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The incidence of donor white blood cell survival (transfusion‐associated microchimerism) in Australian pediatric patients

Hirani, R Ross, B Ma, Y Irish, K Chamberlain, J Becker, T Smalley, A Irving, H Irving, DO

INTRODUCTION Donor leucocyte survival following red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, known as transfusion-associated microchimerism (TAM), can occur in some patients. In Australia, despite the introdu...

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Unravelling facilitation complexity in community pharmacy: A pragmatic tool for implementation strategy selection.

Graham, EL Amador-Fernández, N Benrimoj, SI Martínez-Martínez, F Palomo-Llinares, R Sánchez-Tormo, J Baixauli-Fernández, VJ Colomer-Molina, V Pérez-Hoyos, E Gastelurrutia, MÁ Cunningham, S García-Cárdenas, V

INTRODUCTION: Pharmacy practice is becoming increasingly patient-centric with the development of community pharmacy services. Their implementation appears to be affected by causal relationships and...

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Scoping review of systematic reviews of nursing interventions in a neonatal intensive care unit or special care nursery

Foster, J Pathrose, SP Briguglio, L Trajkovski, S Lowe, P Muirhead, R Jyoti, J Ng, L Blay, N Spence, K Chetty, N Broom, M

AIM(S) To identify, synthesise and map systematic reviews of the effectiveness of nursing interventions undertaken in a neonatal intensive care unit or special care nursery. DESIGN This scoping rev...

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Out-of-pocket health care expenses for people with and without cancer, New South Wales, 2020: a cross-sectional study.

Goldsbury, DE Haywood, P Pearce, A Collins, LG Karikios, D Canfell, K Steinberg, J Weber, MF

OBJECTIVES: To investigate self-reported out-of-pocket health care expenses, both overall and by cost type, for a large population-based sample of Australians, by cancer status and socio-demographi...

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Online Plain Language Tool and Health Information Quality: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Ayre, J Bonner, C Muscat, DM Cvejic, E Mac, O Mouwad, D Shepherd, HL Aslani, P Dunn, AG McCaffery, KJ

IMPORTANCE: Complex and ineffective health communication is a critical source of health inequity and occurs despite repeated policy directives to provide health information that is easy to understa...

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Intimate partner violence and childhood health outcomes in 37 sub-Saharan African countries: an analysis of demographic health survey data from 2011 to 2022

Dadi, AF Ahmed, KY Berhane, Y Bizuayehu, HM Tesema, GA Hassen, TA Kibret, GD Ketema, DB Bore, MG Belachew, SA Amsalu, E Nhassengo, S Shifti, DM Seid, A Mesfin, YM Tegegne, TK Odo, DB

BACKGROUND Understanding the contribution of intimate partner violence (IPV) to childhood health outcomes (eg, morbidity and mortality) is crucial for improving child survival in sub-Saharan Africa...

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Germline PTCH1: c.361_362insAlu alteration identified by comprehensive exome and RNA sequencing in a patient with Gorlin syndrome.

Mochizuki, AY Nagaraj, CB Depoorter, D Schieffer, KM Kim, SY

Gorlin syndrome can be caused by pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants in the tumor suppressor gene PTCH1 (9q22.1-q31), which encodes the receptor for the sonic hedgehog (SHH) ligand. We pre...

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Detection of a novel gross deletion in the UNC13D gene ends the diagnostic odyssey for a family with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 3.

Nagaraj, CB Brightman, DS Rea, H Wakefield, E Harkavy, NVG Dyer, L Zhang, W

BACKGROUND: Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is an immunological disorder characterized by overactivation of macrophages and T lymphocytes. This autosomal recessive condition has b...

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Global Disparities of Cancer and Its Projected Burden in 2050

Bizuayehu, HM Ahmed, KY Kibret, GD Dadi, AF Belachew, SA Bagade, T Tegegne, TK Venchiarutti, RL Kibret, KT Hailegebireal, AH Assefa, Y Khan, N Abajobir, A Alene, KA Mengesha, Z Erku, D Enquobahrie, DA

Importance Cancer prevention and care efforts have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and armed conflicts, resulting in a decline in the global Human Development Index (HDI), particularly in ...

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Pharmacogenomic curriculum in Australian medical schools: a content analysis study.

Thomas, J Yong, FR Kryzyaniak, N Noble, C Freeman, CR

AIMS: To ascertain and describe pharmacogenomic concepts included in the intended curriculum of accredited Australian medical schools. METHODS: Content analysis of curriculum learning objectives of...

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