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Nervous system diseases

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Minimising harm: avoiding intubation for psychogenic non‐epileptic seizures

Stephen Bacchi, Santosh Verghese and Mark Slee

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (7): 364-365 Free

Ethics and law

Mainstreaming genomic testing: pre‐test counselling and informed consent

Michaela Cormack, Kathryn B Irving, Fiona Cunningham and Andrew P Fennell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): n/a-n/a Free

Reflection

Brain injury community: seeking action on Royal Commission findings

Bruce Powell and Joshua Powell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 20-21 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A thorny case of spastic paralysis

Travis Lines, Aadith Ashok, Sadid F Khan and Michael J Loftus

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 526-527

Consensus statement

Consensus statement for the management of incidentally found brain white matter hyperintensities in general medical practice

Thomas P Ottavi, Elizabeth Pepper, Grant Bateman, Mark Fiorentino and Amy Brodtmann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 278-284 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Fallibility and flaviviruses: a diagnostic lesson in Japanese encephalitis

Kate Proudmore, Vicki L Krause, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 253-254

Research

Non‐invasive ventilation for people with neuromuscular disorders in Australia and New Zealand: a qualitative study of clinician perspectives

Meredith A Perry, Bernadette Jones, Hemakumar Devan, Alister Neill, Amanda Piper and Tristram Ingham

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 270-274 Free

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

Narrative review

Prevalence, pathogenesis and spectrum of neurological symptoms in COVID‐19 and post‐COVID‐19 syndrome: a narrative review

Robb Wesselingh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 230-236 Free

Letters

Young‐onset dementia diagnosis, management and care

Samantha M Loi, Monica Cations and Dennis Velakoulis

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 90-90

Letters

Young‐onset dementia diagnosis, management and care

Melanie Bahlo

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 90-90

Research

Organ donation by children in Australia, 2000–2019: impact of the 2009 National Reform Program. A population‐based registry data study

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Hemichorea–hemiballismus due to hyperglycaemia

Manon Levy and Lucien Marchand

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 351-351

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Axial crystal arthropathy mimicking facet joint septic arthritis with epidural abscess

Hannah Poole, Amy Crowe and John Daffy

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 301-303

Medical education

Japanese encephalitis virus: changing the clinical landscape of encephalitis in Australia

Sarah Allen, Celia M Cooper, Ajay Taranath, Allen C Cheng and Philip N Britton

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 344-347

Perspectives

Assessing preparedness for Alzheimer disease‐modifying therapies in Australasian health care systems

Amy Brodtmann, David Darby, Carly Oboudiyat, Colin J Mahoney, Campbell Le Heron, Peter K Panegyres and Bruce Brew

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (6): 247-249 Free

Research letter

Different estimates of the prevalence of dementia in Australia, 2021

Annette J Dobson, Leon Flicker, Osvaldo P Almeida, Michael Waller and Kaarin Anstey

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 320-321 Free

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

Narrative review

Young‐onset dementia diagnosis, management and care: a narrative review

Samantha M Loi, Monica Cations and Dennis Velakoulis

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 182-189 Free

Letters

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

Monique Kilkenny, Amminadab L Eliakundu and Joosup Kim

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 96-96 Free

Letters

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

Xia Wang, Cheryl Carcel and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 96-96

Narrative review

The role of spinal surgery in the treatment of low back pain

Lachlan Evans, Thomas O’Donohoe, Andrew Morokoff and Katharine Drummond

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (1): 40-45 Free

Perspectives

Stroke in Australia: long term survivors have fallen into a black hole

Katharine Scrivener, Catherine Dean, Ian D Cameron and Louise Ada

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 290-291 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