Professor John Pickering, Our people, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Professor

BSc(Hons) PhD BA(Hons)

Professor John Pickering joined the Department of Medicine in 2007 to study how to better diagnose kidney disease in intensive care.

More recently he has been part of the Christchurch Heart Institute. Since 2014 he has been involved in translational research in the Emergency Department. In particular as Research Director for the ED research team he has tested, developed and implemented diagnostic pathways to more quickly and safely rule-out a heart attack in people presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain.

He comes from a physics background and was once part of the team that pioneered the use of lasers to remove birthmarks.

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Publications

Than, M., Richardson, S., & Pickering, J. (2021). Emergency department frequent attenders: Big data insights for a big and complex problem. Emergency Medicine Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2021-211560

Heidari, K., Arani, M. A., Sheibani, M., Pickering, J. W., & Chouhdari, A. (2021). Comparison of two diagnostic protocols in the management of possible cardiac chest pain: One follow-up study in Iran. Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 12(2), 148-154. doi: 10.22088/cjim.12.2.148

Young, J. M., Sage, J. N., Pickering, J. W., Bannister, L., Aldous, S., George, P. M., & Than, M. P. (2021). Next-day troponin tests in real-world implementation of baseline troponin rule-out of myocardial infarction demonstrates minimal delayed troponin rises. Circulation, 143, 202-204. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.047556

Abey-Nesbit, R., Peel, N. M., Matthews, H., Hubbard, R. E., Nishtala, P. S., Bergler, U., Deely, J. M., Pickering, J. W., Schluter, P. J., & Jamieson, H. A. (2021). Frailty of Māori, Pasifika, and non-Māori/non-Pasifika older people in New Zealand: A national population study of older people referred for home care services. Journals of Gerontology Series A, 76(6), 1101-1107. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa265

Templeton, E. M., Cameron, V. A., Pickering, J. W., Richards, A. M., & Pilbrow, A. P. (2021). Emerging microRNA biomarkers for acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews, 26, 1203-1217. doi: 10.1007/s10741-020-09928-w

Pickering, J. W., & Endre, Z. H. (2012). The metamorphosis of acute renal failure to acute kidney injury. In M. Sahay (Ed.), Basic nephrology and acute kidney injury. (pp. 125-150). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. doi: 10.5772/1298

Chapter in Book - Research

Pickering, J. W. (2008). Plagiarism. In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social problems (Vol. 2). (pp. 664-667). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Chapter in Book - Research

McGrath, T., Butcher, A., Koo, Y., Pickering, J., & Smith, H. (2007). Engaging Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand: An exploration of what works in community research. In A. Williamson & R. DeSouza (Eds.), Researching with communities: Grounded perspectives on engaging communities in research. (pp. 385-398). Auckland, New Zealand: Muddy Creek Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Leong, F. T. L., Zhang, H., Pickering, J., & Chang, J. (2008). Family and home country influences on adjustment (Case Incident 7: Responses). In N. Arthur & P. Pedersen (Eds.), Case incidents in counseling for international transitions. (pp. 99-112). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Chapter in Book - Other

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Lamba, M., Pickering, J. W., Than, M., Iles, S., & Beckert, L. (2021). Long-term outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolism: Results from a longitudinal cohort study. Internal Medicine Journal, 51, 699-704. doi: 10.1111/imj.14409

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Albert, C., Zapf, A., Haase, M., Röver, C., Pickering, J. W., Albert, A., … Haase-Fielitz, A. (2020). Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin measured on clinical laboratory platforms for the prediction of acute kidney injury and the associated need for dialysis therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 76(6), 826-841. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.05.015

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Burnside, M., Crocket, H., Mayo, M., Pickering, J., Tappe, A., & de Bock, M. (2020). Do-it-yourself automated insulin delivery: A leading example of the democratization of medicine. Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, 14(5), 878-882. doi: 10.1177/1932296819890623

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Chan, M. Y., Efthymios, M., Tan, S. H., Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., … Pilbrow, A., & Richards, A. M. (2020). Prioritizing candidates of post-myocardial infarction heart failure using plasma proteomics and single-cell transcriptomics. Circulation, 142, 1408-1421. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.045158

