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
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
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.
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