Research

The clinical significance of asymptomatic infection is uncertain, and routine testing is not recommended

James D Stewart · Brooke Webb · Michelle Francis · Maryza Graham · Tony M Korman

Mental disorders in children known to child protection services during early childhood

Melissa J. Green · Gabrielle Hindmarsh · Maina Kariuki · Kristin R. Laurens · Amanda L Neil · Ilan Katz · Marilyn Chilvers · Felicity Harris · Vaughan J Carr

Changes in the modes of twin birth in Victoria, 1983–2015

Yizhen (Amy) Liu · Mary‐Ann Davey · Rilka Lee · Kirsten R Palmer · Euan M Wallace

The decline in codeine-related presentations was not associated with a rise in alternative opioid-related presentations

Keith Harris · Andrew Jiang · Robert Knoeckel · Katherine Z Isoardi

Glucose and HbA1c screening alone does not increase detection of previously unidentified diabetes in patients admitted from EDs

N Wah Cheung · Lesley V Campbell · Gregory R Fulcher · Patrick McElduff · Barbara Depczynski · Shamasunder Acharya · John Carter · Bernard Champion · Roger Chen · David Chipps · Jeff Flack · Jen Kinsella · Margaret Layton · Mark McLean · Robert G Moses · Kris Park · Ann M Poynten · Carol Pollock · Debbie Scadden · Katherine T Tonks · Mary Webber · Chris White · Vincent Wong · Sandy Middleton

The current method for calculating lifetime risks overestimates these risks, especially for men

Anthea C Bach · Kelvin SE Lo · Thanya Pathirana · Paul P Glasziou · Alexandra L Barratt · Mark A Jones · Katy JL Bell

Universal tumour testing strategies for guiding germline genetic testing are likely to be cost-effective compared with no testing

Yoon‐Jung Kang · James Killen · Michael Caruana · Kate Simms · Natalie Taylor · Ian M Frayling · Tristan Snowsill · Nicola Huxley · Veerle MH Coupe · Suzanne Hughes · Victoria Freeman · Alex Boussioutas · Alison H Trainer · Robyn L Ward · Gillian Mitchell · Finlay A Macrae · Karen Canfell

Breast cancer detection, recall for assessment, and screen reading time were each higher for tomosynthesis than standard mammography

Nehmat Houssami · Darren Lockie · Michelle Clemson · Vicki Pridmore · David Taylor · Georgina Marr · Jill Evans · Petra Macaskill

More systematic data collection could assist clinicians and patients when considering overseas travel for organ transplantation

Georgia Smith · Diba Gujari · Oscar Russell · Lyle Palmer · Maeghan Toews · Germaine Wong · Wai Lim · Stephen McDonald · Phillip Clayton · Dominique Martin · Patrick T Coates

Routine screening of older ICU patients for frailty could improve outcome prediction and inform health care planning

Jai N Darvall · Rinaldo Bellomo · Eldho Paul · Ashwin Subramaniam · John D Santamaria · Sean M Bagshaw · Sumeet Rai · Ruth E Hubbard · David Pilcher

The availability of helmets and the enforcement of helmet rules by police must be ensured

Narelle L Haworth · Amy Schramm

The most frequent reason for retrieval, myocardial infarction, requires early treatment and extensive long term management

Fergus W Gardiner · Alice M Richardson · Lara Bishop · Abby Harwood · Elli Gardiner · Lauren Gale · Narcissus Teoh · Robyn M Lucas · Martin Laverty

The proportion of head injuries that is acutely clinically significant is greater for recreational sports than for contact sports associated with risk of concussion

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 · Franz E Babl

Gender details must be better captured to facilitate appropriate planning of sexual health services

Denton Callander · Teddy Cook · Phillip Read · Margaret E Hellard · Christopher K Fairley · John M Kaldor · Emanuel Vlahakis · Alisa Pollack · Christopher Bourne · Darren B Russell · Rebecca J Guy · Basil Donovan

Increasing ICU size may have improved health care system efficiency

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

Excisional biopsy remains the most appropriate diagnostic biopsy technique for invasive melanoma

Sara L de Menezes · John W Kelly · Rory Wolfe · Helen Farrugia · Victoria J Mar

The availability of paracetamol needs to be restricted to stem the increasing number of overdoses

Rose Cairns · Jared A Brown · Claire E Wylie · Andrew H Dawson · Geoffrey K Isbister · Nicholas A Buckley

Mental and behavioural disorders in rural and remote communities trigger a considerable number of RFDS retrievals

Fergus W Gardiner · Mathew Coleman · Narcissus Teoh · Abby Harwood · Neil T Coffee · Lauren Gale · Lara Bishop · Martin Laverty

The two-dose schedule currently recommended in Australia provides better protection than a one-dose regimen

Scott W White · Janice C Cheng · Blagica Penova‐Veselinovic · Carol Wang · Melanie White · Bernie Ingleby · Christine Arnold · Craig E Pennell

Preventing cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians must take their individual perspectives and socio-economic conditions into account

Markus Juonala · Pauline Sjöholm · Katja Pahkala · Susan Ellul · Noora Kartiosuo · Belinda Davison · Gurmeet R Singh

Strategies for helping parents manage the screen time of their children from early infancy should be investigated

Leigh Tooth · Katrina Moss · Richard Hockey · Gita D Mishra

Leprosy remains a significant problem in PNG, and assistance from Australia would help both countries

Allison Hempenstall · Simon Smith · Josh Hanson

Glucometric analysis supported by networked glucose meter technology can promote safe diabetes care in hospitals

Mervyn Kyi · Peter G Colman · Lois M Rowan · Katie A Marley · Paul R Wraight · Spiros Fourlanos

Culturally appropriate, targeted strategies are required for improving prescribing for older people in remote Aboriginal communities

Amy Page · Zoë Hyde · Kate Smith · Christopher Etherton‐Beer · David N Atkinson · Leon Flicker · Linda Skeaf · Roslyn Malay · Dina C LoGiudice

Tensions between practice and policy, and between student learning and patient safety require careful balance

Anna Therese Ryan · Caleb Fisher · Neville Chiavaroli