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Clinical A/Prof. Peter Vernon van Heerden
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Current position
Senior staff specialist in the Dept. of Intensive Care, SCGH, Visiting specialist at Hollywood private Hospital and St John of God Hospital, Subiaco. Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Teaching (what classes/years in 2006)
Pharmacology, 3rd year medicine

Hospital / Health Department Roles
Senior staff specialist in the Dept. of Intensive Care, SCGH

Areas of Research Expertise
Intensive Care, Pharmacotherapy of Pulmonary hypertension, ARDS

Office Bearers of State, National or International societies or learned bodies
Board member, Deputy censor and Treasurer of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
Chief editor of the journal Critical Care and Resuscitation

Special Awards & items of significance
Appointed Chief editor of the journal Critical Care and Resuscitation

Recent Publications

1: Tan HL, Pinder M, Parsons R, Roberts B, van Heerden PV.
Related Articles, Links
Clinical evaluation of USCOM ultrasonic cardiac output monitor in cardiac surgical patients in intensive care unit.
Br J Anaesth. 2005 Mar;94(3):287-91. Epub 2005 Jan 14.
PMID: 15653709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2: Lam CF, Van Heerden PV, Blott J, Roberts B, Ilett KF.
Related Articles, Links
The selective pulmonary vasodilatory effect of inhaled DETA/NO, a novel nitric oxide donor, in ARDS-a pilot human trial.
J Crit Care. 2004 Mar;19(1):48-53.
PMID: 15101006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: van Heerden PV, Cameron PD, Karanovic A, Goodman MA.
Related Articles, Links
Orthodeoxia--an uncommon presentation following bilateral thoracic sympathectomy.
Anaesth Intensive Care. 2003 Oct;31(5):581-3.
PMID: 14601286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Moxon D, Pinder M, van Heerden PV, Parsons RW.
Related Articles, Links
Clinical evaluation of the HemoSonic monitor in cardiac surgical patients in the ICU.
Anaesth Intensive Care. 2003 Aug;31(4):408-11.
PMID: 12973965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Sviri S, Samie R, Roberts BL, van Heerden PV.
Related Articles, Links
Long-term outcomes following percutaneous tracheostomy using the Griggs technique.
Anaesth Intensive Care. 2003 Aug;31(4):401-7.
PMID: 12973964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6: Lam CF, Lan RS, van Heerden PV, Ilett KF, Henry PJ.
Related Articles, Links
Diethylenetriamine nitric oxide adduct relaxes precontracted mouse tracheal smooth muscle.
Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2003 Sep;30(9):709-11.
PMID: 12940892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

7: Lam CF, Caterina P, Filion P, Ilett KF, van Heerden PV.
Related Articles, Links
The safety of aerosolized diethylenetriamine nitric oxide adduct after single-dose administration to anesthetized piglets and multiple-dose administration to conscious rats.
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2003 Jul 1;190(1):65-71.
PMID: 12831784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Chee F, Fernando T, van Heerden PV.
Related Articles, Links
Closed-loop glucose control in critically ill patients using continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) in real time.
IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2003 Mar;7(1):43-53.
PMID: 12670018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

9: Lam CF, van Heerden PV, Ilett KF, Caterina P, Filion P.
Related Articles, Links
Two aerosolized nitric oxide adducts as selective pulmonary vasodilators for acute pulmonary hypertension.
Chest. 2003 Mar;123(3):869-74.
PMID: 12628890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 
   
         
                     
                   
     
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