List of works - Ken Sikaris

'Allowable Limits of Performance' for External Quality Assurance Programs - an Approach to Application of the Stockholm Criteria by the RCPA Quality Assurance Programs.

scientific article

5-Alpha reductase inhibitors and PSA screening for prostate cancer

A comparative study of the efficacy of simvastatin and gemfibrozil in combined hyperlipoproteinemia: prediction of response by baseline lipids, apo E genotype, lipoprotein(a) and insulin

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

A discussion of cases in the 2001 RCPA-AQAP Chemical Pathology Case Report Comments Program

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

A longitudinal study of thyroid autoantibodies in pregnancy: the importance of test timing

scientific article published on 02 October 2014

Analytical quality--what should we be aiming for?

scientific article published on August 2008

Automation in Clinical Biochemistry

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

B-type natriuretic peptides strongly predict mortality in patients who are treated with long-term dialysis

scientific article published on May 2008

BNP--Considering a heartfelt message.

scientific article

Bias Assessment of General Chemistry Analytes using Commutable Samples

scientific article

Biochemistry on the human scale

scientific article

CA125--a test with a change of heart.

scientific article published on 06 September 2010

CALIPER: Supporting the steps forward in paediatric laboratory measurement.

scientific article published in September 2013

Cardiac troponin testing in the acute care setting: ordering, reporting, and high sensitivity assays--an update from the Canadian society of clinical chemists (CSCC); the case for age related acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cut-offs

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Causes for concern in the use of prostate-specific antigen assays

scientific article published on 01 August 1994

Change in plasma sodium concentration associated with mortality

scientific article published on 01 February 1992

Chronic kidney disease and automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: a position statement.

scientific article

Comment on: Neutropenia and anemia with reduced serum vitamin B(12)

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Comparison of IFCC-calibrated HbA(1c) from laboratory and point of care testing systems.

scientific article published on 23 May 2014

Computer program designed to predict and plot the secondary structure of proteins.

scientific article published in October 1989

Defining acceptable limits for the metrological traceability of specific measurands

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Defining analytical performance specifications: Consensus Statement from the 1st Strategic Conference of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

Differential response of prostate specific antigen to testosterone surge after luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue in prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

scientific article published on April 2000

Does she have a fatty liver?

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Effects of combined calcium and vitamin D supplementation on insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity and β-cell function in multi-ethnic vitamin D-deficient adults at risk for type 2 diabetes: a pilot randomized, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article

Evidence-based approach to harmonised reference intervals

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Extreme anxiety/panic disorder

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Harmonisation of laboratory testing

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Harmonising adult and paediatric reference intervals in australia and new zealand: an evidence-based approach for establishing a first panel of chemistry analytes

scientific article

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays for risk stratification and for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 May 2012

Hyponatremia is associated with higher NT-proBNP than normonatremia after prolonged exercise

scientific article

Is there a liver problem? A jaundiced view

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

It's time to depolarise the unhelpful PSA-testing debate and put into practice lessons from the two major international screening trials

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Liaise with pathologists to refine understanding of the prostate-specific antigen test

scientific article published on 01 November 2013

Liaise with pathologists to refine understanding of the prostate-specific antigen test. Reply

scientific article published on 01 June 2014

Longitudinal assessment of thyroid function in pregnancy

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Low density lipoprotein particle size in hypopituitary adults receiving conventional hormone replacement therapy

scientific article published in July 1996

Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with increased risk of the development of the metabolic syndrome at five years: results from a national, population-based prospective study (The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study: AusDiab).

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Measurement of total testosterone in women: comparison of a direct radioimmunoassay versus radioimmunoassay after organic solvent extraction and celite column partition chromatography

scientific article published in December 2005

Measuring thyroid peroxidase antibodies on the day nulliparous women present for management of miscarriage: a descriptive cohort study.

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Pathology quiz. A persistent itchy papulovesicular rash

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Physiology and its importance for reference intervals

scientific article

Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality

scientific article published on 25 April 2011

Predictive accuracy and sources of variability in calculated free testosterone estimates.

scientific article published in March 2009

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its determinants in Australian adults aged 25 years and older: a national, population-based study

article

Prostate cancer screening

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Prostate specific antigen testing for the diagnosis of prostate cancer

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Prostate specific antigen testing: age-related interpretation in early prostate cancer detection.

scientific article published in June 2013

Quality assessment of interpretative commenting in clinical chemistry

scientific article published on March 2004

Quality of interpretative commenting on common clinical chemistry results in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa

scientific article published in January 2009

Recommendations for lipid testing and reporting by Australian pathology laboratories.

scientific article published in May 2007

Reproductive hormone reference intervals for healthy fertile young men: evaluation of automated platform assays

scientific article published on 23 August 2005

Serial increased cardiac troponin T predicts mortality in asymptomatic patients treated with chronic haemodialysis

scientific article

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and the 5-year incidence of CKD.

scientific article published on 23 April 2013

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcium intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes after 5 years: results from a national, population-based prospective study (the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study) ⬇️

scientific article

Sugar restriction: the evidence for a drug-free intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk

scientific article published on October 2012

Synthesis, antiviral activity, and conformational characterization of mouse-human alpha-interferon hybrids.

scientific article published in June 1988

Temporal trajectory of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with CKD stages 3 and 4, dialysis, and kidney transplant.

scientific article

The changing face of laboratory medicine: a more service and less academically oriented profession?

scientific article published on 26 August 2014

The clinical biochemistry of obesity.

scientific article published in August 2004

The correlation of hemoglobin A1c to blood glucose.

scientific article published on May 2009

The de ritis ratio: the test of time

scientific article

The interaction of local anaesthetics with synthetic phospholipid bilayers.

scientific article published in August 1982

Thyroid function and autoantibody status among women who spontaneously deliver under 35 weeks of gestation.

