Submissions from 2017
Electroconvulsive therapy for agitation in schizophrenia: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Xiaojing Gu, Wei Zheng, Tong Guo, Gabor S. Ungvari, Helen F.K. Chiu, Xiaolan Cao, Carl D'Arcy, Xiangfei Meng, Yuping Ning, and Yu-Tao Xiang
General practitioner and registrar involvement in refugee health: exploring needs and perceptions, C Harding, A Seal, G Duncan, and A Gilmour
Mind the (treatment) gap: A global perspective on current and future strategies for prevention of fragility fractures, H C.W. Harvey, E V. McCloskey, Paul Mitchell, B Dawson-Hughes, D D. Pierroz, J Reginster, R Rizzoli, C Cooper, and J A. Kanis
Policymakers' experience of a capacity-building intervention designed to increase their use of research: A realist process evaluation, A Haynes, S Brennan, S Redman, A Williamson, S Makkar, G Gallego, and P Butow
Perceptions of cancer of unknown primary site: A national survey of Australian medical oncologists, C Karapetis, L Guccione, M Tattersall, H Gooden, C Vajdic, S Lambert, M Robotin, L Mileshkin, and P Schofield
Be well: A systems-based wellness intervention using mindfulness in the workplace – A case study, Kate M. Levett, Sharyn Coughlan, Sharon Longridge, Violet Roumeliotis, and Jon Adams
Association of cerebral small vessel disease burden and health-related quality of life after acute ischemic stroke, Yan Liang, Yang-Kun Chen, Min Deng, Vincent C.T. Mok, De-Feng Wang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chiu-wing W. Chu, Akane Kamiya, and Wai-Kwong Tang
Beta-blocker under-use in COPD patients, Kuan Pin Lim, Sarah Loughrey, Michael Musk, Melanie Lavender, and Jeremy P. Wrobel
The unmet needs of Aboriginal Australians with musculoskeletal pain: A mixed method systematic review, Ivan B. Lin, Samantha Bunzli, Donna Mak, Charmaine Green, Roger Goucke, Juli Coffin, and Peter B. O'Sullivan
The psychometric properties of the quick inventory of depressive symptomatology-self-report (QIDS-SR) in patients with HBV-related liver disease, Mei Liu, Yuanyuan Wang, Jing Zhao, Sujun Zheng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Zhong-ping Duan, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence of smoking in patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia and their relationships with quality of life, Xiao-Hong Li, Feng-Rong An, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K. Chiu, Ping-Ping Wu, Xin Jin, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Management of common hepatobiliary disorders in pregnancy, Ian Lockart, Blake Knapman, Cynthuja Thilakanathan, and Chris Pokorny
Antenatal influenza and pertussis vaccine uptake among Aboriginal mothers in Western Australia, Kennia Lotter, Annette K. Regan, Tyra Thomas, Paul V. Effler, and Donna B. Mak
Isolated intractable nausea and vomiting with hiccups heralds a neuromyelitis optica area postrema syndrome, Michal Lubomski, Jacqueline Lubomski, Irene Tan, and Michael Hayes
Sleep duration and patterns in Chinese older adults: A comprehensive meta-analysis, Li Lu, Shi-Bin Wang, Wen-Wang Rao, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K Chiu, Juan Zhang, Changgui Kou, Fu-Jun Jia, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma: A patient and physician's perspective, Derek Maule, Mark Boccola, and Reginald V. Lord
Managing 'shades of grey': a focus group study exploring community-dwellers’ views on advance care planning in older people, N Michael, C O'Callaghan, and E Sayers
Non-invasive assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance in pulmonary hypertension: Current knowledge and future direction, P Naing, H Kuppusamy, G Scalia, G Hills, and D Playford
“Life within the person comes to the fore”: Pastoral workers’ practice wisdom on using arts in palliative care, Clare O'Callaghan, Libby Byrne, Eleni Cokalis, David Glenister, Margaret Santilli, Rose Clark, Therese McCarthy, and Natasha Michael
Extending awareness of healthcare ethics at Cabrini Health: Junior clinicians' perspectives, Clare O'Callaghan, Julia Trimboli, Xavier Symons, Margaret Staples, Emma Patterson, and Natasha Michael
Do images of a personalised future body shape help with weight loss? A randomised controlled study, Gemma Ossolinski, Moyez Jiwa, Alexandra McManus, and Richard Parsons
Gene expression analysis of bovine embryonic disc, trophoblast and parietal hypoblast at the start of gastrulation, P Pfeffer, C Smith, P Maclean, and D Berg
Editorial commentary: The acrid bioscrew in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee, Leo Pinczewski and Lucy J. Salmon
What's new in weight loss management and surgery?, Tamara C. Preda, Veronica A. Preda, and Reginald V. Lord
Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women 2001-2013: a population based cohort study, J. Reekie, B. Donovan, R. Guy, J. Hocking, J. Kaldor, D. Mak, S. Pearson, D. Preen, H. Wand, J. Ward, and B. Liu
An update on the perioperative management of children with upper respiratory tract infections, Adrian Regli, Karin Becke, and Britta Von Ungern-Sternberg
