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| Dr Anselm Wong |
Monash
toxicology and the Monash Emergency Research Collaborative (MERC) received two
of the three research awards at the recent Toxicologist and Poisons Network
Australia (TAPNA) annual scientific meeting, held in Sydney.
The
event is the premier Australasian clinical toxicology meeting bringing together
toxicologists from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.
Monash
University PhD candidate-clinical toxicologist and Monash Health emergency
physician Dr Anselm Wong delivered a presentation on the recently completed
NACSTOP study, for which he received ‘Best Platform Research
Presentation’. This trial was initialled by the Monash Toxicology Unit and collaborators
from Austin Health Toxicology Service and Western Sydney Area Health Toxicology
Service (including Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals)
“With
my co-authors Professor David Taylor, Professor Marco Sivilotti, Drs Richard
McNulty, Shaun Greene, Naren Gunja, Zeff Koutsogiannis and Professor Andis
Graudins, I reported the results of our multi-centre study and described the
feasibility of a shortened acetylcysteine regimen in selected patient with
paracetamol poisoning,” Dr Wong said.
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| Dr Ophelia Wong and Prof Andis Graudins |
“This research will lead to decreased treatment times and
earlier disposition for some of our patients.”
Dr
Anselm Wong was also awarded best poster for his description of treatment of
paracetamol poisoning in a patient with cystic fibrosis and the use of
micro-RNA to predict liver injury.
“In the future, micro-RNA may have utility to identify
patients at higher risk of liver injury despite treatment with acetylcysteine
and thus indicate the need for prolonged treatment,” Dr Wong said.
This research was performed in collaboration with Dr.Michael
Gantier and team at the Centre of Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases,
Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
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| Dr Roger Tong and Prof Graudins |
Other
poster presentations by members of the Monash Toxicology Unit and Monash
Emergency Research Collaborative (MERC) included Dr Ophelia Wong, Dr Khin Moe
Sam and Dr Roger Tong who presented on thyroid storm after thyroxine overdose,
severe rhabdomyolysis after poly drug overdose and successful treatment of bradycardia
in severe verapamil poisoning with transvenous pacing.
Dr
Joe-Anthony Rotella reported on a case of poisoning from the Pong Pong Tree and
Professor Graudins presented on the use and effectiveness of various dialysis
modalities at Monash Health in the treatment of chronic lithium
poisoning.
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