Management of systemic AL amyloidosis: recommendations of the Myeloma Foundation of Australia Medical and Scientific Advisory Group.

abstract：:The annual Leonard Ball Orations illustrate changing perspectives in Australia over 30 years on medical and social effects of misuse of alcohol and other substances. The first oration, in 1968, examined causal factors in the context of 'agent', 'purveyor' and 'host' and provided themes for subsequent orators. In regar...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mackay IR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To survey the practice among gastroenterologists in Australia relating to screening for latent infections and vaccination of patients with inflammatory bowel disease prior to treatment with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors. METHODS:A structured 15 question electronic survey was advertised to gastro...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Gupta A,Macrae FA,Gibson PR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical goddesses and gods invoked in the Hippocratic Oath were called on in times of pandemics along with Greek physicians such as Galen of Pergamum. Ancient Greek and Roman coinage provide insights into the coexisting religious and rational approaches to medicine rooted in Classical Antiquity, portraying medical sym...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Iniesta I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in medical research ethics in the past two decades have made the communication of risk to potential participants a legal imperative. Using ethnographic data from two different cultures, we examine the hazards associated with medical research in relation to the respective societal contexts that imbue them with ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Parker DB,Barrett RJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Treatment of invasive fungal infections is increasingly complex. Amphotericin B deoxycholate has long been the mainstay of treatment. However, there has been increasing recognition of both the propensity for nephro-toxicity in haematology, transplant and intensive care patients as well as its adverse impact o...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Slavin MA,Szer J,Grigg AP,Roberts AW,Seymour JF,Sasadeusz J,Thursky K,Chen SC,Morrissey CO,Heath CH,Sorrell T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is common in hospitalised patients but its epidemiology remains poorly characterised. AIMS:To test the hypothesis that patient demographics, clinical phenotype, management and outcomes of patient with delirium in hospital ward patients differ from intensive care unit (ICU) patients. METHODS:Retros...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Canet E,Amjad S,Robbins R,Lewis J,Matalanis M,Jones D,Bellomo R

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive ventilation refers to a number of respiratory support strategies commonly used in critical care settings. This paper describes the principles of non-invasive ventilation, the practicalities of its use and the evidence for its use in a number of common acute conditions. ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Cross AM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vulnerability of older people to serious underlying medical illness and adverse effects of psychotropics means that the safe and effective treatment of severe agitation can be lifesaving, the primary management goals being to create a safe environment for the patient and others, and to facilitate assessment and tr...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Peisah C,Chan DK,McKay R,Kurrle SE,Reutens SG

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adverse fallout following the Royal Australasian College of Physician's (RACP) introduction to computer-based testing that was disrupted in the February 2018 examinations, aroused great sympathy for the candidates and perhaps rekindled worrying memories by the College fellowship. The RACP's entrance procedures hav...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： H Short B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of extreme hyperferritinaemia has come under scrutiny with the increasing recognition of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in adults. Most studies of hyperferritinaemia have focused on serum ferritin greater than 1000 μg/L, often in ambulatory patients. The conditions associ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wormsbecker AJ,Sweet DD,Mann SL,Wang SY,Pudek MR,Chen LY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) has been shown to reduce mortality in malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction. Our primary objective was to compare 1-year mortality between patients receiving DHC for malignant MCA infarction at our institution based on hospital of origin. We retrospectively reviewed the ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Smyth D,Weatherall M,Rosemergy I,Woon K,Lanford J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of empagliflozin on cardiac structure and function are not known. AIMS:To examine the changes in cardiac structure and function following the addition of empagliflozin in patients with type 2 (T2D) diabetes using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. METHODS:Twenty patients attending a spec...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Cohen ND,Gutman SJ,Briganti EM,Taylor AJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) represent the leading causes of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Screening for these complications has assumed greater importance, but is not universal. The aim of this study is to determine the self-reported screening, diagnosis and...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mangat P,Conron M,Gabbay E,Proudman SM,Pulmonary Interstitial Vascular Organisational Taskforce (PIVOT).

