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Opioid cessation is associated with reduced pain and improved function in people attending specialist chronic pain services

Hilarie Tardif, Christopher Hayes and Samuel F Allingham

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (9): 430-432 Free

The influence of travelling to hospital by ambulance on reperfusion time and outcomes for patients with STEMI

Eleanor Redwood, Karice Hyun, John K French, Leonard Kritharides, Mark Ryan, Derek P Chew, Mario D'Souza and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 377-378 Free

Persistent symptoms up to four months after community and hospital‐managed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

David R Darley, Gregory J Dore, Lucette Cysique, Kay A Wilhelm, David Andresen, Katrina Tonga, Emily Stone, Anthony Byrne, Marshall Plit, Jeffrey Masters, Helen Tang, Bruce Brew, Philip Cunningham, Anthony Kelleher and Gail V Matthews

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 279-280 Free

Changes in the proportions of authors in Australian medical journals who were women, 2005–2018

Matthew J Lennon, Rose Kennedy, Hannah Ryan, Dennis R Neuen and Melissa Godwin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 376-377 Free

Decline in cancer pathology notifications during the 2020 COVID‐19‐related restrictions in Victoria

Luc te Marvelde, Rory Wolfe, Grant McArthur, Louis A Blake and Sue M Evans

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 281-283 Free

Residential medication management reviews in Australian residential aged care facilities

Janet K Sluggett, J Simon Bell, Catherine Lang, Megan Corlis, Craig Whitehead, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (9): 432-433 Free

Complementary medicine use by community‐dwelling older Australians

Aimee Lefevre, Ingrid Hopper, John J McNeil and Alice Owen, for the ALSOP Complementary Medicine Research Group*

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 140-141 Free

Social restrictions during COVID‐19 and major trauma volume at a level 1 trauma centre

Teagan L Way, Seth M Tarrant and Zsolt J Balogh

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (1): 38-39 Free

The short to medium term benefits of the Australian colorectal cancer screening program

Sasha Taylor, Farhad Salimi, Arul Earnest, Alexander G Heriot, John R Zalcberg and Susannah Ahern

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 90-92 Free

Colorectal cancer surgery in rural Australia can match outcomes in metropolitan hospitals: a 14‐year study

Matthias W Wichmann, Timothy K McCullough, Eben Beukes, Thomas Gunning and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 186-187 Free

The prevalence and impact of unprofessional behaviour among hospital workers: a survey in seven Australian hospitals

Johanna Westbrook, Neroli Sunderland, Ling Li, Alain Koyama, Ryan McMullan, Rachel Urwin, Kate Churruca, Melissa T Baysari, Catherine Jones, Erwin Loh, Elizabeth C McInnes, Sandy Middleton and Jeffrey Braithwaite

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (1): 31-37 Free

Successful containment to date of SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in the Northern Territory

Nicholas M Douglas, Ella M Meumann, Vicki L Krause and Jane Davies, for the Northern Territory COVID‐19 Response Group

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (5): 218-219 Open Access

Associations between restrictions on public mobility and slowing of new COVID‐19 case rates in three countries

Tu Hao Tran, Suraj N Sasikumar, Annemarie Hennessy, Aiden O'Loughlin and Lucy Morgan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 471-473 Free

Efficacy of an enclosure for reducing aerosol exposure during patient intubation

James Derrick, Jeneen Thatcher and Joyce Chau Ping Wong

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 372-373 Free

Implementing cardiovascular disease preventive care guidelines in general practice: an opportunity missed

Charlotte M Hespe, Anna Campain, Ruth Webster, Anushka Patel, Lucie Rychetnik, Mark F Harris and David P Peiris

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (7): 327-328 Free

Fewer presentations to metropolitan emergency departments during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Andrew W Kam, Sarah G Chaudhry, Nathan Gunasekaran, Andrew JR White, Matthew Vukasovic and Adrian T Fung

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (8): 370-371 Free

Hospital policies on complementary medicine: a cross‐sectional survey of Australian cancer services

Jennifer Hunter, Suzanne Grant, Geoff P Delaney, Caroline A Smith, Kate Templeman and Jane Ussher

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 474-475 Free

Mumps outbreak in a rugby league team despite pre‐existing immunity

Karen Chee, Cassy Workman, Susan Irvine and Mark J Ferson

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 225-226 Free

Improving communication with Aboriginal hospital inpatients: a quasi‐experimental interventional study

The Communicate Study group*

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 180-181 Free

Assessing angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) protein is more appropriate than ACE activity when investigating sarcoidosis

Carel J Pretorius and Jacobus PJ Ungerer

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 178-179 Free

Rapid increase in intravenous iron therapy for women of reproductive age in Australia

Antonia W Shand, Jane Bell, Amanda Henry, Luke E Grzeskowiak, Giselle Kidson‐Gerber, Sallie Pearson and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 85-86 Free

Presentations to emergency departments by children and young people with food allergy are increasing

Rachel O'Loughlin and Harriet Hiscock

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (1): 27-29 Free

When a system breaks: queueing theory model of intensive care bed needs during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Hamish DD Meares and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 470-471 Free

Modelling the impact of COVID‐19 on intensive care services in New South Wales

Gregory J Fox, James M Trauer and Emma McBryde

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 468-469 Free

Marked variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for cancer care in Western Australia

Neli S Slavova‐Azmanova, Jade C Newton and Christobel M Saunders

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 525-526 Free