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  1. Mastery is associated with greater physical and mental health-related quality of life in two international cohorts of people with multiple sclerosis
  2. Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions for Pain Reduction in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
  3. Longitudinal Associations of the Healthy Lifestyle Index Score With Quality of Life in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Prospective Cohort Study
  4. Understanding barriers, enablers, and long-term adherence to a health behavior intervention in people with multiple sclerosis
  5. Longitudinal Associations of Modifiable Lifestyle Factors With Positive Depression-Screen Over 2.5-Years in an International Cohort of People Living With Multiple Sclerosis
  6. Author Index
  7. Poster Session 2
  8. ePosters
  9. Self-reported cognitive function in a large international cohort of people with multiple sclerosis: associations with lifestyle and other factors
  10. Review article: Common emergency department presenting complaints of prisoners: A systematic review
  11. Health outcomes and adherence to a healthy lifestyle after a multimodal intervention in people with multiple sclerosis: Three year follow-up
  12. Community asthma management of emergency department patients: A pilot study of adherence with national consensus guidelines
  13. RIMS Abstracts 2018
  14. The Period Prevalence of Mind and Body Practice Use by Adult Emergency Department Patients
  15. The Efficacy of Psychological Interventions for Managing Fatigue in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  16. Brief interventions to de-escalate disturbances in emergency departments
  17. ACTRIMS 2018 - Posters
  18. Psychological Shift in Partners of People with Multiple Sclerosis Who Undertake Lifestyle Modification: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study
  19. Prevalence and Characteristics of Interpersonal Violence in People Dying From Suicide in Victoria, Australia
  20. The experiences of patients with advanced cancer and caregivers presenting to Emergency Departments: A qualitative study
  21. Pain in People with Multiple Sclerosis: Associations with Modifiable Lifestyle Factors, Fatigue, Depression, Anxiety, and Mental Health Quality of Life
  22. Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbances in the Emergency Department Using the Environment, Policies and Practices: A Systematic Review
  23. International Differences in Multiple Sclerosis Health Outcomes and Associated Factors in a Cross-sectional Survey
  24. 22nd Annual RIMS Conference 2017
  25. Adherence to national exercise guidelines by patients attending emergency departments: A multi-site survey
  26. Lifestyle, medication and socio-demographic determinants of mental and physical health-related quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis
  27. Sexual function in multiple sclerosis and associations with demographic, disease and lifestyle characteristics: an international cross-sectional study
  28. The cost-effectiveness of hospital-based telephone coaching for people with type 2 diabetes: a 10 year modelling analysis
  29. Associations of Lifestyle, Medication, and Socio-Demographic Factors with Disability in People with Multiple Sclerosis: An International Cross-Sectional Study
  30. Review article: Effectiveness of ultra-brief interventions in the emergency department to reduce alcohol consumption: A systematic review
  31. Prevalence of Comorbidities, Overweight and Obesity in an International Sample of People with Multiple Sclerosis and Associations with Modifiable Lifestyle Factors
  32. Tobacco smoking by adult emergency department patients in Australia: a point-prevalence study
  33. Presentation patterns and outcomes of patients with cancer accessing care in emergency departments in Victoria, Australia
  34. Latitude, sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation: associations with quality of life and disease outcomes in a large international cohort of people with multiple sclerosis
  35. Abstract Submission
  36. Managing the advanced cancer patient in the Australian emergency department environment: findings from a national survey of emergency department clinicians
  37. Medication use in a large international sample of people with multiple sclerosis: associations with quality of life, relapse rate and disability
  38. In reply to: ‘Study key words are inclusion criteria and should be shared for interpretation’
  39. Clinically Significant Fatigue: Prevalence and Associated Factors in an International Sample of Adults with Multiple Sclerosis Recruited via the Internet
  40. Engagement in a program promoting lifestyle modification is associated with better patient-reported outcomes for people with MS
  41. What’s in a name? A qualitative exploration of what is understood by “palliative care” in the emergency department
  42. Skills, expertise and role of Australian emergency clinicians in caring for people with advanced cancer
  43. Use of a Checklist During Observation of a Simulated Cardiac Arrest Scenario Does Not Improve Time to CPR and Defibrillation Over Observation Alone for Subsequent Scenarios
  44. Factors relating to consent for organ donation: prospective data on potential organ donors
  45. Knowledge and Confidence of a Convenience Sample of Australasian Emergency Doctors in Managing Dental Emergencies: Results of a Survey
  46. Psychosocial and Nonclinical Factors Predicting Hospital Utilization in Patients of a Chronic Disease Management Program
  47. Lifestyle factors, demographics and medications associated with depression risk in an international sample of people with multiple sclerosis
  48. Mental Health Nurses' Dispositional Decision-Making for People Presenting to the Emergency Department With Deliberate Self-Harm: An Exploratory Study
  49. Effect of hospital-based telephone coaching on glycaemic control and adherence to management guidelines in type 2 diabetes, a randomised controlled trial
  50. Physical activity and associated levels of disability and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis: a large international survey
  51. Efficacy of hospital in the home services providing care for patients admitted from emergency departments
  52. Care of the dying cancer patient in the emergency department: findings from a National survey of Australian emergency department clinicians
  53. The association of diet with quality of life, disability, and relapse rate in an international sample of people with multiple sclerosis
