Dr Thomas Skinner, BSci, M.D. Dr Symret Singh, BCom M.D. , Dr Nishmi Gunasingam Introduction Unlike many chronic conditions, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are often managed reactively, with escalation of patient care upon flares, either through emergency presentations or in...

Jack Evans, Professor Joseph Suttie Abstract The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has offered an opportunity to improve processing time and diagnostic accuracy of radiological images (1). Deep learning is a subfield of AI that can analyse unstructured data in its raw form,...

Dr. Matin Zohoori Niya, Dr. Joanne Hart, Dr. Rajneesh Kaur Background Asthma Australia reports that prevalence of asthma is highest among people living in the lowest socioeconomic areas. Studies have reported socioeconomic status (SES) disparity among asthma related hospitalisations even in the context of...

Billy Poulden, Dr Audrey Adji, Professor Christopher Hayward Introduction Heart failure (HF) is a condition that occurs when a person’s heart is unable to pump enough blood to adequately supply the body. The rate of HF in the adult population of the developed world...

Helen Devery and Peter Sheeran Introduction Use of telephone and videoconferencing technologies by psychiatrists is a frequently proposed solution to address lack of resourcing and staff shortages in regional and rural areas. The Royal College of Australian and New Zealand Psychiatrists endorses the use...

Rebecca Peisah and Anisha Gandhi Background The health of incarcerated persons is poorer than that of the general population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). High rates of mental illness, substance use disorder and chronic disease are identified risk factors that place incarcerated...

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...

Dr Zoe Gerbner Abstract Half of patients admitted to hospital require a peripherally inserted intravenous cannula (PIVC) for the administration of fluids and parenteral medications1. The insertion of PIVCs is the most common procedure performed for hospitalised patients1, with insertion being performed in Australia...

Suttie, JJ, Suttie E, Cheon S, Suttie C, Suttie I Introduction Neurodivergence is an umbrella term to position neurodevelopmental differences as natural variations in human neurology rather than deficits to be fixed. There is significant debate concerning the definition of neurodivergence (Melbourne, 2024). There...

Harrison Hamblin, David Hodge, Hannah Nobes, Billy Poulden, Prof. Joseph Suttie Introduction Recent research highlights perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) as a significant factor in cardiovascular disease, releasing inflammatory cytokines in response to excessive caloric intake, and contributing to atherosclerosis.1 Traditional imaging struggles with detecting...