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A/PROF TREVOR DUKE



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Work: 9345 5968
Level: 04
Building: RCH Educ Inst - 159 Flemington Rd Nth Melb
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
International child health Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Switzerland World Health Organisation Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Papua New Guinea Paediatric Society Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Papua New Guinea National Department of Health Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's Institute of Medical Research Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Indonesia University of Gadjah Mada Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Paediatric Society Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Ministry of Health Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Fiji Fiji School of Medicine Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Fiji Fiji Ministry of Health Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
East Timor East Timor Ministry of Health Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Papua New Guinea AusAID Women's and Children's Health Project Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Thailand Shoklo Malaria Research Unit Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1989
Doctorate of Medicine University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians The Royal Australasian College of Physicians 31-Dec-1993

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal Australasian College of Physicians Member 01-Jan-1996
Member Papua New Guinea Paediatric Society Member 01-Jan-1997
Member Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Member 01-Jan-2001
Member Joint Faculty of Intensive Care, Royal Australasian College of Physicians / Anaesthetists Member 01-Jan-2002
Member Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Society Member 01-Jan-1998
Member Medical Society of Papua New Guinea Member 01-Jan-1997

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 01-Jan-1996

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Evaluation of the incorporation of WHO guidelines into post-graduate medical curriculum; the impact on quality of care Principal Supervisor NHMRC Scholarships 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AUSAID WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH KNOWLEDGE HUB PARTNERSHIPS AGREEMENT Chief Investigator AUSAID 07/04/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine-related disease in HIV-infected children: a systematic review


    Year: 2009
    Journal: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1331-1344
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  • Pneumonia in severely malnourished children in developing countries - mortality risk, aetiology and validity of WHO clinical signs: a systematic review


    Year: 2009
    Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1173-1189
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  • Who speaks for the children?


    Year: 2009
    Journal: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1317
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Ambulatory short-course high-dose oral amoxycillin for treatment of severe pneumonia in children: a randomised equivalency trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 371
    Page numbers: 1333
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  • A neonate with coexisting congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung and alveolar capilary dysplasia: a case report with review of literature
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: e10-13
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  • Case management for pneumonia at health facilities
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 86
    Page numbers: 349-55
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  • Challenges to improve case-management of childhood pneumonia at health facilities in resource-limited settings
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 86
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 349-355
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  • Clinical Profile of Hospitalized Children Provided With Urgent Assistance From a Medical Emergency Team
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pediatrics
    Volume: 121
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1577-1584
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  • Clinical profile of hospitalized children proficed with urgent assistance from a medical emergency team
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pediatrics
    Volume: 121
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: e1577 - e1584
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  • Global initiatives for improving hospital care for children: State of the art and future prospects
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pediatrics
    Volume: 121
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: E984-E992
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  • Impact of improved oxygen systems on child deaths from pneumonia: a multi-hospital effectiveness study in Papua New Guinea.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 372
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1328-1333
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  • Implementing an oxygen programme in hospitals in Papua New Guinea
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 71-78
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  • Improved oxygen systems for childhood pneumonia: a multihospital effectiveness study in Papua New Guinea
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 372
    Issue: 9646
    Page numbers: 1328-1333
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  • Introduction of an oxygen system in Papua New Guinea
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 71-78
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  • When should oxygen be given to children at high altitude? A systematic review to define altitude-specific hypoxaemia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 94
    Page numbers: 6-10
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The burden of childhood tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: 2005-2006.
    Year: 2008
    Event name: World Conference on Lung Health
    Conference Publication: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Volume: 12
    Issue: suppl 2
    Page numbers: S96
    Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Child health in a global context
    Year: 2007
    Book: Practical Paediatrics
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Philadelphia)
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  • The child who needs fluid replacement
    Year: 2007
    Book: Practical Paediatrics
    Publisher: Elsevier(Philadelphia)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Hypoxaemia among children in rural hospitals in Papua New Guinea: epidemioloty and resource availability--a study to support a national oxygen programme.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 277-284
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  • Accessing and understanding the evidence
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 922-923
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  • An Evaluation of Bubble-CPAP in a Neonatal Unit in a Developing Country: Effective Respiratory Support That Can Be Applied By Nurses
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
    Volume: 52
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 249-253
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  • Global implementation of WHO clinical guidlines to improve child survival: The need for collaboration, resources and action.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 565-567
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  • Hospital Care for Children in Developing Countries: Clinical Guidelines and the Need for Evidence.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
    Volume: 52
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-2
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  • Hospital services for children in the Solomon Islands: Rebuilding after the civil conflict
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 680-687
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  • Quality of hospital care for children in Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, and Russia: systematic observational assessment
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 367
    Page numbers: 919-925
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Hyponatraemia and seizures in oncology patients associated with hypotonic intravenous fluids
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 685-686
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Influences on lactate levels in children early after cardiac surgery: prime solution and age
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Critical Care and Resuscitation
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 87-91
    Publisher: Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicince(Perth)
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  • Long-term outcome for children with bacterial meningitis in rural Papua New Guinea.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 51-53
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Neonatal pneumonia in developing countries.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 211-219
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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  • Reduction of paediatric in-patient cardiac arrest and death with a medical emergency team: preliminary results
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 90
    Page numbers: 1148-1152
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • The management of sick young infants at primary health centres in a rural developing country.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 200-205
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Hypotonic vs isotonic saline solutions for intravenous fluid management of acute infections.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    Volume: CD004169
    Issue: 2
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  • Inequity in child health: what are the sustainable Pacific solutions?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 182
    Page numbers: 612-614
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  • Monitoring children after cardiac surgery: a minimalist approach might be maximally effective.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Critical Care and Resuscitation
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 306-310
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  • Slow but steady progress in child health in Papua New Guinea.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 659-663
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Getting the most out of health education in Papua New Guinea: Report fromthe 40th Annual Papua New Guinea Medical Symposium.
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 40th Annual Papua New Guinea Medical Symposium
    Conference Publication: Medical Journal Australia
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 606-607
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company(Sydney)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Return of Haemophilus influenzae type b infections


