Overview
Background
Katherine is an Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Medical Director for the Queensland Poisons Information Centre. She is passionate about promoting and expanding Clinical Toxicology services throughout Queensland.
She is the president of Toxicology And Poisoning Network Australasia (TAPNA), serves on multiple TAPNA subcommittees, and facilitates its 2 year post-graduate Clinical Toxicology course. She also created the Princess Alexandra Hospital Clinical Toxicology Subspecialisation Program which allows post-graduate toxicology training for nurses and pharmacists.
She is an enthusiastic clinician researcher. Her interests include the management of illicit drug poisoning, the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs in overdose and snake envenomation. She completed a PhD in clinical toxicology on "Opioid overdose and its reversal".
Availability
- Associate Professor Katherine Isoardi is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Research interests
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Clinical Toxicology
In particular illicit drug poisoning and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics of drugs in overdose
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Toxinology
In particular snake envenomation
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Ivabradine poisoning: a retrospective observational case series
Bin Sumarni, Muhammad Nursuhairi, Chiew, Angela L., Isbister, Geoffrey K., Wylie, Carol J. and Isoardi, Katherine Zina (2025). Ivabradine poisoning: a retrospective observational case series. Toxicology Communications, 9 (1) 2464274, 1. doi: 10.1080/24734306.2025.2464274
2025
Book Chapter
Toxins in the Food Chain: The Example of Poppy Seeds and Thebaine
Holford, Amanda and Isoardi, Katherine (2025). Toxins in the Food Chain: The Example of Poppy Seeds and Thebaine. Handbook of Public Health Nutrition. (pp. 1-9) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-32047-7_6-1
2025
Journal Article
Clinical toxicity of nitazene detections in two Australian emergency department toxicosurveillance systems
Isoardi, Katherine Z., Alfred, Sam, Weber, Courtney, Harris, Keith, Soderstrom, Jessamine, Syrjanen, Rebekka, Thompson, Amanda, Schumann, Jennifer, Stockham, Peter, Sakrajda, Paul, Fatovich, Daniel, Greene, Shaun L. and the EDNA and EDNAV Investigators (2025). Clinical toxicity of nitazene detections in two Australian emergency department toxicosurveillance systems. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45 (1) e13998, e13998. doi: 10.1111/dar.13998
2025
Journal Article
Predictors and outcomes of airway management in patients presenting to the emergency department with overdose and decreased consciousness: a scoping review
Pellatt, Richard A. F., Ishak, Sarah, Clark, Justin, Isoardi, Katherine, Ware, Robert S. and Keijzers, Gerben (2025). Predictors and Outcomes of Airway Management in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Overdose and Decreased Consciousness: A Scoping Review. Emergency Medicine International, 2025 (1) 8071582, 8071582. doi: 10.1155/emmi/8071582
2025
Journal Article
A prospective study of acute propranolol overdose defining dose thresholds of severe toxicity (ATOM – 9)
Isoardi, Katherine Z., Chiew, Angela L., Do, Cuong, Humphreys, Michael, Mustafa, Ahmead, Roberts, Michael S. and Isbister, Geoffrey K. (2025). A prospective study of acute propranolol overdose defining dose thresholds of severe toxicity (ATOM – 9). Clinical Toxicology, 63 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2435397
2025
Journal Article
Real world delays in antivenom administration: patient, snake or hospital factors (ASP-33)
Isbister, Geoffrey K., Chiew, Angela L., Buckley, Nicholas A., Soderstrom, Jessamine, Brown, Simon GA., Jenkins, Shane and Isoardi, Katherine Z. (2025). Real world delays in antivenom administration: patient, snake or hospital factors (ASP-33). Clinical Toxicology, 63 (1), 10-15. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2433125
2024
Journal Article
Suggested guide to using lactate gap as a surrogate marker in the diagnosis of ethylene glycol overdose
Dimeski, Goce, Holford, Amanda and Isoardi, Katherine (2024). Suggested guide to using lactate gap as a surrogate marker in the diagnosis of ethylene glycol overdose. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 62 (2), 140-142. doi: 10.1177/00045632241292514
2024
Journal Article
Growing burden of gamma‐hydroxybutyrate intoxication on emergency department resource utilisation
Berling, Ingrid, Isoardi, Katherine, Harris, Keith, Downes, Michael A., Lovett, Caitlyn and Isbister, Geoffrey K. (2024). Growing burden of gamma‐hydroxybutyrate intoxication on emergency department resource utilisation. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (5), 792-794. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14467
2024
Journal Article
Effectiveness of intramuscular naloxone 1,600 μg in addition to titrated intravenous naloxone 100 μg for opioid poisoning: a randomised controlled trial
Isoardi, Katherine Z., Harris, Keith, Currey, Elizabeth, Buckley, Nicholas A. and Isbister, Geoffrey K. (2024). Effectiveness of intramuscular naloxone 1,600 μg in addition to titrated intravenous naloxone 100 μg for opioid poisoning: a randomised controlled trial. Clinical Toxicology, 62 (10), 643-650. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2396447
