Submissions from 2011
Increasing children's physical activity: Individual, social, and environmental factors associated with walking to and from school, Georgina S A Trapp, Billie Giles-Corti, Hayley E. Christian, Max Bulsara, Anna F. Timperio, Gavin R. McCormach, and Karen P. Villanueva
On your bike! A cross-sectional study of the individual, social and environmental correlates of cycling to school, Georgina S A Trapp, Billie Giles-Corti, Hayley E. Christian, Max Bulsara, Anna F. Timperio, Gavin R. McCormack, and Karen P. Villaneuva
Cervical muscle area measurements in acute whiplash patients and controls, Erika J. Ulbrich, Suzanne E. Anderson, Andre Busato, Susanne Abderhalden, Chris Boesch, Heinz Zimmermann, Paul Heini, Juerg Hodler, and Matthias Sturzenegger
Alterations of the transverse ligament: An MRI study comparing patients with acute whiplash and matched control subjects, Erika Jasmin Ulbrich, Sandra Eigenheer, Chris Boesch, Juerg Hodler, André Busato, Christian Schraner, Suzanne E. Anderson, Harald Bonel, Heinz Zimmermann, and Matthias Sturzenegger
Withdrawal of alcohol promotes regression while continued alcohol intake promotes persistence of LPS-induced pancreatic injury in alcohol-fed rats, Alain Vonlaufen, Phoebe A. Phillips, Zhihong Xu, Xuguo Zhang, Lu yang, Ron Pirola, Jeremy S. Wilson, and Minoti V. Apte
Development and pilot testing of an online screening decision aid for men with a family history of prostate cancer, Claire E. Wakefield, Kaaren J. Watts, Bettina Meiser, Ursula Sansom-Daly, Alex Barratt, Graham J. Mann, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Clara L. Gaff, Kirsten Howard, and Manish I. Patel
Modified constraint-induced therapy for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A randomized trial, Margaret Wallen, Jenny Ziviani, Olivia Naylor, Ruth Evans, Iona Novak, and Robert D. Herbert
Predictive validity of the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test for medical students’ academic performance, Barry N J Walters
Insight in Chinese schizophrenia patients: A 12-month follow-up, Y Wang, Y-T Xiang, C-Y Wang, H F K Chiu, J-P Zhao, Q Chen, S S M Chan, E H M Lee, W-K Tang, and G S. Ungvari
Comparison of criterion-based checklist scoring and global rating scales for the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in pre- clinical year medical students, Michael Wan, Rosa Canalese, Lawrence Lam, R Petersen, Julie Quinlivan, and Gavin Frost
Identifying high risk groups for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses upon admission to prison in Western Australia, Rochelle Watkins, Donna B. Mak, and Crystal Connelly
Elastic properties of the central airways in obstructive lung diseases measured using anatomical optical coherence tomography, Jonathon P. Williamson, Robert A. McLaughlin, William J. Noffsinger, Alan L. James, Vanessa A. baker, Andrea Curatolo, Julian J. Armstrong, Adrian Regli, Kelly L. Shepherd, Guy B. Marks, David D. Sampson, David R. Hillman, and Peter R. Eastwood
Beyond the rhetoric: How can non-government organisations contribute to reducing health disparities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?, Lisa Wood, Trevor Shilton, Lyn Dimer, Julie Smith, and Timothy Leahy
Are adolescents’ decisions about prenatal screening for Down Syndrome informed? A controlled, prospective study, Karen H. Wynter, Heather J. Rowe, Jane R. Fisher, Mardiana Lee, and Julie A. Quinlivan