The respiratory pressure-abdominal volume curve in a porcine model, Adrian Regli, Bart L. De Keulenaer, Bhajan Singh, Lisen E. Hockings, Bill Noffsinger, and Peter V. van Heerden
Adrenal crises: perspectives and research directions, R Rushworth, D Torpy, and H Falhammar
Association of waist circumference with outcomes in an acute general surgical unit, T Ryan, P Gosal, A Seal, J McGirr, and N Williams
Patient-centered family meetings in palliative care: a quality improvement project to explore a new model of family meetings with patients and families at the end of life, C Sanderson, P Cahill, J Phillips, A Johnson, and Elizabeth A. Lobb
Doctors' and nurses' perceptions of a ward-based pharmacist in rural northern Sweden, M Sjolander, M Gustafsson, and G Gallego
Models of Care for musculoskeletal pain conditions: Driving change to improve outcomes, Helen Slater and Andrew M. Briggs
An education intervention to improve health literacy and decision making about supporting self-care among older Australians: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, C Smith, E Chang, G Gallego, and L Balneaves
A confused and febrile elderly man, Richard Sullivan, Jemma Cranney, and Gordian Fulde
Adjunctive melatonin for tardive dyskinesia in patients with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis, C. Sun, W. Zheng, X. Yang, D. Cai, C. Ng, G. Ungvari, H. Li, Y. Wu, Y. Ning, and Y. Xiang
Does the doctrine of double effect apply to the prescription of barbiturates? Syme vs the Medical Board of Australia, Xavier Symons
What is the scope to test a smoking cessation intervention aimed at young people admitted to hospital?, George Tambakis, Jonathan Darby, and Moyez Jiwa
Persistent parkinsonism after high dose intravenous methamphetamine: A case report, Ka Lam Alan Tang, Huajun Liang, Yong Lin, Chenxi Zhang, Wai Kwong Tang, Winnie Chui Wing Chu, and Gabor S. Ungvari
Population-wide impact of non-hip non-vertebral fractures on mortality, Thach Tran, Dana Bliuc, Tineke van Geel, Jonathan D. Adachi, Claudie Berger, Joop van den Bergh, John A. Eisman, Piet Geusens, David Golzman, David A. Hanley, Robert G. Josse, Stephanie M. Kaiser, Christopher S. Kovacs, Lisa Langsetmo, Jerilynn C. Prior, Tuan V. Nguyen, and Jacqueline R. Center
Association between schizophrenia and violence among Chinese female offenders, Jun Wang, Xiao-Min Zhu, Si-Mei Zhang, Jian-Song Zhou, Qiguang Li, Qun Wang, Shao-Ling Zhong, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Yu-Tao Xiang, and Xiao-Ping Wang
Association between candidate total scores and response pattern in script concordance testing of medical students, Siu Hong Wan, P Duggan, Elina Tor, and J N. Hudson
Molecular antimicrobial resistance surveillance for neisseria gonorrhoeae, Northern Territory, Australia, David Whiley, Ella Trembizki, Cameron Buckley, Kevin Freeman, Rob Baird, Miles Beaman, Marcus Chen, Basil Donovan, Ratan Kundu, Christopher Fairley, and Rebecca Guy
Recognition and management of posterior myocardial infarction: A retrospective cohort study, Leigh D. White, Joshua Wall, Thomas M. Melhuish, Ruan Vlok, and Astin Lee
Interpersonal therapy in the general practice setting, Kathleen Wilhelm and Robert May
Accuracy of minimally invasive percutaneous thoracolumbar pedicle screws using 2D fluoroscopy: a retrospective review through 3D CT analysis, Mark J. Winder and Paul M. Gilhooly
Duration of untreated bipolar disorder: A multicenter study, Ling Zhang, Xin Yu, Yi-Ru Fang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K. Chiu, Hui-Chun Li, Hai-Chen Yang, Qing-Rong Tan, Xiu-Feng Xu, Gang Wang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Longitudinal changes in prospective memory and their clinical correlates at 1-year follow-up in first-episode schizophrenia, Fu-Chun Zhou, Chuan-Yue Wang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Yan Zhou, Liang Zhang, Jingjing Zhou, David H.K. Shum, David Man, Deng-Tang Liu, Jun Li, and Yu-Tao Ziang
Tracking of vitamin D status from childhood to early adulthood and its association with peak bone mass, Kun Zhu, Wendy Oddy, Patrick Holt, Wendy Chan She Ping-Delfos, Jennifer Mountain, Stephen Lye, Craig Pennell, Prue Hart, and John Walsh
Submissions from 2016
The performance of risk prediction models for pre-eclampsia using routinely collected maternal characteristics and comparison with models that include specialised tests and with clinical guideline decision rules: a systematic review, Z Al-Rubaie, L Askie, J Ray, H Hudson, and S Lord
Employment may protect fathers in the setting of maternal teenage pregnancy from anxiety and depression: Findings from the Australian Father's Study, A Atkinson, R Petersen, and J Quinlivan
The cart before the horse? Exploring the potential of ePortfolios in a Western Australian medical school, F Bate, J Macnish, and C Skinner
A review of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and challenges in the management of glucokinase-MODY, R Bishay and J Greenfield
Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy: a school-based cluster randomised trial in Western Australia, Sally A. Brinkman, Sarah E. Johnson, James Codde, Michael B. Hart, Judith Straton, Murthy N. Mittinty, and Sven R. Silburn
Body weight management in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors, Max Bulsara
Evaluation of high-sensitivity cardiac Troponin I levels in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, E Carlton, J Greenslade, L Cullen, R Body, M Than, J Pickering, S Aldous, S Carley, C Hammett, J Kendall, B Keevil, S Lord, W Parsonage, and K Greaves
Assessing the feasibility of a web-based registry for multiple orphan lung diseases: The Australasian registry network for orphan lung disease (ARNOLD) experience, K Casamento, A Laverty, M Wilsher, J Twiss, E Gabbay, I Glaspole, and A Jaffe
Abnormal plasma DNA profiles in early ovarian cancer using a non-invasive prenatal testing platform: Implications for cancer screening, P Cohen, N Flowers, S Tong, N Hannan, M Pertile, and L Hui
The malarial exported PFA0660w is an Hsp40 co-chaperone of PfHsp70-x, M Daniyan, A Boshoff, E Prinsloo, E Pesce, and G Blatch
All care, but whose responsibility? Community juries reason about expert and patient responsibilities in prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer, C Degeling, S Carter, and L Rychetnik
What is the evidence for personalised technological devices in the management of obesity? A rapid review, Jade El-Mohamed, Cameron Parkin, Epi Kanjo, Jocelyn Dixon, and Moyez Jiwa
Self-sampling HPV testing versus mainstream cervical screening and HPV testing, A Farnsworth
Health care homes: Lessons from the diabetes care project, T Fountaine and C Bennett
Simulation modelling as a tool for knowledge mobilisation in health policy settings: a case study protocol, Louise Freebairn, Jo-An Atkinson, P. Kelly, Geoff McDonnell, and Lucie Rychetnik
Circadian rhythmicity in emerging mood disorders: state or trait marker?, A Grierson, I Hickie, S Naismith, D Hermans, E Scott, and J Scott
Accuracy of screening tools for Pap smears in general practice, C Harding, A Seal, G Duncan, R Huynh, R McWilliam, L Pilotto, S Blake, and M Mackey
An integrated general practice and pharmacy-based intervention to promote the use of appropriate preventive medications among individuals at high cardiovascular disease risk: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial, A Hayek, R Joshi, T Usherwood, R Webster, B Kaur, B Saini, C Armour, I Krass, T Laba, C Reid, L Shiel, C Hespe, F Hersch, S Jan, S Lo, D Peiris, A Rodgers, and A Patel
Figuring out fidelity: a worked example of the methods used to identify, critique and revise the essential elements of a contextualised intervention in health policy agencies, A Haynes, S Brennan, S Redman, A Williamson, G Gallego, P Butow, and The CIPHER team
The pivotal position of 'liaison people': facilitating a research utilisation intervention in policy agencies, A Haynes, P Butow, S Brennan, A Williamson, S Redman, S Carter, G Gallego, and S Rudge
Can my mechanic fix blue cars? A discussion of health clinician's interactions with Aboriginal Australian clients, S Hill, S Ewen, D Paul, and A Wilkin
Patient-specific instrumentation does not improve radiographic alignment or clinical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis, H Huijbregts, R Khan, E Sorensen, D Fick, and S Haebich
Does cardiotocography have a role in the antenatal management of pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus?, T Jeffery, R Petersen, and J Quinlivan
Minimally invasive medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for patellar instability using an artificial ligament: A two year follow-up, A Khemka, S Lord, Z Doyle, B Bosley, and M Muderis
General practitioners' experiences of, and responses to, uncertainty in prostate cancer screening: Insights from a qualitative study, Pickles Kristen, Stacy M. Carter, Lucie Rychetnik, Kirsten McCafferty, and Vikki A. Entwistle
The Bipolar II depression questionnaire: A self-report tool for detecting Bipolar II depression, C Leung, C Yim, C Yan, C Chan, Y Xiang, D Mak, M Fok, and G Ungvari
Complementary therapies for labour and birth: A randomized controlled trial of antenatal integrative medicine for pain management in labour, K Levett, C Smith, A Bensoussan, and H Dahlen
Neuropsychiatry syndromes following ischemic stroke, Hua Jun Liang, Yan Liang, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Wai Kwong Tang
Relationship between community drug administration strategy and changes in trachoma prevalence, 2007 to 2013, Bette Liu, Carleigh Cowling, Andrew Hayen, Gabrielle Watts, Donna Mak, Stephen Lambert, Hugh Taylor, and John M. Kaldor
Osseointegrated total hip replacement connected to a lower limb prosthesis: a proof-of-concept study with three cases, Sarah J. Lord
Empathy and Affect: what can empathied bodies do?, George Marshall Dr.
