The Medical journal of Australia
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To quantify absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their use of lipid-lowering therapies. ⋯ Absolute CVD risk is high among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and most of those at high risk are undertreated. Substantial proportions of people under 35 years of age are at high risk, but are not targeted by current guidelines for absolute CVD risk assessment, compromising CVD prevention in this population.
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To determine the degree of agreement of diagnoses by audiologists and otolaryngologists of otitis media (OM) in Aboriginal children. ⋯ There was substantial agreement between audiologists' and otolaryngologists' diagnoses of OM in a high prevalence population of Aboriginal children. In settings with limited access to otolaryngologists, audiologists may appropriately triage children and select those requiring specialist review.