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Volume 208 Issue 2

5 February 2018

News

News briefs

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 57

Perspectives

Australia urgently needs a quality improvement approach to emergency laparotomy

Katherine J Broughton and Robert J Aitken

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 58-59

Disease prestige and the hierarchy of suffering

Louise Stone

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 60-62 Free

Medical education

Key research skills

Standard deviation and standard error: interpretation, usage and reporting

Petra Macaskill

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 63-64

Snapshot

Gas gangrene of the eye: endogenous Clostridium perfringens endophthalmitis

Ali S Haider, Harkiran Manku and Peter McCluskey

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 64

Book/media/app review

A novel approach to managing mental health in general practice

Grant A Blashki

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 65

Editorials

Self-management support for patients with chronic disease: potential and questions

Nicholas A Zwar and Sarah M Dennis

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 66-67

Tongue-tie and frenotomy: what evidence do we have and what do we need?

Jonathan Walsh and David E Tunkel

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 67-68

Research

A self-management support program for older Australians with multiple chronic conditions: a randomised controlled trial

Richard L Reed, Leigh Roeger, Sara Howard, Jodie M Oliver-Baxter, Malcolm W Battersby, Malcolm Bond and Richard H Osborne

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 69-74 Free

Systematic review

Salt consumption by Australian adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mary-Anne Land, Bruce C Neal, Claire Johnson, Caryl A Nowson, Claire Margerison and Kristina S Petersen

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 75-81

Position statement summary

Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and Lung Foundation Australia position statements summary

Helen E Jo*, Jyotika D Prasad*, Lauren K Troy, Annabelle Mahar, Jane Bleasel, Samantha J Ellis, Daniel C Chambers, Anne E Holland, Fiona R Lake, Gregory Keir, Nicole S Goh, Margaret Wilsher, Sally de Boer, Yuben Moodley, Christopher Grainge, Helen M Whitford, Sally A Chapman, Paul N Reynolds, David Beatson**, Leonie J Jones, Peter Hopkins, Heather M Allan, Ian Glaspole*** and Tamera J Corte***

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 82-88

Research letter

Frenotomy for tongue-tie in Australian children, 2006–2016: an increasing problem

Vishal Kapoor, Pamela S Douglas, Peter S Hill, Laurence J Walsh and Marc Tennant

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 88-89 Free

Narrative review

Abnormal uterine bleeding: managing endometrial dysfunction and leiomyomas

Annabelle Brennan and Martha Hickey

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 90-95

Letters

Burnout in intensive care

Alun T Ellis, Sandra Lussier and Sarah A Yong

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 96

Emerging infectious disease agents and blood safety in Australia: spotlight on Zika virus

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 96

Emerging infectious disease agents and blood safety in Australia: spotlight on Zika virus

Philip Kiely, Erica M Wood and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 96

Adherence to diabetic eye examination guidelines in Australia: the National Eye Health Survey

Amelia J Lake, Jessica L Browne and Jane Speight

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 97

Adherence to diabetic eye examination guidelines in Australia: the National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Stuart Keel and Mohamed Dirani

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 97

Careers

Learning from the greats

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): C1 Free

Calendar of conferences in Australia and New Zealand

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): C2 Free