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Lessons from practice

Splenic injury in severe cases of the zoonoses Q fever and rickettsial infection: diagnostic challenges

Ashleigh Drury, Philippa Harrison and Aiveen Bannan

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 450-453 Free

Lessons from practice

A case of Lyme carditis in a returned traveller: a rare cause of reversible heart block in Australia

Eunice Chuah, Hari Sritharan, Zachariah Seidman, Avedis A Ekmejian and Karin Chia

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 397-399 Free

Key research skills

Platform trials: key features, when to use them and methodological challenges

Robert Mahar, Steve Webb, Ian Marschner, Andrew B Forbes and Katherine J Lee

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 120-122 Open Access

Lessons from practice

No silver lining with health misinformation: argyria caused by intentional silver consumption

Luke Collins, Logesh Palanikumar and Stephen Bacchi

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 68-70 Open Access

Lessons from practice

Hyperkalaemic cardiac arrest due to cream of tartar ingestion

Daniel Yee Lee Ng, Laksmi Govindasamy, Andrew Hughes and Hwee Min Lee

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (11): 542-544 Free

Lessons from practice

Neisseria meningitidis: an uncommon cause of conjunctivitis

Chloe Story, Tina Marinelli, Simeon Crawford and Amrita Ronnachit

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (10): 498-499 Free

Snapshot

Lingual Raynaud phenomenon

Michael Taggart and Mina John

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (10): 500-500 Free

Lessons from practice

Severe hypoglycaemia secondary to chronic opioid‐induced hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis suppression: an under‐recognised phenomenon

Michael Do, Annabelle G Hayes and Malgorzata M Brzozowska

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (9): 434-435 Open Access

Lessons from practice

Platypus envenomation

Irene M Moyer de Miguel, Jennifer C Jamieson, Lori Coulson and Ingrid Berling

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 387-389 Free

Lessons from practice

Updating the diagnosis and management of elevated serum ferritin levels in the era of routine ferritin testing of blood donors by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Gary D Zhang, James Chen, Daniel M Johnstone, Martin B Delatycki, Katie Allen and John K Olynyk

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 334-336 Open Access

Lessons from practice

Management challenges and prognostic uncertainties in heat‐induced acute liver failure

Nicholas Smith, Richard Skoien and Melita Andelkovic

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 226-228 Free

Lessons from practice

Tick tock: the travelling time bomb

Matthew AK Martin and Maxwell E Olenski

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (6): 300-302 Free

Lessons from practice

Putting international practice into action: the first case of lung transplantation for COVID‐19 in Victoria, Australia

Melanie Wong, Bradley Gardiner, Rob Stirling, Golsa Adabi, Brooke Riley, Jyotika D Prasad and Gregory I Snell

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 179-180

Lessons from practice

Prolonged SARS‐CoV‐2 shedding in a lung transplant recipient: time for flexibility in infection prevention?

Alyssa Pradhan, David Pham, Alexander Brennan, Jen Kok and Priya Garg

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 69-71 Free

Lessons from practice

Human case of diphyllobothriasis in Australia

Sadid F Khan, Anson V Koehler, Alistair Tinson, Maidhili Chinnappan, Harsha Sheorey and Robin B Gasser

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 122-124

Lessons from practice

Castleman disease following post‐coronavirus disease 2019 multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults

Katherine J Punshon and Anugrah Chrispal

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 17-19 Free

Lessons from practice

Beware of the rinse: magic mouthwash as a rare cause of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome and secondary adrenal insufficiency

Mike Lin, Lisa Horgan and Albert Hsieh

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 591-593 Free

Lessons from practice

Primary peritonitis in a previously healthy prepubertal female patient

Danjel Miladinovic and Warren Hargreaves

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 527-528 Free

Environmental footprinting in health care: a primer

Jacob Fry, Angie Bone, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Carolynn L Smith and Nick Watts

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 464-467 Free

Melasma in the male: a less well recognised entity

Tim Aung and Rowland Noakes

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 468-468 Open Access

Updating the diagnosis and management of iron deficiency in the era of routine ferritin testing of blood donors by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Gary D Zhang, Daniel Johnstone, Michael F Leahy and John K Olynyk

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 360-364 Open Access

Lessons from practice

Smouldering COVID‐19 XBB.1.5. subvariant pneumonitis: a case report

Sara Davison, Tanmay Kanitkar, Dimitrios Menouhos, Thomas Ewin, Catherine S Marshall, Peter Boan and Sonja Janson

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 244-245 Free

Lessons from practice

A case of visceral leishmaniasis masquerading as autoimmune hepatitis

Vinny Ea, Brigitte Papa and Rimma Goldberg

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (6): 299-301 Open Access

Key research skills

Understanding modelled economic evaluations: a reader's guide for clinicians

Winnie Chen, Martin Howell, Alan Cass, Gillian Gorham and Kirsten Howard

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (6): 302-307 Open Access

Lessons from practice

Asbestosis in an Australian brake mechanic

Aruvi Thiruvarudchelvan, Elizabeth Silverstone and Deborah Yates

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (3): 145-146