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Fewer presentations to metropolitan emergency departments during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Andrew W Kam, Sarah G Chaudhry, Nathan Gunasekaran, Andrew JR White, Matthew Vukasovic and Adrian T Fung

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 370-371 Free

Hospital policies on complementary medicine: a cross‐sectional survey of Australian cancer services

Jennifer Hunter, Suzanne Grant, Geoff P Delaney, Caroline A Smith, Kate Templeman and Jane Ussher

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 474-475 Free

Mumps outbreak in a rugby league team despite pre‐existing immunity

Karen Chee, Cassy Workman, Susan Irvine and Mark J Ferson

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 225-226 Free

Improving communication with Aboriginal hospital inpatients: a quasi‐experimental interventional study

The Communicate Study group*

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 180-181 Free

Assessing angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) protein is more appropriate than ACE activity when investigating sarcoidosis

Carel J Pretorius and Jacobus PJ Ungerer

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 178-179 Free

Rapid increase in intravenous iron therapy for women of reproductive age in Australia

Antonia W Shand, Jane Bell, Amanda Henry, Luke E Grzeskowiak, Giselle Kidson‐Gerber, Sallie Pearson and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 85-86 Free

Presentations to emergency departments by children and young people with food allergy are increasing

Rachel O'Loughlin and Harriet Hiscock

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (1): 27-29 Free

Modelling the impact of COVID‐19 on intensive care services in New South Wales

Gregory J Fox, James M Trauer and Emma McBryde

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 468-469 Free

When a system breaks: queueing theory model of intensive care bed needs during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Hamish DD Meares and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 470-471 Free

The value of data linkage depends on the quality of the data: incorporating Medicare data alters cervical screening analysis findings

Alison C Budd, Andrew Powierski, Theresa Chau, Marion Saville and Julia ML Brotherton

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 383-383 Free

Marked variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for cancer care in Western Australia

Neli S Slavova‐Azmanova, Jade C Newton and Christobel M Saunders

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 525-526 Free

Stereotactic radiosurgery for managing brain metastases in Victoria, 2012–2017

Wee Loon Ong, Therese Ming Jung Kang, Gishan Ratnayake, Morikatsu Wada, Jeremy Ruben, Sashendra Senthi, Roger L Milne, Jeremy L Millar and Farshad Foroudi

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 526-527 Open Access

Characteristics, treatment and complications of herpes zoster ophthalmicus at a tertiary eye hospital

Rahul Chakrabarti, Grace George, Kristen Wells and Carmel Crock

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 226-227 Free

Exceedances of national air quality standards for particulate matter in Western Australia: sources and health‐related impacts

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 280-281 Free

Decline in new medical graduates registered as general practitioners

Denese Playford, Jennifer A May, Hanh Ngo and Ian B Puddey

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 421-422 Free

Unprecedented smoke‐related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman, Geoffrey G Morgan, Bin B Jalaludin and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 282-283 Open Access

Antiplatelet therapy within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation

Benjumin Hsu, Michael O Falster, Andrea L Schaffer, Sallie Pearson, Louisa Jorm and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 124-125 Free

Comparison of colonic neoplasia detection rates in patients screened inside and outside the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Simon Whitcher, Monique Magnusson, Jon Gani, Christopher Oldmeadow and Peter G Pockney

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 275-276 Free

Survival of patients with ruptured and non‐ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma

Natassia P Tan, Ammar Majeed, Stuart K Roberts, Paul J Gow, Penny Hey, Xianjun Mah, Mark Goodwin, Siddharth Sood, John Lubel, Amanda Nicoll, Anouk Dev, Sally J Bell and William W Kemp

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 277-278 Free

Validating Indigenous status in a regional Queensland hospital emergency department dataset with patient‐linked data

Mary O'Loughlin, Linton Harriss, Jane Mills, Fintan Thompson and Robyn McDermott

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 230-231 Open Access

Changing practice: incidence of non‐reconstructive arthroscopic knee surgery in people over 50 years of age, Australia, 2008–2018

So Mang (Simon) Lee, Wasim Awal and Christopher Vertullo

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 29-30 Free

Essential oil exposures in Australia: analysis of cases reported to the NSW Poisons Information Centre

Kristenbella AYR Lee, Joanna E Harnett and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 132-133 Free

The impact of an alcohol floor price on critical care admissions in Central Australia

Paul J Secombe, Penny Stewart, Alex Brown, Michael J Bailey and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 229-230 Free

Should we routinely test for Mycoplasma genitalium when testing for other sexually transmitted infections?

James D Stewart, Brooke Webb, Michelle Francis, Maryza Graham and Tony M Korman

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 30-31 Free

Rescheduling codeine‐containing analgesics reduced codeine‐related hospital presentations

Keith Harris, Andrew Jiang, Robert Knoeckel and Katherine Z Isoardi

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 328-328 Free