Specialist hospitals
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Last reviewed: May 2018
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Before you go to hospital, what to bring, what not to bring, waiting for your operation and contact information.
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Hope Alexander talks about palliative care in Western Australia, and about how specialists take care of a person at the end of their life.
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Elective surgery is a term used for non-emergency surgery which is medically necessary, but can be delayed for at least 24 hours.
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Specialist services in cities and remote communities, contact information for specialist outreach services.
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Most rehabilitation services cover a range of health conditions.
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Headache and pain clinics are normally located at major hospitals and may be conducted by specialist doctors or multidisciplinary teams taking a holistic approach to treatment. A referral from a general practitioner is generally required. ACT Pain Management UnitBuilding 8, Canberra HospitalYamba DriveGarran, ACT 2605 (02) 6244-3055 NEW SOUTH WALES The Combined Neurology... Read more
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Women may be cared for by doctors at different stages of their training and careers in obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) incommunity and hospital settings throughout Australia and New Zealand
Read more on RANZCOG - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists website
Introduction to a series of articles developed to provide a behind the scenes look at clinical laboratories.
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Like most systems, the medical system has its complexities and it can be very confusing for people.
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To find a remote health clinic go to the Bushtel website.
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This review investigates whether specialist, organised and co-ordinated geriatric care (normally referred to as comprehensive geriatric assessment or CGA) is better for patient outcomes than conventional care in a hospital setting.There is a clear and significant improvement in the chances of a patient being alive and in their own home at up to a year after an emergency hospital admission if they receive co-ordinated specialist services.This effect is consistently seen from trials of geriatric wards where patients are admitted to a dedicated ward area and receive care from a specialist multidisciplinary team. This effect was not clearly seen where patients remained in a general ward and received assessment from a visiting specialist multi-disciplinary team.
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Spinal cord injury is a serious condition and the effects are usually permanent. In several countries, specialist centres have been set up, where patients can be taken within a few hours of their injury, but even in these countries many patients are dealt with in non-specialist hospitals. This review tried to answer the question: does immediate referral to an SIC result in a better outcome than delayed referral? However, a comprehensive search failed to find any controlled studies and so it is not yet possible to answer the question. The reviewers call for appropriate research to be done.
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HealthPathways is a web-based information portal, designed to be used at the point of care, primarily for general practitioners and other clinicians. In some regions access to HealthPathways may also be available to hospital specialists, nurses, allied health and other health professionals.
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Assessment of changes in memory and everyday function in older people using a structured questionnaire, the IQCODE
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Being alert to patients seeking prescriptions for benzodiazepines or opioids to misuse or sell.
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Dentists should be familiar with clopidogrel, which is commonly used in combination with aspirin following placement of coronary stents to prevent coronary...
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Competing interests are everywhere. Everyone has a range of interests and these interests have the potential to...
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The Janus kinase family of enzymes are associated with cytokine receptors on the surface of
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How do we determine which new anticancer drugs are cost-effective and how do we pay for the ones that are?
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Specialist teams for neonatal transport to neonatal intensive care units for prevention of morbidity and mortality
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