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MB ChB(Dist)(Otago) FRACP Physician/ Geriatrician

Email carl.hanger@cdhb.health.nz

Older Persons Health
Burwood Hospital
Private Bag 4709
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

Current Roles

  • Geriatrician, Older Persons Health, Burwood Hospital, Te Whatu Ora/ Health NZ – Waitaha
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medicine

Research Interests

  • Stroke Rehabilitation and stroke services
  • Intracerebral haemorrhageNutrition in Older People
  • Falls
  • Frailty concepts
  • Service delivery and community care of Older People
  • Appropriate prescribing and deprescribing

Top 10 Publications

    1. Hanger HC. Low Impact Flooring: Does it reduce fall related injuries?  J Am Med Dir Assoc 2017 ;18: 588-591. http://www.sciencedirect.com.cmezproxy.chmeds.ac.nz/science/article/pii/S1525861017300592 (accessed 16/3/17)
    2. Fu V, Weatherall M, McPherson K Taylor W, McRae A, Thomson T, Gommans J, Green G, Harwood M, Ranta A, Hanger HC, Riley J, McNaughton H, Taking Charge after stroke: a randomised controlled trial of a person-centred intervention of self-directed rehabilitation intervention. Int J Stroke 2020 (published online) https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020915144
    3. Hanger HC, Geddes JAA, Wilkinson TJ, Lee M, Baker AE. Warfarin related intracerebral haemorrhage - better outcomes when reversal includes prothrombin complex concentrates Int Med J 2013;43(3):308-316
    4. Nishtala P, Gnjidic D, Jamieson H, Hanger HC, Kaluarachchi C, Hilmer S. “Real-world” haemorrhagic rates for warfarin and dabigatran using population-level data in New Zealand. International Journal of Cardiology 2016;203:746-752.
    5. Saywell NL, Vandal AC, Mudge S, Hale L, Brown P, Feigin V, Hanger HC, Taylor D. Telerehabilitation after stroke using readily available technology: A randomized controlled trial.  Neurorehabilitation and Neurorepair https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968320971765 (First published online16/11/2020 )
    6. Mee H, Hanger HC, Wilkinson TJ, Beharry J, T Wu. Anticoagulant-related intracranial haemorrhage: time to anticoagulant reversal improving but still slower than thrombolysis for ischaemic stroke. NZ Med J  2021;134 (1529): Feb 5.
    7. Hanger HC, Wilkinson TJ, Fayez-Iskander N, Sainsbury R. The Risk of Recurrent Stroke after Intracerebral Haemorrhage. J Neurol Neurosurg Psych 2007; 78 836-840. http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/78/8/836?etoc
    8. Hanger HC, Whitewood P, Brown G, Ball MC, Harper J, Cox R, Sainsbury R. A Randomised Controlled trial of Strapping the Shoulder to Prevent Post Stroke Shoulder Pain. Clin Rehabil 2000;14: 370-80.
    9. Hanger HC, Ball MC, Wood LA. An Analysis of Falls in Hospital: Can We Do Without Bedrails? J Am Ger Soc 1999:47:529-531
    10. Hanger HC, B Fogarty, T J Wilkinson, R Sainsbury. Stroke Patients' Views on Stroke Outcomes: Death versus Disability. Clin Rehabil 2000; 14: 417-24.

Publications

Kurrle, S., Strivens, E., & Hanger, C. (2024, May). Still standing: Personal reflections on work and life by late career geriatricians. Invited presentation at the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM) Annual Scientific Meeting, Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Azarias, E., Thillainadesan, J., Hanger, C., Scott, J., Boudville, A., Moran, C., … Naganathan, V. (2024). Hospital and out-of-hospital services provided by public geriatric medicine departments in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Journal on Ageing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13331 Journal - Research Article

O'Leary, C. E. T., Wilkinson, T. J., & Hanger, H. C. (2024). A comparison of changes in drug burden index between older inpatients who fell and people who have not fallen: A case-control study. Australasian Journal on Ageing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13333 Journal - Research Article

Te Ao, B., Harwood, M., Fu, V., Weatherall, M., McPherson, K., Taylor, W. J., … Thomson, T., … Ranta, A., Hanger, C., … McNaughton, H. (2022). Economic analysis of the 'Take Charge' intervention for people following stroke: Results from a randomised trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 36(2), 240-250. doi: 10.1177/02692155211040727 Journal - Research Article

Hanger, H. C., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2022). Low-impact (compliant) flooring and staff injuries. Disability & Rehabilitation, 44(7), 1136-1140. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1786174 Journal - Research Article

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