Assoc Prof Vijaya Sundararajan - Researcher Profile

Biography

Vijaya works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow.

Qualifications

PUBLIC HEALTH

Institution: University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill

Year awarded: 1994

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Institution: University of Oklahoma

Year awarded: 1989

LETTERS

Institution: University of Oklahoma

Year awarded: 1981

Publications

Journal Articles

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D.J., Pilcher, D.V., Sundararajan, V., Evans, S.M., Brand, C.A., 2012, Prognostic models based on administrative data alone inadequately predict the survival outcomes for critically ill patients at 180 days post hospital discharge, Journal of Critical Care [P], vol 27, issue 4, W.B. Saunders Co., United States, pp. 11-21.

Brand, C., Tropea, J., Gorelik, A., Jolley, D., Scott, I., Sundararajan, V., 2012, An adverse event screening tool based on routinely collected hospital-acquired diagnoses, International Journal For Quality In Health Care [P], vol 24, Oxford University Press, United States, pp. 266-278.

Ratnam, D., Dev, A.T., Nguyen, T., Sundararajan, V., Harley, H., Cheng, W., Lee, A., Rusli, F., Chen, R., Bell, S., Pianko, S., Sievert, W., 2012, Efficacy and tolerability of pegylated interferon-alpha-2a in chronic hepatitis B: a multicenter clinical experience, Journal Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology [P], vol 27, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 1447-1453.

Sanders, L.M., Srikanth, V., Jolley, D.J., Sundararajan, V., Psihogios, H., Wong, K., Ramsay, D., Phan, T.G., 2012, Monash transient ischemic attack triaging treatment (M3T): safety of a TIA mechanism-based outpatient model of care, Stroke [P], vol 43, issue 11, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 2936-2941.

Philip, J., Gold, M., Brand, C., Douglass, J., Miller, B., Sundararajan, V., 2012, Negotiating hope with COPD patients: A qualitative study of patients and health care professionals, Internal Medicine Journal [E], vol 42, issue 7, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 816-822.

Moore, G.E., Brand, C.A., Gold, M., Lethborg, C., Murphy, M., Sundararajan, V., Philip, J., 2012, Palliative and supportive care needs of patients with high-grade glioma and their carers: A systematic review of qualitative literature, Patient Education and Counseling [P], vol e, issue e, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 1-2.

Philip, J., Lowe, A.J., Gold, M., Brand, C.A., Miller, B., Douglass, J.A., Sundararajan, V., 2012, Palliative care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: exploring the landscape, Internal Medicine Journal [P], vol 42, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 1053-1057.

Tropea, J., Sundararajan, V., Gorelik, A., Kennedy, M., Cameron, P., Brand, C.A., 2012, Patients who leave without being seen in the emergency departments: an analysis of predicitive factors and outcomes, Academic Emergency Medicine [P], vol 19, Wiley-Blackwell, United States, pp. 439-447.

Dendle, C., Sundararajan, V., Spelman, T., Jolley, D.J., Woolley, I., 2012, Splenectomy sequelae: an analysis of infectious outcomes among adults in Victoria, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 196, issue 9, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 582-586.

Bohensky, M., Sundararajan, V., Andrianopoulos, N., de Steiger, R., Bucknill, A., Kondogiannis, C.M., McColl, G.J., Brand, C.A., 2012, Trends in elective knee arthroscopies in a population-based cohort 2000-2009, Medical Journal of Australia [E], vol 197, issue 7, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 399-403.

Dassanayake, J., Gurrin, L., Payne, W., Sundararajan, V., Dharmage, S., 2011, Cardiovascular disease risk in immigrants: What is the evidence and where are the gaps?, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health [P], vol 23, issue 6, Sage Publications, Inc., United States, pp. 882-895.

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D., Sundararajan, V., Evans, S., Ibrahim, J., Brand, C., 2011, Development and validation of reporting guidelines for studies involving data linkage, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health [P], vol 35, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 486-489.

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D., Sundararajan, V., Pilcher, D., Evans, S., Brand, C., 2011, Empirical aspects of linking intensive care registry data to hospital discharge data without the use of direct patient identifiers, Anaesthesia And Intensive Care [P], vol 39, issue 2, Australian Society of Anaesthetists Ltd, Australia, pp. 202-208.

Dassanayake, J., Gurrin, L., Payne, W., Sundararajan, V., Dharmage, S., 2011, Is country of birth a risk factor for acute hospitalization for cardiovascular disease in Victoria, Australia?, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health [P], vol 23, issue 3, Sage Publications, Inc., United States, pp. 280-287.

