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Volume 182 Issue 5

7 March 2005

From the editor’s desk

A meeting too many

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): Free

Editorials

The shortage of kidneys for transplantation in Australia

Timothy Mathew, Randall Faull and Paul Snelling

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 204-205

Helicobacter pylori infection in Indigenous Australians: a serious health issue?

Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 205-206 Free

Immunisation: reducing health inequality for Indigenous Australians

Peter B McIntyre and Robert I Menzies

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 207-208 Free

Research

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Indigenous Western Australians: comparison between urban and remote rural populations

Helen M Windsor, Susan D Morrow, Barry J Marshall, Emmanuel A Abioye-Kuteyi, Jacqueline M Leber and Max K Bulsara

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 210-213 Free

Effect of a consultation teaching behaviour modification on sleep performance in infants: a randomised controlled trial

Brian G Symon, John E Marley, A James Martin and Emily R Norman

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 215-218 Free

Impact of smoking, diabetes and hypertension on survival time in the elderly: the Dubbo Study

Leon A Simons, Judith Simons, John McCallum and Yechiel Friedlander

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 219-222 Free

Healthcare

Outcome of overseas commercial kidney transplantation: an Australian perspective

Sean E Kennedy, Yvonne Shen, John A Charlesworth, James D Mackie, John D Mahony, John J P Kelly and Bruce A Pussell

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 224-227 Free

For debate

Achieving equal standards in medical student education: is a national exit examination the answer?

Bogda Koczwara, Martin H N Tattersall, Martin R Stockler, Michael B Barton, Brendon J Coventry, Ian N Olver, Joanna M Dewar, Jeremy L Millar, Max A Schwarz, Darren L Starmer and David R Turner

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 228-230 Free

Notable cases

A new focus of Rickettsia honei spotted fever in South Australia

John R Dyer, Lloyd Einsiedel, Patricia E Ferguson, Andie S Lee, David L Gordon, Nathan B Unsworth and Stephen R Graves

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 231-234 Free

Lessons from practice

Acute interstitial nephritis secondary to esomeprazole

Nimeshan Geevasinga, Lukas Kairaitis, Gopala K Rangan and Patrick L Coleman

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 235-236 Free

Clinical update

Transdermal progesterone creams for postmenopausal women: more hype than hope?

Barry G Wren

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 237-239 Free

MJA Practice Essentials – Paediatrics

5. Constipation and toileting issues in children

Anthony G Catto-Smith

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 242-246 Free

Letters

Severe childhood pneumonitis caused by the Queensland strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Bradley T Martin, Pamela Palasanthiran, Iain B Gosbell, Thelma Barbagiannakos, Emma J Best and Richard L Henry

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 249

Impact of a formal removal policy for central venous catheters on duration of catheterisation

John R Gowardman, Catherine Kelaher, Joy Whiting and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 249-250

Inhalation-device polypharmacy in asthma

Vanessa M McDonald and Peter G Gibson

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 250-251

Smoking and pregnancy

Raoul A Walsh and Judith Lumley

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 251-252

Smoking and pregnancy

Jessica H Ford and Annette J Dobson

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 251-252

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

Mark Mackay and Peter Millard

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 252-253

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

Len C Gray and Stephen J Duckett

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 252-253

Whistleblowing in the Australian public hospital system

Paddy A Dewan

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 253-254

The direct thrombin inhibitor melagatran/ximelagatran

Luke R Bereznicki, Shane L Jackson and Gregory M Peterson

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (5): 254-255

Australasian Association of Doctors’ Health Advisory Services

Donald B Reid

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Prescription shoppers line

Max Kamien

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Snapshot

Gripped with pain?

John C Tuffley

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Book reviews

Two faces of research ethics

Stephen R Leeder

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He who knows endometriosis ...

Margaret Smith

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Columns

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