Tardive dyskinesia in the treatment of schizophrenia: The findings of the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Pattern (REAP) survey (2001 – 2009), Y-T Xiang, C-Y Wang, T-M Si, E H M Lee, Y-L He, Gabor S. Ungvari, H F K Chiu, S-Y Yang, M-Y Chong, C-H Tan, E-H Kua, S Fujii, K Sim, K H Yong, J K Trivedi, E-K Chung, P Udomratn, K-Y Chee, N Sartorius, and N Shinfuku
The low frequency of reported sexual dysfunction in Asian patients with schizophrenia (2001–2009): Low occurrence or ignored side effect?, Y-T Xiang, C-Y Wang, T-M Si, E H M Lee, Y-L He, Gabor S. Ungvari, H F K Chiu, S-Y Yang, M-Y Chong, C-H Tan, E-H Kua, S Fujii, K Sim, K H Yong, J K Trivedi, E-K Chung, P Udomratn, K-Y Chee, N Sartorius, and N Shinfuku
Use of anticholinergic drugs in patients with schizophrenia in Asia from 2001 to 2009, Y -T Xiang, C -Y Wang, T -M Si, E H M Lee, Y -L Lee, Gabor S. Ungvari, H F K Chiu, S -Y Yang, M -Y Chong, C -H Tan, E -H Kua, S Fuji, K Sim, K H. Yong, J K. Trivedi, K Chung, P Udomratn, K -Y Chee, N Sartorius, and N Shinfuku
Weight changes and their associations with demographic and clinical characteristics in risperidone maintenance treatment for schizophrenia, Y.-T Xiang, C.-Y Wang, Gabor S. Ungvari, J A. Kreyenbuhl, H F K Chiu, K Y C Lai, E H M Lee, Q.-J Bo, and L B. Dixon
Clozapine use in schizophrenia: Findings of the Research on Asia Psychotropic Prescription (REAP) studies from 2001 to 2009, Yu-Tao Xiang, Chuan-Yue Wang, Tian-Mei Si, Edwin H M Lee, Yan-Ling He, Gabor S. Ungvari, Helen F K Chiu, Naotaka Shinfuku, Shu-Yu Yang, Mian-Yoon Chong, Ee-Heok Kua, Senta Fujii, Kang Sim, Michael K H Yong, Jitendra K. Trivedi, Eun-Kee Chung, Pichet Udomratn, Kok-Yoon Chee, Norman Sartorius, Lisa B. Dixon, Julie A. Kreyenbuhl, and Chay-Hoon Tan
Submissions from 2010
How should we conduct and interpret phase III clinical trials in palliative care?, Amy P. Abernethy, Katherine Clark, and David C. Currow
Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial, Amy P. Abernethy, Christine F. McDonald, Peter A. Frith, Katherine Clark, James E. Herndon, Jennifer Marcello, Iven H. Young, Janet Bull, Andrew Wilcock, Sara Booth, Jane L. Wheeler, James A. Tulskey, Alan J. Crockett, and David C. Currow
Systemic decreases in cutaneous innervation after burn injury, James R. Anderson, John S. Zorbas, Jacqueline K. Phillips, Joanne L. Harrison, Linda F. Dawson, Sarah E. Bolt, Suzanne M. Rea, Jennifer E. Klatte, Ralf Paus, Bin Zhu, Natalie L. Giles, Peter D. Drummond, Fiona M. Wood, and Mark W. Fear
Femoroacetabular impingement: Evidence of an established hip abnormality, Suzanne E. Anderson, Klaus A. Siebenrock, and Moritz Tannast
Effect of high flow oxygen on mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in prehospital setting: Randomised controlled trial, Michael A. Austin, Karen E. Wills, Leigh Blizzard, Haydn Walters, and Richard Wood-Baker
Reducing inappropriate diagnostic practice through education and decision support, Phillip J. Bairstow, Jennifer Persaud, Richard Mendelson, and Long Nguyen
Risk assessment and management in bipolar disorders, Darryl L. Bassett
Highs and lows of bipolar disorder: Modern treatments, Darryl L. Bassett and David J. Castle
Pandemic influenza testing at the coalface: Time for reassessment?, Miles H. Beaman and Michael J. Leung
Ambient wood smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms in Tasmania, Australia, C M. Bennett, S C. Dharmage, M Matheson, J L. Gras, J markos, D Mészáros, J Hopper, Haydn Walters, and M J. Abramson