    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 361
    Issue: 9368
    Page numbers: 1564
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  • Antibiotic treatment for bacterial meningitis in children in developing countries.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 233-253
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • Bacterial meningitis in developing countries
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 361
    Issue: May 3
    Page numbers: 1564
    Publisher: Lancet(London)
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  • Chloramphenicol or ceftriaxone, or both, as treatment for meningitis in developing countries?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 88
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 536-539
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Improving the quality of paediatric care in peripheral hospitals in developing countries.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 88
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 536-539
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  • In search of pigbel : gone or just forgotten in the highlands of Papua New Guinea?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 135-142
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  • Intravenous fluids for seriously ill children: time to reconsider.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 362
    Issue: 9392
    Page numbers: 1320-1323
    Publisher: Lancet(London)
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  • Measles: not just another viral exanthem.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 361
    Issue: 9359
    Page numbers: 763-773
    Publisher: Lancet(London)
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  • Sources of error: from procedures to end-of-life decisions.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 362
    Issue: 9392
    Page numbers: 1313-1313
    Publisher: Lancet(London)
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  • The management of bacterial meningitis in children.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1227-1240
    Publisher: Ashley Publications
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  • Transport of seriously ill children: a neglected global issue.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Intensive Care Medicine
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1414-1416
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Chloramphenicol versus benzylpenicillin and gentamicin for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children in Papua New Guinea: a randomised trial
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 359
    Page numbers: 474-480
    Publisher: Lancet(London)
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  • Etiology of child mortality in Goroka, Papua New Guinea: a prospective two-year study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 16-25
    Publisher: World Health Organization(Geneva)
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  • Haemophilus influenzae
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 213-218
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  • Hypoxaemia in acute respiratory and non-respiratory illnesses in neonates and children in a developing country
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 86
    Page numbers: 108-111
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Management of meningitis in children with oral fluid restriction or intravenous fluid at maintenance volumes: a randomised trial
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 145-157
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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