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Respiratory tract diseases

Notable cases

Migratory lung lesions in an elderly man

Muhammad Kashif Nadeem and Mohammed A Khateeb

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (3): 142-144 Free

Christmas offerings

Lifetime costs of tobacco smoking

C Ross Philpot

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (11): 713

Christmas offerings

Visiting a sauna: does inhaling hot dry air reduce common cold symptoms? A randomised controlled trial

Daniel Pach, Bettina Knöchel, Rainer Lüdtke, Katja Wruck, Stefan N Willich and Claudia M Witt

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (11): 730-734 Free

Research

A case-crossover analysis of traffic-related air pollution and emergency department presentations for asthma in Perth, Western Australia

Gavin Pereira, Angus Cook, Annemarie J B M De Vos and C D’Arcy J Holman

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 511-514 Free

Research

Systematic care for asthma in Australian general practice: a randomised controlled trial

Christine H Holton, Justin J Beilby, Mark F Harris, Clare E Harper, Judith G Proudfoot, Emmae N Ramsay and Richard E Ruffin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 332-337 Free

Position statement

Chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adults in Australia and New Zealand. A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Lung Foundation

Anne B Chang, Scott C Bell, Cass A Byrnes, Keith Grimwood, Peter W Holmes, Paul T King, John Kolbe, Louis I Landau, Graeme P Maguire, Malcolm I McDonald, David W Reid, Francis C Thien and Paul J Torzillo

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 356-365 Free

Research

Trends in anthropometry and severity of sleep-disordered breathing over two decades of diagnostic sleep studies in an Australian adult sleep laboratory

Jeffrey J Pretto, Stephen G Gyulay and Michael J Hensley

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 213-216 Free

In Clinical Practice

Do spirometry and regular follow-up improve health outcomes in general practice patients with asthma or COPD? A cluster randomised controlled trial

Michael J Abramson, Rosa L Schattner, Nabil D Sulaiman, Kate E Birch, Pam P Simpson, Eleonora A Del Colle, Rosalie A Aroni, Rory Wolfe and Francis C K Thien

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 104-109 Free

Viewpoint

Influenza surveillance in Australia: we need to do more than count

Stephen B Lambert, Cassandra E Faux, Kristina A Grant, Simon H Williams, Cheryl Bletchly, Michael G Catton, David W Smith and Heath A Kelly

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 43-45 Free

Letters

Managing outbreaks of viral respiratory infection in aged care facilities — challenges and difficulties during the first pandemic wave

Gulam Khandaker, Bridget Doyle, Dominic E Dwyer and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 722

Letters

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza, pregnancy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Susan A Welch, Leone N Snowden and Hergen Buscher

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (11): 668

At the frontline

An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial

Patricia C Valery, Ian B Masters, Brett Taylor, Yancy Laifoo, Peter K O’Rourke and Anne B Chang

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 574-579 Free

Letters

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

William B Grant

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 542-543 Free

Letters

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

Joshua S Davis, Allen C Cheng, Bart J Currie and Nicholas M Anstey

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 542-543 Free

Letters

Comparison of adult patients hospitalised with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza during the "PROTECT" phase of the pandemic response

Andrew R Davies, Steven A Webb, Ian M Seppelt and Rinaldo Bellomo

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 356-358

Letters

Comparison of adult patients hospitalised with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza during the "PROTECT" phase of the pandemic response

Iain B Gosbell, Sebastiaan J van Hal, Peter M Spencer, Ya-Shu Chang and Peter W Collett

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 356-358

Letters

Comparison of adult patients hospitalised with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza during the "PROTECT" phase of the pandemic response

Craig B Dalton, Michelle A Cretikos, David N Durrheim, Ian M Seppelt, William D Rawlinson and Dominic E Dwyer

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 356-358

Letters

A pandemic response to a disease of predominantly seasonal intensity

Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 358

Position statement

CICADA: Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis and Assessment. Australian Cough Guidelines summary statement

Peter G Gibson, Anne B Chang, Nicholas J Glasgow, Peter W Holmes, Peter Katelaris, Andrew S Kemp, Louis I Landau, Stuart Mazzone, Peter Newcombe, Peter Van Asperen and Anne E Vertigan

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 265-271 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

The rational clinician in a pandemic setting

David A Bradt and Joseph Epstein

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 87-89 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Comparison of adult patients hospitalised with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza during the “PROTECT” phase of the pandemic response

Ya-Shu Chang, Sebastiaan J van Hal, Peter M Spencer, Iain B Gosbell and Peter W Collett

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 90-93 Free

Letters

Persistent unilateral right diaphragmatic palsy following liver transplantation

H S Subhash, John W C Chen, Libby John, Jeffery J Bowden, Dimitar Sajkov and Peter Frith

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 52

Health care

Variability in the rate of prescription and cost of domiciliary oxygen therapy in Australia

John G Serginson, Ian A Yang, John G Armstrong, David M Cooper, Anthony M Matthiesson, Stephen C Morrison, Judy M Gair, Barbara Cooper and Paul V Zimmerman

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 549-553 Free

Letters

Timing of bronchiolitis hospitalisations and respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis in non-metropolitan Western Australia

Hannah C Moore, Anthony D Keil, Peter C Richmond and Deborah Lehmann

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 574 Free

Editorials

Circadian rhythms: keeping pace with developments

Hans G Stampfer and Sean D Hood

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 479-480