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Volume 181 Issue 9

1 November 2004

From the editor’s desk

Breaking bread together

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 465 Free

In This Issue

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 466 Free

Editorials

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest

Stephen A Bernard

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 468-469

The hidden tragedy of offender deaths

Stuart Ross

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 469-470

Age-related macular degeneration and its possible prevention

Ian J Constable

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 471-472

Research

Predicting death in young offenders: a retrospective cohort study

Carolyn Coffey, Andrew W Lovett, Eileen Cini, George C Patton, Rory Wolfe and Paul Moran

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 473-477 Free

Trends in the use of hospital beds by older people in Australia: 1993–2002

Len C Gray, Margaret A Yeo and Stephen J Duckett

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 478-481 Free

Public health

Impact of hepatitis A vaccination of Indigenous children on notifications of hepatitis A in north Queensland

Jeffrey N Hanna, Susan L Hills and Jan L Humphreys

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 482-485 Free

Medicine and the community

Postnatal evaluation of vitamin D and bone health in women who were vitamin D-deficient in pregnancy, and in their infants

Katherine Thomson, Margaret R Zacharin, Ruth Morley and Sonia R Grover

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 486-488 Free

Viewpoint

The obesity epidemic: both energy intake and physical activity contribute

Christina O Stubbs and Amanda J Lee

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 489-491

Position statement

Warfarin reversal: consensus guidelines, on behalf of the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Ross I Baker, Paul B Coughlin, Hatem H Salem, Alex S Gallus, Paul L Harper and Erica M Wood

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 492-497 Free

Notable cases

A limited form of Churg–Strauss syndrome presenting without asthma and eosinophilia

Bhavneesh K Sharma, Mradul K Daga and Manisha Sharma

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 498-499 Free

Lessons from practice

Near-drowning treated with therapeutic hypothermia

Jonathan P Williamson, Stan Braude, Rowland Illing and Paul Gertler

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 500-501 Free

Teaching on the run

Teaching on the run tips 6: determining competence

Fiona R Lake and Jeffrey M Hamdorf

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 502-503

MJA Practice Essentials – Paediatrics

Paediatrics: tackling the common problems

Richard T L Couper, Richard L Henry and Michael South

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 505-506

1. Problem crying in infancy

Harriet Hiscock and Brigid Jordan

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 507-512 Free

Letters

The expanding phenotype of cystic fibrosis

Janine M Smith and Edwin P E Kirk

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 514

Obtaining consent affects the value of the Western Australian autism register

Emma J Glasson and John Wray

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 514-515

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Patrick G P Charles, Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Paul D R Johnson and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 515-516

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Kirsty L Buising, Karin A Thursky, James F Black and Graham V Brown

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 515-516

The Australian Government’s Review of Positron Emission Tomography: evidence-based policy decision-making in action

Nat Lenzo

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 516-517

The Australian Government’s Review of Positron Emission Tomography: evidence-based policy decision-making in action

Robert E Ware, Hilton W Francis and Kenneth E Read

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 516-517

Medical education and hard science

Kevin L Forbes

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 518-518

Medical education and hard science

Paul G McMenamin

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 518-518

Medical education and hard science

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 518-518

Managing medical indemnity: must we choose between quality assurance and risk management?

Lionel L Wilson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 519-520

Managing medical indemnity: must we choose between quality assurance and risk management?

Paul Nisselle

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 519-520

Missed peptic ulcer: a salutary lesson

Kevin B Orr

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 520

Obituaries

George Michael Eckert PhC, MB BS(Hons), MSc, PhD, MD

Allan J McLean, Lisa L Demos and Constantine G Berbatis

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 503 Free

Marcus (“Marc”) de Laune Faunce CVO, AM, OBE, MB BS, FRCP, FRACP

Bryan S Furnass

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 504 Free

Book review

Health of refugees in Australia

Rohan Vora

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9):

Columns

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