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Clinically important sport‐related traumatic brain injuries in children

Nitaa Eapen, Gavin A Davis, Meredith L Borland, Natalie Phillips, Ed Oakley, Stephen Hearps, Amit Kochar, Sarah Dalton, John Cheek, Jeremy Furyk, Mark D Lyttle, Silvia Bressan, Louise Crowe, Stuart Dalziel, Emma Tavender and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 365-366 Free

The financial cost of intensive care in Australia: a multicentre registry study

Peter Hicks, Sue Huckson, Emma Fenney, Isobel Leggett, David Pilcher and Edward Litton

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 324-325 Free

Adherence to screen time recommendations for Australian children aged 0–12 years

Leigh Tooth, Katrina Moss, Richard Hockey and Gita D Mishra

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 181-182 Free

Leprosy in Far North Queensland: almost gone, but not to be forgotten

Allison Hempenstall, Simon Smith and Josh Hanson

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 182-183 Free

Reduced VRE and MRSA colonisation and infection following sustained reduction in broad spectrum antibiotic use in a large tertiary hospital

John K Ferguson, Sally A Munnoch, Kristi Kozierowski, Simon Chiu and Christopher Oldmeadow

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 126-127 Free

Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: be alert to the possibility of negative initial PCR results

Daniel P O'Brien, Maria Globan, Janet M Fyfe, Caroline J Lavender, Adrian Murrie, Damian Flanagan, Peter Meggyesy, Jonathan T Priestley and David Leslie

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 416-416 Free

Silent but deadly: patients with enterococcal bacteraemia should be assessed for colorectal neoplasia

Eugene Athan, Ivana Cabiltes, Sarah Coghill and Steven J Bowe

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 86 Free

Exposures to e‐cigarettes and their refills: calls to Australian Poisons Information Centres, 2009–2016

Carol Wylie, Aaron Heffernan, Jared A Brown, Rose Cairns, Ann‐Maree Lynch and Jeff Robinson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 126 Free

Increased incidence of community‐associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Victoria and Western Australia, 2011–2016

Nabeel Imam, Simone Tempone, Paul K Armstrong, Rebecca McCann, Sandra Johnson, Leon J Worth and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 87-88 Free

Baby boomers and booze: we should be worried about how older Australians are drinking

Ann M Roche and Victoria Kostadinov

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 38-39 Free

Concomitant prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines in Australia, 2012–2017

Gillian E Caughey, Svetla Gadzhanova, Sepehr Shakib and Elizabeth E Roughead

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 39-40 Free

Nicotine and other potentially harmful compounds in “nicotine‐free” e‐cigarette liquids in Australia

Emily Chivers, Maxine Janka, Peter Franklin, Benjamin Mullins and Alexander Larcombe

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 127-128 Free

Gluten in “gluten-free” manufactured foods in Australia: a cross-sectional study

Emma P Halmos, Dean Clarke, Catherine Pizzey and Jason A Tye-Din

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 448-449 Free

The right kind of viral: boosted Facebook advertisements for health protection messages

Keira M Glasgow, Catherine R Bateman-Steel, Bradley Pope and Mark J Ferson

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 447 Free

Unintended and unwanted pregnancy in Australia: a cross-sectional, national random telephone survey of prevalence and outcomes

Angela J Taft, Mridula Shankar, Kirsten I Black, Danielle Mazza, Safeera Hussainy and Jayne C Lucke

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 407-408 Free

Safety of cannabidiol prescribed for children with refractory epilepsy

Jeremy L Freeman

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (5): 228-229 Free

Delays in primary percutaneous coronary treatment for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Diem T Dinh, Yishen Wang, Angela L Brennan, Stephen J Duffy, Dion Stub, Christopher M Reid and Jeffrey Lefkovits

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (3): 130-131 Free

Ethics and site-specific governance approvals for multi-centre, inter-sector health care research

Holly Foot, Ian A Scott, Grant M Russell, Neil Cottrell, Nancy Sturman and Christopher R Freeman

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 175-176 Free

Population awareness of tobacco-related harms: implications for refreshing graphic health warnings in Australia

Emily Brennan, Kimberley Dunstone and Melanie Wakefield

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 173-174 Free

Information in referrals to public outpatient specialist clinics for back pain: audit results and consensus recommendations

Lauren Ross, Adam de Gruchy, Uyen M Phan, Matthew Warrender-Sparkes, Ian P Wicks and John HY Moi

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 498 Free

Out-of-pocket medical expenses for Queenslanders with a major cancer

Louisa G Gordon, Thomas M Elliott, Catherine M Olsen, Nirmala Pandeya and David C Whiteman

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 497 Free

Mortality among middle-aged Australians, 1960–2010: implications for prevention policy

Andrea J Curtis, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Manoj Gambhir and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 444-445 Free

Gluten in “gluten-free” food from food outlets in Melbourne: a cross-sectional study

Emma P Halmos, Catherine A Di Bella, Russell Webster, Minfeng Deng and Jason A Tye-Din

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 42-43 Free

Health burden associated with fire smoke in Sydney, 2001–2013

Joshua A Horsley, Richard A Broome, Fay H Johnston, Martin Cope and Geoffrey G Morgan

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 309-310 Free

Paediatric injuries during the Australian Junior Motocross Championship treated at a rural centre

Sowmya Prabhakaran, Andrew W Silagy, Nicole A Campbell, Paul V Flanagan and Ian A Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 270 Free