CSANZ and RANZCR Position Statement on Initial Certification and Maintenance of Recognition for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRI).

The CSANZ/RANZCR Position Statement on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRI) is intended to support and foster the provision of quality, safe CMRI services in Australia and New Zealand. This document specifically pertains to CMRI in adults, as distinct from general vascular MRI or paediatric imaging, and provides certification and recertification requirements.

MSc Educational Assistive Technology: Training an Emergent Professional Group.

The MSc Educational Assistive Technology (EduAT), is a recently established course, having welcomed the first cohort in January 2021, this group have recently completed their studies. At time of writing (summer 2023) the course is actively recruiting it's fourth cohort who are due to commence in January 2024. The course is now an established part of the AT training offer as the curriculum has been developed and delivered.

The clinical toxicology of ketamine.

Introduction: Ketamine is a pharmaceutical drug possessing both analgesic and anaesthetic properties. As an anaesthetic, it induces anaesthesia by producing analgesia with a state of altered consciousness while maintaining airway tone, respiratory drive, and hemodynamic stability. At lower doses, it has psychoactive properties and has gained popularity as a recreational drug.

Potential Benefits of Black Chokeberry () Fruits and Their Constituents in Improving Human Health.

Aronia berry (black chokeberry) is a shrub native to North America, of which the fresh fruits are used in the food industry to produce different types of dietary products. The fruits of (Aronia berries) have been found to show multiple bioactivities potentially beneficial to human health, including antidiabetic, anti-infective, antineoplastic, antiobesity, and antioxidant activities, as well as heart-, liver-, and neuroprotective effects. Thus far, phenolic compounds, such as anthocyanins, cyanidins, phenolic acids, proanthocyanidins, triterpenoids, and their analogues have been identified as the major active components of Aronia berries.

Acculturation discrepancy and mental health associations among Hispanic childhood cancer survivors and their parents.

Objective: Acculturation discrepancy occurs when the rate of host culture acquisition and/or heritage culture retention between non-native parents and their children diverges. The resulting conflict may exacerbate mental health conditions in already vulnerable populations. The present study examined discrepancies between Hispanic and Anglo-American acculturation, as two separate constructs, and mental health symptomology in Hispanic childhood cancer survivors (HCCS) and their parents.

Parental Cancer-related Information Seeking, Health Communication and Satisfaction with Medical Providers of Childhood Cancer Survivors: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and Language Preference.

For childhood cancer survivors (CCS), parents play an important role in communicating with providers and conveying patient's needs. This exploratory study examined the prevalence of cancer-related information-seeking among parents of CCS and investigated the association between parents' race/ethnicity and language preference with health communication and satisfaction with child's medical providers. One hundred and sixty CCS and their parents from two hospitals in Los Angeles County were recruited from the SEER registry.

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Rapid Responses Using Early Warning Scores.

Objectives: The Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) is an evidence-based tool that allows early collaborative assessment and intervention for a rapid response team (RRT) activation. The goal of our quality improvement initiative was to reduce the percentage of unnecessary RRT activations by 50% over 2 years without increasing PICU transfers or compromising patient safety and timely evaluation.

Methods: A PEWS system replaced preexisting vital signs-based pediatric RRT criteria and was modified through plan-do-study-act cycles.

Transitioning into the Community: Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators Experienced By Formerly Incarcerated, Homeless Women During Reentry-A Qualitative Study.

Formerly incarcerated, homeless women on parole or probation experience individual-and structural-level barriers and facilitators as they prepare to transition into the community during reentry. A qualitative study was undertaken using focus group methods with formerly incarcerated, currently homeless women (N = 18, M = 37.67, SD 10.

A cross-sectional examination of caregiver mental health and childhood cancer survivors' tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use.

Purpose: As childhood cancer survivors (CCS) age, they face numerous long-term consequences, or late effects, from their cancer treatments. Late effects may be mitigated by health-promoting behaviors, including the avoidance of substance use. CCS with greater depression symptomology have reported greater substance use, but whether their habits are associated with the mental health of their caregivers is unknown.

The clinical toxicology of cannabis.

Cannabis is one of the most widely used recreational drugs in the world. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the psychoactive principal constituent of the cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa). It is taken either orally or by inhalation, resulting in sedation, euphoria, relaxation and loss of social inhibition.

Relationships between parent and adolescent/young adult mental health among Hispanic and non-Hispanic childhood cancer survivors.

Purpose: To examine associations between parents and adolescent and young adult (AYA) childhood cancer survivors' (CCS) mental health, and differences by Hispanic ethnicity.

Sample: Participants were 129 CCS (M = 19.5 yrs.

The clinical toxicology of sodium hypochlorite.

Introduction: Sodium hypochlorite is used as a bleaching and disinfecting agent and is commonly found in household bleach.

Objective: The objective is to review critically the epidemiology, mechanisms of toxicity, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of hypochlorite poisoning.

Methods: PubMed was searched from January 1950 to June 2018 using the terms "Hypochlorite", "Sodium Hypochlorite", "Sodium Oxychloride", "Hypochlorous Acid", "Bleach", "Chlorine Bleach", in combination with the keywords "poisoning", "poison", "toxicity", "ingestion", "adverse effects", "overdose", and "intoxication".

