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Rachel Schembri

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Articles 30
Citations 156
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Related Specialties
Neurology
Psychiatry
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
David J Berlowitz
Marnie Graco
Melinda L Jackson
Fergal J ODonoghue
Libby Haskell
Stuart R Dalziel
Warren R Ruehland
Ed Oakley
Meredith L Borland
Sharon OBrien
Published In
J Clin Sleep Med
BMC Health Serv Res
BMJ Open
Sleep
Thorax
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Recent Articles
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Protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial assessing the effect of the Telehealth for Early Developmental Intervention in babies born very preterm (TEDI-Prem) programme on neurodevelopmental outcomes and parent well-being
Eeles A, Spittle A, Dusing S, Anderson P, Brown S, Dalziel K, et al.
BMJ Open . 2025 Jan; 14(12):e086904. PMID: 39806618
Introduction: Infants born very preterm (VPT, <32 weeks' gestation) are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental impairments including motor, cognitive and behavioural delay. Parents of infants born VPT also have poorer...
2.
Associations Between Amyloid Burden, Hypoxemia, Sleep Architecture, and Cognition in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Cavuoto M, Robinson S, ODonoghue F, Barnes M, Howard M, Tolson J, et al.
J Alzheimers Dis . 2023 Sep; 96(1):149-159. PMID: 37742634
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an increased risk of amyloid-β (Aβ) burden, the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and cognitive decline. Objective: To determine the differential impacts of...
3.
Periods Shouldn't Bring Any Adolescents' World to a Full Stop. Period. An Online Survey of Adolescents' Experience of Menstruation
Munro C, Walker E, Schembri R, Moussaoui D, Grover S
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol . 2023 Sep; 37(1):18-24. PMID: 37722525
Study Objective: Few studies have explored what specific outcome measures contained in assessment tools for period and pelvic pain are most relevant to adolescents. Co-design is a valuable method of...
4.
Prevalence of central sleep apnea in people with tetraplegic spinal cord injury: a retrospective analysis of research and clinical data
Graco M, Ruehland W, Schembri R, Churchward T, Saravanan K, Sheers N, et al.
Sleep . 2023 Sep; 46(12). PMID: 37691432
Study Objectives: Over 80% of people with tetraplegia have sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), but whether this is predominantly obstructive or central is unclear. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of...
5.
Evaluation of targeted implementation interventions for reducing investigations and therapies in infants with bronchiolitis
Borland M, OBrien S, Tavender E, Haskell L, Babl F, Schembri R, et al.
Acta Paediatr . 2023 Apr; 112(8):1747-1754. PMID: 37026175
Aim: To evaluate the impact of locally adapted targeted implementation interventions on bronchiolitis management through reduction in ineffective investigation and therapies within emergency departments. Methods: A multi-centred, quality improvement study...
6.
Prevalence of high flow nasal cannula therapy use for management of infants with bronchiolitis in Australia and New Zealand
OBrien S, Haskell L, Schembri R, Gill F, Wilson S, Borland M, et al.
J Paediatr Child Health . 2022 Sep; 58(12):2230-2235. PMID: 36066264
Aim: To determine the prevalence of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy in infants presenting to hospital in Australia and New Zealand with bronchiolitis over four bronchiolitis seasons. Secondary aims...
7.
Sustainability of evidence-based practices in the management of infants with bronchiolitis in hospital settings - a PREDICT study protocol
Ramsden V, Babl F, Dalziel S, Middleton S, Oakley E, Haskell L, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2022 Aug; 22(1):1099. PMID: 36038929
Background: Understanding how and why de-implementation of low-value practices is sustained remains unclear. The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International CollaboraTive (PREDICT) Bronchiolitis Knowledge Translation (KT) Study was a cluster...
8.
A health-education intervention to improve outcomes for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
Garvey W, Schembri R, Oberklaid F, Hiscock H
BMJ Open . 2022 Jun; 12(6):e060440. PMID: 35738655
Introduction: One in seven (14%) children aged 4-17 years old meet criteria for a mental illness over a 12-month period. The majority of these children have difficulty accessing clinical assessment...
9.
The independent effects of sleep deprivation and sleep fragmentation on processing of emotional information
Lee V, Schembri R, Jordan A, Jackson M
Behav Brain Res . 2022 Feb; 424:113802. PMID: 35181390
Disrupted sleep through sleep deprivation or sleep fragmentation has previously been shown to impair cognitive processing. Nevertheless, limited studies have examined the impact of disrupted sleep on the processing of...
10.
Effect of Treatment of Clinical Seizures vs Electrographic Seizures in Full-Term and Near-Term Neonates: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Hunt R, Liley H, Wagh D, Schembri R, Lee K, Shearman A, et al.
JAMA Netw Open . 2021 Dec; 4(12):e2139604. PMID: 34919132
Importance: Seizures in the neonatal period are associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Bedside amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) has facilitated the detection of electrographic seizures; however, whether these seizures should be...