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Cristy Rowe, Thomas Stackpool, Paul Finucane Introduction The Geriatric Evaluation & Management (GEM) Unit at WWBH opened in 2016 and has treated over 400 patients to date. The Unit was established to manage elderly patients with complex medical, functional and often cognitive problems. Methodology...
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Dr Sylvia Lim, Dr Cristy Rowe, Dr Christopher Wilson, Mr David Airey Purpose Chronic leg ulcers remain a substantial economic and health burden. Progress in defining optimal treatments is inhibited by the complexity of rapid, quantitative assessment of response to therapy. We demonstrate the...
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Emma Gorman, Jennifer Preddy, John Preddy, Head of Paediatrics, WWRRH, Wagga Wagga NSW Australia, Pooja Kashap, Paediatric Registrar, WWRRH, Wagga Wagga NSW Australia Background Significant differences exist in the prevalence of developmental delay between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. Many factors influence engagement of the...
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Shruti Krishnan, Sarah Ritchie, Sarah Myers, Julia Fattore Introduction Antibiotic resistance is a growing phenomenon in Australia where traditionally, there was unrestrained use of broad spectrum antibiotics across the fields of both human and veterinary medicine. Antimicrobial stewardship was subsequently developed to promote appropriate...
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Denbigh Burrows (UNSW M.D. Year VI), Timothy Bemand (UNSW M.D. Year VI) Abstract Polypharmacy in the elderly is a common occurrence which can have catastrophic effects. With the rapidly growing amounts of prescription medication which are available, the last ten years has seen a...
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Emily Neville Abstract Twenty-nine percent of the Australian population live in regional, rural and remote areas and of this 30.1% are female (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016, 2017). Australian rural women are not a homogenous group and they all have different needs...
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Ruan Vlok Background Hypoxaemia increases the risk of intubation markedly. Such concerns are multiplied in the emergency department (ED) and during retrieval where patients may be unstable, preparation or preoxygenation time limited and the environment uncontrolled. Apnoeic oxygenation is a promising means of preventing...
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Ruan Vlok Background Body Mass Index (BMI) has been shown to be associated with an obesity paradox in cardiothoracic surgical patients mortality. This is important, as it is commonplace to recommend weight loss pre-operatively. Body Surface Area (BSA) has been shown to be a...
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Ruan Vlok Introduction Out of hospital cardiac arrest is a time critical and heterogenous presentation. The most appropriate management strategies remain an issue for debate. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the association of epinephrine versus placebo with return...
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Ruan Vlok Importance Currently there is no clear evidence as to which advanced airway device should be used during an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).To assess the difference in survival and neurological outcomes between endotracheal tube (ETT) intubation and supraglottic airway (SGA) devices used during...
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