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Professor Michael John Cousins AM

Professor
Anaesthesia, Northern Clinical School
Kolling Institute of Medical Research

E25 - Royal North Shore Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Publications

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2012

  
  • Deer, T., Prager, J., Levy, R., Rathmell, J., Buchser, E., Burton, A., Caraway, D., Cousins, M., De Andrés, J., Diwan, S., Erdek, M., Grigsby, E., Huntoon, M., Jacobs, M., Kim, P., Kumar, K., Leong, M., Liem, L., McDowell, G., Panchal, S., Rauck, R., Saulino, M., Sitzman, B., Staats, P., Stanton-Hicks, M., Stearns, L., Wallace, M., Willis, K., Witt, W., Yaksh, T., Mekhail, N. (2012), Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference-2012: Consensus on Diagnosis, Detection, and Treatment of Catheter-Tip Granulomas (Inflammatory Masses). Neuromodulation. 15(5), 483-496. [Abstract]
  • Deer, T., Levy, R., Prager, J., Buchser, E., Burton, A., Caraway, D., Cousins, M., De Andrés, J., Diwan, S., Erdek, M., Grigsby, E., Huntoon, M., Jacobs, M., Kim, P., Kumar, K., Leong, M., Liem, L., McDowell, G., Panchal, S., Rauck, R., Saulino, M., Sitzman, B., Staats, P., Stanton-Hicks, M., Stearns, L., Wallace, M., Willis, K., Witt, W., Yaksh, T., Mekhail, N. (2012), Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference-2012: Recommendations to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in Intrathecal Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. Neuromodulation. 15(5), 467-482. [Abstract]
  • Deer, T., Prager, J., Levy, R., Rathmell, J., Buchser, E., Burton, A., Caraway, D., Cousins, M., De Andr��s, J., Diwan, S., Erdek, M., Grigsby, E., Huntoon, M., Jacobs, M., Kim, P., Kumar, K., Leong, M., Liem, L., McDowell Ii, G., Panchal, S., Rauck, R., Saulino, M., Sitzman, B., Staats, P., Stanton-Hicks, M., Stearns, L., Wallace, M., Willis, K., Witt, W., Yaksh, T., Mekhail, N. (2012), Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference 2012: Recommendations for the Management of Pain by Intrathecal (Intraspinal) Drug Delivery: Report of an Interdisciplinary Expert Panel. Neuromodulation. 15(5), 436-466. [Abstract]
  • Deer, T., Prager, J., Levy, R., Burton, A., Buchser, E., Caraway, D., Cousins, M., De Andr��s, J., Diwan, S., Erdek, M., Grigsby, E., Huntoon, M., Jacobs, M., Kim, P., Kumar, K., Leong, M., Liem, L., McDowell, G., Panchal, S., Rauck, R., Saulino, M., Staats, P., Stanton-Hicks, M., Stearns, L., Sitzman, B., Wallace, M., Willis, K., Witt, W., Yaksh, T., Mekhail, N. (2012), Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference-2012: Recommendations on Trialing for Intrathecal (Intraspinal) Drug Delivery: Report of an Interdisciplinary Expert Panel. Neuromodulation. 15(5), 420-435. [Abstract]
  • Cousins, M. (2012), Unrelieved pain: a major health care priority. Medical Journal of Australia. 196(6), 373-374. [Abstract]
  • Cousins, M. (2012), Should opioids be used for chronic non-cancer pain?. Medical Journal of Australia. 196(5), 312-313. [Abstract]
  • Parker, J., Karantonis, D., Single, P., Obradovic, M., Cousins, M. (2012), Compound action potentials recorded in the human spinal cord during neurostimulation for pain relief. Pain. 153(3), 593-601. [Abstract]

2011

  
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  • Cousins, M., Lynch, M. (2011), The Declaration Montreal: access to pain management is a fundamental human right. Pain. 152, 2673-2674. [Abstract]

2010

  
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  • Stanwell, P., Siddall, P., Keshava, N., Cocuzzo, D., Ramadan, S., Lin, A., Herbert, D., Craig, A., Tran, Y., Middleton, J., Gautam, S., Cousins, M., Mountford, C. (2010), Neuro magnetic resonance spectroscopy using wavelet decomposition and statistical testing identifies biochemical changes in people with spinal cord injury and pain. NeuroImage. 53(2), 544-552. [Abstract]

2009

  
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  • Pond, B., Dalton, L., Disher, G., Cousins, M. (2009), Helping medical specialists working in rural and remote Australia deal with professional isolation: the Support Scheme for Rural Specialists. Medical Journal of Australia. 190(1), 24-27. [Abstract]
  • Siddall, P., Cousins, M. (2009), Introduction to pain mechanisms: implications for neural blockade. In: Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 4th Ed. (pp.661-692).United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Hirst, J., Torode, H., Sears, W., Cousins, M. (2009), Beware the Tarlov cyst. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 16(1), 78-80. [Abstract]
  • Wrigley, P., Press, S., Gustin, S., Macefield, V., Gandevia, S., Cousins, M., Middleton, J., Henderson, L., Siddall, P. (2009), Neuropathic pain and primary somatosensory cortex reorganization following spinal cord injury. Pain. 141(1-2), 52-9. [Abstract]

2008

  
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  • Blyth, F., Cumming, R., Brnabic, A., Cousins, M. (2008), Caregiving in the presence of chronic pain. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 63(4), 399-407. [Abstract]
  • Wrigley, P., Cousins, M. (2008), Postherpetic neuralgia: an update on management and prevention. Medicine Today. 9, 36-44.
  • Siddall, P., Cousins, M. (2008), Physiology of pain. In: Principles of Physiology for the Anaesthetist. (pp.381-398).United Kingdom: Hodder Education.

2007

  
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  • Que, J., Siddall, P., Cousins, M. (2007), Pain Management in a Patient With Intractable Spinal Cord Injury Pain: A Case Report and Literature Review. Anesthesia and analgesia. 105(5), 1462-1473. [Abstract]
  • Cousins, M. (2007), Persistent pain: A disease entity. JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT. 33(2), S4-S10. [Abstract]
  • Carr, D., Cousins, M., Brennan, F. (2007), Pain management: A fundamental human right. ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA. 105(1), 205-221. [Abstract]
  • Cousins, M., Murphy, P. (2007), Intrathecal catheter granuloma with baclofen infusion - Response. ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA. 104(1), 209-210. [Abstract]