
Thomas Painter
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Thomas Painter - University of Auckland New Zealand MBChB, BHB.Postgraduate Training:— FANZCA Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Australia.— PTEeXAM US National Board of Echocardiography United States.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2012 - ongoing Clinical Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2005 - ongoing Senior Staff Specialist Royal Adelaide Hospital -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Auckland New Zealand MBChB University of Auckland New Zealand BHB -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country FANZCA Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Australia PTEeXAM US National Board of Echocardiography United States -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Garg, A. X., Marcucci, M., Cuerden, M. S., Sontrop, J. M., Painter, T. W., Lomivorotov, V., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2025). A sub-study of the POISE-3 randomized trial examined effects of a perioperative hypotension-avoidance strategy versus a hypertension-avoidance strategy on the risk of acute kidney injury. Kidney International, 107(1), 155-168.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC32025 Park, L. J., Marcucci, M., Ofori, S. N., Borges, F. K., Nenshi, R., Kanstrup, C. T. B., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2025). Safety and Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in General Surgery. JAMA Surgery, 160(3), 267-274.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC32025 Marcucci, M., Chan, M. T. V., Painter, T. W., Efremov, S., Aguado, H. J., Astrakov, S. V., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2025). Effects of a Hypotension-Avoidance Versus a Hypertension-Avoidance Strategy on Neurocognitive Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery. Annals of Internal Medicine, 178(7), 909-921.
Scopus2 WoS22024 Myles, P. S., Dieleman, J. M., Munting, K. E., Forbes, A., Martin, C. A., Smith, J. A., . . . Wallace, S. (2024). Dexamethasone for Cardiac Surgery: A Practice Preference–Randomized Consent Comparative Effectiveness Trial. Anesthesiology, 141(5), 859-869.
Scopus10 Europe PMC72023 Marcucci, M., Painter, T. W., Conen, D., Lomivorotov, V., Sessler, D. I., Chan, M. T. V., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2023). Hypotension-Avoidance Versus Hypertension-Avoidance Strategies in Noncardiac Surgery. Annals of Internal Medicine, 176(11), 605-615.
Scopus5 Europe PMC12023 Marcucci, M., Painter, T. W., Conen, D., Lomivorotov, V., Sessler, D. I., Chan, M. T. V., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2023). Hypotension-Avoidance Versus Hypertension-Avoidance Strategies in Noncardiac Surgery : An International Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of internal medicine, 176(5), 605-614.
Scopus104 WoS92 Europe PMC752022 Garg, A. X., Cuerden, M., Aguado, H., Amir, M., Belley-Cote, E. P., Bhatt, K., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2022). Effect of a Perioperative Hypotension-Avoidance Strategy Versus a Hypertension-Avoidance Strategy on the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury: A Clinical Research Protocol for a Substudy of the POISE-3 Randomized Clinical Trial. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 9, 9 pages.
Scopus5 WoS42022 Marcucci, M., Painter, T. W., Conen, D., Leslie, K., Lomivorotov, V. V., Sessler, D., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2022). Rationale and design of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation-3 (POISE-3): a randomized controlled trial evaluating tranexamic acid and a strategy to minimize hypotension in noncardiac surgery. Trials, 23(1), 101.
Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC132022 Devereaux, P. J., Marcucci, M., Painter, T. W., Conen, D., Lomivorotov, V., Sessler, D. I., . . . Leslie, K. (2022). Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. The New England journal of medicine, 386(21), 1986-1997.
Scopus221 WoS213 Europe PMC1652022 Draxler, D. F., Hanafi, G., Zahra, S., McCutcheon, F., Ho, H., Keragala, C. B., . . . Medcalf, R. L. (2022). Tranexamic acid alters the immunophenotype of phagocytes after lower limb surgery. Thrombosis Journal, 20(1), 1-16.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC22022 Bain, C. R., Myles, P. S., Taylor, R., Trahair, H., Lee, Y. P., Croft, L., . . . Bozaoglu, K. (2022). Methylomic and transcriptomic characterization of postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation. Translational Research, 247, 79-98.
