Article Types
Research letters
Re‐assessing reactions to influenza vaccination initially classified as vaccine allergies
It may be safe to de-label many patients because their reactions do not meet anaphylaxis criteria
Beau Z Carr · Kymble Spriggs · Samar Ojaimi · Elizabeth Leahy · Sara L Barnes
Effect of a financial incentive on responses by Australian general practitioners to a postal survey: a randomised controlled trial
General practitioners view health and medical research positively, but their participation in postal surveys is typically low
Alison C Zucca · Mariko Carey · Rob W Sanson‐Fisher · Joel Rhee · Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair · Christopher Oldmeadow · Tiffany‐Jane Evans · Simon Chiu
The seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific antibodies in children, Australia, November 2020 – March 2021
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children and adolescents in early 2021 was very low
the PAEDS Serosurvey Group
Value of single troponin values in the emergency department for excluding acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may benefit from culturally appropriate cardiac risk factor management
Jaimi H Greenslade · Sara Berndt · Laura Stephensen · Katrina Starmer · Greg Starmer · William Parsonage · Victor Lau · Tileah Drahm‐Butler · Tania Davis · Virginia Campbell · Richard Stone · Robert Bonnin · Sarah Ashover · Tanya Milburn · Elizabeth Mowatt · Karlie Proctor · Anthony Brazzale · Louise Ann Cullen
Beyond the COVID‐19 pandemic: increasing the uptake of influenza vaccination by health and aged care workers
Very high influenza vaccination rates among health and aged care staff will be crucial if influenza activity increases this winter
Lyn‐li Lim · Noleen J Bennett · Sheena G Sullivan · Ann L Bull · Leon J Worth
Endoscopy volumes and outcomes at a tertiary Melbourne centre during the 2020 COVID‐19 lockdowns
The overall cancer detection rate increased and colonoscopy detection indicators were maintained during the 2020 lockdowns
Daniel Schneider · Michael Swan · Simon Hew
High prevalence of hearing loss in urban Aboriginal infants: the Djaalinj Waakinj cohort study
About two in three of participating urban Aboriginal infants had mild or moderate hearing loss at twelve months of age
Tamara Veselinović · Sharon A Weeks · Valerie M Swift · Deborah Lehmann · Christopher G Brennan‐Jones
Doctors with borders: the impact of international border closures on Timorese people who need cardiac procedures
The COVID-19 border closures delayed cardiac interventions for young patients by at least 18 months
Elizabeth Paratz · Joaquina Maurays · Ricardo Flavio · Alan Appelbe · Noel Bayley
Long‐acting reversible contraception use after medical abortion is associated with reduced likelihood of a second medical abortion
Understanding of the benefits of early, reliable contraception after an abortion needs improving among health care practitioners and women
Luke E Grzeskowiak · Alice R Rumbold · Asvini Subasinghe · Danielle Mazza · Kirsten I Black · Helen Calabretto · Jenni Ilomäki
Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018
Adjusted 30-day and 12-month rates declined for patients who underwent surgery
Lara Harvey · Ian A Harris · Rebecca J Mitchell · Adrian Webster · Ian D Cameron · Louisa Jorm · Hannah Seymour · Pooria Sarrami · Jacqueline Close
Sentinel lymph node biopsy rates in Victoria, 2018 and 2019
The optimal use of online risk tools in practice and barriers to patient access should be investigated
Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank
Clinicians and policymakers should develop measures that further mitigate the risk of sport-related repetitive head injury
Catherine M Suter · Andrew J Affleck · Maggie Lee · Alan J Pearce · Linda E Iles · Michael E Buckland
Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19
Increasing same-day procedure rates will involve a complex interplay of pre-and post-operative decisions by hospitals, surgeons, and patients
Joanna MZ Mills · Georgina M Luscombe · Thomas J Hugh
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006–18
A patient register and control program could help reduce the considerable morbidity and mortality caused by ARF and RHD
Jane Oliver · Myra Hardy · Joshua Osowicki · Daniel Engelman · Andrew C Steer · Katherine Gibney
Second SARS‐CoV‐2 infections twelve months after initial infections in Australia, confirmed by genomic analysis
Awareness of the possibility of reinfection should be promoted to encourage vaccination, testing, and protective behaviours
The Victorian SARS‐CoV‐2 Reinfection Study Group
Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey
Screening by GPs for six major risk factors and brief interventions in primary care or schools may help
the Heath4Life team †
The readability of official public health information on COVID‐19
Public health information should be easily accessible to the general population
Olivia A Mac · Danielle M Muscat · Julie Ayre · Pinika Patel · Kirsten J McCaffery
Sex differences in the management and outcomes of non‐ST‐elevation acute coronary syndromes
Adherence to guideline-based therapy for people with NSTEACS could be improved in Australia
Bianca C Bachelet · Karice Hyun · Mario D'Souza · Clara K Chow · Julie Redfern · David B Brieger
The clinical value of “exception item” colonoscopy (MBS item 32228)
About one in five “exception” colonoscopies detect and excise advanced pre-cancerous polyps
Michelle Lee See · Antonio Lee · Roderick Roberts · Richard A Friedman · David G Hewett · Daniel L Worthley
Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Removing MBS rebate restrictions for telehealth consultations would enhance sexual and reproductive health services access
Yan Cheng · Clare Boerma · Lucy Peck · Jessica R Botfield · Jane Estoesta · Kevin McGeechan
The incidence of cardiac complications in patients hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia: the AUS‐COVID study
Clinical cardiac complications were reassuringly uncommon among more than 600 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19
on behalf of the AUS‐COVID Investigators
Estimating the abortion rate in Australia from National Hospital Morbidity and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data
The surgical abortion rate has declined 5.1% per year since the PBS listing of mifepristone/misoprostol
Louise A Keogh · Lyle C Gurrin · Patricia Moore
Public support for phasing out the sale of cigarettes in Australia
Phasing out retail tobacco sales would be favourably received by most Australians
Emily Brennan · Sarah Durkin · Michelle M Scollo · Maurice Swanson · Melanie Wakefield
Prescribing of direct‐acting antiviral therapy by general practitioners for people with hepatitis C in an unrestricted treatment program
GPs are gaining confidence in prescribing DAA therapy, an important foundation for further enhancing access to treatment
Fergus Stafford · Gregory J Dore · Shawn Clackett · Marianne Martinello · Gail V Matthews · Jason Grebely · Anne C Balcomb · Behzad Hajarizadeh
Background rates of hospital transfer and death in Australian aged care facilities: estimates to assist interpretation of rates after COVID‐19 vaccination
Estimating expected background rates of hospital transfer and death can inform analyses of vaccine safety
Hazel J Clothier · Yonatan M Mesfin · Steven Strange · Jim P Buttery
