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Urologic diseases

Research

Closing the gap in kidney disease: validating the reporting of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification in a clinical quality registry using linked data

Heather J Baldwin, Nicole De La Mata, Grant Sara, Faye McMillan, Brett Biles, Jianyun Wu, Paul Lawton, Stephen McDonald and Angela C Webster

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 240-248 Free

Editorial

Re‐thinking kidney function: a new approach to kidney function estimation and the identification of chronic kidney disease

Jessica Dawson and Meg Jardine

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 72-73 Free

Research

Classification of chronic kidney disease in older Australian adults by the CKD‐EPI 2009 and 2021 equations: secondary analysis of ASPREE study data

Elisa K Bongetti, Rory Wolfe, James B Wetmore, Anne M Murray, Robyn L Woods, Michelle A Fravel, Mark R Nelson, Nigel P Stocks, Suzanne G Orchard and Kevan R Polkinghorne

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 74-81 Free

Letter to the editor

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing emphysematous pyelonephritis: a life‐threatening pathogen within Australian communities

Josh Bowyer and David A Prentice

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 52-53 Free

Research

The survival benefit of deceased donor kidney transplantation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 2006–20: a retrospective national cohort study

Samantha Bateman, Kelli Owen, Rhanee Lester, Odette Pearson, Paul Lawton, Stephen McDonald, Shilpa Jesudason and Philip A Clayton

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 111-116 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Optimisation during transition to dialysis commencement

Paayal Naidu, Onika Paolucci (Muran‐Iwaidja), Relma Luta (Kaurareg) and Jaquelyne T Hughes (Wagadagam)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 18-24 Free

Research

Kidney transplantation access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young adults, 1963–2020: an ANZDATA registry study

Swasti Chaturvedi, Shahid Ullah and Jaquelyne T Hughes (Wagadagam)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 47-54 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing emphysematous pyelonephritis: a life‐threatening pathogen within Australian communities

Katherine GC Ong, John R Dyer and Dickon Hayne

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 400-402 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

Perspective

From talk to action: Indigenous Reference Groups drive practice change in kidney transplantation care

Kelli J Owen, Katie Cundale, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Stephen P McDonald, Matilda D'Antoine and Shilpanjali Jesudason

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S15-S18 Free

Editorials

The National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce: changing systems to achieve equitable access to kidney transplantation

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 356-357 Free

Perspective

Towards equity in kidney transplantation: the next steps

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Angela Webster, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S19-S22 Free

Guideline summary

Recommendations for culturally safe clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians: a guideline summary

David J Tunnicliffe, Samantha Bateman, Melissa Arnold‐Chamney, Karen M Dwyer, Martin Howell, Azaria Gebadi, Shilpa Jesudason, Janet Kelly, Kelly Lambert, Sandawan William Majoni, Dora Oliva, Kelli J Owen, Odette Pearson, Elizabeth Rix, Ieyesha Roberts, Ro‐Anne Stirling‐Kelly, Kimberly Taylor, Gary A Wittert, Katherine Widders, Adela Yip, Jonathan Craig and Richard K Phoon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 374-385 Free

Perspective

Advancing accessible kidney transplantation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S3-S6 Free

Perspective

Improving equity in access to kidney transplantation: implementing targeted models of care focused on improving timely access to waitlisting

Katie Cundale, Stephen P McDonald, Ashley Irish, Matthew D Jose, Jillian Diack, Matilda D'Antoine, Kelli J Owen and Jaquelyne T Hughes

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S7-S10 Free

Perspective

Cultural bias in kidney care and transplantation: review and recommendations to improve kidney care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Kelli J Owen, Janet Kelly, Katie Cundale, Sandawana William Majoni, Matilda D'Antoine and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S11-S14 Free

Perspectives

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor‐induced ketoacidosis is unlikely in patients without diabetes

Lisa M Raven, Christopher A Muir and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 293-294 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Calcinosis cutis of the thumb

Mitchell Hunter‐Dickson and Jessica Conway

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 56-56

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Pentosan polysulfate maculopathy: a brief primer for general practitioners, ophthalmologists, optometrists and urologists

Aaron Priluck, Adrian T Fung and Mandeep S Singh

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 348-350 Free

Letters

Modern paradigms for prostate cancer detection and management

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 331-331

Research

Dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry assessment of bone health in Australian men with prostate cancer commencing androgen deprivation therapy

Mariya F Hamid, Amy Hayden, Tania Moujaber, Sandra Turner, Howard Gurney, Mathis Grossmann and Peter Wong

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 126-130 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Hypercalcaemia in an immunocompromised patient: consider Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Karen Bromley, Jessica Phillips and Ashley Irish

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 517-518

Editorials

Reducing the burden of group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory: the role of chemoprophylaxis for those at greatest risk

Katherine Gibney and Andrew Steer

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 524-525

Research letter

Invasive group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory and the impact of melioidosis antibiotic prophylaxis

Johanna M Birrell, Rowena Boyd, Bart J Currie, Nicholas M Anstey, Asanga Abeyaratne, Sandawana William Majoni and Vicki L Krause

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 544-545 Free

Narrative review

Modern paradigms for prostate cancer detection and management

Isabella SC Williams, Aoife McVey, Sachin Perera, Jonathan S O’Brien, Louise Kostos, Kenneth Chen, Shankar Siva, Arun A Azad, Declan G Murphy, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Nathan Lawrentschuk and Mark Frydenberg

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (8): 424-433 Free