Submissions from 2015
The role of communication in breast cancer screening: A qualitative study with Australian experts, Lisa M. Parker, Lucie Rychetnik, and Stacy M. Carter
Values in breast cancer screening: an empirical study with Australian experts, Lisa Parker, Lucie Rychetnik, and Stacy Carter
Recurrent nocturnal hypoglycaemia as a cause of morning fatigue in treated Addison’s disease – Favourable response to dietary management: A case report, Kristina S. Petersen, R Louise Rushworth, Peter M. Clifton, and David J. Torphy
De novo identification of differentially methylated regions in the human genome, Timothy J. Peters, Michael J. Buckley, Aaron L. Statham, Ruth Pidsley, Katherine Samaras, Reginald V. Lord, Susan J. Clark, and Peter L. Molloy
The thalamus as a putative biomarker in neurodegenerative disorders, Brian D. Power and Jeffrey C.L Looi
Can we identify women who initiate and then prematurely cease breastfeeding? An Australian multicentre cohort study, Julie Quinlivan, Sonia Kua, Robert A. Gibson, Andrew McPhee, and Maria M. Makrides
Comparison of text-messaging to voice telephone interviews for active surveillance of adverse events following immunisation, A Regan, C Blyth, L Tracey, D Mak, P Richmond, and P Efflier
Surveillance of antenatal influenza vaccination: validity of current systems and recommendations for improvement, Annette Regan, Donna Mak, Hannah C. Moore, Lauren Tracey, Richard Saker, Catherine Jones, and Paul Effler
A prospective cohort study comparing the reactogenicity of trivalent influenza vaccine in pregnant and non-pregnant women, A Regan, L Tracey, C Blyth, D Mak, P Richmond, G Shellam, C Talbot, and P Effler
Diagnosis and management of respiratory adverse events in the operating room, Adrian Regli and Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg
Paramedics' perceptions and educational needs with respect to palliative care, Ian R. Rogers, Freya M. Shearer, Jeremy R. Rogers, Gail Ross-Adjie, Leanne Monterosso, and Judith C. Finn
Implementation of the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria: Not always a cause for concern, P Sibartie and J Quinlivan
Prudentia: a medical school's solution to curriculum mapping and curriculum management, Carole Steketee
Experience of a tutor centric model for sonography training of emergency department registrars in an Australian urban emergency department 2009–2012, Greg Sweetman, Mark Fear, and Kathryn Hird
Apathy and suicide-related ideation 3 months after stroke: a cross-sectional study, Wai Kwong Tang, Lara Caeiro, Chieh Grace Lau, Huajun Liang, Vincent Mok, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Ka Sing Wong
Twenty-year outcomes of a longitudinal prospective evaluation of isolated endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with patellar tendon autografts, Simon Thompson, Lucy Salmon, Alison Waller, James Linklater, Justin Roe, and Leo Pinczewski
Twenty-year outcome of a longitudinal prospective evaluation of isolated endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with patellar tendon or hamstring autograft, S Thompson, L Salmon, A Waller, J Linklater, J Roe, and L Pinczewski
Adverse events following influenza immunization reported by healthcare personnel using active surveillance based on text messages, L Tracey, A Regan, D Mak, and P Effler
Relationship between serum testosterone and fracture risk in men: a comparison of RIA and LC-MS/MS, Thach S. Tran, Jacqueline R. Center, Markus J. Seibel, John A. Eisman, Mark M. Kushnir, Alan L. Rockwood, and Tuan V. Nguyen
Conversion of a gastric band into an intraperitoneal port in a patient with optimally debulked stage 3C serous ovarian carcinoma, P Tucker, P Cohen, J Tan, and J Tan
Why HITnet kiosks didn't hit the mark for sexual health education of Western Australian Aboriginal youth, D Vujcich, N Hadland, B A. Sullivan, S Clews, K Kerry, and D Mak
Using the script concordance test to assess clinical reasoning skills in undergraduate and postgraduate medicine, Michael Wan
