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General medicine

Editorials

After-hours medical deputising services for older people

C Dimity Pond

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 395-396 Free

Research

After-hours medical deputising services: patterns of use by older people

Angela Joe, Judy A Lowthian, Marianne Shearer, Lyle R Turner, Bianca Brijnath, Christopher Pearce, Colette Browning and Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 397-402 Free

Research

Major trauma mortality in rural and metropolitan NSW, 2009–2014: a retrospective analysis of trauma registry data

Michael M Dinh, Kate Curtis, Rebecca J Mitchell, Kendall J Bein, Zsolt J Balogh, Ian Seppelt, Colin Deans, Rebecca Ivers, Saartje Berendsen Russell and Oran Rigby

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 403-407 Free

Narrative review

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in North Queensland: the paediatric experience

Claire L Nicholls, Fiona Parsonson, Lawrence EK Gray, Adele Heyer, Steven Donohue, Greg Wiseman and Robert Norton

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 325-328 Free

News / From NPS MedicineWise

Diabetes management — keeping up to date

Lynn M Weekes

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 288

Medical education / Clinical skills

Central retinal venous pulsations

Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair, Christine Y Chen, William Browne and Daniel McKay

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 299

Medical education / Snapshots

Oral health: an important consideration in patient care

Clare M McNally and Sharon Liberali

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 300

Narrative review

Barrett’s oesophagus: epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical management

David C Whiteman and Bradley J Kendall

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 317-324

Reflection / Book/Media/App review

Teaching approaches in medicine made easier

Zsuzsoka Kecskes

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 255

Perspectives

Eliciting and responding to patient histories of abuse and trauma: challenges for medical education

Gabrielle Matta, Robyn E Woodward-Kron, Sandra Petty and Michael R Salzberg

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 248-249 Free

Editorials

Rural recruitment and training promotes rural practice by GPs, but is it enough to retain them?

Geetha Ranmuthugala

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 210-211 Free

Research

Vocational training of general practitioners in rural locations is critical for the Australian rural medical workforce

Matthew R McGrail, Deborah J Russell and David G Campbell

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 216-221 Free

Narrative review

Progress in the care of familial hypercholesterolaemia: 2016

Damon A Bell and Gerald F Watts

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 232-236 Free

Letters

General medicine Indigenous outreach registrar training in rural Queensland

Paul Jauncey, Scott McKenzie, Rohan Corpus, Kwun M Fong and Darren L Walters

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 237

Reflection

Richard Nesbit Evans, MB BS, MRCP(UK), FAFOM

Eric N Evans, Layli J Evans and James B Evans

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 208 Free

Perspectives

The Paleo diet and diabetes

Sofianos Andrikopoulos

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 151-152 Free

Medical education / Clinical skills

Pitting and non-pitting oedema

Elizabeth Whiting and Madeline E McCready

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 157-158

Research

Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote Aboriginal communities

James S Ward, Amalie Dyda, Skye McGregor, Alice Rumbold, Linda Garton, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Rebecca J Guy

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 168-171 Free

Narrative review

Osteoporosis treatment: a missed opportunity

Frances Milat and Peter R Ebeling

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 185-190 Free

Letters

English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry

Ben Gray

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (3): 140

Research

Estimating non-billable time in Australian general practice

Joan Henderson, Lisa A Valenti, Helena C Britt, Clare Bayram, Carmen Wong, Christopher Harrison, Allan J Pollack, Julie Gordon and Graeme C Miller

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 79-83 Free

Perspectives

Global lessons for Australian general practice

Michael R Kidd

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 52-53

Guideline summary

Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults — 2016

Genevieve M Gabb, Arduino A Mangoni, Craig S Anderson, Diane Cowley, John S Dowden, Jonathan Golledge, Graeme J Hankey, Faline S Howes, Les Leckie, Vlado Perkovic, Markus Schlaich, Nicholas A Zwar, Tanya L Medley and Leonard Arnolda

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 85-89 Free

Perspectives

Prioritising general practice research

Tania M Winzenberg and Gerard F Gill

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 55-57 Free

Narrative review

Appropriate use of serum troponin testing in general practice: a narrative review

Constantine N Aroney and Louise Cullen

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 91-94 Free