Publications by authors named "Brennan Carne"
Background: Healthcare systems globally face the issue of resource constraints and need for prioritization of elective surgery. Inclusive, explicit prioritization tools are important in improving consistency and equity of access to surgery across health systems. The General Surgical Prioritization Tool developed by New Zealand's Ministry of Health scores patients for elective non-cancer surgery based on surgeon's clinical judgement and patient derived Impact on Life (IoL) scores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify factors associated with death secondary to haemorrhage following major trauma.
Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted on data from adult major trauma patients attending Christchurch Hospital ED between 1 June 2016 and 1 June 2020. Cases (those who died due to haemorrhage or multiple organ failure [MOF]), were matched to controls (those who survived) in a 1:5 ratio from the Canterbury District Health Board major trauma database.
Aim: To quantify and describe presentations to a New Zealand tertiary hospital emergency department (ED) associated with paediatric exploratory ingestions (PEIs) during 2019 in comparison to 1999.
Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted of PEI presentations by children under 7 years of age to Christchurch Hospital ED between 1 January and 31 December 2019. Data were studied for demographic and management details and compared to data from 1999.
Aim: To describe the variation in volumes and types of paediatric presentations to a tertiary emergency department in New Zealand during the national level 4 lockdown for COVID-19.
Methods: A retrospective, comparative cohort study in Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department, New Zealand.
Results: There was a 37% reduction in all emergency presentations during the 33-day lockdown period.