Prof Andrew Bersten

Phone: +61 8 82044247
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Location: School of Medicine (3D:130)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Research and consultancy

Publications

Book chapters

Bersten, A.D., 2005. Fluid management in the ventilated patient. In Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill, pp. 1323-1332.

Bersten, A.D. & Duke, G., 2004. Non-invasive ventilation. In Oh's Intensive Care Manual. Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 405-410.

Refereed journal articles

Elder, A., Saccone, G.T., Bersten, A.D., & Dixon, D.L., 2011. Caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis results in mild lung inflammation and altered respiratory mechanics. Experimental Lung Research, 37(2), 69-77.

Elder, A., Saccone, G.T., Bersten, A.D., & Dixon, D.L., 2011. L-Arginine-induced acute pancreatitis results in mild lng imflammation without altered respiratory mechanics. Experimental Lung Research, 37, 1-9.

Dixon, D.L., Griggs, K.M., Bersten, A.D., & De Pasquale, C.G., 2011. Systemic inflammation and cell activation reflects morbidity in chronic heart failure. Cytokine.

Chamberlain, D.J., Willis, E.M., & Bersten, A.D., 2011. The severe sepsis bundles as processes of care: A meta-analysis. Australian Critical Care, 24(4), 229-243.

Elder, A., Saccone, G.T., Bersten, A.D., & Dixon, D.L., 2011. L-Arginine-induced acute pancreatitis results in mild lung inflammation without altered respiratory mechanics. Experimental Lung Research, (1), 1-9.

Prentice, C.E., Paratz, J., & Bersten, A.D., 2010. Differences in the degree of respiratory and peripheral muscle impairment are evident on clinical, electrophysiological and biopsy testing in critically ill adults a qualitative systematic review. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 12(2).

Dixon, D.L., Griggs, K.M., Forsyth, K.D., & Bersten, A.D., 2010. Lower interleukin-8 levels in airway aspirates from breastfed infants with acute bronchiolitis. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 21, e691-e696.

Muecke, S., Bersten, A.D., & Plummer, J.L., 2010. Validation of arterial blood pressures observed from the patient monitor; a tool for prehospital research. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 24(2), 93-100.

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Books

Bersten, A.D. & Soni, N., 2003. Oh's Intensive Care Manual, London, UK: Butterwork Heinemann.

Book chapters

Bersten, A.D., 2005. Fluid management in the ventilated patient. In Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill, pp. 1323-1332.

Bersten, A.D. & Duke, G., 2004. Non-invasive ventilation. In Oh's Intensive Care Manual. Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 405-410.

Bersten, A.D., 2003. Acute respiratory distress syndrome. In Oh's Intensive Care Manual. Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 329-339.

Bersten, A.D., 2003. Respiratory monitoring. In Oh's Intensive Care Manual. Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 341-350.

Bersten, A.D., 2003. Mechanical ventilation. In Oh's Intensive Care Manual. Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 309-319.

Bersten, A.D., 2003. Humidification and inhalation therapy. In Oh's Intensive Care Manual. Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 321-327.

Refereed journal articles

Elder, A., Saccone, G.T., Bersten, A.D., & Dixon, D.L., 2011. L-Arginine-induced acute pancreatitis results in mild lung inflammation without altered respiratory mechanics. Experimental Lung Research, (1), 1-9.

Elder, A., Saccone, G.T., Bersten, A.D., & Dixon, D.L., 2011. L-Arginine-induced acute pancreatitis results in mild lng imflammation without altered respiratory mechanics. Experimental Lung Research, 37, 1-9.

Elder, A., Saccone, G.T., Bersten, A.D., & Dixon, D.L., 2011. Caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis results in mild lung inflammation and altered respiratory mechanics. Experimental Lung Research, 37(2), 69-77.

Chamberlain, D.J., Willis, E.M., & Bersten, A.D., 2011. The severe sepsis bundles as processes of care: A meta-analysis. Australian Critical Care, 24(4), 229-243.

Dixon, D.L., Griggs, K.M., Bersten, A.D., & De Pasquale, C.G., 2011. Systemic inflammation and cell activation reflects morbidity in chronic heart failure. Cytokine.

Dixon, D.L., Griggs, K.M., Forsyth, K.D., & Bersten, A.D., 2010. Lower interleukin-8 levels in airway aspirates from breastfed infants with acute bronchiolitis. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 21, e691-e696.

Moran, J.L., Graham, P.L., Rockliff, S., & Bersten, A.D., 2010. Updating the evidence for the role of corticosteroids in severe sepsis and septic shock: a Bayesian meta-analytic perspective. Critical Care, 14(4), 1-15.

