Sputum bacteriology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and concomitant pneumonia in Hong Kong.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The comparative effectiveness of biologic treatment regimens in a real world Australian population is unknown. AIM:To assess the effectiveness of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD) as monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate and/or other conventional DMARD (cDMARD) for the tre...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Nicholls D,Barrett R,Button P,Truman M,Bird P,Roberts L,Tymms K,Littlejohn G,Griffiths H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients who suffer from acute IgE-mediated allergy to a cephalosporin antibiotic are frequently assumed to be at high risk of allergy to other cephalosporins and penicillins. AIM:To define cross-reactivity patterns in patients with confirmed allergy to a cephalosporin. METHODS:Subjects presenting with a h...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Yuson C,Kumar K,Le A,Ahmadie A,Banovic T,Heddle R,Kette F,Smith W,Hissaria P

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acute pulmonary embolism (aPE) is characterised by occlusion of one or more pulmonary arteries. Physiological disturbance may be minimal, but often cardiac output decreases as the right ventricle attempts to overcome increased afterload. Additionally, ventilation-perfusion mismatches can develop in affected vascula...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Hepburn-Brown M,Darvall J,Hammerschlag G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Escalating morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections represent a major health burden in Australia, particularly among migrants from endemic areas who may present late. METHODS AND AIMS:We evaluated the knowledge and educational needs of general pr...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Guirgis M,Yan K,Bu YM,Zekry A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unrelated umbilical cord blood has emerged as an alternative stem cell source for allogeneic transplantation for patients with haematological malignancies, but in adults is limited by the low number of stem cells present in banked cord blood units. We report our experience with double cord blood transplants ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Bradstock K,Hertzberg M,Kerridge I,Svennilson J,George B,McGurgan M,Huang G,Antonenas V,Gottlieb D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis is defined as organ dysfunction in the setting of systemic inflammatory response due to infection. With changes in population age, comorbidity and the delivery of medical care, severe sepsis is increasingly common, and can present in every area of the hospital. The major obstacles to improved outcomes in...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Huggan PJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current diagnostic tools are inadequate for reliable prediction of prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness in patients with localised disease. This results in many patients being exposed to potentially unnecessary invasive treatment and its associated morbidities. In order to develop appropriate treatment strat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Algotar AM,Thompson PA,Ranger-Moore J,Stratton MS,Hsu CH,Ahmann FR,Nagle RB,Stratton SP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While treatment guidelines have been developed to guide the management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, there is a need to validate these guidelines in different clinical settings and to relate the effect of compliance to clinical outcome. AIMS:To assess the impact of adherence to treatment guidelines ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Blyth CC,Darragh H,Whelan A,O'Shea JP,Beaman MH,McCarthy JS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that the prevalence of food allergy has been increasing in recent decades, particularly in westernised countries, yet high-quality evidence that is based on challenge confirmed diagnosis of food allergy to support this assumption is lacking because of the high cost and potential risks associat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tang ML,Mullins RJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced heart failure represents a small proportion of patients with heart failure that possess high-risk features associated with high hospital readmission rates, significant functional impairment and mortality. Identification of those who have progressed to, or are near a state of advanced heart failure should prom...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Stokes MB,Bergin P,McGiffin D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) have type 2 respiratory failure (T2RF). Often arterial blood gases are not performed and correlation with venous blood gases (VBG) is controversial. The venous pH and bicarbonate (HCO3 ) are useful, but VBG pCO2 (PvCO2 )...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wong EKC,Lee PCS,Ansary S,Asha S,Wong KKH,Yee BJ,Ng AT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trends in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) provide important information for healthcare providers and can allow for accurate planning of future health needs and targeted interventions in areas with an excess burden of cardiovascular disease. AIM:To investigate the regional variations in AM...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Davies AJ,Naudin C,Al-Omary M,Khan A,Oldmeadow C,Jones M,Bastian B,Bhagwandeen R,Fletcher P,Leitch J,Boyle A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) are at the highest risk of further events. Despite proven therapies, secondary prevention is often suboptimal. General practitioners (GPs) are in an ideal position to improve secondary prevention. AIM:To contrast management of cardiovascular risk factor...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Driscoll A,Beauchamp A,Lyubomirsky G,Demos L,McNeil J,Tonkin A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common peroneal neuropathy (CPN) may develop unexpectedly in patients with underlying cancer. To clarify the underlying pathophysiology, clinical and neurophysiological data were prospectively collected from 10 oncology clinic patients referred for neurological assessment after the onset of foot weakness. In all patie...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Simon NG,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 177 000 potentially preventable healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur per annum in Australia with sizable attributable mortality. Organizational systems to protect against HAI in hospitals in Australia are relatively poorly developed. Awareness and practice of infection control by medical and other h...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Ferguson JK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, primary Sjögren syndrome, scleroderma and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) varies with geography and ethnicity. For example, SLE is reported to be more common in populations such as African-Caribbeans and Indigenous Australians (IA). A...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Vincent FB,Bourke P,Morand EF,Mackay F,Bossingham D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Few studies have specifically investigated treatment of prednisolone-induced hyperglycaemia. AIM:To determine if a basal bolus insulin (BBI) protocol for inpatient hyperglycaemia is effective in patients prescribed acute prednisolone for an inflammatory disease. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study, 66 p...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Burt MG,Drake SM,Aguilar-Loza NR,Esterman A,Stranks SN,Roberts GW

