Volume 213, Issue 8 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Perspectives

Implications of COVID‐19 for an ageing population

Nicolette R Holt, Johannes T Neumann, John J McNeil and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 342-344.e1 Free

COVID‐19 and the Indo–Pacific: implications for resource‐limited emergency departments

Isobelle G Woodruff, Rob D Mitchell, Georgina Phillips, Deepak Sharma, Patrick Toito'ona, Krishantha Jayasekera, Khine Shwe Wah, Megan Cox and Gerard M O'Reilly

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 345-349.e1 Free

The probability of the 6‐week lockdown in Victoria (commencing 9 July 2020) achieving elimination of community transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2

Tony Blakely, Jason Thompson, Natalie Carvalho, Laxman Bablani, Nick Wilson and Mark Stevenson

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 349-351.e1 Free

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Polyneuritis cranialis from varicella zoster virus reactivation

Jesse A Schnall, Sadid F Khan, Luigi Zolio, Jason C Ray and Adam WJ Jenney

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 352-353.e1

Snapshot

Flagellate erythema: from diet, drugs to dermatomyositis

Cathy Y Zhao and Germana Consuegra‐Romero

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 354-354

Editorials

Time for a new approach to funding residential aged care

Edward Strivens

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 355-356

“No jab, no pay” pays off

Terence M Nolan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 356-357

Should patients with heart failure listen to their gut?

John J Atherton and Chamindie Punyadeera

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 357-358

Research

The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN‐ACC): a new casemix classification for residential aged care

Kathy Eagar, Rob Gordon, Milena F Snoek, Carol Loggie, Anita Westera, Peter David Samsa and Conrad Kobel

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 359-363 Free

“No jab, no pay”: catch‐up vaccination activity during its first two years

Brynley P Hull, Frank H Beard, Alexandra J Hendry, Aditi Dey and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 364-369 Open Access

Research letters

Fewer presentations to metropolitan emergency departments during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Andrew W Kam, Sarah G Chaudhry, Nathan Gunasekaran, Andrew JR White, Matthew Vukasovic and Adrian T Fung

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 370-371 Free

Efficacy of an enclosure for reducing aerosol exposure during patient intubation

James Derrick, Jeneen Thatcher and Joyce Chau Ping Wong

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 372-373 Free

Erratum

Narelle L Haworth and Amy Schramm

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 373-373

Meta‐analysis

Gut microbiota‐derived trimethylamine N‐oxide is associated with poor prognosis in patients with heart failure

Wensheng Li, Anqing Huang, Hailan Zhu, Xinyue Liu, Xiaohui Huang, Yan Huang, Xiaoyan Cai, Jianhua Lu and Yuli Huang

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 374-379 Free

Letters

Possible link between obesity and severe COVID‐19

John Dyett

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 380-380.e1 Free

An evaluation of the quality and impact of the global research response to the COVID‐19 pandemic

Mahesh Ramanan, Annaliese Stolz, Rajiv Rooplalsingh, Laurent Billot, John Myburgh and Bala Venkatesh

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 380-380.e1 Free

A sustainable future in health: ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

Forbes McGain, Eugenie Kayak and Hayden Burch

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 381-381.e1