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Research letters
Gender affirmation testosterone therapy, Australia, 2021–22: a review of PBS dispensing data
Knowing how many people use testosterone for gender affirmation is important for service provision and quality of care
Brendan J Nolan · Sav Zwickl · Jeffrey D Zajac · Ada S Cheung
Notification of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in hospitalised people in the Midwest region of Western Australia, 2012–2022: retrospective administrative data analysis
Clinician awareness of notification requirements and automated technology that facilitates ARF/RHD notifications are needed
Ingrid Stacey · Yolande Knight · Claire MX Ong · Amy Lee · Suresh Karuppannan · Allison Christou · Judith M Katzenellenbogen
An outbreak of reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME) after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Sydney, 2024: retrospective case series
RIME causes significant pain and distress, but the prognosis is good, with recovery expected within 14 days
Joseph Joseph · Kelvin Truong · Artiene Tatian · Orli Wargon
A rise in Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infections in Victoria in late 2023 and early 2024 detected at two major testing laboratories
The number of M. pneumoniae infections in Victoria began increasing in October 2023, but no signals for greater disease severity were detected
Maryza Graham · Thomas Tran · Changxu Zhang · Michelle Sam · Andrew Daley · Kathy Jackson · Chuan Kok Lim
Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: cross‐sectional study of women attending a Perth sexual health clinic, 2019–20
Effective screening programs are needed to recognise, respond to, and refer for support people at risk of intimate partner violence
Mariana Galrao · Catherine B Brooker · Alison Creagh · Richelle Douglas · Sarah Smith
6‐Methylnicotine: a new nicotine alternative identified in e‐cigarette liquids sold in Australia
Clinicians should be aware of the availability of these products in Australia, including without prescription
Caitlin Jenkins · Celine Kelso · Jody Morgan
Measuring progress toward the Closing the Gap healthy birthweight target for Indigenous babies: an analysis of Queensland perinatal data, 2011–2020
Are we accurately tracking healthy birthweights for Indigenous babies?
M Mamun Huda · James Ward · Abdullah Al Mamun
Tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria vaccination coverage in older adults, Australia, 2023: analysis of Australian Immunisation Register data
Tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria-containing vaccine coverage among older Australians is suboptimal, particularly with respect to dTpa uptake
Alexandra J Hendry · Helen E Quinn · Kristine Macartney · Frank H Beard
Heat health alerts and emergency department presentations by people aged 65 years or older, Victoria, 2010–22: a case–crossover analysis
Extreme heat influences the risk of morbidity beyond the conditions typically associated with heat exposure
Tilda N Thomson · Joshua Szanyi · Vanora Mulvenna
Emergency department presentations in Queensland by First Nations people, remote residents, and young children during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2020: interrupted time series analysis
Emergency department presentations in Queensland by First Nations people, remote residents, and young children during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020: interrupted time series analysis
Amy L Sweeny · Gerben B Keijzers · Dinesh Palipana · John Gerrard · Julia L Crilly
Reduced numbers of elective joint replacement procedures in Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2020–2022: a registry data analysis study
A national approach to reducing waiting time for public elective joint replacements is urgently needed
Christopher J Wall · Christopher J Vertullo · David RJ Gill · Richard S Page · Carl Holder · Paul N Smith
Misperceptions about routine childhood vaccination among parents in Australia, before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey study
Monitoring vaccine sentiment and perceived access barriers could identify worrying trends before they lead to reduced vaccination rates
Jessica Kaufman · Monsurul Hoq · Anthea L Rhodes · Mary‐Anne Measey · Margie H Danchin
Pharmaceutical company payments to Australian doctors reported to Medicines Australia, 2019–22: a cross‐sectional analysis
Greater transparency is needed, and linkage with AHPRA numbers would facilitate the identification of individual recipients
Malcolm Forbes · Yeshna Bhowon · Barbara Mintzes
Lifestyle advice from general practitioners and changes in health‐related behaviour in Australia: secondary analysis of 2020–21 National Health Survey data
Interventions that prioritise effective lifestyle advice from general practitioners are needed to combat major risk factors for chronic medical conditions
Loai Albarqouni · Hannah Greenwood · Caroline Dowsett · Paul P Glasziou
Ambient maximum daily temperature and mental health‐related presentations to a western Sydney emergency department, 2015–2019: analysis of hospital and meteorological data
Health services should be alert to the potential effects of high ambient temperatures on mental health presentations, particularly by women
Wen Yu Claire Ooi · Taylor A Braund · James Elhindi · Anthony WF Harris
Post‐COVID‐19 condition symptoms 12 and 24 months after COVID‐19 during the first month of the pandemic in Melbourne: a cohort study
People frequently report somatic, psychiatric, and neurocognitive symptoms consistent with post-COVID-19 up to 24 months after COVID-19
Dorothy Q Ling · Grace Gibney · Fiona James · Natasha E Holmes · Kyra YL Chua
The uptake of long‐acting depot buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence in Australia, 2019–2022: longitudinal sales data analysis
There was a marked shift from daily opioid agonist treatments to long-acting depot buprenorphine during 2019–2022
Nicholas Lintzeris · Victoria Hayes · Adrian J Dunlop
Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis
Taking social health determinants into account is important for reducing the CVD burden for Indigenous Victorians
Eloise Price · Aneta Kotevski · Karen Lamb · Digsu Koye · Georgia Taylor · Gabrielle Ebsworth · Luke Burchill
Steatotic liver disease in rural and regional Victoria, according to the NAFLD and newer diagnostic criteria: retrospective cohort analyses of 2001–03 and 2016–18 data
The rising prevalence of steatotic liver disease parallels that of obesity in regional and rural Victoria
Karl Vaz · William W Kemp · Ammar Majeed · John Lubel · Dianna Magliano · Kristen Glenister · Lisa Bourke · David Simmons · Stuart K Roberts
COVID‐19 vaccination of children with refugee backgrounds in Western Australia: a retrospective observational study
A specialist refugee health service can provide culturally sensitive catch-up vaccination and bridge gaps in hospital and community vaccination delivery
Thomas Volkman · Roisin Clarke · Jack Anstey · Sarah Cherian
The impact of COVID‐19 on consultations at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service: a retrospective observational study
There were fewer long consultations, Indigenous health assessments, and practice nurse/Aboriginal health worker consultations during the first year of the pandemic
Geoffrey K Spurling · Deborah A Askew · Noel E Hayman
Undiagnosed coeliac disease identified by active case finding in first degree relatives of people with coeliac disease in Australia: a prospective observational study
Research supports active case finding among of first degree relatives of people diagnosed with coeliac disease
Richard Muir · Anuj Sehgal · Jason A Tye‐Din · A James M Daveson
Preventive health checks in Australian general practice for women during mid‐life
GPs proactively provide preventive health care to those most in need, partly because of sufficiently high rebate levels
Louise F Wilson · Annette J Dobson · Gita D Mishra · Jenny A Doust
Financial support provided to male and female physicians by pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand: a cross‐sectional study
Transparency of pharmaceutical company support provides an opportunity to assess gender differences
Leah Jones
Prevalence, patterns of use, and socio‐demographic features of e‐cigarette use by Australian adolescents: a survey
Strategies for preventing the uptake and reducing the use of e-cigarettes by Australian adolescents are needed
Lauren A Gardner · Siobhan O'Dean · Katrina E Champion · Emily Stockings · Amy‐Leigh Rowe · Maree Teesson · Nicola C Newton · Lauren A Gardner · Siobhan O'Dean · Katrina E Champion · Emily Stockings · Amy‐Leigh Rowe · Maree Teesson · Nicola C Newton
