For over 100 years, the NZMJ has been the principal scientific journal for the profession in New Zealand.

EDITORIAL

Good news about melanoma

Mark Elwood, Marius Rademaker

ARTICLE

Almost one in five emergency department presentations are by mental health clients: a secondary data analysis

Silke Kuehl, Abigail Freeland, James Stanley, Ruth Cunningham

ARTICLE

Increasing access to cataract surgery in Counties Manukau by optimising the clinical pathway: a quality improvement report

Manlio Chiesa, Graham Reeves, Courtney Harper, Mary Seddon, Valerio Malez

ARTICLE

Consequences of cost barriers to prescriptions: cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand

Mona Jeffreys, Megan Pledger, Fiona McKenzie, Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Maite Irurzun Lopez, Jacqueline Cumming

ARTICLE

Guideline versus clinician recommended duration of dual anti-platelet therapy following acute coronary syndrome (ANZACS-QI 78)

Sophie J Rees, Andrew J Kerr

ARTICLE

Outcomes of asymptomatic common bile duct stones detected at intra-operative cholangiography

Xavier Field, Chelsea Tong, Sarah Cox, James Crichton, Bernadette Goodwin, Fraser Welsh, Ryan Cha

ARTICLE

Construction of the chronic temporomandibular disorder patients: the association between neural and psychological pathways

Ajith D Polonowita, Athula K Polonowita, Li Mei, Guangzhao Guan

VIEWPOINT

Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Act 2024: further Crown breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Heather Came, Clive Aspin, Nicole Coupe, Tim McCreanor

CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE

A case report of successful dual external defibrillation in cardiac arrest

Anna G Bergin, Chamé C Blackburn, Eric Chong, Ankur Gupta

CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE

An act of desperation: self-attempted gender-affirming mastectomy

Mairarangi Haimona, Sue Hui Ong, Scott Diamond

RESEARCH LETTER

Management of early dysglycaemia in pregnancy varies by region in Aotearoa New Zealand with risks of widening inequities

Rosemary M Hall, Ruth CE Hughes, Elizabeth Lewis-Hills, Janet A Rowan

100 YEARS AGO IN THE NZMJ

Note on the Pathology of Goitre in New Zealand

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical Campus Research Seminar, Thursday, 28th March 2024