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Exploring adaptive capacity to arid heat in remote First Nations communities in Central Australia - Scientific Reports
Abstract Extreme heat is associated with increased mortality and high health service demands. Despite a substantial body of heat-health research in Australia, there is limited evidence on hot weather-specific impacts on First Nations people living in remote communities.
Haemodialysis catheter utilisation and factors associated with catheter‐related bloodstream infection in Aotearoa New Zealand: Report from the binational, prospective, cluster‐randomised trial
Data availability statement The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions. Supporting Information Filename Description imj70279-sup-0001-Tables.docxWord 2007 document , 30.6 KB Supplementary Table S1. Sensitivity analysis of multivariable Cox models. Supplementary Table S2. HD CRBSI by age group among participants with catheter removal due to death.
Cass & Peters Releases Multilingual 'Quick Start Guide' to Filing a New York Workers’ Compensation Claim
Best NYC Workers Compensation Law Firm Filing an Injury Claim in New York Cass & Peters’ multilingual guide helps injured New York workers understand their rights and file compensation claims confidently. “This guide represents our firm’s commitment to every day workers who struggle with paperwork, deadlines, and denials.
New York Workers Compensation Law Firm Cass & Peters Highlights Rising Injuries Among Remote and Gig Workers
Uber Eats delivery worker navigates dangerous New York City streets on an electric bike, carrying a bright green backpack past yellow cabs NYC law firm Cass & Peters urges remote and gig workers to understand their workers’ comp rights as injuries outside the office rise. Remote and gig workers deserve the same protections as anyone in an office.
Implementability and impact in clinical research and the role of clinical trial networks
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52444 Published online: 7 October 2024 The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) impact and implementation reference group has published guidance on clinical trial planning, design, conduct and reporting, to optimise the impact of late‐phase trials.1 It is critical that clinical trials are designed, executed and reported on so that the generated evidence can be implemented and applied to improve practice, health systems and policy (defined as...
Understanding modelled economic evaluations: a reader's guide for clinicians
Economic evaluations have a long history in health care.1,2 Full economic evaluations aim to inform decision making through comparing the costs and outcomes of two or more interventions, strategies, programs or policies, to estimate their efficiency via an incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio.
Multifaceted intervention to reduce haemodialysis catheter related bloodstream infections: REDUCCTION stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial
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A retrospective case‐control study exploring pre‐transplant predictors for loss of kidney transplant function or death among Indigenous kidney transplant recipients
Original Article Namrata Khanal, Corresponding Author namrata@anzdata.org.au orcid.org/0000-0001-9628-4738 School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia Australia & New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, Australia Correspondence Namrata Khanal (FRACP), 1. The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide, SA, AUS, 2.
Acute kidney injury in Indigenous Australians: an unrecognised priority for action
Social determinants of infectious disease and awareness of the risks of acute kidney disease must be improved From 2010 to 2030, the number of people receiving renal replacement therapy for end‐stage kidney disease is projected to double worldwide to more than 5.4 million people.1 In 2013–14, there were 186 268 hospitalisations for dialysis of Indigenous Australians, a rate ten times higher than that for other Australians2 because of much heavier reliance on hospital‐based dialysis...
Increasing Australian pharmacy's role in meeting national and international antimicrobial resistance objectives
The 2016 G20 summit recognised the threat of antimicrobial resistance as not just a health issue, but also one that poses an economic risk to many counties and requires global efforts and collaboration to tackle. Australia is already implementing strategies to mitigate the risk of antimicrobial resistance but acknowledges that newer antibiotics are not the only solution and that more needs to be done in the primary health sector.
Disparity of access to kidney transplantation by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
The known Indigenous Australians with end-stage kidney disease are less likely to receive a kidney transplant than non-Indigenous Australians, and those who undergo transplantation have waited longer for a donor organ. The new Indigenous patients were less likely than non-Indigenous patients to be added to the transplantation waiting list during the first year of renal replacement therapy; this disparity was not explained by differences in patient- and disease-related factors.
Factors that influence the decision to be an organ donor: a systematic review of the qualitative literature
Background. Transplantation is the treatment of choice for organ failure, but a worldwide shortage of suitable organs exists. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies that explored community attitudes towards living and deceased solid organ donation to inform strategies to improve organ donation rates. Methods. Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and EconLIT were searched. Qualitative studies that explored community attitudes towards living and deceased solid organ donation were included.
Alcohol consumption and 5-year onset of chronic kidney disease: the AusDiab study
Background. Excessive alcohol consumption is a risk factor for hypertension and stroke; however, evidence for an association with chronic kidney disease is conflicting. Methods. A total of 6259 adults ?25 years of age, without a history of alcohol dependence, participating in baseline (1999–2000) and follow-up (2004–2005) phases of an Australian population-representative study (AusDiab) were the subject of this analysis.
Patients’ and Providers’ Perspectives of a Polypill Strategy to Improve Cardiovascular Prevention in Australian Primary Health Care
Methods and Results—In-depth, semistructured interviews (n=94) were conducted with health providers and patients from Australian general practice, Aboriginal community-controlled and government-run Indigenous Health Services participating in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial evaluating a polypill-based strategy for high-risk primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention.
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