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Tacrolimus Versus Cyclosporin as Primary Immunosuppression for Kidney Transplant Recipients
Published 2005-10-19Background: Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Standard protocols in use typically involve three drug groups each directed to a site in the T-cell ...Open AccessArticle -
Target of Rapamycin Inhibitors (TOR-I; Sirolimus and Everolimus) for Primary Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Published 2006-04-19Background: Target of rapamycin inhibitors (TOR-I) (sirolimus, everolimus) are immunosuppressive agents with a novel mode of action but an uncertain clinical role. Objectives: To investigate the benefits and harms of ...Open AccessArticle -
Target of rapamycin inhibitors (TOR‐I; sirolimus and everolimus) for primary immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients
Published 2019-12-16Background Kidney transplantation is the therapy of choice for many patients with end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD) with an improvement in survival rates and satisfactory short term graft survival. However, there has been ...Open AccessArticle -
Target the fence-sitters
Published 2011-05-26Past waves of vaccine rejection in industrialized nations have a lot to teach us about preventing future ones.Open AccessArticle -
Task Shifting for Non-Communicable Disease Management in Low and Middle Income Countries – A Systematic Review
Published 2014-08-14Background: One potential solution to limited healthcare access in low and middle income countries (LMIC) is task-shifting- the training of non-physician healthcare workers (NPHWs) to perform tasks traditionally undertaken ...Open AccessArticle -
Teasing out Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: An Ethical Critique of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medicine
Published 2021The rapid adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence in medicine creates an ontologically distinct situation from prior care models. There are both potential advantages and disadvantages with such technology ...Article -
Technical Note: A novel leaf sequencing optimization algorithm which considers previous underdose and overdose events for MLC tracking radiotherapy.
Published 2016-01-01PURPOSE: Multileaf collimator (MLC) tracking radiotherapy is complex as the beam pattern needs to be modified due to the planned intensity modulation as well as the real-time target motion. The target motion cannot be ...Open AccessArticle -
Technical Note: Experimental results from a prototype high-field inline MRI-linac.
Published 2016-09-01PURPOSE: The pursuit of real-time image guided radiotherapy using optimal tissue contrast has seen the development of several hybrid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-treatment systems, high field and low field, and inline ...Open AccessArticle -
Technical Note: In silico and experimental evaluation of two leaf-fitting algorithms for MLC tracking based on exposure error and plan complexity.
Published 2019-04-01PURPOSE: Multileaf collimator (MLC) tracking is being clinically pioneered to continuously compensate for thoracic and pelvic motion during radiotherapy. The purpose of this work was to characterize the performance of two ...Open AccessArticle -
Technical Note: Real-time image-guided adaptive radiotherapy of a rigid target for a prototype fixed beam radiotherapy system.
Published 2018-10-01PURPOSE: Fixed beam radiotherapy systems utilize couch movement and rotation instead of gantry rotation in order to simplify linear accelerator design. We investigate the ability to deliver fixed beam treatments with the ...Open AccessArticle -
Technical Note: The design and function of a horizontal patient rotation system for the purposes of fixed-beam cancer radiotherapy.
Published 2017-06-01PURPOSE: Cancer radiation therapy treatment is performed by delivering a 3D dose distribution to the tumor via the relative rotation between beam and patient. While most modern machines rotate the radiation beam around a ...Open AccessArticle -
Telehealth for ‘non-critical’ Patients with Chronic Diseases during the Pandemic (Preprint)
Published 2020During the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, telehealth has received greater attention due to its role in reducing hospital visits from patients with COVID-19 or other conditions, while supporting home isolation ...Article -
Telehealth in the Context of COVID-19: Changing Perspectives in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Published 2020-01-27Background: On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. On that date, there were 134,576 reported cases and 4981 deaths worldwide. By March 26, 2020, ...Article -
Telephone-Delivered Dietary Intervention in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: 3-Months Post-Intervention Findings of a Randomised Controlled Trial
Published 2020Background: There is an evidence-practice gap between the dietary recommendations for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) presented in the literature and those practiced by patients. This study reports on the 3-months ...Preprint -
Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition
Published 2020Governments around the world have implemented measures to manage the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While the majority of these measures are proving effective, they have a high social and economic ...Article -
Ten Years of National Seasonal Surveillance for Severe Complications of Influenza in Australian Children
Published 2020BACKGROUND: Severe complications of influenza in children are uncommon but may result in admission to hospital or an intensive care unit (ICU) and death. METHODS: Active prospective surveillance using the Australian ...Article -
Test performance of faecal occult blood testing for the detection of bowel cancer in people with chronic kidney disease (DETECT) protocol
Published 2011-06-29Background: Cancer is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In patients without kidney disease, screening is a major strategy for reducing the risk of cancer and improving ...Open AccessArticle -
Testosterone and its effects on human male adolescent mood and behavior: A systematic review
Published 2014-01-01Purpose: During human puberty, there is an approximate 30-fold increase in testosterone production in boys. This increase is often linked to changes in mood and behavior in adolescence such as aggression, an increase in ...Open AccessArticle -
Tests for latent tuberculosis in people with end stage kidney disease: a systematic review
Published 2013-01-01BACKGROUND: The relative diagnostic accuracy of interferon γ release assays (IGRAs; based on ELISA [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay] or ELISPOT [enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot], ie, the QuantiFERON and T-SPOT.TB tests, ...Open AccessArticle