Introducing SentiMag in a rural setting: a 5-year experience.

Background: The Sentimag device is a probe that contains a sensitive magnetometer which detects either an implantable magnetic marker (MagSeed) or an infectable superparamagnetic ironoxide nanoparticle tracer (MagTrace). MagSeed is used to localise impalpable breast lesions; MagTrace is used to identify sentinel lymph nodes. In Australasia, Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, using radioactive colloid injection, is a mainstay of prognostication in breast surgery in patients with a clinically negative axilla.

Multimorbidity and multiple social disadvantage in a New Zealand high-needs free primary healthcare clinic population: a cross-sectional study.

Aims: Multimorbidity is a major issue in primary healthcare. The study aim was to determine the prevalence of multimorbidity and multiple social disadvantage in relation to age, gender, deprivation and ethnicity in a New Zealand high-needs primary healthcare clinic population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using data manually extracted from electronic medical records was conducted on all patients registered with a Dunedin free 'third sector' primary healthcare clinic.