Supporting physicians to practice rurally is complex and should be part of a multifaceted strategy to provide more health care in the bush, according to the authors of a Supplement and accompanying editorial published by ...
Jul 5, 2021
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Older patients should be assessed for cognitive function and frailty on admission to hospital to improve rehabilitation programs and discharge planning, according to the research published by the Medical Journal of Australia.
Jul 5, 2021
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People who suffer a cardiac arrest while in a GP clinic are twice as likely to survive if they are promptly defibrillated with an automated external defibrillator rather than waiting to be defibrillated after paramedics arrive, ...
Jul 5, 2021
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Although the number of Queensland medical practitioners prescribing opioids increased more than 11-fold between 1997 and 2018, the number of people dispensed dosages associated with increased risk of accidental overdose has ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Cervical cancer is a preventable cancer—most cases are caused by long-term infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV).
Jun 28, 2021
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Although most participating patients and doctors find the self-collection cervical screening pathway "highly acceptable," key implementation barriers reduce the capacity of primary care providers to offer it as an alternative ...
Jun 28, 2021
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All people with type 1 diabetes should have equitable access to the most effective management systems, including technology where clinically appropriate, regardless of age, concessional status or level of private health insurance ...
Jun 21, 2021
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People with intellectual disability are being hospitalized for conditions that could have been adequately managed in primary care or through prevention—at a rate 3.5 to 4.5 times higher than the general population, according ...
Jun 14, 2021
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The current system of only screening risk groups for hepatitis B is failing a third of people living with the chronic disease in Australia, according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical Journal ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Vaccination of children must be part of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout if Australia is to have any chance of reaching herd immunity, say leading experts in InSight+, the weekly news magazine of the Medical Journal of Australia.
Jun 7, 2021
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