Scopus6 Europe PMC52021 Bihari, S., Dixon, D. L., Painter, T., Myles, P., & Bersten, A. D. (2021). Understanding Restrictive Versus Liberal Fluid Therapy for Major Abdominal Surgery Trial Results: Did Liberal Fluids Associate with Increased Endothelial Injury Markers?. Critical Care Explorations, 3(1), E0316.
Scopus3 Europe PMC32021 Riedel, B., Li, M. H. G., Lee, C. H. A., Ismail, H., Cuthbertson, B. H., Wijeysundera, D. N., . . . Tai, J. (2021). A simplified (modified) Duke Activity Status Index (M-DASI) to characterise functional capacity: a secondary analysis of the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 126(1), 181-190.
Scopus41 WoS41 Europe PMC292019 Painter, T. W., McIlroy, D., Myles, P. S., & Leslie, K. (2019). A survey of anaesthetists’ use of tranexamic acid in noncardiac surgery. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 47(1), 76-84.
Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC92019 Bartoszko, J., Thorpe, K. E., Laupacis, A., Wijeysundera, D. N., Myles, P. S., Shulman, M. A., . . . Tai, J. (2019). Association of preoperative anaemia with cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and postoperative outcomes in noncardiac surgery: a substudy of the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) Study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 123(2), 161-169.
Scopus17 WoS13 Europe PMC122019 Garg, A. X., Badner, N., Bagshaw, S. M., Cuerden, M. S., Fergusson, D. A., Gregory, A. J., . . . Deschamps, A. (2019). Safety of a Restrictive versus Liberal Approach to Red Blood Cell Transfusion on the Outcome of AKI in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 30(7), 1294-1304.
WoS42 Europe PMC372019 Ackland, G. L., Abbott, T. E., Minto, G., Clark, M., Owen, T., Prabhu, P., . . . Montague, L. (2019). Heart rate recovery and morbidity after noncardiac surgery: Planned secondary analysis of two prospective, multi-centre, blinded observational studies. PLOS ONE, 14(8), 15 pages.
WoS16 Europe PMC142019 Short, T. G., Campbell, D., Frampton, C., Chan, M. T. V., Myles, P. S., Corcoran, T. B., . . . Peng, P. (2019). Anaesthetic depth and complications after major surgery: an international, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 394(10212), 1907-1914.
Scopus144 WoS127 Europe PMC942019 Wijeysundera, D. N., Beattie, W. S., Hillis, G. S., Abbott, T. E., Shulman, M. A., Ackland, G. L., . . . International Steering Committee. (2019). Integration of the Duke Activity Status Index into preoperative risk evaluation: a multicentre prospective cohort study.. British journal of anaesthesia, 124(3), 261-270.
Scopus124 WoS108 Europe PMC882019 Shulman, M. A., Cuthbertson, B. H., Wijeysundera, D. N., Pearse, R. M., Thompson, B., Torres, E., . . . Olliff, S. (2019). Using the 6-minute walk test to predict disability-free survival after major surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 122(1), 111-119.
Scopus55 WoS53 Europe PMC452019 Myles, P. S., Smith, J. A., Kasza, J., Silbert, B., Jayarajah, M., Painter, T., . . . Forbes, A. (2019). Aspirin in coronary artery surgery: 1-year results of the Aspirin and Tranexamic Acid for Coronary Artery Surgery trial. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 157(2), 633-640.
Scopus20 WoS12 Europe PMC92019 Myles, P. S., Smith, J. A., Kasza, J., Silbert, B., Jayarajah, M., Painter, T., . . . Platt, M. J. (2019). Tranexamic acid in coronary artery surgery: one-year results of the Aspirin and Tranexamic Acid for Coronary Artery Surgery (ATACAS) trial. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 157(2), 644-652.e9.
