Critical care takes wings
Paul Davies has spent his working life in the air as a critical care paramedic. His mobile office is a helicopter and his job is to treat people and get them to a critical care facility. Read More...
LATEST ARTICLES
Considerations in antidepressant deprescribing
Approximately one in six individuals in Western countries use antidepressants. The increasing prevalence of antidepressant use does not align with the incidence rates of mood and anxiety disorders. This rise is primarily attributed to prolonged usage durations. Read More...
Gestational trophoblastic disease and the WA Trophoblastic Centre
Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is an uncommon group of conditions associated with pregnancy and defined by abnormal trophoblastic proliferation. Arising from an abnormal placenta, it occurs in about 1:1000 pregnancies in Australia but wide variations exist in the reported incidence due to ethnic variations, issues with data capture and a lack of registries. Read More...
Management of severe chronic breathlessness
Chronic breathlessness is a major symptom of lung and cardiac diseases and may also be a significant symptom in cancer and other non-cardiorespiratory chronic disease. In severe or late-stage cardiac and respiratory disease, it is often a disabling symptom. Read More...
ASTuTE clinical trial: Advancing cancer management with AI
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed male malignancy, with over 25,500 cases estimated in Australia in 2023. Although frequently slow-growing and often manageable with effective treatments, prostate cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related disability worldwide. Read More...
Unified airway disease: the role for ENT
The terms unified airway or united airway describes the concept that inflammation affects upper and lower airways by similar mechanisms and diseases exhibit similar anatomical, histological and immunological features. Read More...
Lung nodules – navigating the incoming cases
You may not be interested in lung nodules, but lung nodules are interested in you. Read More...
WA set to challenge vaping reforms
Despite the furore surrounding the Federal Government’s decision to legislate pharmacy only based sales of vaping products, the WA Government will forgo the Green’s provision to enable former smokers to purchase these items over the counter, without a prescription. Read More...