A bridge between cultures: interpreters’ perspectives of consultations with migrant oncology patients, Phyllis N. Butow, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Michael Jefford, David Goldstein, Maurice Eisenbruch, Araf Girgis, Madeleine King, Ming Sze, Lynley Aldridge, and Penelope Schofield
Office based procedures, Frances Cadden
Comparison of pandemic (HIN1) 2009 and seasonal influenza, Western Australia, 2009, Dale Carcione, Carolien Giele, Gary K. Dowse, Donna B. Mak, Leigh Goggin, Kelly Kwan, Simon Williams, David Smith, and Paul Effler
Association between 2009 seasonal influenza vaccine and influenza-like illness during the 2009 pandemic: Preliminary results of a large household transmission study in Western Australia, D Carcione, C Giele, L S. Goggin, K S. Kwan, D W. Smith, G K. Dowse, Donna B. Mak, and P Effler
Maternal age at birth and childhood type 1 diabetes: A pooled analysis of 30 observational studies, Chris R. Cardwell, Lars C. Stene, Geir Joner, Max K. Bulsara, Ondrej Cinek, Joachim Rosenbauer, Johnny Ludvigsson, Mireia Jané, Jannet Svensson, Michael J. Goldacre, Thomas Waldhoer, Przamyslawa Jarosz-Chobot, Suely GA Gimeno, Lee-Ming Chuang, Roger C. Parslow, Emma JK Wadsworth, Amanda Chetwynd, Paolo Pozzilli, Girts Brigis, Brone Urbonaitė, Sandra Sipetic, Edith Schober, Gabriele Devoti, Constantin Ionescu-Tirgoviste, Carine E. de Beaufort, Denka Stoyanov, Karsten Buschard, and Chris C. Patterson
Birth order and childhood type 1 diabetes risk: A pooled analysis of 31 observational studies, Chris R. Cardwell, Lars C. Stene, Geir Joner, Max K. Bulsara, Ondrej Cinek, Joachim Rosenbauer, Johnny Ludvigsson, Janet Svensson, Michael J. Goldacre, Thomas Waldhoer, Przemysława Jarosz-Chobot, Suely G A Gimeno, Lee-Ming Chuang, Christine L. Roberts, Roger C. Parslow, Emma J K Wadsworth, Amanda Chetwynd, Girts Brigis, Brone Urbonaitė, Sandra Šipetić, Edith Schober, Gabriele Devoti, Constantin Ionescu-Tirgoviste, Carine E. de Beaufort, Denka Stoyanov, Karsten Buschard, Katja Radon, Christopher Glatthaar, and Chris C. Patterson
Precocious bilateral hip joint osteoarthritis is a “form-fruste” of the arthropathy of hereditary haemochromatosis, Graeme J. Carroll
Ferritin concentrations in synovial fluid are higher in osteoarthritis patients with HFE gene mutations (C282Y or H63D), Graeme J. Carroll, G Sharma, A Upadhyay, and J A. Jazayeri
Palliative care for non-pain symptoms, Katherine Clark
The use of digital rectal examinations in palliative care inpatients, Katherine Clark, David C. Currow, and Nicholas J. Talley
The impact of opioids, anticholinergic medications and disease progression on the prescription of laxatives in hospitalized palliative care patients: A retrospective analysis, Katherine Clark, Lawrence T. Lam, M Agar, R Chye, and David C. Currow
Current approaches to diagnosing and managing constipation in advanced cancer and palliative care, Katherine Clark, Kat Urban, and David C. Currow
Self-management for osteoarthritis of the knee: Does mode of delivery influence outcome?, Sophie Coleman, Jean McQuade, Jessica Rose, Charles Inderjeeth, Graeme J. Carroll, and N Kathryn Briffa
Pathways home: Comparing voluntary IT and non-IT users participating in a mentored self-management project, Elizabeth Cummings, Andrew Robinson, Helen Courtney-Pratt, Helen Cameron-Tucker, Richard Wood-Baker, E Haydn Walters, and Paul Turner
The use of prolotherapy in the sacroiliac joint, Manuel F. Cusi, J Saunders, B Hungerford, T Wisbey-Roth, P Lucas, and Stephen Wilson
