Topics: Respiratory disease

Melioidosis in the Northern Territory

25 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Communicable diseases  Respiratory disease  Northern Territory  

Currie B (2009)
Melioidosis in the Northern Territory.
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;16(4):12-14

Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in Aboriginal Australians

18 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Respiratory disease  

Eley R, Gorman D (2010)
Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in Aboriginal Australians.
The Journal of Rural Health;26(1):100-104

Protecting our mob from the pandemic: deployment of an Indigenous-led specialist mobile flu clinic team in response to an emerging public health threat (H1N1 09 swine flu)

18 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Disease control  Communicable diseases  Respiratory disease  Services  

Hunter KB, Carter J, Kewley C (2009)
Protecting our mob from the pandemic: deployment of an Indigenous-led specialist mobile flu clinic team in response to an emerging public health threat (H1N1 09 swine flu).
Aboriginal and Health Worker Journal;33(6):30-33

Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia

11 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Disease control  Respiratory disease  Northern Territory  

Moberley S, Krause V, Cook H, Mulholland K, Carapetis J, et al. (2010)
Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Vaccine;(Article in Press)

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

11 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Respiratory disease  Hospitalisation  Northern Territory  

Davis JS, Cross GB, Charles PGP, Currie BJ, Anstey NM, et al. (2010)
Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?
Medical Journal of Australia;192(3):133-136

Lower respiratory tract infections

4 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Respiratory disease  Children  

Chang AB, Chang CC, O’Grady K, Torzillo PJ (2009)
Lower respiratory tract infections.
Pediatric Clinics of North America;56(6):1303-1321

Respiratory syncytial virus infections in Central Australia

28 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Respiratory disease  Children  Remote  Northern Territory  

Dede A, Isaacs D, Torzillo PJ, Wakerman J, Roseby R, et al. (2009)
Respiratory syncytial virus infections in Central Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;(Early View):1-5

Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis

19 November, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Respiratory disease  Hospitalisation  Children  Northern Territory  

Bailey EJ, Maclennan C, Morris PS, Kruske SG, Brown N, et al. (2009)
Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;Early view

Pandemic (H1N1) Swine flu [resources]

9 November, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Disease control  Respiratory disease  

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2009)
Pandemic (H1N1) Human Swine Flu [resources]
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Relationships between birthweight and biomarkers of chronic disease in childhood: Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study 1987-2001

5 November, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Births  Diabetes  Kidney health  Respiratory disease  Health measurement  Children  Research  

Sayers S, Singh G, Mott S, McDonnell J, Hoy W (2009)
Relationships between birthweight and biomarkers of chronic disease in childhood: Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study 1987-2001.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;23(6):548-556