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Invasive group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory and the impact of melioidosis antibiotic prophylaxis
An intersectoral response to improving the social determinants of skin health is needed, particularly in remote communities
Johanna M Birrell · Rowena Boyd · Bart J Currie · Nicholas M Anstey · Asanga Abeyaratne · Sandawana William Majoni · Vicki L Krause
Long term all‐cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among women who undergo fertility treatment
Reassuringly, fertility treatment does not increase long term all-cause or CVD mortality risk
Stephanie R Yiallourou · Dianna Magliano · Tilahun N Haregu · Melinda J Carrington · Daniel L Rolnik · Luk Rombauts · Andre Rodrigues · Jocasta Ball · Fiona J Bruinsma · Fabricio Da Silva Costa
Clinical signs of trachoma and laboratory evidence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a remote Queensland community: a serial cross‐sectional study
Assessing progress to trachoma elimination in Australia and elsewhere should therefore incorporate laboratory testing
Kathleen D Lynch · Wendy Morotti · Garry Brian · Lenore Ketchup · Kozue Kingston · Mitchell Starr · Robert S Ware · Beth Everill · Nazihah Asgar · Anne O'Keefe · Lisa J Whop · John M Kaldor · Stephen B Lambert
The management of peri‐operative anaemia in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a prospective cohort study
The management of peri-operative anaemia after major abdominal surgery should be standardised to improve patient outcomes
The POSTVenTT Study Collaborative*
Changes to design and analysis elements of research plans during randomised controlled trials in Australia
The documentation of changes made to research protocols should be formalised to improve transparency
Xanthi Coskinas · R John Simes · Andrew J Martin
Late termination of pregnancy at a major Queensland tertiary hospital, 2010–2020
Safe late termination services are essential for equitable reproductive health care for women
Shannyn Rosser · Renuka Sekar · Johanna Laporte · Gregory J Duncombe · Alexa Bendall · Christoph Lehner · Carol Portmann · Pauline McGrath · Karin Lust · Peter Ganter · Sailesh Kumar
Long term risk of distant metastasis in women with non‐metastatic breast cancer and survival after metastasis detection: a population‐based linked health records study
DM risk declines with time from diagnosis, and the risk of breast cancer death declines with time from initial DM detection
Sarah (Sally) J Lord · Benjamin Daniels · Belinda E Kiely · Dianne L O'Connell · Jane Beith · Sallie Pearson · Kim‐Lin Chiew · Max K Bulsara · Nehmat Houssami
Primary headache drug treatment in emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand
Evidence-based guideline recommendations are not always followed in the ED
Kevin Chu · Anne‐Maree Kelly · Frances Kinnear · Gerben Keijzers · Sinan Kamona
Hospital costs and factors associated with days alive and at home after surgery (DAH30)
As a practical proxy measure of quality of care, DAH30 could be used to assess overall improvement in patient outcomes
Jennifer R Reilly · Paul S Myles · Darren Wong · Stephane R Heritier · Wendy A Brown · Toby Richards · Max Bell
Myocarditis after COVID‐19 mRNA vaccination in Australia
The long term consequences of myocardial injury with vaccine-associated myocarditis warrant further investigation
Suraj K Varma · Ari E Horton · Anna L Taylor · Michael R Ditchfield · Sarah A Hope · Srinidhi JV Rao
COVID‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum
Community support for children with special care needs could reduce the number of COVID-19-related hospitalisations
Phoebe Williams · Archana Koirala · Gemma L Saravanos · Laura K Lopez · Catherine Glover · Ketaki Sharma · Tracey Williams · Emma Carey · Nadine Shaw · Emma Dickens · Neela Sitaram · Joanne Ging · Paula Bray · Nigel W Crawford · Brendan McMullan · Kristine Macartney · Nicholas Wood · Elizabeth L Fulton · Christine Lau · Philip N Britton
Differences in the pre‐hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales
Refining the assessment of symptoms in women in pre-hospital emergency services care could improve patient outcomes
Xia Wang · Cheryl Carcel · Benjumin Hsu · Sultana Shajahan · Matthew Miller · Sanne Peters · Deborah A Randall · Alys Havard · Julie Redfern · Craig S Anderson · Louisa Jorm · Mark Woodward
Infant feeding patterns before and after changes to food allergy prevention guidelines in Australia
Timely introduction of allergens did not reduce breastfeeding or increase extremely early introduction to solid foods
Jennifer Koplin · Victoria Soriano · Merryn Netting · Rachel Peters
The acceptability and usability of two HIV self‐test kits among men who have sex with men: a randomised crossover trial
It is important to provide options for obtaining both oral fluid- and blood-based HIV self-tests
Dana YL Lee · Jason J Ong · Kirsty Smith · Muhammad S Jamil · Ruthy McIver · Rebecca Wigan · Kate Maddaford · Anna McNulty · John M Kaldor · Christopher K Fairley · Benjamin Bavinton · Marcus Chen · Eric PF Chow · Andrew E Grulich · Martin Holt · Damian P Conway · Mark Stoove · Handan Wand · Rebecca J Guy
The short term safety of COVID‐19 vaccines in Australia: AusVaxSafety active surveillance, February – August 2021
AusVaxSafety active surveillance affirms the short term safety of Comirnaty and Vaxzevria vaccines in a large population sample
Lucy Deng · Catherine Glover · Michael Dymock · Alexis Pillsbury · Julie A Marsh · Helen E Quinn · Alan Leeb · Patrick Cashman · Thomas L Snelling · Nicholas Wood · Kristine Macartney
The influence of ambulance offload time on 30‐day risks of death and re‐presentation for patients with chest pain
Longer ambulance offload times are associated with greater 30-day risks of death and ambulance re-attendance
Luke P Dawson · Emily Andrew · Michael Stephenson · Ziad Nehme · Jason Bloom · Shelley Cox · David Anderson · Jeffrey Lefkovits · Andrew J Taylor · David Kaye · Karen Smith · Dion Stub
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
People in intensive care with COVID‐19: demographic and clinical features during the first, second, and third pandemic waves in Australia
Higher in-hospital mortality during the third wave may reflect the virulence of Delta or the higher number of ICU admissions
Husna Begum · Ary S Neto · Patricia Alliegro · Tessa Broadley · Tony Trapani · Lewis T Campbell · Allen C Cheng · Winston Cheung · D James Cooper · Simon J Erickson · Craig J French · Edward Litton · Richard McAllister · Alistair Nichol · Annamaria Palermo · Mark P Plummer · Hannah Rotherham · Mahesh Ramanan · Benjamin Reddi · Claire Reynolds · Steven AR Webb · Andrew A Udy · Aidan Burrell
D-dimer testing for early detection of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy after snakebite in Australia (ASP-29)
Quantitative D-dimer assessment 2‒6 hours after snakebite could aid early diagnosis of envenoming with venom-induced consumption coagulopathy
Geoffrey K Isbister · Tina Noutsos · Shane Jenkins · Katherine Z Isoardi · Jessamine Soderstrom · Nicholas A Buckley
The incidence of falls after first and second eye cataract surgery: a longitudinal cohort study
Timely and equitable access to cataract surgery can prevent fall-related injuries and support healthy ageing
Lisa Keay · Kam Chun Ho · Kris Rogers · Peter McCluskey · Andrew JR White · Nigel Morlet · Jonathon Q Ng · Ecosse Lamoureux · Konrad Pesudovs · Fiona J Stapleton · Soufiane Boufous · Jessie Huang‐Lung · Anna Palagyi
N95 respirators: quantitative fit test pass rates and usability and comfort assessment by health care workers
Fit test results and performance evaluation by health care workers should be incorporated into respirator procurement decision making
Irene Ng · Benjamin Kave · Fiona Begg · Charles R Bodas · Reny Segal · Daryl Williams
Improved life expectancy for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1999–2018: overall and by underlying cause of death
Life expectancy increased more rapidly for Indigenous than non-Indigenous people but the gap remains considerable
Yuejen Zhao · Shu Qin Li · Tom Wilson · C Paul Burgess
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