Scopus22 WoS27 Europe PMC232018 Wijeysundera, D. N., Pearse, R. M., Shulman, M. A., Abbott, T. E. F., Torres, E., Ambosta, A., . . . Ali, M. (2018). Assessment of functional capacity before major non-cardiac surgery: an international, prospective cohort study. Lancet, 391(10140), 2631-2640.
Scopus389 WoS338 Europe PMC2372018 Painter, T. W., Daly, D. J., Kluger, R., Rutherford, A., Ditoro, A., Grant, C., & Howell, S. (2018). Intravenous tranexamic acid and lower limb arthroplasty-a randomised controlled feasibility study. Anaesthesia and intensive care, 46(4), 386-395.
Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC72018 Mazer, C. D., Whitlock, R. P., Fergusson, D. A., Belley-Cote, E., Connolly, K., Khanykin, B., . . . Shehata, N. (2018). Six-month outcomes after restrictive or liberal transfusion for cardiac surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(13), 1224-1233.
Scopus196 WoS171 Europe PMC1282018 Graham, M., Sessler, D., Parlow, J., Biccard, B., Guyatt, G., Leslie, K., . . . Devereaux, P. (2018). Aspirin in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention undergoing noncardiac surgery. Annals of Internal Medicine, 168(4), 237-244.
Scopus97 WoS87 Europe PMC592018 Myles, P. S., Bellomo, R., Corcoran, T., Forbes, A., Peyton, P., Story, D., . . . Wallace, S. (2018). Restrictive versus liberal fluid therapy for major abdominal surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(24), 2263-2274.
Scopus662 WoS582 Europe PMC4532017 Milojevic, M., Kappetein, A. P., & Head, S. J. (2017). Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Coronary-Artery Surgery. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 376(19), 1892.
WoS2 Europe PMC12017 Wang, D. -S., Mazer, C. D., & Orser, B. A. (2017). Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Coronary-Artery Surgery. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 376(19), 1891-1892.
WoS5 Europe PMC32017 Dawes, T. J. W., & Price, S. (2017). Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Coronary-Artery Surgery. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 376(19), 1892-1893.
Europe PMC22017 Myles, P. S., Smith, J. A., Forbes, A., Silbert, B., Jayarajah, M., Painter, T., . . . Wallace, S. (2017). Tranexamic acid in patients undergoing coronary-artery surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 376(2), 136-148.
Scopus312 WoS476 Europe PMC3492017 Petersen Tym, M., Ludbrook, G., Flabouris, A., Seglenieks, R., & Painter, T. (2017). Developing models to predict early postoperative patient deterioration and adverse events. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87(6), 457-461.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC142017 Myles, P. S., Smith, J. A., & Painter, T. (2017). Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Coronary-Artery Surgery Reply. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 376(19), 1893.
Scopus217 WoS18 Europe PMC142017 Mazer, C., Whitlock, R., Fergusson, D., Hall, J., Belley-Cote, E., Connolly, K., . . . Shehata, N. (2017). Restrictive or liberal red-cell transfusion for cardiac surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 377(22), 2133-2144.
Scopus625 WoS551 Europe PMC4112016 Myles, P. S., Smith, J. A., & Painter, T. (2016). Aspirin before coronary artery surgery: The authors reply [3]. New England Journal of Medicine, 375(1), 91-92.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12016 McGuinness, S. P., Parke, R. L., Drummond, K., Willcox, T., & Bailey, M. (2016). A multicenter, randomized, controlled Phase IIb trial of avoidance of hyperoxemia during cardiopulmonary bypass. Anesthesiology, 125(3), 465-473.
Scopus61 WoS50 Europe PMC432016 Eikelboom, J., Kearon, C., Guyatt, G., Sessler, D., Yusuf, S., Cook, D., . . . Devereaux, P. (2016). Perioperative aspirin for prevention of venous thromboembolism : the PeriOperative ISchemia Evaluation-2 trial and a pooled analysis of the randomized trials. Anesthesiology, 125(6), 1121-1129.
