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The 2021 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb
Published 2021The MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Australia was established in 2017, and produced its first national assessment in 2018, its first annual update in 2019, and its second annual update in 2020. It ...Article -
3D visualization systems improve operator efficiency during difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a retrospective blinded review of surgical videos
Published 2024Background: 3D visualisation systems in laparoscopic surgery have been proposed to improve manual task handling compared to 2D, however, few studies have compared the intra-operative efficacy in laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...Open AccessArticle -
A 6-mRNA host response classifier in whole blood predicts outcomes in COVID-19 and other acute viral infections
Published 2022Predicting the severity of COVID-19 remains an unmet medical need. Our objective was to develop a blood-based host-gene-expression classifier for the severity of viral infections and validate it in independent data, including ...Article -
Abstract P2-10-05: The estimated impact of COVID-19 on population breast cancer screening outcomes, and options for risk-based recovery
Published 2022Abstract OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE Estimating the impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening programs and related outcomes can help health services prepare for potential delays in diagnoses and different demands on treatment ...Article -
Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-based application to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians describe their alcohol consumption
Published 2019We examined acceptability and feasibility of a tablet application (“App”) to record self-reported alcohol consumption among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Four communities (1 urban; 3 regional/remote) ...Open AccessArticle -
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with bilateral optic neuritis following ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccination
Published 2022Background Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. We report a case of ADEM presenting with bilateral optic neuritis temporally ...Article -
Acute Unilateral Central Serous Chorioretinopathy after Immunization with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Published 2022INTRODUCTION: A 43-year-old Caucasian male presented to our ophthalmology clinic with blurry vision and metamorphopsia in his right eye, 24 hours after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. METHODS: ...Article -
The adaptation and investigation of cone-beam CT reconstruction algorithms for horizontal rotation fixed-gantry scans of rabbits.
Published 2021Fixed-gantry radiation therapy has been proposed as a low-cost alternative to the conventional rotating-gantry radiation therapy, that may help meet the rising global treatment demand. Fixed-gantry systems require gravitational ...Open AccessArticle -
Adapting to the motion of multiple independent targets using multileaf collimator tracking for locally advanced prostate cancer: Proof of principle simulation study.
Published 2021Purpose: For patients with locally advanced cancer, multiple targets are treated simultaneously with radiotherapy. Differential motion between targets can compromise the treatment accuracy, yet there are currently no methods ...Open AccessArticle -
Adaptive CaRdiac cOne BEAm computed Tomography (ACROBEAT): Developing the next generation of cardiac cone beam CT imaging.
Published 2021Purpose: An important factor when considering the use of interventional cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging during cardiac procedures is the trade-off between imaging dose and image quality. Accordingly, Adaptive ...Open AccessArticle -
Adjuvant lymph-node field radiotherapy versus observation only in patients with melanoma at high risk of further lymph-node field relapse after lymphadenectomy (ANZMTG 01.02/TROG 02.01): 6-year follow-up of a phase 3, randomised controlled trial
Published 2015BACKGROUND: Adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended for patients with melanoma after lymphadenectomy. We previously showed this treatment reduced risk of repeat lymph-node field cancer in patients with a high risk of recurrence ...Open AccessArticle -
Air travel and COVID-19: Passengers' attitudes and engagement in infection control measures
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Alcohol intake and mortality risk of COVID-19, pneumonia, and other infectious diseases: an analysis of 437,191 UK biobank participants
Published 2022This study aims to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and COVID-19, infectious diseases, and pneumonia mortality. This is a prospective analysis of 437,191 UK Biobank participants (age 56.3 years, 54% ...Article -
Alcohol use among young Australian adults in May–June 2020 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study
Published 2021AIMS: To estimate change in young people's alcohol consumption during COVID-19 restrictions in Australia in early-mid 2020, and test whether those changes were consistent by gender and level of consumption prior to the ...Article -
Anterior uveitis onset after bnt162b2 vaccination: is this just a coincidence?
Published 2021Background Uveitis is a vision-threatening inflammation and is considered an ophthalmic emergency. It generally arises as a result of autoimmune conditions, infections, or ocular trauma, but it may also occur as an isolated ...Article -
Antibodies against Platelet Factor 4 and Their Associated Pathologies: From HIT/HITT to Spontaneous HIT-Like Syndrome, to COVID-19, to VITT/TTS
Published 2022Antibodies against platelet factor 4 (PF4), a protein released from alpha-granules of activated platelets, may cause a number of pathophysiological conditions. The most commonly known is heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ...Article -
Antiplatelet therapy before or after 16 weeks' gestation for preventing preeclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Published 2017BACKGROUND: The optimum time for commencing antiplatelet therapy for the prevention of preeclampsia and its complications is unclear. Aggregate data meta-analyses suggest that aspirin is more effective if given prior to ...Article