Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Jul 2019
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute liver failure admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units.
Knowledge about patients with acute liver failure (ALF) in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) is lacking. ⋯ ALF is a rare but increasing diagnosis in ANZ intensive care units. Low transplantation rates in ANZ for ALF do not appear to be associated with higher mortality rates than reported in the literature.
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Internal medicine journal · Jul 2019
Interstitial lung abnormalities in the Queensland Lung Cancer Screening Study: prevalence and progression over 2 years of surveillance.
We report the prevalence and progression of incidentally detected interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) in the Queensland Lung Cancer Screening Study cohort. ⋯ ILA are frequent incidental findings in lung cancer screening. In the majority of cases these abnormalities do not appear to change significantly over a 2-year period of surveillance.