Acute blood loss in children
By Joanna Offord | Volume 2, Issue 2 2011
Hypovolaemia is the leading cause of circulatory failure in children. Effective fluid resuscitation is a mainstay of patient management and is dependent on accurate detection of blood loss or volume depletion. Calculation of blood volume in children is based on age, weight and clinical physiology and the estimation of the volume of blood lost requires [...]
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Is mandatory pre-procedure ultrasound viewing before termination of pregnancy ethical?
By Maryam Nesvaderani | Volume 2, Issue 2 2011
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Secret Diary of an Arts Graduate
By Ania Lucewicz | Volume 2, Issue 2 2011
“So, what did you do before you did medicine?” Me? Oh, I did a Bachelor of Arts. “Do you mean Science/Arts?” No, no, I mean Arts. Just plain Arts. “Honours?” No. “A minor in psychology or biology perhaps?” Nope. [Pause] “But how did you get here?” Same as you, buddy. I read some chemistry books [...]
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National standards in medical education
By Matt Schiller, Ania Lucewicz & Timothy Yang | Volume 2, Issue 1 2011
Since 1999, the number of Australian medical schools has doubled. While this has brought about diversity, it has arguably also created a worrying lack of standardisation in the skills of graduates. National curricula are currently a hot topic, with the development of a standardised Australian curriculum for Kindergarten to Year 12 well underway. Is it [...]
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A very good iDEA: The inaugural gathering of the student division of Doctors for the Environment Australia
By Elizabeth O’Brien et al. | Volume 1, Issue 1 2010
In early December 2009, just prior to the much-hyped COP15 round of United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, 40 medical students, representing six states and eleven medical schools, descended upon Melbourne for iDEA, the inaugural gathering for the student division of Doctors for the Environment (DEA). Attendees were encouraged to be mindful of their carbon [...]
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Complementary and alternative medicine use among children with asthma in Australia
By Kok-On Ho et al. | Volume 1, Issue 1 2010
Abstract Aim: To explore current complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by children with asthma in Australia. Methods: The results of an audit of CAM use by one of the authors (AMD) in 212 parents of children with a history of asthma, recruited from three different settings (outpatient clinic at a tertiary paediatric hospital, metropolitan [...]
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