Letter to the Editor
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
How hypothyroidism affects the ovaries
A 15-year-old girl who was previously diagnosed to have primary hypothyroidism presented to the outpatient department in our tertiary care centre in Southern India with abdominal distension and pedal oedema. On evaluation, she was found to have elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and CA 125 levels, enlarged multicystic ovaries, ascites, and pleural and pericardial effusions. A diagnosis of spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (SOHSS) was made based on the characteristic soap bubble-like imaging appearance of ovaries in the background of hypothyroidism and she was started on thyroxine. At her three-month follow-up...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Diagnosing intravascular large B cell lymphoma
Intravascular large B cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare condition with a predilection for central nervous system involvement and is often misdiagnosed. This case report describes a 58-year-old gentleman who presented with paraparesis and subsequent dramatic neurological deterioration initially attributed to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Upon post-mortem examination, the correct diagnosis of intravascular large B cell lymphoma was reached. This condition has a poor prognosis but can be chemotherapy responsive. It is hoped that this case report will raise awareness of a rare and diagnostically challenging illness. (So...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Improving the patient experience
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Administrative burdens in medical research
Conclusion We demonstrate the challenges and illustrate the heavy workload involved in receiving widespread ethics and governance approval across Australia. We highlight the need to simplify, homogenise, and nationalise human ethics for non-clinical trial studies. Reducing unnecessary administration will enable investigators to achieve research aims more efficiently. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - February 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Letters to the Editor
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - February 19, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Sedation in Dentistry
Conclusion Formal training is essential to achieve the safe practice of sedation in dentistry or medicine. The appropriate setting for sedation should be determined as there is an increased risk outside the hospital setting. Patients should be adequately assessed and medication titrated appropriately, based on individual requirements. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - February 19, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Is 3D printing of body parts ethical?
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
A 10-year analysis of jaw fractures in Australia
Conclusion Hospital admission rates for the treatment of maxillary and mandibular fractures is very strongly divided along racial and socioeconomic lines in WA. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
A rare presentation of HBV infection
We report a case of a 44-year- old male with HBV infection, who underwent kidney biopsy for rapidly progressive renal failure and nephrotic range proteinuria. Histopathological evaluation of the kidney biopsy was consistent with immune complex mediated crescentic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). The patient achieved complete renal and virological remission with steroids, plasmapheresis and antiviral therapy. This case report summarises the importance of early initiation of immunosuppression and plasmapheresis under antiviral coverage for improved clinical outcomes. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Microbiological burden in Nepalese hospital air culture
Conclusion S. aureus , Micrococcus , CONS, Bacillus , Pseudomonas , yeast, and Acinetobacter were the most common organisms detected. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Season's Greetings
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 31, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
A defining moment for medical research
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 31, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Anatomy's Impact on Medicine
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 31, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Dancing eyes and dancing feet in scrub typhus
A 26-year-old male, presented to us with complaints of fever for five days and breathlessness for one day. During the hospital stay, he developed myoclonic jerks in all four limbs, head titubation, and saccadomania. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain ruled out structural lesions and cerebro spinal fluid (CSF) analysis ruled out meningo-encephalitis. Weil Felix was strongly positive, OX K titres were one in 640, and IgM for scrub typhus was positive. He was treated with doxycycline for one week. On follow-up he was found to be doing well with resolution of opsoclonus myoclonus. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 10, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
