Effectiveness of a locality-based integrated diabetes care service on clinical outcomes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) are at the highest risk of further events. Despite proven therapies, secondary prevention is often suboptimal. General practitioners (GPs) are in an ideal position to improve secondary prevention. AIM:To contrast management of cardiovascular risk factor...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Driscoll A,Beauchamp A,Lyubomirsky G,Demos L,McNeil J,Tonkin A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal infections are a common and significant clinical problem in medical practice. Most strains of Staphylococcus aureus are now resistant to penicillin, and methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus (MRSA) are common in hospitals and are emerging in the community. Penicillinase-resistant penicillins (flucl...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Rayner C,Munckhof WJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy was recently recommended by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for adults with severe GH deficiency and impaired quality of life. This approval was significant for two reasons. First, the application was initia...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lipworth W,Ambler G,Burt MG,Fairchild J,Inder WJ,Werther G,Ho K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) and mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients lacks sufficient evidence. AIM:To investigate the efficacy of ACEI and ARB in ESRD patients. METHODS:This nationwide retrospect...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lee HF,See LC,Chan YH,Yeh YH,Wu LS,Liu JR,Tu HT,Wang CL,Kuo CT,Chang SH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet drug increasingly used in the secondary prevention of atherosclerotic vascular events. Compared with aspirin, clopidogrel has marginal additional efficacy and similar safety, but carries a substantial price premium. It remains unclear whether its use is cost-effective. AIMS:(i...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Kubler PA,Pillans PI,Marrinan MC,Frogley M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) permit safe and effective treatment of uncomplicated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) at home. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost minimization, cost shifting and patient satisfaction associated with at-home DVT treatment using the LMWH enoxaparin, compared to standard i...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Smith BJ,Weekley JS,Pilotto L,Howe T,Beven R

更新日期：2002-01-01 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:High baseline level of soluble suppression of tumourigenicity 2 (sST2) was an independent predictor of cardiovascular death and heart failure in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). AIMS:To investigate the value of serum sST2 baseline levels in predicting myocardial reperfusion in patients wi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Bai S,Liu H,Wu H,Wang X,Li R,Li X,Li X,Zhang L,Chen T,Du R

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The reported prevalence of cognitive impairment in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ranges 36-77%. Few studies report the prevalence of cognitive impairment in acutely unwell COPD patients. AIMS:To determine the prevalence and time course of cognitive impairment in patients ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Poot B,Travers J,Weatherall M,McGinty M

更新日期：2019-10-01 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:There is no valid cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction equation for Australians with diabetes. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a multivariate risk function for 5-year cardiovascular risk prediction in Australian type 2 diabetes patients. METHODS:The Fremantle Diabetes Study is a com...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Davis WA,Knuiman MW,Davis TM

更新日期：2010-04-01 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 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:  Hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma (HEH) is a rare, low grade malignant neoplasm of endothelial origin which is difficult to diagnose and has a variable outcome. We review five HEH cases from our centre with the aim of identifying clinical predictors of outcome and various therapeutic options. METH...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Thin LW,Wong DD,De Boer BW,Ferguson JM,Adams L,Macquillan G,Delriviere L,Mitchell A,Jeffrey GP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Bronchiectasis is generally classified into cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. This review article describes non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults. Bronchiectasis can be considered a heterogeneous condition characterized by irreversible airway dilatation with chronic bronchial infection/inf...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： King P,Holdsworth S,Freezer N,Holmes P

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：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：:Over the last 20 years, clinical medicine has witnessed rapid expansion in its underlying evidence base, greater demand for accountability in clinicians' use of limited resources and increasing societal expectation for health care that confers proven benefit at reasonable cost to all eligible recipients. Health servic...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Scott I,Campbell D

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:  Several cellular pathways are implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and attempts to arrest disease progression with a single drug would not be expected to succeed in the medium term. In clinical practice, combination therapy is often used in patients deteriorating on monot...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Keogh A,Strange G,Kotlyar E,Williams T,Kilpatrick D,Macdonald P,Brown K,Pidoux A,Kermeen F,Steele P,Dalton B,Gabbay E

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-based studies of the prevalence of all functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) using the Rome II criteria are lacking. It is also not certain whether subjects who meet the Rome II criteria for an FGID are different in terms of demographic and psychological characteristics from those subjects ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Boyce PM,Talley NJ,Burke C,Koloski NA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to assess the structural and functional effects of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) on scleroderma finger clawing. METHODS:Using photocopies of hands of five scleroderma patients who underwent ASCT using photocopies of hands. Functional assessments used a standardized que...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Englert H,Kirkham S,Moore J,Poon TS,Katelaris C,McGill N,Schrieber L,Manolios N

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Australian internal medicine trainees undergo intensive training in preparation for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) clinical examination. Trainees preparing for the 2013 RACP clinical examination assessed the jugular venous pressure (JVP) of patients, with central venous pressure monitoring in the ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Sibbin CP,Bihari S,Russell P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little existing research on the role that secondary care letters have in ensuring patient understanding of chronic health conditions. AIM:To determine whether minimising the use of medical terminology in medical correspondence improved patient understanding and anxiety/depression scores. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wernick M,Hale P,Anticich N,Busch S,Merriman L,King B,Pegg T

更新日期：2016-05-01 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/AIM:Families, especially in Chinese society, play a crucial role in care provision for relatives with schizophrenia, but the burden of caregiving has shown to cause significant distress among caregivers. The aim of the study is to assess the degree of stress and burden among caregivers of relatives with schi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wan KF,Wong MMC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00