Fifteen-year survival of endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients aged 18 years and younger, Morgan Matthew, Lucy Salmon, Alison Waller, Justin Roe, and Leo Pinczewski
The presence and predictors of complicated grief symptoms in perinatally-bereaved mothers from a bereavement support organization, Margaret McSpedden MCouns, Barbara Mullan, Louise Sharpe, Lauren J. Breen, and Elizabeth Lobb
Towards appropriate imaging: Tips for practice, R Mendelson
New techniques to characterise the vaginal microbiome in pregnancy, G Mendz, N Kaakoush, and J Quinlivan
Poly-arginine peptides reduce infarct volume in a permanent middle cerebral artery rat stroke model, D Milani, V Clark, J Cross, R Anderton, N Knuckey, and B Meloni
The R18 polyarginine peptide is more effective than the TAT-NR2B9c (NA-1) peptide when administered 60 minutes after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat, D Milani, N Knuckey, R Anderton, J Cross, and B Meloni
The transformative meanings of viewing or not viewing the body after sudden death, Jane Mowll, Elizabeth Lobb, and M Wearing
Student-centered interventions the key to student health care worker influenza vaccination, M Nyandoro, D Kelly, D Macey, and D Mak
Lower coronary plaque burden in patients with HIV presenting with acute coronary syndrome, E J. O'Dwyer, P Bhamra-Ariza, S Rao, Sam Emmanuel, A Carr, and C J. Holloway
Therapists' experiences of alliance formation in short-term counselling, Mark Pearson and Caroline Bulsara
Doctors' perspectives on PSA testing illuminate established differences in prostate cancer screening rates between Australia and the UK: A qualitative study, K Pickles, S Carter, L Rychetnik, and V Entwistle
Survey of Australian father's attitudes towards infant vaccination: Findings from the Australian Father's Study, N Prosser, R Petersen, and J Quinlivan
The Western Australian Clinical Senate as a Model for State-Wide Clinical Engagement, J Quinlivan, T Basile, K Gibson, D Xu, and N Croker
Trends in seasonal influenza vaccine uptake during pregnancy in Western Australia: Implications for midwives, Annette Regan, Donna Mak, Yvonne Hauck, Robyn Gibbs, Lauren Tracey, and Paul Effler
Seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination during pregnancy and the incidence of stillbirth: population-based retrospective cohort study, Annette Regan, Hannah C. Moore, Nicholas de Klerk, Saad B. Omer, Geoffrey Shellam, Donna Mak, and Paul Effler
Improving the management and care of refugees in Australian hospitals: A descriptive study, Lindsey Ross, Catherine Harding, Alexa Seal, and Geraldine Duncan
Overexpression and knock-down studies highlight that a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 28 controls proliferation and migration in human prostate cancer, C Rudnicka, S Mochizuki, Y Okada, C McLaughlin, P Leedman, L Stuart, M Epis, G Hoyne, S Boulos, L Johnson, M Schlaich, and V Matthews
Hospital admission patterns in children with CAH: admission rates and adrenal crises decline with age, R Louise Rushworth, Henrik Falhammar, Craig F. Munns, Ann M. Maguire, and David J. Torpy
Perinatal maternal depression and cortisol function in pregnancy and the postpartum period: A systematic literature review, Sunaina Seth, Andrew J. Lewis, and Megan Galbally
Cerebral arterial gas embolism after pre-flight ingestion of hydrogen peroxide, Ben L. Smedley, Alan Gault, and Ian C. Gawthrope
Sequence variants in the PTCH1 gene associate with spine bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures, U Styrkarsdottir, G Thorleifsson, S Gudjonsson, A Sigurdsson, J Center, S Lee, T Nguyen, T Kwok, J Lee, S Ho, J Woo, P Leung, B Kim, T Rafnar, L Kiemeney, T Ingvarsson, J Koh, N Tang, J Eisman, C Christiansen, G Sigurdsson, U Thorsteinsdottir, and K Stefansson