Overview
Background
My current appointment is Director of Kidney Services at Redland Hospitals in Metro South, Brisbane, where I practice as a senior consultant nephrologist.
My research interests are varied and include post-transplant anaemia and iron metabolism, and novel measures of iron status such as hepcidin; improving dialysis outcomes though the implementation of evidence-based guidelines; kidney disease due to thrombotic microangiopathy (particularly aHUS) and the role of inhibitors of the complement system in kidney disease; and the use of honey to prevent infections in dialysis patients.
I am committed to teaching medical students and young nephrologists, and am actively involved in medical education at all levels.
Availability
- Professor David Mudge is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine, of Surgery and of Obstetrics, The University of Queensland
- Doctoral (Research) of Medicine, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
The impact of my research in peritoneal dialysis has been a significant improvement in PD-related infection rates in Australia, which until a few years ago were worse than many other countries in the world. Through a variety of initiatives including a project aiming to improve the use of evidence-based guidelines in clinical practice, we have seen a significant improvement in PD-related infections (particularly peritonitis but also exit-site infections), one of the most significant contributors to peritoneal dialysis technique failure.
In kidney transplantation my research has helped to clarify the role of immune suppressing medications on iron availability and anaemia and has looked at novel ways of measuring iron status in patients with kidney disease as well as better ways of enhancing iron stores in these patients.
Works
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2004
Journal Article
Quantification of free mycophenolic acid and its glucuronide metabolite in human plasma by liquid-chromatography using mass spectrometric and ultraviolet absorbance detection
Atcheson, Bronwyn, Taylor, Paul J., Mudge, David W., Johnson, David W., Pillans, Peter I. and Tett, Susan E. (2004). Quantification of free mycophenolic acid and its glucuronide metabolite in human plasma by liquid-chromatography using mass spectrometric and ultraviolet absorbance detection. Journal of Chromatography B, 799 (1), 157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2003.10.033
2004
Journal Article
A comparison of peritoneal equilibration tests performed 1 and 4 weeks after PD commencement
Johnson, David W., Mudge, David W., Blizzard, Sophie, Arndt, Mary, O'Shea, Amanda, Watt, Rhonda, Hamilton, Jan, Cottingham, Sharon, Isbel, Nicole M. and Hawley, Carmel M. (2004). A comparison of peritoneal equilibration tests performed 1 and 4 weeks after PD commencement. Peritoneal Dialysis International, 24 (5), 460-465. doi: 10.1177/089686080402400511
2004
Conference Publication
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of mycophenolic acid and its glucuronide early after renal transplantation
Tett, S. E., Atcheson, B. A., Taylor, P. J., Johnson, D. W., Mudge, D. W. and Pillans, P. I. (2004). Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of mycophenolic acid and its glucuronide early after renal transplantation. 8th World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2004, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August, 2004. Australia: Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.cep_4027.pdf.x
2003
Journal Article
Predictors of decline of residual renal function in new peritoneal dialysis patients
Johnson, David W., Mudge, David W., Sturtevant, Joanna M., Hawley, Carmel M., Campbell, Scott B., Isbel, Nicole M. and Hollett, Peter (2003). Predictors of decline of residual renal function in new peritoneal dialysis patients. Peritoneal Dialysis International, 23 (3), 276-283.
2000
Journal Article
Paracetamol and asthma
Mudge, D. (2000). Paracetamol and asthma. Thorax, 55 (10), 882-882.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2019
Master Philosophy
Very early acute rejection in an Australian and New Zealand kidney transplant population
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson, Professor Carmel Hawley, Associate Professor Yeoung Jee Cho, Associate Professor Ross Francis
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Inflammation in Peritoneal Dialysis: Investigating the Roles of Biocompatible Solutions and Biological Markers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Johnson, Professor Carmel Hawley
Media
Enquiries
Contact Professor David Mudge directly for media enquiries about:
- Anaemia
- Chronic kidney disease
- Iron regulation
- Kidney disease
- Kidney transplantation
- Organ transplant - kidney
- Transplant - kidney
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