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Volume 209 Issue 2

16 July 2018

News

Randomised controlled trial wins prestigious MJA, MDA National Prize for Excellence in Medical Research

Nicholas J Talley AC

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 48 Free

News briefs

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 48-49

Perspectives

Preparation for general practice vocational training: time for a rethink

Susan M Wearne, Parker J Magin and Neil A Spike

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 52-54

Care of patients with chronic disease: achievements in Australia over the past decade

Mark F Harris, Ben Harris-Roxas and Andrew W Knight

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 55-57

Is it time to screen all patients with hypertension for primary aldosteronism?

Jun Yang, Peter J Fuller and Michael Stowasser

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 57-59

The true price of sugar-sweetened disease: political inertia requires renewed, strategic action

Alessandro Demaio and Alexandra Jones

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 60-61

Medical education

Lessons from practice

The scourge of the C

Alicia R Jones and Kavita Kumareswaran

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 62-63

Snapshot

An unexpected orbital foreign body

Matthew H Lee and Elaine Chong

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 63

Editorials

Poisoning and poisoning advice: availability, toxico-vigilance and research

Geoffrey K Isbister

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 65-66

Severe asthma: implementing game-changing science

Peter G Gibson

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 66-67

Research

Overcoming the data drought: exploring general practice in Australia by network analysis of big data

Bich Tran, Peter Straka, Michael O Falster, Kirsty A Douglas, Thomas Britz and Louisa R Jorm

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 68-73 Free

Patterns of poisoning exposure at different ages: the 2015 annual report of the Australian Poisons Information Centres

Alanna Huynh, Rose Cairns, Jared A Brown, Ann-Maree Lynch, Jeff Robinson, Carol Wylie, Nicholas A Buckley and Andrew H Dawson, on behalf of the Synthesis of the Network of Australian Poisons Services' Health Outcomes and Treatment (SNAPSHOT) investigators

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 74-79 Free

A population-based comparison of the post-operative outcomes of open and laparoscopic appendicectomy in children

Francisco J Schneuer, Susan E Adams, Jason P Bentley, Andrew JA Holland, Carmen Huckel Schneider, Leslie White and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 80-85 Free

Narrative review

Chronic idiopathic constipation in adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and clinical management

Christopher J Black and Alexander C Ford

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 86-91

Thyroid nodules: diagnosis and management

Rosemary Wong, Stephen G Farrell and Mathis Grossmann

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 92-98

Letters

Azithromycin for Salmonella infection: don’t presume it works

Alan J Rogers, Gar-hing A Lee and Peter Boan

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 98

Careers

New role for former AMA president

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): C1 Free

Supplement

Severe asthma in Australia

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): Open Access