Submissions from 2011
A preliminary investigation of the reinnervation and return of sensory function in burn patients treated with INTEGRA®, James R. Anderson, Mark W. Fear, Jacqueline K. Phillips, Linda F. Dawson, Hilary Wallace, Fiona M. Wood, and Suzanne M. Rea
Femoroacetabular impingement, Suzanne E. Anderson, Klaus Arno Siebenrock, and Moritz Tannast
Human biomonitoring assessment values: Approaches and data requirements, Jürgen Angerer, Lesa L. Aylward, Sean M. Hays, Birger Heinzow, and Michael Wilhelm
Dynamic hip screws versus proximal femoral nails for intertrochanteric fractures, Zorik Avakian, Timothy Shiraev, Lawrence Lam, and Nigel Hope
Students and teachers' preferences for undergraduate dementia education in Western Australia, Christopher Beer, Natasha Watson, Lisa Caputo, Kathryn Hird, and Leon Flicker
Students and teachers' preferences for undergraduate dementia education in Western Australia, Christopher Beer, Natasha Watson, Lisa Caputo, Kathryn Hird, and Leon Flicker
Patient information – what is a PSA test?, Tom Brett
Prostate specific antigen, Tom Brett
The inverse care law - Is Australian primary care research funding headed this way?, Tom Brett
Capacity census: A pilot study of general practices in Western Australia, Tom Brett, Diane Arnold-Reed, Cam Phan, and Frank Jones
Secondary attack rate of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in Western Australian households, 29 May–7 August 2009, Dale Carcione, C M. Giele, K S H Kwan, D W. Smith, G K. Dowse, Donna B. Mak, and P Effler
Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is characterized by a clinically definable arthropathy that correlates with iron load, Graeme J. Carroll, W H Breidahl, Max K. Bulsara, and J K Olynyk
Characteristics of the arthropathy described in hereditary haemochromatosis, Graeme J. Carroll, W H. Breidahl, and J K. Olynyk
Health-related quality of life in patients with poststroke emotional incontinence, Yang-Kun Chen, Ka Sing Wong, Vincent Mok, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Wai Kwong Tang
A 'snap shot' of the health of homeless people in inner Sydney: St Vincent's Hospital, Caroline N. Chin, Kate Sullivan, and Stephen F. Wilson
Exploring the relationship between the frequency of documented bowel movements and prescribed laxatives in hospitalized palliative care patients, Katherine Clark, Lawrence Lam, and David Currow
CT grading scales for splenic injury: Why can't we agree?, Rhys Clark, Kathryn Hird, Philip Misur, Duncan Ramsay, and Richard Mendelson
Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and severe hypoglycemia complicating Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle diabetes study, Wendy A. Davis, Simon G A Brown, Ian G. Jacobs, Max K. Bulsara, John Beilby, David G. Bruce, and Timothy M E Davis
Does femoral venous pressure measurement correlate well with intrabladder pressure measurement? A multicenter observational trial, Bart L. De Keulenaer, Adrian Regli, Wojciech Dabrowski, Vaxtang Kaloiani, Zsolt Bodnar, Javier Izura Cea, A Andrey Litvin, Wendy A. Davis, Anne-Marie Palermo, and Jan J. De Waele
Intra-abdominal measurement techniques: Is there anything new?, Bart L. De Keulenaer, Adrian Regli, and Manu Malbrain
Development and pilot testing of a communication aid to assist clinicians to communicate with women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Simone E. De Morgan, Phyllis N. Butow, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Melanie A. Price, and Caroline Nehill
A consensus statement for safety monitoring guidelines of treatments for major depressive disorder, Seetal Dodd, Gin S. Malhi, John Tiller, Isaac Schweitzer, Ian Hickie, Jon Paul Koo, Darryl L. Bassett, Bill Lyndon, Philip B. Mitchell, Gordon Parker, Paul B. Fitzgerald, Marc Udina, Ajeet Singh, Steven Moylan, Francesco Giorlando, Carolyn Doughty, Christopher G. Davey, Michael Theodoros, and Michael Berk
