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Absolute risk and risk factors for stroke mortality in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD): population-based cohort study using data linkage
Published 2019-02-22Introduction People with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have up to 30-fold higher risk of stroke than the general population. Objective To determine risk factors associated with stroke death in the ESKD population. ...Open AccessArticle -
Accelerating the De-Personalization of Medicine: The Ethical Toxicities of COVID-19
Published 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has, of necessity, demanded the rapid incorporation of virtual technologies which, suddenly, have superseded the physical medical encounter. These imperatives have been implemented in advance of ...Article -
The accuracy and precision of Kilovoltage Intrafraction Monitoring (KIM) six degree-of-freedom prostate motion measurements during patient treatments.
Published 2018-02-01BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To perform a quantitative analysis of the accuracy and precision of Kilovoltage Intrafraction Monitoring (KIM) six degree-of-freedom (6DoF) prostate motion measurements during treatments. MATERIAL ...Open AccessArticle -
Accuracy of hands v. household measures as portion size estimation aids
Published 2016-07-01Accurate estimation of food portion size is critical in dietary studies. Hands are potentially useful as portion size estimation aids; however, their accuracy has not been tested. The aim of the present study was to test ...Open AccessArticle -
Active surveillance of acute paediatric hospitalisations demonstrates the impact of vaccination programmes and informs vaccine policy in Canada and Australia.
Published 2020Sentinel surveillance of acute hospitalisations in response to infectious disease emergencies such as the 2009 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic is well described, but recognition of its potential to supplement routine public ...Article -
Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases.
Published 2020The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) pandemic has attracted interest because of its global rapid spread, clinical severity, high mortality rate, and capacity to overwhelm ...Article -
Adapting harm reduction services during COVID-19: lessons from the supervised injecting facilities in Australia
Published 2021The COVID-19 crisis has had profound impacts on health service provision, particularly those providing client facing services. Supervised injecting facilities and drug consumption rooms across the world have been particularly ...Article -
Adapting to a global pandemic through live virtual delivery of a cancer collaborative trial group conference: the TROG 2020 experience
Published 2020The global COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the TROG 2020 face to face Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). It was instead delivered as a live virtual meeting with six days of planning. Here we report the participants' ...Article -
Additive actions of the cannabinoid and neuropeptide Y systems on adiposity and lipid oxidation
Published 2009-12-01Open AccessArticle -
Adrenalectomy reduces neuropeptide Y-induced insulin release and NPY receptor expression in the rat ventromedial hypothalamus
Published 2000-05-01Open AccessArticle -
Adriamycin Nephropathy in BALB/c Mice
Published 2015Chronic proteinuric renal injury is a major cause of end stage renal disease. Adriamycin nephropathy (AN) is a murine model of chronic proteinuric renal disease whereby chemical injury is followed by immune and structural ...Open AccessArticle -
Adult-onset PYY overexpression in mice reduces food intake and increases lipogenic capacity
Published 2012-08-01Open AccessArticle -
Aerosol generating procedures and infective risk to healthcare workers: SARS-CoV-2 - the limits of the evidence
Published 2020The transmission behaviour of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still being defined. It is likely that it is transmitted predominantly by droplets and direct contact and it is possible that ...Article -
Air travel in a COVID-19 world: Commercial airline passengers’ health concerns and attitudes towards infection prevention and disease control measures
Published 2021Background COVID-19 and its associated travel bans have reduced international passenger traffic by over 80% below 2019 levels. If airlines are to resume flying at commercially sustainable levels, they must work to restore ...Article -
Airborne transmission of covid-19
Published 2020Guidelines and governments must acknowledge the evidence and take steps to protect the publicArticle -
Alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and cancer incidence in an Australian cohort of 226,162 participants aged 45 years and over
Published 2020BACKGROUND: Although overall alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of a number of cancers internationally, evidence for Australia and evidence regarding the pattern of drinking and cancer risk is limited. ...Article -
Altered gut microbial metabolites could mediate the effects of risk factors in Covid‐19
Published 2021Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection, is now pandemic. While most Covid‐19 patients will experience mild symptoms, a small proportion will ...Article -
Ambulatory blood pressure adds little to Framingham Risk Score for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older men: secondary analysis of observational study data
Published 2014-09-08Objective: To determine the incremental value of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) in predicting cardiovascular risk when the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) is known. Methods: We included 780 men without cardiovascular disease ...Open AccessArticle