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Volume 212 Issue 7

20 April 2020

News

News briefs

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 292-293

Perspectives

Sodium–glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors: managing the small but critical risk of diabetic ketoacidosis

Peter S Hamblin, Rosemary Wong and Leon A Bach

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 294-296.e1

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: time to improve the diagnosis of cirrhosis and use liver ultrasound

Gary P Jeffrey, Louisa Gordon and Grant Ramm

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 297-299.e1

Medical education

Lessons from practice

A case of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) without a typical precipitant

David WJ Griffin, Genevieve E Martin, Catriona McLean, Allen C Cheng and Michelle L Giles

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 300-301.e1

Editorials

SARS‐CoV‐2, the medical profession, ventilator beds, and mortality predictions: personal reflections of an Australian clinician

Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 302-303 Free

Prescribing psychotropic medications in residential aged care facilities

Gerard J Byrne

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 304-305

From over‐the‐counter to prescription only: early results of the rescheduling of codeine combination analgesics

Malcolm D Dobbin

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 305-306

Providing take home naloxone needs to be improved to prevent opioid overdose deaths

Nicholas Lintzeris

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 307-308

Research

The dispensing of psychotropic medicines to older people before and after they enter residential aged care

Stephanie L Harrison, Janet K Sluggett, Catherine Lang, Craig Whitehead, Maria Crotty, Megan Corlis, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 309-313 Free

Community pharmacy naloxone supply, before and after rescheduling as an over‐the‐counter drug: sales and prescriptions data, 2014–2018

Wai Chung Tse, Paul Sanfilippo, Tina Lam, Paul Dietze and Suzanne Nielsen

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 314-320 Free

Changes in sales of analgesics to pharmacies after codeine was rescheduled as a prescription only medicine

Andrea L Schaffer, Rose Cairns, Jared A Brown, Natasa Gisev, Nicholas A Buckley and Sallie‐Anne Pearson

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 321-327 Free

Research letter

Rescheduling codeine‐containing analgesics reduced codeine‐related hospital presentations

Keith Harris, Andrew Jiang, Robert Knoeckel and Katherine Z Isoardi

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 328-328 Free

Narrative review

Antidepressant‐induced sexual dysfunction

Jody Rothmore

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 329-334

Careers

Giving a voice to aged care residents

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): C1 Free