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Tamara L Blake, Anne B Chang, Helen L Petsky, Leanne T Rodwell, Michael G Brown, Debra C Hill, Bruce Thompson and Margaret S McElrea

… number of participants and their age range, participants’ medical history and smoking status, equipment used and … their data. Any objective assessments (eg, chest x-rays and medical examination, skin prick tests, airway … status, 36 nutritional status (diet trends), 33 achieved educational level 34 and genetic factors from diverse …

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 35-40 Free

Research

Jacquelyne Lam, Sarah J Lord, Kylie E Hunter, R John Simes, Thuyen Vu and Lisa M Askie

… a disparity between the level of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant funding for studies … purpose of intervention (treatment, prevention, diagnosis, education/counselling/training, other/missing); allocation … (3%) 26 (4%) 11 (2%) 3 (2%) 2 (2%) 8 (3%) 4 (1%) 4 (6%) 0 Educational/ counselling/training 263 (5%) 171 (6%) 39 (5%) …

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 97-101 Free

Consensus statement

Samantha Harkus, Vivienne Marnane, Isabel O'Keeffe, Carmen Kung, Meagan Ward, Neil Orr, John Skinner, Kelvin Kong, Lose Fonua, Michelle Kennedy and Mary Belfrage

… Delphi study were received from the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (New South Wales) (1858/21), the …

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 386-392 Free

Research

Hugh R Taylor, Jill E Keeffe, Hien T V Vu, Jie Jin Wang, Elena Rochtchina, Paul Mitchell and M Lynne Pezzullo

… sociodemographic characteristics, symptoms of eye disease, medical history and medication use. They were also invited … characteristics, medications, visual function and medical history at the clinic visit. The detailed eye … support the argument for strengthening public health education and eye health promotion messages about the need …

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 565-568 Free

Research enterprise

Emily Fremantle, Yvonne A Zurynski, Deepika Mahajan, Heather D’Antoine and Elizabeth J Elliott

… Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs), Aboriginal Medical Services (AMSs), and other rural and remote health … appropriately resourced, state-based networks of Indigenous medical services and collated to provide a national picture. … determinants of individual and community health, including education, housing, access to health care, and contact with …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 588-591 Free

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

… formally reported. In 2011, a 4‐year National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnerships for Better … stroke registry; auditors who compared GWTG data with medical records found an overall agreement of greater than … aligned with clinical diagnoses by neurologists and other medical staff. Data linkage as described in our article will …

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

Clinical focus

Paul A Gardiner, Gerard J Byrne, Leander K Mitchell and Nancy A Pachana

… of capacity. Others include the capacity to consent to medical treatment, make or revoke an enduring power of … financial independence; and making timely and appropriate medical and legal referrals. This approach seems relevant to …

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (2): 82-85 Free

Research

Mike Corbett, Sharon L Chambers, Bruce Shadbolt, Doug Taupin and Lybus C Hillman

… the study was obtained. We asked participants about their medical history, including medications, family history of … surveillance were made according to National Health and Medical Research guidelines. 11 We sent a letter to the … study. In the general practice arm, 15.6% (84/270) of GPs’ medical records did not contain patients’ recent histories …

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 423-427 Free

Research

Kamala Guttikonda, Steven Boyages, Cheryl A Travers and Peter R Lewis

… Coast Health’s Ethics Committee and the NSW Department of Education and Training approved the study. The study design … –70°C and sent to the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR) laboratory at Westmead Hospital for …

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (7): 346-348 Free

Consensus statement

Jason W Agostino, Deborah Wong, Ellie Paige, Vicki Wade, Cia Connell, Maureen E Davey, David P Peiris, Dana Fitzsimmons, C Paul Burgess, Ray Mahoney, Emma Lonsdale, Peter Fernando, Leone Malamoo, Sandra Eades, Alex Brown, Garry Jennings, Raymond W Lovett and Emily Banks

