Publications by authors named "Zanazir Alexander"
Hospitalisation cost for paediatric osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in New Zealand.
J Paediatr Child Health
October 2024
Aim: Hospitalisation rates for paediatric bone and joint infection (BJI) in New Zealand (NZ) are among the highest globally. This study aims to quantify hospitalisation costs of BJI in 2018-2019.
Methods: National hospitalisation data from the NZ Ministry of Health was used to describe costs associated with all paediatric hospitalisations coded for osteomyelitis or septic arthritis in those aged <16 years.
Background: Native joint septic arthritis (NJSA) is poorly studied. We describe the epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes of large joint NJSA (LNJSA) and small joint NJSA (SNJSA) in adults at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Methods: This was a coding-based retrospective study of patients ≥16 years old admitted between 2009 and 2014.
Background: Health equity for Indigenous peoples in the context of surgery has recently become topical amongst surgeons in Australasia. Health inequities are amongst the most consistent and compelling disparities between Māori and New Zealand Europeans (NZE) in New Zealand (NZ). We aimed to investigate where ethnic disparities in surgical care may occur and highlight some of the potential contributing factors, over all surgical specialties, between Māori and NZE adults in NZ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Studies conducted in animal models have shown that statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) reduce adhesion formation by upregulating fibrinolysis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of orally administered statins on the promoters and inhibitors of the fibrinolytic pathway.
Methods: In a previously described double-blinded clinical trial, 144 patients undergoing elective colorectal resection, or reversal of Hartmann's procedure were randomized to receive 40 mg once daily oral simvastatin 3-7 d before surgery or placebo.