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All in a day’s work: an observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend their time

Johanna I Westbrook, Amanda Ampt, Leanne Kearney and Marilyn I Rob

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 506-509 Free

The burden of influenza in healthy children in South Australia

Katina D’Onise and Jane C A Raupach

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 510-513 Free

An observational study of emergency department intern activities

Jia Ni Zhu, Tracey J Weiland, David M Taylor and Andrew W Dent

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 514-519 Free

Perceptions in health and medical research careers: the Australian Society for Medical Research Workforce Survey

Maria Kavallaris, Sarah J Meachem, Mark D Hulett, Catherine M West, Rachael E Pitt, Jennifer J Chesters, Warren S Laffan, Paul R Boreham and Levon M Khachigian

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 520-524 Free

Concordance between real-time telemedicine assessments and face-to-face consultations in paediatric otolaryngology

Anthony C Smith, Samuel Dowthwaite, Julie Agnew and Richard Wootton

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 457-460 Free

Current use of Australian snake antivenoms and frequency of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis

Geoffrey K Isbister, Simon G Brown, Ellen MacDonald, Julian White and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 473-476 Free

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Nicholas Lintzeris, Soung Lee, Lucinda Scopelliti, James Mabbutt and Paul S Haber

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 441-444 Free

Metformin and lactic acidosis in an Australian community setting: the Fremantle Diabetes Study

Niklaus Kamber, Wendy A Davis, David G Bruce and Timothy M E Davis

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 446-449 Free

Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions

Malcolm H Parker, Colleen M Cartwright and Gail M Williams

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 450-456 Free

National Breast Cancer Audit: the use of multidisciplinary care teams by breast surgeons in Australia and New Zealand

Claire J Marsh, Margaret Boult, Jim X Wang, Guy J Maddern, David M Roder and James Kollias

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 385-388 Free

When continuity of care breaks down: a systems failure in identification of osteoporosis risk in older patients treated for minimal trauma fractures

Anne-Maree Kelly, Megan Clooney, Debra Kerr and Peter R Ebeling

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 389-391 Free

Teenage smoking in pregnancy and birthweight: a population study, 2001–2004

Denise L Chan and Elizabeth A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 392-396 Free

Outcomes for general medical inpatients with diabetes mellitus and new hyperglycaemia

Scott T Baker, Cherie Y Chiang, Jeffrey D Zajac, Leon A Bach, George Jerums and Richard J MacIsaac

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 340-343 Free

Booster seat use by children aged 4–11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children

Michael P Fitzharris, Judith Charlton, Megan Bohensky, Sjaanie Koppel and Brian Fildes

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 328-331 Free

Comparing risk-prediction methods using administrative or clinical data in assessing excess in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Ian A Scott, Peter L Thomson and Seshasayee Narasimhan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 332-336 Free

Prescribing of psychostimulant medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: differences between clinical specialties

David B Preen, Janine Calver, Frank M Sanfilippo, Max Bulsara and C D’Arcy J Holman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 337-339 Free

Learning from error: identifying contributory causes of medication errors in an Australian hospital

Pamela Nichols, Tandy-Sue Copeland, Ian A Craib, Paul Hopkins and David G Bruce

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 276-279 Free

Accuracy of packaging of dose administration aids in regional aged care facilities in the Hunter area of New South Wales

Annette Carruthers, Kialie Naughton and Gordon Mallarkey

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 280-282 Free

Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community

Kevin G Rowley, Kerin O’Dea, Ian Anderson, Robyn McDermott, Karmananda Saraswati, Ricky Tilmouth, Iris Roberts, Joseph Fitz, Zaimin Wang, Alicia Jenkins, James D Best, Zhiqiang Wang and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 283-287 Free

Limited knowledge of kidney disease in a survey of AusDiab study participants

Sarah L White, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Alan Cass, Jonathan Shaw, Robert C Atkins and Steven J Chadban

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 204-208 Free

Escherichia coli bacteraemia in Canberra: incidence and clinical features

Karina J Kennedy, Jan L Roberts and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 209-213 Free

Trends in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Victoria, 2001–2006: findings from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons database project

Diem T Dinh, Geraldine A Lee, Baki Billah, Julian A Smith, Gilbert C Shardey and Christopher M Reid

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 214-217 Free

Variations in the application of cardiac care in Australia

Darren L Walters, Constantine N Aroney, Derek P Chew, Linden Bungey, Steven G Coverdale, Roger Allan and David Brieger

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 218-223 Free

Clinical outcomes of Queensland children with cystic fibrosis: a comparison between tertiary centre and outreach services

Clare L Thomas, Peter K O’Rourke and Claire E Wainwright

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 135-139 Free

Risk of suicide in cancer patients in Western Australia, 1981–2002

Nigel R C Dormer, Kieran A McCaul and Linda J Kristjanson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 140-143 Free