Papers

Xin A, Dennis AT (invited commentary) Tan, H. Sen et al. Quality of Labor Analgesia with Dural Puncture Epidural versus Standard Epidural Technique in Obese Parturients: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Study. Anesthesiology 136, 678–687 (2022). Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2022 accepted November 2022

Xin A, Dennis AT (invited commentary) Simard C, Yang S, Koolian M, Shear R, Rudski L, Lipes J. The role of echocardiography in amniotic fluid embolism: a case series and review of the literature. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 2021;68:1541–1548. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2022 accepted May 23 2022

Dennis, A.T., Ferguson, M. & Jackson, S. The prevalence of perioperative iron deficiency anaemia in women undergoing caesarean section—a retrospective cohort study. Perioperative medicine 11, 36 (2022). doi: 10.1186/s13741-022-00268-x

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Butwick AJ, Liu C, Guo N, Bentley J, Main EK, Mayo JA, Shaw GM, Stephansson O. Association of Gestational Age with Postpartum Hemorrhage: An International Cohort Study. Anesthesiology 2021, June; 874-886 Obstetric Anesthesia Digest (in press)

Smith B, Dennis AT, Davies K, Cramp P, Gregory K, Sturgess DThe use of transthoracic echocardiography in caesarean section surgical patients in the Intensive Care Unit: a retrospective cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2021 doi: 10.1111/ajo.13414 (in press)

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Zhong, Q.; Liu, Y.Y.; Lou, Q.; More Spinal Anesthesia for Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Possible Transmission Rates in Anesthetists: Retrospective, Single-centre, Observational Cohort Study Obstetric Anesthesia Digest. 41(1):28-29, March 2021

Dennis AT. The use of remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19. Remdesivir and COVID-19 Lancet. October 03, 2020 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32022-5

Keebaugh E, Dennis A (invited commentary). Retrospective Analysis of Obstetric Intensive Care Unit Admissions Reveals Differences in Etiology for Admission Based on Mode of Conception, Obstetric Anaesthesia Digest (in press)

Simmons SW, Dennis AT, Cyna AM, Richardson MG, Bright MR Combined spinal-epidural versus spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD008100. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008100.pub2.

Kane S, Dennis AT, da Silva Costa F, Korman L, Cade T, Brennecke A. Ophthalmic sonography in healthy pregnant women: an Australian cohort study. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 2019; 1-9. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22735

Dennis AT, Sheridan N. Sex, suffering and silence – why peri-operative medicine must prioritise pregnant women Anaesthesia 2019 doi: 10.1111/anae.14702

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Nyfløt LT, Ellingsen L, Yli BM, Øian P, Vangen S. Maternal deaths from hypertensive disorders: lessons learnt Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2018; 97:976–87. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2019 in press

Tan PCF, Millay O, Leeton L, Dennis AT. High flow humidified nasal pre-oxygenation in pregnant women: a prospective observational study. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2019; 122(1):86-91 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.015

Ferguson M, Dennis AT. Defining peri-operative anaemia in pregnant women – challenging the status quo. Anaesthesia 2019; 74(2):237-245 doi: 10.1111/anae.14468

Dennis AT, Hardy L, Leeton L. The prone position in healthy pregnant women and in women with preeclampsia – a pilot study. BMC Pregnancy and childbirth 2018; 18:445 doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-2073-x

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Maternal cardiac output response to colloid preload and vasopressor therapy during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in patients with severe pre-eclampsia: a randomised, controlled trial. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2018; 38(4):172-173

Dennis AT, Salman M, Paxton E, Flint M, Leeton L, Roodt F, Yentis S, Dyer RA.  Resting hemodynamics and response to exercise using the Six Minute Walk Test in late pregnancy: an international prospective multicentre study. Anesthesia Analgesia 2018 Oct 8. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003818.

Chen SSM, Leeton L. Castro JM. Dennis AT. Myocardial tissue characterisation and detection of myocardial oedema by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in women with pre-eclampsia: a pilot study. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2018; 36:56-65 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2018.07.004

Blank D, Kamlin O, Jacobs S, Thio M, Dawson J, Nyland K, Kane S, Dennis AT, Polglase G, Hooper S, Davis P. The Baby-Directed Umbilical Cord Clamping Feasibility Study: The Baby-DUCC Study. Resuscitation 2018; 131:1-7 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.07.020

Griffiths S, Waight G, Dennis AT. Focused transthoracic echocardiography in obstetrics. BJA Education 2018 18(9): 271-276 doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2018.06.001

Dennis AT, Warren M. M.H. Immediate birth – an analysis of women and their babies undergoing time critical birth in a tertiary referral obstetric hospital. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2018; 35:111-112 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2017.06.004

Dennis AT, Buckley A, Mahendrayogam T, Castro JM, Leeton L. Echocardiographic determination of resting haemodynamics and optimal positioning in term pregnant women. Anaesthesia 2018; 74(11):1345-1352 doi: 10.1111/anae.14418

