Overview
Background
Associate Professor Robert Boots is a member of the clinical team at the Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre.
Rob currently is a senior Thoracic and Sleep Physician in the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and continues to practice intensive care medicine in Bundaberg. His current research interests relate to biologic circadian rhythm dysfunction particularly as it relates to recovery from critical illness in addition to applications of virtual reality distraction therapy to improve patient outcomes from complex illness. Previously Rob served as the Deputy Director of the Department of Intensive Care Medicineat RBWH for 20 years and has qualifications in both respiratory medicine and intensive care. He has a strong background in clinical epidemiology and research previslu researching the management of burns and prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia. He has served as Deputy Director of Clinical Training and Chairman of the Medical Emergency Response Training Program at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Rob received training in clinical education from the Harvard Macy Program for Physician Educators in Boston USA and the Bulstrode and Hunt program of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edin). He was a key stakeholder in the development of the business case and the despite of the Queensland Health Clinical Skills Development Centre whoch opened in 2004. After serving for 6 years as the Chairman of the Queensland Regional Committee of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care he was electived to the Board of the College of Intensive Care Medicine in 2010, serving as the Censor, Education Officer and Research Officer during the transition of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine to the existing CICM. He previously served as the Deputy Chair of the Patholgy Primary Exmaination Committee of the RACS and is currently a senior member of the National Examiation Panel of the RACP. Rob is involved with many projects as a main investigator and supervises postgraduate students attached to the research unit.
Availability
- Associate Professor Robert Boots is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Medicine Surgery, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework), University of Newcastle
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Research interests
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Pulmonary Infection in Ventilated Patients
Presently investigating the use of inhaled heparin in the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia
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Asthma management in the ICU
Current survey of practice in Queensland
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Effectiveness of Telemedicine in ICU patient Care
Extensive effectiveness review of the existing program in Bundaberg Base Hospital
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Effect of ICU outpatient review in the outcomes of patients with sepsis
A randomised trial of a clinical outpatient review of patients who have been discharged from the intensive care unit for sepsis to assess their physical and emotional status. This is the present project in a suite of projects related to the rehabilitation of ICU patients.
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Effective Recommendations based on Multi-Source Data
Collaboration with the Engineering Department of University of Queensland with Prof Xue Li. Large-scale data collected from multiple sources such as the Web, sensor networks, academic publications,and social networks provide a new opportunity to exploit useful information for effective and efficient recommendations and decision making. In this project, we propose a new framework of recommender systems that is based on analysing relationships between different types of objects from multiple data sources. A graph model will be built to represent the extracted semantic relationships and novel linkage analysis based algorithms will be developed for ranking objects using the data of an established clinical information system in the ICU.
Works
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1997
Journal Article
Fatal encephalitis due to novel paramyxovirus transmitted from horses
Osullivan, JD, Allworth, AM, Paterson, DL, Snow, TM, Boots, R, Gleeson, LJ, Gould, AR, Hyatt, AD and Bradfield, J (1997). Fatal encephalitis due to novel paramyxovirus transmitted from horses. Lancet, 349 (9045), 93-95. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)06162-4
1996
Journal Article
Use of phosphate buffered solution in gastric tonometry
Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Morgan, John and Boots, Rob (1996). Use of phosphate buffered solution in gastric tonometry. Critical Care Medicine, 24 (11), 1932-1932. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199611000-00029
1995
Journal Article
Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia: a clinical and radiological review
Boots, R. J., McEvoy, J. D., Mowat, P. and Le Fevre, I. (1995). Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia: a clinical and radiological review. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 25 (2), 140-145. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1995.tb02826.x
1992
Journal Article
Immune thrombocytopenia complicating pulmonary tuberculosis: case report and investigation of mechanisms
Boots, Robert J., Robert, Andrew W. and McEvoy, David (1992). Immune thrombocytopenia complicating pulmonary tuberculosis: case report and investigation of mechanisms. Thorax, 47 (5), 396-397. doi: 10.1136/thx.47.5.396
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Robert Boots is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Atrial Fibrillation in Critical Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Louise Cullen
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Assessment of Cerebral Microcirculation after Severe Head Injury in Experimental Ovine Models and the Effects of Normovolemic Anemia
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
INSPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING TO ENHANCE RECOVERY FROM INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Improving Outcomes in Critical Illness with Early Physical Rehabilitation
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Augmented Renal Clearance in the Critically Ill: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Implications for Beta-lactam Therapy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Dose optimisation of antibiotics during different forms of renal replacement therapy: focus on tissue and target site antibiotic concentrations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Roberts, Professor Jeffrey Lipman
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
PHYSIOTHERAPY INTERVENTION IN THE LONG-TERM INTENSIVE CARE STAY PATIENT: Use of head-up tilt and inspiratory muscle training
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges
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