Management Pathways for Traumatic Rib Fractures-Importance of Surgical Stabilisation.

Rib fractures occur in almost half of blunt chest wall trauma victims in Australia. They are associated with a high rate of pulmonary complications, and consequently, with increased discomfort, disability, morbidity, and mortality. This article summarises thoracic cage anatomy and physiology, and chest wall trauma pathophysiology.

Antipodean Perspectives-Aged Care Nursing and the Multifaceted Role of the Aged Care Nurse.

Healthy ageing refers to the development and maintenance of the functional ability of ageing individuals. Aged care nurses provide nursing care to elderly individuals and usually work in aged care residential facilities, nursing homes, home care services, and/or hospital departments. The registered nurse working in the aged care sector has several important roles.

Palliative Care Nursing in Australia and the Role of the Registered Nurse in Palliative Care.

The registered nurse has crucial preventative, therapeutic, sociocultural, and advocacy roles in promoting quality holistic patient-centred palliative care. This paper examines, describes, and analyses this multifaceted role from an antipodean perspective. We conducted systematic searches using , , government guidelines, authoritative body regulations, quality control guidelines, and government portals pertaining to palliative care nursing in Australia.

Strengths-Based Nursing to Combat Common Infectious Diseases in Indigenous Australians.

(1) Problem: The increasing incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases in Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal groups and Torres Strait Islanders) are concerning. Indigenous Australians experience the burden of infectious diseases disproportionately when compared to non-Indigenous Australians. (2) Aim: Our report aims to describe how to apply Strengths-Based Nursing (SBN) to ameliorate the impact of the most common infectious diseases in Indigenous Australians.

Surgical Stabilisation of Traumatic Rib Fractures with Chronic, Residual Type A Aortic Dissection.

Surgical stabilisation of rib fractures (SSRF) reduces morbidity and mortality. However, its impact in complicated cases, particularly those with underlying thoracic pathologies, is of continued interest. Electronic records were retrospectively reviewed after obtaining informed consent from the patient.

Utility of venous blood gases for the assessment of traumatic shock: a prospective observational study.

Background: ABG samples are often obtained in trauma patients to assess shock severity. Venous blood gas (VBG) sampling, which is less invasive, has been widely used to assess other forms of shock. The study aim was to determine the agreement between VBG and ABG measurements in trauma.

Medical negligence - Key cases and application of legislation.

Background: Law entails precedent-based common law and parliamentary-legislation-based statutory law. Australian courts recognise civil wrongs, called torts. The most common tort worldwide is negligence.

Post-appendectomy pelvic abscess with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing : A case report and review of literature.

Background: Appendicitis, the inflammation of the appendix, is the most common abdominal surgical emergency requiring expedient surgical intervention. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are bacterial enzymes that catalyse the degradation of the beta-lactam ring of penicillins and cephalosporins (but without carbapenemase activity), leading to resistance of these bacteria to beta-lactam antibiotics. Recent increases in incidence of ESBL-producing bacteria have caused alarm worldwide.

The Role of Specific Chemokines in the Amelioration of Colitis by Appendicitis and Appendectomy.

The appendix contains abundant lymphoid tissue and is constantly exposed to gut flora. When completed at a young age, appendicitis followed by appendectomy (AA) prevents or significantly ameliorates Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs) in later life. Inflammatory bowel disease comprises Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Stomach perforation post cardiopulmonary resuscitation-A case report.

Introduction: Stomach perforation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a rare finding. This is mainly caused by incorrect management of the airway during CPR performed by non-medical personnel.

Presentation Of Case: We report a case of 72year old female who sustained a stomach perforation during prolonged CPR in an out of hospital arrest situation.

Efficacy of harmonic focus scalpel in seroma prevention after axillary clearance.

Introduction: Seroma formation in breast cancer patients who have undergone axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is a source of significant discomfort and morbidity. We aimed to ascertain seroma incidence after ALND, when Harmonic Focus (HF) scalpel is used for dissection instead of conventional diathermy (CD).

Methods(and Patients): This retrospective study was carried out in a single hospital over 6 years.

Peritoneal mesothelioma metastasis to the tongue - Comparison with 8 pleural mesothelioma reports with tongue metastases.

Purpose: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) rarely arises from the peritoneum. We describe the 1st such case which metastasised to the head and neck region (tongue).

Methods: We briefly surveyed the American Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, and the British Cancer Research UK database for the latest trends in MM incidence.