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Respiratory tract diseases

Lessons from practice

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia: a rare cause of cough in immigrants to Australia

Michelle K Yong, Caroline L Marshall and Damon P Eisen

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): 416-418 Free

Snapshot

Apical lung hernia

Jyotsna M Joshi

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 368 Free

Health care

Successful lung transplantation for adolescents at a hospital for adults

Judith M Morton, Monique A Malouf, Marshall L Plit, Phillip M Spratt and Allan R Glanville

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 278-282 Free

Editorials

Lung transplantation: does age make a difference?

Gregory I Snell, Glen P Westall and Trevor J Williams

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 260-261

Research

Asthma among school children in the Barwon region of Victoria

Peter J Vuillermin, Mike South, John B Carlin, Maree I Biscan, Sharon L Brennan and Colin F Robertson

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 221-224 Free

Correction

Use of thoracic computed tomography by general practitioners

Graham Simpson and Garry S Hartrick

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 256

Letters

The effects of oxygen therapy in patients presenting to an emergency department with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Andrew W Dent, George A Jelinek, Sandra L Neate, Tracey J Weiland and Ann-Maree Kelly

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 253-254

Letters

The effects of oxygen therapy in patients presenting to an emergency department with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Simon A Joosten, David Smallwood, Mariko S Koh, Louis B Irving and Xiaoning Bu

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 253-254

Book reviews

Better care for respiratory infections

Nigel P Stocks

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 114

Research

Trends in medication use for asthma in school-entry children in the Australian Capital Territory, 2000–2005

Christine B Phillips, Helen Toyne, Karen Ciszek, Robyn G Attewell and Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 10-13 Free

For debate

Point-of-care tests for lower respiratory tract infections

Patrick G P Charles and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 36-39 Free

Improving practice

Use of thoracic computed tomography by general practitioners

Graham Simpson and Garry S Hartrick

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 43-46 Free

Health care

Domiciliary oxygen therapy services in Tasmania: prescription, usage and impact of a specialist clinic

Andrew Jones, Richard Wood-Baker and E Haydn Walters

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 632-634 Free

Obituary

Cyril Percival Victorious Evans OBE, MB BS, DTM, FRCP, FRACP, FRACMA

David B Evans and David de Souza

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 457 Free

Occupational health

Mushroom worker’s lung: organic dust exposure in the spawning shed

Ryan F Hoy, Jeffrey J Pretto, David van Gelderen and Christine F McDonald

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 472-474

Lessons from practice

A fatal case of necrotising pneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

David C Risson, Enda D O’Connor, Roger W Guard, Jacqueline M Schooneveldt and Graeme R Nimmo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 479-480 Free

Research

Trends in hospital admissions and mortality from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australia, 1993–2003

David H Wilson, Graeme Tucker, Peter Frith, Sarah Appleton, Richard E Ruffin and Robert J Adams

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (8): 408-411 Free

Snapshot

Pulmonary artery aneurysm

Zubair Ahmad, Imrana Masood and Saurabh K Singh

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 314 Free

Improving clinical care

Revisiting oxygen therapy in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Iven H Young

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 239

Improving clinical care

The effects of oxygen therapy in patients presenting to an emergency department with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Simon A Joosten, Mariko S Koh, Xiaoning Bu, David Smallwood and Louis B Irving

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 235-238 Free

Notable cases

Potential link between HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) use and interstitial lung disease

Tim Walker, Joe McCaffery and Chris Steinfort

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 91-94 Free

Letters

Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Michael Montalto

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 102-103

Letters

Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Patrick J Bradley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 102-103

Letters

Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Patrick G P Charles, Paul D R Johnson and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 102-103

MJA Practice Essentials — Allergy

6: Rhinitis and asthma: united airway disease

Janet Rimmer and John W Ruhno

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 565-571 Free