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Professor Peter van Asperen

Macintosh Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Paediatrics & Child Health, Children's Hospital, Westmead

C29 - Children\'s Hospital Westmead
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

T:+61 2 9845 3397 / 9845 3444
F:+61 2 9845 3396
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Research interests

Current major reserach interest is in clinical trials with particular focus on manangement of asthma and children with chronic cough.

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Publications

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2011

  
  • van Asperen, P. (2011), That ICS should be first line therapy for asthma--con. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 12(4), 250-252. [Abstract]
  • Grover, C., Armour, C., Asperen, P., Moles, R., Saini, B. (2011), Medication Use in Children with Asthma: Not a Child Size Problem. Journal of Asthma. 48(10), 1085-1103. [Abstract]
  • Smith, L., van Asperen, P., McKay, K., Selvadurai, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2011), Post-natal corticosteroids are associated with reduced expiratory flows in children born very preterm. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 47(7), 448-54. [Abstract]
  • Glasgow, N., Ponsonby, A., Kemp, A., Tovey, E., van Asperen, P., McKay, K., Forbes, S. (2011), Feather bedding and childhood asthma associated with house dust mite sensitisation: a randomised controlled trial. Archives of disease in childhood. 96(6), 541-7. [Abstract]
  • Van Asperen, P., Mellis, C., Sly, P., Robertson, C. (2011), Evidence-based asthma management in children - what's new?. Medical Journal of Australia. 194(8), 383-384. [Abstract]
  • Van Asperen, P. (2011), What's new in the management of asthma in children?. Medicine Today. 12(4), 53-64.
  • MacLean, J., Scott, K., Marshall, T., Van Asperen, P. (2011), Evaluation of an E-Learning teaching resource: What is the medical student perspective?. Focus on Health Professional Education. 13(2), 53-63.
  • Teoh, L., Hurwitz, M., Acworth, J., van Asperen, P., Chang, A. (2011), Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea for chronic cough in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 0(4), CD008182. [Abstract]

2010

  
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  • Nightingale, S., O'Loughlin, E., Dorney, S., Shun, A., Verran, D., Strasser, S., McCaughan, G., Jermyn, V., Van Asperen, P., Gaskin, K., Stormon, M. (2010), Isolated liver transplantation in children with cystic fibrosis - An Australian experience. Pediatric transplantation. 14(6), 779-85. [Abstract]
  • Smith, L., McKay, K., van Asperen, P., Selvadurai, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2010), Normal Development of the Lung and Premature Birth. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 11(3), 135-142. [Abstract]
  • Gibson, P., Chang, A., Glasgow, N., Holmes, P., Katelaris, P., Kemp, A., Landau, L., Mazzone, S., Newcombe, P., Van Asperen, P., Vertigan, A. (2010), CICADA: Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis and Assessment. Australian Cough Guidelines summary statement. The Medical Journal of Australia. 192(5), 265-271. [Abstract]
  • Chang, A., Landau, L., van Asperen, P., Masters, I., Mellis, C. (2010), The plea for rigorous studies on cough in children. Chest. , 741. [Abstract]
  • Chang, A., Robertson, C., van Asperen, P., Glasgow, N., Masters, I., Mellis, C., Landau, L., Teoh, L., Morris, P. (2010), Can a management pathway for chronic cough in children improve clinical outcomes: protocol for a multicentre evaluation. Trials. 11, 103. [Abstract]
  • Ho, K., Davis, A., Van Asperen, P. (2010), Complementary and alternative medicine use among children with asthma in Australia. Australian Medical Student Journal. 1, 46-49.

2009

  
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  • McKay, K., Cooper, P., van Asperen, P. (2009), Segregation of children with CF diagnosed via newborn screening and acquisition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society. 8(6), 400-4. [Abstract]
  • Robinson, P., Cooper, P., Van Asperen, P., Fitzgerald, D., Selvadurai, H. (2009), Using index of ventilation to assess response to treatment for acute pulmonary exacerbation in children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric pulmonology. 44(8), 733-42. [Abstract]
  • Towns, S., van Asperen, P. (2009), Diagnosis and management of asthma in adolescents. The Clinical Respiratory Journal. 3(2), 69-76. [Abstract]
  • Fitzgerald, D., Follett, J., Van Asperen, P. (2009), Assessing and managing lung disease and sleep disordered breathing in children with cerebral palsy. Paediatric respiratory reviews. 10(1), 18-24. [Abstract]
  • Robinson, P., Van Asperen, P. (2009), Asthma in childhood. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 56(1), 191-226. [Abstract]

2008

  
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  • Smith, L., van Asperen, P., McKay, K., Selvadurai, H., Fitzgerald, D. (2008), Reduced exercise capacity in children born very preterm. Pediatrics. 122(2), e287-293. [Abstract]
  • Magoffin, A., Allen, J., McCauley, J., Gruca, M., Peat, J., Van Asperen, P., Gaskin, K. (2008), Longitudinal analysis of resting energy expenditure in patients with cystic fibrosis. The Journal of pediatrics. 152(5), 703-708. [Abstract]
  • Kwok, S., O'Loughlin, E., Kakakios, A., van Asperen, P. (2008), Wheezy swallow: poorly responsive 'asthma'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 44(1-2), 74-77. [Abstract]
  • Scott, K., MacLean, J., Marshall, T., Van Asperen, P. (2008), Medical student use of an online formative assessment resource. Australia: ASCILITE, .

2007

  
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  • Barclay, A., Allen, J., Blyler, E., Yap, J., Gruca, M., Asperen, P., Cooper, P., Gaskin, K. (2007), Resting energy expenditure in females with cystic fibrosis: Is it affected by puberty?. European journal of clinical nutrition. 61(10), 1207-12. [Abstract]
  • Yin, J., Kemp, A., van Asperen, P. (2007), Pulmonary function in non-atopic and atopic childhood asthma. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 96(7), 1088-1090. [Abstract]
  • van Asperen, P. (2007), Oral corticosteroid therapy for acute asthma in children: evidence of efficacy and current Australian practice. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 43(6), 419-420. [Abstract]
  • Yu, Z., McKay, K., van Asperen, P., Zheng, M., Fleming, J., Ginn, S., Kizana, E., Latham, M., Feneley, M., Kirkland, P., Rowe, P., Lumbers, E., Alexander, I. (2007), Lentivirus vector-mediated gene transfer to the developing bronchiolar airway epithelium in the fetal lamb. The journal of gene medicine. 9(6), 429-439. [Abstract]
  • Drakeford, P., Davis, A., van Asperen, P. (2007), Evaluation of a paediatric asthma education package for health professionals. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 43(5), 342-352. [Abstract]
  • Robinson, P., Curtin, J., van Asperen, P. (2007), Blue blood. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 43(3), 184-185. [Abstract]
  • Van Asperen, P., Davis, A., Towns, S. (2007), When Your Child Has Asthma. Australia: Simon and Schuster.

2006

  
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  • Chang, A., Landau, L., Van Asperen, P., Glasgow, N., Robertson, C., Marchant, J., Mellis, C. (2006), Cough in children: definitions and clinical evaluation. The Medical journal of Australia. 184(8), 398-403. [Abstract]
  • van Asperen, P. (2006), Cough and asthma. Paediatric respiratory reviews. 7(1), 26-30. [Abstract]
  • Robinson, P., Lord, D., Dalla Pozza, L., Harvey, J., Van Asperen, P. (2006), Complicated 'pneumonia'. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 42(1-2), 62-4. [Abstract]
  • Van Asperen, P. (2006), What's new in the management of paediatric asthma?. Middle East paediatrics. 11, 6-11.