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Volume 213 Issue 2

20 July 2020

Perspectives

COVID‐19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): clinical features and differences from typical pre‐COVID‐19 ARDS

Peter G Gibson, Ling Qin and Ser Hon Puah

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 54-56.e1 Free

Challenges of diabetes management during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Emma S Scott, Alicia J Jenkins and Gregory R Fulcher

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 56-57.e1 Free

Reconsidering the immediate release of prisoners during COVID‐19 community restrictions

Stephane Shepherd and Benjamin L Spivak

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 58-59.e1 Free

COVID‐19: planning for the aftermath to manage the aftershocks

Steven G Faux, Kathy Eagar, Ian D Cameron and Christopher J Poulos

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 60-61.e1 Free

The risks of medical complacency towards poliomyelitis

Meryta May, David Durrheim, Jason A Roberts and Rhonda Owen

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 61-63.e1

Medical education

Lessons from practice

A case of toxigenic, pharyngeal diphtheria in Australia

Sarah Grigg, David Hogan, F Shaun Hosein, Dean Johns, Amy Jennison and Shradha Subedi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 64-65.e1

Snapshot

Demonstrating the mechanism of electrical alternans in cardiac tamponade: “the swinging heart”

Jeet Ram Kashyap and Suraj Kumar

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 66-66

Ethics and law

Challenges in advance care planning: the interface between explicit instructional directives and palliative care

Peter Eastman, Danielle Ko and Brian H Le

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 67-68.e1

Reflection

Clinical placements for medical students in the time of COVID‐19

Julie A Halbert, Alison Jones and Liam P Ramsey

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 69-69.e1 Free

Editorials

The impact and reach of the MJA in a year of living dangerously

Nicholas J Talley AC

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 70-71 Free

The role of cost‐effectiveness analyses in investment decision making by primary health networks

Sally Hall Dykgraaf and Amanda Barnard

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 72-73

Research

A computer‐guided quality improvement tool for primary health care: cost‐effectiveness analysis based on TORPEDO trial data

Bindu Patel, David P Peiris, Anushka Patel, Stephen Jan, Mark F Harris, Tim Usherwood, Kathryn Panaretto and Thomas Lung

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 73-78 Free

New Australian birthweight centiles

Farmey A Joseph, Jonathan A Hyett, Philip J Schluter, Andrew McLennan, Adrienne Gordon, Georgina M Chambers, Lisa Hilder, Stephanie KY Choi and Bradley Vries

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 79-85 Free

Research letter

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

Narrative review

Clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of COVID‐19: current state of play

Joshua S Davis, David Ferreira, Justin T Denholm and Steven YC Tong

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 86-93 Free

Letters

Protecting the rare during a rare pandemic

Gareth S Baynam, Carol Wicking, Kaustuv Bhattacharya and Nicole Millis

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 94-94.e1 Free

Tracking, tracing, trust: contemplating mitigating the impact of COVID‐19 through technological interventions

Simon Coghlan, Marc Cheong and Benjamin Coghlan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 94-94.e1 Free

Tracking, tracing, trust: contemplating mitigating the impact of COVID‐19 through technological interventions

Christopher Culnane, Kobi Leins and Benjamin IP Rubinstein

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 94-94.e1 Free

Routine glucose assessment in the emergency department for detecting unrecognised diabetes: a cluster randomised trial

Spiros Fourlanos, Rahul Barmanray and Mervyn Kyi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 95-95.e1

Routine glucose assessment in the emergency department for detecting unrecognised diabetes: a cluster randomised trial

N Wah Cheung, Lesley V Campbell and Sandy Middleton

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 95-95.e1