Neurology/Neurosurgery
Peter Sheeran1, Prof. Joeseph Suttie1,2, Prof. Martin Jude1, Simeon Moore1,2, Swazi Sharma1,21. Wagga Wagga Base Hospital MLHD, 2. University of Notre Dame Introduction: This pilot and feasibility study would aim to assess whether cardiac computerised tomography (CT) has a higher yield for detecting cardiac...
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Alexandra Gee, Dr Ashraf Zaman, Professor Joseph Powell, Madhavi Pandya, Dr Walter Muskovic, Emily Holton Introduction: Diffuse gliomas are incurable primary neoplasms that originate in supportive glial cells of the central nervous system and are the most common primary brain tumours in adults. Gliomas...
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Tom Mulhearn, Dr. Aimie Peek, Prof. Trudy Rebbeck, Prof. Luke Henderson Background Migraine is a primary headache disorder with a significant disease burden. Clinically, it is broken into two groups based on migraine frequency, chronic migraine (>15 days/month) and episodic migraine (<15 days/month). A...
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Olivia Taylor, Joshua Brzozowski, Kathryn Skelding Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumour in humans. The median survival for GBM patients is 10-11 months and has remained static for decades, demonstrating an urgent need to investigate new targets...
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Matthew J Lennon, Dennis Neuen, Joseph J Suttie Case report A 59 year old female presented with a history of 6 weeks of bifrontal headache that radiated down her neck and was worse upon waking and when leaning forward. There were no changes to...
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Powell, A., Mewburn, J., Finucane, P., Jude, M., Mohr, K., Objectives To build a profile of the experiences of stroke in the oldest old in the Murrumbidgee region and compare variables with two younger cohorts to test hypotheses about background, treatment and outcomes. Methods...
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Dr Michael Valente, A/Prof Martin Jude Abstract Using cases from Wagga Wagga and Canberra Hospitals we are able to estimate the total delay in onset to reperfusion time caused by inter-hospital transport for patients with acute ischaemic stroke. An important treatment for patients with...
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Kirra Parks Review Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a potentially devastating and critically time sensitive diagnosis affecting young people. Although rare, it is the most common form of encephalitis in children and young adults and is 4 times more common than HSV encephalitis. First described...
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Harry Jude Case Report The presenting symptom in this 29-year-old gentleman with phenylketonuria was intermittent anxiety and right sided tinnitus which could be adjusted and induced by rubbing the right side of his face anteriorly to the ear. An MRI was done which...
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Matthew J. Lennon1,2, Steve R. Makkar 1,2, John D. Crawford1,2, Perminder S. Sachdev1,2,3 1. School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, NSW2. Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, University of New South Wales, NSW3. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW Background The...
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Preliminary Analysis of Telehealth vs. In-Person Preoperative Consultations and Their Impact on Immediate Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Swazi Sharma1, Dr Alexa Seal1, Dr Katherine Smith2, Simeon Moore1, Peter Sheeran 1 1. University of Dame Australia (Rural Clinical School – Wagga Wagga) 2. Murrumbidgee Local Health District...
Training and Sustaining Rural Anaesthetists: Insights from a 12-Month Audit of Paediatric General Anaesthetics in Wagga Wagga
Billy Poulden, Dr Judy Killen Introduction: Access to high quality paediatric general anaesthesia (GA) is fundamental to the provision of surgical services in rural areas. Paediatric anaesthesia is a...
Diabetic Foot Disease – A Public Health Issue for Australia
Authors: Peter Sheeran1, Prof. James Charles2, Gerarda Henneken3, Brett MacCue41. JMO, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital MHLD, 2. Director, First Peoples Health Unit, Pro Vice Chancellor (Health), Griffith University, 3....
An Audit of Essential Difficult Airway Trolley Equipment in Selected Regional NSW Hospitals
Patrick Lay, Stuart Lawrie, and Anthony Gray Introduction: In 2021, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) updated its Guideline on Equipment to Manage Difficult Airways1 to...
The Rise of new age technologies in laparoscopic training models: a systematic review
Christopher Katsinas Background Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has many benefits, such as: reduced post-operative pain, improved aesthetic outcomes and shorter length-of-stay. The challenge of laparoscopic surgery is the high...
Substance Use and Perceptions of Safety: Insights from a National Indigenous Youth Cohort
Heidi Starr Background: Young people who smoke or drink alcohol are often viewed as making a conscious choice, with little recognition of the role that feelings of safety—or the...