Central Coast Local Health District

Greener beginnings: Exploring the carbon footprints of midwifery group practice and standard maternity care in regional Australia

Background Climate change is an escalating concern for maternal and newborn health. Maternity care, particularly through high-intervention, hospital-based practices, generates substantial environmental waste. Midwifery Continuity of Care (MCC) models are known to reduce unnecessa...

Lenalidomide maintenance after initial immunochemotherapy in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia—Final analysis of the international phase III CLL6 RESIDUUM study of the ALLG and FILO groups

Summary Most patients treated for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) fail to achieve measurable residual disease (MRD) negativity. The role of maintenance with the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide in these patients is unclear. A randomised multicentre phase III trial (ACTRN126...

Effect of Piperacillin/Tazobactam Solution Concentration on the Infusion Rate of Portable Elastomeric Pumps (‘EMPs’) in (HITH): A Retrospective Review of Administered and Residual Volumes

Importance Piperacillin/tazobactam solutions are frequently administered as 24-hour continuous intravenous infusions to patients in Hospital in the Home (HITH) programs and the accuracy of administration from elastomeric pumps (‘EMPs’) is important. Objective This study aimed to...

The Association of Umbilical Cord Blood Neurofilament Light With Nonreassuring Fetal Status: A Prospective Observational Study

( Int J Gynaecol Obstet . 2026 Mar;172(3):1491–1500. doi:10.1002/ijgo.70421) A prospective observational study explored whether neurofilament light (NfL), a marker of neuronal injury, can be reliably measured in umbilical cord blood and whether it is associated with nonreassuring...