Volume 175 Issue 7

Editorials

• Inappropriate use of blood: is the problem intractable? Cees Th Smit Sibinga (MJA 2001; 175: 348-349)
• Buprenorphine: better late than never Alex D Wodak, Wayne D Hall (MJA 2001; 175: 349-350)

Conference Report

• Cardiovascular health in Indigenous Australians: a call for action Warren F Walsh (MJA 2001; 175: 351-352)

Research

• Appropriateness of red blood cell transfusions in major urban hospitals and effectiveness of an intervention George L Rubin, W N Schofield, Mark G Dean, Anthony P Shakeshaft (MJA 2001; 175: 354-358)
• Mega-dose vitamin C in treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial Carmen Audera, Roger V Patulny, Beate H Sander, Robert M Douglas (MJA 2001; 175: 359-362)

Indigenous Health

• Household infrastructure in Aboriginal communities and the implications for health improvement Ross S Bailie, Myfanwy J Runcie (MJA 2001; 175: 363-366)
• Outcome of an interventional program for scabies in an Indigenous community Li-Chuen F Wong, Beth Amega, Christine Connors, Ruth Barker, Mary Elizabeth Dulla, Bart J Currie (MJA 2001; 175: 367-370)
• Trachoma in Australia Hugh R Taylor (MJA 2001; 175: 371-372)

Diagnostic Dilemmas

• Metastatic thyroid carcinoma in the presence of struma ovarii Sor Way Chan, Kenneth E Farrell (MJA 2001; 175: 373-374)

Clinical Update

• Improving the treatment of leg ulcers Gabrielle M McMullin (MJA 2001; 175: 375-378)

Clinical Ethics

• Predictive genetic testing in children Julian Savulescu (MJA 2001; 175: 379-381)

Viewpoint

• Evidence-based medicine and everyday reality Ken Cox (MJA 2001; 175: 382-383)

Lessons from Practice

• Adrenal apoplexy: an inconspicuous cause of hypotension in the intensive care patient Jerry R Greenfield, Donald J Chisholm (MJA 2001; 175: 384-385)

EBM Trials on Trial

• Scientific background and rationale for a randomised controlled trial Davina Ghersi, Val J Gebski, Anthony C Keech (MJA 2001; 175: 386)
• Will less liberal red-cell transfusion (with a lower haemoglobin threshold) still reduce rates of death and organ failure? Rinaldo Bellomo (MJA 2001; 175: 387)