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Respiratory tract diseases

Research

Respiratory symptoms and illness in older Australians: the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study

Brett G Toelle, Wei Xuan, Tessa E Bird, Michael J Abramson, David N Atkinson, Deborah L Burton, Alan L James, Christine R Jenkins, David P Johns, Graeme P Maguire, A W (Bill) Musk, E Haydn Walters, Richard Wood-Baker, Michael L Hunter, Bruce J Graham, Phillipa J Southwell, William M Vollmer, A Sonia Buist and Guy B Marks

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (3): 144-148 Free

Research

Changing trends in venous thromboembolism-related imaging in Western Australian teaching hospitals, 2002–2010

Tatiana Segard and William B G Macdonald

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (2): 100-103 Free

Research

Care of patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Nicholas A Zwar, Oshana Hermiz, Elizabeth Comino, Sandy Middleton, Sanjyot Vagholkar, Wei Xuan, Stephen F Wilson and Guy B Marks

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (7): 394-398 Free

Research

Secular changes in sleep duration among Australian adults, 1992–2006

Yu Sun Bin, Nathaniel S Marshall and Nicholas S Glozier

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 670-672 Free

Letters

Thunderstorm asthma — a timely reminder

Megan L Howden, Christine F McDonald and Michael F Sutherland

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (9): 512-513

Clinical focus

Cross-border patients with tuberculosis

Paul N Reynolds, John D Turnidge, Thomas Gottlieb and Michael J Moore

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (9): 523-524

Case reports

A 17-year-old girl with severe respiratory failure and circulatory shock

David Gutierrez, Louis Guy, Veera S Katikireddi, Jason P Butler and John Gowardman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 414-415 Free

Correction

Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child

Manuel E Soto-Martinez, Vanessa Clifford, Tom Clarnette, Sarath Ranganathan and R John Massie

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 415

Letters

Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child

Manuel E Soto-Martinez, Vanessa Clifford, Tom Clarnette, Sarath Ranganathan and R John Massie

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 385

Research

Changes in cystic fibrosis mortality in Australia, 1979–2005

David W Reid, C Leigh Blizzard, Dace M Shugg, Ceri Flowers, Catherine Cash and Hugh M Greville

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 392-395 Free

Research

Cystic fibrosis in Australia, 2009: results from a data registry

Scott C Bell, Peter T P Bye, Peter J Cooper, A James Martin, Karen O McKay, Phillip J Robinson, Gerard F Ryan and Geoff C Sims

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 396-400 Free

Research

Improving paediatric asthma outcomes in primary health care: a randomised controlled trial

Smita Shah, Susan M Sawyer, Brett G Toelle, Craig M Mellis, Jennifer K Peat, Marivic Lagleva, Timothy P Usherwood and Christine R Jenkins

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 405-409 Free

Research

Increasing incidence of malignant mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos during home maintenance and renovation

Nola J Olsen, Peter J Franklin, Alison Reid, Nicholas H de Klerk, Timothy J Threlfall, Keith Shilkin and Bill Musk

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 271-274 Free

Reflections

Beyond builders and miners: mesothelioma hits home

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 290-291

Editorials

Medicolegal aspects of the third wave of asbestos-related disease in Australia

John R C Gordon and James Leigh

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 247-248

In Clinical Practice

Predictors of accuracy of diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in general practice

Nicholas A Zwar, Guy B Marks, Oshana Hermiz, Sandy Middleton, Elizabeth J Comino, Iqbal Hasan, Sanjyot Vagholkar and Stephen F Wilson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (4): 168-171 Free

Letters

A vaccine to prevent exacerbations in COPD

Robert L Clancy and Margaret Dunkley

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (2): 99-100

Letters

The Easter bunny and the chocolate conspiracy

Mark Naunton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 672

Letters

Increasing prevalence of obesity in Australia and its possible effect on the occurrence of pulmonary thromboembolism

Roger W Byard and Hannah Rosenfeld

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 612

Editorials

Evidence-based asthma management in children — what’s new?

Peter P Van Asperen, Craig M Mellis, Peter D Sly and Colin F Robertson

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 383-384

Editor's choice

Reasonable practice is not defensive practice

Annette G Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 219 Free

Snapshot

A chicken bone pneumothorax?

Philippa J Bunting

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 266 Free

Letters

Chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adults in Australia and New Zealand

David S Gillis and D Sean Riminton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): 213

Letters

Chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adults in Australia and New Zealand

Anne B Chang

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): 213

Research

FluCAN 2009: initial results from sentinel surveillance for adult influenza and pneumonia in eight Australian hospitals

Paul M Kelly, Tom Kotsimbos, Anna Reynolds, Richard Wood-Baker, Bob Hancox, Simon G A Brown, Mark Holmes, Graham Simpson, Simon Bowler, Grant Waterer, Louis B Irving, Christine Jenkins, Phillip J Thompson and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): 169-174 Free