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Maternal Pulse Pressure and the Risk of Postepidural Complications: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2018; 38(2):58-59

Dennis AT.  Reducing Maternal Mortality in Papua New Guinea: Contextualizing Access to Safe Surgery and Anesthesia. Anesthesia Analgesia 2018; 126:252-259 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002550

Warren M, Kamania J, Dennis AT. Immediate birth – an analysis of women undergoing time critical birth in a tertiary referral obstetric hospital. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2018; 33:46-52 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2017.06.004

Tan P, Dennis AT. High flow humidified nasal oxygenation in pregnant women. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2018; 46:36-41 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.015

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Development and validation of risk prediction model for venous thromboembolism in postpartum women: multinational cohort study. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2017; 37(4):205-206

Moroney E, Posma E, Dennis AT, d’Udekem Y, Cordina R, Zentner D. Pregnancy in the Woman with a Fontan circulation: a review. Obstetric Medicine 2018; 11(1):6-11 doi: 10.1177/1753495X17737680

Dennis AT, Griffiths J. Tranexamic acid for post-partum haemorrhage in the WOMAN trial. Lancet 2017; 380:1582 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31946-3

Dennis AT, Lamb KE, Story D, Tew M, Dalziel K, Clarke P, et al. Associations between maternal size and health outcomes for women undergoing caesarean section: a multicentre prospective observational study (The MUM SIZE Study). BMJ Open 2017;7:e015630.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015630 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015630

Dennis AT. Severe maternal morbidity with severe hypertension. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2017; 37(2):82-83

Myles PS, Myles DB, Galagher W, Boyd D, Chew C, MacDonald N, Dennis AT. Measuring acute postoperative pain using the visual analog scale: the minimal clinically important difference and patient acceptable symptom state. Br J Anaesth 2017; 118(3): 424-429 doi: 10.1093/bja/aew466

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Caesarean section rates and maternal and neonatal mortality. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2016; 36(4):171-172

Dennis AT, Hardy L. Defining a reference range for vital signs in healthy term pregnant women. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2016; 44(6):752-757 doi: 10.1177/0310057X1604400619

Dennis AT, Mulligan S. Analgesic requirements and pain experience after caesarean section under neuraxial anaesthesia in women with preeclampsia. Hypertension in Pregnancy 2016; 35(4):520-528 doi: 10.1080/10641955.2016.1192643

Tan PCF, Dennis AT. High flow humidified nasal pre-oxygenation in pregnant women. Anaesthesia 2016; 71:847-848 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.015

Dennis AT. Science, Sex and Society – Why maternal mortality is still a global health issue. Anaesthesia 2016; 71(9):1003-7 doi: 10.1111/anae.13481

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Is cell salvaged vaginal blood loss suitable for re-infusion? Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2016; 36(2):58-59

Myles PS, Myles DB, Galagher W, Boyd D, Chew C, MacDonald N, Dennis AT. Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Three Quality of Recovery Scales. Anesthesiology 2016; 125(1):39-45 doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001158

Dennis AT. Valvular heart disease in pregnancy. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2016; 25(1):4-8 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2015.09.001

Kane S, Dennis AT. Doppler assessment of uterine blood flow in pre-eclampsia: a review. Hypertension in pregnancy 2015; 34(4):400-421 DOI: 10.3109/10641955.2015.1074244 doi: 10.3109/10641955.2015.1074244

Dennis AT. Transthoracic echocardiography in women with preeclampsia. Current opinion in anesthesiology 2015; 28(3):254-260 doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000182

Dennis AT. Focused Review: Heart failure in pregnant women – is it peripartum cardiomyopathy? Anesthesia and Analgesia 2015; 120(3):638-643 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000597

Ozcan J, Balson I, Dennis AT.  New diagnosis myasthenia gravis and preeclampsia in late pregnancy.  BMJ Case Reports 2015 doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-208323 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208323

Dennis AT, Chambers E, Sarang K. Blood pressure assessment and first line pharmacological agents in women with eclampsia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2015; 24:247-251 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2015.01.007

Dennis AT, Dyer RA, Gibbs M, Nel L, Castro J, Swanevelder J. Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of haemodynamics in severe pre-eclampsia and HIV in South Africa. Anaesthesia 2015;70(9):1028-38 doi: 10.1111/anae.13038

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Hypertensive Disorders and Pregnancy-Related Stroke: Frequency, Trends, Risk Factors, and Outcomes. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2015; 35(4):188-189

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Cardiac arrest during hospitalization for delivery in the United States, 1998-2011 Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2015; 35(2):75-77

Dennis AT, Castro JM. Haemodynamics and hypertension in pregnant women – is a unified theory of pre-eclampsia possible? Anaesthesia 2014; 69(11):1183-1189 doi: 0.1111/anae.12832

