Factors associated with Australian female doctors' long term, as opposed to short term, rural Family Medicine work.

Objective: In light of current debate around securing and distributing the General Practitioner (GP) workforce in Australia, we analysed rural health workforce data to identify characteristics associated with long-term tenure for rural female GPs, an importantly lacking part of the rural workforce in Australia.

Methods: In this cohort study, 555 currently practicing rural female GPs with long, versus short, rural work histories were surveyed annually. Their data were compared.

Development of the Hereditary Angioedema Rapid Triage Tool.

Background: Patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) present to the emergency department (ED), where their symptoms are often incorrectly attributed to common allergic and gastrointestinal conditions, resulting in major delays in diagnosis and treatment.

Objective: To develop a rapid triage HAE (Hereditary AngioEdema Rapid Triage [HAE-RT]) tool for ED settings.

Methods: A mixed-methods approach was used in 3 phases: Phase 1: A literature review on the current management of patients with HAE in the ED.

Knowledge dissemination resulting from the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association annual scientific meetings.

Background: Publication of scientific work presented at national conferences underpins knowledge translation. However, no such data exists for cardiac rehabilitation abstracts presented at Australian conferences. We reviewed a series of conferences to determine the number of abstracts that resulted in subsequent full publication.

2010 International consensus algorithm for the diagnosis, therapy and management of hereditary angioedema.

Background: We published the Canadian 2003 International Consensus Algorithm for the Diagnosis, Therapy, and Management of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE; C1 inhibitor [C1-INH] deficiency) and updated this as Hereditary angioedema: a current state-of-the-art review: Canadian Hungarian 2007 International Consensus Algorithm for the Diagnosis, Therapy, and Management of Hereditary Angioedema.

Objective: To update the International Consensus Algorithm for the Diagnosis, Therapy and Management of Hereditary Angioedema (circa 2010).

Methods: The Canadian Hereditary Angioedema Network (CHAEN)/Réseau Canadien d'angioédème héréditaire (RCAH) http://www.