Dr Stephen Brett

Publications


Journals

  • McKay A; Walker ST; Brett SJ; Vincent C; Sevdalis N. (2 May 2012). Team performance in resuscitation teams: Comparison and critique of two recently developed scoring tools. Resuscitation. DOI.
  • Arulkumaran N; West S; Chan K; Templeton M; Taube D; Brett SJ. (Jan 2012). Long-term renal function and survival of renal transplant recipients admitted to the intensive care unit. Clin Transplant. 26:E24-E31. DOI.
  • Brett S. (Oct 2011). Critical care outcomes: current and future issues. Curr Opin Crit Care. 17:493-494. DOI.
  • Camporota L; Brett S. (2011). Care bundles: implementing evidence or common sense?. Crit Care. 15:159. DOI.
  • Brett SJ; Myles P; Lim WS; Enstone JE; Bannister B; Semple MG; Read RC; Taylor BL; et alMcMenamin J; Nicholson KG; Nguyen-Van-Tam JS; Openshaw PJ; Influenza Clinical Information Network (FLU-CIN). (2011). Pre-admission statin use and in-hospital severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease. PLoS One. 6:e18120. DOI.
  • Terblanche MJ; Pinto R; Whiteley C; Brett S; Beale R; Adhikari NKJ. (1 Jan 2011). Statins do not prevent acute organ failure in ventilated ICU patients: single-centre retrospective cohort study. CRITICAL CARE. 15. Author weblink DOI.
  • Walker S; Brett S; McKay A; Lambden S; Vincent C; Sevdalis N. (Jul 2011). Observational Skill-based Clinical Assessment tool for Resuscitation (OSCAR): development and validation. Resuscitation. 82:835-844. DOI.
  • Bewick T; Myles P; Greenwood S; Nguyen-Van-Tam JS; Brett SJ; Semple MG; Openshaw PJ; Bannister B; et alRead RC; Taylor BL; McMenamin J; Enstone JE; Nicholson KG; Lim WS; Influenza Clinical Information Network. (Mar 2011). Clinical and laboratory features distinguishing pandemic H1N1 influenza-related pneumonia from interpandemic community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Thorax. 66:247-252. DOI.
  • Patel A; Waheed U; Brett S; Rahemtulla A; Apperley JF; Patel P. (Apr 2010). Rapid response of myeloma hyperammonaemic encephalopathy to L-ornithine-L-aspartate therapy. British Journal of Haematology. 149:58.
  • Elliott VJ; Rodgers DL; Brett SJ. (Mar 2011). Systematic review of quality of life and other patient-centred outcomes after cardiac arrest survival. Resuscitation. 82:247-256. DOI.
  • Walker S; Brett S. (Oct 2010). Oiling the wheels of intensive care to reduce "machine friction": the best way to improve outcomes?. Crit Care Med. 38:S642-S648. DOI.
  • Nguyen-Van-Tam JS; Openshaw PJ; Hashim A; Gadd EM; Lim WS; Semple MG; Read RC; Taylor BL; et alBrett SJ; McMenamin J; Enstone JE; Armstrong C; Nicholson KG; Influenza Clinical Information Network (FLU-CIN). (Jul 2010). Risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcome with pandemic A/H1N1 influenza: United Kingdom first wave (May-September 2009). Thorax. 65:645-651. DOI.
  • Price LC; Wort SJ; Finney SJ; Marino PS; Brett SJ. (2010). Pulmonary vascular and right ventricular dysfunction in adult critical care: current and emerging options for management: a systematic literature review. Crit Care. 14:R169. DOI.
  • Pinto A; Burnett S; Benn J; Brett S; Parand A; Iskander S; Vincent C. (Feb 2011). Improving reliability of clinical care practices for ventilated patients in the context of a patient safety improvement initiative. J Eval Clin Pract. 17:180-187. DOI.
  • Garland P; de Lavallade H; Sekine T; Hoschler K; Sriskandan S; Patel P; Brett S; Stringaris K; et alLoucaides E; Howe K; Marin D; Kanfer E; Cooper N; Macdonald D; Rahemtulla A; Atkins M; Danga A; Milojkovic D; Gabriel I; Khoder A; Alsuliman A; Apperley J; Rezvani K. (May 2011). Humoral and cellular immunity to primary H1N1 infection in patients with hematologic malignancies following stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 17:632-639. DOI.
  • Chapman RJ; Templeton M; Ashworth S; Broomhead R; McLean A; Brett SJ. (1 Jan 2009). Long-term survival of chronic dialysis patients following survival from an episode of multiple-organ failure. CRITICAL CARE. 13. Author weblink DOI.
  • Spearpoint KG; Gruber PC; Brett SJ. (1 Jun 2009). Impact of the Immediate Life Support course on the incidence and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest calls: An observational study over 6 years. RESUSCITATION. 80:638-643. Author weblink DOI.