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) management is now well informed by guidelines extrapolated from clinical trials. However, most of these data have been acquired outside the local context. We sought to describe the current patterns of ACS care in Australia. METHODS:The Acute Coronary Syndrome Prospective Audit...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Chew DP,Amerena J,Coverdale S,Rankin J,Astley C,Brieger D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, residents believed to work harder have been referred to as having a 'black cloud'. Residency training programmes recently instituted changes to improve physician wellness and achieve comparable clinical workload. All Internal Medicine residents in the internship class of 2014 at Columbia were surveyed to ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Schissler AJ,Einstein AJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (cITP), the platelet count tends to be quite variable and, in the majority of cases, specific therapy is not warranted on a regular basis. However, patients with low platelet count (<30 nL) or with bleeding complications would require therapy, su...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Ramakrishna R,Rehman A,Ramakrishna S,Alexander W,Yeo WW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We documented temporal changes in the use of lipid-lowering medications and achievement of cholesterol targets in an Australian diabetes clinic. The number of patients using lipid-lowering therapy for primary or secondary cardiovascular prevention increased from 6 to 69% between 1993-1995 and 2014-2016, which correspo...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Kiburg KV,Ward GM,O'Neal DN,MacIsaac RJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) arises in a variety of clinical circumstances with the potential to cause significant dysfunction of the kidneys, brain, gastrointestinal tract and heart. TMA should be considered in all patients with thrombocytopenia and anaemia, with an immediate request to the haematology laboratory...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Fox LC,Cohney SJ,Kausman JY,Shortt J,Hughes PD,Wood EM,Isbel NM,de Malmanche T,Durkan A,Hissaria P,Blombery P,Barbour TD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the frequency of cannula-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (CASAB) there is uncertainty regarding the duration of treatment required. AIM:To determine the relationship between the duration and type of treatment for CASAB and subsequent relapse with deep-seated S. aureus infection. METHOD...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Thomas MG,Morris AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections and antibiotic resistance patterns in patients attending regional Australian cancer centres are poorly described. AIMS:To document patient characteristics, infection types, patterns of antibiotic resistance and outcomes in all patients with cancer requiring inpatient management for suspected infe...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： De Silva N,Jackson J,Steer C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hereby present two case reports of moderate coronavirus disease patients, suffering from profound hypoxaemia, further deteriorating later on. A schedule pre-planned awake prone position manoeuvres were executed during their hospital stay. Following this, the patients' saturation improved, later to be weaned from ox...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Cohen D,Wasserstrum Y,Segev A,Avaky C,Negru L,Turpashvili N,Anani S,Zilber E,Lasman N,Athamna A,Segal O,Shenhav-Saltzman G,Segal G

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:In an era of growing subspecialisation there has been significant research into the role, determinants and outcomes of outpatient referrals but very little on inpatient specialty referrals from general medical units. AIMS:This study aims to describe and compare the rate of specialty referrals from inpatient...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Brown MG,Campbell D,Maydom BW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undiagnosed pheochromocytoma in pregnancy is associated with significant maternal and foetal mortality. Herein we reviewed five cases of pheochromocytoma in pregnancy occurring during late pregnancy. The mean age at presentation was 30.6 years, and the gestational age ranged from 26 to 36 weeks. All patients had eleva...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Song Y,Liu J,Li H,Zeng Z,Bian X,Wang S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exacerbations requiring hospital admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) contribute to a decline in health status and are costly to the community. Long-term trends in admissions and associated outcomes are difficult to establish because of frequent readmissions, high case fatality and pote...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Geelhoed EA,Brameld KJ,Holman CD,Thompson PJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(Neo)adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer is associated with side-effects, resulting in increased emergency department (ED) presentations. Treatment-related toxicity can affect quality of life, compromise chemotherapy delivery and treatment outcomes, and increase healthcare use. We performed a retrospec...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tang M,Horsley P,Lewis CR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke neurologists, vascular surgeons, interventional neuroradiologists and interventional cardiologists have embraced carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) because of potential advantages over carotid endarterectomy (CEA). At Austin Health, a multidisciplinary neuro-interventional group was formed to stan...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mak CS,Chambers BR,Clark DJ,Molan M,Brooks M,Roberts N,Fell G,Roberts AK,New G,Donnan GA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The short Synacthen test is widely used to assess the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis in the outpatient setting. In the inpatient setting however, technical difficulties to adhere to the protocol may pose a challenge for using this test. AIMS:In this study we attempted to find the most suitable basal se...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tolkin L,Vidberg M,Munter G

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective clinical handover has always been integral to delivering safe, high-quality care in medical wards. AIM:As handover activity increases in importance we wanted to explore the experience of physicians and trainee doctors. There is little research on internal medicine handover with even less based on ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Donnelly S,Dinesh D,Dew K,Stubbe M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To measure factors associated with underuse of beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:The Newcastle and Perth collaborating centres of the World Health Organization (WHO) MONICA project (to MONItor trends and determinants of Cardiovascular disease) systematically evaluated all patients adm...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Nicholls SJ,McElduff P,Dobson AJ,Jamrozik KD,Hobbs MS,Leitch JW

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00