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Expanding the evidence base in digital health 31 Mar 2019

Gathering data for decisions: best practice use of primary care electronic records for research

Rachel Canaway, Douglas IR Boyle, Jo‐Anne E Manski‐Nankervis, Jessica Bell, Jane S Hocking, Ken Clarke, Malcolm Clark, Jane M Gunn and Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): S12-S16 Free

Perspectives 18 Mar 2019

Monitoring the missing half: why reporting adolescent births is insufficient

Jennifer L Marino and Susan M Sawyer

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 198-201

Research 11 Mar 2019

Seroprevalence of Q fever among metropolitan and non‐metropolitan blood donors in New South Wales and Queensland, 2014–2015

Heather F Gidding, Helen M Faddy, David N Durrheim, Stephen R Graves, Chelsea Nguyen, Penny Hutchinson, Peter Massey and Nicholas Wood

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (7): 309-315 Free

Research 11 Mar 2019

The burden of pancreatic cancer in Australia attributable to smoking

Maria E Arriaga, Claire M Vajdic, Robert J MacInnis, Karen Canfell, Dianna J Magliano, Jonathan E Shaw, Julie E Byles, Graham G Giles, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Vasant Hirani, Robert G Cumming, R Paul Mitchell, Emily Banks, Julie Marker, Barbara‐Ann Adelstein and Maarit A Laaksonen

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 213-220 Free

Medical education / Key research skills 4 Mar 2019

Cluster randomised trials

Michael J Campbell

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 154-156

Editorials 4 Mar 2019

Developing cardiovascular risk prediction models for Australia

Mark R Nelson and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 158-159

Editorials 4 Mar 2019

Engaging GPs and primary care patients in research: implications of the ASPREE trial for future studies

James P Sheppard and Chris Butler

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 159-160

Research 4 Mar 2019

External validation and comparison of four cardiovascular risk prediction models with data from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study

Loai Albarqouni, Jennifer A Doust, Dianna Magliano, Elizabeth LM Barr, Jonathan E Shaw and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 161-167 Free

Letters 4 Mar 2019

Sepsis incidence and mortality are underestimated in Australian intensive care unit administrative data

Jake C Valentine, Gabrielle Haeusler, Leon Worth and Karin Thursky

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 188

Research 18 Feb 2019

Iodine status of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous young adults in the Top End, before and after mandatory fortification

Gurmeet R Singh, Belinda Davison, Gary Y Ma, Creswell J Eastman and Dorothy EM Mackerras

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 121-125 Free

Research 28 Jan 2019

Recruiting general practice patients for large clinical trials: lessons from the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study

Jessica E Lockery, Taya A Collyer, Walter P Abhayaratna, Sharyn M Fitzgerald, John J McNeil, Mark R Nelson, Suzanne G Orchard, Christopher Reid, Nigel P Stocks, Ruth E Trevaks and Robyn Woods

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 168-173 Free

Research letters 21 Jan 2019

Increased incidence of community‐associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Victoria and Western Australia, 2011–2016

Nabeel Imam, Simone Tempone, Paul K Armstrong, Rebecca McCann, Sandra Johnson, Leon J Worth and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 87-88 Free

Research 14 Jan 2019

Maximising data value and avoiding data waste: a validation study in stroke research

Monique F Kilkenny, Joosup Kim, Nadine E Andrew, Vijaya Sundararajan, Amanda G Thrift, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Felicity Flack, Melina Gattellari, James H Boyd, Phil Anderson, Natasha Lannin, Mark Sipthorp, Ying Chen, Trisha Johnston, Craig S Anderson, Sandy Middleton, Geoffrey A Donnan and Dominique A Cadilhac

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 27-31 Free

Book/media/app reviews 10 Dec 2018

Challenges in community-based participatory research

Fran Baum

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 489

Perspectives 19 Nov 2018

The value of participating in clinical trials: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

John R Zalcberg and Michael Friedlander

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 424-425

Letters 19 Nov 2018

Retention of medical records of patients with high-risk medical devices

Rodney D Cooter, Ingrid Hopper and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 461

Research 22 Oct 2018

Type 2 diabetes in patients with end-stage kidney disease: influence on cardiovascular disease-related mortality risk

Wai H Lim, David W Johnson, Carmel Hawley, Charmaine Lok, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Matthew A Roberts, Neil Boudville and Germaine Wong

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 440-446 Free

Perspectives 15 Oct 2018

Trials and tribulations: improving outcomes for adolescents and young adults with rare and low survival cancers

Adam Walczak, Pandora Patterson and David Thomas

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): 330-332

Perspectives 1 Oct 2018

An overview of the GRADE approach and a peek at the future

Waleed Alhazzani and Gordon Guyatt

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (7): 291-292

Research 24 Sep 2018

Surveillance improves survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective population-based study

Thai P Hong, Paul J Gow, Michael Fink, Anouk Dev, Stuart K Roberts, Amanda Nicoll, John S Lubel, Ian Kronborg, Niranjan Arachchi, Marno Ryan, William W Kemp, Virginia Knight, Vijaya Sundararajan, Paul Desmond, Alexander JV Thompson and Sally J Bell

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): 348-354 Free

Medical education / Key research skills 20 Aug 2018