Volume 173 Issue 5

Editorials

• The medical emergency team: no evidence to justify not implementing change Ross K Kerridge (MJA 2000; 173: 228-229)
• Blood transfusion practice: mayhem or monitoring? Alison M Street, Merrole F Cole-Sinclair (MJA 2000; 173: 230-231)
• Alcohol: the good, the bad and the ugly Greg Whelan, Alan T Gijsbers (MJA 2000; 173: 231-232)
• Non-cardiac chest pain: squeezing the life out of the Australian healthcare system? Guy D Eslick, Nicholas J Talley (MJA 2000; 173: 233-234)

Research

• Rates of in-hospital arrests, deaths and intensive care admissions: the effect of a medical emergency team Peter J Bristow, Ken M Hillman, Tien Chey, Kathy Daffurn, Theresa C Jacques, Sandra L Norman, Gillian F Bishop, E Grant Simmons (MJA 2000; 173: 236-240)
• Infrastructure for monitoring blood transfusion practice in New South Wales hospitals Mark G Dean, Niki C Vincent (MJA 2000; 173: 241-243)
• Overseas visitors admitted to Queensland hospitals for water-related injuries Jeffrey Wilks, Michael Coory (MJA 2000; 173: 244-246)

Healthcare

• Reducing medical errors: a practical guide Alan M Wolff, Jo Bourke (MJA 2000; 173: 247-251)

Diagnostic dilemmas

• Isospora belli infection and chronic electrolyte disturbance in a child with fetal alcohol syndrome Ingrid K Bucens, Russell O P King (MJA 2000; 173: 252-255)

Review

• Topically acquired bacterial zoonoses from fish: a review Leigh Lehane, Grant T Rawlin (MJA 2000; 173: 256-259)

For debate

• Should we conduct a trial of distributing naloxone to heroin users for peer administration to prevent fatal overdose? Simon R Lenton, Kim M Hargreaves (MJA 2000; 173: 260-263)

Personal perspective

• The New South Wales Drug Summit: a view from a local foreign observer Jeffrey H Samet (MJA 2000; 173: 264-265)

Viewpoint

• Intraoperative blood salvage: the missing link in providing a safe and effective blood transfusion service James B Semmens, Michael M D Lawrence-Brown, Lauren E C Miles, Michael J Hellings (MJA 2000; 173: 266-268)
• An analgesic role for cannabinoids Christopher W Vaughan, Macdonald J Christie (MJA 2000; 173: 270-272)