Pulmonary/Critical Care

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 have reported socioeconomic status (SES) disparity among asthma related hospitalisations even in the context of...
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Wagga Doctors win Research Award for Artificial Intelligence
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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Apnoeic oxygenation during intubation in the emergency department and during retrieval: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ruan Vlok Background Hypoxaemia increases the risk of intubation markedly. Such concerns are multiplied in the emergency department (ED) and during retrieval where patients may be unstable, preparation or preoxygenation time limited and the environment uncontrolled. Apnoeic oxygenation is a promising means of preventing...
Research
Influenza outbreak in a major regional centre in New South Wales, Australia in 2017 – Can we more effectively triage another one?
Ng, E., Lo, P., Venter, A. Abstract Hospital admission with confirmed influenza in Australia in 2017 was 2.3 times the previous five-year’s average. Whilst the proportion of those admission to intensive care units were relatively low, the impact of the season included depletion of...
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Rapid MRI Brain Sequences for Ischaemic Stroke
Siobhan Lee Purpose To review the use of rapid MRI sequences targeted at detecting acute ischaemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) using diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Approach Data was obtained from 27 patients who received MRI Brain at Calvary Mater Hospital in Newcastle during the study period...
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December, 2024
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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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...
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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...
December, 2024
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...
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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...