Muecke, S., Bersten, A.D., & Plummer, J.L., 2010. Validation of arterial blood pressures observed from the patient monitor; a tool for prehospital research. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 24(2), 93-100.

Prentice, C.E., Paratz, J., & Bersten, A.D., 2010. Differences in the degree of respiratory and peripheral muscle impairment are evident on clinical, electrophysiological and biopsy testing in critically ill adults a qualitative systematic review. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 12(2).

Dixon, D.L., De Smet, H.R., & Bersten, A.D., 2009. Lung mechanics, surfactant and cytokine production in an endotoxin induced rat model of lung injury are both dose and tidal volume dependant. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 167(3), 333-340.

Dixon, D.L., De Pasquale, C.G., De Smet, H.R., Klebe, S., Orgeig, S., & Bersten, A.D., 2009. Reduced surface tension normalizes static lung mechanics in a rodent chronic heart failure model. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 180(2), 181-187.

Muecke, S., Bersten, A.D., & Plummer, J., 2009. The Mean Machine; Accurate non-invasive blood pressure measurement in the critically ill patient. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 23(5), 283-297.

Peter, J.V., John, P., Graham, P.L., Moran, J.L., George, I., & Bersten, A.D., 2008. Corticosteroids in the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults: meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 336(7651), 1006-1009.

Dixon, D.L., Barr, H.A., Bersten, A.D., & Doyle, I.R., 2008. Intracellular storage of surfactant and proinflammatory cytokines in co-cultured alveolar epithelium and macrophages in response to increasing CO2 and cyclic cell stretch. Experimental Lung Research, 34(1), 37-47.

Moran, J.L., Bersten, A.D., Solomon, P.J., Edibam, C., & Hunt, T., 2008. Modelling survival in acute severe illness: Cox versus accelerated failure time models. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 14(1), 83-93.

De Smet, H.R., Bersten, A.D., Barr, H.A., & Doyle, I.R., 2007. Hypercapnic acidosis modulates inflammation, lung mechanics, and edema in the isolated perfused lung. Journal of Critical Care, 22(4), 305-313.

Sampath, S., Moran, J.L., Graham, P.L., Rockliff, S., Bersten, A.D., & Abrams, K.R., 2007. The efficacy of loop diuretics in acute renal failure: assessment using Bayesian evidence synthesis techniques. Critical Care Medicine, 35(11), 2516-2524.

Patel, A. & Bersten, A.D., 2006. Pulmonary haemorrhage associated with negative-pressure pulmonary oedema: a case report. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 8(2), 115-116.

Peter, J.V., Moran, J.L., Phillips-Hughes, J., Graham, P., & Bersten, A.D., 2006. Effect of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) on mortality in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: a meta-analysis. Lancet, 367(9517), 1155-1163.

Moran, J.L., Bersten, A.D., & Solomon, P.J., 2005. Meta-analysis of controlled trials of ventilator therapy in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: an alternative perspective. Intensive Care Medicine, 31(2), 227-235.

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Doyle, I.R., Aylward, P.E., Russell, A.E., & Bersten, A.D., 2005. Circulating surfactant protein-B levels increase acutely in response to exercise-induced left ventricular dysfunction. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 32(8), 622-627.

Bersten, A.D., 2004. Advanced haemodynamic monitoring: getting to the heart of it. -Editorial-. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 6(2), 86-87.

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Aylward, P.E., Chew, D.P., & Bersten, A.D., 2004. Plasma surfactant protein-B: a novel biomarker in chronic heart failure. Circulation, 110(9), 1091-1096.

Moran, J.L., Solomon, P.J., Fox, V., Salagaras, M., Williams, P.J., Quinlan, K., & Bersten, A.D., 2004. Modelling thirty day mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in an adult ICU. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 32(3), 317-329.

Hermans, C., Dong, P., Robin, M., Bernard, A., Jadoul, M., Bersten, A.D., & Doyle, I.R., 2003. Determinants of serum levels of surfactant proteins A and B and Clara cell protein CC16. Biomarkers, 8(6), 461-471.

Edibam, C., Rutten, A., Collins, D.V., & Bersten, A.D., 2003. Effect of inspiratory flow pattern and inspiratory to expiratory ratio on nonlinear elastic behavior in patients with acute lung injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 167(5), 702-707.

De Pasquale, C.G., Bersten, A.D., Doyle, I.R., Aylward, P.E., & Arnolda, L.F., 2003. Infarct-induced chronic heart failure increases bidirectional protein movement across the alveolocapillary barrier. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 284(6), H2136-H2145.

Bersten, A.D., 2003. Optimal mechanical ventilation for ARDS. -Editorial-. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 5(1), 7-8.

