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Thomas Douglas and Peter Sheeran Introduction Maternal alcohol consumption (MAC) and foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are a significant public health concern within the Australian context, with FASD the leading cause of preventable brain damage and developmental disability nationwide. Whilst reported MAC rates have...
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JP Foong,1 M Foong,1 J Foong,1 C Heffernan,1 P Heffernan,1 B Izzard,1 P Izzard,1 D Nunes,1 E Suttie,1 C Suttie,1 I Suttie,1 JJ Suttie,2 1 Equal first author, 2 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Murrumbidgee Local Health District Introduction Recent pandemic responses...
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Doctors from Wagga Wagga have won first prize at the Australia-New Zealand Medicine Research awards. Dr Lachlan Weir, Dr George Mallat and Associate Professor Joseph Suttie were grateful for all the local support. Research co-ordinator Simon Paton said, “We have seen an absolute explosion...
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T. Pearson, E. Ju, R. Elliott, J. Ellsmore, L. Bennett, B. Barks, S. Krishnan, P. Plunkett, L. Bruce. Abstract Neck of femur (NOF) fractures represent a significant health burden to the elderly community and a costly resource strain on the health system. Wagga Wagga...
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Dong Fang Zhao, James Edelman, Michael Seco, Paul G. Bannon, Michael K. Wilson, Michael J. Byrom, Vinod Thourani, Andre Lamy, David P. Taggart, John D. Puskas, Michael P. Vallely Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the standard of treatment for three-vessel and left...
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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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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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Cost-Effective Analysis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Models of Care, A Rural Perspective
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...
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Outcomes of Telepsychiatry in Australia, a clinical review
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...