Primary Care/Hospitalist
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...
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Dr Saksham Gupta Case Report A 63 year old male presented to our hospital after being pulled over onto his chest by a goat. Computed-tomography revealed a large left extrapleural haematoma with active arterial haemorrhage. He had both ventilatory and circulatory derangements; traditional teaching...
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Background: Suturing is a fundamental skill for surgeryand emergency medicine. Suturing istaught from medical school and throughoutsurgical training. However, the opportunityto practice and perfect suturing is limited bythe ethical dilemma of training on patients,and a lack of access or availability ofsynthetic skin or cadaveric...
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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...
Can artificial intelligence play a role in the analysis of non-gated, non-cardiac CT?
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...
Asthma Morbidity and its Association with Socioeconomic Status in the Australian Population
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...
The Many Fronts of Heart Failure Monitoring – An Observational Study into Heart Failure Patients using Right Heart Catheterisation and Pulse Wave Analysis
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...
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...