Dosimetric intercomparison for multicenter clinical trials using a patient-based anatomic pelvic phantom, M A. Ebert, K M. Harrison, S J. Howlett, D Cornes, M Bulsara, C S. Hamilton, T Kron, D J. Joseph, and J W. Denham
Identification of germline susceptibility loci in ETV6-RUNX1-rearranged childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, E Ellinghaus, M Stanulla, G Richter, D Ellinghaus, G te Kronnie, G Cario, G Cazzaniga, M Horstmann, R Panzer Grümayer, H Cave, J Trka, O Cinek, A Teigler-Schlegel, A ElSharawy, R Häsler, A Nebel, B Meissner, T Bartram, F Lescai, C Franceschi, M Giordan, P Nürnberg, B Heinzow, M Zimmermann, S Schreiber, M Schrappe, and A Franke
The effectiveness of pulsed electrical stimulation in the management of osteoarthritis of the knee: Results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, repeated-measures trial, Robyn E. Fary, Graeme J. Carroll, Tom G. Briffa, and N K. Briffa
Measurement properties of the 6-min walk test in individuals with exercise-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension, R M. Fowler, S C. Jenkins, A J. Maiorana, K R. Gain, G O'Driscoll, and E Gabbay
Implications of exercise-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension, Robin Fowler, Andrew J. Maiorana, Sue C. Jenkins, Kevin R. Gain, Gerry O'Driscoll, and Eli Gabbay
Improving survival: A practical CPR update, Gordian Fulde
Managing aggressive and violent patients, Gordian Fulde and Paul Preisz
Spinal fractures from high-speed powerboating, Gordian Fulde and Kate Sellors
Validation of the Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) for the Australian and New Zealand population, Louise Ganderton, Sue Jenkins, Stephen P. McKenna, Kevin Gain, Robin Fowler, James Twiss, and Eli Gabbay
Non-pharmacological biological therapies in schizophrenia, Gabor Gazdag and Gabor S. Ungvari
School site and the potential to walk to school: The impact of street connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods, Billie Giles-Corti, Gina Wood, Terri Pikora, Vincent Learnihan, Max K. Bulsara, Kimberly Van Niel, Anna Timperio, Gavin McCormack, and Karen Villanueva
Very early poststroke aphasia therapy: A pilot randomized controlled efficacy trial, Erin Godecke, Kathryn Hird, Erin E. Lalor, Tapan Rai, and Michael R. Phillips
Chronic disease and hospitalisation for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in indigenous and non-indigenous Western Australians, Leigh S. Goggin, Dale Carcione, Donna B. Mak, Gary K. Dowse, Carolien M. Giele, David W. Smith, and Paul V. Effler
Changes in cutaneous innervation in patients with chronic pain after burns, Kawther Hamed, Natalie Giles, James Anderson, Jacqueline K. Phillips, Linda F. Dawson, Peter Drummond, Hilary Wallace, Fiona M. Wood, Suzanne M. Rea, and Mark W. Fear
Cigarette smoking in community-Dwelling patients with schizophrenia in China, Ye-Zhi Hou, Yu-Tao Xiang, Fang Yan, Gabor S. Ungvari, Faith Dickerson, Helen F K Chiu, Kelly Y C Lai, Edwin H M Lee, Weng-Yong Li, We-Xiu Li, Yu-Ling Zhu, and Lisa B. Dixon
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 G S. Ungvari
Histopathology of femoral head donations: A retrospective review of 6161 cases, Katherine E. Mackie, Ziqiang Zhou, Peter Robbins, Max K. Bulsara, and Ming H. Zheng
Super selective radio embolization of the Porcine Kidney with 90Yttrium Resin Microspheres: A feasibility, safety and dose ranging study, Simon MacKie, Suresh de Silva, Peter Aslan, Leigh Ladd, Michelle Houang, David Cade, and Warwick Delprado