  • Whittington AM; Whitlow G; Hewson D; Thomas C; Brett SJ. (1 Jun 2009). Bacterial contamination of stethoscopes on the intensive care unit. ANAESTHESIA. 64:620-624. Author weblink DOI.
  • Sevdalis N; Brett SJ. (1 Jan 2009). Improving care by understanding the way we work: human factors and behavioural science in the context of intensive care. CRITICAL CARE. 13. Author weblink DOI.
  • Tan T; Brett SJ; Stokes T. (25 Mar 2009). Guidelines Rehabilitation after critical illness: summary of NICE guidance. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 338. Author weblink DOI.
  • Eisen DP; Dean MM; Boermeester MA; Fidler KJ; Gordon AC; Kronborg G; Kun JFJ; Lau YL; et alPayeras A; Valdimarsson H; Brett SJ; Ip WKE; Mila J; Peters MJ; Saevarsdottir S; van Till JWO; Hinds CJ; McBryde ES. (15 Aug 2008). Low serum mannose-binding lectin level increases the risk of death due to pneumococcal infection. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 47:510-516. Author weblink DOI.
  • Nematy M; Brynes AE; Hornick PI; Patterson M; Ghatei MA; Bloom SR; Brett SJ; Frost GS. (8 Oct 2007). Postprandial ghrelin suppression is exaggerated following major surgery; implications for nutritional recovery. NUTRITION & METABOLISM. 4. Author weblink DOI.
  • Arawwawala D; Brett SJ. (2007). Clinical review: beyond immediate survival from resuscitation-long-term outcome considerations after cardiac arrest. Crit Care. 11:235. DOI.
  • Chapman RJ; Brett SJ. (Sep 2007). Cognitive dysfunction in intensive care survivors. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 68:467-469.
  • Hudson SJ; Brett SJ. (1 Jan 2006). Heterotopic ossification - a long-term consequence of prolonged immobility. CRITICAL CARE. 10. Author weblink DOI.
  • Price LC; Brett SJ; Howard LS. (May 2007). The use of vasopressors in pulmonary hypertension on the intensive care unit. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 68:280.
  • Nematy M; Brynes AE; Hornick PI; Brett SJ; Frost GS. (1 Jan 2006). Postprandial ghrelin suppression is exaggerated following major surgery; implications for nutritional recovery. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY. 65:63A-63A. Author weblink.
  • Brett SJ; Evans TW. (1 Oct 1996). Endogenous nitric oxide in exhaled human breath - A new means of monitoring airway disease activity or another NO-NO?. CHEST. 110:873-874. Author weblink DOI.
  • Goldrick PB; Murphy A; Brett SJ; Keogh BF. (1 Nov 1996). Endoscopic detection of submucosal guidewire placement during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE. 22:1276-1276. Author weblink DOI.
  • Foley PT; Baldock GJ; Brett SJ. (1 May 1999). Impact of changes in staffing and organization of an intensive care unit on outcome. BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA. 82:792P-792P. Author weblink.
  • Terblanche M; Brett SJ. (1 Mar 2006). Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and complications after surgery. JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE. 21:53-55. Author weblink DOI.
  • Brett SJ; Simon J; Gibbs R; Pepper JR; Evans TW. (Jan 1996). Impairment of endothelium-dependent pulmonary vasodilation in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension. Thorax. 51:89-91.
  • Brett SJ; Evans TW. (17 Apr 1996). Nitric oxide: physiological roles and therapeutic implications in the lung. Br J Hosp Med. 55:487-490.
  • Brett SJ; Quinlan GJ; Mitchell J; Pepper JR; Evans TW. (Feb 1998). Production of nitric oxide during surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med. 26:272-278.
  • Brett SJ; Evans TW. (Mar 1998). Measurement of endogenous nitric oxide in the lungs of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 157:993-997.
  • Abel SJ; Finney SJ; Brett SJ; Keogh BF; Morgan CJ; Evans TW. (Apr 1998). Reduced mortality in association with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Thorax. 53:292-294.
  • Brett SJ; Chambers J; Bush A; Rosenthal M; Evans TW. (Nov 1998). Pulmonary response of normal human subjects to inhaled vasodilator substances. Clin Sci (Lond). 95:621-627.
  • Brett SJ; Hansell DM; Evans TW. (Nov 1998). Clinical correlates in acute lung injury: response to inhaled nitric oxide. Chest. 114:1397-1404.
  • Marshall JC; Foster D; Vincent JL; Cook DJ; Cohen J; Dellinger RP; Opal S; Abraham E; et alBrett SJ; Smith T; Mehta S; Derzko A; Romaschin A; MEDIC study. (1 Aug 2004). Diagnostic and prognostic implications of endotoxemia in critical illness: results of the MEDIC study. J Infect Dis. 190:527-534. DOI.
