General medicine

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Helen Zorbas AO

Recommendations to optimise testing and eliminate uncertainties

Asha C Bowen PhD, FRACP, MB BS · Harsha Sheorey MB BS, FRCPA, FACTM · Penelope A Bryant BM BCh FRACP, PhD · Jennifer Robson FRACP, FRCPA, FACTM · David P Burgner MB ChB, FRACP, PhD

Putative allergies are common in older patients, but a significant proportion involve non-genuine allergies or low risk responses

Jason A Trubiano BBiomedSci, MB BS, FRACP · Rekha Pai Mangalore MB BS · Yi-Wei Baey MB BS(Hons) · Duy Le BPharm(Hons) · Linda V Graudins BPharm, DHP, PGDipClinEpi · Patrick GP Charles MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Douglas F Johnson MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Ar Kar Aung MB BS, FRACP, MPHTM

Professor Aileen Plant (1948–2007) was a renowned medical epidemiologist and an outstanding global public health leader

Moira McKinnon MB BS, FAFPHM

Cardiovascular health for all in Australia requires language-sensitive health systems

Christine B Phillips MB BS, MPH, FRACGP

Ten ways that Primary Health Networks can help to close the gap

Sophia Couzos FAFPHM, FACRRM, FRACGP · Dea Delaney-Thiele PGDipHlthMgt, MPH · Priscilla Page BASc

Encouraging patients to record consultation summaries may improve health outcomes

Kimberley Benson MB BS, BSc · Ralph Nanan DrMedHabil

Lessons learned from the approach of three specialties to identifying their “top-five” low-value clinical practices

Jason Soon BEc(Hons), LLB · Rachelle Buchbinder MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Jacqui Close MD, FRCP, FRACP · Catherine Hill MD, MSc, FRACP · Simon Allan FRACP, FAChPM, FRCP · Caroline Turnour MIntPH, BA(Hons)

New guidelines emphasise timely diagnosis and optimal management

Kate Laver PhD, MClinRehab, BAppSc(OT) · Robert G Cumming MB BS, MPH, PhD · Suzanne M Dyer PhD, GradCertPH · Meera R Agar FRACP, FAChPM, PhD · Kaarin J Anstey BA(Hons), PhD · Elizabeth Beattie PhD, MA, BA · Henry Brodaty MD, DSc, FRANZCP · Tony Broe MRACP, MB BS, BA · Lindy Clemson PhD, MAppSc, BAppSc(OT) · Maria Crotty MPH, PhD, FAFRM · Margaret Dietz BA, BSW, GradCertFamilyTherapy · Brian M Draper MB BS, MD, FRANZCP · Leon Flicker FRACP, GradDipEpid, PhD · Margeret Friel MEd, BJuris · Louise Mary Heuzenroeder BN, MBA, MPH · Susan Koch PhD, RN, MN · Susan Kurrle MB BS, PhD, DGM · Rhonda Nay PhD · C Dimity Pond MB BS, FRACGP, PhD · Jane Thompson BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD · Yvonne Santalucia BEd · Craig Whitehead FAFRM, FRACP · Mark W Yates MB BS, FRACP

HPV self-collection may improve outcomes for underscreened women, but joining the mainstream HPV screening program is better

Megan Smith MPH, BE · Jie Bin Lew BSc(Bioinformatics), MPH · Kate Simms PhD · Karen Canfell DPhil

Other approaches to improving chronic disease outcomes in this very unwell population need to be explored

Leonie Segal PhD, MEcon, BEcon(Hons) · Ha Nguyen PhD · Barbara Schmidt MBA, BBus(Health Admin), GradCertRes · Mark Wenitong MB BS · Robyn A McDermott MPH, PhD, FAFPHM

There is no cause to feel impotent, despite disturbing media reports about methamphetamine

Margaret Hamilton BA, DipSocStuds, MSW · Adrian J Dunlop MB BS, PhD, FAChAM

Careful assessment and universal precautions are necessary

Adrian J Dunlop PhD, GradDipEpiBiostat, FAChAM · Louise K Newman BA(Hons), MB BS(Hons), FRANZCP

How can we respond more effectively?

Ian W Webster AO, MD, FRACP

Verbal and physical aggression affects the care of other patients, as well as staff wellbeing

Diana Egerton-Warburton MB BS, FACEM, MPH · Andrew Gosbell PhD · Angela Wadsworth BA(Hons) · Katie Moore BSocSc(Hons), BSc(Hons) · Drew B Richardson BMedSc, MB BS(Hons), FACEM · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD

This rare but potentially fatal condition is a diagnostic conundrum, often presenting as systemic toxicity and widespread myalgia without focal features

Henrique Nicola MD · David JR Morgan MB BS, FACEM, FCICM

This wasn’t “end of life”; this was his life.

Kimberley D Ivory MB BS(Hons), MPH, DRANZCOG

Patients should avoid shiitake or ensure it has been cooked at 150°C or greater

Ashling McNally MB BS, BPhysio · Christopher Ross BM BS · Jeffrey Wayte MB BS, FACD

About one in five young people did not submit a specimen for testing despite a GP request

Andrew Lau MSc · Simone Spark BSc(Hons), MPH, PhD · Jane Tomnay PhD, MHSc, RN · Meredith Temple-Smith BSc, MPH, DHSc · Christopher K Fairley PhD, FAFPHM, MB BS · Rebecca J Guy PhD, MAppEpid · Basil Donovan MB BS, MD, FAFPHM · Jane S Hocking PhD, MPH, BAppSc

Further analysis of surgical findings in patients who have sustained bite injuries is needed

Jeannette WC Ting MB BS, MS, DipAnat · Brian Yin Ting Yue MB BS, BMedSci, DipAnat · Howard Ho Fung Tang MB BS, BMedSci(Hons) · Alexandra Rizzitelli PhD · Ramin Shayan MB BS, PhD, FRACS(Plast) · Frank Raiola MB BS, FRACS (Plast) · Warren M Rozen MD, PhD, FRACS(Plast) · David Hunter-Smith MB BS, MPH, FRACS(Plast)

Functional disorders and medically unexplained symptoms: assessment and treatment, Per Fink and Marianne Rosendal, editors

Catherine Yelland MB BS, FRACP

If GPs are to play a role in managing this disease, they need specialist support

Zeina Najjar BSc(Med)/BMed/BSurg, MPH, FAFPHM · Leena Gupta MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Janice Pritchard-Jones RN, MPH · Simone I Strasser MB BS, MD, FRACP · Miriam T Levy MB BS, PhD · Siaw-Teng Liaw PhD, FRACGP, FACMI · Benjamin C Cowie MB BS, PhD, FRACP

A 78-year-old man presented to a regional emergency department with a severe progressive rash

Andrew DK Nguyen BSc, MB BS · Gabriela Strey MD, FRACP

Increased treatment costs of bowel cancer are a stimulus for considerable effort in the areas of prevention and early detection

Terry D Bolin MD, FRACP, FRCP · Melvyn G Korman MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Fiona Nicholson MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Lynne Pezzullo BEc(Hons) · Jeffrey Engelman MB BS(Hons), MD, FRACP · Katherine Collings BScNutr(Hons), MScDiet · David Gilchrist Creelman BEc, BCom

Completing an Annual Cycle of Care is central to patients with diabetes being in glycaemic control

Adrian J Esterman PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons) · Tim Fountaine MB ChB, PhD · Robyn McDermott MB BS, MPH, PhD