Elevated troponin levels can risk stratify at all ages

Small increases in troponin levels can help stratify between high and low mortality risk regardless of age, UK research shows. A study of more than 250,000 adults undergoing troponin levels on presentation to or during an...

Small increases in troponin levels can help stratify between high and low mortality risk regardless of age, UK...

medical education

6 areas in which interns feel unprepared for hospital work

Interns believe that medical school prepares them well for core clinical skills but leaves them unprepared for roles such as prescribing, managing of bullying and reporting errors. Results from an anonymous survey carried out by the Medical Board of Australia...

Interns believe that medical school prepares them well for core clinical skills but leaves them unprepared for roles such as...

Medical Education

CPD overhaul will put focus on performance reviews

A proposal by the Medical Board of Australia to overhaul the CPD system will see specialists devoting 50% of time in activities such as reviewing their performance with peers and undertaking outcome audits. The Board recently revealed its draft revised CPD...

A proposal by the Medical Board of Australia to overhaul the CPD system will see specialists devoting 50% of time...

Heart disease

MRI assessment needed for cardiac iron overload in haemoglobinopathies

Unrecognised iron overload is common in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), thalassemia major, non-transfusion dependent thalassemia (NTDT) and other chronic anaemias. Australian research investigated serum ferritin and MRI assessments of liver and myocardial iron in 243 patients at risk of iron overload. Patients...

Unrecognised iron overload is common in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), thalassemia major, non-transfusion dependent thalassemia (NTDT) and other chronic...