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Kirby Jeffries, Alexis Shub, Susan P Walker, Richard Hiscock and Michael Permezel

… socioeconomic status) was obtained from participants’ medical records at recruitment and by direct questioning. … by routine obstetric methods and obtained from the medical record. Obstetric records were reviewed after … — age, smoking status, parity, marital status or educational attainment. The ranges of gestational age at …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 429-433 Free

Supplement

Stephen E Graves, David Davidson, Lisa Ingerson, Philip Ryan, Elizabeth C Griffith, Brian F J McDermott, Heather J McElroy and Nicole L Pratt

… Guidelines for the Protection of Privacy in the Conduct of Medical Research. Personal data collected are for use by the …

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5): S31 Free

Health care

Anthony C Smith and Leonard C Gray

… 37 different subspecialist areas and involves more than 240 medical, nursing and allied health staff. Subspecialist … service I use the acronym PPEET — patients, professionals, education, economics and technology. The kids love the … assessment and care planning of older people with complex medical, functional and psychosocial problems. Older people …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 15-19 Free

Supplement

Gawaine Powell Davies, Anna M Williams, Karen Larsen, David Perkins, Martin Roland and Mark F Harris

… in care coordination, communication failures, and medical care errors”. 2 The primary health care (PHC) sector … electronic databases including ABI Global, the Australasian Medical Index, CINAHL, the Campbell Collaboration database, … (33 studies) Providing support for patients , including education (joint or relating to sharing care), reminders, …

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S65 Free

Systematic review

Amy C Plint, David Moher, Andra Morrison, Kenneth Schulz, Douglas G Altman, Catherine Hill and Isabelle Gaboury

… the findings. 2 - 6 CONSORT has been endorsed by prominent medical journals and by editorial groups, such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Since the publication of CONSORT, …

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 263-267 Free

Research enterprise

Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Elizabeth M Campbell, Janice J Perkins, Steve V Blunden and Bob B Davis

… included trials of medications, immunisation, screening, or education programs. This category also included research … Australia, scientific bodies, like the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 502-505 Free

Medicine and the community

Zinta Harrington, Kumar Visvanathan, Narelle A Skinner, Nigel Curtis, Bart J Currie and Jonathan R Carapetis

… recruited. The diagnosis of previous RF was confirmed from medical notes. In most cases the Jones criteria 17 were … prospectively by interview with the individual, review of medical notes and cardiac auscultation. Relationship status …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 507-510 Free

Research

Julia V Marley, Carmel Nelson, Vicki O’Donnell and David Atkinson

… teaching and upskilling incorporated into routine practice: medical students hosted for their penultimate year, general … 9 ongoing internal and external (Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council) audit of service data …

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (7): 404-408 Free

MJA Practice Essentials – Paediatrics

Patrina H Y Caldwell, Elisabeth Hodson, Jonathan C Craig and Denise Edgar

… or is aware of the bedwetting), developmental history, past medical history (such as urinary tract infection), family … of evidence (I–IV) are derived from the National Health and Medical Research Council’s system for assessing evidence. 26 … as first-line therapy. 21 Comparing complex behavioural and educational interventions, such as dry-bed training …

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (4): 190-195 Free

For debate

Patrick GP Charles, M Lindsay Grayson, Peter W Angus and Joseph J Sasadeusz

… counselling costs appear similar to the direct medical costs of these injuries. 27 , 28 Many healthcare … and experience. It is often the less experienced junior medical staff who perform at-risk procedures after hours, … needlestick injuries and other exposures through: Adequate education of healthcare workers about phlebotomy and …

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 153-157 Free

Research

Luke P Dawson, Emily Andrew, Michael Stephenson, Ziad Nehme, Jason Bloom, Shelley Cox, David Anderson, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Andrew J Taylor, David Kaye, Karen Smith and Dion Stub

… Larger proportions of patients with histories of certain medical conditions were included in tertile 3, including … staffing, and infrastructure, as well as public health education about the appropriate use of emergency ambulance … 68 711 (96.6%) Private 7143 (10.4%) 5306 (7.3%) 2393 (3.4%) Medical history of patient       Hypertension 27 616 (42.1%) …

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 253-259 Free

Research

P John Treacy, Kerrie Jones and Carole Mansfield

… accidents worldwide has been poorly recognised in the medical literature, apart from reports of rollover accidents … details, particulars of prehospital care undertaken by medical or paramedical staff, vital signs and primary survey … of roads and injury prevention programs (such as driver education programs, provision of alternative transport, …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (6): 260-263 Free

Medicine and the law

Bernard W Stewart and Peter C B Semmler

… the negligence of her employer. For our discussion of the medical issues in the case we have assumed, as the law … responsibility for a given occurrence. 6 In some cases, medical science cannot determine the existence of a causal … 2.4 (95% CI, 0.9–6.8) after controlling for age, sex, race, education, alcohol consumption and other variables. Dose …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (3): 113-116 Free

Research

James M Leyden, Woon K Chong, Tim Kleinig, Andrew Lee, John B Field and Jim Jannes

… Elizabeth Hospital, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre. Case ascertainment In the urban public … may run isolated remote hospitals, were contacted during education sessions provided by the GP networks. Case review … was recorded. If the notes mentioned that the treating medical team was aware of a particular protocol violation …

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (3): 111-115 Free

Medicine and Society

Rachel A Ankeny, Christopher F C Jordens, Ian H Kerridge, Ross Clifford and Rod Benson

… which was established to extend the research, policy, and educational activities of the Church in relation to … die” as necessitated by death’s current grip on humanity. Medical personnel should also be aware that we may express … life at all costs, as if humans never need die, and as if medical science has conquered death. We may forget to trust …

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 616-621 Free

Indigenous health

Jiqiong You, Yuejen Zhao, Carol Beaver, Wendy Hoy and Kathy Eagar

… components were included. 7 These were costs in nursing, medical, allied health, pathology, imaging, pharmacy, … costs ($12.4 million). A one-year study at a single medical centre in the United States reported that end-stage … significant in the regression model. More effective education is required on controlling water intake and …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 461-465 Free

Research

Beverley Sowter, Lex W Doyle, Colin J Morley, Anne Altmann and Jane Halliday

… who have had apnoea. Before discharge, many parents attend education sessions on reducing the risks of SIDS and on … pathological condition at autopsy, parents should seek medical advice early if the baby appears unwell in any way. … decide what is a minor illness and when they need to seek medical advice. A scoring system such as "Baby Check" 14 can …

Med J Aust 1999; 171 (8): 411-413 Free

Research

Naren Gunja and Jared A Brown

… children and adolescents found only eight case reports on medical complications from energy drinks. 8 Our study was …

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (1): 46-49 Free

Research

David P Smith and Bruce K Armstrong

… 1996 (Dr H A Morris, Manager, Endocrine Unit, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, personal communication). At … for public health policy and for patient and practitioner education aimed at reducing prostate cancer screening.   … of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write …

Med J Aust 1998; 169 (1): 17-20 Free

Research enterprise

Ann T Gregory, Ruth M Armstrong, Tanya D Grassi, Bronwyn Gaut and Martin B Van Der Weyden

… readily available”, wrote Professor Paul Zimmet in the Medical Journal of Australia in 1985. 3 At that time, Zimmet … involved an initial household interview, followed by a biomedical examination that included an oral glucose tolerance … detection, treatment and prevention of disease and in the education of a population”. For more than 40 years, and …

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 650-657 Free

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