Vol 133 No 1516: 12 June 2020

Why are alcohol companies in our schools?

In a recent Viewpoint article, Nicki Jackson and Rachael Dixon examined a high school alcohol education programme called “Smashed” from public health and health education perspectives.

Sustaining multidisciplinary team training in New Zealand hospitals: a qualitative study of a national simulation-based initiative | OPEN ACCESS

Healthcare today is predominantly delivered by teams. There is burgeoning literature on teamwork, team competence and interprofessional learning, with convincing evidence that failures in teamwork and communication can lead to bad outcomes for patients.

Energy-dense vs routine enteral nutrition in New Zealand Europeans, Māori, and Pacific Peoples who are critically ill

Over 14,000 critically ill patients are admitted to New Zealand intensive care units (ICUs) annually. Nutrition therapy is an essential standard of care for all patients who require life support (invasive mechanical ventilation) as calorie deficits in such patients are associated with poor outcomes.

Rheumatic fever recurrences in New Zealand 2010–14

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an uncommon autoimmune disease following a group A streptococcal (GAS) infection.

Heart failure clinics improve use of evidence-based heart failure therapies in patients with reduced ejection fraction following acute coronary syndrome (ANZACS-QI 48)

Heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction associated with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is associated with adverse prognosis.

Correlation between epicardial adipose tissue and body mass index in New Zealand ethnic populations

Obesity is a global epidemic linked to increased cardiovascular risk. In particular, increased visceral adiposity is associated with dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and higher cardiovascular risk.

“It is through shared conversation, that I understand”—Māori older adults’ experiences of medicines and related services in Aotearoa New Zealand

Patients’ experiences of healthcare services are important, not only in evaluating current services, but also for improving them. The centrality of patient experience to service design is explicit in Māori approaches to research and service development.

The 2019 Global Health Security Index (GHSI) and its implications for New Zealand and Pacific regional health security | OPEN ACCESS

Recent events such as the 2019 measles epidemic in New Zealand and the South Pacific, as well as the emergence of a novel coronavirus in China in 2019 (COVID-19), underscore that all countries must ensure capabilities to prevent, detect and rapidly respond to public health emergencies.

Infantile B12 deficiency with severe thrombocytopenia—an under-recognised public health problem?

Although vitamin B12 deficiency is a well-established cause of severe anaemia with macrocytosis in infants, severe thrombocytopenia has been less commonly reported.

Post-partum duodenal perforation

This case highlights the diagnostic conundrum when women present with non-specific symptoms for a surgical acute abdomen in post-partum period.

Towards a better world after COVID-19 | OPEN ACCESS

Recorded human history has not followed a linear course. Nodal points of significant change have occurred, when the collective human consciousness has been focused by sudden positively progressive or devastatingly destructive events.

Orthopaedic Prophylaxis and Development

I am afraid that the title of this short paper of mine is not sufficiently explicit, but I had some difficulty in choosing a title at short notice which adequately expressed what was in my mind.

Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical Campus Biannual Research Seminar

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