Polyserositis: a diagnostic challenge.

abstract：:This study aimed to identify the incidence of perioperative acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in our hip fracture patients; to evaluate the characteristics, management and clinical outcomes of these patients; and to explore risk factors and protective factors. Of the 1691 consecutive patients admitted for s...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Liu J,Gupta R,Hay K,Pulle C,Rahman T,Pandy S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is the leading cause of non-fatal disease burden in Australia. Recently, increasing public recognition, together with the development of more integrated medical and psychological healthcare services has resulted in significant improvements. New pathophysiological models incorporate structural brain changes ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Hickie IB,Naismith SL,Norrie LM,Scott EM

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：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：: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：:Neuroimaging in dementia has focused on documenting any burden of vascular disease or excluding any reversible intracranial pathology. We review the use of computed tomography to examine for medial temporal lobe atrophy in dementia and compare this with a case series of such measurements from our memory clinic. Measur...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Rose M,Scharf S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a frequent complication of most diseases of the heart. CHF is associated with impairment in several aspects of the quality of life of patients, including mood and cognitive performance. Early reports indicated that patients with CHF display deficits in memory and other intel...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Almeida OP,Flicker L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2001 National Health and Medical Research Council/Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion Clinical Practice Guidelines for cryoprecipitate are being updated, and cryoprecipitate has been incorporated into new Patient Blood Management modules. AIMS:This clinical audit sought to clarify current cryoprec...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Anderson MA,Glazebrook B,Cutts B,Stevenson L,Bielby L,Borosak M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of acute ischaemic stroke is time critical. Reducing time to treatment with thrombolysis is strongly associated with improved outcomes in properly selected patients. However, there are barriers to ensuring timely treatment in the hospital setting. AIM:To determine if simple, no-cost protocol chan...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Silsby M,Duma SR,Fois AF,Yin YWK,Koryzna J,Mahant N,Evans A,Fung VSC

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:Autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD), such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis are often complicated by infection, which results in significant morbidity and mortality. The increased risk of infection is probably due to a combination of immunosuppressive effects of the...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wong PKK,Bagga H,Barrett C,Hanrahan P,Johnson D,Katrib A,Leder K,Marabani M,Pentony P,Riordan J,White R,Young L

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 enthusiasm for evidence-based medicine (EBM) has not been accompanied by the same success in bridging the gap between theory and practice. This paper advances the hypothesis that the phenomenon psychologists call hypocognition may hinder the development of EBM. People tend to respond to frames rather than to facts...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mariotto A

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) is an indolent B-cell malignancy characterised by the presence of immunoglobulin M (IgM) paraprotein and bone marrow infiltration by clonal small B lymphocytes, plasmacytoid lymphocytes and plasma cells. The symptoms of WM are protean, often follow an asymptomatic phase and may incl...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Talaulikar D,Tam CS,Joshua D,Ho JP,Szer J,Quach H,Spencer A,Harrison S,Mollee P,Roberts AW,Horvath N,Lee C,Zannettino A,Brown R,Augustson B,Jaksic W,Gibson J,Kalff A,Johnston A,Trotman J,Kalro A,Grigoriadis G,

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：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：:A patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to systemic sclerosis was successfully treated with sitaxentan prior to its worldwide withdrawal (because of hepatotoxicity concerns), but then ironically experienced acute hepatic dysfunction during substitute bosentan therapy, and was eventually stabilised on ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Don GW,Joseph F,Celermajer DS,Corte TJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Teaching, mentoring and supervision (TMS) are fundamental skills with a specific commitment within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) professional practice framework. The new basic training standards include 'use of appropriate educational techniques to facilitate the learning of peers, juni...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Chapman L,Mysko C,Coombridge H

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hip fractures and vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD)) deficiency are more common in winter in regions with temperate climates, but few data exist for a sub-tropical climate. In a South East Queensland tertiary hospital over a 7-year period, there were significantly more hip fractures in winter than the other...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lara Alvarez SE,Bell K,Ward N,Cooke C,Inder WJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between serum triglycerides (TG) level and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality remains controversial. AIMS:To evaluate whether TG level is a risk factor for CHD in elderly people from general population, and to look for interactions between TG and other risk factors. METHODS...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mazza A,Tikhonoff V,Schiavon L,Casiglia E

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To share our experience of establishing an acute outreach service to nursing homes and to evaluate the impact of such service on emergency department presentations, data were drawn from a pre-existing database from 2013 to 2017. Of the 986 acute patients treated in 12 nursing homes over a 23-month period, the acute ge...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Chan DKY,Liu FX,Irwanto D,Prasetyo D,Ozorio G,Li F,Smith M,Sharma A,Chen J

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Here we report the case of a 69-year-old Chinese Han woman who presented with liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, skin hyperpigmentation, hyperferritinaemia and high transferrin saturation. Subsequent genetic analyses identified a novel heterozygous mutation (p.Cys326Phe) in the SLC40A1 gene. This is the first report ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Chen SR,Yang LQ,Chong YT,Jie YS,Wu YK,Yang J,Lin GL,Li XH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peptic ulcer disease risk factors have changed, as has the impact of treatment on morbidity and mortality. Recent data on clinical presentation and outcome are sparse in Australia. AIM:To determine the characteristics and outcome of patients presenting with a bleeding peptic ulcer to a tertiary referral cen...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Halland M,Young M,Fitzgerald MN,Inder K,Duggan JM,Duggan A

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:  Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is an important contributor to the total burden of alcohol-related harm; however, the morbidity of different types of ALD in Australia has not been described. The aim of this study was to investigate recent trends in hospital admission rates among alcoholic liver cirrhosis, al...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Liang W,Chikritzhs T,Pascal R,Binns CW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarises the available clinical trials data investigating the effects of glucose lowering on mortality in patients admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction. The results of these studies are inconclusive with no clear evidence that this intervention has additional benefit over and above routi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Braatvedt GD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between weather and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) transmission in Beijing and Hong Kong in the 2003 epidemic was studied to examine the effect of weather on SARS transmission. METHODS:Pearson's correlation analyses and negative binomial regression analyses were used to quantify th...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Bi P,Wang J,Hiller JE

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00