Submissions from 2019
The Australian Rural Clinical School (RCS) program supports rural medical workforce: evidence from a cross-sectional study of 12 RCSs, Joe McGirr, Alexa Seal, Amanda Barnard, Colleen Cheek, David Garne, Jennene Greenhill, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Georgina M. Luscombe, Jenny May, Janet McLeod, Belinda O'Sullivan, Denese Playford, and Julian Wright
Factors influencing return to work after hip and knee arthroplasty, Lorcan McGonagle, Lila Convery-Chan, Penelope DeCruz, Samantha Haebich, Daniel P. Fick, and Riaz Khan
Timing of palliative care referral and aggressive cancer care toward the end-of-life in pancreatic cancer: A retrospective, single-center observational study, Natasha Michael, Greta Beale, Clare O'Callaghan, Adelaide Melia, William DeSilva, Daniel Costa, David Kissane, Jeremy Shapiro, and Richard Hiscock
Dysphagia in patients with Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis: Management challenges, Nika Mohannak, Gemma Pattison, Kathryn Hird, and Merrilee Needham
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A growing global epidemic, Pyi Naing, Douglas Forrester, Nadarajah Kangaharan, Aruna Muthumala, Su Mon Myint, and David Playford
Complex structural rearrangements are present in high-grade dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus samples, Felicity Newell, Kalpana Patel, Michael Gartside, Lutz Krause, Sandra Brosda, Lauren G. Aoude, Kelly A. Loffler, Vanessa F. Bonazzi, Ann-Marie Patch, Stephen H. Kazakoff, Oliver Holmes, Qinying Xu, Scott Wood, Conrad Leonard, Guy Lampe, Reginald V. Lord, David C. Whiteman, John V. Pearson, Katia Nones, Nicola Waddell, and Andrew P. Barbour
Patients’ and caregivers’ contested perspectives on spiritual care for those affected by advanced illnesses: A qualitative descriptive study, Clare O'Callaghan, Joanne Brooker, William de Silva, David Glenister, Adelaide Melia, Xavier Symons, David Kissane, and Natasha Michael
Using participatory design methodologies to co-design and culturally adapt the Spanish version of the Mental Health eClinic: Qualitative study, Laura Ospina-Pinillos, Tracey Davenport, Antonio Mendoza Diaz, Alvaro Navarro-Mancilla, Elizabeth M. Scott, and Ian B. Hickie
Increased functional connectivity of thalamic subdivisions in patients with Parkinson's disease, Conor Owens-Walton, David Jakabek, Brian D. Power, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Danielle van Westen, Jeffrey C.L Looi, Marnie Shaw, and Oskar Hansson
Familial hypercholesterolaemia in 2020: A leading Tier 1 genomic application, Jing Pang, David R. Sullivan, Tom Brett, Karam M. Kostner, David L. Hare, and Gerald F. Watts
Cyanoacrylate closure for peripheral veins: Consensus document of the Australasian College of Phlebology, Kurosh Parsi, Stefania Roberts, Mina Kang, Stephen Benson, Luke Baker, Ivor Berman, Lourens J. Bester, David E. Connor, Paul Dinnen, Joseph Grace, Andrew Stirling, Nabeel Ibrahim, Christopher Lekich, Adrian Lim, Luke Matar, Sanjay Nadkarni, Peter Paraskevas, Christopher Rogan, Paul K. Thibault, Simon Thibault, Andre van Rij, and Anes Yang
Obesity prevention and the role of hospital and community-based health services: A scoping review, Claire Pearce, Lucie Rychetnik, Sonia Wutzke, and Andrew Wilson
'Through the eyes of the dying' - Identifying who may benefit from bereavement follow-up: A qualitative study, Jane L. Phillips, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Francis Bellemore, Terrence Hays, and David C. Currow
Social network analysis of rural medical school immersion in a rural clinical school, Denese E. Playford, Tessa Burkitt, and David Atkinson
James Annesley of Madras Medical Service (1800-1838) on cholera in Madras Presidency in 1825, Ramya Raman and Anantanarayanan Raman
