Volume 220, Issue 4 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Claire Gibbs, Timothy Howarth, Adriana Ticoalu, Winnie Chen, Payi L Ford, Asanga Abeyaratne, Lata Jayaram, Gabrielle McCallum and Subash S Heraganahally

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 188-195 Open Access

The effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against infection, 2012–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Lisa McHugh, Heather A D’Antoine, Mohinder Sarna, Michael J Binks, Hannah C Moore, Ross M Andrews, Gavin F Pereira, Christopher C Blyth, Paul Van Buynder, Karin Lust and Annette K Regan

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 196-201 Open Access

The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study

Jennifer S Reath, Sarah O'Brien, Letitia Campbell, Hasantha Gunasekera, Claudette A Tyson, Deborah A Askew, Wendy Hu, Tim Usherwood, Kelvin Kong, Peter Morris, Amanda J Leach, Robyn Walsh and Penelope A Abbott

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 202-207 Open Access

Research letter

Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis

Eloise Price, Aneta Kotevski, Karen Lamb, Digsu Koye, Georgia Taylor, Gabrielle Ebsworth and Luke Burchill

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 208-210 Open Access

Guideline summary

Patient blood management guideline for adults with critical bleeding

Biswadev Mitra, Margaret Jorgensen, Michael C Reade, Anastazia Keegan, Anthony Holley, Shannon Farmer, Nichole Harvey, James Winearls, Michael Parr and Craig J French, for the Clinical and Consumer Reference Group for the Update of Patient Blood Management Guidelines (Module 1: Critical Bleeding/Massive Transfusion)

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 211-216 Open Access

Volume 220 Issue 4

Perspectives

Australia's rheumatic fever strategy three years on

Why clinical artificial intelligence is (almost) non‐existent in Australian hospitals and how to fix it

Medical students: a potentially sustainable solution for our workforce crisis and future reforms in health care

The Australian Government's new vaping policy should be part of a larger plan towards a tobacco endgame

Editor's choice

Responding to local and global challenges

Medical education

Hidden danger: maize starch excipient allergy

Editorial

Antibiotics or watchful waiting for acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children?

Research

Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020: a retrospective cohort study