Determinants of severe hypoglycemia complicating type 2 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study, Timothy M E Davis, Simon G A Brown, Ian G. Jacobs, Max K. Bulsara, David G. Bruce, and Wendy A. Davis
MDCT evaluation of injuries after tram accidents in pedestrians, Andre W. Demant, Christopher Bangard, Henning Bovenschulte, Emmanouil Skouras, Suzanne E. Anderson, and Klaus J. Lackner
Letter to the editor - In reply, Girish Deshpande, Shripada Rao, Sanjay Patole, and Max K. Bulsara
Updated meta-analysis of probiotics for preventing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in preterm neonates, Girish Deshpande, Shripada Rao, Sanjay Patole, and Max K. Bulsara
Household responses to pandemic (H1N1) 2009–related school closures, Perth, Western Australia, Paul V. Effler, Dale Carcione, Carolien Giele, Gary K. Dowse, Leigh Goggin, and Donna B. Mak
Venom immunotherapy for preventing allergic reactions to insect stings, Mariam Elremeli, Max K. Bulsara, Michael Daniels, and Robert J. Boyle
International consensus statement for the use of botulinum toxin treatment in adults and children with neurological impairments – Introduction, A Esquenazi, Iona Novak, G Sheean, B J. Singer, and A B. Ward
Thiamine supplementation increases serum thiamine and reduces pyruvate and lactate levels in burn patients, Sian Falder, Robyn Silla, Michael Phillips, Suzanne Rea, Reuven Gurfinkel, Esther Baur, Anthony Bartley, Fiona M. Wood, and Mark W. Fear
Botulinum toxin assessment, intervention and follow-up for paediatric upper limb hypertonicity: International consensus statement, D Fehlings, Iona Novak, S Berweck, B Hoare, N S. Stott, and R N. Russo
Q Fever cholecystitis in an unvaccinated butcher diagnosed by gallbladder polymerase chain reaction, Mel Figtree, Spiros Miyakis, John Stenos, Stephen Graves, Susan Botham, Mark Ferson, and Steven Krilis
Phosphonate metabolism in Helicobacter pylori, Justin L. Ford, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, and George L. Mendz
Hepatitis A and B vaccination: The rate of uptake and course completion in patients with Hepatitis C, Trinity Fredericks, Kellie Kwan, and Donna B. Mak
Severe back pain - Is it a spinal abscess?, Gordian Fulde and Sascha Fulde
The information and support needs of patients diagnosed with high grade glioma, Georgia K B Halkett, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lynn Oldham, and Anna K. Nowak
Meeting breast cancer patients' information needs during radiotherapy: What can we do to improve the information and support that is currently provided?, G K B Halkett, L J. Kristjanson, Elizabeth A. Lobb, C O'Driscoll, M Taylor, and N Spry
Comparing patients' perceptions of IMGs and local Australian graduates in rural general practice, Catherine Harding, Naresh Parajuli, Luke Johnston, and Louis Pilotto
Rural student doctors top city colleagues: Representation of a rural clinical school in the rural press, Catherine Harding and Louis Pilotto
Management options to treat gastrointestinal bleeding in patients supported on rotary left ventricular assist devices: A single-center experience, Helen M. Hayes, Lawrence G. Dembo, Robert Larbalestier, and Gerry O'Driscoll
Chronic extra-aortic balloon counterpulsation: First-in-human pilot study in end-stage heart failure, Christopher S. Hayward, William S. Peters, Alan F. Merry, Peter N. Ruygrok, Paul Jansz, Gerry O'Driscoll, Robert I. Larbalestier, Julian A. Smith, Betty Ho, Malcolm E. Legget, and F Paget Milsom
Objective measurement of fluency in natural language production: A dynamic systems approach, Kathryn Hird and Kim Kirsner