Beauchamp, A., Tonkin, A., Kelsall, H., Sundararajan, V., English, D., Sundaresan, L., Wolfe, R., Turrell, G., Giles, G., Peeters, A., 2011, Validation of de-identified record linkage to ascertain hospital admissions in a cohort study, BMC Medical Research Methodology [P], vol 11, issue Art. No: 42, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Brand, C., Sundararajan, V., 2010, A 10-year cohort study of the burden and risk of in-hospital falls and fractures using routinely collected hospital data, Quality and Safety in Health Care [P], vol 19, issue 6 (e51), BMJ Group, UK, USA, pp. 1-7.

Bohensky, M.A., Jolley, D., Vijaya, S., Evans, S., Pilcher, D.V., Scott, I., Brand, C.A., 2010, Data Linkage: A powerful research tool with potential problems, BMC Health Services Research [E], vol 10, issue Art. No: 346, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-7.

Van Doornum, S., Brand, C., Sundararajan, V., Ajani, A., Wicks, I., 2010, Rheumatoid arthritis patients receive less frequent acute reperfusion and secondary prevention therapy after myocardial infarction compared with the general population, Arthritis Research and Therapy [P], vol 12, issue 5 (R183), BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Jette, N., Quan, H., Hemmelgarn, B., Drosler, S., Maass, C., Moskal, L., Paoin, W., Sundararajan, V., Gao, S., Jakob, R., Ustun, B., Ghali, W., 2010, The development, evolution, and modifications of ICD-10: Challenges to the international comparability of morbidity data, Medical Care [P], vol 48, issue 12, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 1105-1110.

Dassanayake, J., Dharmage, S., Gurrin, L., Sundararajan, V., Payne, W., 2009, Are immigrants at risk of heart disease in Australia? A systematic review, Australian Health Review [P], vol 33, issue 3, C S I R O Publishing, Australia, pp. 479-491.

McConchie, S., Shepheard, J., Waters, S., McMillan, A., Sundararajan, V., 2009, The AusPSIs: the Australian version of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators, Australian Health Review [P], vol 33, issue 2, C S I R O Publishing, Australia, pp. 334-350.

Hodge, K., Janus, E.D., Sundararajan, V., Taylor, S., Brand, W., Ibrahim, J.E., Wolff, A., 2008, Coordinated anticoagulation management in a rural setting, Australian Family Physician, vol 37, issue 4, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australia, pp. 280-283.

New, P.W., Sundararajan, V., 2008, Incidence of non-traumatic spinal cord injury in Victoria, Australia: a population-based study and literature review, Spinal Cord [P], vol 46, issue 6, Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom, pp. 406-411.

Clothier, H., Vu, T., Sundararajan, V., Andrews, R., Counahan, M., Tallis, G., Lambert, S., 2008, Invasive pneumococcal disease in Victoria: a better measurement of the true incidence, Epidemiology And Infection [P], vol 136, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 225-231.

Kennedy, M., MacBean, C.E., Brand, C.A., Sundararajan, V., Taylor, D.M., 2008, Review article: Leaving the emergency department without being seen, Emergency Medicine Australasia (Print) [P], vol 20, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 306-313.

Correa-Valez, I., Ansari, Z., Sundararajan, V., Brown, K., Gifford, S., 2007, A six-year descriptive analysis of hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among people born in refugee-source countries, Population Health Metrics [P], vol 5, issue Art. No: 9, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Sundararajan, V., Quan, H., Halfon, P., Fushimi, K., Luthi, J., Burnand, B., Ghali, W., 2007, Cross-national comparative performance of three versions of the ICD-10 Charlson index, Medical Care [P], vol 45, issue 12, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 1210-1215.

Devine, A., Karvelas, M., Sundararajan, V., 2007, Evaluation of a prison-based hepatitis B immunisation pilot project, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health [P], vol 31, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 127-130.

Correa-Valez, I., Sundararajan, V., Brown, K., Gifford, S., 2007, Hospital utilisation among people born in refugee-source countries: An analysis of hospital admissions, Victoria, 1998-2004, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 186, issue 11, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 577-580.

Osborne, R., Nikpour, M., Busija, L., Sundararajan, V., Wicks, I., 2007, Prevalence and cost of musculoskeletal disorders: a population-based, public hospital system healthcare consumption approach, Journal Of Rheumatology [P], vol 34, issue 12, Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Co. Ltd., Canada, pp. 2466-2475.

