Associate Professor Katrina Tonga
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Associate Professor Katrina Tonga

MBChB FRACP PhD
Associate Professor
Westmead Clinical School
Associate Professor Katrina Tonga
  • Airways Disease
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Small airway function
  • Respiratory physiology

Respiratory and Sleep Medicine

Medical Education

Publications

Journals

  • Milne, S., Tonga, K., Eddy, R., Thompson, B., Thamrin, C., King, G. (2024). New physiological measurements in COPD. ERS Monograph, 2024 (103), 185-203. [More Information]
  • Darley, D., Nilsen, K., Vazirani, J., Borg, B., Levvey, B., Snell, G., Plit, M., Tonga, K. (2023). Airway oscillometry parameters in baseline lung allograft dysfunction: Associations from a multicenter study. Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation. [More Information]
  • Tonga, K., Oliver, B. (2023). Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Therapy: Focusing on Traditional Medical Practices. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(14). [More Information]

2024

  • Milne, S., Tonga, K., Eddy, R., Thompson, B., Thamrin, C., King, G. (2024). New physiological measurements in COPD. ERS Monograph, 2024 (103), 185-203. [More Information]

2023

  • Darley, D., Nilsen, K., Vazirani, J., Borg, B., Levvey, B., Snell, G., Plit, M., Tonga, K. (2023). Airway oscillometry parameters in baseline lung allograft dysfunction: Associations from a multicenter study. Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation. [More Information]
  • Tonga, K., Oliver, B. (2023). Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Therapy: Focusing on Traditional Medical Practices. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(14). [More Information]
  • Sim, J., Tonga, K., Nilsen, K., Borg, B., Levvey, B., Vazirani, J., Ennis, S., Plit, M., Snell, G., Darley, D. (2023). Oscillometry in Stable Single and Double Lung Allograft Recipients Transplanted for Interstitial Lung Disease: Results of a Multi-Center Australian Study. Transplant International, 36, 11758. [More Information]

2022

  • Rutting, S., Thamrin, C., Cross, T., King, G., Tonga, K. (2022). Fixed Airflow Obstruction in Asthma: A Problem of the Whole Lung Not of Just the Airways. Frontiers in Physiology, 13. [More Information]
  • Stone, E., Irving, L., Tonga, K., Thompson, B. (2022). Sustaining the Australian respiratory workforce through the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping literature review. Internal Medicine Journal, 52(7), 1115-1122. [More Information]
  • Rutting, S., Tonga, K., King, G. (2022). Toward explaining fixed airflow obstruction in asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 149(3), 890-892. [More Information]

2021

  • Rutting, S., Xenaki, D., Reddy, K., Baraket, M., Chapman, D., King, G., Oliver, B., Tonga, K. (2021). Airway smooth muscle cells from severe asthma patients with fixed airflow obstruction are responsive to steroid and bronchodilator treatment in vitro. ERJ Open Research, 7(2), 117-2021. [More Information]
  • Durack, T., Chapman, D., Rutting, S., Thamrin, C., King, G., Tonga, K. (2021). Dynamic compliance and reactance in older non-smokers with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction. European Respiratory Journal, 58(2), 2004400. [More Information]
  • Rutting, S., Chapman, D., Badal, T., Sanai, F., Zimmermann, S., Thamrin, C., King, G., Tonga, K. (2021). Higher body mass index is associated with increased lung stiffness and less airway obstruction in individuals with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction. ERJ Open Research, 7(1), 336-2020. [More Information]

2020

  • Rutting, S., Mahadev, S., Tonga, K., Bailey, D., Dame Carroll, J., Farrow, C., Thamrin, C., Chapman, D., King, G. (2020). Obesity alters the topographical distribution of ventilation and the regional response to bronchoconstriction. Journal of Applied Physiology, 128(1), 168-177. [More Information]
  • Tonga, K., Chapman, D., Farah, C., Oliver, B., Zimmermann, S., Milne, S., Sanai, F., Jetmalani, K., Berend, N., Thamrin, C., King, G. (2020). Reduced lung elastic recoil and fixed airflow obstruction in asthma. Respirology, 25(6), 613-619. [More Information]
  • Reddy, K., Rutting, S., Tonga, K., Xenaki, D., Simpson, J., McDonald, V., Plit, M., Malouf, M., Zakarya, R., Oliver, B. (2020). Sexually dimorphic production of interleukin-6 in respiratory disease. Physiological Reports, 8(11), e14459. [More Information]

2019

  • Oliver, B., Tonga, K., Darley, D., Rutting, S., Zhang, X., Chen, H., Wang, G. (2019). COPD treatment choices based on blood eosinophils: Are we there yet? Breathe, 15(4), 318-323. [More Information]
  • Zimmermann, S., Tonga, K., Thamrin, C. (2019). Dismantling airway disease with the use of new pulmonary function indices. European Respiratory Review, 28(151), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Tonga, K., Berend, N., Thamrin, C., Farah, C., Jetmalani, K., Chapman, D., King, G. (2019). Lung elastic recoil and ventilation heterogeneity of diffusion-dependent airways in older people with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction. European Respiratory Journal, 53(3), 1801028. [More Information]

2018

  • Tonga, K., King, G., Farah, C., Thamrin, C., Tang, F., Santos, J., Sharma, P., Chapman, D., Oliver, B. (2018). Steroid insensitive fixed airflow obstruction is not related to airway inflammation in older non-smokers with asthma. Respiratory Research, 19(1), 1-4. [More Information]

2017

  • 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]

2004

  • Heuser, P., Tonga, K., Hopkins, R., Henderson, M., Weatherall, M., Metcalfe, S., Beasley, C. (2004). Specific oral contraceptive use and venous thromboembolism resulting in hospital admission. New Zealand Medical Journal, 117(1206).

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