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Chiew, A. L., James, L. P., Isbister, G. K., Pickering, J. W., McArdle, K., Chan, B. S. H., & Buckley, N. A. (2020). Early acetaminophen-protein adducts predict hepatotoxicity following overdose (ATOM-5). Journal of Hepatology, 72, 450-462. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.10.030

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Diefenhardt, P., Pickering, J. W., & Heine, G. H. (2020). Erlaubt eine Bestimmung von FGF23 bei chronisch nierenkranken Menschen eine verbesserte Vorhersage renaler und kardiovaskulärer Ereignisse? [Does a determination of FGF23 in chronic kidney disease allow improved prediction of renal and cardiovascular events?]. Der Nephrologe, 15, 112-113. doi: 10.1007/s11560-019-00399-1

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Greenslade, J. H., Sieben, N., Parsonage, W. A., Knowlman, T., Ruane, L., Than, M., Pickering, J. W., … Cullen, L. (2020). Factors influencing physician risk estimates for acute cardiac events in emergency patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37, 2-7. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208916

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Hertzberg, D. P., Luksha, Y., Kus, I., Eslampia, P., Pickering, J. W., & Holzmann, M. J. (2020). Gait speed at discharge and risk for readmission or death: A prospective study of an emergency ward population. Open Access Emergency Medicine, 12, 127-135. doi: 10.2147/OAEM.S229479

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Jamieson, H. A., Abey-Nesbit, R., & Pickering, J. W. (2020). Effect of capacity to undertake instrumental activities of daily living on entry to aged residential care in older people with heart failure. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, 386. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00386

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Jamieson, H., Abey-Nesbit, R., Nishtala, P. S., Allore, H., Han, L., Deely, J. M., & Pickering, J. W. (2020). Predictors of residential care admission in community-dwelling older people with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(11), 1665-1670. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.021

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Pickering, J. W., Abey-Nesbit, R., Allore, H., & Jamieson, H. (2020). Development and validation of multivariable mortality risk-prediction models in older people undergoing an interRAI home-care assessment (RiskOP). EClinicalMedicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100614

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Pickering, J. W., Young, J. M., George, P. M., Pemberton, C. J., Watson, A., Aldous, S. J., … Troughton, R. W., Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P. (2020). Early kinetic profiles of troponin I and T measured by high-sensitivity assays in patients with myocardial infarction. Clinica Chimica Acta, 505, 15-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.02.009

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Sanchis, J., Valero, E., Blas, S. G., Barba, E., Pernias, V., Miñana, G., … Pickering, J. W. (2020). Undetectable high-sensitivity troponin in combination with clinical assessment for risk stratification of patients with chest pain and normal troponin at hospital arrival. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 9(6), 567-575. doi: 10.1177/2048872620907539

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Adamson, P. D., McAllister, D., Pilbrow, A., Pickering, J. W., Poppe, K., Shah, A., Whalley, G., … Pemberton, C., Troughton, R. W., … Richards, A. M. (2019). Convalescent troponin and cardiovascular death following acute coronary syndrome. Heart, 105, 1717-1724. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315084

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Gutenstein, M., Pickering, J. W., & Than, M. (2019). Development of a digital clinical pathway for emergency medicine: Lessons from usability testing and implementation failure. Health Informatics Journal, 25(4), 1563-1571. doi: 10.1177/1460458218779099

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Hertzberg, D. P., Sartipy, U., Lund, L. H., Rydén, L., Pickering, J. W., & Holzmann, M. J. (2019). Heart failure and the risk of acute kidney injury in relation to ejection fraction in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. International Journal of Cardiology, 274, 66-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.09.092

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Hertzberg, D., Holzmann, M. J., Than, M., & Pickering, J. W. (2019). Acute kidney injury in patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department: A descriptive study of the most common discharge diagnoses and mortality. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 26(4), 242-248. doi: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000552

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Nestelberger, T., Cullen, L., Lindahl, B., Reichlin, T., Greenslade, J. H., Giannitsis, E., … Pickering, J. W., Than, M., on behalf of the APACE, ADAPT and TRAPID-AMI Investigators. (2019). Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block. Heart, 105, 1559-1567. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314673