Scopus22 WoS22 Europe PMC152016 Myles, P., Smith, J., Forbes, A., Silbert, B., Jayarajah, M., Painter, T., . . . Wallace, S. (2016). Stopping vs. continuing aspirin before coronary artery surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(8), 728-737.
Scopus150 WoS130 Europe PMC1022016 Wijeysundera, D. N., Pearse, R. M., Shulman, M. A., Abbott, T. E. F., Torres, E., Croal, B. L., . . . Sara, R. (2016). Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: A protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery. BMJ Open, 6(3), 10 pages.
Scopus50 WoS45 Europe PMC332016 Wijeysundera, D. N., Pearse, R. M., Shulman, M. A., Abbott, T. E. F., Torres, E., Croal, B. L., . . . Sara, R. (2016). Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery (METS) study: A protocol for an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to major non-cardiac surgery. BMJ Open, 6(3), 10 pages.
Scopus50 WoS45 Europe PMC332016 Li, W. W. L., Wollersheim, L. W., & Morshuis, W. J. (2016). Aspirin before Coronary Artery Surgery. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 375(1), 91.
WoS12016 Alkhodair, A., & Cairns, J. (2016). Aspirin before Coronary Artery Surgery. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 375(1), 90-91.
WoS3 Europe PMC12014 Garg, A., Kurz, A., Sessler, D., Cuerden, M., Robinson, A., Mrkobrada, M., . . . Devereaux, P. (2014). Perioperative aspirin and clonidine and risk of acute kidney injury: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 312(21), 2254-2264.
Scopus111 WoS86 Europe PMC812014 Garg, A. X., Kurz, A., Sessler, D. I., Cuerden, M., Robinson, A., Mrkobrada, M., . . . Devereaux, P. J. (2014). Aspirin and clonidine in non-cardiac surgery: acute kidney injury substudy protocol of the Perioperative Ischaemic Evaluation (POISE) 2 randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 4(2), e0048861-e004886-8.
Scopus12 WoS6 Europe PMC72014 Devereaux, P., Sessler, D., Leslie, K., Kurz, A., Mrkobrada, M., Alonso-Coello, P., . . . Yusuf, S. (2014). Clonidine in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(16), 1504-1513.
WoS255 Europe PMC1802014 Devereaux, P., Sessler, D., Leslie, K., Kurz, A., Mrkobrada, M., Alonso-Coello, P., . . . Yusuf, S. (2014). Clonidine in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(16), 1504-1513.
WoS255 Europe PMC1802014 Devereaux, P., Mrkobrada, M., Sessler, D., Leslie, K., Alonso-Coello, P., Kurz, A., . . . Yusuf, S. (2014). Aspirin in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(16), 1494-1503.
WoS654 Europe PMC4872014 Devereaux, P., Mrkobrada, M., Sessler, D., Leslie, K., Alonso-Coello, P., Kurz, A., . . . Yusuf, S. (2014). Aspirin in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(16), 1494-1503.
WoS654 Europe PMC4872014 Painter, T., & Ludbrook, G. L. (2014). Reply from the authors. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 112(1), 172.
2014 Painter, T., & Ludbrook, G. (2014). Predicting patients at risk of early postoperative adverse. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 42(5), 649-656.
Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC122013 Painter, T., & Ludbrook, G. L. (2013). Reducing system errors in the preoperative assessment process. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 110(6), 1060-1061.
Scopus5 WoS7 Europe PMC52008 Singh Rathore, K., Stuklis, R., Painter, T., & Edwards, J. (2008). Organised thrombi on native mitral valve leaflets: Case report. Chirurgia, 21(5), 255-257.
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Date Role Committee Institution Country 2012 - ongoing Vice-Chair Calvary Health Care Adelaide Human Research Ethics Committee Calvary Health Care Adelaide -
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