  • Gordon AC; Waheed U; Hansen TK; Hitman GA; Garrard CS; Turner MW; Klein NJ; Brett SJ; et alHinds CJ. (Jan 2006). Mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms in severe sepsis: relationship to levels, incidence, and outcome. Shock. 25:88-93.
  • Nematy M; O'Flynn JE; Wandrag L; Brynes AE; Brett SJ; Patterson M; Ghatei MA; Bloom SR; et alFrost GS. (Feb 2006). Changes in appetite related gut hormones in intensive care unit patients: a pilot cohort study. Crit Care. 10:R10. DOI.
  • Payne EM; Brett SJ; Laffan MA. (Jul 2006). Efficacy of recombinant activated factor VII in unselected patients with uncontrolled haemorrhage: a single centre experience. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 17:397-402. DOI.
  • Suntharalingam G; Perry MR; Ward S; Brett SJ; Castello-Cortes A; Brunner MD; Panoskaltsis N. (7 Sep 2006). Cytokine storm in a phase 1 trial of the anti-CD28 monoclonal antibody TGN1412. N Engl J Med. 355:1018-1028. DOI.
  • Sukantarat KT; Williamson RC; Brett SJ. (Mar 2007). Psychological assessment of ICU survivors: a comparison between the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress scale. Anaesthesia. 62:239-243. DOI.
  • Sukantarat K; Greer S; Brett S; Williamson R. (Feb 2007). Physical and psychological sequelae of critical illness. Br J Health Psychol. 12:65-74. DOI.
  • Grover M; Talwalkar S; Casbard A; Boralessa H; Contreras M; Boralessa H; Brett S; Goldhill DR; et alSoni N. (Feb 2006). Silent myocardial ischaemia and haemoglobin concentration: a randomized controlled trial of transfusion strategy in lower limb arthroplasty. Vox Sang. 90:105-112. DOI.
  • Kalbag A; Kotyra Z; Richards M; Spearpoint K; Brett SJ. (Jan 2006). Long-term survival and residual hazard after in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 68:79-83. DOI.
  • Cotton A; Franklin BD; Brett S; Holmes A. (Oct 2005). Using imipenem and cilastatin during continuous renal replacement therapy. Pharm World Sci. 27:371-375. DOI.
  • Mapstone J; Brett S. (1 Jun 2005). Radiological weapons: what type of threat?. CRITICAL CARE. 9:223-225. Author weblink DOI.
  • Curzen N; Brett S; Fox K. (Sep 1997). Concrete induced cardiac contusion. Heart. 78:313-315.
  • Brett S. (Feb 2005). Science review: The use of proton pump inhibitors for gastric acid suppression in critical illness. Crit Care. 9:45-50. DOI.
  • Hopkins RO; Brett S. (Aug 2005). Chronic neurocognitive effects of critical illness. Curr Opin Crit Care. 11:369-375.
  • Sukantarat KT; Burgess PW; Williamson RC; Brett SJ. (Sep 2005). Prolonged cognitive dysfunction in survivors of critical illness. Anaesthesia. 60:847-853. DOI.
  • Vincent JL; Laterre PF; Cohen J; Burchardi H; Bruining H; Lerma FA; Wittebole X; De Backer D; et alBrett S; Marzo D; Nakamura H; John S. (May 2005). A pilot-controlled study of a polymyxin B-immobilized hemoperfusion cartridge in patients with severe sepsis secondary to intra-abdominal infection. Shock. 23:400-405.
  • Treanor G; Spearpoint K; Brett S. (Jan 2005). Survival from in-hospital cardiac arrest: the potential impact of infection. Resuscitation. 64:59-62. DOI.
  • Griffith M; Brett S. (Jun 2003). The pulmonary physician in critical care * illustrative case 3: pulmonary vasculitis. Thorax. 58:543-546.
  • Waheed U; Williams P; Brett S; Baldock G; Soni N. (Feb 2003). White cell count and intensive care unit outcome. Anaesthesia. 58:180-182.
  • Broomhead LR; Brett SJ. (Oct 2002). Clinical review: Intensive care follow-up--what has it told us?. Crit Care. 6:411-417.
  • Boraless H; Rao MP; Morgan C; Soni N; Goldhill DR; Brett SJ; Boralessi H; Contreras M. (Jun 2002). A survey of physicians' attitudes to transfusion practice in critically ill patients in the UK. Anaesthesia. 57:584-588.
  • Rao MP; Boralessa H; Morgan C; Soni N; Goldhill DR; Brett SJ; Boralessa H; Contreras M; et alNorth Thames Blood Interest Group. (Jun 2002). Blood component use in critically ill patients. Anaesthesia. 57:530-534.
  • Baldock G; Foley P; Brett S. (May 2001). The impact of organisational change on outcome in an intensive care unit in the United Kingdom. Intensive Care Med. 27:865-872.
  • Johnston D; Brett S. (Mar 2002). The acute respiratory distress syndrome: recent advances in ventilation. Clin Med. 2:104-108.