2024
Journal Article
Rationalising the dose threshold for severe carbamazepine toxicity: a retrospective series
Harris, Keith, Dalton, Bradley, Learmont, Benjamin G. and Isoardi, Katherine Z. (2024). Rationalising the dose threshold for severe carbamazepine toxicity: a retrospective series. Clinical Toxicology, 62 (8), 533-535. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2378091
2024
Journal Article
Accuracy of plant identification applications to identify plants in suspected poisoning cases referred to the Queensland Poisons Information Centre
McNeill, Iain, Knoeckel, Robert, Goggin, Anna, Wylie, Carol and Isoardi, Katherine (2024). Accuracy of plant identification applications to identify plants in suspected poisoning cases referred to the Queensland Poisons Information Centre. Toxicology Communications, 8 (1) 2377523, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/24734306.2024.2377523
2024
Journal Article
Virtual Toxicology Service decreases the average length of stay of poisoned patients and saves bed days
McNeill, Iain, Staib, Andrew and Isoardi, Katherine Z (2024). Virtual Toxicology Service decreases the average length of stay of poisoned patients and saves bed days. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (5), 789-791. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14453
2024
Journal Article
Poisoning by venomous animals
Isoardi, Katherine Z. and Isbister, Geoffrey K. (2024). Poisoning by venomous animals. Medicine, 52 (6), 396-399. doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2024.04.003
2024
Journal Article
Bedside urine testing for fentanyl in self‐reported heroin users in a tertiary Brisbane emergency department
Harris, Keith, Holford, Amanda G., Learmont, Benjamin G. and Isoardi, Katherine Z. (2024). Bedside urine testing for fentanyl in self‐reported heroin users in a tertiary Brisbane emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 648-649. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14446
2024
Journal Article
Rivastigmine for the management of anticholinergic delirium
Chiew, Angela L., Holford, Amanda G., Chan, Betty S. H. and Isoardi, Katherine Z. (2024). Rivastigmine for the management of anticholinergic delirium. Clinical Toxicology, 62 (2), 82-87. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2024.2319854
2024
Journal Article
Comments on “Prevalence and predictors of QTc prolongation in patients seen in a clozapine clinic in a real-world setting in Australia”
Tanzer, Timothy, Winckel, Karl, Isoardi, Katherine, Smith, Lesley, Andric, Teodora and Siskind, Dan (2024). Comments on “Prevalence and predictors of QTc prolongation in patients seen in a clozapine clinic in a real-world setting in Australia”. Schizophrenia Research, 264, 370-371. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.01.003
2024
Journal Article
A fatal case of polyoxyethylated- p -nonylphenol surfactant (Wetter 600) ingestion
Harris, Keith, Garland, Jack and Isoardi, Katherine Z. (2024). A fatal case of polyoxyethylated- p -nonylphenol surfactant (Wetter 600) ingestion. Clinical Toxicology, 61 (12), 1060-1061. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2023.2289866
2024
Journal Article
Impact of pharmacists during in-hospital resuscitation or medical emergency response events: A systematic review
Currey, Elizabeth M., Ghahreman-Falconer, Nazanin, Isoardi, Katherine Z. and Barras, Michael (2024). Impact of pharmacists during in-hospital resuscitation or medical emergency response events: A systematic review. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 75, 98-110. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.10.020
2024
Conference Publication
Toxicological seizures: a retrospective observational series
McCulloch, Kristy, Berling, Ingrid, Isbister, Geoff, Wood, Katherine, Harris, Keith and Isoardi, Katherine (2024). Toxicological seizures: a retrospective observational series. Toxicology and Poisons Network Australasia (TAPNA) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1-3 May 2024. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/24734306.2024.2372936
2023
Conference Publication
Suspected stonefish envenomation in Queensland over 8 years
Armstrong, Jessica, Harris, Keith, Wylie, Carol and Isoardi, Katherine (2023). Suspected stonefish envenomation in Queensland over 8 years. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Katherine Isoardi is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Digitally Enhanced Evaluation of Prescription Drug Misuse
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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Doctor Philosophy
A pharmacist to improve medication management and patient outcomes for critically ill patients in the emergency department.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nazanin Ghahreman-Falconer, Professor Michael Barras
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Katherine Isoardi directly for media enquiries about:
- drug intoxication
- opioids
- overdose
- poisoning
- toxicology
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