Research letters

Testing for HCV infection should be better integrated into opioid treatment programs

Chris Tremonti · Maree Teesson · Christina Marel · Katherine Mills · Paul S Haber

Many ED presentations deemed suitable for GP care based on the AIHW defintion of lower urgency care may be unsuitable

Haomin S Wu · James L Mallows

Higher mask wearing rates across all ages would reduce the cumulative infection and mortality burden in Victoria

Joshua Szanyi · Samantha Howe · Tim Wilson · Tony Blakely

Health care policy and clinical practice should be revised to support more consistent financial disclosure and support

Victoria White · Karla Gough · Colin Wood · Raymond Chan · Michael Jefford

Awareness that the myocarditis risk in children with SARS-CoV-2 infections differs from that for adults should inform vaccination strategies

Patrick Walker · Timothy C Lai · Silja Schrader · Nigel Crawford · Daryl R Cheng

Prescribing of all psychotropic classes has risen since 2018, and increases were particularly marked during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rae‐Anne Hardie · Gorkem Sezgin · Lisa G Pont · Judith Thomas · Mirela Prgomet · Precious McGuire · Christopher Pearce · Andrew Georgiou

Self-harm and suicidal ideation are common among young people who have contact with child protection services

Kirstie O'Hare · Oliver Watkeys · Felicity Harris · Kimberlie Dean · Vaughan J Carr · Melissa J Green

General practice training in remote areas provides equivalent opportunities for learning and progression toward the fellowship

Emily Anderson · Matthew R McGrail · Aaron Hollins · Louise Young · Lawrie McArthur · Belinda O'Sullivan · Tiana Gurney

Off-label use in young children suggests that health care professionals and the public underappreciate their risks

Abrar Arbaeen · Nial J Wheate · Jared A Brown · Rose Cairns

Further up-scheduling would probably reduce casual use and consequently the number of overdoses

Rose Cairns · Firouzeh Noghrehchi · Nicholas A Buckley

Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal residents of Central Australia remain extremely high, and risk factors must be remediated

Alice Coe · Richard J Woodman · Rob Baird · Lloyd Einsiedel

Clinically meaningful outcomes can be achieved with matched germline/tumour whole genome sequencing

The Q‐IMPROvE study group

Most patients have taken a mixture of agents; the combination of GHB with methamphetamine is particularly frequent

Sam Alfred · Peter Stockham · Emma Partridge · Alastair Ward · Hannah Green · Jake Mallon · Chris Kostakis · Andrew Camilleri · Daniel Haustead

Our findings add to northern hemisphere reports that possibly reflect a worldwide increase in GAS disease

Aleece MacPhail · Wen Jie Isaac Lee · Despina Kotsanas · Tony M Korman · Maryza Graham

The benefits of DAA therapy for children with HCV infection are now attainable in Australia in normal practice

Jessica A Eldredge · Michael O Stormon · Julia E Clark · Scott Nightingale · Brendan McMullan · Brooke Andersen · Christina Travers · Winita Hardikar

The range of prevalence estimates suggests that re-assessing future demand may be appropriate

Annette J Dobson · Leon Flicker · Osvaldo P Almeida · Michael Waller · Kaarin Anstey

Improving the collection of neurosyphilis surveillance data and integrating neurosyphilis incidence data into syphilis reports may enhance our understanding of the epidemiology of neurosyphilis

Ei T Aung · Marcus Y Chen · Christopher K Fairley · Jason J Ong · Eric PF Chow

The investigation process should be upgraded, as every family has the right to have their child’s death properly investigated

Heather E Jeffery · Angela E Carberry · Adrienne Gordon · Susan Arbuckle

Improving knowledge about distress in medical and surgical specialties could assist with averting and mitigating physician burnout

Carrie Kollias · Chris Conyard · Melissa Frances Formosa · Richard Page · Ian Incoll

CF diagnosed in adults can manifest with milder symptoms across a range of organ systems than classical CF

Amelia Lin · Keith Wong · Simone K Visser · Helen Jo · Yasmeen Al‐Hindawi · Katrin Kosbab‐Jackson · Molly Cocks · Anastasia Volovets · Paul Haber · Kirsten Hammond · Nicole Taylor · Veronica Yozghatlian · Edmund MT Lau · Nathaniel S Marshall · Tara Aquino‐Salomon · Sheila Sivam

Re-introducing public opioid agonist therapy clinics in Victoria could improve accessibility for some people recently released from prison

Michael Curtis · Paul Dietze · Rebecca J Winter · Kasun Rathnayake · Karen Smith · Mark Stoove

An intersectoral response to improving the social determinants of skin health is needed, particularly in remote communities

Johanna M Birrell · Rowena Boyd · Bart J Currie · Nicholas M Anstey · Asanga Abeyaratne · Sandawana William Majoni · Vicki L Krause

Evidence-based guideline recommendations are not always followed in the ED

Kevin Chu · Anne‐Maree Kelly · Frances Kinnear · Gerben Keijzers · Sinan Kamona

The long term consequences of myocardial injury with vaccine-associated myocarditis warrant further investigation

Suraj K Varma · Ari E Horton · Anna L Taylor · Michael R Ditchfield · Sarah A Hope · Srinidhi JV Rao

Timely introduction of allergens did not reduce breastfeeding or increase extremely early introduction to solid foods

Jennifer Koplin · Victoria Soriano · Merryn Netting · Rachel Peters