Chapters in books

  • Cordingley J; Brett SJ. The intensive care unit. In Acute renal failure in practice. (2002).
  • Sukantarat TK; Brett SJ. The neuropsychological consequences of Intensive Care. In Surviving Intensive Care (Update in intensive care and emergency medicine). 51-61. (2002).
  • Williams B; Brett SJ. The etiology of obstetric critical illness. In Yearbook of intensive care and emergency medicine 2002. 889-896. (2002).

Conferences

  • Patel A; Punjabi PP; Jarvis S; McKinnon T; Manning R; Brett S; Laffan MA; Waheed U. Impaired primary haemostasis in severe sepsis despite elevated von Willebrand factor. 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the British-Society-for-Haematology, 16 Apr 2012 - 18 Apr 2012. 157:35-36. WILEY-BLACKWELL (1 Apr 2012). Author weblink.
  • Patel A; Waheed U; Brett S; Rahemtulla A; Apperley JF; Patel P. Rapid response of myeloma hyperammonaemic encephalopathy to L-ornithine-L-aspartate therapy. 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British-Society-for-Haematology, 19 Apr 2010 - 21 Apr 2010. 149:58-58. WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC (1 May 2010).
  • Sukantarat KT; Williamson RCN; Brett SJ. Impaired executive function in patients surviving critical illness. 15th Annual Congress on European-Society-of-Internsive-Care-Medicine. 28:S128-S128. (Sep 2002).
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