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Statistics, Epidemiology and research design

Letters

Baby boomers and booze: we should be worried about how older Australians are drinking

Tim Roselli

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 381-381.e1

Letters

Baby boomers and booze: we should be worried about how older Australians are drinking

Ann M Roche and Victoria Kostadinov

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 382-382.e1

Systematic review/Meta‐analysis

Residual risk of infection with blood‐borne viruses in potential organ donors at increased risk of infection: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Karen MJ Waller, Nicole L De La Mata, Patrick J Kelly, Vidiya Ramachandran, William D Rawlinson, Kate R Wyburn and Angela C Webster

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 414-420

Perspectives

Evolution not revolution: the future of the randomised controlled trial in intensive care research

Sandra Peake, Anthony Delaney and Craig J French

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 303-305.e1

Perspectives

Difficulties in knowing which critical care trial data warrant change in practice

Benjamin Reddi, Mark Finnis and Sandra Peake

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 306-307.e1

Research letters

Health care for older people in rural and remote Australia: challenges for service provision

Fergus W Gardiner, Alice M Richardson, Lara Bishop, Abby Harwood, Elli Gardiner, Lauren Gale, Narcissus Teoh, Robyn M Lucas and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 363-364 Free

Letters

Record number of influenza tests in 2019, not a “mutant flu crisis”

Vicky Sheppeard, Robin Gilmour and Sean Tobin

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 333-333.e1

Perspectives

Machine learning in clinical practice: prospects and pitfalls

Ian A Scott, David Cook, Enrico W Coiera and Brent Richards

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 203-205.e1

Research letters

Leprosy in Far North Queensland: almost gone, but not to be forgotten

Allison Hempenstall, Simon Smith and Josh Hanson

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 182-183 Free

Letters

Adjunctive bacteriophage therapy for prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus

Timothy Gilbey, Josephine Ho, Louise A Cooley, Aleksandra Petrovic Fabijan and Jonathan R Iredell

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 142-143.e1

Editorials

Interpreting the “league tables of death”: advance Australia backwards?

Adrian E Bauman

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 400-401

Editorials

Improving recruitment for clinical trials: the human touch

Pardeep S Jhund

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 401-402

Research

Slower increase in life expectancy in Australia than in other high income countries: the contributions of age and cause of death

Alan D Lopez and Tim Adair

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 403-409 Free

Research

Traumatic spinal cord injury in Victoria, 2007–2016

Ben Beck, Peter A Cameron, Sandra Braaf, Andrew Nunn, Mark C Fitzgerald, Rodney T Judson, Warwick J Teague, Alyse Lennox, James W Middleton, James E Harrison and Belinda J Gabbe

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (8): 360-366 Free

Research

Evaluating recruitment strategies for AUSPICE, a large Australian community‐based randomised controlled trial

Roseanne Peel, Shu Ren, Alexis Hure, Tiffany‐Jane Evans, Catherine A D'Este, Walter P Abhayaratna, Andrew M Tonkin, Ingrid Hopper, Amanda G Thrift, Christopher R Levi, Jonathan Sturm, David Durrheim, Joseph Hung, Tom G Briffa, Derek P Chew, Phil Anderson, Lynelle Moon, Mark McEvoy, Philip M Hansbro, David A Newby and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 409-415 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: what it is and when it should be used

Michael J Campbell, Karla Hemming and Monica Taljaard

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): 253-254

Expanding the evidence base in digital health

Digital health benefits evaluation frameworks: building the evidence to support Australia's National Digital Health Strategy

Janice S Biggs, Andrea Willcocks, Mitchell Burger and Meredith AB Makeham

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): S9-S11 Free

Expanding the evidence base in digital health

Gathering data for decisions: best practice use of primary care electronic records for research

Rachel Canaway, Douglas IR Boyle, Jo‐Anne E Manski‐Nankervis, Jessica Bell, Jane S Hocking, Ken Clarke, Malcolm Clark, Jane M Gunn and Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): S12-S16 Free

Perspectives

Monitoring the missing half: why reporting adolescent births is insufficient

Jennifer L Marino and Susan M Sawyer

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 198-201

Research

Seroprevalence of Q fever among metropolitan and non‐metropolitan blood donors in New South Wales and Queensland, 2014–2015

Heather F Gidding, Helen M Faddy, David N Durrheim, Stephen R Graves, Chelsea Nguyen, Penny Hutchinson, Peter Massey and Nicholas Wood

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (7): 309-315 Free

Research

The burden of pancreatic cancer in Australia attributable to smoking

Maria E Arriaga, Claire M Vajdic, Robert J MacInnis, Karen Canfell, Dianna J Magliano, Jonathan E Shaw, Julie E Byles, Graham G Giles, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Vasant Hirani, Robert G Cumming, R Paul Mitchell, Emily Banks, Julie Marker, Barbara‐Ann Adelstein and Maarit A Laaksonen

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 213-220 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Cluster randomised trials

Michael J Campbell

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 154-156

Editorials

Developing cardiovascular risk prediction models for Australia

Mark R Nelson and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 158-159

Editorials

Engaging GPs and primary care patients in research: implications of the ASPREE trial for future studies

James P Sheppard and Chris Butler

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 159-160

Research

External validation and comparison of four cardiovascular risk prediction models with data from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study

Loai Albarqouni, Jennifer A Doust, Dianna Magliano, Elizabeth LM Barr, Jonathan E Shaw and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 161-167 Free