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Digestive system diseases

Editorial

Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: raising awareness of a looming public health problem

Lucy Gracen and Elizabeth E Powell

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 75-76

Research

Prevalence of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in regional Victoria: a prospective population‐based study

Stuart K Roberts, Ammar Majeed, Kristen Glenister, Dianna Magliano, John S Lubel, Lisa Bourke, David Simmons and William W Kemp

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 77-82 Free

Perspectives

Time for universal hepatitis B screening for Australian adults

Nicole L Allard, Jennifer H MacLachlan, Lien Tran, Nafisa Yussf and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 103-105.e1 Free

Editorials

The increasing burden of inflammatory bowel disease

Edward V Loftus

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 361-362

Perspectives

Hepatocellular carcinoma in Indigenous Australians: a call to action

Jessica Howell, James S Ward, Jane Davies, Paul J Clark and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (5): 201-202.e1 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Cullen and Grey Turner signs in abdominal pain

Yoen Young Chuah and Yeong Yeh Lee

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 164-164

Editorial

POEM for achalasia: Looking good, but the final verses are yet to be penned

Ian JS Cook

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 171-172

Research

A prospective multicentre study of per‐oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for achalasia in Australia

Sunil Gupta, Mayenaaz Sidhu, Xuan Banh, Joseph Bradbear, Karen Byth, Luke F Hourigan, Spiro Raftopoulos and Michael J Bourke

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 173-178 Free

Editorials

Biosimilars: is interchangeability the proof of the pudding?

Gregory T Moore and Charlotte Keung

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 124-125

Letters

Bowel cancer screening in older patients: is it time to reconsider?

Donald J Frommer

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 143-143.e1

Research

High prevalence of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis among older people in Sydney

Aviv Pudipeddi, Jeffrey Liu, Viraj Kariyawasam, Thomas J Borody, James L Cowlishaw, Charles McDonald, Peter Katelaris, Grace Chapman, Crispin Corte, Daniel A Lemberg, Cheng H Lee, Anil Keshava, John Napoli, Robert Clancy, Webber Chan, Sudarshan Paramsothy and Rupert Leong

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 365-370 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Gallstone ileus

Assyifaa Nik Mazian and Siti Soraya Ab Rahman

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (1): 16-16.e1

Consensus statement

Australian recommendations for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: a consensus statement

John S Lubel, Stuart K Roberts, Simone I Strasser, Alexander J Thompson, Jennifer Philip, Mark Goodwin, Stephen Clarke, Darrell HG Crawford, Miriam T Levy and Nick Shackel

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (10): 475-483 Free

Research letter

Colorectal cancer surgery in rural Australia can match outcomes in metropolitan hospitals: a 14‐year study

Matthias W Wichmann, Timothy K McCullough, Eben Beukes, Thomas Gunning and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 186-187 Free

Editorials

Retransplantation should be offered to children with liver graft failure

James Neuberger

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 456-457

Research

Switching Australian patients with moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease from originator to biosimilar infliximab: a multicentre, parallel cohort study

Craig Haifer, Ashish Srinivasan, Yoon‐Kyo An, Sherman Picardo, Daniel Langenberg, Shankar Menon, Jakob Begun, Simon Ghaly and Lena Thin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 128-133 Free

Letters

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: time to improve the diagnosis of cirrhosis and use liver ultrasound

George Larcos

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (9): 431-431.e1

Letters

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: time to improve the diagnosis of cirrhosis and use liver ultrasound

Gary P Jeffrey

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (9): 432-432.e1

Research

Outcomes for children after second liver transplantations are similar to those after first transplantations: a binational registry analysis

Angus W Jeffrey, Gary P Jeffrey, Michael Stormon, Gordon Thomas, Edward O'Loughlin, Albert Shun, Winita Hardikar, Robert Jones, John McCall, Helen Evans, Graham Starkey, Peter Hodgkinson, Looi C Ee, David Moore, Catherine Mews, Geoff W McCaughan, Peter W Angus, Alan J Wigg, Michael Crawford and Jonathan Fawcett

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 464-470 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Lessons from practice Low attenuation lymphadenopathy on computed tomography leading to diagnosis of Whipple disease

Andrew S Vanlint, Patricia Kaazan, Marco Kwok, Robert V Bryant, Marie Ooi, Narin Bak and Sam Costello

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 161-162.e1

Letters

The management of diverticulitis: a review of the guidelines

Mark H Arnold

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 434-434.e1

Letters

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) and implications for thiopurine use

Thomas M Goodsall, Samuel P Costello and Robert V Bryant

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 490-490.e1 Free

Editorials

Hepatitis C elimination in Australia: progress and challenges

Marianne Martinello, Behzad Hajarizadeh and Gregory J Dore

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 362-363

Perspectives

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: time to improve the diagnosis of cirrhosis and use liver ultrasound

Gary P Jeffrey, Louisa Gordon and Grant Ramm

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 297-299.e1

Research letters

Comparison of colonic neoplasia detection rates in patients screened inside and outside the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Simon Whitcher, Monique Magnusson, Jon Gani, Christopher Oldmeadow and Peter G Pockney

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 275-276 Free