Dr Claude Farah
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Dr Claude Farah

Clinical Senior Lecturer
Sydney Medical School / Concord Clinical School
Phone
9767 6712

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Farah, C., Reddel, H. (2014). Assessment of Asthma Control in Adults. In Jonathan A. Bernstein, Mark L. Levy (Eds.), Clinical Asthma: Theory and Practice, (pp. 163-173). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. [More Information]

Journals

  • Farah, C., Seccombe, L., King, G., Chapman, D., Irvin, C. (2024). An example of ventilatory limitation during cardiopulmonary exercise testing in a patient with COPD. Respirology Case Reports, 12(5). [More Information]
  • Kritikos, V., Harvey, E., Stevens, S., Katelaris, C., Langton, D., Rimmer, J., Farah, C., Gillman, A., Hew, M., Radhakrishna, N., et al (2023). Comorbidities Modify the Phenotype but Not the Treatment Effectiveness to Mepolizumab in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 11(3), 885-895.e13. [More Information]
  • Vertigan, A., Harvey, E., Beyene, T., Van Buskirk, J., Holliday, E., Bone, S., McDonald, V., Horvat, J., Murphy, V., Jensen, M., Morgan, G., Farah, C., Jenkins, C., Chien, J., et al (2023). Impact of Landscape Fire Smoke Exposure on Patients With Asthma With or Without Laryngeal Hypersensitivity. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 11(10), 3107-3115.e2. [More Information]

2024

  • Farah, C., Seccombe, L., King, G., Chapman, D., Irvin, C. (2024). An example of ventilatory limitation during cardiopulmonary exercise testing in a patient with COPD. Respirology Case Reports, 12(5). [More Information]

2023

  • Kritikos, V., Harvey, E., Stevens, S., Katelaris, C., Langton, D., Rimmer, J., Farah, C., Gillman, A., Hew, M., Radhakrishna, N., et al (2023). Comorbidities Modify the Phenotype but Not the Treatment Effectiveness to Mepolizumab in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 11(3), 885-895.e13. [More Information]
  • Vertigan, A., Harvey, E., Beyene, T., Van Buskirk, J., Holliday, E., Bone, S., McDonald, V., Horvat, J., Murphy, V., Jensen, M., Morgan, G., Farah, C., Jenkins, C., Chien, J., et al (2023). Impact of Landscape Fire Smoke Exposure on Patients With Asthma With or Without Laryngeal Hypersensitivity. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 11(10), 3107-3115.e2. [More Information]
  • Seccombe, L., Heath, D., Farah, C., Di Michiel, J., Veitch, E., Peters, M. (2023). Mechanisms of gas transfer impairment utilizing nitric oxide following severe COVID-19 pneumonitis. Physiological Reports, 11(7). [More Information]

2022

  • Kaminsky, D., Simpson, S., Berger, K., Calverley, P., de Melo, P., Dandurand, R., Dellaca, R., Farah, C., Farré, R., Hall, G., King, G., Thamrin, C., et al (2022). Clinical significance and applications of oscillometry. European Respiratory Review, 31(163), 210208-1-210208-19. [More Information]
  • Cottee, A., Seccombe, L., Thamrin, C., King, G., Peters, M., Farah, C. (2022). Oscillometry and Asthma Control in Patients With and Without Fixed Airflow Obstruction. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 10(5), 1260-12670. [More Information]
  • Cottee, A., Thamrin, C., Farah, C., Seccombe, L. (2022). Quality assessment pathway for respiratory oscillometry. ERJ Open Research, 8(1), 00569-2021. [More Information]