Trans-arterial embolisation therapies for unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A systematic review, L. Yang, J Shan, L Shan, A Saxena, L Bester, and D Morris
Early primary care physician contact and health service utilisation in a large sample of recently released ex-prisoners in Australia: prospective cohort study, Jesse T. Young, Diane Arnold-Reed, David Preen, Max Bulsara, Nick Lennox, and Stuart A. Kinner
Submissions from 2014
External validation of the Garvan nomograms for predicting absolute fracture risk: The Tromso study, Luai A. Ahmed, Nguyen D. Nguyen, Ashild Bjornerem, Ragnar M. Joakimsen, Lone Jorgensen, Jan Stormer, Dana Bliuc, Jacqueline R. Center, John A. Eisman, Tuan V. Nguyen, and Nina Emaus
Evaluating the Guideline Enhancement Tool (GET): an innovative clinical training tool to enhance the use of hypertension guidelines in general practice, Chinthaka Balasooriya, Joel Rhee, Boaz Shulruf, Rosa Canalese, and Nicholas Zwar
Multimorbidity in a marginalised, street-health Australian population: a retrospective cohort study, Tom Brett, Diane Arnold-Reed, Lakkina Troeung, Max Bulsara, Annalise Williams, and Robert G. Moorhead
Domestic violence is a leading risk factor in default from colposcopy services, Rachael R. Collier and Julie Quinlivan
Intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer: Do health professionals choose convenience or risk?, Tammy Corica, David Joseph, Christobel Saunders, Max Bulsara, and Anna K. Nowak
Local therapy facilitators working with children with developmental delay in rural and remote areas of western New South Wales, Australia: The ‘Outback’ service delivery model, A Dew, K Bulkeley, C Veitch, A Bundy, M Lincoln, H Glenn, G Gallego, and J Brentnall
Technical quality assurance during the TROG 03.04 ‘RADAR’ prostate radiotherapy trial: are the results reflected in observed toxicity rates?, M A. Ebert, Max Bulsara, A Haworth, R Kearvell, S Richardson, A Kennedy, N A. Spry, S A. Bydder, D J. Joseph, and J W. Denham
Robot-assisted gastrectomy and oesophagectomy for cancer, Dan Falkenback, Christopher W. Lehane, and Reginald V.N Lord
High expression of Cathepsin E in tissues but not blood of patients with Barrett’s esophagus and adenocarcinoma, Oliver M. Fisher, Angelique J. Levert-Mignon, Sarah J. Lord, Natalie K. Botelho, Araluen K. Freeman, Melissa L. Thomas, Dan Falkenback, Antony Wettstein, David C. Whiteman, Yuri V. Bobryshev, and Reginald V. Lord
From biomarkers to medical tests: The changing landscape of test evaluation, Andrea R. Horvath, Sarah J. Lord, Andrew St John, Sverre Sandberg, Christa M. Cobbaert, Stefan Lorenz, Phillip J. Monaghan, Wilma D.J. Verhagen-Kamerbeek, Christoph Ebert, and Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
Image analysis of liver biopsy samples measures fibrosis and predicts clinical outcome, Yi Huang, Bastiaan De Boer, Leon A. Adams, Gerry MacQuillan, Max Bulsara, and Gary P. Jeffrey
Image analysis of liver biopsy samples measures fibrosis and predicts clinical outcome, Yi Huang, Bastiaan de Boer, Leon A. Adams, Gerry MacQuillan, Max Bulsara, and Gary P. Jeffrey
Rating general practitioner consultation performance in cancer care: Does the specialty of assessors matter? A simulated patient study, M Jiwa, G Halkett, X Meng, and M Berg
A randomised trial deploying a simulation to investigate the impact of hospital discharge letters on patient care in general practice, M Jiwa, X Meng, C O'Shea, P Magin, A Dadich, and V Pillai
Management of behavioural change in patients presenting with a diagnosis of dementia: A video vignette study with Australian general practitioners, M Jiwa, P Nichols, P Magin, G Pagey, X Meng, R Parsons, and V Pillai
Early discontinuation of endocrine therapy for breast cancer: Who is at risk in clinical practice?, Anna Kemp, David Preen, Christobel Saunders, Francis Boyle, Max Bulsara, Eva Malacova, and Elizabeth E. Roughead
An audit of chronic hepatitis B contact tracing in metropolitan Western Australia, L Mascarenhas and Donna B. Mak
