Respiratory tract diseases

Research letters 20 Apr 2020

Exceedances of national air quality standards for particulate matter in Western Australia: sources and health‐related impacts

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 280-281 Free

Research 13 Apr 2020

Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID‐19 in Australia

Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Jason Roberts, Katherine Bond, Thomas Tran, Renata Kostecki, Yano Yoga, William Naughton, George Taiaroa, Torsten Seemann, Mark B Schultz, Benjamin P Howden, Tony M Korman, Sharon R Lewin, Deborah A Williamson and Mike G Catton

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 459-462 Free

Editorials 13 Apr 2020

SARS‐CoV‐2, the medical profession, ventilator beds, and mortality predictions: personal reflections of an Australian clinician

Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 302-303 Free

Research 13 Apr 2020

Corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)

Lei Zha, Shirong Li, Lingling Pan, Boris Tefsen, Yeshan Li, Neil French, Liyun Chen, Gang Yang and Elmer V Villanueva

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 416-420 Free

Letters 13 Apr 2020

COVID‐19 precautions: easier said than done when patients are homeless

Lisa J Wood, Andrew P Davies and Zana Khan

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 384-384.e1 Free

Research letters 23 Mar 2020

Unprecedented smoke‐related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman, Geoffrey G Morgan, Bin B Jalaludin and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 282-283 Free

Narrative reviews 16 Sep 2019

Pulmonary challenges of prolonged journeys to space: taking your lungs to the moon

G Kim Prisk

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): 271-276

Narrative review 16 Sep 2019

Perioperative considerations in the management of obstructive sleep apnoea

Nicolette R Holt, Glenn Downey and Matthew T Naughton

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 326-332

Editorial 15 Jul 2019

Screening for sleep apnoea: achieving both sensitivity and specificity

David R Hillman

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 64-65

Editorials 3 Jun 2019

Assessing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease in Australia

Hannah C Moore and Christopher C Blyth

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 444-445

Research 27 May 2019

Detecting sleep apnoea syndrome in primary care with screening questionnaires and the Epworth sleepiness scale

Chamara V Senaratna, Jennifer L Perret, Adrian Lowe, Gayan Bowatte, Michael J Abramson, Bruce Thompson, Caroline Lodge, Melissa Russell, Garun S Hamilton and Shyamali C Dharmage

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 65-70 Free

Research 27 May 2019