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Volume 178 Issue 7

7 April 2003

From the editor’s desk

Diagnosing dying

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 305 Free

Strategies to improve outcomes after acute stroke

Geoffrey A Donnan, Stephen M Davis and Christopher R Levi

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 309-310 Free

Motor neurone disease: a Pandora's box

Matthew C Kiernan

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 311-312

Tobacco control in Australia: what aren't you doing and why aren't you doing it?

Dileep G Bal, Donald O Lyman and David F Veneziano

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 313-314

Clinical trials research in the new millennium: the International Clinical Trials Symposium, Sydney, 21–23 October 2002

Rhana Pike, Anthony C Keech and R John Simes

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 316-317

Evidence-based care and outcomes of acute stroke managed in hospital specialty units

Brendan K Duffy, Paddy A Phillips, Stephen M Davis, Geoffrey A Donnan and Miriam E Vedadhaghi

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 318-323 Free

Acute stroke thrombolysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in an Australian tertiary hospital

Cassandra E I Szoeke, Mark W Parsons, Kenneth S Butcher, Tracey A Baird, Peter J Mitchell, Sonya E Fox and Stephen M Davis

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 324-328 Free

Time to hospital admission for acute stroke: an observational study

Simon A Broadley and Philip D Thompson

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 329-331 Free

Patient outcomes and length of stay in a stroke unit offering both acute and rehabilitation services

Yan H Ang, Daniel K Y Chan, Qing Shen and Derrick M K Heng

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 333-336 Free

Medical rosters and the Trade Practices Act

Warren Pengilley

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 337-340 Free

A matter of purpose

Paul Gerber

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 341

Rural doctors and medical rosters

David Mildenhall

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 341-342

Eardrop attacks: seizures triggered by ciprofloxacin eardrops

Carolyn F Orr and Dominic B Rowe

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 343

Motor neurone disease (MND): a personal perspective

Roderick A Mackenzie

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 344-345

Does dietary modification and/or physical activity reduce the progression from impaired glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes?

Dorothy EM Mackerras

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 346-347

Flow of participants in randomised studies

Burcu Cakir, Val J Gebski and Anthony C Keech

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 348-349

Emergence of hetero-vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) in Sydney

Iain B Gosbell, David H Mitchell, Helen Ziochos and Peter B Ward

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 354

Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines

David W Johnson

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 354-355

In reply: Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines

Cynthia M Farquhar

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 355

In reply: Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines

Rowan G Walker

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 355-356

Australian health policy research and development

Jane P Hall

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 356

Managing the resource demands of a large sample size in clinical trials: can you succeed with fewer subjects?

Adrián V Hernández and Ewout W Steyerberg

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 356-357

In reply: Covariate adjustment for prognostic baseline characteristics may decrease the sample size

Anthony C Keech and Val J Gebski

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 357-358

Determining the sample size in a clinical trial

Owen D Williamson

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 358

In reply: Determining the sample size in a clinical trial

Adrienne Kirby, Val Gebski and Anthony C Keech

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 358

Professional monitoring and critical incident reporting using personal digital assistants

Onyebuchi A Arah

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 359

In reply: Professional monitoring and critical incident reporting using personal digital assistants

Paul D Bent

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 359

Air pollution and its health impacts: the changing panorama

Louis A du Plessis

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 359-360

Beware the zebra

Pedita S Rowe

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 360

Lymphoedema in breast cancer patients

Graeme N Brodie

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 360

Strength training without quackery

David C Hughes

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7):

Focus on x-rays

Alan B Chater

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7):

Correction

Experimental human infection with the dog hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum

Juergen K Landmann and Paul Prociv

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 323