  54. Which Dermatological Conditions Present to an Emergency Department in Australia?
  55. Can Meditation Influence Quality of Life, Depression, and Disease Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis? Findings from a Large International Web-Based Study
  56. Factors associated with re-presentation to emergency departments in elderly people with pain
  57. Meditation as an Adjunct to the Management of Multiple Sclerosis
  58. The association of alcohol consumption and smoking with quality of life, disability and disease activity in an international sample of people with multiple sclerosis
  59. Suicide Risk Assessment in Australian Emergency Departments: Assessing Clinicians’ Disposition Decisions
  60. Which patients with dermatological conditions are admitted via the emergency department?
  61. Author reply
  62. Ideal care and the realities of practice: interdisciplinary relationships in the management of advanced cancer patients in Australian emergency departments
  63. Attitudes of Australian Emergency Department Clinicians toward Organ and Tissue Donation: An Analysis of Cultural and Religious Influences
  64. Response from Prof. Jelinek and Dr Weiland to Surveys: Sample sizes and response rates
  65. Donation after cardiac death: are Australian emergency clinicians supportive?
  66. Association of fish consumption and omega 3 supplementation with quality of life, disability and disease activity in an international cohort of people with multiple sclerosis
  67. Prevalence of and risk factors for peripheral arterial disease in older adults in an Australian emergency department
  68. Caught in the middle: Tensions around the emergency department care of people with advanced cancer
  69. Hospitalisation of high‐care residents of aged care facilities: are goals of care discussed?
  70. Knowledge and confidence of Australian emergency department clinicians in managing patients with mental health-related presentations: findings from a national qualitative study
  71. Erratum to “Methodology of an International Study of People with Multiple Sclerosis Recruited through Web 2.0 Platforms: Demographics, Lifestyle, and Disease Characteristics”
  72. Methodology of an International Study of People with Multiple Sclerosis Recruited through Web 2.0 Platforms: Demographics, Lifestyle, and Disease Characteristics
  73. Resource barriers to the facilitation of organ and tissue donation reported by Australian emergency clinicians
  74. Can the Elderly Handle the Heat? A Retrospective Case-Control Study of the Impact of Heat Waves on Older Patients Attending an Inner City Australian Emergency Department
  75. Illness perception and knowledge with regard to prediabetes and type 2 diabetes
  76. Australian emergency clinicians' perceptions and use of the GIVE Clinical Trigger for identification of potential organ and tissue donors
  77. Personal Attitudes and Beliefs regarding Organ and Tissue Donation: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Australian Emergency Department Clinicians
  78. Perspectives of emergency department staff on the triage of mental health-related presentations: Implications for education, policy and practice
  79. Telephone referrals by junior doctors: a randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of SBAR in a simulated setting
  80. Australian emergency doctors' and nurses' acceptance and knowledge regarding brain death: a national survey
  81. Organ and tissue donation-related attitudes, education and practices of emergency department clinicians in Australia
  82. Health-related quality of life outcomes at 1 and 5 years after a residential retreat promoting lifestyle modification for people with multiple sclerosis
  83. Prospective validation of a predictive model that identifies homeless people at risk of re-presentation to the emergency department
  84. Original sound compositions reduce anxiety in emergency department patients: a randomised controlled trial
  85. Emergency clinicians' attitudes and decisions in patient scenarios involving advance directives
  86. Optimal management of mental health patients in Australian emergency departments: Barriers and solutions
  87. Mental health-related learning needs of clinicians working in Australian emergency departments: A national survey of self-reported confidence and knowledge
  88. The Emergency Medicine Capacity Assessment Study: Perceived resource requirements to support a major increase in intern numbers in Australian emergency departments
