Mohana Basu

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

Widespread use of nirsevimab in infants may reduce RSV-related hospitalisations by more than half, suggests a real-world study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. WA’s State Government was the first to offer funded, statewide RSV immunisation with nirsevimab (Beyfortus) back in April 2024. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

A GP has built an AI scribe that suggests Medicare items for GPs to claim in real time as it drafts medical notes based on consultation audio. If a consultation narrows to asthma management, for example, the scribe — called MBSPro — highlights items linked to asthma, such as spirometry or care planning. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

The 2025 measles outbreak is already the worst in six years, with 77 confirmed cases. Data from April show at least 37 cases were locally acquired, with 16 of these definitively linked to other Australian-acquired cases and seven definitively linked to overseas-acquired cases. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

In a rare case, doctors discovered an advanced abdominal ectopic pregnancy only during an emergency caesarean section for a patient who previously had normal antenatal findings. The patient, aged 38 and in her third pregnancy after two prior uneventful vaginal deliveries, presented at term with stabbing pain in the right thigh and contracture of the right leg.

2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Mohana Basu

A series of accidental liquid risperidone overdoses in children last year often involved babysitters or extended family members administering the antipsychotic, the TGA has warned. Of 22 paediatric oral risperidone overdoses reported in 2024, the watchdog says most involved children who received 10 times the prescribed dose, such as 5mL instead of 0.5mL.