A panel of genes methylated with high frequency in colorectal cancer, Susan M. Mitchell, Jason P. Ross, Horace R. Drew, Thu Ho, Glenn S. Brown, Neil F W Saunders, Konsta R. Duesing, Michael J. Buckley, Rob Dunne, Iain Beetson, Keith N. Rand, Aidan McEvoy, Melissa L. Thomas, Rohan T. Baker, David A. Wattchow, Graeme P. Young, Trevor J. Lockett, Susanne K. Pedersen, Lawrence C. LaPointe, and Peter L. Molloy
Genomic catastrophes frequently arise in esophageal adenocarcinoma and drive tumorigenesis, K Nones, N Waddell, N Wayte, A Patch, P Bailey, F Newell, O Holmes, J Fink, M Quinn, Y Tang, G Lampe, K Quek, K Loffler, S Manning, S Idrisoglu, D Miller, Q Xu, N Waddell, P Wilson, T Bruxner, A Christ, I Harliwong, C Nourse, E Nourbakhsh, M Anderson, S Kazakoff, C Leonard, S Wood, P Simpson, L Reid, L Krause, D Hussey, D Watson, R Lord, D Nancarrow, W Phillips, D Gotley, B Smithers, D Whiteman, N Hayward, P Campbell, J Pearson, S Grimmond, and A Barbour
Eye trauma epidemiology in regional Australia, Luke C. Northey, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Shane Curran, and Joseph McGirr
The role of the hepatocyte growth factor/c-MET pathway in pancreatic stellate cell-endothelial cell interactions: Antiangiogenic implications in pancreatic cancer, Mishaal B. Patel, Srinivasa P. Pothula, Zhihong Xu, Alexandra K. Lee, David Goldstein, Romano C. Pirola, Minoti V. Apte, and Jeremy S. Wilson
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures: A practical approach, Yvonne Selecki and John A. Eisman
Non-culture Neisseria gonorrhoeae molecular penicillinase production surveillance demonstrates the long-term success of empirical dual therapy and informs gonorrhoea management guidelines in a highly endemic setting, David J. Speers, Rachel E. Fisk, Namraj Goire, and Donna Mak
A longitudinal cohort study of the impact of first and both eye cataract surgery on falls and other injuries in Vietnam, Kien Gia To, Lynn Meuleners, Max Bulsara, Michelle L. Fraser, Dat Van Deong, Dung Van Do, Van-Anh Ngoc Huynch, Tien Duy Phi, and Hoang Huy Tran
Radiotherapy for breast cancer, the TARGIT-A trial — Authors' reply, Jayant S. Vaidya, Frederik Wenz, Max Bulsara, Jeffrey S. Tobias, David Joseph, and Michael Baum
Risk-adapted targeted intraoperative radiotherapy versus whole-breast radiotherapy for breast cancer: 5-year results for local control and overall survival from the TARGIT-A randomised trial, Jayant S. Vaidya, Frederik Wenz, Max Bulsara, Jeffrey S. Tobias, David Joseph, Mohammed Keshtgar, Henrik Flyger, Samuele Massarut, Michael Alvarado, Christobel Saunders, Wolfgang Eiermann, Marinos Metaxas, Elena Sperk, Marc Sutterlin, Douglas Brown, Laura Esserman, Mario Roncadin, Alastair Thompson, John Dewar, Helle R. Holtveg, Steffi Pigorsch, Mary Falzon, Eleanor Harris, April Matthews, Chris Brew-Graves, Ingrid Potyka, Tammy Corica, Norman R. Williams, and Michael Baum
Assessing self-perception in patients with chronic low back pain: Development of a back-specific body-perception questionnaire, Benedict M. Wand, Monique James, Sam Abbaszadeh, Pamela Jane George, Pamela Margaret Formby, Anne Julia Smith, and Neil Edward O'Connell
Case series of elective instrumented posterior lumbar spinal fusions demonstrating a low incidence of venous thromboembolism, Benjamin Weber, Alexa Seal, Joseph McGirr, and Kerin Fielding
Capecitabine for ER-positive versus ER-negative breast cancer, Alison M. White, Peter K.H Lau, Andrew D. Redfern, and Max K. Bulsara
Unmet needs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A qualitative study on patients and doctors, S Wong, N Abdullah, A Abdullah, S Liew, S Ching, E Khoo, M Jiwa, and Y Chia
Health inequalities and development plans in Iran: An analysis of the past three decades (1984–2010), H Zare, A Trujillo, J Driessen, M Ghasemi, and G Gallego
Submissions from 2013
Perceptions of barriers to discussing and testing for sexually transmitted infections in a convenience sample of general practice patients, Joanne R. Baker, Diane E. Arnold-Reed, Tom Brett, Dana A. Hince, Ilse O'Ferrall, and Max K. Bulsara
