Issue Summary
Mass masking: an alternative to a second lockdown in Aotearoa | OPEN ACCESS
Aotearoa New Zealand succeeded in eliminating COVID-19, but this success has been challenged by poor management of cases at the border in mid-June 2020.
E-cigarettes, vaping and a Smokefree Aotearoa: where to next? | OPEN ACCESS
This edition of the Journal includes a commentary by Burrowes et al discussing the validity of the claim that e-cigarettes are 95% safer than smoking.
Social consequences of assisted dying: a case study | OPEN ACCESS
The End-of-Life Choice Bill has now passed its third reading in the New Zealand Parliament, which takes the final decision on this divisive legislation into the public arena as the End of Life Choice Act (EoLCA).
Demographics of New Zealand women with vulval lichen sclerosus: is specialist care equitable?
Lichen sclerosus is a chronic, pruritic skin condition with autoimmune aetiology and is relatively common, affecting approximately 1% of women.
Performance of CVD risk equations for older patients assessed in general practice: a cohort study
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of potentially preventable global health loss and demand for health and disability services for older people.
Surveillance for dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an updated national survey of colonoscopic practice in New Zealand
There is an increasing rate of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in New Zealand. Patients with IBD are known to have an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
Te Hā o Whānau: A culturally responsive framework of maternity care
The maternal-infant healthcare system is failing Māori, evident in the maternal and infant health inequities between Māori and non-Māori.
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ Adolescent and Adult Asthma Guidelines 2020: a quick reference guide | OPEN ACCESS
Asthma is a major public health problem in New Zealand with up to 20% of children and adults having asthma. The prevalence rates, particularly in Māori and Pacific adults, are among the highest in the world.
Medical considerations for supporting elite athletes during the post-peak phase of the New Zealand COVID-19 pandemic: a New Zealand sporting code consensus | OPEN ACCESS
In late December 2019, a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases in Wuhan China resulted in the identification of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and a disease known as COVID-19.
Human lungs are created to breathe clean air: the questionable quantification of vaping safety “95% less harmful”
It is projected that smoking will kill one billion people worldwide this century. Up to two-thirds of those who smoke will die prematurely due to smoking.
Ocular complications from primary varicella infection
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is one of eight herpes viruses known to cause human infection. VZV infection has two distinct forms: primary varicella infection (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles).
Simultaneous ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes in a hypertensive man: a manifestation of cerebral small vessel disease
We present a case of a 63-year-old man who presented with a left hemiparesis and severe hypertension. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain demonstrated areas of haemorrhage within the left basal ganglia and thalamus.
An unexpected case of disseminated tuberculosis from tumour necrosis factor inhibition
The risk of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) reactivation is increased with the use of tumour necrosis factor inhibition (TNFi) and often presents with extrapulmonary infection.
Health advice for counselling: would parvovirus infection in puppies affect children and women?
On Lunar New Year’s eve of 2020, an owner of two two-month-old puppies sought advice about her ill puppy with vomiting and mild loose stools.
Can we teach psychiatry in medical school in a better way?
As a final year medical student who has finished their psychiatry medical school training through the University of Auckland, I feel able to comment on the current teaching model, being aware that my perspective is but my own over a short space of time.
Gonorrhoea: Some Notes on the Evil Results of its Abortive Treatment in the A.I.F.
The wastage due to venereal disease was early recognised by the A.I.F., and a special hospital under the name of the 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital was organised and despatched to Egypt in 1915 and later moved to Bulford on the Salisbury Plains.
