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Lessons from practice

Lessons from practice Low attenuation lymphadenopathy on computed tomography leading to diagnosis of Whipple disease

Andrew S Vanlint, Patricia Kaazan, Marco Kwok, Robert V Bryant, Marie Ooi, Narin Bak and Sam Costello

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 161-162.e1

Clinical skills

How to measure blood pressure accurately

Syamkumar D Menon and Sanjay Ganapathi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 163-165.e1

Snapshot

Acute macular neuroretinopathy

Sarah Chan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 166-166.e1

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Demonstrating the mechanism of electrical alternans in cardiac tamponade: “the swinging heart”

Jeet Ram Kashyap and Suraj Kumar

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 66-66

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Snakebite: an overlooked occupational hazard

Kuang‐Ting Chen and Chien‐Ming Chiu

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (1): 12-12.e1

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Candida auris in an Australian health care facility: importance of screening high risk patients

Leon J Worth, Simon J Harrison, Michael Dickinson, Annaliese Diemen, Jennifer Breen, Susan Harper, Caroline Marshall, Deborah A Williamson, Karin A Thursky and Monica A Slavin

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 510-511.e1

Lessons from practice

May–Thurner syndrome: an overlooked cause of venous thromboembolism

Farooq Akram and Roshni G Sadashiv

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 402-403.e1

Lessons from practice

A case of toxigenic, pharyngeal diphtheria in Australia

Sarah Grigg, David Hogan, F Shaun Hosein, Dean Johns, Amy Jennison and Shradha Subedi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 64-65.e1

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Necrotising enterocolitis caused by Clostridium perfringens: a life‐threatening manifestation of a common foodborne infection

Harry N Walker, Kwee‐Chin Liew, Vicki Adams, Sarah Larcombe, Sonal S Nagra, Glenn Guest and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 114-115.e1

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

Lessons from practice

Cutaneous gnathostomiasis in Vietnam

Minh Cuong Duong, Phuc VD Le, Oanh NK Pham and Hong Quang Huynh

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 252-253.e1

Lessons from Practice

Hidden in plain sight: umbilical melanoma

Tom Kovitwanichkanont, Shoba Joseph and Leona Yip

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 154-155.e1

Clinical skills

How to perform a skin biopsy

Kirsty JL Wark, Saxon D Smith and Deshan F Sebaratnam

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 156-158.e1

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Eumycetoma diagnosed in urban Australia

Lakshana Kalatharan and Peter Kelley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 107-107.e1

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Pretibial metastatic basal cell carcinoma

Phillip Cantwell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 108-108.e1

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Use of botulinum toxin to heal atypical pressure ulcers in the palm

Anupam Datta Gupta and David H Wilson

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 65-66.e1

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HPV swab self‐collection and cervical cancer in women who have sex with women

Monica FG McGauran and Adam Pendlebury

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 106-107.e1

Key research skills

Test accuracy and potential sources of bias in diagnostic test evaluation

Katy JL Bell, Petra Macaskill and Clement Loy

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 10-13.e1

Lessons from practice

Extended detection and isolation of Murray Valley encephalitis virus in whole blood and urine

Leon Caly, Natalie Davidson, Ram Ghimire, Brinthan Rajaratnam, Jonathan Marrow, Rob Baird, Ella M Meumann and Julian Druce

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 499-500.e1

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Diagnosis of West Nile virus encephalitis in a returned traveller

Naomi CA Whyler, Jasmine C Teng, David J Brewster, Ruth Chin, Ian Cox, Julian Druce, Henry M Prince, David A Sheffield, Eugene Teh and Vineet Sarode

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 501-502.e1

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Pyogenic hepatic abscess secondary to gastric perforation caused by an ingested fish bone

Sudharsan Venkatesan and Henrik Falhammar

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 451-451.e1

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Histiocytoid Sweet syndrome

Kirsty JL Wark and Helena Crawshaw

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 400-400.e1

Lessons from practice

Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma: a rare ophthalmic condition

Jiyeon Kim and Jonathan G Ussher

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 398-399.e1

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Chilaiditi sign

Phillippa Gray

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 347-347.e1

Clinical skills

A structured approach to acid‐base interpretation

KJ Farley and Elisa Licari

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 308-311.e1