Role of long-term mechanical circulatory support in patients with advanced heart failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term prognosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients is unknown. AIMS:To compare outcomes after ACS in HIV-infected and uninfected patients. METHODS:Retrospective observational study. HIV cases were matched with two HIV-uninfected controls for age, s...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Postigo A,Díez-Delhoyo F,Devesa C,Bruña V,Clavero-Olmos M,Vicent L,Juárez M,Sousa I,Fernández-Avilés F,Martínez-Sellés M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old woman presented with methanol toxicity manifesting as headache, reduced conscious state and visual change after consuming home-made grappa. She progressed to a coma with fixed mydriasis and severe acidaemia (pH 6.55). She was treated with empirical antidote administration (intravenous ethanol) and enhanc...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Holt NR,Nickson CP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2010 represents an update of the Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (2005) and the Clinical Guidelines for Acute Stroke Management (2007). For the first time, they cover the whole spectrum of stroke, from public awareness and prehospital ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wright L,Hill KM,Bernhardt J,Lindley R,Ada L,Bajorek BV,Barber PA,Beer C,Golledge J,Gustafsson L,Hersh D,Kenardy J,Perry L,Middleton S,Brauer SG,Nelson MR,National Stroke Foundation Stroke Guidelines Expert Working Group.

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke (IS) and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) mandates identification and treatment of multiple metabolic risk factors. The aim was to determine the prevalence of abnormal glycaemia, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in patients presenting to an Acute Stroke Unit of a tertia...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Scott DP,Greenfield JR,Bramah V,Alford J,Bennett C,Markus R,Campbell LV

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer treatment near end of life is not likely to add meaningful benefit and minimising intervention rates has been promoted as an indicator of quality of care. Population-based analysis of treatment allows comparative analysis of treatment rates and provides insight into patterns of care. AIMS:To report a...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Pitson G,Matheson L,Garrard B,Eastman P,Rogers M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our previous work identified deficiencies in stroke care practices at regional hospitals in comparison to standards suggested by published stroke care guidelines. These deficiencies might be improved by the implementation of clinical pathways. The aim of this study was to assess changes in acute stroke care ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Read SJ,Levy J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extreme heat is a public health priority in Australia with the health effects of cold poorly studied. A record-breaking cold winter prompted an institutional investigation into the epidemiology and outcomes of hypothermic presentations. AIMS:To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hy...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Forcey DS,FitzGerald MP,Burggraf MK,Nagalingam V,Ananda-Rajah MR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical Emergency Teams (MET) have been developed to identify, review and manage acutely unwell ward patients. Previous studies have suggested that there may be obstacles to the utilization and activation of the MET. AIMS:To determine the effect of a detailed education programme on the rate of utilization o...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Jones D,Bates S,Warrillow S,Goldsmith D,Kattula A,Way M,Gutteridge G,Buckmaster J,Bellomo R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and unfractionated heparin (UFH) have been shown to be equivalent in efficacy and safety profiles for the management of pulmonary embolism (PE). AIMS:To assess the real world management of anticoagulation in PE in a tertiary hospital setting. METHODS:An audit of pat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Khor YH,Smith R,McDonald CF

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoking prevalence has been declining over decades in Western countries especially in higher socioeconomic groups. Employees of Australian hospitals span the socioeconomic spectrum, but there are few data on smoking prevalence from these workplaces. Because smoking is a health hazard, some argue th...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Jones TE,Williams J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) can help reverse stroke symptoms in selected patients but are both time sensitive interventions. AIMS:To report current stroke reperfusion rates and quality measures as well as trends over time in New Zealand. METHOD:Since 2015 New Zealand ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Hedlund F,Leighs A,Barber PA,Lundström E,Wu TY,Ranta A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is associated with fixed airflow obstruction and an increased risk of death. The aim of this study was to relate asthma mortality and airflow obstruction to severity of asthma in a cohort of patients with chronic asthma studied over a 17-year period. METHODS:In 1980, asthma severity based on symptoms...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Panizza JA,James AL,Ryan G,de Klerk N,Finucane KE

