Postdoctoral researcher
Dr. CHENG Vesa H.T.
PhD, B.Pharm(Hons), B.Comm, GradCertCounselling
Postdoctoral Fellow (Honorary)
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Medical Education Pharmacist
Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, QLD, Australia
My current research interests are in Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics, Critically Ill patients, Medical Education, and Digital Safe Prescribing
Publications:
For details about citations arising from my publications and links to online versions of some of the publications, refer to ResearchGate for complete list
- Abdul-Aziz MH, Diehl A, Liu X, Cheng V, et al. Population pharmacokinetics of caspofungin in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—an ASAP ECMO study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2024:e01435-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.01435-24
- Naicker S, Roberts JA, Cheng V, et al. A review of antimicrobial stability testing guidance for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programmes: is it time for global harmonization of testing frameworks?. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2024, dlae186, https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae186
- Helset E, Cheng V, Sporsem H, et al. Meropenem pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target attainment and clinical response in ICU patients: A prospective observational study. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2024; 68(4): 502-511. doi:10.1111/aas.14376.
- Shekar K, Abdul-Aziz MH, Cheng V, Burrows F, Buscher H, Cho YJ et al. Antimicrobial exposures in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022;207(6):704-20. IF: 24.7
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Burrows F, Buscher H, Cho YJ, Corley A, et al. Population pharmacokinetics and dosing simulations of ceftriaxone in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (an ASAP ECMO study). Clinical Pharmacokinetics. 2022: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-021-01106-x
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Burrows F, Buscher H, Corley A, Diehl A, et al. Population pharmacokinetics of ciprofloxacin in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (an ASAP ECMO study). Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. 2022;41(3):101080.
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Burrows F, Buscher H, Cho YJ, Corley A, et al. Population pharmacokinetics of piperacillin and tazobactam in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (an ASAP ECMO study). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2021:AAC0143821.
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Burrows F, Buscher H, Cho YJ, Corley A, et al. Population pharmacokinetics of cefepime in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (an ASAP ECMO study). International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2021:106466.
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Burrows F, Buscher H, Cho YJ, Corley A, et al. Population pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (an ASAP ECMO study). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2021:AAC0137721.
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Roberts JA, Shekar K. Overcoming barriers to optimal drug dosing during ECMO in critically ill adult patients. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology. 2018:1-10.
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Roberts JA, Shekar K. Optimising drug dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2018;10 (Suppl 5):S629-S41.
- Cheng V, Abdul-Aziz MH, Shekar K. Challenges of antimicrobial therapy in ECMO patients. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation – An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Approach: An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Approach. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2022. Edited by Maybauer MO.
- Chew J, Cheng V, Shekar K. Pharmacological considerations for analgesia and sedation of ECMO patients. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation – An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Approach: An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Approach. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2022. Edited by Maybauer MO.