Research

The burden of skin cancer is particularly high among patients with multiple lesions (about half of all patients)

Nirmala Pandeya · Catherine M Olsen · David C Whiteman

Diagnosing MODY and neonatal diabetes is important because their management (including family screening) and prognosis can differ significantly from those of types 1 and 2 diabetes

Timothy ME Davis · Ashley E Makepeace · Sian Ellard · Kevin Colclough · Kirsten Peters · Andrew Hattersley · Wendy A Davis

Clinical trials in maternal and perinatal health care can be valuable if their findings are adopted in clinical practice

Clarabelle T Pham · Jonathan D Karnon · Philippa F Middleton · Frank H Bloomfield · Katie M Groom · Caroline A Crowther · Ben W Mol

The untapped potential in Australia for DCD, particularly of kidneys and lungs, is significant

Sandeep S Rakhra · Helen I Opdam · Laura Gladkis · Byron Arcia · Michael A Fink · John Kanellis · Peter S Macdonald · Gregory I Snell · David V Pilcher

Joint replacement outcomes do not justify the costs of inpatient rehabilitation for many patients

Justine Maree Naylor · Andrew Hart · Rajat Mittal · Ian Harris · Wei Xuan

The availability and use of cataract services in Indigenous communities must be improved

Joshua Foreman · Jing Xie · Stuart Keel · Peter van Wijngaarden · Jonathan Crowston · Hugh R Taylor · Mohamed Dirani

Fatality rates have been reduced, but greater attention to preventing serious injury is needed

Ben Beck · Peter A Cameron · Mark C Fitzgerald · Rodney T Judson · Warwick Teague · Ronan A Lyons · Belinda J Gabbe

Reducing unnecessary objective testing of patients at low risk of an ACS should be encouraged

Louise Cullen · Jaimi H Greenslade · Tracey Hawkins · Chris Hammett · Shanen O'Kane · Kimberley Ryan · Kate Parker · Jessica Schluter · Emily Dalton · Anthony FT Brown · Martin Than · W Frank Peacock · Allan Jaffe · Peter K O'Rourke · William A Parsonage

An evidence-based accelerated diagnostic protocol achieved significant benefits for both patients and hospitals

William A Parsonage · Tanya Milburn · Sarah Ashover · Wade Skoien · Jaimi H Greenslade · Louise McCormack · Louise Cullen

Improving the rates of diabetes testing could achieve better health outcomes for Indigenous Australians

Christine L Paul · Paul Ishiguchi · Catherine A D'Este · Jonathan E Shaw · Rob W Sanson-Fisher · Kristy Forshaw · Alessandra Bisquera · Jennifer Robinson · Claudia Koller · Sandra J Eades

Rural clinical schools are critical for increasing the proportion of local graduates in the rural workforce

Denese Playford · Hanh Ngo · Surabhi Gupta · Ian B Puddey

Improving early diagnostic strategies is required to facilitate early administration of antivenom

Christopher I Johnston · Nicole M Ryan · Colin B Page · Nicholas A Buckley · Simon GA Brown · Margaret A O'Leary · Geoffrey K Isbister

CLBRs for complete cycles are meaningful estimates of success, reflecting contemporary clinical practice and encouraging safe practice

Georgina M Chambers · Repon C Paul · Katie Harris · Oisin Fitzgerald · Clare V Boothroyd · Luk Rombauts · Michael G Chapman · Louisa Jorm

Antibiotic prescribing in Australian general practice could be substantially reduced

Amanda R McCullough · Allan J Pollack · Malene Plejdrup Hansen · Paul P Glasziou · David FM Looke · Helena C Britt · Christopher B Del Mar

Good pathology test ordering habits need to be instilled early in a GP’s clinical career

Parker J Magin · Amanda Tapley · Simon Morgan · Kim Henderson · Elizabeth G Holliday · Andrew R Davey · Jean Ball · Nigel F Catzikiris · Katie J Mulquiney · Mieke L van Driel

Improving the quality, continuity, and cultural appropriateness of care is also important

Megan Carroll · Matthew J Spittal · Anna R Kemp-Casey · Nicholas G Lennox · David B Preen · Georgina Sutherland · Stuart A Kinner

Socio-economic disadvantage and health needs must be tackled together if further gains are to be made

Nick Georges · Steven L Guthridge · Shu Qin Li · John R Condon · Tony Barnes · Yuejen Zhao

Different approaches may be required to prevent and treat fall-related injuries to older Aboriginal people

Caroline Lukaszyk · Lara A Harvey · Catherine Sherrington · Jacqueline CT Close · Julieann Coombes · Rebecca J Mitchell · Robyn Moore · Rebecca Ivers

The increasing costs and disability associated with mental ill-health are not correlated with any increase in its prevalence

Samuel B Harvey · Mark Deady · Min-Jung Wang · Arnstein Mykletun · Peter Butterworth · Helen Christensen · Philip B Mitchell

Acupuncture is accepted by patients, and its analgesic effect in some conditions is comparable with that of pharmacotherapy

Marc M Cohen · De Villiers Smit · Nick Andrianopoulos · Michael Ben-Meir · David McD Taylor · Shefton J Parker · Chalie C Xue · Peter A Cameron

A national policy framework is needed to reduce the number of premature deaths in nursing homes

Joseph E Ibrahim · Lyndal Bugeja · Melissa Willoughby · Marde Bevan · Chebiwot Kipsaina · Carmel Young · Tony Pham · David L Ranson

Further strategies are needed to close evidence–practice gaps

Santhi Chalasani · David P Peiris · Tim Usherwood · Julie Redfern · Bruce C Neal · David R Sullivan · Stephen Colagiuri · Nicholas A Zwar · Qiang Li · Anushka Patel

Medical education should focus on moving graduates from feeling merely prepared to being well or extremely well prepared

Jenny Barr · Kathryn J Ogden · Kim Rooney · Iain Robertson

Rates of burn injuries are higher for Indigenous children than for non-Indigenous Australian children

Holger Möller · Lara Harvey · Kathleen Falster · Rebecca Ivers · Kathleen F Clapham · Louisa Jorm

Focus on glycaemic control from diagnosis onwards is needed to reduce the risk of severe retinopathy

Mary White · Matthew A Sabin · Costan G Magnussen · Michele A O'Connell · Peter G Colman · Fergus Cameron