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Validation of an algorithm combining haemoglobin A(1c) and fasting plasma glucose for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in UK and Australian populations.

scientific article published in February 2009

Variability in vitamin D assays impairs clinical assessment of vitamin D status

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Vitamin B12 and homocysteine status during pregnancy in the metformin in gestational diabetes trial: responses to maternal metformin compared with insulin treatment

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

Weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band and resolution of the metabolic syndrome and its components.

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

List of works by Ken Sikaris

'Allowable Limits of Performance' for External Quality Assurance Programs - an Approach to Application of the Stockholm Criteria by the RCPA Quality Assurance Programs.

5-Alpha reductase inhibitors and PSA screening for prostate cancer

A comparative study of the efficacy of simvastatin and gemfibrozil in combined hyperlipoproteinemia: prediction of response by baseline lipids, apo E genotype, lipoprotein(a) and insulin

A discussion of cases in the 2001 RCPA-AQAP Chemical Pathology Case Report Comments Program

A longitudinal study of thyroid autoantibodies in pregnancy: the importance of test timing

Analytical quality--what should we be aiming for?

Automation in Clinical Biochemistry

B-type natriuretic peptides strongly predict mortality in patients who are treated with long-term dialysis

BNP--Considering a heartfelt message.

Bias Assessment of General Chemistry Analytes using Commutable Samples

Biochemistry on the human scale

CA125--a test with a change of heart.

CALIPER: Supporting the steps forward in paediatric laboratory measurement.

Cardiac troponin testing in the acute care setting: ordering, reporting, and high sensitivity assays--an update from the Canadian society of clinical chemists (CSCC); the case for age related acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cut-offs

Causes for concern in the use of prostate-specific antigen assays

Change in plasma sodium concentration associated with mortality

Chronic kidney disease and automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: a position statement.

Comment on: Neutropenia and anemia with reduced serum vitamin B(12)

Comparison of IFCC-calibrated HbA(1c) from laboratory and point of care testing systems.

Computer program designed to predict and plot the secondary structure of proteins.

Defining acceptable limits for the metrological traceability of specific measurands

Defining analytical performance specifications: Consensus Statement from the 1st Strategic Conference of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Differential response of prostate specific antigen to testosterone surge after luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue in prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Does she have a fatty liver?

Effects of combined calcium and vitamin D supplementation on insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity and β-cell function in multi-ethnic vitamin D-deficient adults at risk for type 2 diabetes: a pilot randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Evidence-based approach to harmonised reference intervals

Extreme anxiety/panic disorder

Harmonisation of laboratory testing

Harmonising adult and paediatric reference intervals in australia and new zealand: an evidence-based approach for establishing a first panel of chemistry analytes

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays for risk stratification and for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

Hyponatremia is associated with higher NT-proBNP than normonatremia after prolonged exercise

Is there a liver problem? A jaundiced view

It's time to depolarise the unhelpful PSA-testing debate and put into practice lessons from the two major international screening trials

Liaise with pathologists to refine understanding of the prostate-specific antigen test

Liaise with pathologists to refine understanding of the prostate-specific antigen test. Reply

Longitudinal assessment of thyroid function in pregnancy

Low density lipoprotein particle size in hypopituitary adults receiving conventional hormone replacement therapy

Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with increased risk of the development of the metabolic syndrome at five years: results from a national, population-based prospective study (The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study: AusDiab).

Measurement of total testosterone in women: comparison of a direct radioimmunoassay versus radioimmunoassay after organic solvent extraction and celite column partition chromatography

Measuring thyroid peroxidase antibodies on the day nulliparous women present for management of miscarriage: a descriptive cohort study.

Pathology quiz. A persistent itchy papulovesicular rash

Physiology and its importance for reference intervals

Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality

Predictive accuracy and sources of variability in calculated free testosterone estimates.

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its determinants in Australian adults aged 25 years and older: a national, population-based study

Prostate cancer screening

Prostate specific antigen testing for the diagnosis of prostate cancer

Prostate specific antigen testing: age-related interpretation in early prostate cancer detection.

Quality assessment of interpretative commenting in clinical chemistry

Quality of interpretative commenting on common clinical chemistry results in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa

Recommendations for lipid testing and reporting by Australian pathology laboratories.

Reproductive hormone reference intervals for healthy fertile young men: evaluation of automated platform assays

Serial increased cardiac troponin T predicts mortality in asymptomatic patients treated with chronic haemodialysis

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and the 5-year incidence of CKD.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcium intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes after 5 years: results from a national, population-based prospective study (the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study) ⬇️

Sugar restriction: the evidence for a drug-free intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk

Synthesis, antiviral activity, and conformational characterization of mouse-human alpha-interferon hybrids.

Temporal trajectory of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with CKD stages 3 and 4, dialysis, and kidney transplant.

The changing face of laboratory medicine: a more service and less academically oriented profession?

The clinical biochemistry of obesity.

The correlation of hemoglobin A1c to blood glucose.

The de ritis ratio: the test of time

The interaction of local anaesthetics with synthetic phospholipid bilayers.

Thyroid function and autoantibody status among women who spontaneously deliver under 35 weeks of gestation.

Validation of an algorithm combining haemoglobin A(1c) and fasting plasma glucose for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in UK and Australian populations.

Variability in vitamin D assays impairs clinical assessment of vitamin D status

Vitamin B12 and homocysteine status during pregnancy in the metformin in gestational diabetes trial: responses to maternal metformin compared with insulin treatment

Weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band and resolution of the metabolic syndrome and its components.