburn, Peter, Coyne, Terry, McGill, Jim, O'Regan, Mary, Selway, Richard, Symonds, Joseph, Grattan-Smith, Padraic, Lin, Jean-Pierre, Dale, Russell C. and Malone, Stephen (2017). GNAO1-related movement disorder with life-threatening exacerbations: movement phenomenology and response to DBS. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 89 (2), 220-+. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-315653

Optimization of time series features to estimate brain age in children from electroencephalography

Iyer, Kartik K., Roberts, James A., Waak, Michaela, Kevat, Ajay, Chawla, Jasneek, Lauronen, Leena, Vanhatalo, Sampsa and Stevenson, Nathan J. (2023). Optimization of time series features to estimate brain age in children from electroencephalography. 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-27 July 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340663