Publications by authors named "Queenie Luu"
Objective: To externally validate the European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatism (EULAR/ACR) classification criteria for idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) and determine the optimal cut points for Australian patients. To determine the level of agreement with traditional criteria and assess the effect of including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and an extended myositis antibody panel as well as extending histological criteria to include myofiber invasion.
Methods: Data were collected on adult patients referred for muscle biopsy to two Australian teaching hospitals.
Background: Identifying predictors of bleeding in patients before coronary artery bypass grafting surgery is important, given the complications of bleeding and finite supply of blood. Patient response to aspirin is heterogeneous and can be evaluated using point-of-care platelet function tests. We postulated that patients who hyper-respond to aspirin given preoperatively, as identified by VerifyNow® Aspirin assay (Accumetrics, Inc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmune checkpoint inhibitors can lead to the development of organ and non-organ specific immune related adverse events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a 53-year-old man who presented with a diagnostic dilemma mimicking septic arthritis. It is important to consider the diagnosis of calcific peri-arthritis clinically and recognize the hallmarks on radiograph and magnetic resonance imaging as this disease process resolves completely with conservative management like in our patient, and does not require operative intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ebstein's anomaly (EA) occurs in about one to five per 200 000 live births. Long-term follow-up data of adults with EA is scarce due to the relatively low frequency of the disease and the variation of its anatomic and haemodynamic severity.
Methods: Since 1995, in our adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) centre, we have practised a uniform approach to management of adults with EA, with surgery reserved for those with refractory arrhythmia (failed medical and/or catheter-based treatment) or worsening symptoms of breathlessness.
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- * Student research assistants conducted interviews with peers to gather insights on teamwork teaching efficacy and to brainstorm potential improvements, culminating in key themes related to clarifying teamwork's relevance, rewarding individual contributions, and enhancing experiential learning.
- * The student-led approach fostered a deeper understanding of teamwork education, empowered students in curricular development, and resulted in practical recommendations such as peer mentoring systems and authentic assessment methods for clinical teamwork.
Objective: The study aimed to determine factors that are associated with physicians' decision to offer treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in contacts of patients with tuberculosis.
Methods: We performed a nested case-control study in a cohort of contacts of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who had a tuberculin skin test (TST) ≥ 10 mm. Cases were those who were offered treatment for LTBI.