Publications by authors named "A Draper"
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- - The Northern Territory (NT) of Australia has the highest alcohol consumption and injury rates, leading to a study on alcohol-related injury (ARI) hospitalisations from 2007 to 2022 to assess the relationship between alcohol and injuries, and the impact of alcohol policies.
- - Findings revealed that 22.6% of all injury hospitalisations were linked to alcohol, with assaults being the primary cause (46%), and a significant decline in ARI hospitalisations was noted in Central Australia after implementing alcohol policies in 2017-2018.
- - The study emphasizes the effectiveness of these alcohol policies in reducing ARI hospitalisations in Central Australia, suggesting the need for sustained efforts to combat alcohol-related harm.
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- A case study discusses a pregnant patient who experienced a bowel obstruction due to intussusception, following a Roux-en-Y bypass surgery in the past.
- The patient suffered from acute abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, leading to an exploratory laparotomy that revealed an internal hernia and intussusception, which was treated surgically.
- The case emphasizes the importance of considering potential complications like intussusception in pregnant patients with a history of bariatric surgery and the need for prompt medical evaluation in similar situations.
The bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus is ubiquitous in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world and causes infections in humans resulting from water exposure and from ingestion of contaminated raw or undercooked seafood, such as oysters. We describe a nationwide outbreak of enteric infections caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Australia during September 2021-January 2022. A total of 268 persons were linked with the outbreak, 97% of whom reported consuming Australia-grown oysters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To describe antimicrobial use (AMU) in patients admitted to hospitals in Timor-Leste.
Methods: In 2020 and 2021, we undertook antimicrobial prescribing point prevalence surveys across all six hospitals in Timor-Leste (one national and five municipal) to describe AMU and appropriateness in admitted patients.
Results: In 2020, 291/394 (73.
Background: To improve equitable access to geospatial analysis, a free open-source R package, called Rosymap, was created to map trauma incident locations.
Methods: To demonstrate the R package, penetrating trauma events for all patients who received care at a level one trauma center, and the locations of all "Stop the Bleed" training locations between 2019 and 2022 were geospatially analyzed.
Results: The level one trauma center treated 1531 patients for penetrating traumas between 2019 and 2022.