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Onions BC, Sharma S, Gerber Z, Mendz GL, Suttie MC, Suttie JJ Abstract Data from the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics paints a stark picture with over 1,000 recorded road fatalities being annually recorded in recent years (Bureau of Infrastructure and...
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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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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...
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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....
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