… also emphasised the limitations of focusing only on biomedical risk factors and ignoring the social and cultural … and NVDPA (represented by the Heart Foundation's Chief Medical Officer) — was convened to consider changes to the … referral to an accredited practising dietitian to assist in education and developing a tailored plan to address CVD risk …

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 422-427 Free

Research

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

… and Tissue Authority, which employs dedicated nursing and medical donation specialists in hospitals to implement best … the needs of families and hospital staff. Hospital staff education Family donation conversation training courses 25 …

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

Ethics and law

Cameron L Stewart, Lorena C Aparicio and Ian H Kerridge

… W hile human tissue has always had cultural, educational and scientific value, it is only in the past … cord blood stem cells have become a focus of public, medical and scientific contest because of their uncertain … child or their sibling require the cord blood for their own medical use, and on the condition that the family are …

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (4): 290-292 Free

Addressing special needs

… and Case Mix Index (CMI), which are used across a range of medical and surgical DRGs in the United States, and the … patients take on a range of roles, including education of carers, counselling and social work activities. …

Med J Aust 1998; 169 (8): S44-S45 Free

Research

Wendy A Davis, Stephen Colagiuri and Timothy M E Davis

… risk quantification may still be useful in patient education and in ensuring compliance with appropriate …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 180-184 Free

Perspectives

Elizabeth Koff, Susan Pearce and David P Peiris

… and language; occupation; gender and sex; religion; education; socio‐economic status; and social capital. 14 … links encrypted data from general practice electronic medical records with other administrative health data in …

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 297-301.e1 Free

Research

N Wah Cheung, Lesley V Campbell, Gregory R Fulcher, Patrick McElduff, Barbara Depczynski, Shamasunder Acharya, John Carter, Bernard Champion, Roger Chen, David Chipps, Jeff Flack, Jen Kinsella, Margaret Layton, Mark McLean, Robert G Moses, Kris Park, Ann M Poynten, Carol Pollock, Debbie Scadden, Katherine T Tonks, Mary Webber, Chris White, Vincent Wong and Sandy Middleton

… hospital group allocation and study design, reviewed the medical records of patients with admission blood glucose … (CHeReL) based on name, date of birth, address, hospital medical record number, and date of hospital admission. For … and the completion of discharge summaries to GPs by medical staff not involved in their care may have also …

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 454-459 Free

Research

Anthony F Jorm, Ailsa E Korten, Patricia A Jacomb, Helen Christensen, Bryan Rodgers and Penelope Pollitt

… aged 50-59, 11% aged 60-69 and 5% aged 70-74. The highest educational qualification was: secondary school certificate … article - © MJA 1997 <URL: http://www.mja.com.au/> © 1997 Medical Journal of Australia. … Research … Mental health …

Med J Aust 1997; 166 (4): 182 Free

Supplement

Hasantha Gunasekera, Tony E O’Connor, Shyan Vijayasekaran and Christopher B Del Mar

… conditions. 15 Corticosteroids Steroids are used in many medical settings to reduce inflammation, although there is … delay Hearing loss > 30 dB with symptoms of speech delay, educational impairment or behavioural symptoms Significant …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S55 Free

Research

Gideon A Caplan, John A Ward, Nicholas J Brennan, Janis Coconis, Neville Board and Ann Brown

… had been assessed as requiring admission by the relevant medical or surgical team. The medical, surgical and emergency department staff were … or above. GP involvement Before the study, we conducted an educational program consisting of an evening lecture and a …

Med J Aust 1998; 170 (4): 156-160 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Ranil D Appuhamy, Frank H Beard, Hai N Phung, Christine E Selvey, Frances A Birrell and Terry H Culleton

… Queensland, given concerns about the higher prevalence of medical risk factors and poorer access to medical services in these communities. 16 Epidemiology … or quarantine and antivirals, school closures and public education messages. The first confirmed case in Australia …

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 94-97 Free

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