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The Queensland IMplementation of PRecision Oncology in brEast cancer (Q‐IMPROvE) pilot study
Clinically meaningful outcomes can be achieved with matched germline/tumour whole genome sequencing
The Q‐IMPROvE study group
The South Australian Emergency Department Admission Blood Psychoactive Testing (EDABPT) program: first results
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
A rise in invasive and non‐invasive group A streptococcal disease case numbers in Melbourne in late 2022
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
Improving access to mental health care: a system dynamics model of direct access to specialist care and accelerated specialist service capacity growth
Improving mental health outcomes requires both direct access and accelerated specialist services growth
Catherine Vacher · Adam Skinner · Jo‐An Occhipinti · Sebastian Rosenberg · Nicholas Ho · Yun Ju Christine Song · Ian B Hickie
Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services
Although radiotherapy costs for most people are moderate, some face very high costs, and these vary markedly by location
Dan Liu · Serena Yu · Samuel BG Webster · Bahare Moradi · Philip Haywood · Jane Hall · Sanchia Aranda · Kees Gool
The cost‐effectiveness of coronary calcium score‐guided statin therapy initiation for Australians with family histories of premature coronary artery disease
Expanding eligibility for statin therapy should selectively target people with subclinical atherosclerosis rather than simply lowering treatment thresholds
Prasanna Venkataraman · Amanda L Neil · Geoffrey K Mitchell · Tony Stanton · Stephen Nicholls · Andrew M Tonkin · Gerald F Watts · Thomas H Marwick
Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019
People who attend reproductive health or alcohol and drug services should be routinely screened for syphilis
Allison Carter · Hamish McManus · James S Ward · Tobias Vickers · Jason Asselin · Greta Baillie · Eric PF Chow · Marcus Y Chen · Christopher K Fairley · Christopher Bourne · Anna McNulty · Phillip Read · Kevin Heath · Nathan Ryder · Jenny McCloskey · Christopher Carmody · Heather McCormack · Kate Alexander · Dawn Casey · Mark Stoove · Margaret E Hellard · Basil Donovan · Rebecca J Guy
Direct‐acting antiviral treatments in Australia for children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
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
Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia: a novel model of hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs at a medically supervised injecting facility
Streamlined, convenient hepatitis C care promotes engagement with treatment by people at particular risk
Michael B MacIsaac · Bradley Whitton · Adrian Hubble · Shelley Cogger · Matthew Penn · Anthony Weeks · Kasey Elmore · David Pemberton · Jenine Anderson · Rebecca Howard · Una McKeever · Timothy Papaluca · Margaret E Hellard · Mark Stoove · David Wilson · Alisa Pedrana · Joseph Doyle · Nico Clark · Jacinta Holmes · Alexander J Thompson
Different estimates of the prevalence of dementia in Australia, 2021
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
Neurosyphilis‐related hospital admissions, Australia, 2007–20
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 of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in Australia
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
Dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry assessment of bone health in Australian men with prostate cancer commencing androgen deprivation therapy
Health care professionals caring for men with prostate cancer starting ADT should ensure that their bone health is routinely assessed
Mariya F Hamid · Amy Hayden · Tania Moujaber · Sandra Turner · Howard Gurney · Mathis Grossmann · Peter Wong
The cost‐effectiveness of universal hepatitis B screening for reaching WHO diagnosis targets in Australia by 2030
Universal screening would be cost-effective only if the test cost is low and people receive appropriate clinical management
Yinzong Xiao · Margaret E Hellard · Alexander J Thompson · Christopher Seaman · Jess Howell · Nick Scott
Distress and career regret among Australian orthopaedic surgical trainees
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
Factors associated with hospitalisations and deaths of residential aged care residents with COVID‐19 during the Omicron (BA.1) wave in Queensland
Having received three COVID-19 vaccine doses was associated with much lower likelihood of hospitalisation or death
Robert J Ellis · Cameron RM Moffatt · Luke T Aaron · Greta Beaverson · Khin Chaw · Corinne Curtis · Rhett Freeman‐Lamb · Deborah Judd · Khadija Khatry · Yee Sum Li · Terry Nash · Bonnie Macfarlane · Karen Slater · Yudish Soonarane · Mark Stickley · Satyamurthy Anuradha
Emergency department presentations during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Queensland (to June 2021): interrupted time series analysis
Restrictions should be accompanied by advice about appropriate locations for seeking medical care, by condition severity and type
Amy L Sweeny · Gerben Keijzers · Andrea Marshall · Emma J Hall · Jamie Ranse · Ping Zhang · Gary Grant · Ya‐Ling Huang · Dinesh Palipana · Yang D Teng · Benjamin Gerhardy · Jaimi H Greenslade · Philip Jones · Julia L Crilly
Increasing screening for atrial fibrillation in general practice: the Atrial Fibrillation Self‐Screening, Management And guideline‐Recommended Therapy (AF Self‐SMART) study
AF self-screening in general practice waiting rooms is feasible, and could reduce the number of AF-related strokes
Katrina Giskes · Nicole Lowres · Jessica Orchard · JiaLin Li · Kirsty McKenzie · Charlotte Mary Hespe · Ben Freedman
Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in adults: Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry data, 2000–2019
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
E‐cigarette use by people who smoke or have recently quit, New South Wales, 2016–2020
The increase in e-cigarette use by younger people who smoke or have recently quit reflects their presentation and marketing
Becky Freeman · Katherine Owen · Sandra Rickards · Alecia Brooks · Philip J Clare · Anita Dessaix
The representation of women on Australian clinical practice guideline panels, 2010–2020
The gender balance of guideline panels should be improved to ensure high quality and equitable health care for all
Anna Shalit · Lauren Vallely · Renae Nguyen · Meghan Bohren · Agnes Wilson · Caroline SE Homer · Joshua Vogel
Associations between COVID‐19 and hospitalisation with respiratory and non‐respiratory conditions: a record linkage study
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with higher incidence of hospitalisation with several respiratory and non-respiratory conditions
Stacey L Rowe · Karin Leder · Kylie Dyson · Lalitha Sundaresan · Dennis Wollersheim · Brigid Lynch · Ifrah Abdullahi · Benjamin C Cowie · Nicola Stephens · Terence M Nolan · Sheena G Sullivan · Brett Sutton · Allen C Cheng
Non‐fatal opioid overdose after release from prison among men who injected drugs prior to their imprisonment: a prospective data linkage study
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
Twelve‐month mortality outcomes for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people admitted to intensive care units in Australia: a registry‐based data linkage study
After adjusting for age and other factors, survival outcomes are poorer for Indigenous than non-Indigenous people admitted to ICUs
Paul J Secombe · Alex Brown · Michael J Bailey · Sue Huckson · Shaila Chavan · Edward Litton · David Pilcher
Ethics guidelines use and Indigenous governance and participation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a national survey
Barriers that limit the oversight of and participation of Indigenous people in Indigenous health research should be overcome
Luke J Burchill · Aneta Kotevski · Daniel LM Duke · Jeanette E Ward · Megan Prictor · Karen E Lamb · Michelle Kennedy
