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Research

The health and economic burden of breathlessness, Australia, 2019: a national survey

Anthony P Sunjaya, Leanne M Poulos, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Thomas Lung, Guy B Marks, Helen K Reddel and Christine R Jenkins

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (6): 324-332 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Smouldering COVID‐19 XBB.1.5. subvariant pneumonitis: a case report

Sara Davison, Tanmay Kanitkar, Dimitrios Menouhos, Thomas Ewin, Catherine S Marshall, Peter Boan and Sonja Janson

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 244-245 Free

Letter to the editor / Comment

The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study

Jeremy L Millar

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 226-226 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Asbestosis in an Australian brake mechanic

Aruvi Thiruvarudchelvan, Elizabeth Silverstone and Deborah Yates

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (3): 145-146

Research

Outcomes for people admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units with primary, exacerbating, or incidental SARS‐CoV‐2 infections, 2022–23: a retrospective analysis of ANZICS data

Alastair Brown, Andrew Udy, Martyn Kirk, Sonya Bennett, Shaila Chavan, Sue Huckson and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 209-216 Free

Research

Which reference equation should we use for interpreting spirometry values for First Nations Australians? A cross‐sectional study

Andrew J Collaro, Rachel Foong, Anne B Chang, Julie M Marchant, Tamara L Blake, Johanna F Cole, Glenn Pearson, Rebecca Hii, Henry Brown, Mark D Chatfield, Graham Hall and Margaret S McElrea

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 523-529 Free

Letters

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

Peter AB Wark and Julie M Marchant

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 492-492 Free

Letters

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

Richard Turner and Surinder Birring

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 435-435 Free

Letters

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

Julie M Marchant, Anne B Chang and Peter AB Wark

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 435-436 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Catheter‐related superior vena cava syndrome: an increasing problem

John J Harvey, John I Vrazas, Elhamy Bekhit, Chris Barnes and Philip J Robinson

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (5): 238-240 Free

Research

The effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against infection, 2012–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Lisa McHugh, Heather A D’Antoine, Mohinder Sarna, Michael J Binks, Hannah C Moore, Ross M Andrews, Gavin F Pereira, Christopher C Blyth, Paul Van Buynder, Karin Lust and Annette K Regan

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 196-201 Free

Letters

Inter‐hospital transfer and clinical outcomes for people with COVID‐19 admitted to intensive care units in Australia

Prashant Maan, Anup Bansal and Vineet Nayyar

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 218-218 Free

Research

The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study

Anne E Holland, Daniel Fineberg, Tunya Marceau, Melissa Chong, Jessica Beaman, Lisa Wilson, Jo‐Anne Buchanan, Jacqueline Uren, Simone Dal Corso, Natasha A Lannin, Mariana Hoffman, Christie R Mellerick, Kathya Fernando and Janet Bondarenko

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 91-96 Free

Perspectives

Chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children, adolescents and adults in Australia and New Zealand: TSANZ position statement summary

Keith Grimwood, Emma Kennedy, Maree Toombs, Paul J Torzillo and Anne B Chang

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 516-519 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: an unexpected differential diagnosis for a solitary lung lesion

Sigrid G Theodore, Hannah J Sawkins, Manish Mathew, Sumit Yadav and Robert Norton

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 455-456

Position statement summary

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

Julie M Marchant, Anne B Chang, Emma Kennedy, David King, Jennifer L Perret, Andre Schultz, Maree R Toombs, Lesley Versteegh, Shyamali C Dharmage, Rebecca Dingle, Naomi Fitzerlakey, Johnson George, Anne Holland, Debbie Rigby, Jennifer Mann, Stuart Mazzone, Mearon O'Brien, Kerry‐Ann O'Grady, Helen L Petsky, Jonathan Pham, Sheree MS Smith, Danielle F Wurzel, Anne E Vertigan and Peter Wark

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 35-45 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

Perspectives

Lung cancer screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an opportunity to address health inequities

Alison Brown, Gail Garvey, Nicole M Rankin, Claire Nightingale and Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 398-401 Free

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

Editorials

Insomnia and lost productivity among young adults: there is still much work to do

Alan Young and Denise O'Driscoll

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 104-105

Research

Patterns of care for people with small cell lung cancer in Victoria, 2011–19: a retrospective, population‐based registry data study

Joanna Huang, Wasek Faisal, Margaret Brand, Shantelle Smith, Marliese Alexander, Lisa Briggs, Matthew Conron, Mary Duffy, Thomas John, David Langton, Jacqueline Lesage, Michael MacManus, Paul Mitchell, Inger Olesen, Phillip Parente, Jennifer Philip, Evangeline Samuel, Javier Torres, Craig R Underhill, John R Zalcberg, Susan Harden and Rob Stirling

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 120-126 Free

Perspectives

Sleepwalking towards more harm from asthma

Christine R Jenkins, Philip G Bardin, John Blakey, Kerry L Hancock, Peter Gibson and Vanessa M McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 49-52 Free

Research

Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults: a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort

Amy C Reynolds, Pieter Coenen, Bastien Lechat, Leon Straker, Juliana Zabatiero, Kath J Maddison, Robert J Adams and Peter Eastwood

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 107-112 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Simon Smith, James Stewart, Joshua Hanson, Julian Harris, Fred JJ Chuang, Gavin Quail, Bryan Hawarden, Roshni Lad, Shannon McNee, Benjamin McCartney, Tonia Marquardt, Ian Wilson, Catherine Tacon and Bernard CS Whitfield

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 446-448 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