Patterns of infection following transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate in a regional New South Wales Centre.

Objective: To determine the rates, severity and patterns of resistance in patients presenting with post-transrectal ultrasound infection in a regional centre in New South Wales, Australia.

Design: A single-centre retrospective review from August 2013 until August 2017.

Setting: Murrumbidgee Local Health District, New South Wales.

Improving operating theatre efficiency: an intervention to significantly reduce changeover time.

Background: Operating theatre inefficiency and changeover delays are not only a significant source of wasted resources, but also a familiar source of frustration to patients and health-care providers. This study aimed to prove that the surgical registrar through active involvement in patient changeover can significantly improve operating room efficiency and minimize delays.

Methods: A two-phase prospective cohort study was undertaken, conducted over the course of 4 weeks at a single institution.

The effect of hypertension and diabetes on the degree of renal function deterioration after unilateral nephrectomy.

Objective: • To quantify the effect of hypertension and diabetes - which have been identified as both initiating and progressing factors in chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as predictors of long-term renal impairment in patients undergoing nephrectomy - on renal function after unilateral nephrectomy for malignancy.

Patients And Methods: • A retrospective analysis was carried out of 80 unilateral nephrectomies performed at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Calvary Private Hospital and Austin Hospital from January 2007 to December 2009. • Prognostic variables were patient age, sex and the presence of hypertension or diabetes.