  89. Expectations of Care, Perceived Safety, and Anxiety following Acute Behavioural Disturbance in the Emergency Department
  90. Perceived Differences in the Management of Mental Health Patients in Remote and Rural Australia and Strategies for Improvement: Findings from a National Qualitative Study of Emergency Clinicians
  91. Supervision and feedback for junior medical staff in Australian emergency departments: findings from the emergency medicine capacity assessment study
  92. Validation of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) Scale for conscious state in the emergency department: comparison against the Glasgow Coma Scale
  93. Screening for type 2 diabetes with random finger-prick glucose and bedside HbA1c in an Australian emergency department
  94. Perceptions of nurse practitioners by emergency department doctors in Australia
  95. Older peoples’ experience of accessing emergency care
  96. Lifestyle and medication interventions for the prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes mellitus in prediabetes: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
  97. The capacity of Australian ED to absorb the projected increase in intern numbers
  98. The Emergency Medicine Capacity Assessment Study: Anticipated impact of a major increase in intern numbers in Australian ED
  99. Verbal dyspnoea score predicts emergency department departure status in patients with shortness of breath
  100. Exploring beliefs of the four major ethnic groups in Melbourne regarding healthcare and treatment
  101. Current level of training, experience and perceptions of emergency physicians as expert witnesses: A pilot study
  102. Medication Use Across Transition Points from the Emergency Department: Identifying Factors Associated with Medication Discrepancies
  103. Validity of the full outline of unresponsiveness (FOUR) scale in emergency department patients: A comparison against the Glasgow Coma Scale
  104. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate: A 30 month emergency department review
  105. Validation of a verbal dyspnoea rating scale in the emergency department
  106. Australasian emergency physicians: A Learning and educational needs analysis. Part Five: Barriers to CPD experienced by FACEM, and attitudes to the ACEM MOPS programme
  107. Australasian emergency physicians: A learning and educational needs analysis. Part six: Differences in confidence, exposure to learning and expressed learning needs by subgroups of Australasian emergency physicians
  108. Validation of a Verbal Rating Scale for Breathlessness Amongst Patients Referred for Cardiac Stress Tests
  109. Australasian emergency physicians: A learning and educational needs analysis. Part Four: CPD topics desired by emergency physicians
  110. Australasian emergency physicians: A learning and educational needs analysis. Part Three: Participation by FACEM in available CPD: What do they do and do they like it?
  111. Emergency clinician-delivered screening and intervention for high-risk alcohol use: A qualitative analysis
  112. Handover from paramedics: Observations and emergency department clinician perceptions
  113. Opportunistic screening and clinician-delivered brief intervention for high-risk alcohol use among emergency department attendees: A randomized controlled trial
  114. Self-rated preparedness of Australian prevocational hospital doctors for emergencies
  115. Australasian emergency physicians: A learning and educational needs analysis. Part One: Background and methodology. Profile of FACEM
  116. Australasian emergency physicians: A learning and educational needs analysis. Part Two: Confidence of FACEM for tasks and skills
  117. Barriers to continuing medical education in Australian prevocational doctors
  118. CCK2 receptor nullification attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced sickness behavior
  119. Can medical admission and length of stay be accurately predicted by emergency staff, patients or relatives?
  120. Metabotropic glutamate receptors mediate lipopolysaccharide-induced fever and sickness behavior
  121. Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2005
  122. The effect of lipopolysaccharide on cholecystokinin in murine plasma and tissue
  123. The role of CCK2 receptors in energy homeostasis: insights from the CCK2 receptor-deficient mouse