Women doctors and women's hospitals in Madras with notes on the related influencing developments in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ramya Raman and Anantanarayanan Raman
What influences chronic pain management? A best–worst scaling experiment with final year medical students and general practitioners, Linda Rankin, Christopher J. Fowler, Britt-Marie Stålnacke, and Gisselle Gallego
Potential use of Western Australia's mandatory midwives notification system for routinely monitoring antenatal vaccine coverage, Annette K. Regan, Paul V. Effler, Chloe Thomson, and Donna B. Mak
Ventilation in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension: What every critical care physician needs to know, Adrian Regli, Paolo Pelosi, and Manu LNG Malbrain
Adrenal Crisis, R Louise Rushworth, David J. Torpy, and Henrik Falhammar
The art of clinical supervision: Strategies to assist with the delivery of student feedback, Kylie P. Russell
'Links2HealthierBubs' cohort study: Protocol for a record linkage study on the safety, uptake and effectiveness of influenza and pertussis vaccines among pregnant Australian women, Mohinder Sarna, Ross M. Andrews, Hannah C. Moore, Michael J. Binks, Lisa McHugh, Gavin F. Pereira, Christopher C. Blyth, Paul Van Buynder, Karin Lust, Paul Effler, Stephen B. Lambert, Saad B. Omer, Donna Mak, Thomas Snelling, Heather A. D'Antoine, Peter McIntyre, Nicholas de Klerk, Damien Foo, and Annette K. Regan
Recurrent hamstring injuries in elite athletes - A paradigm shift to mechanical dysfunction of the sacroiliac joint as one causation, Jennifer Saunders, Barbara Hungerford, Trish Wisbey-Roth, Mel Cusi, and Hans Van der Wall
What is the prevalence, and what are the clinical correlates, of insulin resistance in young people presenting for mental health care? A cross-sectional study, Elizabeth M. Scott, Joanne S. Carpenter, Frank Iorfino, Shane P.M Cross, Daniel F. Hermens, Jeanne Gehue, Chloe Wilson, Django White, Sharon L. Naismith, Adam J. Guastella, and Ian B. Hickie
Predictors of ceasing or reducing statin medication following a large increase in the consumer co-payment for medications: A retrospective observation study, Karla Seaman, F Sanfilippo, M Bulsara, L Roughead, A Kemp-Casey, C Bulsara, and G Watts
The effect of intraoperative fluid administration on outcomes of patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Raphael Shamavonian, Rohan McLachlan, Oliver M. Fisher, Sarah J. Valle, Nayef A. Alzahrani, Winston Liauw, and David L. Morris
Exploring assessment of medical students' competencies in pain medicine - A review, Elspeth Shipton, Carole Steketee, Frank Bate, and Eric J. Visser
A randomized controlled trial of PEEK versus titanium interference screws for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with 2-year follow-up, Sarah Shumborski, Emma Heath, Lucy J. Salmon, Justin P. Roe, James P. Linklater, Michael Facek, and Leo Pinczewski
Microsimulation model for the health economic evaluation of osteoporosis interventions: Study protocol, Lei Si, John A. Eisman, Tania Winzenberg, Kerrie M. Sanders, Jacqueline R. Center, Tuan V. Nguyen, and Andrew J. Palmer
Management of post-surgical wounds in general practice, Sankar Sinha
Complementary medicine use and health literacy in older Australians, Caroline A. Smith, Esther Chang, and Gisselle Gallego
An education intervention to improve decision making and health literacy among older Australians: A randomised controlled trial, Caroline A. Smith, Esther Chang, Gisselle Gallego, Afshan Khan, Mike Armour, and Lynda G. Balneaves
Bioethics in the news: The values at stake. Why are conservative values so difficult to communicate in the public square and progressive values so easy?, Margaret Somerville
