High rates of potentially infectious exposures between immunocompromised patients and their companion animals: an unmet need for education.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The consumption of Energy Drinks (Edks), has increased significantly in the last years, with a growing market that is estimated to reach $61 billion by 2021 worldwide. Several studies demonstrated the physiological and pathological effects of these substances contained in Edks. The most common ingredient con...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Piccioni A,Covino M,Zanza C,Longhitano Y,Tullo G,Bonadia N,Rinninella E,Ojetti V,Gasbarrini A,Franceschi F

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advance care planning (ACP) provides patients with the ability to make their decisions known about how they would like to be treated if they lose capacity. Medical practitioners have a key role to play in providing information on ACP to their patients. This research explores their knowledge and attitudes to ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Cartwright C,Montgomery J,Rhee J,Zwar N,Banbury A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The negative health effects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq should act as a watershed in the medical profession's approach to violent conflict. ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Huggan PJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Little is known about exposures to low radiation doses in the first trimester of pregnancy and deterministic adverse effects in the offspring, and risks are extrapolated from catastrophic events or from exposures to radiotherapy. The study aimed to assess the foetal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant wome...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Choi JS,Han JY,Ahn HK,Ryu HM,Kim MY,Chung JH,An GH,Nava-Ocampo AA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of patients receiving rituximab off label in a large teaching hospital was conducted between July 2002 and January 2006. The indication, dosing regimen, efficacy and cost of rituximab were evaluated. Rituximab was prescribed for three clinical indications; acute organ transplant rejection, post-...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Sharma R,Koller L,Barclay P,Liddle C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is standard of care treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). A pathologic complete response (pCR) following CRT is an early indicator of treatment benefit and associated with excellent survival outcomes. As capecitabine replaces infusional 5-fluorouracil (...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Loft M,Wong HL,Kosmider S,Lee M,Tie J,Wong R,Jones IT,Croxford M,Steel M,Faragher I,Guerrieri M,Christie M,Gibbs P

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial perfusion imaging is a relatively new technique in the emergency department management of acute chest pain. With improved sensitivity and specificity compared to traditional methods of risk stratification, an abnormal scan rapidly identifies individuals with acute perfusion abnormalities and allows the appr...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Knott JC,Better N

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paradigms for managing acromegaly have undergone major changes in the past two decades. This has been brought about by combining surgical, pharmacological and radiotherapeutic approaches that provide tight biochemical control to reduce mortality to that of the general population. The biochemical targets for treatment ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Burt MG,Ho KK

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The elderly obese are at increased risk of mortality and morbidity of many obesity-related chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease. This study was designed to investigate the epidemiological features of overweight and obesity in older rural Chinese. METHODS:A cross-sectio...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Zhang X,Sun Z,Zhang X,Zheng L,Liu S,Xu C,Li J,Zhao F,Li J,Hu D,Sun Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Individualised drug dosing has been shown to improve patient outcomes and reduce adverse drug events. One method of individualised medicine is the Bayesian approach, which uses prior information about how the population responds to therapy, to inform clinicians about how a specific individual is responding to their cu...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Donagher J,Martin JH,Barras MA

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：: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：: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:Medical school and resident training programmes offer different learning opportunities and outcomes. The aim of the study was to assess medical student and intern experience in common clinical procedures. METHODS:Interns employed in a metropolitan teaching hospital from 2000 to 2004 completed a survey of ex...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Boots RJ,Egerton W,McKeering H,Winter H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The move by the Medical Board of Australia to commence a conversation with the medical profession about revalidation reflects that patient-centred care is at the heart of good medical practice. Patients judge their doctors' commitment to them based on whether their individual interactions with doctors meet their needs...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Phelps G,Dalton S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco cessation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) substantially improves outcome but how effective individual programmes are needs to be established. To date, few studies have examined this factor. AIMS:To assess the outcome of two smoking cessation programmes after AMI. METHODS:One hundred and nin...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Feeney GF,McPherson A,Connor JP,McAlister A,Young MR,Garrahy P

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The international literature advocates for cancer screening in newly diagnosed patients with autoimmune myositis; however, there is no widely accepted consensus or guideline to outline the optimal cancer screening strategy and the evidence is currently insufficient to support any recommendation. AIM:Our stu...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Dutton K,Soden M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prothrombinex-VF (a three-factor prothrombin complex concentrate) contains little factor VII. Therefore, the Warfarin Reversal Consensus Guidelines from 2004 published by The Australasian Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis recommend that it be administered with fresh frozen plasma to reverse warfarin anti...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tran H,Collecutt M,Whitehead S,Salem HH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiography is the mainstay of cardiovascular diagnostics, and is the most performed test for the evaluation of cardiac function. Critical and costly management decisions are based on quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction. Recent advances in echocardiography, such as microsphere contras...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Hudaverdi M,Hamilton-Craig C,Platts D,Chan J,Burstow DJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：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:Timely administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IVtPA) for acute ischaemic stroke is associated with better clinical outcomes. Therefore, a coordinated hospital system of acute clinical assessment and neuroimaging will likely avoid delays in IV-tPA administration. AIM:In July 2007, we imp...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tai YJ,Weir L,Hand P,Davis S,Yan B

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore and detail clinical experiences of dabigatran, a novel anticoagulant, after it became available in New Zealand in July 2011. METHODS:A cohort of patients was recruited from Hutt Hospital and the two largest primary care practices in the Hutt Valley region. They were included if they took at least one do...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Thorne K,Jayathissa S,Dee S,Briggs N,Taylor J,Reid S,De Silva K,Dean J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-aminosalicylates (5-ASA) remain an important strategy in the induction and maintenance of remission of inflammatory bowel diseases especially in ulcerative colitis. The prototypical drug of this class, sulfasalazine is generally well tolerated with severe hypersensitivity reactions and hepatotoxicity also described ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Kong LM,Fok KC,Tsui A,Qian C,Fisher L

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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：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