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Peer-Reviewed Research Papers

Dalton NS, Kippen RJ, Leach MJ, Knott CI, Doherty ZB, Downie JM, Fletcher JA. Long-term survival following a medical emergency team call at an Australian regional hospital. Critical Care and Resuscitation. [Forthcoming].


Ristevski E, Ludwick T, Leach M, Thompson S, Iddawela M, Pryce M, Wood E, Davidson K, Gell J. Implementing optimal care pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer: A survey of rural health professionals’ self-rated learning needs. International Journal of Integrated Care. 22(1): 27, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.6028

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Ristevski E, Leach M, Bolton E, Spargo M, Byrne A, Khalil H. Rural community-based nurses’ self-reported knowledge and skills in the provision of psychosocial care to palliative and end-of-life clients and carers. Palliative and Supportive Care. 2021. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521001644

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Leach MJ. Science calligrams: A contemporary science communication perspective. In: J. Wilkinson, C. Atherton & S. Holland-Blatt (Eds). Poetry Now special issue of TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses. 2021. 25(64). https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.30987

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Doherty SB, Fletcher JA, Fuzzard KL, Leach MJ, O’Sullivan BG, Panozzo LE, Pound GM, Saka E, Kippen RJ. Functional outcomes following an in-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective cohort study. Australian Critical Care. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.07.002


Ketterer S, Leach MJ, Fraser C. Factors Associated with quality of life among people living with a stoma in non-metropolitan areas. Nursing Research. 2021; 70(4):281-8.


Leach MJ, Roughead EE, Pratt NL. A data visualisation method for assessing exposure misclassification in case-crossover studies: the example of tricyclic antidepressants and the risk of hip fracture in older people. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2021; 21:43.


Conway P, Leach M, Tejani N, Robinson A, Shethia Y, Solo I. Oesophageal cancer treatment patterns, timeliness of care and outcomes in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 2021; 65(2): 242-250.


Kippen R, O’Sullivan B, Hickson H, Leach M, Wallace G. A national survey of COVID-19 challenges, responses and effects in Australian general practice. The Australian Journal of General Practice. 2020; 49(11): 745-751. [1 citation].


Kabwe M, Robinson A, Shethia Y, Parker C, Blum R, Solo M, Leach M. Timeliness of cancer care in a regional Victorian health service: A comparison of high-volume (lung) and low-volume (oesophagogastric) tumour streams. Cancer Reports. 2020; e1301. DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1301 [0 citations].


Leach MJ, Rayner R. The demographics and characteristics of contemporary Australian science poetry. Axon: Creative Explorations. 2020; 10(1). Available at: https://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-vol-10-no-1-may-2020/demographics-and-characteristics-contemporary-australian-science-poetry [1 citation].


Kabwe M, Brown T, Speirs L, Ku H, Leach M, Chan HT, Petrovski S, Lock P, Tucci J. Novel bacteriophages capable of disrupting biofilms from clinical strains of Aeromonas hydrophila. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020; 11:194. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00194 [2 citations].


Leach M and Kippen R. Gender differences in psychotropic medicine dispensing at a pharmacy in Melbourne, Australia, 1954 and 1961. Pharmaceutical Historian. 2019; 49(3): 65-73. [1 citation].


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. The risk of hip fracture due to mirtazapine exposure when switching antidepressants or using other antidepressants as add-on therapy. Drugs – Real World Outcomes. 2017; 4(4): 247-255. [10 citations].


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. The risk of hip fracture in older people using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other psychoactive medicines concurrently: a matched case-control study in Australia. Drugs – Real World Outcomes. 2017; 4(2): 87-96. [10 citations].


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. Psychoactive medicine use and the risk of hip fracture in older people: a case-crossover study. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2015; 24(6): 576-582. [21 citations].


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE, Hayward K, Jenkins N. Medicine use among the elderly before and after hip fracture. Australian Journal of Pharmacy. 2014; 95(1125): 72-74. [A secondary publication arranged by the original publisher].


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. Medicine use among older Australians before and after hip fracture. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2013; 43(4): 265-268. [7 citations]. (Note: this paper was accredited by the Australian Pharmacy Council for Australian pharmacists’ CPD).


Leach MJ, Gall SL, Dewey HM, Macdonell RAL, Thrift AG. Factors associated with quality of life in 7-year survivors of stroke. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 2011; 82(12): 1365-1371. [64 citations].

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Leach MJ, Roughead EE, Pratt NL. A data visualisation method for assessing exposure misclassification in case-crossover studies: the example of tricyclic antidepressants and the risk of hip fracture in older people. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2021; 21:43.

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Conway P, Leach M, Tejani N, Robinson A, Shethia Y, Solo I. Oesophageal cancer treatment patterns, timeliness of care and outcomes in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 2021. DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.13167. [Online first].

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Kippen R, O’Sullivan B, Hickson H, Leach M, Wallace G. A national survey of COVID-19 challenges, responses and effects in Australian general practice. The Australian Journal of General Practice. 2020; 49(11): 745-751.


Kabwe M, Robinson A, Shethia Y, Parker C, Blum R, Solo M, Leach M. Timeliness of cancer care in a regional Victorian health service: A comparison of high-volume (lung) and low-volume (oesophagogastric) tumour streams. Cancer Reports. 2020; e1301. DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1301


Leach MJ, Rayner R. The demographics and characteristics of contemporary Australian science poetry. Axon: Creative Explorations. 2020; 10(1). Available at: https://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-vol-10-no-1-may-2020/demographics-and-characteristics-contemporary-australian-science-poetry


Kabwe M, Brown T, Speirs L, Ku H, Leach M, Chan HT, Petrovski S, Lock P, Tucci J. Novel bacteriophages capable of disrupting biofilms from clinical strains of Aeromonas hydrophila. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020; 11:194. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00194


Leach M and Kippen R. Gender differences in psychotropic medicine dispensing at a pharmacy in Melbourne, Australia, 1954 and 1961. Pharmaceutical Historian. 2019; 49(3): 65-73.


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. The risk of hip fracture due to mirtazapine exposure when switching antidepressants or using other antidepressants as add-on therapy. Drugs – Real World Outcomes. 2017; 4(4): 247-255.


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. The risk of hip fracture in older people using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other psychoactive medicines concurrently: a matched case-control study in Australia. Drugs – Real World Outcomes. 2017; 4(2): 87-96.


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. Psychoactive medicine use and the risk of hip fracture in older people: a case-crossover study. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2015; 24(6): 576-582.


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE, Hayward K, Jenkins N. Medicine use among the elderly before and after hip fracture. Australian Journal of Pharmacy. 2014; 95(1125): 72-74. [A secondary publication arranged by the original publisher].


Leach MJ, Pratt NL, Roughead EE. Medicine use among older Australians before and after hip fracture. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2013; 43(4): 265-268.


Leach MJ, Gall SL, Dewey HM, Macdonell RAL, Thrift AG. Factors associated with quality of life in 7-year survivors of stroke. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 2011; 82(12): 1365-1371.

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