The impact of exercise training on conduit artery wall thickness and remodeling in chronic heart failure patients, Andrew J. Maiorana, Louise H. Naylor, Anne Exterkate, Anne Swart, Dick H J Thijssen, Kaitlyn Lam, Gerry O'Driscoll, and Daniel J. Green
The impact of exercise training on conduit artery wall thickness and remodeling in chronic heart failure patients, Andrew J. Maiorana, Louise H. Naylor, Anne Exterkate, Anne Swart, Dick H J Thijssen, Kaitlyn Lam, Gerry O'Driscoll, and Daniel J. Green
Resending a consent form and information package to non-responders increases school-based consent return rate, Donna B. Mak, Max K. Bulsara, Leigh S. Goggin, and Paul V. Effler
Unsettled infant behaviour and health service use: A cross-sectional community survey in Melbourne, Australia, Sonia M. McCallum, Heather J. Rowe, Lyle Gurrin, Julie A. Quinlivan, Doreen A. Rosenthal, and Jane R W Fisher
Population case-control study of cerebral palsy: Neonatal predictors for low-risk term singletons, Sarah McIntyre, Nadia Badawi, Chris Brown, and Eve Blair
Achieving definitive results in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation trials of term infants: Factors for consideration, Suzanne J. Meldrum, Michael A. Smith, Susan L. Prescott, Kathryn Hird, and Karen Simmer
Consultation etiquette in general practice: A qualitative study of what makes it different for lay cancer caregivers, Geoffry K. Mitchell, Moyez Jiwa, and Afaf Girgis
Efficacy of an Aboriginal health unit in an undergraduate nursing course, Elizabeth Mortley
Opposing actions of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in regulating microtubule stabilization during cardiac hypertrophy, D Ng, I Ng, B Badrian, T Tsoutsman, J McMullen, C Semsarian, and M Bogoyevitch
Effective home programme intervention for adults: A systematic review, Iona Novak
Parent experience of implementing effective home programs, Iona Novak
Predicting equipment needs of children with cerebral palsy using the Gross Motor Function Classification System: A cross-sectional study, Iona Novak, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy, and Cathy Morgan
Reducing rates of severe hypoglycemia in a population-based cohort of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes over the decade 2000–2009, Susan M. O'Connell, Matthew N. Cooper, Max K. Bulsara, Elizabeth A. Davis, and Timothy W. Jones
Comparison of 3MP medical-grade to 1MP office-grade LCD monitors in mammographic diagnostic and perceptual performance, Aaron H J Ong, Alex G. Pitman, Shu Yi Tan, Samuel Gledhill, Oliver Hennessy, Belinda Lui, Wayne Lemish, Paul Tauro, Colin Styles, Emma Pun, John Waugh, Meenakshi Padmanabhan, and Allan Lee
Knowledge and perceptions regarding oral and pharyngeal carcinoma among adult dental patients, Jae Park, Linda Slack-Smith, Andrew Smith, Agnieszka Frydrych, Ilse O'Ferrall, and Max K. Bulsara
Intrareader variability in mammographic diagnostic and perceptual performance amongst experienced radiologists in Australia, Alexander Gregory Pitman, Shu Yi Tan, Aaron Hean Jin Ong, Samuel Gledhill, Paul Tauro, Wayne Lemish, John Waugh, Meenakshi Padmanabhan, Belinda Lui, Oliver Hennessy, Colin Styles, and Emma Pun
Body adiposity in later life and the incidence of dementia: The health in men study, Brian D. Power, Helman Alfonso, Leon Flicker, Graeme J. Hankey, Bu B. Yeap, and Osvaldo P. Almeida
A randomised trial of a four-step multidisciplinary approach to the antenatal care of obese pregnant women, Julie A. Quinlivan, Lawrence T. Lam, and Jane Fisher
Comparison of noninvasive models of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B, S C. Raftopoulos, J George, M Bourliere, E Rossi, W B. De Boer, G P. Jeffrey, M Bulsara, D J. Speers, G MacQuillan, and H L I Ching
Are we neglecting extra-vascular pressures?, Adrian Regli and Bart De Keulenaer
