Volume 219, Issue 7 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Editor’s choice

Responding to the challenges of emerging health threats

Virginia Barbour

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 289-289 Free

Perspectives

Carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacterales: a profound threat to Australian public health

Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner, Geraint B Rogers, Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner and Geraint B Rogers

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 290-292 Open Access

Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor‐induced ketoacidosis is unlikely in patients without diabetes

Lisa M Raven, Christopher A Muir and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 293-294 Open Access

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Breakthrough mpox despite two‐dose vaccination

Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse, Arran Painter, Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse and Arran Painter

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 295-296 Open Access

Lessons from practice

The not‐so‐natural herb: a case of exogenous Cushing syndrome

Yi‐An Pan, David Roberts, Yi‐An Pan and David Roberts

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 297-298

Editorials

Is elective spinal surgery overused in private health care in Australia?

Susan Liew

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 299-300

Child abuse and premature mortality: disrupting the harm cascade

Leonie Segal and Harriet Hiscock

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 301-302

Research

Elective spinal surgery in New South Wales adults, 2001–20, by procedure funding type: a cross‐sectional study

Duong Thuy Tran, Adriane M Lewin, Louisa Jorm and Ian A Harris

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 303-309 Open Access

Sexual abuse during childhood and all‐cause mortality into middle adulthood: an Australian cohort study

Nina Papalia, Benjamin L Spivak, Linda Ashford, Ahona Guha, Stefan Luebbers, James RP Ogloff, Nina Papalia, Benjamin L Spivak, Linda Ashford, Ahona Guha, Stefan Luebbers and James RP Ogloff

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 310-315 Open Access

Hospitalisations and in‐hospital deaths following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia, 2015–20: a registry data analysis for the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project

Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Biswadev Mitra, Yesul Kim, Afsana Afroz, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Jin Tee, Shane D'Angelo, Emma Solly, Oashe Bhattacharya, Mark C Fitzgerald, Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Biswadev Mitra, Yesul Kim, Afsana Afroz, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Jin Tee, Shane D'Angelo, Emma Solly, Oashe Bhattacharya and Mark C Fitzgerald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 316-324 Open Access

Study protocol

Activating pharmacists to reduce the frequency of medication‐related problems (ACTMed): a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

Jean Spinks, Richard Violette, Douglas IR Boyle, Dennis Petrie, Laura Fanning, Kerry K Hall, Fiona Kelly, Amanda J Wheeler, Robert S Ware, Joshua Byrnes, Esa Chen, Andrew Donald, Nicolette Ellis, Megan DelDot, Lisa Nissen, Jean Spinks, Richard Violette, Douglas IR Boyle, Dennis Petrie, Laura Fanning, Kerry K Hall, Fiona Kelly, Amanda J Wheeler, Robert S Ware, Joshua Byrnes, Esa Chen, Andrew Donald, Nicolette Ellis, Megan DelDot and Lisa Nissen

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 325-331 Open Access

Research letter

Prevalence, patterns of use, and socio‐demographic features of e‐cigarette use by Australian adolescents: a survey

Lauren A Gardner, Siobhan O'Dean, Katrina E Champion, Emily Stockings, Amy‐Leigh Rowe, Maree Teesson, Nicola C Newton, Lauren A Gardner, Siobhan O'Dean, Katrina E Champion, Emily Stockings, Amy‐Leigh Rowe, Maree Teesson and Nicola C Newton

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 332-334 Open Access

Letters

Field cancerisation and radiotherapy: a case of treatment complications

Gerald B Fogarty, Elizabeth J Paton and David Christie

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 335-335