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Valproate Prescribing for Female Adolescents and Management of the Associated Teratogenicity Risk, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 2022–2024: A Retrospective Audit of Medical Records Data

Briana Davis, Monica S. Cooper, Michael South, Jeremy L. Freeman, Emma Macdonald-Laurs

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Early Cessation of Acetylcysteine Treatment After Paracetamol Overdose (NACSTOP 2): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial

Anselm Wong, Richard McNulty, Sarah E. Hodgson, Naren Gunja, Andis Graudins

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage

Oliver Watkeys, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R. Laurens, Stacy Tzoumakis, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1):

Early Palliative Care and Quality of End-of-Life Care for People With Terminal Cancer, Victoria, 2018–2023: A Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study

Chris Schilling, Olivia Wawryk, Anna Collins, Vijaya Sundararajan, Brian H. Le, Jennifer Philip

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C), an Integrated Paediatrician‒General Practitioner Model for Reducing Hospital Referral Rates: a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Harriet Hiscock, Cecilia Moore, Sonia Khano, Lena  A. Sanci, Kim M. Dalziel, Gary Freed, Douglas I. R. Boyle, Tammy Meyers Morris, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Jane Le, Yvonne A. Zurynski, Susan Woolfenden and Raghu Lingam

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): 1 Open Access

The clinical presentation, investigation, and management of women diagnosed with endometriosis in Australian general practices, 2011–2021: an open cohort study

Danielle Mazza, Kailash Thapaliya, Sharinne B Crawford, Alissia Hui, Maryam Moradi and Luke E Grzeskowiak

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 586-592 Free

The number of cancer‐related deaths that could be attributable to spatial disparities in survival in Australia, 2010–2019: a retrospective population‐based cohort study

Charlotte K Bainomugisa, Jessica Cameron, Paramita Dasgupta and Peter Baade

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 593-601 Free

Birth prevalence, clinical sequelae, and management of congenital cytomegalovirus infections in Australia, 1999–2023: a national prospective study

Ece Egilmezer, Suzy M Teutsch, Carlos Nunez, Stuart T Hamilton, Adam W Bartlett, Pamela Palasanthiran, Elizabeth J Elliott and William D Rawlinson

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 611-616 Open Access

The risk of death after hospitalisation following intentional self‐poisoning: a retrospective observational study (PAVLOVA‐2)

Firouzeh Noghrehchi, Nicholas A Buckley and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 634-642 Open Access

Disease‐specific survival for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia, South Australia, 1980–2020: a retrospective cohort study

Kerri Beckmann, Brendon J Kearney, Naranie Shanmuganathan, David Yeung and Tim Hughes

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 643-645 Free

The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Queensland, 2017–2021: a population‐level cohort study using linked administrative data

Carl J Francia (Saibai Koedal awgadhalayg, Guda Maluylgal Nation), Leanne M Johnston, Ingrid Stacey, Robert N Justo, John F Fraser and Judith M Katzenellenbogen

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 576-585 Open Access

A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory

Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 533-540 Open Access

Non‐technical errors associated with deaths in surgical care, Australia, 2012–2019, by surgical specialty (Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality): a retrospective cohort study

Jesse Ey, Victoria Kollias, Octavia Lee, Kelly Hou, Matheesha Herath, John B North, Ellie Treloar, Suzanne Edwards, Martin Bruening, Adam J Wells and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 617-625 Open Access

The early implementation phase of the Omega‐3 Test‐and‐Treat Program for reducing the risk of preterm birth, South Australia, 2021–22: an implementation evaluation study

Karen P Best, Celine Northcott, Lucy A Simmonds, Philippa Middleton, Lisa N Yelland, Vanessa Moffa, Khoa Lam, Penelope Coates, Cornelia Späth, Carol WK Siu, Karen Glover, Rhiannon Smith, Robert Gibson and Maria Makrides

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 626-633 Free

Changes in patient management after preoperative MRI for newly diagnosed breast cancer: a multicentre prospective observational study

Michael L Marinovich, Nehmat Houssami, Andrew Spillane, Gregory B Mann, Donna Taylor, Michelle Reintals, Nadine Phillips, Max K Bulsara, Patsy Siok Hwa Soon, Tracey Dickens and Christobel M Saunders

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 602-610 Open Access

The power of recognising more: a qualitative study of young people’s perspectives on broader recognition for learning and wellbeing

Charlie Connell‐Tobin, Linh Dang, Mietta Symmons‐Joyce, Annette C Cairnduff, Andrew P R Kellett, Lauren Langley and Philippa Collin

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): S34-S41 Free

Cause‐specific mortality among Queensland people with cirrhosis, by cirrhosis aetiology and decompensation status, 2007–22: a retrospective cohort study

Vikas Bhasker, Jessica R Fong, Paul J Clark, Gunter F Hartel, Richard Skoien, James O’Beirne, Elizabeth E Powell and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 473-483 Open Access

The detection of avian influenza virus in human pathology laboratories in Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific nations

Lisa M Sedger, Vishal Ahuja, Katherine A Lau, Deane L Byers, Torsten Theis, Peter D Kirkland and Catherine Pitman

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 492-494 Free

Sharing custodianship of learning: development of an Indigenous Nation‐led learning charter model centring self‐determination and wellbeing

Hayley McQuire and Melinda Mann

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): S27-S33 Free

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with anaesthetic gases in Australia, 2002–2022: a retrospective descriptive analysis

Krista Verlis, Jessica F Davies, Forbes McGain, Hayden Burch, Alexandra L Barratt and Luise Kazda

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 570-575 Open Access

Effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccine boosters for reducing COVID‐19 mortality among people aged 65 years or older, Australia, August 2023 – February 2024: a retrospective observational cohort study

Bette Liu, Anish Scaria, Sandrine Stepien and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 418-422 Open Access

Medication delivery and dispensing interval preferences of people who use antihypertensive medications in Australia: a survey study

Carissa Bonner, Michael A Fajardo, Rachael M Keast, Emily Atkins, Niamh Chapman, Kristie R Weir, Anthony Rodgers and Aletta E Schutte

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 423-425 Open Access

Socio‐economic position and the prevalence of ten chronic diseases in Australia, 2021: a whole of population census data analysis

Joanna Y Gong, Emily D Williams, Agus Salim, Spiros Fourlanos, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 525-532 Open Access

Identifying modifiable causes of stress in clinicians and administrators working in New South Wales psychiatric emergency care centres, 2023–24: a qualitative study

Jacqueline P Huber, Alyssa Milton, Matthew Brewer, Kat Fry, Sean Evans, Jason Coulthard and Nicholas Glozier

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 410-417 Open Access

Opioids and the challenges of managing chronic non‐cancer pain in rural Australia: a qualitative study

Jessica A Thomas, Jill Benson, Philip Davidson and Paul R Ward

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 467-472 Open Access