Multimorbidity in patients attending 2 Australian primary care practices, Tom Brett, Diane Arnold-Reed, Aurora Popescu, Bishoy Soliman, Max Bulsara, Hilary Fine, Geoff Bovell, and Robert G. Moorhead
A KT intervention including the evidence alert system to improve clinician’s evidence-based practice behavior—A cluster randomized controlled trial, Lanie Campbell, Iona Novak, Sarah McIntyre, and Sarah J. Lord
Safety surveillance of influenza vaccine in pregnant women, Dale Carcione, Christopher C. Blyth, Peter C. Richmond, Donna Mak, and Paul V. Effler
Efficacy of osmoprotectants on prevention and treatment of murine dry eye, W Chen, X Zhang, J Li, Y Wang, Q Chen, C Hou, and Q Garrett
Assessment of potential anti-cancer stem cell activity of marine algal compounds using an in vitro mammosphere assay, J de la Mare, J Sterrenberg, M Sukhthankar, M Chiwakata, D Beukes, G Blatch, and A Edkins
GP and registrar involvement in refugee health: a needs assessment, G Duncan, C Harding, A Gilmour, and A Seal
Differential associations between body mass index and outcomes after elective adult cardiac surgery: A linked data cohort study, K. M. Ho, C Bertenshaw, S. Same, M. Schneider, K. A. Williams, T. Godsell, and Kathryn M. Hird
Continuity of cancer care: Where do primary care practitioners fit in?, M Jiwa, A McManus, and A Dadich
Objective assessment of cosmetic outcome after targeted intraoperative radiotherapy in breast cancer: Results from a randomised controlled trial, Mohammed Keshtgar, Norman R. Williams, Max K. Bulsara, Christobel Saunders, Henrik Flyger, Jaime S. Cardaso, Tammy Corica, Neils Kroman, Nikolaos V. Michalopoulos, and David J. Joseph
Decrease in hyperosmotic stress-induced corneal epithelial cell apoptosis by L-carnitine, N Khandekar, M Willcox, S Shih, P Simmons, J Vehige, and Q Garrett
The validation of the E-Victimisation Scale (E-VS) and the E-Bullying Scale (E-BS) for adolescents, Lawrence T. Lam and Yongxin Li
Esophageal dysmotility after laparoscopic gastric band surgery, Philip A. Le Page, Sebastianus Kwon, Sarah J. Lord, and Reginald V.N. Lord
Needle and syringe distribution trends in Western Australia, 1990 to 2009, Georgiana Lilley, Donna Mak, and Trinity Fredericks
Disabling chronic low back pain as an iatrogenic disorder: A qualitative study in Aboriginal Australians, Ivan B. Lin, Peter B. O'Sullivan, Juli A. Coffin, Donna B. Mak, Sandy Toussaint, and Leon M. Straker
Living with advanced cancer and an uncertain disease trajectory: An emerging population in palliative care?, Elizabeth A. Lobb, John Kearsley, Winston Lilauw, Leslie White, and Annmarie Hosie
Signs of post-traumatic stress disorder in caregivers following an expected death: A qualitative study, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Christine Sanderson, Jane Mowll, Phyllis N. Butow, Naomi McGowan, and Melanie A. Price
Factors determining vaccine uptake in Western Australian adolescents, Donna B. Mak, Max K. Bulsara, Megan Wrate, Dale Carcione, Melissa Chantry, and Paul V. Effler
Enriched environments and motor outcomes in cerebral palsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Catherine J. Morgan, Iona Novak, and Nadia Badawi
Contributions of ocular surface components to matrix-metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 in feline tears following corneal epithelial wounding, A Petznick, M Madigan, Q Garrett, D Sweeney, and M Evans
High biological variation of serum hyaluronic acid and Hepascore, a biochemical marker model for the prediction of liver fibrosis, Enrico Rossi, Leon A. Adams, Helena L. Ching, Max K. Bulsara, Gerry MacQuillan, and Gary P. Jeffrey
Using expert panels to determine the level of cancer knowledge required of junior doctors in Australia. Part 1: Methodology and results, Darren L. Starmer, Elaine Chapman, and Michael J. Millward
Predictors of uptake of influenza vaccination: A survey of pregnant women in Western Australia, Silje E. Taksdal, Donna Mak, Sarah Joyce, Stephania Tomlin, Dale Carcione, Paul K. Armstrong, and Paul V. Effler
