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Fraser Brims

Curtin University
Verified email at curtin.edu.au
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Empyema thoracis: new insights into an old disease

FJH Brims, SM Lansley, GW Waterer… - European Respiratory …, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pleural infection is a disease of historical importance and is still a modern menace, with
incidences rising in adults and children, and a significant mortality in adults. Basic research is …

Ambulatory treatment in the management of pneumothorax: a systematic review of the literature

FJH Brims, NA Maskell - Thorax, 2013 - thorax.bmj.com
Introduction Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is broken down into primary (PSP: no known
underlying lung disease), secondary (SSP: known lung disease) and from trauma or …

[HTML][HTML] A novel clinical prediction model for prognosis in malignant pleural mesothelioma using decision tree analysis

FJH Brims, TM Meniawy, I Duffus, D de Fonseka… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare cancer with a heterogeneous
prognosis. Prognostic models are not widely utilized clinically. Classification and regression …

Respiratory chest pain: diagnosis and treatment

FJH Brims, HE Davies, YCG Lee - Medical Clinics, 2010 - medical.theclinics.com
Chest pain from respiratory disease is common. In the United States in 2006, 10% of all
admissions to emergency departments were a result of diseases of the respiratory system, and …

Postmortem findings of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a two-center study of 318 patients

RS Finn, FJH Brims, A Gandhi, N Olsen, AW Musk… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
… Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST the following
conflicts of interest: Dr Brims receives funding from the Department of Health's National Institute …

Coagulation factors in the airways in moderate and severe asthma and the effect of inhaled steroids

FJH Brims, AJ Chauhan, B Higgins, JK Shute - Thorax, 2009 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: There is evidence of activation of the extrinsic coagulation cascade in the
asthmatic airway, and both plasma and locally derived factors may be involved. The hypothesis …

Routine laboratory tests can predict in-hospital mortality in acute exacerbations of COPD

AC Asiimwe, FJH Brims, NP Andrews, DR Prytherch… - Lung, 2011 - Springer
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a rising global incidence and acute
exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) carries a high health-care economic burden. Classification …

Outcomes and complications following medical thoracoscopy

FJH Brims, M Arif, AJ Chauhan - The clinical respiratory journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Thoracoscopy is an invasive procedure that may be performed by physicians for
the investigation of exudative pleural effusion using local anaesthesia, conscious sedation …

Pleural plaques and the risk of lung cancer in asbestos-exposed subjects

FJH Brims, K Kong, EJA Harris… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Asbestos exposure is associated with a dose-dependent risk of lung cancer. The
association between lung cancer and the presence of pleural plaques remains controversial…

Symptom burden and unmet needs in malignant pleural mesothelioma: exploratory analyses from the RESPECT-Meso study

…, L Monterosso, A Chauhan, FJH Brims - … of Palliative Care, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) has a poor prognosis and high symptom
burden. RESPECT-Meso was a multicenter randomized study examining the role of early …