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Neumann, J. T., Twerenbold, R., Ojeda, F., Sörensen, N. A., Chapman, A. R., Shah, A. S. V., … Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R. W., … Than, M., … Blankenberg, S. (2019). Application of high-sensitivity troponin in suspected myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine, 380(26), 2529-2540. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803377

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Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., Sandoval, Y., Shah, A. S. V., Tsanas, A., Apple, F. S., … on behalf of the MI³ Collaborative. (2019). Machine learning to predict the likelihood of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation, 140, 899-909. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.041980

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Carlton, E. W., Pickering, J. W., Greenslade, J., Cullen, L., Than, M., Kendall, J., … Greaves, K. (2018). Assessment of the 2016 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence high-sensitivity troponin rule-out strategy. Heart, 104(8), 665-672. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311983

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Farnaz, B., Payman, I., Mohammad, R., Pickering, J. W., & Seyed-Mostafa, H.-Z. (2018). Incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among referral outpatients to the internal medicine clinic. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics, 12(Suppl. 1), S323-S327. doi: 10.22377/ajp.v12i01

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Greenslade, J. H., Chung, K., Parsonage, W. A., Hawkins, T., Than, M., Pickering, J. W., & Cullen, L. (2018). Modification of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction risk score for patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 30(1), 47-54. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12913

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Kavsak, P. A., Neumann, J. T., Cullen, L., Than, M., Shortt, C., Greenslade, J. H., Pickering, J. W., … Troughton, R., … Worster, A. (2018). Clinical chemistry score versus high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T tests alone to identify patients at low or high risk for myocardial infarction or death at presentation to the emergency department. CMAJ, 190(33), E974-E984. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180144

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McIlroy, D. R., Farkas, D., Pan, K., Pickering, J. W., & Lee, H. T. (2018). Combining novel renal injury markers with delta serum creatinine early after cardiac surgery and risk-stratification for serious adverse outcomes: An exploratory analysis. Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia, 32(5), 2190-2200. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.12.052

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Pickering, J. W., Blunt, I. R. H., & Than, M. P. (2018). Acute kidney injury and mortality prognosis in acute coronary syndrome patients: A meta-analysis. Nephrology, 23(3), 237-246. doi: 10.1111/nep.12984

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Pickering, J. W., Flaws, D., Smith, S. W., Greenslade, J., Cullen, L., Parsonage, W., … Richards, A. M., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., George, P. M., & Than, M. P. (2018). A risk assessment score and initial high-sensitivity troponin combine to identify low risk of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 25(4), 434-443. doi: 10.1111/acem.13343

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Pickering, J. W., Young, J. M., George, P. M., Watson, A. S., Aldous, S. J., Troughton, R. W., Pemberton, C. J., Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P. (2018). Validity of a novel point-of-care troponin assay for single-test rule-out of acute myocardial infarction. JAMA Cardiology, 3(11), 1108-1112. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3368

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Seiler-Mussler, S., Limbach, A. S., Emrich, I. E., Pickering, J. W., Roth, H. J., Fliser, D., & Heine, G. H. (2018). Association of nonoxidized parathyroid hormone with cardiovascular and kidney disease outcomes in chronic kidney disease. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 13(4), 569-576. doi: 10.2215/cjn.06620617

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Than, M. P., Aldous, S. J., Troughton, R. W., Pemberton, C. J., Richards, A. M., Frampton, C. M. A., Florkowski, C. M., George, P. M., … Young, J. M., … Pickering, J. W. (2018). Detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin within the population reference interval conveys high 5-year cardiovascular risk: An observational study. Clinical Chemistry, 64(7), 1044-1053. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2017.285700

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Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., Dryden, J. M., Lord, S. J., Aitken, S. A., Aldous, S. J., … Ardagh, M. W., … Callender, R., … Deely, J. M., … Ferrier, K. A., … Frampton, C. M. A., George, P. M., … Matthews, T. J. E., … Peckler, B. F., … Richards, A. M., … Simmonds, M. B., … Troughton, R. W., … on behalf of the ICare-ACS Implementation Group. (2018). ICare-ACS (improving care processes for patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome): A study of cross-system implementation of a national clinical pathway. Circulation, 137(4), 354-363. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.031984