Patterns of recurrence and metastasis in BRCA1/BRCA2-associated breast cancers, Yun Song, William T. Barry, Davinia S. Seah, Nadine M. Tung, Judy E. Garber, and Nancy U. Lin
Student exposure to cancer patients: an analysis of clinical logbooks and focus groups in clinical year medical students, Darren L. Starmer, Caris L. House, and Kristyn M. Langworthy
GWAS of bone size yields twelve loci that also affect height, BMD, osteoarthritis or fractures, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, Olafur A. Stefansson, Kristbjorg Gunnarsdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Sigrun H. Lund, Lilja Stefansdottir, Kristinn Juliusson, Arna B. Agustsdottir, Florian Zink, Gisli H. Halldorsson, Erna V. Ivarsdottir, Stefania Benonisdottir, Hakon Jonsson, Arnaldur Gylfason, Kristjan Norland, Katerina Trajanoska, Cindy G. Boer, Lorraine Southam, Jason C.S Leung, Nelson L.S Tang, Timothy Kwok, Jenny S.W Lee, Suzanne C. Ho, Inger Byrjalsen, Jacqueline R. Center, Seung Hun Lee, JUng-Min Koh, L. Stefan Lohmander, Lan T. Ho-Pham, Tuan V. Nguyen, John A. Eisman, Jean Woo, Ping-C. Leung, John Loughlin, Eleftheria Zeggini, Claus Christiansen, Fernando Rivadeneira, Joyce van Meurs, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Brynjolfur Mogensen, Helgi Jonsson, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson, Rafn Benediktsson, Patrick Sulem, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Gisli Masson, Hilma Holm, Gudmundur L. Norddahl, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, and Kari Stefansson
The prevalence of catatonic syndrome in an acute psychiatric ward, Rozália Takács, Márton Asztalos, Gabor S. Ungvari, Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska, and Gábor Gazdag
Adrenal insufficiency due to bilateral adrenal metastases - A systematic review and meta-analysis, Philippa H. Tallis, R Louise Rushworth, David J. Torpy, and Henrik Falhammar
Prevalence and clinical correlates of poststroke Behavioral Dysexecutive Syndrome, Wai Kwong Tang, Chieh Grace Lau, Yan Liang, Lisha Wang, Vincent Mok, Oi Yan Yannie Soo, Wai Hong Thomas Leung, Gabor S. Ungvari, Shinchiro Uchiyama, and Jong S. Kim
Pulmonary arterial hypertension outcomes upon endothelin-1 receptor antagonist switch to macitentan, Timothy Tynan, Kathryn Hird, Tara Hannon, and Eli Gabbay
Genetic influence on scar height and pliability after burn injury in individuals of European ancestry: A prospective cohort study, Hilary J. Wallace, Gemma Cadby, Phillip E. Melton, Fiona M. Wood, Sian Falder, Margaret M. Crowe, Lisa J. Martin, Karen Marlow, Sarah V. Ward, and Mark W. Fear
Construct validity of script concordance testing: Progression of scores from novices to experienced clinicians, Michael Siu Hong Wan, Elina Tor, and Judith N. Hudson
Commentary: Expert responses in script concordance tests: A response process validity investigation, Siu Hong Wan, Elina Tor, and Judith N. Hudson
Induction opioids for caesarean section under general anaesthesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, L D. White, A Hodsdon, G H. An, C Thang, T M. Melhuish, and R Vlok
Managing anxiety disorders in adults, Gregory Wilkins, Gavin Andrews, Caroline Bell, Philip Boyce, Christopher Gale, Ronald Rapee, and Lisa Lampe
Disability patterns over the first year after a diagnosis of epilepsy, Ying Xu, Dennis R. Neuen, Nick Glozier, Armin Nikpour, Ernest Somerville, Andrew Bleasel, Carol Ireland, Craig S. Anderson, and Maree L. Hackett
Under-use of appropriate blood pressure-lowering and lipid-lowering therapy in the Busselton baby boomer population, Wai Yiu, Matthew Knuiman, Hilary Wallace, and Joseph Hung
