Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness
The New Zealand Medical Journal is out on Friday
The New Zealand Medical Journal is out on Friday
EDITORIAL
TBC.
ARTICLES
5408. Nutrition support in oncology care in Aotearoa New Zealand: current practice, and where to from here?
Rana Peniamina, Rachael McLean
5356. Deaf community views on paediatric cochlear implantation
Briana Putnam, Sara Pivac Alexander, Kathleen McMenamin, David Welch
5406. Neurodevelopmental follow-up of preterm infants: current practice for infants at a tertiary neonatal centre
Meghan Ealish Sandle, Maria Saito Benz, Laura Port, Max Berry
5404. Factors predicting forgone healthcare among Asian adolescents in New Zealand: unmasking variations in aggregate data
Roshini Peiris-John, Lynda Bavin, Kristy Kang, Lovely Dizon, Sonia Lewycka, Shanthi Ameratunga, Terryann Clark, Theresa (Terry) Fleming
VIEWPOINT
5405. Choosing wisely: the lack of validity of ultrasound scans in the investigation of shoulder instability
Callum Oorschot, Khalid Mohammed, Michael Austen, Emma O’Loughlin
5448. Is it time to relieve junior doctors from “relief rotations”?
Yassar Alamri
LETTERS
5603. Exertional rhabdomyolysis following return to exercise after COVID-19 lockdown
Isaac Bernhardt, Bryony Ryder, Callum Wilson: Isaac Bernhardt: IBernhardt@adhb.govt.nz
5636. An audit of a marae-based health centre management of COVID-19 community cases in South Auckland
Matire Harwood, Selwyn Te Paa, Nethmi Kearns, Helaman Luki, Augustus Anderson, Alex Semprini, Richard Beasley