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Adrian Esterman
Researcher at University of South Australia
Publications - 390
Citations - 13871
Adrian Esterman is an academic researcher from University of South Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 357 publications receiving 12173 citations. Previous affiliations of Adrian Esterman include Flinders University & James Cook University.
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Attitudes and barriers to incident reporting: a collaborative hospital study
Susan E. Evans,Jesia G. Berry,Brian J Smith,Adrian Esterman,Pam Selim,Joyce O'Shaughnessy,M DeWit +6 more
TL;DR: Both doctors and nurses believe they should report most incidents, but nurses do so more frequently than doctors, and clarification is needed of which incidents should be reported, the process needs to be simplified, and feedback given to reporters.
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The Abbey pain scale: a 1-minute numerical indicator for people with end-stage dementia
Jennifer Abbey,Neil Piller,Anita De Bellis,Adrian Esterman,Deborah Parker,Lynne C. Giles,Belinda Lowcay +6 more
TL;DR: The tool was developed with residents with end- or late-stage dementia who were unable to articulate their needs, identified by the registered nurses who knew them and showed that following pain-relief intervention the average pain score recorded using the scale fell by more than half.
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The Abbey Pain Scale: A 1-Minute Numerical Indicator for People with End-Stage Dementia
Jennifer Abbey,Neil Piller,Anita De Billis,Adrian Esterman,Deborah Parker,Lynne C. Giles,Belinda Lowcay +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an easy-to-use pain scale was developed for use in residential aged care homes. But the tool was developed with residents with end-or late-stage dementia who were unable to articulate their needs, identified by the registered nurses who knew them.
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Nocturnal non-invasive nasal ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: a randomised controlled trial
Ronald McEvoy,Robert J Pierce,David R. Hillman,Adrian Esterman,E E Ellis,Peter Catcheside,Fergal J O'Donoghue,David J. Barnes,Ronald R. Grunstein +8 more
TL;DR: Nocturnal NIV in stable oxygen-dependent patients with hypercapnic COPD may improve survival, but this appears to be at the cost of worsening quality of life.
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Factors Predictive of Corneal Graft Survival: Report from the Australian Corneal Graft Registry
TL;DR: Key predictors of graft failure were an indication for graft other than keratoconus or corneal dystrophy; a failed previous graft; aphakia; inflammation at the time of graft; presence of an anterior chamber or iris-clip intraocular lens; graft size outside the range of 7.0 to 7.9 mm diameter.