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:This paper examines the differences between clinical and public health ethics and provides several examples of contemporary public health challenges that pose ethical questions. The relations among ethics, rights and obligations are explored, because public health philosophers propose these as different ways for publi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Leeder SR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As life expectancy for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWHIV) increases, management models for HIV infection are changing. To understand approaches to practice within this shifting climate and across different medical settings, in 2017 we conducted a baseline survey among the main medical pract...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Smith DE,Woolley IJ,Russell DB,Bisshop F,Furner V

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this essay, I reflect on my experience as a multiple sclerosis patient in order to identify some of the unique challenges that chronic disability poses in the physician-patient relationship. I suggest that it is important to broaden the goals of the clinical encounter to incorporate personal (as opposed to simply b...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Toombs SK

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory care is an important service for patients with the COVID-19 infection especially in a regional area where most of the patients underwent home isolation. Escalation of treatment and timely transition to inpatient care are critical when COVID-19 patients deteriorate. Equally important is ensuring transfer int...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lwin N,Burgess J,Johnston C,Johnson N,Chung S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three patients with severe refractory cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, resulting in painful ulcers involving the lower limbs and causing toe necrosis. Due to the severity of the cutaneous manifestations, the three patients received intravenous immunoglobulins at a dose of 1 g/kg/day for 2 days monthly. Afte...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Marie I,Miranda S,Girszyn N,Soubrane JC,Vandhuick T,Levesque H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several treatment modalities available for diabetes; however, the effects of the different medications on coronary artery disease are less understood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation of insulin-sensitizing therapy with the outcome of stress myocardial perfusion testing and...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Kapinya K,Nijjar PS,Stanek M,Amanullah A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited information on the risk of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) to inform younger women, particularly those under 40 years. AIMS:We conducted a retrospective analysis of a population-based cohort study to describe the risk, site and prognosis of MBC in young women under 40 years with an initial d...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tjokrowidjaja A,Lee CK,Houssami N,Lord S

更新日期：2014-08-01 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:We presumed that identification of the factors associated with improvement of fatty livers disease (FLD) would support the therapeutic options for FLD. The goal of this study was to clarify what clinical characteristics are associated with biochemical and sonographic improvements in the non-alcoholic populat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Park SH,Kim BI,Kim HJ,Kim H,Kim SH,Park DI,Cho YK,Sung IK,Sohn CI,Jeon WK,Keum DK

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radical market-oriented health reforms in New Zealand in the early 1990s failed to deliver key financial targets, resulted in unnecessary patient deaths, adversely affected public healthcare services, induced serious tensions between clinicians and managers and encouraged a predisposition to private healthcare. A more...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Nicholls MG,Frampton CM,Bagshaw PF

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of addiction is complex, although its expression clinically is relatively straightforward. There is a series of neurophysiological changes that mediate changes in the mesolimbic and mesocortical systems which in turn lead to disturbances in reward mechanisms. These then act to perpetuate the cycle of in...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Foy A

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：AIM:To carry out an audit of the appropriateness of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) and platelets (Plt) transfusion with reference to the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council/Australian Society of Blood Transfusion Clinical Practice Guidelines, and to assess the impact of a self-educating transfusion reque...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Hui CH,Williams I,Davis K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic optimisation imperative is now ubiquitous, with national policy frameworks in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries incorporating the requirement for antimicrobial stewardship within healthcare services. Yet in practice, the optimisation agenda often raises complex ethi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Broom J,Broom A,Good P,Lwin Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 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

abstract：:The use of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in ischaemic stroke outside of experienced stroke centres remains controversial. The aim of this study was to present the initial experience with t-PA in patients with ischaemic stroke at an institution with no prior experience in i.v. stroke thrombolysis and to comp...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Bray JE,Coughlan K,Bladin C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no mechanism in place for monitoring or quality improvement of cancer multidisciplinary meetings (MDM) in Australia. AIM:To develop a peer-review process for quality improvement of MDM. METHODS:This project involved three phases: (i) development of a draft peer-review framework, supporting documen...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Johnson CE,Slavova-Azmanova N,Saunders C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00