Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Jan 2021
Community-based management of complex type 2 diabetes: adaptation of an integrated model of care in a general practice setting.
Overburdened hospital clinics can have adverse outcomes. ⋯ This study confirms the value of integrated community-based care of complex type 2 diabetes which could represent a sustainable solution to overburdened hospital diabetes outpatient clinics.
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Internal medicine journal · Jan 2021
Observational StudyRelationship between residual kidney function and symptom burden in haemodialysis patients.
Residual kidney function (RKF) has been associated with improved solute clearance and survival in haemodialysis (HD) patients. However, whether RKF impacts symptom burden in HD patients is unknown. ⋯ Higher RKF was significantly associated with fewer symptoms, and lower serum β2 -microglobulin and potassium, suggesting that strategies to preserve RKF may be beneficial.
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Internal medicine journal · Jan 2021
Multicenter StudyCOVID-19 in Australia: Our national response to the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the early biocontainment phase.
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization recognised clusters of pneumonia-like cases due to a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 became a pandemic 71 days later. ⋯ This is a historical record of the first COVID-19 cases in Australia during the early biocontainment phase of the national response. These findings were invaluable for establishing early inpatient and outpatient COVID-19 models of care and informing the management of COVID-19 over time as the outbreak evolved. Future research should extend this Australian case series to examine global epidemiological variation of this novel infection.