The role of femoral venous pressure and femoral venous oxygen saturation in the setting of intra-abdominal hypertension: A pig model, Adrian Regli, Bart L. De Keulenaer, Lisen E. Hockings, Gabrielle C. Musk, Brigit Roberts, and Peter V. van Heerden
A retrospective analysis of primary diagnosis, comorbidities, anticholinergic load, and other factors on treatment for noisy respiratory secretions at the end of life, Caitlin Sheehan, Katherine Clark, Lawrence Lam, and Richard Chye
Randomised controlled trial analysing supplementation with 250 versus 500 units of vitamin D3, sun exposure and surrounding factors in breastfed infants, Aris Siafarikas, Helmut Piazena, Uwe Feister, Max K. Bulsara, Hans Meffert, and Volker Hesse
Relative risk of different operations for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee, Jerzy M. Sikorski and Joanna Zophia Sikorski
Cooperation between somatic Ikaros and Notch1 mutations at the inception of T-ALL, Yovina Sontani, Gavin Chapman, Peter Papathanasiou, Sally Dunwoodie, Christopher C. Goodnow, and Gerard F. Hoyne
Pearls and pitfalls of magnetic resonance imaging of the upper extremity, Mark W. Strudwick, Suzanne E. Anderson, Simon Dimmick, Matthew D. Saltzman, and Wellington K. Hsu
Multicenter evaluation of an intrapericardial left ventricular assist system, Martin Strueber, Gerry O'Driscoll, Paul Jansz, Ashgar Khaghani, Wayne C. Levy, George M. Wieselthaler, and HeartWare Investigators
Incidence and severity of neck injury in Rugby Union: A systematic review, Michael S. Swain, Reidar P. Lystad, Henry Pollard, and Rod Bonello
Psychiatric morbidity at a female residential drug treatment centre in Hong Kong, Alan Tang, Rachel Y K Cheung, H J Liang, Gabor S. Ungvari, and W K Tang
Referral patterns and clinical characteristics of subjects referred to substance abuse clinic of a regional hospital in Hong Kong, Alan Tang, H J Liang, Gabor S. Ungvari, and W K Tang
Absence of cerebral microbleeds predicts reversion of vascular ‘cognitive impairment no dementia’ in stroke, Wai Kwong Tang, Yang-Kun Chen, Jin-Yan Lu, Adrian Wong, Vincent Mok, Winnie C W Chu, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Ka Sing Wong
Is insomnia associated with suicidality in stroke?, Wai-Kwong Tang, Jin-Yan Lu, Huajun Liang, Tse-Ting Chan, Vincent Mok, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Ka-Sing Wong
Cerebral microbleeds and quality of life in acute ischemic stroke, W K. Tang, Y K. Chen, J Lu, A T. Ahuja, W C W Chu, V C T Mok, Gabor S. Ungvari, Y T. Xiang, and K S. Wong
Cerebral microbleeds and depression in Lacunar Stroke, W K. Tang, Y K. Chen, J Y. Lu, Winnie C W Chu, V C T Mok, Gabor S. Ungvari, and K S. Wong
Comparison of readers' detection of right-sided and left-sided breast cancers and microcalcifications, Shu Yi Tan, Alex Pitman, Aaron Hean Jin Ong, Samuel Gledhill, Emma Pun, Colin Styles, Meenakshi Padmanabhan, Paul Tauro, John Waugh, Wayne Lemish, Oliver Hennessy, and Belinda Lui
Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years, Megan Thorley, Natasha Lannin, Anne Cusick, Iona Novak, and Roslyn Boyd
Is the patient’s voice under-heard in family conferences in palliative care? A question from Sydney, Australia, Bernadette Tobin, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Edward Roper, and Jane Ingham
Fibrin glue and porcine-derived mesh repair of ruptured umbilical hernia in a patient with ascites, Philip Tong, Jennifer Ha, and Harsha Chandraratna
Primary localized cutaneous nodular amyloidosis successfully treated with cyclophosphamide, Philip L. Tong, William A. Walker, Ross J. Glancy, Julian P. Cooney, and Kurt Gebauer
Rasch analysis on OSCE data: An illustrative example, Elina Tor and Carole Steketee
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