In children, chronic wet cough may be a sign of underlying lung disease, including protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) and bronchiectasis. Chronic (> 4 weeks in duration) wet cough (without indicators pointing to alternative causes) that responds to antibiotic treatment is diagnostic of PBB. Timely recognition and management of PBB can prevent disease progression to irreversible bronchiectasis with lifelong consequences. However, detection and management require timely health-seeking by carers and effective management by clinicians. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

Asha Dr Anita Keerthi Bowen Campbell Anpalagan AC AC KA BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD MBBS, DCH, PG DipPID, FRACP, NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship B.Biomed (Hons) Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Infectious Diseases Physician, Deputy ...

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To determine the ability to accurately diagnose acute rheumatic fever given the resources available at three levels of the Ugandan healthcare system. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Using medical and other data from private citizens without obtaining the consent of those citizens has been a taboo of statisticians and of society ...

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• 2010
• May 2010

This study examined stakeholders' perceptions regarding the acceptability, usability, and dissemination of the Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

The goal of the current study was to investigate asthma and mental health among youth in the community. ...

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• 2012
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Impetigo, a bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and S. aureus of the superficial dermis affects up to 162 million children at any one time. Three out of every five school-children in Samoa have active or recently healed impetigo, far higher than the global median impetigo prevalence surpassing previous estimates for the Oceania region. ...

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• 2021
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We are living in a time of unprecedented risk for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer... ...

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• 2015
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Each day of school missed makes a difference, with the effect on learning accumulating over time. From an early age, if children are taught that they need to 'show up' for school and make a commitment, this positive mentality aids academic and career success and brings benefits in adulthood. ...

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To determine whether there was an independent effect of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health ...

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• 2010
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Yasmin Sandra Mary Alanna Harman-Smith Van Diermen Brushe Sincovich YHS SVD MB AS BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) BPsych(Hons), PhD Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Community Engagement ...

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Sputum induction is widely used in clinical settings for collection of biological samples from the lower airways. However, in recent years sputum induction has been associated with serious adverse events and even death. This position statement was commissioned by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand to address major adverse events of two deaths associated with sputum induction that have occurred in Australia in 2021, and outlines best practice for the safe use of sputum induction.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024