Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions

    • Understanding the ethical implications of the rituals of medicine 

      Arnold, Mark H.; Komesaroff, Paul; Kerridge, Ian
      Published 2020
      Rituals may be understood broadly as stereotyped behaviours carrying symbolic meanings, which play a crucial role in defining relationships, legitimating authority, giving meaning to certain life events and stabilising ...
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    • Radiation oncology during COVID-19: Strategies to avoid compromised care 

      Horsley, Patrick J; Back, Michael; Lamoury, Gillian; Porter, Brian; Booth, Jeremy; Eade, Thomas N
      Published 2020
      The COVID-19 pandemic will present a range of challenges to radiation oncology departments. Early data suggest that cancer patients carry a higher than average, but still low absolute risk of hospitalization from COVID-19. ...
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    • The Role of Thiocyanate in Modulating Myeloperoxidase Activity during Disease 

      San Gabriel, Patrick T.; Liu, Yuyang; Schroder, Angie L.; Zoellner, Hans; Chami, Belal
      Published 2020
      Thiocyanate (SCN-) is a pseudohalide anion omnipresent across mammals and is particularly concentrated in secretions within the oral cavity, digestive tract and airway. Thiocyanate can outcompete chlorine anions and other ...
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    • Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung. A consensus by the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid), Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN) and members# of ESCMID Study Group for Mycobacterial Infections (ESGMYC). 

      Min Ong, Catherine Wei; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Raviglione, Mario; MacGregor-Skinner, Gavin; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Alffenaar, Jan-Willem; Tiberi, Simon; Adlhoch, Cornelia; Alonzi, Tonino; Archuleta, Sophia; Brusin, Sergio; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria; Castilletti, Concetta; Centis, Rosella; Cirillo, Daniela M; D'Ambrosio, Lia; Delogu, Giovanni; Esposito, Susanna M R; Figueroa, Jose; Friedland, Jon S; Choon Heng, Benjamin Ho; Ippolito, Giuseppe; Jankovic, Mateja; Kim, Hannah Yejin; Klintz, Senia Rosales; Ködmön, Csaba; Lalle, Eleonora; Leo, Yee Sin; Leung, Chi-Chiu; Märtson, Anne-Grete; Melazzini, Mario; Najafi Fard, Saeid; Penttinen, Pasi; Petrone, Linda; Petruccioli, Elisa; Pontali, Emanuele; Saderi, Laura; Santin, Miguel; Spanevello, Antonio; van Crevel, Reinout; van der Werf, Marieke J; Visca, Dina; Viveiros, Miguel; Zellweger, Jean Pierre; Zumla, Alimuddin; Goletti, Delia
      Published 2020
      Major epidemics including some that qualify as pandemics, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle-Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Human Immunodeficiency Virus, pandemic H1N1/09 and most recently ...
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    • Diabetic ketoacidosis in the time of COVID-19 and resource-limited settings: role of subcutaneous insulin 

      Priyambada, Leena; Wolfsdorf, Joseph I.; Brink, Stuart; Fritsch, Maria; Codner, Ethel; Donaghue, Kim C.; Craig, Maria E.
      Published 2020
      The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018 for management of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and the hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state 1, 2 provide ...
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