Dennis AT, Castro JM. Echocardiographic differences between pre-eclampsia and peripartum cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2014; 23(3):260-266 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2014.05.002

Dennis AT, Dyer RA. Cardiac output monitoring in obstetric anaesthesia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2014; 23:1-3 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.11.001

Dennis AT, Castro, JM. Transthoracic echocardiography in women with treated severe pre-eclampsia. Anaesthesia 2014; 69(5):436-444 doi: 10.1111/anae.12623

Dennis AT, Gerstman G. Management of labour and birth in a woman with refractory supraventricular tachycardia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2014; 23:80-85 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.08.012

Dennis AT. (invited commentary) Expectant management of severe preeclampsia remote from term: the MEXPRE Latin Study, a randomized, multicenter clinical trial Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2014; 34(4):229-230

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Utility of B-type natriuretic peptides in preeclampsia: A systematic review. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2014; 34(2):72-74

Kane SC, Dennis AT, Da Silva Costa F, Kornman L, Brennecke S. Contemporary clinical management of the cerebral complications of preeclampsia. Obstetrics and Gynecology International 2013; doi: 10.1155/2013/985606   

Dennis AT. The bench is the bedside – the role of transthoracic echocardiography in translating pregnancy research into clinical practice. Anaesthesia 2013; 68(12):1207-1209 doi: 10.1111/anae.12451

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Flash pulmonary edema during cesarean section in a woman with preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension 2013; 3(3):196-197

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Association between fibrinogen level and severity of postpartum haemorrhage: secondary analysis of a prospective trial. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2013; 33(2):99-100

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Reversal of peripheral nerve injury-induced hypersensitivity in the postpartum period: role of spinal oxytocin. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2013; 33(4):181-182

Dennis AT, Castro J, Simmons SW, Carr C, Permezel M, Royse CF. Haemodynamics in women with untreated preeclampsia. Anaesthesia 2012; 67(10):1105-18 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07193.x

Dennis AT. Management of Pre-eclampsia – Issues for anaesthetists. Anaesthesia 2012; 67(9):1009-1020 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07195.x

Dennis AT, Solnordal CB. Acute pulmonary oedema in pregnant women. Anaesthesia 2012; 67(6):646-659 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07055.x

Dennis AT, Stenson A. The use of transthoracic echocardiography in postpartum hypotension. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2012; 115:1033-1037 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826cde5f

Dennis AT, Castro JM, Ong M, Carr C. Haemodynamics in obese pregnant women. International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia 2012; 21:129-134 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2011.11.007 

McCarthy T, Telac N, Dennis AT, Griffiths G, Buettner A. Ability of non-invasive intermittent blood pressure monitoring and a continuous non-invasive arterial pressure monitor (CNAPTM) to provide new readings in each 1-min interval during elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2012; 67(3):274-279 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06996.x

Dennis AT, Castro JM, Heffernan S, Hennessy A. Haemodynamics in healthy pregnant and non-pregnant baboons. Journal of Medical Primatology 2012; 41(2):122-129 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2011.00532.x

Simmons SW, Taghizadeh N, Dennis AT, Hughes D, Cyna AM. Combined spinal-epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD003401. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003401.pub3 

Dennis AT. Labetalol for hypertensive pulmonary oedema in pregnancy. Anaesthesia 2012; 67(10):1172-73 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07286.x

Dennis AT (invited commentary) Li YH, Novikova N. Pulmonary artery flow catheters for directing management in pre-eclampsia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD008882. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008882.pub2. Oct 2 2012 IF 5.703

Miles L, Dennis AT. Time to restock the doctor’s bag. Australian Prescriber 2012; 35(6):178 doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2012.081

Dennis AT. Transthoracic echocardiography in obstetric anaesthesia and obstetric critical illness. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2011; 20:160-168 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2010.11.007

Dennis AT, Arhanghelschi I, Simmons SW, Royse CF. Prospective observational study of serial cardiac output by transthoracic echocardiography in healthy pregnant women undergoing elective caesarean delivery. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2010; 19:142-8 

Lai CF, Dennis AT, Graham J. High output cardiac failure in a woman with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Anaesthesia Intensive Care 2010; 38(2):381-6 doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.06.007

Dennis AT, Walker S, Crowhurst J, Drinkwater P. Intravenous labetalol is available in Australia. Anaesthesia Intensive Care 2010; 38(2):397 

Simmons SW, Crowhurst JA, Cyna AM, Dennis AT. Combined spinal-epidural versus spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD008100. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008100

Dennis AT. The anaesthetist is a vital member of the team. Obstetric Medicine 2009; 2(1):44

Dennis AT (Comment) Duley L, Henderson-Smart DJ. Magnesium sulphate versus diazepam for eclampsia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD000127,12 May 2008 doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000127.

Simmons SW, Cyna AM, Dennis AT, Hughes D. Combined spinal-epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD003401 doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003401.pub3