Interstitial lung abnormalities in the Queensland Lung Cancer Screening Study: prevalence and progression over 2 years of surveillance.

Background: We report the prevalence and progression of incidentally detected interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) in the Queensland Lung Cancer Screening Study cohort.

Methods: About 256 volunteers aged 60-74, with ≥30 pack years smoking history and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) ≥50% predicted underwent low-dose computed tomography (CT) chest screening. Electronic search of baseline (T0) and 2-year follow-up (T2) CT reports identified candidate cases using Fleischner Society interstitial terminology.

Population-Based Survey Methods for Reaching Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer and Their Parents.

Purpose: Contacting childhood cancer survivors (CCS) to assess reasons for declining receipt of follow-up care after treatment is difficult and participation in surveys may be low, resulting in biased results. We sought to demonstrate effective recruitment and population-based sampling methods to improve response and minimize bias.

Methods: Four hundred and seventy CCS diagnosed between 2000 and 2007 at two hospitals in Los Angeles County were selected from the California Cancer Registry and were 15-25 years of age at the time of interview.

Childhood Cancer Survivorship and Substance Use Behaviors: A Matched Case-Control Study Among Hispanic Adolescents and Young Adults.

Purpose: This case-control study compared substance use behaviors between Hispanic adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancers (cases) and a community sample of participants without cancer (controls).

Methods: A total of 100 cases were matched to controls (200 participants) one to one by ethnicity, age, and sex (mean age at survey 19.27, standard deviation = 1.

Clinical validation of the next-generation sequencing-based Extended RAS Panel assay using metastatic colorectal cancer patient samples from the phase 3 PRIME study.

Purpose: To validate a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostic using the MiSeqDx sequencing instrument to simultaneously detect 56 RAS mutations in DNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) tumor samples from the PRIME study. The test's ability to identify patients with mCRC likely to benefit from panitumumab treatment was assessed.

Methods: Samples from PRIME, which compared first-line panitumumab + FOLFOX4 with FOLFOX4, were processed according to predefined criteria using a multiplex assay that included input DNA qualification, library preparation, sequencing, and the bioinformatics reporting pipeline.

Poisoning due to tutin in honey-a report of an outbreak in New Zealand.

Aim: In autumn 2008, an outbreak of toxic honey poisoning was identified. The outbreak was not recognised initially until three cases from one family group presented to hospital, with a common factor of recent consumption of locally produced honey. The aim of this study was to investigate potential cases of this honey poisoning and determine which toxin was involved.

Posttraumatic growth among childhood cancer survivors: Associations with ethnicity, acculturation, and religious service attendance.

This study assessed the association between ethnicity, religious service attendance (RSA), and acculturation with posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a diverse sample of 235 childhood cancer survivors (CCS). PTG scores were estimated for each ethnicity, and by level of RSA and acculturation. There was a significant curvilinear relationship (inverted U) between RSA and PTG, such that moderate levels of RSA were associated with the highest PTG scores.

MRI measurements of the thoracic aorta and pulmonary artery.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to obtain a range of normal measurements of the adult thoracic aorta and main pulmonary artery using cardiac MRI, and to assess agreement between measurements made on ECG-gated two-dimensional (2D) breath held steady-state-free precession (SSFP), and three-dimensional (3D) breath held SSFP image acquisitions.

Methods: Forty-nine normal volunteers underwent cardiac MRI using a 1.5T system.

Late gadolinium enhancement does occur in Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy - A quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance and speckle tracking strain study.

Background: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has been recommended to distinguish Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) from either acute myocardial infarction or myocarditis.

Method: 44 consecutive patients with confirmed Mayo Clinic criteria for TTC underwent CMR imaging at 1.5 Tesla during the acute phase.

Thrust joint manipulation utilization by U.S. physical therapists.

Study Design: Online survey study.

Objective: To determine physical therapists' utilization of thrust joint manipulation (TJM) and their comfort level in using TJM between the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the spine. We hypothesized that physical therapists who use TJM would report regular use and comfort providing it to the thoracic and lumbar spines, but not so much for the cervical spine.

Single-subject research designs in pediatric rehabilitation: a valuable step towards knowledge translation.

Knowledge translation may be particularly challenging in pediatric rehabilitation, where study findings are often ambiguous owing to low statistical power or inconsistent responses to intervention. Disconnection between research protocols and clinical practicality, as well as variability of responsiveness in heterogeneous pediatric populations, may further impede integration of research findings into everyday practice. Use of single-subject research designs (SSRDs) may bridge the gap between research and practice, with robust design options that better identify and preserve patterns of responsiveness to specific interventions and offer protocols that are more readily implemented in practice settings than can be done in traditional randomized controlled trials.

Substance use among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.

Objective: Health-promoting behaviors are recommended to childhood cancer survivors (CCS) to reduce late effects resulting from cancer treatment. Understanding factors associated with substance use is needed, especially among Hispanic CCS who are underrepresented in previous studies. The objective of this study is to examine substance use behaviors of recently treated Hispanic and non-Hispanic CCS.