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Narrative review

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest in Australia: a narrative review

Mark Dennis, Kiran Shekar and Aidan JC Burrell, For the National ECPR Working Group

Med J Aust 2023; (1): n/a-n/a Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to disseminated tuberculosis in a young adult with Crohn's disease

Rattanak Visal Hean, David A Sheffield, Kirsten Herbert and David Brewster

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 350-352

Research

Hospitalisations and in‐hospital deaths following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia, 2015–20: a registry data analysis for the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project

Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Biswadev Mitra, Yesul Kim, Afsana Afroz, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Jin Tee, Shane D'Angelo, Emma Solly, Oashe Bhattacharya, Mark C Fitzgerald, Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Biswadev Mitra, Yesul Kim, Afsana Afroz, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Jin Tee, Shane D'Angelo, Emma Solly, Oashe Bhattacharya and Mark C Fitzgerald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 316-324 Free

Research letter

Lower urgency care in the emergency department, and the suitability of general practice care as an alternative: a cross‐sectional study

Haomin S Wu and James L Mallows

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 166-167 Free

Perspectives

Defibrillator access across Australia: the first step in avoiding a chain of fatality

Elizabeth Paratz, Gregory J Page and Garry LR Jennings

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 146-148 Free

Research

The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children in Australian hospitals: a PREDICT network study

Laila Ibrahim, Catherine Wilson, Doris Tham, Mark Corden, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Amit Kochar, Ker Fern Tan, Shane George, Natalie T Phillips, Paul Buntine, Karen Robins‐Browne, Vimuthi Chong, Thomas Georgeson, Anna Lithgow, Sarah Davidson, Sharon O'Brien, Viet Tran and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 460-466 Free

Research

Mortality among people admitted to Australian intensive care units for reasons other than COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Sing Chee Tan, Tess Evans, Matthew L Durie, Paul J Secombe and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 467-473 Free

Editorials

Has the COVID‐19 pandemic unmasked the fragility of the Australian health care system?

Lucy E Kirk and Imogen Mitchell

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 457-458 Free

Editorials

The inter‐hospital transfer of critically ill patients with COVID‐19: a double‐edged sword

Peter T Morley

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 458-459 Free

Perspectives

Hospital congestion: a market solution to address delayed transfers of care from hospital beds

Benedict Rogers, Juan Paolo Legaspi and Tarun Bastiampillai

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 298-300 Free

Letters

Historic breakthrough for public access defibrillation in Australia

Joshua G Kovoor, Gregory J Page and Pramesh Kovoor

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 238-238 Free

Perspectives

Recent advances in critical care

Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid, Adam Deane and Rinaldo Bellomo

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 153-156 Free

Letters

The influence of ambulance offload time on 30‐day risks of death and re‐presentation for patients with chest pain

Luke P Dawson, Emily Nehme, Ziad Nehme, Karen Smith and Dion Stub

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 142-142

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Cervical cord infarction mimicking migraine in a patient with vertebral artery dissection

Alanna Rottler, Yew Li Dang, Wai Foong Hooi, David Burrows, Hong Kuan Kok and Douglas Crompton

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 111-112 Free

Editorials

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on emergency department presentations: an opportunity for renewal?

Amith Shetty and Jean‐Frederic Levesque

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 116-117 Free

Letters

The influence of ambulance offload time on 30‐day risks of death and re‐presentation for patients with chest pain

James L Mallows, Bridget Honan and Sierra Beck

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 142-142 Free

Research

Emergency department presentations during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Queensland (to June 2021): interrupted time series analysis

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 and Julia L Crilly

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 120-125 Free

Research

Twelve‐month mortality outcomes for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people admitted to intensive care units in Australia: a registry‐based data linkage study

Paul J Secombe, Alex Brown, Michael J Bailey, Sue Huckson, Shaila Chavan, Edward Litton and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 77-83 Free

Perspectives

Climate change can be seen through a disaster medicine lens

George Braitberg

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (9): 464-465 Free

Perspectives

Seafarers on the shore: issues raised by Australian doctors treating seafarers

John J Bockxmeer and Nilukshi Ranwala

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): 335-337 Free

Perspectives

Quality improvement strategies in trauma care: review and proposal of 31 novel quality indicators

Joshua G Kovoor, Jonathan Henry W Jacobsen and Zsolt J Balogh, for the Trauma Care Verification and Quality Improvement Writing Group †

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): 331-335 Free

Study protocol

The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project: a mixed methods study protocol

Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Yesul Kim, Biswadev Mitra, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Afsana Afroz, Shane D'Angelo, Jin Tee and Mark C Fitzgerald

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): 361-365 Free

Research letter

Primary headache drug treatment in emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand

Kevin Chu, Anne‐Maree Kelly, Frances Kinnear, Gerben Keijzers and Sinan Kamona

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): 366-367 Free

Editorials

Is D‐dimer the new test for venom‐induced consumption coagulopathy after snakebite?

Mark Little

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 191-192

Research

Differences in the pre‐hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales

Xia Wang, Cheryl Carcel, Benjumin Hsu, Sultana Shajahan, Matthew Miller, Sanne Peters, Deborah A Randall, Alys Havard, Julie Redfern, Craig S Anderson, Louisa Jorm and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 143-148 Free