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of renal vessels correlates well with conventional angiography (CA) and enables non-invasive assessment of renal vessels without nephrotoxic contrast. AIMS:We aimed to identify the referral source and nature of the patient group undergoing renal MRA, and the impact of th...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Prasad S,Bannister K,Taylor J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is common among acute hospital patients and might adversely affect recovery from inpatient cardiac arrest. AIM:To assess the relationship between hospital admission characteristics, including frailty, and discharge outcome after in-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS:Prospectively collected data were ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Smith RJ,Reid DA,Santamaria JD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of Selective Internal Radiation (SIR) Spheres (Sirtex Medical, Sydney, NSW, Australia) in patients with unresectable primary or secondary hepatic malignancies. METHODS:We report our experience of SIR sphere therapy at three Australian centres. Patients with previou...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lim L,Gibbs P,Yip D,Shapiro JD,Dowling R,Smith D,Little A,Bailey W,Liechtenstein M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental exposures in the foetal period may predispose to autoimmunity. Aim of this study is to investigate whether seasonality in birth patterns exists in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). We used Stata (StataCorp USA, version 13.0) and the user-written routine command 'circsummarise' to assess birth sea...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Woodman R,Hakendorf P,Limaye V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change is unequivocal. The fourth assessment report of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change has recently projected that global average surface temperature will increase by 1.1 to 6.4 degrees C by 2100. Anthropogenic warming during the twenty-first century would be much greater than that observed in the...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tong S,Mackenzie J,Pitman AJ,FitzGerald G,Nicholls N,Selvey L

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cardiac myxoma is a rare but important cause of stroke, which affects young people. More recently the diagnosis has been enhanced by the use of echocardiograms. We aimed to review the neurological presentations, including stroke, of cardiac myxoma in this modern era of diagnosis and management. MET...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Ekinci EI,Donnan GA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of tuberculosis in the non-indigenous Australian population is low. However, in this paper we report on three cases of cavitating disease, which seem to be associated with a common illicit drug habit namely smoking marijuana using a makeshift pipe or bong. There was a total of 34 positive contacts of the...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Thu K,Hayes M,Miles S,Tierney L,Foy A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterised by recurrent episodes of painful inflammation in the abdomen, chest or joints. The association between FMF and non-amyloid glomerulopathies are unusual. In this study, we describe our experiences and observations about...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Bashardoust B,Maleki N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute poisoning accounts for a significant proportion of the total burden of disease worldwide. While the rate of poisoning fatalities in New Zealand is comparable to other industrialised countries, demographic trends in incidence, particularly including socio-economic indicators and substances involved, are...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Peiris-John R,Kool B,Ameratunga S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poor lung function is a predictor of future all-cause mortality. In Australia, respiratory diseases are particularly prevalent among the indigenous population, especially in remote communities. However, there are little published pulmonary function tests' (PFT) data of remote-based adult indigenous patients....

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Schubert J,Kruavit A,Mehra S,Wasgewatta S,Chang AB,Heraganahally SS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the number of new cases (incidence), non-Hodgkin lymphoma is an increasingly common cancer in Australia and many developed countries. Until recently, mortality trends have been stable or slightly increasing. However, since the year 2000, mortality has decreased every year by an average of 5.1% per year (95% c...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Coory M,Gill D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pilot study in a prospective cohort of 20 cryptogenic stroke patients showed that a significant proportion has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation undetected by 24-h Holter monitoring. However, longer monitoring with 28-day Holter was poorly tolerated and still insufficiently sensitive for paroxysmal atrial fibrillati...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tu HT,Spence S,Kalman JM,Davis SM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) is recommended for use by the most recent international sepsis definition taskforce to identify suspected sepsis in patients outside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at risk of adverse outcomes. Evidence of its comparative effectiveness with existing sepsis ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Li L,Rathnayake K,Green M,Shetty A,Fullick M,Walter S,Middleton-Rennie C,Meller M,Braithwaite J,Lander H,Westbrook JI

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00