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Research

COVID‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum

Phoebe Williams, Archana Koirala, Gemma L Saravanos, Laura K Lopez, Catherine Glover, Ketaki Sharma, Tracey Williams, Emma Carey, Nadine Shaw, Emma Dickens, Neela Sitaram, Joanne Ging, Paula Bray, Nigel W Crawford, Brendan McMullan, Kristine Macartney, Nicholas Wood, Elizabeth L Fulton, Christine Lau and Philip N Britton

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 303-310 Free

Perspectives

Voluntary assisted dying: estimating life expectancy to determine eligibility

Sharon H Nahm, Martin R Stockler and Belinda E Kiely

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 178-179 Free

Narrative review

Interrogating the intentions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: a narrative review of research outputs since the introduction of Closing the Gap

Michelle Kennedy, Jessica Bennett, Sian Maidment, Catherine Chamberlain, Kate Booth, Romany McGuffog, Bree Hobden, Lisa J Whop and Jamie Bryant

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 50-57 Free

Letters

Selection criteria for Australian and New Zealand medical specialist training programs: another under‐recognised driver of research waste

Paulina Stehlik, Caitlyn Withers and Caitlin Brandenburg

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 594-594

Research

Improved life expectancy for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1999–2018: overall and by underlying cause of death

Yuejen Zhao, Shu Qin Li, Tom Wilson and C Paul Burgess

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 30-35 Free

Research letters

Effect of a financial incentive on responses by Australian general practitioners to a postal survey: a randomised controlled trial

Alison C Zucca, Mariko Carey, Rob W Sanson‐Fisher, Joel Rhee, Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair, Christopher Oldmeadow, Tiffany‐Jane Evans and Simon Chiu

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 585-586 Free

Letters

Selection criteria for Australian and New Zealand medical specialist training programs: another under‐recognised driver of research waste

TASMAN Collaborative

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (11): 594-594

Research letters

The seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific antibodies in children, Australia, November 2020 – March 2021

Archana Koirala, Heather F Gidding, Kaitlyn Vette and Kristine Macartney, the PAEDS Serosurvey Group

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 43-45 Free

Editorials

Drug‐induced anaphylaxis in Australia: we need a national drug allergy registry

Michaela Lucas and Sandra Vale

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (10): 515-516

Perspectives

Living clinical guidelines for stroke: updates, challenges and opportunities

Coralie English, Kelvin Hill, Dominique A Cadilhac, Maree L Hackett, Natasha A Lannin, Sandy Middleton, Annemarei Ranta, Nigel P Stocks, Julie Davey, Steven G Faux, Erin Godecke and Bruce CV Campbell

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (10): 510-514 Free

Editorials

Hip fracture surgery: the importance of evidence‐based practice

Peter FM Choong

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 406-407

Perspectives

The National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR): it is time to learn from failure

Ryan F Hoy and Fraser J Brims

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 328-330 Free

Perspectives

Realising the potential: leveraging clinical quality registries for real world clinical research

Susannah Ahern, Belinda J Gabbe, Sally Green, Carol L Hodgson, Erica M Wood, John R Zalcberg OAM and Tsharni Zazryn

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 273-277

Research

Detecting primary aldosteronism in Australian primary care: a prospective study

Renata Libianto, Grant M Russell, Michael Stowasser, Stella M Gwini, Peta Nuttall, Jimmy Shen, Morag J Young, Peter J Fuller and Jun Yang

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 408-412 Free

Research letter

Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018

Lara Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421 Free

Research

Changes in five‐year survival for people with acute leukaemia in South Australia, 1980–2016

Kerri Beckmann, Brendon J Kearney, David Yeung, Devendra Hiwase, Ming Li and David M Roder

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 296-302 Free

Research letter

Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19

Joanna MZ Mills, Georgina M Luscombe and Thomas J Hugh

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 303-304 Free

Perspectives

Does the FDA‐approved Alzheimer drug aducanumab have a place in the Australian pharmacopoeia?

Andrew Gleason, Scott Ayton and Ashley I Bush

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 172-174

Research

Hospital‐acquired complications: the relative importance of hospital‐ and patient‐related factors

Graeme J Duke, John L Moran, Andrew D Bersten, Shailesh Bihari, Owen Roodenburg, Jonathan Karnon, Steven Hirth, Paul Hakendorf and John D Santamaria

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 242-247 Free

Research letters

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006–18

Jane Oliver, Myra Hardy, Joshua Osowicki, Daniel Engelman, Andrew C Steer and Katherine Gibney

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 201-202 Free

Letters

Towards consistent geographic reporting of Australian health research

Vincent L Versace, Hannah Beks and James Charles

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 525-525

Research letters

Second SARS‐CoV‐2 infections twelve months after initial infections in Australia, confirmed by genomic analysis

The Victorian SARS‐CoV‐2 Reinfection Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 199-201 Free

Research

Cost‒utility analysis of breast reduction surgery for women with symptomatic breast hypertrophy

Tamara A Crittenden, Julie Ratcliffe, David I Watson, Christine Mpundu‐Kaambwa and Nicola R Dean

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 147-152 Free

Letters

Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic

Rochelle Wynne, Caleb Ferguson and Patricia M Davidson

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 485-485 Free

Editorials

On entering Australia’s third year with COVID‐19

Stephen J Duckett and Brett Sutton

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 509-510 Free