Submissions from 2014
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
Cyclical variation in the incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Western Australia (1985–2010), Aveni Haynes, Max K. Bulsara, Carol Bower, Timothy W. Jones, and Elizabeth A. Davis
Undiagnosed bipolar disorder in patients treated for major depression in China, Chen Hu, Yu-Tao Xiang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Faith B. Dickerson, Amy M. Kilbourne, Tian-Mei Si, Yi-Ru Fang, Zheng Lu, Hai-Chen Yang, Helen F K Chiu, Kelly Y C Lai, Jian Hu, Zhi-Yu Chen, Yi Huang, Jing Sun, Xiao-Ping Wang, Hui-Chun Li, Jin-Bei Zhang, and Gang Wang
Outcome of anatomic transphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Tanner Stage 1 and 2 patients with open physes, Catherine Hui, Justin Roe, Duncan Ferguson, Alison Waller, Lucy Salmon, and Leo Pinczewski
Doctors and medical training, M Jiwa
Sterile abscess formation associated with depot leuprorelin acetate therapy for central precocious puberty, Stephanie R. Johnson, Richard C. Nolan, Maree T. Grant, Glynis J. Price, Aris Siafarikas, and Catherine SY Choong
Death adder envenoming causes neurotoxicity not reversed by antivenom - Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-16), Christopher I. Johnstone, Margaret A. O'Leary, Simon G A Brown, Bart J. Currie, Lambros Halkidis, Richard Whitaker, Benjamin Close, and Geoffrey K. Isbister for the ASP Investigators
Health information-seeking behaviour on the internet and health literacy among older Australians, Mary K. Lam and Lawrence T. Lam
Predictors of the depressive symptomatology of the family caregivers of Chinese stroke patients in Hong Kong, C G. Lau, W K. Tang, K S. Wong, V Mok, and Gabor S. Ungvari
The challenge of giving bad news, Elizabeth A. Lobb
A bridge between cultures: Interpreter's perspectives of consultations with migrant oncology patients, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Phyllis N. Butow, Michael Jefford, David Goldstein, Maurice Eisenbruch, Afaf Girgis, Schofield Penelope, Madeleine King, Ming Sze, and Lynley Aldridge
Are we being overly cautious? A qualitative inquiry into the experiences and perceptions of treatment-focused germline BRCA genetic testing amongst women recently diagnosed with breast cancer, Elizabeth A. Lobb, M Gleeson, K Watts, Elvira Zilliacus, Bettina Meiser, K Tucker, and G Mitchell
Psycho-educational group intervention for family caregivers of hospitalized palliative care patients: Pilot study, Elizabeth A. Lobb; Peter L. Hudson R.N., Ph.D.; Kristina Thomas DPsych(Health); Rachel D. Zordan Ph.D., GradDipSc((Psych), B.Sc.(Psych); Tom Trauer Ph.D., B.A. (Hons); Karen Quinn R.N., M.N. (Research); Anne Williams Ph.D., M.Sc.(Hons), R.N.; and Michael Summers Ph.D., BAppSocSci, MSocPol
A call to the field: Complicated grief in the DSM-5, Elizabeth A. Lobb; Therese A. Rando Ph.D.,BCETS,BCBT; Kenneth J. Doka Ph.D.; Stephen Fleming Ph.D., C.Psych; Maria H. Franco Ph.D.; Colin Murray Parkes MD; and Rose Steele RN, Ph.D.
A cross-sectional study of clinical management, and provision of health services and their utilisation, by patients with Parkinson’s disease in urban and regional Victoria, Michal Lubomski, R Louise Rushworth, Will Lee, Kelly Bertram, and David R. Williams
Living and working with the people of ‘the bush’: A foundation for rural and remote clinical placements in undergraduate medical education, Donna B. Mak and Barbara Miflin
Allergic disease in the first year of life is associated with differences in subsequent neurodevelopment and behaviour, Suzanne J. Meldrum, Janet A. Dunstan, Trevor A. Mori, Kathryn Hird, Karen Simmer, and Susan L. Prescott
Effects of high-dose fish oil supplementation during early infancy on neurodevelopment and language: A randomised controlled trial, Suzanne J. Meldrum, Nina D'Vaz, Karen Simmer, Janet A. Dunstan, Kathryn Hird, and Susan L. Prescott
Does prognosis and socioeconomic status impact on trust in physicians? Interviews with patients with coronary disease in South Australia, S Meyer, P Ward, and M Jiwa
General practice teachers, Robert Moorhead, Tom Brett, Diane Arnold-Reed, and Maria Saldanha
Burn injury has a systemic effect on reinnervation of skin and restoration of nociceptive function, Natalie M. Morellini, Mark W. Fear, Suzanne Rea, Adrian K. West, Fiona M. wood, and Sarah A. Dunlop
Changes in the plasma cytokine and growth factor profile are associated with impaired healing in pediatric patients treated with INTEGRA® for reconstructive procedures, Michal Nessler, Jacek Puchala, Fiona M. Wood, Hilary J. Wallace, Mark W. Fear, Katarzyna Nessler, and Justyna Drukala
Evidence to practice commentary: Is more therapy better?, Iona Novak
Evidence to practice commentary: The evidence alert traffic light grading system, Iona Novak
Dietary component of lifestyle interventions helps obese pregnant women, Julie A. Quinlivan
Prevalence and associations of domestic violence at an Australian colposcopy clinic, Julie A. Quinlivan, Rachael R. Collier, and Rodney W. Petersen
The impact of molar pregnancy on the male partner, Julie A. Quinlivan, Kim A. Ung, and Rodney W. Petersen
Targeted subendothelial matrix oxidation by myeloperoxidase triggers myosin II-dependent de-adhesion and alters signaling in endothelial cells, M Rees, L Dang, T Thai, D Owen, E Malle, and S Thomas
Matching positive end-expiratory pressure to intra-abdominal pressure prevents end-expiratory lung volume decline in a pig model of intra-abdominal hypertension, Adrian Regli, Jakob Chakera, Bart L. De Keulenaer, Brigit Roberts, Bill Noffsinger, Bhajan Singh, and Peter V. van Heerden
Community blood lead survey with emphasis on preschool children following lead dust pollution in Esperance, Western Australia, Enrico Rossi, Virginia McLaughlin, John Joseph, Max K. Bulsara, Kerryn Coleman, Charles Douglas, and Andrew Robertson
Evaluation of the interpretative skills of participants of a limited transthoracic echocardiography training course (H.A.R.T.scan® course), C F. Royse, D L. Haji, John G. Faris, Michael G. Veltman, A Kumar, and A G. Royse
Core review: Physician-performed ultrasound: The time has come for routine use in acute care medicine, Colin F. Royse, David J. Canty, John Faris, Darsim L. Haji, Michael Veltman, and Alistair Royse
Early loss of the glucagon response to hypoglycemia in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, Aris Siafarikas, Robert J. Johnston, Max K. Bulsara, Peter O'Leary, Timothy W. Jones, and Elizabeth A. Davis
In vitro fertilization and breast cancer: Is there cause for concern?, Louise M. Stewart, C D'Arcy J Holman, Roger Hart, Max K. Bulsara, David B. Preen, and Judith C. Finn