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A Small Device May Deliver King-Sized Solutions for Patients With an Exacerbation of Cystic FibrosisThe aim is to examine whether using a portable spring-infusor device to deliver antibiotics compared with a standard infusion pump (SIP) translated to (i) improve health outcomes, (ii) reduce the length of stay (LoS), and (iii) reduce cost for treatment of exacerbations of cystic fibrosis.
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Cohort profile: The WAACHS Linked Data StudyDespite the volume of accumulating knowledge from prospective Aboriginal cohort studies, longitudinal data describing developmental trajectories in health and well-being is limited.
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Psychomotor Vigilance Testing on Neonatal Transport: A Western Australian ExperienceThis study aimed to assess whether undertaking retrieval was associated with fatigue independent of sleep and circadian disruption. It also aimed to assess the feasibility of routinely measuring the psychomotor vigilance test on neonatal transport. Fatigue is associated with impaired clinician performance and safety.
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Health service utilisation for acute respiratory infections in infants graduating from the neonatal intensive care unit: a population-based cohort studyDespite advances in neonatal intensive care, babies admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) suffer from adverse outcomes. We aim to describe the longer-term respiratory infectious morbidity of infants discharged from NICU using state-wide population-based linked data in Western Australia.
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Association of gestational age and growth measures at birth with infection-related admissions to hospital throughout childhoodChildren who were born with reduced gestational age, birthweight, and birth length have persistently increased rates of infection-related admissions to hospital until age 18 years
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring Adherence: Lessons from a Clinical Trial to Predict Outpatient BehaviorContinuous glucose monitoring adherence and patterns of use are individualized
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Validation of an Asbestos Job-Exposure Matrix (AsbJEM) in Australia: Exposure-Response Relationships for Malignant MesotheliomaAccuracy of the AsbJEM in determining exposure-response relationships between asbestos exposure estimates and malignant mesothelioma incidence
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Impact of lung disease on respiratory impedance in young children with cystic fibrosisThe present study investigated whether lung function measured by forced oscillation technique would be impaired in the presence of infection,...
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Changes in caesarean delivery rates in Western Australia from 1995 to 2010 by gestational age at birthThe objective of this paper was to measure changes in caesarean delivery rates for primiparous women in Western Australia during 1995–2010 stratified by...
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Absence of germline mutations in BAP1 in sporadic cases of malignant mesotheliomaMalignant mesothelioma (MM) is a uniformly fatal tumour caused predominantly by exposure to asbestos.