Overview
Dr Akmez Latona is an Emergency Specialist with Queensland Health and Prehospital and Retrieval Specialist with LifeFlight. Being the recipient of the Emergency Medicine Foundation Leading Edge Grant 2022, he is currently investigating the use of Prothrombinex in bleeding liver disease patients. He is a PhD candidate, looking into coagulopathy assessment and blood product administration in patients presenting to the Emergency Department with gastrointestinal bleed. Outside the Emergency Department, Dr Latona is doing work in the field of PHRM Anaesthesia, investigating the use of Ventilator Assisted Preoxygenation in critically unwell patients.
Research Interests
- Prehospital Emergency Anaesthesia
- ROTEM guided coagulation management in Liver Disease
- Blood product administration in Liver Disease
- Preoxygenation strategies in retrieval medicine
Publications
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Journal Article: Ventilator‐assisted preoxygenation in an aeromedical retrieval setting
Latona, Akmez, Pellatt, Richard, Wedgwood, David, Keijzers, Gerben and Grant, Steven (2024). Ventilator‐assisted preoxygenation in an aeromedical retrieval setting. Emergency Medicine Australasia. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14404
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Journal Article: Prothrombinex®-VF in chronic liver disease: friend or foe?
Latona, Akmez, Hill, Kate, Connelly, Aurelia, Stuart, Katherine and Wood, Peter (2023). Prothrombinex®-VF in chronic liver disease: friend or foe?. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (1), 89-96. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14058
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Journal Article: Sengstaken–Blakemore tube in critical upper gastrointestinal bleeding: implications for aeromedical retrieval
Latona, Akmez, Chao, Che-Yung, Bartholdy, Roland and Jarvis, Christopher (2022). Sengstaken–Blakemore tube in critical upper gastrointestinal bleeding: implications for aeromedical retrieval. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34 (4), 648-650. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14007
Publications
Journal Article
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Ventilator‐assisted preoxygenation in an aeromedical retrieval setting
Latona, Akmez, Pellatt, Richard, Wedgwood, David, Keijzers, Gerben and Grant, Steven (2024). Ventilator‐assisted preoxygenation in an aeromedical retrieval setting. Emergency Medicine Australasia. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14404
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Prothrombinex®-VF in chronic liver disease: friend or foe?
Latona, Akmez, Hill, Kate, Connelly, Aurelia, Stuart, Katherine and Wood, Peter (2023). Prothrombinex®-VF in chronic liver disease: friend or foe?. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (1), 89-96. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14058
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Latona, Akmez, Chao, Che-Yung, Bartholdy, Roland and Jarvis, Christopher (2022). Sengstaken–Blakemore tube in critical upper gastrointestinal bleeding: implications for aeromedical retrieval. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34 (4), 648-650. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14007
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Latona, Akmez and Hargrave, Lynton (2022). Ketamine-Induced Spontaneous Breathing Intubation With Airway Topicalization: A Case Report of Airway Obstruction in Retrieval Care. Air Medical Journal, 41 (1), 147-150. doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2021.09.007
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Prehospital canthotomy: a sight-saving procedure in case series
Latona, Akmez, Saad, Nivene, Hogden, Michael and Hamilton, Alistair T.M. (2022). Prehospital canthotomy: a sight-saving procedure in case series. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34 (3), 428-433. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13968
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Meningococcal epiglottitis in a healthy adult patient: the first documented case in Australia
Latona, Akmez and Latona, Ashraaf (2018). Meningococcal epiglottitis in a healthy adult patient: the first documented case in Australia. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 30 (4), 591-592. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13103
Conference Publication
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Clinicopathological review of 565 cases of lymph node biopsies
Latona, Akmez M., Sorefan, Fahad M., Khoo, Joon Joon, Gunn, Andrew and Ramadas, Amutha (2014). Clinicopathological review of 565 cases of lymph node biopsies. Australasian Division of the International Academy of Pathology 38th Annual Scientific Meeting 2013, Sydney, NSW Australia, 31 May – 2 June 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1097/01.pat.0000443574.66551.df
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Histopathological analysis of infectious and non-infectious granulomatous lymphadenitis
Latona, Akmez M., Sorefan, Fahad M., Khoo, Joon Joon and Gunn, Andrew (2014). Histopathological analysis of infectious and non-infectious granulomatous lymphadenitis. Australasian Division of the International Academy of Pathology 38th Annual Scientific Meeting 2013, Sydney, NSW Australia, 31 May – 2 June 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1097/01.pat.0000443575.04670.26
