Emergency department presentations in early stage breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The current results on the diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in the detection of left atrial/left atrial appendage (LA/LAA) thrombus are conflicting. AIM:The aim of the present study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of MDCT in LA/LAA thrombus with meta-ana...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Ning Z,Min ZG,Jiang HX,Hu BL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional teaching on the mechanisms and treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax is either obviously wrong or based on a misunderstanding of the natural history of the condition. Spontaneous pneumothorax is a generally benign, self-limiting condition where conservative management should be considered. If intervention...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Simpson G

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Depression, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease are important causes of morbidity and are among the leading contributors to global health burden. These conditions often occur in the same patient, resulting in considerably greater effect on health than combinations of chronic diseases without depression...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Ziegelstein RC,Parakh K,Sakhuja A,Bhat U

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Where proven cancer therapies remain unfunded, patients are faced with difficult decisions regarding personally covering some or all of the treatment cost. Clinical trials provide an alternative form of access to unfunded drugs. AIMS:To examine the patient population and utilisation of the colorectal cancer...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Tie J,Gibbs P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Young onset dementia (YOD), where symptoms of dementia have an onset before the age of 65, has become more prominent due to the population increase from the Baby Boomer generation. This clinical perspective examines key issues in the assessment, diagnosis and management of YOD. Challenges in the assessment and diagnos...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Draper B,Withall A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Australian National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) guidelines recommend that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) be reserved for patients with a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1 ) less than 50% predicted and those who experience ≥2 exacerbations in 12 months. In total, 707 COPD pat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Harrison A,Borg B,Thompson B,Hew M,Dabscheck E

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Bronchodilator reversibility (BDR) and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use were assessed for volunteers who responded to an advertisement requesting current or ex-smokers who were experiencing breathlessness to attend for lung function testing. METHODS:One hundred and fifty-four volunteers responded. ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Reid DW,Soltani A,Johns DP,Bish R,Williams TJ,Burns GP,Walters EH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been stated that academic medicine is in a worldwide crisis. Is this decline in hospital academic practice a predictable consequence of modern clinical practice with its emphasis on community and outpatient-based services as well as a corporate health-care ethos or does it relate to innate problems in the train...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wilson A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups are 'neutral polymorphisms' in the mtDNA genome, which have accumulated and persisted along maternal lineages as the human population has migrated worldwide. Three ethnically distinct lineages of human mtDNA populations have been identified: European, characterized by nine haplogr...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Manwaring N,Jones MM,Wang JJ,Rochtchina E,Mitchell P,Sue CM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma homocysteine is elevated in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Folic acid has been shown to partially reduce homocysteine levels in dialysis patients. It is not known whether vitamin B12 reduces homocysteine independent of folic acid in patien...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Polkinghorne KR,Zoungas S,Branley P,Villanueva E,McNeil JJ,Atkins RC,McGrath BP,Kerr PG

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:An 11-year-old boy presented with hepatic failure secondary to parvovirus B19 infection, requiring urgent liver transplantation. His recovery was complicated by primary Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infections. He subsequently developed aplastic anaemia that has been refractory to antithymocyte globulin and c...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： So K,Macquillan G,Garas G,Delriviere L,Mitchell A,Speers D,Mews C,Augustson B,de Boer WB,Baker D,Jeffrey GP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of cancer treatments that have become available. However, it has remained difficult to choose the most appropriate time to cease active therapy in individual patients. AIMS:To determine the proportion of patients being treated with palliat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wein L,Rowe C,Brady B,Handolias D,Lipton L,Pook D,Stanley R,Haines I

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Leprosy remains an important global health concern, but little has been published about its diagnosis and management in developed settings. It has been postulated that delay in diagnosis is common in developed settings. We reviewed all the cases of leprosy seen at a major tertiary referral centre between 1999 and 2013...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Turner D,McGuinness SL,Leder K

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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：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：:Despite the inclusion of investigator-industry pecuniary and non-pecuniary associations in published clinical trials, the benefit of such disclosures may be limited. Two recent pivotal phase III drug studies that raised conflict of interest issues are discussed. It is recommended that in the future, a firewall should ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Carney SL

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry is long-standing and ingrained in modern practice. Doctors-in-training are at a vulnerable stage of their careers, both in requiring knowledge and forming lasting relationships. There is evidence that limiting contact between industry and junior doctors has a...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Pokorny AM,Gittins CB

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) has a well-established role in the treatment of haematological malignancies. Stem cells are commonly collected following salvage chemotherapy although there may be advantages in collecting earlier in the disease course. A 'rainy day' harvest (RDH) refers to the collection of...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Trotman J,Presgrave P,Kwan Y,Tiley C,Estell J,Watson AM,O'Brien TA,Peters D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin remains a clinically useful antibiotic despite the advent of several alternative drugs. Optimising vancomycin therapy with therapeutic drug monitoring is widely recommended. The aim of therapeutic drug monitoring is to help the clinician to achieve target pharmacodynamic parameters in the case of vancomycin...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Avent ML,Vaska VL,Rogers BA,Cheng AC,van Hal SJ,Holmes NE,Howden BP,Paterson DL

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to describe the activity of a lung cancer multidisciplinary clinic (MDC) and examine whether this model of clinical practice results in adherence to best-practice guidelines. METHODS:Prospective analysis of demographic and clinical data in 431 patients referred to a lung cancer MDC...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Conron M,Phuah S,Steinfort D,Dabscheck E,Wright G,Hart D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As direct-to-consumer personal genome testing (DTC-PGT) is increasingly available in Australia, knowledge of Australians' perceptions and attitudes towards this technology is needed in order to assess the (potential) impact it might have on the Australian public and healthcare system. AIMS:To explore the kn...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Savard J,Mooney-Somers J,Newson AJ,Kerridge I

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this case-control study is to estimate the risks of Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with the use of specific drugs. The suspected cases were identified from the computerized hospital discharge file. We calculated crude relative risks and adjusted them for confounding by...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lin MS,Dai YS,Pwu RF,Chen YH,Chang NC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The thiopurines azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine are recommended for maintenance of remission in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Measurement of concentrations of the metabolites 6-thioguanine nucleotide and 6-methylmercaptopurine helps delineate interindividual variation in metabolism that may underlie va...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Kennedy NA,Asser TL,Mountifield RE,Doogue MP,Andrews JM,Bampton PA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is accumulating evidence that point-of-care delivery of clinical information such as evidence-based medicine, practice guidelines and drug information can streamline clinical practice and reduce preventable errors. In Australia, hospital-based physicians have -generally been slow to fully use these resources to ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wilcox RA,Whitham EM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00