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van der Linden, N., Wildi, K., Twerenbold, R., Pickering, J. W., Than, M., Cullen, L., … Richards, A. M., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., … Mueller, C. (2018). Combining high sensitivity cardiac troponin I and cardiac troponin T in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation, 138(10), 989-999. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.032003

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Chapman, A. R., Lee, K. K., McAllister, D. A., Cullen, L., Greenslade, J. H., Parsonage, W., … Pickering, J. W., Than, M. P., … Adamson, P., … Mills, N. L. (2017). Association of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentration with cardiac outcomes in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. JAMA, 318(19), 1913-1924. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.17488

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Greenslade, J. H., Nayer, R., Parsonage, W., Doig, S., Young, J., Pickering, J. W., Than, M., … Cullen, L. (2017). Validating the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) and Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) rules for the prediction of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain. Emergency Medicine Journal, 34(8), 517-523. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2016-206366

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Mohamed, F., Buckley, N. A., Pickering, J. W., Wunnapuk, K., Dissanayake, S., Chathuranga, U., … Endre, Z. H. (2017). Nephrotoxicity-induced proteinuria increases biomarker diagnostic thresholds in acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrology, 18(1), 122. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0532-7

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Neumann, J. T., Sörensen, N. A., Ojeda, F., Schwemer, T., Lehmacher, J., Gönner, S., … Pickering, J. W., … Blankenberg, S. (2017). Immediate rule-out of acute myocardial infarction using electrocardiogram and baseline high-sensitivity troponin I. Clinical Chemistry, 63(1), 394-402. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.262659

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Pianta, T. J., Pickering, J. W., Succar, L., Chin, M., Davidson, T., Buckley, N. A., … Endre, Z. H. (2017). Dexamethasone modifies cystatin C-based diagnosis of acute kidney injury during cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 62-75. doi: 10.1159/000469715

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Pickering, J. W., Than, M. P., Cullen, L., Aldous, S., ter Avest, E., Body, R., … Florkowski, C. M., … George, P., … Pemberton, C., Richards, A. M., … Troughton, R., … Young, J. (2017). Rapid rule-out of acute myocardial infarction with a single high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement below the limit of detection: A collaborative meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 715-724. doi: 10.7326/m16-2562

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Puckett, J. R., Pickering, J. W., Palmer, S. C., McCall, J. L., Kluger, M. T., De Zoysa, J., Endre, Z. H., & Soop, M. (2017). Low versus standard urine output targets in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A randomized noninferiority trial. Annals of Surgery, 265(5), 874-881. doi: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002044

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Ribitsch, W., Schilcher, G., Quehenberger, F., Pilz, S., Portugaller, R. H., Truschnig-Wilders, M., … Pickering, J. W., & Horina, J. H. (2017). Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) fails as an early predictor of contrast induced nephropathy in chronic kidney disease (ANTI-CI-AKI study). Scientific Reports, 7, 41300. doi: 10.1038/srep41300

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Succar, L., Pianta, T. J., Davidson, T., Pickering, J. W., & Endre, Z. H. (2017). Subclinical chronic kidney disease modifies the diagnosis of experimental acute kidney injury. Kidney International, 92(3), 680-692. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.02.030

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The New Zealand Emergency Medicine Network, including Gutenstein, M., and the Shorter Stays in Emergency Department National Research Project Group, including Pickering, J. (2017). National audit of the quality of pain relief provided in emergency departments in Aotearoa, New Zealand: The PRiZED 1 Study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 29(2), 165-172. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12714

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Wildi, K., Cullen, L., Twerenbold, R., Greenslade, J. H., Parsonage, W., Boeddinghaus, J., … Pickering, J. W., Than, M., & Mueller, C. (2017). Direct comparison of 2 rule-out strategies for acute myocardial infarction: 2-h accelerated diagnostic protocol vs 2-h algorithm. Clinical Chemistry, 63(7), 1227-1236. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.268359

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