A comparison of central and mixed venous oxygen saturation in circulatory failure, Kwok M. Ho, Richard Harding, Jenny Chamberlain, and Max K. Bulsara
Regional anaesthesia for bilateral upper limb surgery: A review of challenges and solutions, J Holborow and Graham Hocking
Dopaminergic challenges in social anxiety disorder: evidence for dopamine D3 desensitisation following successful treatment with serotonergic antidepressants, S. Hood, J. Potokar, S. Davies, Dana Hince, K. Morris, K. Seddon, D. Nutt, and S. Argyropoulos
‘Just like you’: A disability awareness programme for children that enhanced knowledge, attitudes and acceptance: Pilot study findings, Nicole Ison, Sarah McIntyre, Sophie Rothery, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy, Shona Goldsmith, Samantha Parsonage, and Liz Foy
Interleukin-6 subfamily cytokines and rheumatoid arthritis: Role of antagonists, Jalal A. Jazayeri, Graeme J. Carroll, and Ann B. Vernallis
Targeting the glycoprotein 130 receptor subunit to control pain and inflammation, Jalal A. Jazayeri, Aradhana Upadhyay, Ann B. Vernallis, and Graeme J. Carroll
Diagnostic accuracy of mammography readers and their memory performance have no correlation with each other, P Kok, Alex G. Pitman, J N. Cawson, S Gledhill, S Kremer, J Lawson, K Mehta, V Mercuri, D Shnier, R Taft, and L Zentner
Pancreaticoduodenectomy – outcomes from an Australian institution, Kelvin H K Kwok, Joseph Rizk, Maxwell Coleman, and Douglas Fenton-Lee
Effect of pathological use of the internet on adolescent mental health: A prospective study, Lawrence T. Lam and Zi-Wen Peng
Decreased IP-10 and elevated TGFβ1 levels are associated with viral clearance following therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus, Silvia Lee, Julius Varano, James P. Flexman, Wendy Cheng, Mark W. Watson, Enrico Rossi, Leon A. Adams, Max K. Bulsara, and Patricia Price
More than just counting eosinophils: Proximal oesophageal involvement and subepithelial sclerosis are major diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic oesophagitis, Stephen Lee, W Bastiaan de Boer, Anupam Naran, Connull Leslie, Spiro Raftopoulous, Hooi Ee, and M Priyanthi Kumarasinghe
The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Western Australians from 1997 through 2007 and emergence of nonvaccine serotypes, Deborah Lehmann, Judith Willis, Hannah C. Moore, Carolien Giele, Denise Murphy, Anthony D. Keil, Catherine Harrison, Kathy Bayley, Michael Watson, Peter Richmond, and Vaccine Impact Surveillance Network
Treatment-focused DNA testing for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients: Some implications for clinical practice, Elizabeth A. Lobb, K Barlow-Stewart, G Suthers, and N Hallowell
Patient and caregiver perceptions of communication of prognosis in high grade glioma, Elizabeth A. Lobb, G K B Halkett, and A K. Nowak
Predictors of complicated grief: A systematic review of empirical studies, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Linda J. Kristjanson, Samar M. Aoun, Leanne Monterosso, Georgia K B Halkett, and Anna Davies
Frontline grief: The workplace support needs of community palliative care nurses after the death of a patient, Elizabeth A. Lobb, L Vojkovic, L J. Kristjanson, J Smith, J M. Brown, and V W J Dwyer
Botulinum toxin assessment, intervention and after-care for lower limb spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: International consensus statement, S C. Love, Iona Novak, M Kentish, K Desloovere, F Heinen, G Molenaers, S O'Flaherty, and H K. Graham
