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Research

Polypharmacy among older Australians, 2006–2017: a population‐based study

Amy T Page, Michael O Falster, Melisa Litchfield, Sallie‐Anne Pearson and Christopher Etherton‐Beer

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 71-75 Free

Perspectives

From locum‐led outposts to locally led continuous rural training networks: the National Rural Generalist Pathway

Paul S Worley, Belinda O'Sullivan and Rose Ellis

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 57-59.e1

Perspectives

An urgent need for antimicrobial stewardship in Indigenous rural and remote primary health care

Asha C Bowen, Kathryn Daveson, Lorraine Anderson and Steven YC Tong

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (1): 9-11.e1 Free

Editorials

Depression in Indigenous Australians: getting it right

Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam and Aleksandar Janca

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (1): 16-17 Free

Letters

Cultural respect in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Sophie Hickey and Roianne West

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (1): 43-43.e1 Free

Letters

Cultural respect in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Siaw‐Teng Liaw and Vicki Wade

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (1): 43-43.e1 Free

Letters

Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis

George Mendelson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 525-525.e1

Letters

Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis

Raymond Moynihan, Alexandra L Barratt and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 525-525.e1

Consensus statement

Diagnosis and management of heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia: a consensus statement from the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand HIT Writing Group

Joanne Joseph, David Rabbolini, Anoop K Enjeti, Emmanuel Favaloro, Marie‐Christine Kopp, Simon McRae, Leonardo Pasalic, Chee Wee Tan, Christopher M Ward and Beng H Chong

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 509-516

Narrative review

Deep vein thrombosis: update on diagnosis and management

Paul C Kruger, John W Eikelboom, James D Douketis and Graeme J Hankey

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 516-524

Letters

Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis

Eugen Molodysky

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 525-525.e1

Letters

Call for a national sore throat guideline

Adrian J Tarca, Robert M Hand and Rosemary Wyber

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 477-477.e1

Study protocol

Evaluating patients presenting to the emergency department after syncope: validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score

Jason Chan, Jonathan Hunter, Douglas Morel, Emma Ballard, David Brain, Alan Yan and Julia Hocking

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 507-508.e3 Free

Research

Detecting sleep apnoea syndrome in primary care with screening questionnaires and the Epworth sleepiness scale

Chamara V Senaratna, Jennifer L Perret, Adrian Lowe, Gayan Bowatte, Michael J Abramson, Bruce Thompson, Caroline Lodge, Melissa Russell, Garun S Hamilton and Shyamali C Dharmage

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (2): 65-70 Free

Medical education / Clinical skills

The GALS screen: the rapid rheumatological exam

Jane Dacre

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 396-397.e1

Editorials

Improving recruitment for clinical trials: the human touch

Pardeep S Jhund

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 401-402

Letters

Pre‐conception care: an important yet underutilised preventive care strategy

Antonia Shand, Pamela Palasanthiran and William D Rawlinson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 429-429.e1

Letters

Pre‐conception care: an important yet underutilised preventive care strategy

Deborah J Bateson and Kirsten I Black

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 430-430.e1

Research

Entrustable professional activities for workplace assessment of general practice trainees

Nyoli Valentine, Jon Wignes, Jill Benson, Stephanie Clota and Lambert WT Schuwirth

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (8): 354-359 Free

Perspectives

Primary care in disasters: opportunity to address a hidden burden of health care

Penelope L Burns, Kirsty A Douglas and Wendy Hu

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (7): 297-299.e1

Research letter

Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: be alert to the possibility of negative initial PCR results

Daniel P O'Brien, Maria Globan, Janet M Fyfe, Caroline J Lavender, Adrian Murrie, Damian Flanagan, Peter Meggyesy, Jonathan T Priestley and David Leslie

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 416-416 Free

Research

The impact of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for respiratory viruses on outcomes for emergency department patients

Nasir Wabe, Ling Li, Robert Lindeman, Ruth Yimsung, Maria R Dahm, Kate Clezy, Susan McLennan, Johanna Westbrook and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (7): 316-320 Free

Narrative reviews

Coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease in clinical practice: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Paul Leong, Martin I Macdonald, Brian S Ko and Phil G Bardin

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 417-423

Editorials

Improving cultural respect in primary care

Sandra C Thompson and Rosalie D Thackrah

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): 259-260

Letters

A new evidence‐based guideline for assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome

Helena J Teede, Robert J Norman and Rhonda M Garad

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): 285