Correll, P., Xuan, W., Williamson, M., Sundararajan, V., Ringland, C., Marks, G., 2007, Reattendance at hospital for asthma in two Australian states, 2000-2003, Respirology [P], vol 12, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 220-226.

deCoster, C., Quan, H., Finlayson, A., Gao, M., Halfon, P., Humphries, K., Johansen, H., Lix, L., Luthi, J., Ma, J., Romano, P., Roos, L., Sundararajan, V., Tu, J., Webster, G., Ghali, W., 2006, Identifying priorities in methodological research using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data: Report from an international consortium, BMC Health Services Research [E], vol 6, issue Art. No: 77, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-6.

van Doornum, S., Brand, C.A., King, B., Sundararajan, V., 2006, Increased case fatality rates following a first acute cardiovascular event in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research [P], vol 54, issue 7, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., United States, pp. 2061-2068.

Henderson, T., Shepheard, J., Sundararajan, V., 2006, Quality of diagnosis and procedure coding in ICD-10 administrative data, Medical Care [P], vol 44, issue 11, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 1011-1019.

Sundararajan, V., Korman, T., Macisaac, C., Presneill, J.J., Cade, J.F., Visvanathan, K., 2006, The microbiology and outcome of sepsis in Victoria, Australia, Epidemiology and Infection, vol 134, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 307-314.

Quan, H., Sundararajan, V., Halfon, P., Fong, A., Burnand, B., Luthi, J., Saunders, L., Beck, C., Feasby, T., Ghali, W., 2005, Coding algorithms for defining comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data, Medical Care [P], vol 43, issue 11, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 1130-1139.

Donald, K., Smith, A., Doherty, S., Sundararajan, V., 2005, Effect of an on-site emergency physician in a rural emergency department at night., Rural and remote health [electronic resource]. [P], vol 5, issue 3, Australian Rural Health Education Network, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Sundararajan, V., Maclsaac, C.M., Presneill, J.J., Cade, J.F., Visvanathan, K., 2005, Epidemiology of sepsis in Victoria, Australia, Critical Care Medicine, vol 33, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 71-80.

Brand, C., Vijaya, S., Jones, C.T., Hutchinson, A., Campbell, D.A., 2005, Readmission patterns in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic heart failure and diabetes mellitus: an administrative dataset analysis, Internal Medicine Journal, vol 35, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 296-299.

Dev, A.T., Sundararajan, V., Sievert, W., 2004, Ethnic and cultural determinants influence risk assessment for hepatitis C acquisition, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol 19, issue 7, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 792-798.

Magliano, D.J., Liew, D.Y., Pater, H., Kirby, A., Hunt, D., Simes, J., Sundararajan, V., Tonkin, A.M., 2003, Accuracy of the Australian National Death Index: comparison with adjudicated fatal outcomes among Australian participants in the Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) study, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol 27, issue 6, Public Health Association of Australia, Australia, pp. 649-653.

Ansari, M.Z., Henderson, T., Ackland, M., Cicuttini, F.M., Sundararajan, V., 2003, Congestive cardiac failure: urban and rural perspectives in Victoria, Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol 11, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 266-270.

Magliano, D.J., Liew, D.Y., Ashton, E.L., Sundararajan, V., McNeil, J.J., 2003, Novel biomedical risk markers for cardiovascular disease, Journal of Cardiovascular Risk, vol 10, issue 2, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, US, pp. 41-55.

Leder, K.S., Sundararajan, V., Weld, L., Pandey, P., Brown, G.V., Torresi, J., 2003, Respiratory tract infections in travelers: a review of the GeoSentinel surveillance network, Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol 36, issue 4, Unversity of Chicago Press, USA, pp. 399-406.

Hershman, D., Sundararajan, V., Jacobsen, J.S., Heitjan, D.F., Neugut, A.L., Grann, V.R., 2002, Outcomes of Tamoxifen Chemoprevention for Breast Cancer in Very High-Risk Women: A cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol 20, issue 1, American Society of Clinical Oncology, USA, pp. 9-16.

Dev, A.T., McCaw, R., Sundararajan, V., Bowden, D., Sievert, W., 2002, Southeast Asian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: The Impact of Novel Genotypes and Race on Treatment Outcome, Hepatology, vol 36, issue 5, WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia PA USA, pp. 1259-1265.

Sundararajan, V., Mitra, N., Jacobsen, J.S., Grann, V.R., Heitjan, D.F., Neugut, A.L., 2002, Survival Associated with 5-Flouarouracil-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy among Elderly Patients with Node-Positive Colon Cancer, Annals of Internal Medicine, vol 136, American College of Physicians, USA, pp. 349-357.

Sundararajan, V., Hershman, D., Grann, V.R., Jacobsen, J.S., Neugut, A.L., 2002, Variations in the Use of Chemotherapy for Elderly Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Population-Based Study, Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol 20, issue 1, American Society of Clinical Oncology, USA, pp. 173-178.