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Digestive system diseases

Research

Cause‐specific mortality among Queensland people with cirrhosis, by cirrhosis aetiology and decompensation status, 2007–22: a retrospective cohort study

Vikas Bhasker, Jessica R Fong, Paul J Clark, Gunter F Hartel, Richard Skoien, James O’Beirne, Elizabeth E Powell and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 473-483 Free

Guideline summary

Clinical practice guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance for people at high risk in Australia: summary of recommendations

Jacob George, Nicole L Allard, Stuart K Roberts, Leon A Adams, Jane Davies, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Jennifer H MacLachlan, Suzanne E Mahady, Rosalie Altus, Catherine Brown, David C Fry, Belinda Greenwood‐Smith, Natali Smud, Patricia C Valery, Nafisa Yussf, Kate Broun, Denise Campbell, Karen Canfell, Chelsea Carle Harrison, Victoria Freeman, Paul Grogan, Catherine Holliday, Suzanne Hughes, Anna Kelly, Cathelijne Kemenade, Claire Latumahina, Amanda McAtamney, Megan Varlow, Joachim Worthington, Susan Yuill and Eleonora Feletto

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (8): 426-436 Free

Research letter

Treatment outcomes for people with hepatitis C referred to tertiary care in Victoria, 2021–22: a retrospective observational study

Elly Layton, Nicole Matthews, Brendan Quinn, Nasra Higgins, Gabrielle Lindeman, Mielle Abbott, Jennifer MacLachlan, Elizabeth Birbilis, Margaret E Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Benjamin C Cowie and Mark Stoové

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 265-267 Free

Consensus statement

Assessment of metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease in primary care: a consensus statement summary

Leon A Adams, William W Kemp, Kate R Muller, Elizabeth E Powell, Stuart K Roberts, Luis Calzadilla Bertot, Stephanie Best, Gary Deed, Jon D Emery, Samantha L Hocking, Graham R Jones, John S Lubel, Sinead Sheils, Stephen M Twigg, Gerald F Watts and Jacob George

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 268-276 Free

Letter to the editor

Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study

Oyedeji Ayonrinde, Sara Mohamed and Jenna Nensi

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 226-226 Free

Medical education / 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

Editorial

The potential benefits of a needle and syringe program in Australian prisons

Alexander J Thompson and Michael H Levy

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 394-395 Free

Medical education / 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

Letter to the Editor

A summary of the 2023 Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) hypertension in pregnancy guidelines

Cathy Latino and Oyekoya T Ayonrinde

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 158-158 Free

Perspective

Disorders of gut–brain interaction, eating disorders and gastroparesis: a call for coordinated care and guidelines on nutrition support

Trina Kellar, Chamara Basnayake, Rebecca E Burgell, Michael Kamm, Hannah W Kim, Kate Lane, Kate Murphy and Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 10-12

Letter to the editor

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Naomi CA Whyler, Sushena Krishnaswamy and Michelle L Giles

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 396-396 Free

Letter to the editor

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Samuel Hui

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 397-397 Free

Letter to the editor

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Alain Braillon

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 396-397

Medical education / 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 Free

Perspective

Overcoming disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes in First Nations Australians: a strategic plan for action

Jessica Howell, Troy Combo, Paula Binks, Kylie Bragg, Sarah Bukulatjpi, Kirsty Campbell, Paul J Clark, Melissa Carroll, Jane Davies, Teresa de Santis, Kate R Muller, Bella Nguyen, John K Olynyk, Nicholas Shackel, Patricia C Valery, Alan J Wigg, Jacob George and Stuart K Roberts

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (5): 230-235 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Group A streptococcal colitis: an under‐recognised entity?

Samuel W L‐W Baumgart, Suzanne English, Tony Sebastian, Sarika Suresh and Timothy J Gray

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 186-187 Free

Perspective

Mimics of inflammatory bowel disease: commonly encountered differentials of an uncommon condition

Kathryn Demase and Mark G Ward

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (3): 136-139 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Post‐operative gastric pneumatosis

Siti Soraya Ab Rahman and Mohamad Farhan Mohamad Yusoff

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 558-558 Free

Research letter

Steatotic liver disease in rural and regional Victoria, according to the NAFLD and newer diagnostic criteria: retrospective cohort analyses of 2001–03 and 2016–18 data

Karl Vaz, William W Kemp, Ammar Majeed, John Lubel, Dianna Magliano, Kristen Glenister, Lisa Bourke, David Simmons and Stuart K Roberts

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 97-99 Free

Perspective

Considerations of delayed gastric emptying with peri‐operative use of glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists

Lisa M Raven, Campbell Brown and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 14-16 Free

Narrative review

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Samuel Hui, Sally Bell, Suong Le and Anouk Dev

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 432-438 Free

Perspectives

Dietary management of eosinophilic oesophagitis

Jessica Fitzpatrick, Sarah L Melton and Rebecca E Burgell

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 340-343 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to disseminated tuberculosis in a young adult with Crohn's disease

Rattanak Visal Hean, David A Sheffield, Kirsten Herbert and David Brewster

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 350-352

Editorials

Looking for coeliac disease hiding in the family

Nicola Robson and Andrew S Day

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 355-355

Editorials

Diabetes and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: a bittersweet symphony

Daniel Clayton‐Chubb and Stuart K Roberts

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 353-354