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Geoffrey K. Isbister is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across both disciplines.

Their subfield expertise includes Genetics, Virology, Paleontology, Emergency Medicine, and Pharmacology. The main topics covered in their work include Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Rabies epidemiology and control, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Poisoning and overdose treatments, Ion channel regulation and function, Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection, and Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Geoffrey K. Isbister include Katherine Isoardi, Anjana Silva, Angela L. Chiew, Nicholas A. Buckley, and Wayne C. Hodgson.

Geoffrey K. Isbister has published extensively in several scientific journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in Clinical Toxicology, followed by Toxins, Toxicon, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, and Emergency Medicine Australasia.

Some recent publications from Geoffrey K. Isbister include:

  • Investigating Toxin Diversity and Abundance in Snake Venom Proteomes, 2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Current research into snake antivenoms, their mechanisms of action and applications, 2020, Biochemical Society Transactions
  • A current perspective on snake venom composition and constituent protein families, 2022, Archives of Toxicology
  • Snakebite associated thrombotic microangiopathy: a systematic review of clinical features, outcomes, and evidence for interventions including plasmapheresis, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Bedside Coagulation Tests in Diagnosing Venom-Induced Consumption Coagulopathy in Snakebite, 2020, Toxins

Best Publications

  • The Hunter Serotonin Toxicity Criteria: simple and accurate diagnostic decision rules for serotonin toxicity.

    E.J.C. Dunkley;G.K. Isbister;D. Sibbritt;A.H. Dawson

  • Pesticide poisoning in the developing world—a minimum pesticides list

    Michael Eddleston;Lakshman Karalliedde;Nick Buckley;Ravindra Fernando

  • A Review and Database of Snake Venom Proteomes

    Theo Tasoulis;Geoffrey K. Isbister

  • Relative Toxicity of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in Overdose

    Geoffrey K. Isbister;Steven J. Bowe;Andrew Dawson;Ian M. Whyte

  • Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning

    Nick A Buckley;David N Juurlink;Geoff Isbister;Michael H Bennett

  • Anaphylaxis: clinical patterns, mediator release, and severity.

    Simon G A Brown;Shelley F. Stone;Daniel M. Fatovich;Daniel M. Fatovich;Sally A Burrows

  • Neurotoxic marine poisoning

    Geoffrey K Isbister;Matthew C Kiernan

  • Serotonin toxicity: a practical approach to diagnosis and treatment.

    Geoffrey K Isbister;Nicholas A Buckley;Ian M Whyte

  • The pathophysiology of serotonin toxicity in animals and humans: implications for diagnosis and treatment.

    Geoffrey K. Isbister;Nicholas A. Buckley

  • Drug-induced QT prolongation and torsades de pointes: evaluation of a QT nomogram

    A. Chan;G.K. Isbister;C.M.J. Kirkpatrick;S.B. Dufful

  • Snakebite Doesn't Cause Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Coagulopathy and Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Snake Envenoming

    Geoffrey K Isbister

  • Medical Aspects of Spider Bites

    Richard S. Vetter;Geoffrey K. Isbister

  • Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite.

    Kalana Maduwage;Geoffrey K. Isbister

  • Acute tetrodotoxin-induced neurotoxicity after ingestion of puffer fish.

    Matthew C. Kiernan;Geoffrey K. Isbister;Cindy S.-Y. Lin;David Burke

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Intramuscular Droperidol Versus Midazolam for Violence and Acute Behavioral Disturbance: The DORM Study

    Geoffrey K. Isbister;Leonie A. Calver;Colin B. Page;Colin B. Page;Barrie Stokes

  • Elevated serum cytokines during human anaphylaxis: identification of potential mediators of acute allergic reactions

    Shelley F. Stone;Claire Cotterell;Geoffrey K. Isbister;Anna Holdgate

  • Drug induced QT prolongation: the measurement and assessment of the QT interval in clinical practice

    Geoffrey K. Isbister;Colin B. Page;Colin B. Page

  • Hematologic Effects and Complications of Snake Envenoming

    Ingrid Berling;Geoffrey K. Isbister

  • Antivenom treatment in arachnidism.

    Geoffrey K. Isbister;Andis Graudins;Julian White;David Warrell

  • Baclofen overdose: defining the spectrum of toxicity.

    Nicola Y Leung;Ian M Whyte;Ian M Whyte;Geoffrey K Isbister;Geoffrey K Isbister

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. Buckley
Nicholas A. Buckley University of Sydney
Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
Michael S. Roberts
Michael S. Roberts University of Queensland
Richard C. Russell
Richard C. Russell University of Sydney
David A. Warrell
David A. Warrell University of Oxford
Matthew C. Kiernan
Matthew C. Kiernan Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
David N. Juurlink
David N. Juurlink University of Toronto
John N. A. Hooper
John N. A. Hooper Griffith University
Mark A. Baker
Mark A. Baker University of Newcastle Australia
Michael Eddleston
Michael Eddleston University of Edinburgh

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