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Anaphylaxis in Victoria: presentations to emergency departments, with a focus on drug‐ and antimicrobial‐related cases
Understanding drug-related anaphylaxis could improve prescribing practice in Australia
George P Drewett · Jess Encena · Joy Gregory · Lucinda Franklin · Jason A Trubiano
Influence of rural clinical school experience and rural origin on practising in rural communities five and eight years after graduation
Recruitment to and retention in rural practice were higher among graduates with extended RCS experience
Alexa N Seal · Denese Playford · Matthew R McGrail · Lara Fuller · Penny L Allen · Julie M Burrows · Julian R Wright · Suzanne Bain‐Donohue · David Garne · Laura G Major · Georgina M Luscombe
Long‐acting reversible contraception use after medical abortion is associated with reduced likelihood of a second medical abortion
Understanding of the benefits of early, reliable contraception after an abortion needs improving among health care practitioners and women
Luke E Grzeskowiak · Alice R Rumbold · Asvini Subasinghe · Danielle Mazza · Kirsten I Black · Helen Calabretto · Jenni Ilomäki
The COVID Positive Pathway: a collaboration between public health agencies, primary care, and metropolitan hospitals in Melbourne
About 80% of participants could be adequately supported by primary care and community organisations
Seok Ming Lim · Nicole L Allard · Janelle Devereux · Benjamin C Cowie · Michelle Tydeman · Alistair Miller · Khanh Ho · Brigitte Cleveland · Liz Singleton · Karen Aarons · Paul Eleftheriou · Thomas Chan · George Braitberg · Andrea Maier
Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy and Quitline support before elective surgery: a randomised controlled trial
Systematically offering cessation support is a low cost means for encouraging elective surgery patients to quit
Ashley R Webb · Lisa Coward · Darshana Meanger · Samuel Leong · Sarah L White · Ron Borland
Detecting primary aldosteronism in Australian primary care: a prospective study
GPs actively screening for primary aldosteronism could facilitate early treatment of this readily managed form of secondary hypertension
Renata Libianto · Grant M Russell · Michael Stowasser · Stella M Gwini · Peta Nuttall · Jimmy Shen · Morag J Young · Peter J Fuller · Jun Yang
Achieving lipid targets within 12 months of an acute coronary syndrome: an observational analysis
Optimising lipid control could include more intensive therapy and combinations of medications, including novel agents
Noor Alsadat · Karice Hyun · Farzaneh Boroumand · Craig Juergens · Leonard Kritharides · David B Brieger
The distribution of ABO RhD blood groups in Australia, based on blood donor and blood sample pathology data
The distribution of blood groups has changed since 1993‒94, reflecting changes in the demographic characteristics of Australia
Rena Hirani · Natalie Weinert · David O Irving
Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018
Adjusted 30-day and 12-month rates declined for patients who underwent surgery
Lara Harvey · Ian A Harris · Rebecca J Mitchell · Adrian Webster · Ian D Cameron · Louisa Jorm · Hannah Seymour · Pooria Sarrami · Jacqueline Close
Area‐level social and economic factors and the local incidence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections in Victoria during 2020
Socio-economic factors may have contributed to the non-homogeneous incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections across Victoria during 2020
Christine Roder · Callum Maggs · Bridgette J McNamara · Daniel O'Brien · Amanda J Wade · Catherine Bennett · Julie A Pasco · Eugene Athan
Changes in five‐year survival for people with acute leukaemia in South Australia, 1980–2016
More effective therapies are needed for acute leukaemia, particularly for people over 50 years of age at diagnosis
Kerri Beckmann · Brendon J Kearney · David Yeung · Devendra Hiwase · Ming Li · David M Roder
Sentinel lymph node biopsy rates in Victoria, 2018 and 2019
The optimal use of online risk tools in practice and barriers to patient access should be investigated
Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank
Clinicians and policymakers should develop measures that further mitigate the risk of sport-related repetitive head injury
Catherine M Suter · Andrew J Affleck · Maggie Lee · Alan J Pearce · Linda E Iles · Michael E Buckland
Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19
Increasing same-day procedure rates will involve a complex interplay of pre-and post-operative decisions by hospitals, surgeons, and patients
Joanna MZ Mills · Georgina M Luscombe · Thomas J Hugh
The prevalence of tinnitus in the Australian working population
Workers at particular risk of tinnitus need targeted interventions that reduce its impact on their quality of life
Kate Lewkowski · Jane Heyworth · Elinor Ytterstad · Warwick Williams · Helen Goulios · Lin Fritschi
Medication not accounted for in hospital electronic medication administration records: a retrospective observational study
Almost 20% of units supplied to medical and surgical wards and emergency department were not administered to patients
Kimberly Walker · Andrew M Harding · Julina Tran · Paul Wembridge · Kent Garrett · Kent MacMillan · Olivia Rofe · Nicholas Jones · David Taylor
Hospital‐acquired complications: the relative importance of hospital‐ and patient‐related factors
Complication rates reflect casemix and patient characteristics more than hospital factors and quality of care
Graeme J Duke · John L Moran · Andrew D Bersten · Shailesh Bihari · Owen Roodenburg · Jonathan Karnon · Steven Hirth · Paul Hakendorf · John D Santamaria
Competing risks of death and kidney failure in a cohort of Australian adults with severe chronic kidney disease
Clinical guidelines should include recommendations about holistic supportive care for older patients, not just dialysis and transplantation
Matthew D Jose · Rajesh Raj · Kim Jose · Alex Kitsos · Tim Saunder · Charlotte McKercher · Jan Radford
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006–18
A patient register and control program could help reduce the considerable morbidity and mortality caused by ARF and RHD
Jane Oliver · Myra Hardy · Joshua Osowicki · Daniel Engelman · Andrew C Steer · Katherine Gibney
Second SARS‐CoV‐2 infections twelve months after initial infections in Australia, confirmed by genomic analysis
Awareness of the possibility of reinfection should be promoted to encourage vaccination, testing, and protective behaviours
The Victorian SARS‐CoV‐2 Reinfection Study Group
Cost‒utility analysis of breast reduction surgery for women with symptomatic breast hypertrophy
Healthcare systems in all Australian states should support access to surgery for both private and public patients
Tamara A Crittenden · Julie Ratcliffe · David I Watson · Christine Mpundu‐Kaambwa · Nicola R Dean
Incidence and causes of early unplanned readmission after hospitalisation with peripheral arterial disease in Australia and New Zealand
Early unplanned readmissions are often potentially preventable; averting them could improve clinical outcomes for people with PAD
Vanessa Woelk · Peter Speck · Billingsley Kaambwa · Robert A Fitridge · Isuru Ranasinghe
Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey
Screening by GPs for six major risk factors and brief interventions in primary care or schools may help
the Heath4Life team †
Increasing ICU capacity to accommodate higher demand during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Maximising the availability of trained staff and coordinated matching of ICU capacity with demand are urgently needed
Edward Litton · Sue Huckson · Shaila Chavan · Tamara Bucci · Anthony Holley · Evan Everest · Sean Kelly · Steven McGloughlin · Johnny Millar · Nhi Nguyen · Mark Nicholls · Paule Secombe · David Pilcher
Social and occupational outcomes for young people who attend early intervention mental health services: a longitudinal study
Young people need dynamic service models that emphasise multidisciplinary interventions and measurement-based care
Frank Iorfino · Joanne S Carpenter · Shane PM Cross · Jacob Crouse · Tracey A Davenport · Daniel F Hermens · Hannah Yee · Alissa Nichles · Natalia Zmicerevska · Adam Guastella · Elizabeth M Scott · Ian B Hickie
