General medicine

Children with autism spectrum disorders may not be diagnosed as early as possible and desirable

Catherine A Bent BPsySc(Hons) · Cheryl Dissanayake PhD · Josephine Barbaro PhD

Suspected ascites turns out to be an enormous cystic mass

Michael Braude BBiomedSci, MSc, MB BS · Peter Choong MB BS, MD, FRACS

An insufficiently specific test may be leading to false-positive diagnoses of gonorrhoea

Eric P F Chow PhD, MPH, MApplSc · Glenda Fehler MSc, FMLT · Tim R H Read PhD, MB BS, FAChSHM · Sepehr N Tabrizi PhD · Jane S Hocking PhD, MPH, MHlthSc · Ian Denham MB BS, FRACP, FAChSHM · Catriona S Bradshaw MB BS(Hons), FACSHP, PhD · Marcus Y Chen MB BS, PhD, FAChSHM · Christopher K Fairley PhD, FAFPHM, FACSHP

General practice researchers measure the minimum likely effect of not indexing Medicare schedule fees

Christopher Harrison BPsy(Hons), MSocHealth · Clare Bayram BAppSc(HIM)(Hons), PhD · Graeme C Miller MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Helena C Britt BA, PhD

Although associated with lifelong risk, overwhelming post-splenectomy infection is preventable

Ravindra Dotel MB BS · Iain B Gosbell FRACP, FRCPA, FASM · Ann Hofmeyr MB ChB, FRACP, FRCPA

Known HIV status and testing rates have increased in a high-risk population with tuberculosis

Jeffrey J Post MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Hazel Goldberg MB BS, FRACP · Gregory Kaufman FRACP · Marshall Plit MB BCh, PhD, FRACP · Kelly-Anne Ressler BSc, MPH · Mark J Ferson MD, FAFPHM, FRACP

Antibiotics are still prescribed too frequently for many respiratory infections in young children

Ruby Biezen BSc, MAppSc · Allan J Pollack MB BS(Hons), FRACS, MPH(PP) · Christopher Harrison BPsych(Hons), MSocHealth · Bianca Brijnath PhD, BA(Hons) · Danilla Grando MAppSc, PhD, MASM · Helena C Britt BA, PhD · Danielle Mazza MD, MB BS, FRACGP

General practice needs to be the pivot in the national screening program

Oliver R Frank PhD, FRACGP, FACHI · Nigel P Stocks DipPH, MD, FRACGP

Disadvantaged areas are still missing out

Graham N Meadows MD, MPhil, FRANZCP · Joanne C Enticott PhD · Brett Inder BEc(Hons), PhD · Grant M Russell PhD, MFM, FRACGP · Roger Gurr DPM, MRCPsych, FRANZCP

New South Wales data highlight areas for improvement in asthma management

Peter van Asperen MD, FRACP, FThorSoc

Drug company marketing strategies are not benign

Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss FRACGP, FFCFM(RCPA), MPH · Kirsty Douglas MD, FRACGP, DipRACOG · Stephen Craig Trumble MD, FRACGP, DipRACOG

New criteria will increase the prevalence of gestational diabetes but will improve obstetric outcomes

Anna S Y Zheng MB BS · Tony O’Leary FCII, FAMS, Fellow(ALUCA) · Robert G Moses MD, FRACP, MSc(Hons)

A statewide coaching program overcomes obstacles of distance and limited access to health services

Chantal F Ski BA(Hons), PhD · Margarite J Vale PhD, FCSANZ · Gary R Bennett MN · Victoria L Chalmers ExecMPublicAdmin, GradDipLibInfoStud, BCom · Kim McFarlane MB BS, FRACGP · V Michael Jelinek MB BS, MD, FCSANZ · Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · David R Thompson MA, MBA, PhD

New Cochrane reviews on e-cigarettes, C-reactive protein testing, sick leave and kids’ reflux meds

Steve McDonald · Tari Turner

Primary care providers have a particularly important role in recognising and assessing impairment

Paul A Gardiner PhD · Gerard J Byrne MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRANZCP · Leander K Mitchell DPsych · Nancy A Pachana PhD, FASSA

Patient-reported data show that changes to GP fees and Medicare rebates need to be considered with caution

Richard De Abreu Lourenco MEc(Hons) · Patricia Kenny MPH · Marion R Haas PhD · Jane P Hall PhD

Multiple drugs with low anticholinergic potency contribute more than high-potency drugs to anticholinergic burden

Lynne Parkinson BSc(Hons), PhD · Parker J Magin PhD, FRACGP · Allison Thomson BMed · Julie E Byles BMed, PhD · Gillian E Caughey PhD · Christopher Etherton-Beer MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Danijela Gnjidic BSc(Hons), PhD, MPH · Sarah N Hilmer MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Thomas King Tong Lo MClinEpi, BScH, BA · Colin McCowan BSc, MSc, PhD · Rachael Moorin PhD · C Dimity Pond MB BS, FRACGP, PhD

How to ensure evidence-based and efficient use of pathology services

Denis Spelman FRACP, FRCPA, MPH

Two key performance outcome indicators for measuring rural workforce contribution

Scott J Kitchener MClinEd, MD, FAFPHM

For decades Australia has led the way in large-scale approaches in key areas of prevention

Greg Johnson BPharm, MBA · Jane E Martin BA(Hons), MPH · Amy Timoshanko BAppSci(Hons), PhD

Rates of wound infection and adverse events were no higher when using non-sterile clean boxed gloves compared with sterile gloves

Clare Heal FRACGP, PhD · Shampavi Sriharan MB BS(Hons), DCH · Petra G Buttner PhD, MSc · Deborah Kimber RN, BN, CDE

Full fee-paying students are more likely to choose urban locations and higher-income specialties

Richard B Hays PhD, MD, FRACGP · Kathleen R Lockhart MB BS · Edward Teo MB BS, DipHSc (ParamedCare) · Janie Smith EdD, MPHC · David Waynforth PhD

A warning about the risks of using contrast media in imaging and cardiac catheterisation

Theresa Ly BSc(Adv), MB BS(Hons), MIPH · Nicholas Stewart MB BS, BSc · Stephen Lee AM, DDM, FACD

Examination medicine. A guide to physician training

Timothy Edward Coughlan