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Medical education
Locally acquired extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase Shigella infection
A 32- year- old Australian- born, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) negative man presented to hospital with 3 days of cramping abdominal pain, diarrhoea and fevers, 5 days after having unprotected receptive anal intercourse
Hui‐Ling Yeoh · Victoria Hall · Deborah A Williamson · Bradley J Gardiner
Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a nasojugal cyst
A 76- year- old man with no significant past medical history presented with a 4- month history of a rapidly growing left nasojugal mass
Phillip Cantwell · Helena Van Dam
Sudden enlargement of the neck
A 63- year- old man with a history of multinodular goitre presented with a sudden enlargement of the neck associated with dysphagia and dysphonia for 3 weeks
Lucien Marchand
Abdominal pain in the emergency department: the importance of history taking for common clinical presentations
A 26- year- old man presented to the (ED) overnight with severe and disabling abdominal pain
David J Holland · Michael J Holland
Propylthiouracil‐induced vasculitis in carbimazole‐refractory Graves disease
A 59- year- old woman with carbimazolerefractory Graves disease presented with fever and extensive necrotising rash 2 weeks after commencing propylthiouracil therapy
Brian Lam · Alexander Yuile · Suran L Fernando
Defining the often‐misunderstood specialty of adolescent medicine
Teens and their doctors. The story of the development of adolescent medicine
Michelle M Telfer
Surface antigen negative hepatitis B infection: the importance of screening before B cell‐depleting therapy
Evidence suggests that appropriate hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening before B cell-depleting therapy is frequently not performed
Sanjivan Mudaliar · Ken Liu · Simone I Strasser
The GALS screen: the rapid rheumatological exam
The gait, arms, legs and spine (GALS) screen improves confidence and competence in the examination of the joints
Jane Dacre
A rare red eye: cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistula masquerading as conjunctivitis and sinusitis
A 77-year-old woman with a background of hypertension, diet-controlled type 2 diabetes and bilateral cataract surgery was referred by her GP to the emergency department
Stuart Campbell · Emma Hack · Babu Philip
Mycobacterial mimicry in a man from Myanmar
A 26-year-old refugee from Myanmar was referred to the infectious diseases unit of an Australian teaching hospital
David WJ Griffin · G Khai Lin Huang · Philippe Lachapelle · Steven YC Tong · Siddhartha Mahanty
Blindness and acute pancreatitis: Purtscher‐like retinopathy
A 30-year-old woman was admitted for pancreatitis
Anthony Yao · Bob Wang
Reversal of dabigatran with idarucizumab in hyperacute stroke: a new paradigm?
A 68- year- old man presented with hyperacute stroke one hour after symptom onset
Amy Ting · Abhay R Venkat · Yash Gawarikar · Ronak Patel
The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: what it is and when it should be used
The basic premise of a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial (SW- CRT) is that all clusters start in the control condition
Michael J Campbell · Karla Hemming · Monica Taljaard
Jaundice and pregnancy
Lessons from practice
Anthony M Whitfield · Ai Van B Tran Nguyen · Kashif Sheikh
Carotid sinus hypersensitivity
55- year- old otherwise healthy woman presented with the first episode of syncope
Vahid Moosavi · Mohammad Paymard
An unexpected broken odontoid screw
A 56-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of continuous occipital pain that progressed to aching neck movements
Tsung‐Han Ho · Yaw‐Don Hsu
Glaucoma caused by topical corticosteroid application to the eyelids
A 64-year-old woman was referred to the glaucoma clinic at a tertiary eye hospital with elevated intraocular pressures
Helen HL Chan · John F Salmon
Traumatic eye injury from an exploding aerosol can
A 12-year-old boy was at a family gathering when he threw a deodorant can on a barbecue with exposed flames
Varun Chandra · Lei Liu · Jonathan B Ruddle
Cluster randomised trials
Cluster randomised trials randomise groups of individuals rather than individuals themselves to interventions. The groups might be communities, schools, workplaces, hospitals, or patients treated by a particular doctor. There are a number of reasons for the use of cluster trials as opposed to individually randomised trials. They may be the only available choice, as when a city is randomised to a mass intervention.
Michael J Campbell
Translating health professional education research evidence into effective continuous professional development
Biases and assumptions often arise from past experiences and, when unquestioned, can negatively influence the development of effective educational strategies
Ruth M Sladek · Sue McAllister · Kieran M Walsh
Revisiting the antinuclear antibody test with emphasis on a new pattern: anti‐DFS70 antibody
ANA by indirect immunofluorescence remains the method of choice for screening patients suspected of having SARDs. A positive ANA test should be followed by further testing for ENA and dsDNA antibody testing for defining the ANA specificities and disease associations. The presence of anti‐DFS70 antibody in absence of ENA and dsDNA antibodies effectively excludes a diagnosis of SARD.
Pravin Hissaria · Andrew Broadfoot · Karl W Baumgart
Methanol toxicity: a case of blindness treated with adjunctive steroids
A 42-year-old man presented to our emergency department with sudden bilateral visual loss
Tanya Kowalski · Jitin Verma · Shaun L Greene · Jeremy Curtin
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
A 52-year-old woman presented with symptomatic iron deficiency anaemia …
Varitsara Mangkorntongsakul · Cecily J Forsyth
The Timed Up and Go test
The Timed Up and Go test provides a quick and valid way to estimate an older person's risk of falls, as well as other adverse outcomes
William Browne · Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair
What have we learnt about using digital technologies in health professional education?
Informed use of digital learning technologies can contribute to effective learning experiences
Helen Wozniak · Rachel H Ellaway · Peter GM de Jong