2021

  • Carew, A., Williamson, J., Farah, C., Saghaie, T., Phillips, M., Ing, A. (2021). Interventional bronchoscopy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: more than a pipe dream. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(6), 280-285. [More Information]
  • Rutting, S., Badal, T., Wallis, R., Schoeffel, R., Roche, N., Cottee, A., Chapman, D., Greenwood, M., Farah, C., King, G., Thamrin, C. (2021). Long-term variability of oscillatory impedance in stable obstructive airways disease. European Respiratory Journal, 58(1), 43182020. [More Information]
  • Cottee, A., Seccombe, L., Thamrin, C., Badal, T., King, G., Peters, M., Farah, C. (2021). Longitudinal monitoring of asthma in the clinic using respiratory oscillometry. Respirology, 26(6), 566-573. [More Information]

2020

  • Acheson, L., Rogers, P., Thamrin, C., Peters, M., Farah, C., Seccombe, L. (2020). Acute cardiopulmonary responses during expert trumpet performance. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 281, 103493. [More Information]
  • Cottee, A., Seccombe, L., Thamrin, C., King, G., Peters, M., Farah, C. (2020). Bronchodilator Response Assessed by the Forced Oscillation Technique Identifies Poor Asthma Control With Greater Sensitivity Than Spirometry. Chest, 157(6), 1435-1441. [More Information]
  • Hew, M., McDonald, V., Bardin, P., Chung, L., Farah, C., Barnard, A., Cooper, M., Gibson, P., Upham, J. (2020). Cumulative dispensing of high oral corticosteroid doses for treating asthma in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 213(7), 316-320. [More Information]

2019

  • Farah, C. (2019). Airways wide shut: A physiological phenotype of asthma? Respirology, 24(7), 616-617. [More Information]
  • Seccombe, L., Peters, M., Buddle, L., Farah, C. (2019). Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction Identified Using the Forced Oscillation Technique. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 1-7. [More Information]
  • Seccombe, L., Peters, M., Farah, C. (2019). Exertion during a hypoxia altitude simulation test helps identify potential cardiac decompensation. Respirology Case Reports, 7(7), 1-3. [More Information]

2018

  • Langton, D., Ing, A., Bennetts, K., Wang, W., Farah, C., Peters, M., Plummer, V., Thien, F. (2018). Bronchial thermoplasty reduces gas trapping in severe asthma. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 18(1), 1-7. [More Information]
  • Milne, S., Hammans, C., Watson, S., Farah, C., Thamrin, C., King, G. (2018). Bronchodilator Responses in Respiratory Impedance, Hyperinflation and Gas Trapping in COPD. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 15(4), 341-349. [More Information]
  • Seccombe, L., Buddle, L., Brannan, J., Peters, M., Farah, C. (2018). Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction with Firefighting Contained Breathing Apparatus. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(2), 327-333. [More Information]

2017

  • Silva, Y., Greer, T., Morgan, L., Li, F., Farah, C. (2017). A Comparison of 2 Respiratory Devices for Sputum Clearance in Adults With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis. Respiratory Care, 62(10), 1291-1297. [More Information]
  • Mailhot-Larouche, S., Lachance, M., Bullone, M., Henry, C., Dandurand, R., Boulet, L., Laviolette, M., King, G., Farah, C., Bosse, Y. (2017). Assessment of airway distensibility by the forced oscillation technique: Reproducible and potentially simplifiable. Frontiers in Physiology, 8, 1-9. [More Information]
  • Tonga, K., Robinson, P., Farah, C., King, G., Thamrin, C. (2017). In vitro and in vivo functional residual capacity comparisons between multiplebreath nitrogen washout devices. ERJ Open Research, 3(4), 1-8. [More Information]

2016

  • Jetmalani, K., Chapman, D., Thamrin, C., Farah, C., Berend, N., Salome, C., King, G. (2016). Bronchodilator responsiveness of peripheral airways in smokers with normal spirometry. Respirology, 21(7), 1270-1276. [More Information]
  • Watts, J., Farah, C., Seccombe, L., Handley, B., Schoeffel, R., Bertolin, A., Dame Carroll, J., King, G., Thamrin, C. (2016). Measurement duration impacts variability but not impedance measured by the forced oscillation technique in healthy, asthma and COPD subjects. ERJ Open Research, 2(2), 1-7. [More Information]
  • Auger, L., Mailhot-Larouche, S., Tremblay, F., Poirier, M., Farah, C., Bosse, Y. (2016). The contractile lability of smooth muscle in asthmatic airway hyperresponsiveness. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 10(1), 19-27. [More Information]