Evaluation of the Claassen Institute of Psychiatry for Medical Students, Zaza Lyons, Brian D. Power, Natalia Bilyk, Jodi Lofchy, and Johann Claassen
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination coverage in Western Australia, Donna B. Mak, Alison M. Daly, Paul K. Armstrong, and Paul V. Effler
Effect of DHA supplementation during pregnancy on maternal depression and neurodevelopment of young children, Maria Makrides, Robert A. Gibson, Andrew J. McPhee, Lisa Yelland, Julie A. Quinlivan, and Philip Ryan
Caring for someone with high-grade glioma: A time of rapid change for caregivers, Ruth McConigley, Georgia Halkett, Elizabeth A. Lobb, and Anna Nowak
Consensus research priorities for cerebral palsy: A Delphi survey of consumers, researchers, and clinicians, Sarah McIntyre, Iona Novak, and Anne Cusick
AP-1 inhibitory peptides are neuroprotective following acute glutamate excitotoxicity in primary cortical neuronal cultures, Amanda J. Meade, Bruno P. Meloni, Jane Cross, Anthony J. Bakker, Mark W. Fear, Frank L. Mastaglia, Paul M. Watt, and Neville W. Knuckey
Inappropriate imaging: Why it matters, why it happens, what can be done, Richard Mendelson and Phillip J. Bairstow
Poor lung function and tonsillectomy in childhood are associated with mortality from age 18 to 44, D Mészáros, S C. Dharmage, M C. Matheson, A Venn, C L. Wharton, D P. Johns, M J. Abramson, G G. Giles, J L. Hopper, and E H. Walters
Botulinum toxin assessment, intervention and aftercare for cervical dystonia and other causes of hypertonia of the neck: International consensus statement, Iona Novak, L Campbell, M Boyce, and V S C Fung
Botulinum toxin consensus statement - Foreword, Iona Novak and H Kerr Graham
The effect of education with workplace supports on practitioners’ evidence-based practice knowledge and implementation behaviours, Iona Novak and Sarah McIntyre
Response of Helicobacter hepaticus to bovine bile, Arinze S. Okoli, Marc R. Wilkins, Mark J. Raftery, and George L. Mendz
Pancreatic stellate cells produce acetylcholine and may play a role in pancreatic exocrine secretion, Phoebe A. Phillips, Lu Yang, Arthur Shulkes, Alain Vonlaufen, Anne Poljak, Sonia Bustamante, Alessandra Warren, Zhihong Xu, Michael Guilhaus, Ron Pirola, Minoti V. Apte, and Jeremy S. Wilson
Nitric oxide is not obligatory for radial artery flow-mediated dilation following release of 5 or 10 min distal occlusion, Kyra Pyke, Daniel J. Green, Cara Weisbrod, Matthew Best, Lawrence Dembo, Gerry O'Driscoll, and Michael Tschakovsky
Selecting medical students for academic and attitudinal outcomes in a Catholic medical school, Julie A. Quinlivan, Lawrence T. Lam, Siu Hong Wan, and Rodney W. Petersen
Botulinum toxin assessment, intervention and aftercare for paediatric and adult niche indications including pain: International consensus statement, B Rawicki, G Sheean, V S C Fung, S Goldsmith, C Morgan, and I Novak
Commonly applied positive end-expiratory pressures do not prevent functional residual capacity decline in the setting of intra-abdominal hypertension: A pig model, Adrian Regli, Lisen E. Hockings, Gabrielle C. Musk, Brigit Roberts, Bill Noffsinger, Bhajan Singh, and Peter V. van Heerden
Proposed changes to the psychiatric classification: Towards DSM5, Joseph M. Rey
Smoking cessation in pregnancy and the risk of child behavioural problems: A longitudinal prospective cohort study, Monique Robinson, Neil J. McLean, Wendy H. Oddy, Eugen Mattes, Max K. Bulsara, Jianghong Li, Stephen R. Zubrick, Fiona J. Stanley, and John P. Newnham