Obesity increases the risks associated with surgery. Surgeons at Logan Hospital were declining to operate on obese patients due to these associated risks, and so in 2014 a dietitian...
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Implementation of a model of care for obese patients requiring weight loss prior to elective surgery
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Management of end stage liver disease is often complicated by sarcopenia and frailty (1,2). New evidence-based guidelines recommend that pre-transplant nutrition assessment should incorporate...
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Malnutrition in hospitals is common and usually identified by weight loss. However, weight loss does not give information about body composition - the amount of fat and muscle in the body....
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The Maranoa Healthy Communities collaborative recognised the opportunity to initiate health promotion activities and initiatives that are responsive to community self-identified needs that are...
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The Partners in Prevention Forum brings together representatives primarily from Queensland Health and the Queensland Primary Health Networks. The forum is relevant for staff in decision-...
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The Cherbourg Alcohol and other drugs (AODS) service has increased consumer and community confidence and engagement with their service through the development and provision of programs in their...
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Collecting country-of-birth data does not capture ‘statistically invisible’ population groups including Maori and Pasifika; ancestry data is needed. The findings from this study enable targeted...
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