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Dr Meera Agar

Senior Lecturer
Health Sciences, Palliative & Supportive Services
Flinders University
Australia

Professor Healthcare
Biography

Dr Agar is a Palliative Medicine Specialist, in Sydney, NSW and Clinical Director of a 20 bed inpatient Palliative care service, with community and outpatient services.

Research Intrest

Delirium in advanced cancer The interface of palliative care with the medical emergency team Neuro-oncology Clinical trials prescribing in palliative care

List of Publications
Bush, S.H., Lacaze-Masmonteil, N., McNamara-Kilian, M.T., MacDonald, A.R., Tierney, S., Momoli, F., et al. (2016). The preventative role of exogenous melatonin administration to patients with advanced cancer who are at risk of delirium: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17 pp. Art: 399.
Laver, K.E., Cumming, R., Dyer, S.M., Agar, M.R., Anstey, K.J., Beattie, E., et al. (2016). Clinical practice guidelines for dementia in Australia. MJA Medical Journal of Australia, 204(5) pp. 191-193.
Luckett, T., Jane, P., Lintzeris, N., Allsop, D., Lee, J., Solowij, N., et al. (2016). Clinical trials of medicinal cannabis for appetite-related symptoms from advanced cancer: a survey of preferences, attitudes and beliefs among patients willing to consider participation. Internal Medicine Journal, 46(11) pp. 1269-1275.
McCaffrey, N.M., Hardy, J., Fazekas, B.S., Agar, M.R., Devilee, L., Rowett, D.S., et al. (2016). Potential economic impact on hospitalisations of the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) ketamine randomised controlled trial. Australian Health Review, 40(1) pp. 100-105.
Agar, M.R., Lawlor, P., Quinn, S.J., Draper, B., Caplan, G.A., Rowett, D.S., et al. (2017). Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine, 177(1) pp. 34-42.
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