Prevalence of sexual harassment of nurses and nursing students in China: A meta-analysis of observational studies, Liang-Nan Zeng, Qian-Qian Zong, Ji-Wen Zhang, Li Lu, Feng-Rong An, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Fang-Yu Yang, Teris Cheung, Ligang Chen, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Adjunctive aripiprazole for antipsychotic-related hyperprolactinaemia in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: A meta-analysis, Wei Zheng, Dong-Bin Cai, Xin-Hu Yang, Wei Zheng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Zhan-Ming Shi, Mei-Lung Hu, Yu-Ping Ning, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Long-term prevalence and predictors of prolonged grief disorder amongst bereaved cancer caregivers: A cohort study, Rachel D. Zordan, Melanie L. Bell, Melanie Price, Cheryl Remedios, Elizabeth Lobb, Christopher Hall, and Peter Hudson
Submissions from 2018
Nonstandard lumbar region in predicting fracture risk, Dima Alajlouni, Dana Bliuc, Thach Tran, Nicholas Pocock, Tuan Nguyen, John A. Eisman, and Jacqueline Center
Increasing the knowledge, identification and treatment of osteoporosis through education and shared decision-making with residents living in a retirement village community, Jane Anderson-Wurf, Catherine Harding, and Alexa Seal
Help-seeking experiences of bereaved adolescents: A qualitative study, Karl Andriessen, Elizabeth Lobb, Jane Mowll, Michael Dudley, Brian Draper, and Philip Mitchell
Increasing multimorbidity in an Australian street health service: A 10-year retrospective cohort study, Diane Arnold-Reed, Lakkhina Troeung, Tom Brett, Wendy Chan She Ping-Delfos, Cecily Strange, Elizabeth Geelhoed, Colleen Fisher, and David Preen
Non-infectious illness after tick bite, Miles Beaman
Communicating end-of-life care goals and decision-making among a multidisciplinary geriatric inpatient rehabilitation team: A qualitative descriptive study, Melissa J. Bloomer, Mari Botti, Fiona Runacres, Peter Poon, Jakqui Barnfield, and Alison M. Hutchinson
Cultural considerations at end of life in a geriatric inpatient rehabilitiation setting, Melissa J. Bloomer, Mari Botti, Fiona Runacres, Peter Poon, Jakqui Barnfield, and Alison M. Hutchinson
Single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol versus fluticasone furoate/vilanterol plus umeclidinium using two inhalers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized non-inferiority study, Peter R. Bremner, Ruby Birk, Noushin Brealey, Afisi S. Ismaila, Chang-Qing Zhu, and David A. Lipson
Screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: Time for general practice to play its part, Tom Brett, Nadeem Qureshi, Samuel Gidding, and Gerald F. Watts
Guideline summary: National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation 2018, David Brieger, John Amerena, John R. Attia, Beata Bajorek, Kim H. Chan, Cia Connell, Ben Freedman, Caleb Ferguson, Tanya Hall, Haris M. Haqqani, Jeroen Hendriks, Charlotte P. Hespe, Joseph Hung, Jonathan M. Kalman, Prashanthan Sanders, John Worthington, Tristan Yan, and Nicholas A. Zwar
Benchmarking of a simple scintigraphic test for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease that assesses oesophageal disease and its pulmonary complications, Leticia Burton, Gregory L. Falk, Stephen Parsons, Mel Cusi, and Hans Van Der Wall
Dietary approaches for patients with heart failure and diabetes, Thomas Butler, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, and Duane Mellor
The VOICE Study: Valuing Opinions, Individual Communication and Experience: Building the evidence base for undertaking patient-centred family meetings in palliative care - a mixed methods study, Philippa J. Cahill, Christine R. Sanderson, Elizabeth A. Lobb, and Jane L. Phillips
