Vol. 137 No. 1590
Vol. 137 No. 1590
Issue Number: 1590
EDITORIAL
The looming spectres of public–private partnerships for hospitals and the resulting decline of government responsibility for comprehensive secondary healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand
Philip Bagshaw, John D Potter, Sue Bagshaw
ARTICLE
Informed consent—patients’ understanding of risk
Tyson R Wijohn, Ruth M Newcombe, Julia Reynolds, Seif El-Jack, Guy P Armstrong
ARTICLE
Rural–urban variation in the utilisation of publicly funded healthcare services: an age-stratified population-level observational study
Garry Nixon, Gabrielle Davie, Jesse Whitehead, Rory Miller, Brandon de Graaf, Talis Liepins, Ross Lawrenson, Sue Crengle
ARTICLE
Raise the Flag II: sepsis mortality before and after the introduction of a whole-of-system quality improvement programme at a tertiary hospital in New Zealand
Paul J Huggan, Katherine M Walland, Chunhuan Lao, Anna Gwynne, Daniel Dobbins, Robert Martynoga
ARTICLE
Perceived barriers to self-collected HPV testing for cervical cancer screening, and knowledge of HPV: a survey of primary healthcare smear-takers across Aotearoa New Zealand
Sarah Ingamells, Rebecca Bell, Janine Nip, Carrie Innes, Sarah Te Whaiti, Alex Tino, Lynn McBain, John McMenamin, Ben Hudson, Melanie Gibson, Bev Lawton, Peter Sykes
VIEWPOINT
Heart Rhythm New Zealand consensus statement on the practical management of cardiac implanted electronic devices in the peri-operative environment
Emma Guglietta, Sharron Denekamp, Susan Sinclair, Lucy Harris, Paula Bishop, Nivashni Naidoo, Timothy Holliday, Matthew Chacko, Ross Downey, Janice Swampillai, Andrew Martin, Matthew Webber
VIEWPOINT
2023 position statement on improving management for patients with heart failure in Aotearoa New Zealand
Robert N Doughty, Gerry Devlin, Selwyn Wong, Helen McGrinder, Julie Chirnside, Lia Sinclair, Melinda Copley, Wil Harrison, Mayanna Lund, Corina Grey, Daman Kaur, Raewyn Fisher, Daniel Chan for the Heart Failure Working Group, the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (NZ Region) and the New Zealand Heart Foundation
CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE
An uncommon case of rhabdomyolysis in severe hypothyroidism
Sujatha Kamalaksha, Nicole McGrath, Chuen Siang Low, Sanjib Ghosh
RESEARCH LETTER
Improved antenatal HIV screening coverage with a switch from opt-in to opt-out testing in the northern region of New Zealand
Gary N McAuliffe, Rose Forster, Lesley Voss, Rupert Handy, Subha Rajanaidu, Jacek Kolodziej, Jeannie Oliphant, Matt R Blakiston
EDITORIAL
The looming spectres of public–private partnerships for hospitals and the resulting decline of government responsibility for comprehensive secondary healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand
Philip Bagshaw, John D Potter, Sue Bagshaw
ARTICLE
Informed consent—patients’ understanding of risk
Tyson R Wijohn, Ruth M Newcombe, Julia Reynolds, Seif El-Jack, Guy P Armstrong
ARTICLE
Rural–urban variation in the utilisation of publicly funded healthcare services: an age-stratified population-level observational study
Garry Nixon, Gabrielle Davie, Jesse Whitehead, Rory Miller, Brandon de Graaf, Talis Liepins, Ross Lawrenson, Sue Crengle
ARTICLE
Raise the Flag II: sepsis mortality before and after the introduction of a whole-of-system quality improvement programme at a tertiary hospital in New Zealand
Paul J Huggan, Katherine M Walland, Chunhuan Lao, Anna Gwynne, Daniel Dobbins, Robert Martynoga
ARTICLE
Perceived barriers to self-collected HPV testing for cervical cancer screening, and knowledge of HPV: a survey of primary healthcare smear-takers across Aotearoa New Zealand
Sarah Ingamells, Rebecca Bell, Janine Nip, Carrie Innes, Sarah Te Whaiti, Alex Tino, Lynn McBain, John McMenamin, Ben Hudson, Melanie Gibson, Bev Lawton, Peter Sykes
VIEWPOINT
Heart Rhythm New Zealand consensus statement on the practical management of cardiac implanted electronic devices in the peri-operative environment
Emma Guglietta, Sharron Denekamp, Susan Sinclair, Lucy Harris, Paula Bishop, Nivashni Naidoo, Timothy Holliday, Matthew Chacko, Ross Downey, Janice Swampillai, Andrew Martin, Matthew Webber
VIEWPOINT
2023 position statement on improving management for patients with heart failure in Aotearoa New Zealand
Robert N Doughty, Gerry Devlin, Selwyn Wong, Helen McGrinder, Julie Chirnside, Lia Sinclair, Melinda Copley, Wil Harrison, Mayanna Lund, Corina Grey, Daman Kaur, Raewyn Fisher, Daniel Chan for the Heart Failure Working Group, the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (NZ Region) and the New Zealand Heart Foundation
CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE
An uncommon case of rhabdomyolysis in severe hypothyroidism
Sujatha Kamalaksha, Nicole McGrath, Chuen Siang Low, Sanjib Ghosh
RESEARCH LETTER
Improved antenatal HIV screening coverage with a switch from opt-in to opt-out testing in the northern region of New Zealand
Gary N McAuliffe, Rose Forster, Lesley Voss, Rupert Handy, Subha Rajanaidu, Jacek Kolodziej, Jeannie Oliphant, Matt R Blakiston
