Physician

Pediatrics

Dr. Karen A. Waters, MD

Karen Waters practices Pediatrics. Dr. Karen A. Waters is a published doctor and has 93 publications published. The lastest was: 'Quality of life in elderly patients with COPD: measurement and predictive factors.'

Publications

Expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and TrkB receptor in the sudden infant death syndrome brainstem.
Effects of cigarette smoke exposure on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits ?7 and ?2 in the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) brainstem.
Intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia induced protein changes in the piglet hippocampus identified by MALDI-TOF-MS.
Effects of acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia on insulin sensitivity in piglets using euglycemic clamp.
Tissue fixation effects on immunohistochemical staining of caspase-3 in brain tissue.
A novel method of tissue collection and storage: validation using SELDI-TOF MS analysis.
The effect of acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia treatment on IL-6, TNF-alpha, and CRP levels in piglets.
Follow-up on metabolic markers in children treated for obstructive sleep apnea.
Habituation of arousal responses after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia in piglets.
NMDA receptor 1 expression in the brainstem of human infants and its relevance to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Influence of sleep state on frequency of swallowing, apnea, and arousal in human infants.
Effect of stimulus cycle time on acute respiratory responses to intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia in unsedated piglets.
Metabolic correlates with obstructive sleep apnea in obese subjects.
Effects of OSA, inhalational anesthesia, and fentanyl on the airway and ventilation of children.
Postoperative chemotherapy without radiation in young children with malignant non-astrocytic brain tumours. A report from the Australia and New Zealand Childhood Cance...
Testicular and paratesticular tumours in children: 30 years'' experience.
Quality of life in elderly patients with COPD: measurement and predictive factors.
Childhood cancer in Victoria, Australia, 1970-1989.
Intrahepatic bile duct dilatation and cholestasis in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Demonstration with hepatobiliary scintigraphy.
Laryngo-pharyngeal carcinoma in childhood.
Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchial infection in a 6-year-old girl following bone marrow transplantation.
Multiple cavitating pulmonary nodules and clubbing in a 12-year-old girl.
Race/Ethnicity is not associated with mortality in the PICU.
Postoperative chemotherapy in children less than 4 years of age with malignant brain tumors: promising initial response to a VETOPEC-based regimen. A Study of the Aust...
Sedation practices for Australian and New Zealand paediatric oncology patients.
Repeated microdialysis from the nucleus tractus solitarii of chronically instrumented, unsedated piglets.
Respiratory events and obstructive sleep apnea in children with achondroplasia: investigation and treatment outcomes.
Unilateral lung agenesis: coincidence or association with maternal valproate therapy?
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: four families.
Evaluation of the pro-cognitive effects of the AMPA receptor positive modulator, 5-(1-piperidinylcarbonyl)-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (CX691), in the rat.
Characterization of clonal immunoglobulin heavy chain and I cell receptor gamma gene rearrangements during progression of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Electrocorticographic activity during repeated vs continuous hypoxia in piglets.
Sleep-disordered breathing in children with myelomeningocele.
Breathing abnormalities in sleep in achondroplasia.
Outcome of noninvasive ventilation in children with neuromuscular disease.
Hyponatraemia and seizures in oncology patients associated with hypotonic intravenous fluids.
The use of nasal CPAP in children.
Outcome of children with neuromuscular disease admitted to paediatric intensive care.
Use of nasal mask CPAP instead of tracheostomy for palliative care in two children.
Head turning and face-down positioning in prone-sleeping premature infants.
Face-straight-down and face-near-straight-down positions in healthy, prone-sleeping infants.
Nocturnal pulse oximetry as an abbreviated testing modality for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
Cardiorespiratory sleep studies for children can often be performed in the home.
Respiratory responses to rapid-onset, repetitive vs. continuous hypoxia in piglets.
Successful chloroquine therapy in a child with lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis.
Are children just small adults? The differences between paediatric and adult sleep medicine.
Observer-blinded comparison of two nonopioid analgesics for postoperative pain in piglets.
Oxygen therapy for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: how safe? How effective?
Overnight growth hormone secretion in achondroplasia: deconvolution analysis, correlation with sleep state, and changes after treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in children with myelomeningocele.
Nasal CPAP: use in the management of infantile apnea.
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in achondroplasia: evaluation of sleep, breathing, and somatosensory-evoked potentials.
Neuronal apoptosis in sudden infant death syndrome.
Developmental and metabolic implications of the hypoxic ventilatory response.
Interventions in the paediatric sleep laboratory: the use and titration of respiratory support therapies.
Serotonin in the sudden infant death syndrome.
Cleft lip and/or palate and breathing during sleep.
The identification of children with cleft palate and sleep disordered breathing using a referral system.
Postnatal nicotine and/or intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia effects on apoptotic markers in the developing piglet brainstem medulla.
Effects of postnatal nicotine exposure on apoptotic markers in the developing piglet brain.
Curtailed respiration by repeated vs. isolated hypoxia in maturing piglets is unrelated to NTS ME or SP levels.
Obstructive sleep apnea: the use of nasal CPAP in 80 children.
Screening for obstructive sleep apnea in preschool children with cleft palate.
Active caspase-3 in the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) brainstem.
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 1 changes in the piglet braintem after nicotine and/or intermittent hypercapnic-hypoxia.
How effective is adenoidectomy alone for treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea in a child who presents with adenoid hypertrophy?
Correlations between brainstem NMDA receptor changes and active neuronal cell death after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia in the developing piglet.
Depression of ventilatory responses after daily, cyclic hypercapnic hypoxia in piglets.
Site and mechanics of spontaneous, sleep-associated obstructive apnea in infants.
Effects of post-mortem intervals on regional brain protein profiles in rats using SELDI-TOF-MS analysis.
Immunolocalization of pro- and mature-brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and receptor TrkB in the human brainstem and hippocampus.
Distribution of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits alpha7 and beta2 in the human brainstem and hippocampal formation.
Genome-wide linkage of obstructive sleep apnoea and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in a Filipino family: bivariate linkage analysis of obstructive sleep apnoea.
The effects of nicotine on the alpha-7 and beta-2 nicotinic acetycholine receptor subunits in the developing piglet brainstem.
Adenotonsillectomy in the context of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Serotoninergic receptor 1A in the sudden infant death syndrome brainstem medulla and associations with clinical risk factors.
Distraction osteogenesis and glossopexy for Robin sequence with airway obstruction.
Retrieval of mRNA from paraffin-embedded human infant brain tissue for non-radioactive in situ hybridization using oligonucleotides.
Obesity increases the risk for persisting obstructive sleep apnea after treatment in children.
Inflammatory measures in children with obstructive sleep apnoea.
Neuronal cell death in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome brainstem and associations with risk factors.
Structural equation modeling of sleep apnea, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction in children.
Changes in serotoninergic receptors 1A and 2A in the piglet brainstem after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia (IHH) and nicotine.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and TrkB in the piglet brainstem after post-natal nicotine and intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia.
Increased neuronal cell death after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia in the developing piglet brainstem.
Responses to hypoxia during early development.
Role of NMDA receptors in development of respiratory control.
8. Investigation and treatment of upper-airway obstruction: childhood sleep disorders I.
NMDA receptors in the developing brain and effects of noxious insults.
Cytokines in sudden infant death syndrome.
Distribution and quantification of NMDA R1 mRNA and protein in the piglet brainstem and effects of intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia (IHH).
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA and protein in the piglet brainstem and effects of Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia.

Doctors Specialties

Sleep Medicine
Pediatrics

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Education

University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine

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