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August 2022

Peer Reviewed Feature Articles

Chronic pain – complexities in adolescents and young adults

CPD

OPEN ACCESS

MARK ALCOCK, DARIA WESTERMAN

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: an urgent otological presentation

CPD

KIMBERLEY BRADSHAW, Melville da Cruz

An introduction to field therapies for photoageing

BELINDA LAI, Stephen Shumack

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Infectious diseases clinic

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Immunisation update

Women's health

Drug update

Infectious diseases clinic

Japanese encephalitis – a recent rise in Australian cases

MARK ARMSTRONG, VICTORIA GREY, Paul Griffin

Immunisation update

Pneumococcal vaccinations in Australia: current recommendations and beyond

DANIEL A. NORMAN, Sanjay Jayasinghe

Women's health

Perimenopausal hormone therapy – assessment and prescribing

KAREN MAGRAITH, Bronwyn Stuckey, RODNEY BABER

Drug update

Esketamine: a nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression

ADAM J. BAYES, COLLEEN K. LOO

Focus on pregnancy

Perinatal depression and anxiety

VIJAY ROACH

In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts

Atrial fibrillation

Bronchitis in children

Peanut allergy risk

Perinatal mental health

CLINICAL NEWS

Is postoperative atrial fibrillation a marker for preclinical heart failure?

Bronchitis in childhood associated with adverse respiratory outcomes in middle age

Effects of early introduction of peanuts on peanut allergy risk

New perinatal mental health research: screening tools and depression risk in both parents

Study highlights benefits of shared decision making with patients with eczema

Call for more timely and equitable access to cataract surgery

Abdominal aortic calcification correlation with dementia risk

NEWSBITES

Sepsis Clinical Care Standard

Mental health and wellbeing study

Medicine Today’s
Dermatology Quiz

A teenager with facial papules and pustules

Date Posted: Friday, August 5, 2022

Figure. Widespread lesions and scarring on the face and extending down the neck (case patient).

An 18-year-old man with facial papules and pustules.

What is the diagnosis?