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Volume 176 Issue 4

18 February 2002

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

Martin Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 141 Free

eMJA: In This Issue, 18 February 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 144 Free

Editorials

Colorectal cancer prevention

Terry Bolin, Alistair E Cowen and Melvyn G Korman

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 145-146

Sedation for endoscopy

Greg E Knoblanche

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 147

Sudden cardiac death in the young

Christopher Semsarian and Barry J Maron

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 148-149

Research

Colonoscopic surveillance for family history of colorectal cancer: are NHMRC guidelines being followed?

Ian F Yusoff, Neville E Hoffman and Hooi C Ee

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 151-154 Free

Applying evidence-based guidelines improves use of colonoscopy resources in patients with a moderate risk of colorectal neoplasia

Peter A Bampton, Jayne J Sandford and Graeme P Young

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 155-157 Free

Sedation for endoscopy: the safe use of propofol by general practitioner sedationists

Anthony C Clarke, Louise Chiragakis, Lybus C Hillman and Graham L Kaye

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 158-161 Free

Medicine and the community

Paracetamol recall: a natural experiment influencing analgesic poisoning

Corrine R Balit, Geoffrey K Isbister, Andrew H Dawson, Ian M Whyte and Jennifer Peat

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 162-165 Free

Position statement

The role of corticosteroids in the management of childhood asthma

Peter P van Asperen, Craig M Mellis and Peter D Sly

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 168-173 Free

Clinical ethics

The challenge of cultural and ethical pluralism to medical practice

Rob Irvine, John McPhee and Ian Kerridge

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 174-175 Free

History

Howard Florey, Alexander Fleming and the Fairy Tale of Penicillin

Peter D Goldsworthy and Alexander C McFarlane

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 176-178

Lessons from practice

Acute, oedematous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a farmer from far north Queensland

Grant A Jenkin, May Smith, Mark Fairley and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 180-181 Free

EBM in action

Natural remedies for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Christopher B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou, Anneliese B Spinks and Sharon L Sanders

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 182-183

Letters

Evidence of human metapneumovirus in Australian children

Michael D Nissen, Ian M Mackay, Stephen J Withers, David J Siebert and Theo P Sloots

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 188

Risk of death from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a meta-analysis

James C Hurley

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 188-189

Risk of death from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a meta-analysis

Michael Whitby, Mary-Louise McLaws and Geoffrey Berry

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 188-189

PBS/RPBS cost implications of trends and guideline recommendations in the pharmacological management of hypertension

Ben D Ewald and Brita A Pekarsky

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 189-190

PBS/RPBS cost implications of trends and guideline recommendations in the pharmacological management of hypertension

Mark R Nelson, John J McNeil, Anna Peeters, Henry Krum and Christopher M Reid

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 189-190

MEDicine or MADness

David C Currow

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 190-191

MEDicine or MADness

Roger W Hunt

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 190-191

HIV among injecting drug users of Indo-Chinese ethnicity in Victoria

Jane S Hocking, Peter G Higgs, Cathy M Keenan and Nick Crofts

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 191-192

Detecting and reducing hospital adverse events: outcomes of the Wimmera clinical risk management program

Kathy M Brown, Humsha Naidoo and Arona E Offenberger

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 192-193

Detecting and reducing hospital adverse events: outcomes of the Wimmera clinical risk management program

Alan M Wolff, Jo Bourke, lan A Campbell and David W Leembruggen

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 192-193

SPHERE: A National Depression Project

Nicole Phillips, Michael J Oldmeadow and Natalie Krapivensky

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 193-194

SPHERE: A National Depression Project

Ian B Hickie, Tracey A Davenport, Elizabeth M Scott and Sharon L Naismith

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 193-194

EBM in action: Is laser treatment effective and safe for musculoskeletal pain?

Roberta Chow

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 194-195

EBM in action: Is laser treatment effective and safe for musculoskeletal pain?

Chris B Del Mar and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 194-195

Books as carriers of disease

Sir Keith Jones

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 196

Obituary

Christopher Allen Silagy AO, MB BS, PhD, FRACGP, FAFPHM

Christopher A Silagy

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (4): 185 Free

Columns

eMJA: In other journals - 18 February 2002

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