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Doyle, I.R., Grant, R.L., Aylward, P.E., & Bersten, A.D., 2003. Prolonged alveolocapillary barrier damage after acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Critical Care Medicine, 31(4), 1060-1067.

Robin, M., Dong, P., Hermans, C., Bernard, A., Bersten, A.D., & Doyle, I.R., 2002. Serum levels of CC16, SP-A and SP-B reflect tobacco-smoke exclosure in asymptomatic subjects. European Respiratory Journal, 20(5), 1152-1161.

Davidson, K.G., Bersten, A.D., Barr, H.A., Dowling, K.D., Nicholas, T.E., & Doyle, I.R., 2002. Endotoxin induces respiratory failure and increases surfactant turnover and respiration independent of alveolocapillary injury in rats. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 165(11), 1516-1525.

Holt, A.W., Plummer, J.L., Bersten, A.D., & Bierer, P., 2002. Conventional coagulation and thromboelastograph parameters and longevity of continuous renal replacement circuits. Intensive Care Medicine, 28(11), 1649-1655.

O'Donoghue, F.J., Catcheside, P.G., Jordan, A.S., Bersten, A.D., & McEvoy, R.D., 2002. Effect of CPAP on intrinsic PEEP, inspiratory effort, and lung volume in severe stable COPD. Thorax, 57(6), 533-539.

Bersten, A.D., Edibam, C., Hunt, T., & Moran, J.L., 2002. Incidence and mortality of acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in three Australian states. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 165(4), 443-448.

Bersten, A.D., Hunt, T., Nicholas, T.E., & Doyle, I.R., 2001. Elevated plasma surfactant protein-B predicts development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with acute respiratory failure. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 164(4), 648-652.

Journal articles

Bersten, A.D., 2006. When isn't the cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome important?. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 8(4), 279-280.

Bersten, A.D. & Bryan, D.L., 2005. Ventilator-induced lung injury. Do dynamic factors also play a role?. Critical Care Medicine, 33(4), 907-909.

Bersten, A.D., 2003. Noninvasive ventilation for cardiogenic pulmonary edema: froth and bubbles?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 168, 1406-1408.

Conference publications

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Doyle, I.R., Aylward, P.E., & Bersten, A.D., 2003. Acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema results in increased plasma tumor necrosis factor and alpha and alveolocapillary barrier damage. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12(2), A58-A58.

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Doyle, I.R., Aylward, P.E., Russell, A.E., & Bersten, A.D., 2002. Surfactant protein-B in cardiogenic pulmonary edema: a novel and clinically relevant, peripheral marker of alveolocapillary barrier damage. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12(2), A92-A92.

Bersten, A.D., Hosszu, E.K., Hart, P., Nicholas, T.E., & Doyle, I.R., 2002. CO2 alters cytokine release from alveolar macrophages. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 165.

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Bersten, A.D., Aylward, P.E., Doyle, I.R., & Grant, R.L., 2001. Alteration in circulating surfactant protein A and B levels in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Heart, Lung and Circulation.

De Pasquale, C.G., Bersten, A.D., Aylward, P.E., Doyle, I.R., Grant, R.L., & Arnolda, L.F., 2001. Alteration in circulating surfactant protein A and B levels in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine Supplement ATS 2001.

Doyle, I.R., Bersten, A.D., De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., & Aylward, P.E., 2001. Altered alveolocapillary permeability to surfactant protein-B in congestive heart failure. Circulation.

Barr, H.A., Bersten, A.D., Davidson, K.G., Doyle, I.R., & Nicholas, T.E., 2001. Response of the normal and the injured rat loung to a sigh. IUPS (internet).

Other public research outputs

Bersten, A.D., Soni, N., & Oh, T.E., 2004. Oh's Intensive Care Manual (Editor), Edinburgh, UK: Butterworth Heinemann.

Patents

Doyle, I.R., De Pasquale, C.G., Bersten, A.D., & Arnolda, L.F., 2004. A Method of Diagnosis and Agents Useful for Same. Flinders University.

Other public research outputs

De Pasquale, C.G., Arnolda, L.F., Doyle, I.R., Aylward, P.E., & Bersten, A.D., 2003. Congestive heart failure increases bi-directional protein movement across the alveolocapillary barrier.

Patents

Bersten, A.D., Doyle, I.R., & Nicholas, T.E., 2002. A method of diagnosis. Flinders University.

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Professional and community engagement

Expertise for media contact

  • Critical Care Medicine acute lung injury, ARDS, mechanical ventilation

Subject/s

  • Critical Care
  • Lungs


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