2015

  • Farah, C., Keulers, L., Hardaker, K., Peters, M., Berend, N., Postma, D., Salome, C., King, G. (2015). Association between peripheral airway function and neutrophilic inflammation in asthma. Respirology, 20(6), 975-981. [More Information]
  • Jetmalani, K., Timmins, S., Brown, N., Diba, C., Berend, N., Salome, C., Wen, F., Chen, P., King, G., Farah, C. (2015). Expiratory flow limitation relates to symptoms during COPD exacerbations requiring hospital admission. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 10, 939-945. [More Information]
  • Beasley, R., Chien, J., Douglas, J., Eastlake, L., Farah, C., King, G., Moore, R., Pilcher, J., Richards, M., Smith, S., et al (2015). Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand oxygen guidelines for acute oxygen use in adults: ‘Swimming between the flags’. Respirology, 20(8), 1182-1191. [More Information]

2014

  • Farah, C., Reddel, H. (2014). Assessment of Asthma Control in Adults. In Jonathan A. Bernstein, Mark L. Levy (Eds.), Clinical Asthma: Theory and Practice, (pp. 163-173). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. [More Information]
  • Zimmermann, S., Farah, C., King, G. (2014). Early COPD: How to identify it and is it worth treating? Medicine Today, 15(1), 34-38.

2013

  • Mahadev, S., Farah, C., King, G., Salome, C. (2013). Obesity, expiratory flow limitation and asthma symptoms. Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 26(4), 438-443. [More Information]
  • Seccombe, L., Rogers, P., Farah, C., Veitch, E., Peters, M. (2013). Reduced hypoxic sympathetic response in mild Parkinson's disease: Further evidence of early autonomic dysfunction. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 19(11), 1066-1068. [More Information]
  • Chapman, D., Farah, C. (2013). Understanding the effects of obesity on asthma | Los efectos de la obesidad sobre el asma. Salud(i)Ciencia, 20(1), 61-64.

2012

  • Farah, C., Salome, C. (2012). Asthma and obesity: A known association but unknown mechanism. Respirology, 17(3), 412-421. [More Information]
  • King, G., Farah, C. (2012). Targeting airway remodelling in asthma: the how, what and where? Respirology, 17(4), 585-587. [More Information]
  • Farah, C., King, G., Brown, N., Downie, S., Kermode, J., Hardaker, K., Peters, M., Berend, N., Salome, C. (2012). The role of the small airways in the clinical expression of asthma in adults. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 129(2), 381-387.e1. [More Information]

2011

  • Farah, C., Reddel, H. (2011). Asthma control in 2011: Optimising asthma treatment in adults. Part 1. Medicine Today, 12(8), 16-26.
  • Reddel, H., Farah, C. (2011). Asthma control in 2011: Optimising asthma treatment in adults. Part 2. Medicine Today, 12(9), 50-60.
  • Farah, C., Kermode, J., Downie, S., Brown, N., Hardaker, K., Berend, N., King, G., Salome, C. (2011). Obesity Is a Determinant of Asthma Control, Independent of Inflammation and Lung Mechanics. Chest, 140(3), 659-666. [More Information]

2010

  • Farah, C., Boulet, L., Reddel, H. (2010). Obesity and asthma control in an urban population. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 125(3), 769-770. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2014

  • EXHALYZER D Pulmonary Function Testing system with Nitrogen Washout FRC from ECO MEDICS , King G, Thamrin C, Robinson P, Farah C, Corte P, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Equipment Grant