Hornsby Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Simon M Willcock, MB BS(Hons), FRACGP, Director, Academic General Practice Unit; Michele G Daly, BSc(Hons), MSc, Senior Research Officer. Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Christopher C Tennant, MD, MPH, FRANZCP, Head of Department of Psychological Medicine. Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW. Benjamin J Allard, BA, MB BS, Junior Medical Officer. Reprints...

At an intermediate or advanced stage, i.e. stage B or C, based on the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer classification of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) may be offered as a treatment of palliative intent. We report the case of a patient suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome after TACE with drug-eluting beads loaded with doxorubicin for HCC. To ou...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 4 November 2002 177 9 477-480 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2002 www.mja.com.au Research DURING PREGNANCY many women in Australia routinely have urinalysis. However, there appears to be little evidence to support this practice.1, There is understandable concern about ceasing urinalysis in pregnant women without evidence for the benefit or saf...

2 Bay Street, Burnie, TAS. Nick J Towle, MB BS(Hons), BMedSc, Intern. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Dr Nick J Towle, 2 Bay Street, Burnie, TAS 7320. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 7 June 2004 180 11 556-557 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Conference Report dedicated to a particular theme, and a keyno...

Clinical Risk Management Unit, Wimmera Health Care Group, Horsham, VIC. Alan M Wolff, FRACGP, MBA, Director of Medical Services; Sally A Taylor, BN, RM, MAM (Health), Clinical Risk Manager; Janette F McCabe, BN, CritCareCert, MAM (Health), Nurse Unit Manager (formerly Clinical Pathway Coordinator). Reprints: Dr Alan M Wolff, Clinical Risk Management Unit, Wimmera Health Care Group, Baillie Stre...

Background: The role of disability and its association with patient-reported outcomes in the nonsevere forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has never been explored. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess, in a cross-sectional real-life study, the prevalence and degree of disability in moderate COPD patients and to assess its association with health status, illness perc...

OBJECTIVE To determine exercise efficacy in improving dynamic balance in community-dwelling elderly with a fall history. METHODS Thirty-five participants were randomly assigned to a treatment (TG; n = 19, 77 ± 7 yr) or control group (CG; n = 16, 75 ± 8 yr). The TG received an individualized home exercise program, and the CG received phone calls twice per week for 12 weeks. Participants' dynam...

Relevance to Musculoskeletal condition: Polyethylene debris induce osteolysis which leads to aseptic loosening of total joint prostheses. Recently, new articulation such as alumina on alumina in total joint arthroplasty has been developed. We investigate whether alumina particles stimulate osteoclastic bone resorption using in vitro bone resorption assay that we developed. Introduction: It has ...