Where do children travel to and what local opportunities are available? The relationship between neighborhood destinations and children’s independent mobility, Karen Villanueva, Billie Giles-Corti, Max K. Bulsara, Anna Timperio, Gavin McCormack, Bridget Beesley, Georgina Trapp, and Nicholas Middleton
Brugada syndrome, Michael Wan, Jessica Jellins, Mitchell Milanovic, David-Joel Taitz, S. H. Wan, and P. W. Yam
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sexually transmitted infections and blood borne virus notification rates in Western Australia: Using linked data to improve estimates, Rochelle E. Watkins, Donna Mak, Carolien M. Giele, and Sharon Clews
“Through the kids . . . We connected with our community”: Children as catalysts of social capital, Lisa Wood, Billie Giles-Corti, Stephen R. Zubrick, and Max K. Bulsara
Submissions from 2012
The adaptor protein 14-3-3 binds to the calcium-sensing receptor and attenuates receptor-mediated Rho kinase signalling, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, Aaron L. Magno, Evan Ingley, Suzanne J. Brown, Arthur D. Conigraves, Thomas Ratajczak, and Bryan K. Ward
Cerebrovascular risk factors in early-onset dementia, Emily R. Atkins, Max K. Bulsara, and Peter K. Panegyres
The natural history of early-onset dementia: The Artemis Project, Emily R. Atkins, Max K. Bulsara, and Peter K. Panegyres
Factors associated with the performance of a blood-based interferon-γ release assay in diagnosing tuberculosis, Sally Banfield, Elaine Pascoe, Aesen Thambiran, Aris Siafarikas, and David Burgner
The birth of convulsive therapy revisited: A reappraisal of László Meduna's first cohort of patients, Brigitta Baran, István Bitter, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Gábor Gazdag
Venom immunotherapy for preventing allergic reactions to insect stings, Robert J. Boyle, Mariam Elremeli, Juliet Hockenhull, Mary Gemma Cherry, Max K. Bulsara, Michael Daniels, and J. N. G. Oude Elberink
Book review: The Challenge of change: Putting patients before providers, Tom Brett
The Fremantle Primary Prevention Study: A multicentre randomised trial of absolute cardiovascular risk reduction, Tom Brett, Diane Arnold-Reed, Cam Phan, Frances Cadden, William Walker, Wendy Manea-Walley, Noelene Mora, Julie Young, and Max Bulsara
An approach to functional abdominal pain in children and adolescents, Tom Brett, Marion Rowland, and Brendan Drumm
Improving stress testing compliance following chest pain presentations to the emergency department, Kevin Chung, David Playford, and Stephen P J Macdonald
Preventing hypothermia in elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery patients: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Jed Duff, Renatta Di Staso, Kerry-Anne Cobbe, Nicole Draper, Simon Tan, Emma Halliday, Sandy Middleton, Lawrence Lam, and Kim Walker
A difficult diagnosis of severe loin abdominal pain: Another imitation of other pathology, Gordian Fulde and Tiffany Fulde
Short term effects of exercise training on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Louise Ganderton, Sue Jenkins, Kevin Gain, Robin Fowler, Peta Winship, Dianne Lunt, and Eli Gabbay
The practice of consenting to electroconvulsive therapy in the European Union, Gábor Gazdag, Rozália Takács, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Pascal Sienaert
Organizational environment of outpatient drug treatment services in Hungary: A pilot study, Gábor Gazdag, Gabor S. Ungvari, Rozália Takács, and József Rácz
Disabling synovitis associated with LARS artificial ligament use in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A case report, Constantine M. Glezos, Alison Waller, Henry E. Bourke, Lucy J. Salmon, and Leo Pinczewski
Information needs and preferences of women as they proceed through radiotherapy for breast cancer, Georgia K B Halkett, Linda J. Kristjanson, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Jonathon Little, Therese Shaw, Mandy Taylor, and Nigel Spry