Emily Schembri

Polypharmacy and Deprescribing Patterns in an Australian Palliative Care Unit: A Cohort Study.

CONTEXT Polypharmacy is prevalent in palliative care and may increase medication burden, adverse drug events, and clinically significant drug-drug interactions as goals of care shift. OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with polypharmacy and describe longitudinal medication use and discontinuation patterns in a...

Transient Ischemic Attack Diagnosis using Explicit Criteria Outperforms Artificial Intelligence: a Prospective Cohort Study.

Utility of the Clinical Frailty Scale, Charlson Comorbidity Index and ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in major lower limb orthopaedic surgery.

Given its faster administration, the CFS may represent a practical tool for routine perioperative risk stratification, though prospective validation is required to confirm performance in real-time clinical workflows.