Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Aug 2022
Study paper title: A collective pause: Improving staff performance in acute medicine through a brief mindfulness-based group program.
Hospital wards are a complex and dynamic environment that rely on optimal staff performance. However, there is little research evaluating group interventions to improve staff attention and teamwork. ⋯ A brief mindfulness-based intervention delivered to a general medical team improves staff attention at a multidisciplinary team meeting and team functioning.
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Internal medicine journal · Aug 2022
Insulin antibodies are prevalent in adults with type 1 diabetes referred for islet cell transplantation and are modified by islet transplantation and immunosuppression: an Australian experience.
We have analysed insulin antibodies in 149 adults with type 1 diabetes and 2859 people without diabetes. We have determined that insulin antibody levels are higher in adults with, versus without, diabetes and that the levels are falling, and more patients are becoming antibody-negative post islet cell transplantation.
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Internal medicine journal · Aug 2022
Verbal Notification of Radiology Results: Are radiologists meeting expectations?
Delayed communication of radiographic findings is associated with poor patient outcomes and significant medicolegal risk. Radiologists verbally contact referring practitioners with urgent findings, although practitioner's expectations regarding notification have rarely been examined. ⋯ Overall results show fair correlation between referrer's expectations of verbal notification and the provision of verbal notification by radiologists. However, there were discrepancies in the practice and preferences of more junior and senior practitioners in certain clinical scenarios.
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Internal medicine journal · Aug 2022
'A disease of disparity': chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in endemic immigrant communities.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown aetiology is a form of tubulointerstitial CKD in the absence of traditional and known predisposing risk factors. Since the early 2000s, there is an emerging trend in marginalised agricultural communities among workers exposed to occupational and environmental hazards. CKD of unknown aetiology has received significant attention in recent years and is becoming increasingly relevant to the Australian medical community with the growing migrant population, which this case-based communication illustrates.