Ms Melissa Lassig-Smith
Clinical Nurse – Research, Intensive care services
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Industry Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Researcher biography
Involvement in all aspects of studies in intensive care from initial proposal to completion.
Publications
Journal Articles
Holley, Anthony D., Dulhunty, Joel, Udy, Andrew, Midwinter, Mark, Lukin, Bill, Stuart, Janine, Boots, Robert, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Holley, Robert B., Paratz, Jenny and Lipman, Jeffrey (2021). Early sequential microcirculation assessment in shocked patients as a predictor of outcome: a prospective observational cohort study. Shock, 55 (5), 581-586. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001578
Mattiussi, Mark, Livermore, Amelia, Levido, Annabel, Starr, Therese, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Fourie, Cheryl and Dulhunty, Joel (2020). What the forks? A longitudinal quality improvement study tracking cutlery numbers in a public teaching and research hospital staff tearoom. Medical Journal of Australia, 213 (11), 521-523. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50862
Bellapart, Judith, Appadurai, Vinesh, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Zappala, Christopher and Boots, Rob (2020). Effect of Exogenous Melatonin Administration in Critically Ill Patients on Delirium and Sleep: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Critical Care Research and Practice, 2020 3951828, 1-9. doi: 10.1155/2020/3951828
Udy, Andrew A., Jarrett, Paul, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Starr, Therese, Dunlop, Rachel, Deans, Renae, Roberts, Jason A., Senthuran, Siva, Boots, Robert, Bisht, Kavita, Bulmer, Andrew C. and Lipman, Jeffrey (2017). Augmented renal clearance in traumatic brain injury: a single-center observational study of atrial natriuretic peptide, cardiac output, and creatinine clearance. Journal of Neurotrauma, 34 (1), 137-144. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4328
Cohen, Jeremy, Pretorius, Carel J., Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Cardinal, John, Blumenthal, Antje, Presneill, Jeff, Gatica-Andrades, Marcela, Jarrett, Paul, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Dunlop, Rachel, Starr, Therese and Venkatesh, Bala (2016). Glucocorticoid sensitivity is highly variable in critically ill patients with septic shock and is associated with disease severity. Critical Care Medicine, 44 (6), 1034-1041. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001633
Roberts, Jason A., Choi, Gordon Y. S., Joynt, Gavin M., Paul, Sanjoy K., Deans, Renae, Peake, Sandra, Cole, Louise, Stephens, Dianne, Bellomo, Rinaldo, Turnidge, John, Wallis, Steven C., Roberts, Michael S., Roberts, Darren M., Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Starr, Therese and Lipman, Jeffrey (2016). SaMpling antibiotics in renal replacement therapy (SMARRT): an observational pharmacokinetic study in critically ill patients. Bmc Infectious Diseases, 16 (1) 103, 103.1-103.8. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1421-6
Sinnollareddy, Mahipal G., Roberts, Michael S., Lipman, Jeffrey, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Starr, Therese, Robertson, Thomas, Peake, Sandra L. and Roberts, Jason A. (2016). In vivo microdialysis to determine subcutaneous interstitial fluid penetration and pharmacokinetics of fluconazole in intensive care unit patients with sepsis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (2), 827-832. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02461-15
Conway, Paul, Pretorius, Carel J, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Jarrett, Paul, Starr, Therese, Dunlop, Rachael, Venkatesh, Bala and Cohen, Jeremy (2015). Cortisol responses at baseline and after corticotropin in acute aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective study. Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 17 (1), 37-42.
Gowardman, John R., Jeffries, Paula, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Jarrett, Paul, Deans, Renae, McGrail, Matthew, George, Narelle M., Nimmo, Graeme R. and Rickard, Claire M. (2013). A comparative assessment of two conservative methods for the diagnosis of catheter-related infection in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Medicine, 39 (1), 109-116. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2689-7
Cohen, Jeremy, Lassig Smith, Melissa, Deans, Renae V., Pretorius, Carel J., Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Tan, Terrence, Jones, Mark and Venkatesh, Bala (2012). Serial changes in plasma total cortisol, plasma free cortisol and tissue cortisol activity in patients with septic shock: An observational study. Shock, 37 (1), 28-33. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e318239b809
Douglas, Alexandra, Udy, Andrew A., Wallis, Steven C., Jarrett, Paul, Stuart, Janine, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Deans, Renae, Roberts, Michael S., Taraporewalla, Kersi, Jenkins, Jason, Medley, Gregory, Lipman, Jeffrey and Roberts, Jason A. (2011). Plasma and tissue pharmacokinetics of cefazolin in patients undergoing elective and semielective abdominal aortic aneurysm open repair surgery. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55 (11), 5238-5242. doi: 10.1128/AAC.05033-11
Boots, Robert J., Lipman, Jeffrey, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stephens, DP, Thomas, J., Shehabi, Y., Bass, F., Anthony, A., Long, D., Seppelt, I.M., Weisbrodt, L., Erickson, S., Beca, J., Sherring, C., McGuiness, S., Parke, R., Stachowski, E.R., Boyd, R. and Howe, B. (2011). Experience with high frequency oscillation ventilation during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in Australia and New Zealand. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 39 (5), 837-846. doi: 10.1177/0310057x1103900507
Udy, A, Boots, R, Senthuran, S, Stuart, J, Deans, R, Lassig-Smith, M and Lipman, J (2010). Augmented creatinine clearance in traumatic brain injury. Anesthesia And Analgesia, 111 (6), 1505-1510. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181f7107d