Publications by authors named "Rachel Irvine"

Background: Nutrition in pregnancy is pivotal to optimizing infant growth and maternal well-being. The factors affecting Indigenous people's food and nutrition intake are complex with a history of colonization impacting the disproportionate effect of social determinants to this day. Literature regarding the dietary intake or dietary priorities of Indigenous women in Australia is scarce, with supportive, culturally appropriate resources developed for and with this group rare.

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Objective: To identify the epidemiological patterns of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in Queensland, Australia and to investigate associations between patient variables and prehospital outcome.

Methods: Included were pediatric (>4 days-18 years) OHCA patients attended by paramedics in the state of Queensland (Australia) between January 2009 and December 2019. Patient and arrest characteristics were described.

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In order to facilitate characterization of the circulating factor(s) in pre-eclampsia, the present study aimed to determine whether plasma from women with pre-eclampsia, which induces attenuated endothelial-dependent relaxation in human myometrial arteries, is also capable of inducing altered endothelial function in mouse vessels. Human vessels were isolated from myometrial biopsies taken from women with uncomplicated pregnancies (n = 6). Mesenteric and uterine arteries were isolated from male, female, non-pregnant and pregnant C57B mice (n = 24).

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