Utility of mid-upper arm circumference in pediatric malnutrition: An Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition consensus statement using the Delphi method.

Background: Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is a simple anthropometric tool used to screen for childhood undernutrition in humanitarian settings or low-income and middle-income countries. However, there is conflicting evidence and a lack of consensus with regard to its diagnostic use in clinical settings or population groups beyond this context. In 2023, a project officer was appointed by the Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AuSPEN) to lead the development of a consensus review into the use of MUAC in the pediatric clinical setting.

Delayed presentation of transdermal cyanide poisoning.

A 45-year-old man attended to a warehouse fire involving burning plastic, without wearing full protective equipment. He subsequently presented to hospital with shortness of breath and his trachea was intubated for airway protection due to initial concerns of inhalational injury. However, a post-intubation bronchoscopy was normal.

Transforming the perioperative medicine care model: The Singapore experience.

More than 300 million surgeries are performed worldwide annually. Established perioperative centres in the UK, USA and Australia have demonstrated the impact of improving perioperative care in reducing costs, increasing patient satisfaction and improving population health. Likewise, the surgical burden of care in Asia is increasing, but with sociocultural, economic and epigenetic differences compared to the west.

Multispectral raster-scanning optoacoustic mesoscopy differentiate lesional from non-lesional atopic dermatitis skin using structural and functional imaging markers.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic and pruritic skin inflammatory disease causing a significant burden to health care management and patient's quality of life. Seemingly healthy skin or non-lesional sites on AD patients still presents skin barrier defects and immune response, which can develop to AD at a later stage. To investigate further the balance between the epidermal barrier impairment and intrinsic immune dysregulation in AD, we exploited multispectral Raster-Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy (ms-RSOM) to image lesional and non-lesional skin areas on AD patients of different severities non-invasively to elucidate their structural features and functional information.