Journal Club - March 2022

Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for COVID-19

ARTICLE

Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for COVID-19: A Citywide, Prospective, Observational Study of 223,128 Subjects Using Propensity Score Matching

Published: 15 January 2022

Authors: L. Kerr, F.A. Cadegiani, F. Baldi, R.B. Lobo, W.L.O. Assagra, F.C. Proença, P. Kory, J.A. Hibberd, and J.J. Chamie-Quintero

Access: This material has been published by Cureus, 2022 Jan, 14(1), e21272, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8765582/

Journal Club - December 2021

Outcomes of spinal surgery

ARTICLES

Rates, costs, return to work and reoperation following spinal surgery in a workers’ compensation cohort in New South Wales, 2010–2018: a cohort study using administrative data

Published: 11 September 2021

Authors: A.M. Lewin, M. Fearnside, R. Kuru, B.P. Jonker, J.M. Naylor, M. Sheridan and I.A. Harris. 

Access: This material has been published by BMC Health Services Research, 21, 955 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06900-8 

Effects of diabetes and smoking on lumbar spinal surgery outcomes

Published: 1 December 2013

Authors: Shaun Previn Appaduray, Patrick Lo

Access: This material has been published by Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 20 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2013.01.021

Journal Club - July 2021

Hazards of workplace noise on the pregnant workers foetus

ARTICLES

These articles have been chosen to show opposing views on similar research and can be read independently or together.

Does Noise Exposure during Pregnancy Affect Neonatal Hearing Screening Results?

Published: 12 March 2020

Authors: Selis Gülseven Güven, Memduha Taş, Erdogan Bulut, Burcu Tokuç, Cem Uzun, and Ahmet Rifat Karasalihoglu

Access: This material has been published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, Noise & Health and can be accessed at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32174641/ 

Maternal Occupational Exposure to Noise during Pregnancy and Hearing Dysfunction in Children: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study in Sweden

Published: 1 June 2016

Authors: Jenny Selander, Maria Albin, Ulf Rosenhall, Lars Rylander, Marie Lewné, and Per Gustavsson

Access: This material has been published by Environmental Health Perspectives and can be access at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509874

Journal Club - APRIL 2021

PRIMARY ARTICLE

Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine

Article: Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK

Published: 8 December 2020

Authors: Merryn Voysey, Sue Ann Costa, Shabir A Madhi, et al

Access: This material has been published by The Lancet and can be accessed at 
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32661-1/fulltext 

CRITICAL APPRAISAL 

COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

Article: Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

Published: 8 December 2020

Authors: Maria Deloria Knoll and Chizoba Wonodi

Access: This material has been published by The Lancet and can be accessed at 
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32623-4/fulltext