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David Brain

@David_C_Brain

Health economist with an aversion to waste and the politicisation of healthcare.
Australia Joined December 2015
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David Brain @David_C_Brain
Temporary loss of consciousness is a common reason for Emergency presentation in Australian hospitals. We show that using the Canadian Syncope Risk Score is a cost-effective way to manage patients, resulting in safe and efficient services
doi.org/10.1111/1742-6…
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com Emergency Medicine Australasia | ACEM Journal | Wiley Online Library The timely management of patients presenting to the ED with syncope has long been a challenge and traditionally presenting patients are managed conservatively due to concern that they may have a...
David Brain @David_C_Brain
Pretty cool when you read about something you worked on for a short while in the news. Not only is fecal transplant now approved safe by Australia's TGA, we found it to be a good investment from an economic perspective...
theguardian.com/australia-news…
www.theguardian.com Australia gives world-first approval for faecal transplants to restore gut health BiomeBank in Adelaide collects healthy genetic material from the microbiomes of donors to treat potentially deadly bacterial condition