Variations in the management of acute illness in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: An audit of three paediatric hospitals, Georgina L. Chrisp, Ann M. Maguire, Maria Quartararo, Henrik Falhammar, Bruce R. King, Craig F. Munns, David J. Torpy, Shihab Hameed, and R Louise Rushworth
How is chaplaincy marginalised-by our faith communities and by our institutions and can we change it?, Jeffrey Cohen
Inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs): A review of uses and application to international guidelines at a single Australian center; implications of venous thromboembolism associated with malignancy, Philip Craven, Ciara Daly, Randall Oates, Nisha Sikotra, Tim Clay, and Eli Gabbay
Adherence to prescribing restrictions for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in Australia: A national population-based observational study (2001-2016), Benjamin Daniels, Federico Girosi, Hanna Tervonen, Belinda E. Kiely, Sarah J. Lord, Nehmat Houssami, and Sally-Anne Pearson
Protocol to develop sustainable day care for children aged 1-4 years in disadvantaged urban communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mahua Das, Helen Elsey, Riffat A. Shawon, Joseph Hicks, J Ferdoush, Rumana Huque, Fariza Fieroze, Shammi Nasreen, Hilary Wallace, and Saidur R. Mushreky
'Compassion, the first emotion ditched when I'm busy'. The struggle to maintain our common humanity, Lorna Davin, Jill Thistlethwaite, and Emma Bartle
The teaching and learning of health advocacy in an Australian medical school, Arabelle M. Douglas, Donna B. Mak, Caroline Bulsara, David J. Macey, and Indira V.M Samarawickrema
Vitamin D deficiency and segregation status in prisoners, Zelda Doyle, John Dearin, and Joe McGirr
How are junior doctors managing patients with self-limiting illnesses at their first presentation? A video vignette study, Eugene D'Souza, Catherine Krejany, Rosie Meng, and Moyez Jiwa
The emperor's new clothes: What randomized controlled trials don't cover, John A. Eisman, P Geusens, and J van den Bergh
Improving household surveys and use of data to address health inequities in three Asian cities: protocol for the Surveys for Urban Equity (SUE) mixed methods and feasibility study, Helen Elsey, Ak Narayan Poudel, Tim Ensor, Tolib Mirzoev, James Nicholas Newell, Joseph Paul Hicks, Christopher Cartwright, David Wong, Caroline Tait, Sushil Baral, Radheshyam Bhattarai, Sudeepa Khanal, Rajeev Dhungel, Subash Gajurel, Shraddha Manandhar, Saidur Mashreky, Junnatul Ferdoush, Rumana Huque, Tarana Ferdous, Shammi Nasreen, Hoang Van Minh, Duong Minh Duc, Bao Ngoc, Dana Thomson, and Hilary Wallace
Who knows what 'healthy weight' looks like?, Rowan Flanagan, Daniel Waugh, Xingqiong Meng, Epi Kanjo, and Catherine Krejany
International medical electives in selected African countries: A phenomenological study on host experience, Elspeth Fotheringham, Pippa Craig, and Elina Tor
Decision makers' experience of participatory dynamic simulation modelling: Methods for public health policy, Louise Freebairn, Jo-An Atkinson, Paul M. Kelly, Geoff McDonnell, and Lucie Rychetnik
A case of left-sided facial swelling: A benign or serious cause?, Sascha Fulde and Gordian Fulde
A routine ECG during a routine health check, Sascha Fulde and Gordian Fulde
Depression across pregnancy and the postpartum, antidepressant use and the association with female sexual function, Megan Galbally, Stuart J. Watson, Michael Permezel, and Andrew J. Lewis
Carers' preferences for the delivery of therapy services for people with disability in rural Australia: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment, G Gallego, A Dew, M Lincoln, K Bulkeley, J Brentnall, and C Vietch
Qualitative methods in pharmacy research, Gisselle Gallego and Lotte Stig Norgaard
Accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging to detect significant prostate cancer and index lesion location, Hariette Goldman, Neha Singh, Catherine Harding, Joe McGirr, Alexa Seal, Ian Duncan, and Steven Sowter
Culturally and linguistically diverse palliative care patients' journeys at the end-of-life, Anna Green, Natalia Jerzmanowska, Marguerite Green, and Elizabeth Lobb
'Death is difficult in any language': A qualitative study of palliative care professionals' experiences when providing end-of-life care to patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Anna Green, Natalia Jerzmanowska, Marguerite Green, and Elizabeth Lobb
Probabilities of TKR patients achieving their goals, Rajitha Gunaratne, Riaz Khan, Daniel Fick, Jami Ilyas, Samantha Haebich, and Anne Smith
Effect of adjunctive ranitidine for antipsychotic-induced weight gain: A systematic review of randomized placebo-controlled trials, Xiaojing Gu, Rui Chen, Chen-Hui Sun, Wei Zheng, Xin-Hu Yang, Shi-Bin Wang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee Ng, Andrei Golenkov, Grace Lok, Lu Li, Ines Chow, Fei Wang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
5-Year survival of pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with living donor hamstring tendon grafts, Emma L. Heath, Lucy J. Salmon, Robert Cooper, Evangelos Pappas, Justin P. Roe, and Leo Pinczewski
Informing implementation of quality improvement in Australian primary care, Charlotte Hespe, Lucie Rychetnik, David Peiris, and Mark Harris
Cortical AAV-CNTF gene therapy combined with intraspinal mesenchymal precursor cell transplantation promotes functional and morphological outcomes after spinal cord injury in adult rats, Stuart I. Hodgetts, Jun Han Yoon, Alysia Fogliani, Emmanuel A. Akinpelu, Danii Baron-Heeris, Imke G.J Houwers, Lachlan P.G Wheeler, Bernadette T. Majda, Sreya Santhakumar, Sarah J. Lovett, Emma Duce, Margaret A. Pollett, Tylie M. Wiseman, Brooke Fehily, and Alan R. Harvey
Inpatient rehabilitation did not positively affect 6-month patient-reported outcomes after hip or knee arthroplasty, Adam G. Hutchinson, Benjamin Gooden, Matthew C. Lyons, Justin P. Roe, Michael D. O'Sullivan, Lucy J. Salmon, Kaka Martina, and Leo Pinczewski
Management of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis at a cardiac transplantation centre, Michelle Isaacs, Monique Costin, Ron Bova, Helen L. Barrett, Drew Heffernan, Katherine Samaras, and Jerry R. Greenfield
Photo-ageing for smoking cessation in pregnancy: A pilot study, Divya Iyer, Moyez Jiwa, Catherine Krejany, and Jacqueline Van Dam
Cardiac steatosis in HIV-A marker or mediator of disease?, Morgan Jacob and Cameron J. Holloway
Patient attitudes towards analgesia and their openness to non-pharmacological methods such as acupuncture in the emergency department, Andrew L. Jan, Emogene S. Aldridge, Ian R. Rogers, Eric J. Visser, Max K. Bulsara, and Dana A. Hince
Impact of aging on the auditory system and related cognitive functions: A narrative review, Dona M.P Jayakody, Peter L. Friedland, Ralph N. Martins, and Hamid R. Sohrabi
Educating for Indigenous health equity: An international consensus statement, Rhys Jones, Lynden Crowshoe, Papaarangi Reid, Betty Calam, Elana Curtis, Michael Green, Tania Huria, Kristen Jacklin, Martina Kamaka, Cameron Lacey, Jill Milroy, David Paul, Suzanne Pitama, Leah Walker, Gillian Webb, and Shaun Ewen
Heritable DNA methylation marks associated with susceptibility to breast cancer, Jihoon E. Joo, James G. Dowty, Elizabeth Lobb, and kConFab
Exploring tutor perceptions and current practices in facilitating diagnostic reasoning in preclinical medical students: Implications for tutor professional development needs, Jane E. Keir, Shannon L. Saad, and Lorna Davin