OBJECTIVES To compare 6 month and 12 month health status and functional outcomes between regional major trauma registries in Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Multicentres from trauma registries in Hong Kong and the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR). METHODS Multicentre, prospective cohort study. Major trauma patients and aged ≥18 years were included. The main ...

BACKGROUND Color Doppler ultrasound examination frequently reveals neovascularization in chronic painful Achilles and patellar tendinopathy. Sclerosing the area with vascular ingrowth using polidocanol has shown promising clinical results in patients with Achilles tendinopathy. PURPOSE To investigate sclerosing treatment using polidocanol on a group of elite athletes with patellar tendinopath...

Historicized research on female habitual criminality provides insight into the interactions and struggles of marginalized women. Female recidivists, forming a large proportion offenders, prompted fears among Victorian Edwardian contemporaries over efficacy justice system. Recent indicates that recidivism was gendered process, women facing greater marginalization stigmatization before, during af...

before the cervical cancer was discovered (median interval, 14 months), but no cervical smear had been obtained. Of particular interest is the fact that six of the 19 patients are in their seventh decade or older, with a median age of 80 years (range, 79–88 years). The Victorian Department of Human Services reports that the cervical-smear participation rate for eligible women in the Gippsland r...

Admission rates for ischaemic heart disease (IHD), and the use of invasive cardiovascular procedures, separation mode and length of stay (LOS) were compared between Australians from non-English speaking background (NESB; n=8627) and English speaking background (ESB; n=13162) aged 20 years and over admitted to Victorian urban public hospitals. The study covered the period from 1993 to 1998. It w...

The growth of Thai society in western style in the middle of Rattanakosin period can be defined as modernization /civilization. These terms had an influence on the development of the country in the reign of King Rama V owing to the governance reform, and cultures influenced by the West. Those were passed on until the reign of King Rama VI. The preference was not only for the renovation of archi...

INTRODUCTION International literature describing the profile of trauma patients attended by a statewide emergency medical services (EMS) system is lacking. Most literature is limited to descriptions of trauma responses for a single emergency medical service, or to patients transported to a specific Level-1 trauma hospital. There is no Victorian or Australian literature describing the type of tr...

Equitable gender representation on corporate boards has been a focal theme in the quest for best practice governance both nationally and internationally. Originating from an empirical study on governance structures and practices in a Victorian public sector health agency, this paper presents the trends in the representation of women on a range of public sector boards, including the make-up of s...

The Medical and Legal Aspects of Sanitary Reform, by ALEXANDER P. STEWART and EDWARD JENKINS (reprint of 1866 ed., with an introduction by M. W. Flinn), Leicester University Press, 1969, pp. 24, 100, £1.60. The current interest in matters Victorian has prompted the Victorian Studies Centre of the University of Leicester to publish a series of Victorian classic literature in various fields. This...