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Volume 192 Issue 12

21 June 2010

From the editor’s desk

Action on alcohol misuse

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 673 Free

In This Issue

Ann T Gregory

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 674 Free

Editorials

Omitting family history from the hospital admission

Josephine S Thomas and Campbell H Thompson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 676-677

Family history: the neglected risk factor in disease prevention

Jon D Emery, Fiona M Walter and David Ravine

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 677-678

Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Some healing path

Kim J Scott

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 680-681 Free

Research

A retrospective audit of family history records in short-stay medical admissions

Andrew R Langlands, David A Prentice and David Ravine

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 682-684 Free

Efficacy and safety of oral continuous low-dose versus short-term high-dose vitamin D: a prospective randomised trial conducted in a clinical setting

Kathryn L Hackman, Claudia Gagnon, Roisin K Briscoe, Simon Lam, Mahesan Anpalahan and Peter R Ebeling

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 686-689 Free

Assessing pregnant women’s compliance with different alcohol guidelines: an 11-year prospective study

Jennifer R Powers, Deborah J Loxton, Lucy A Burns, Anthony Shakeshaft, Elizabeth J Elliott and Adrian J Dunlop

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 690-693 Free

Acute coronary syndromes

The invasive approach to acute coronary syndrome: true promise or false premise?

Peter L Thompson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 694-695

The “Acute coronary syndromes: consensus recommendations for translating knowledge into action” position statement is based on a false premise

Brett H Forge

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 696-699 Free

Acute coronary syndromes: consensus recommendations for translating knowledge into action

David B Brieger, Constantine N Aroney, Derek P Chew, Anne-Maree Kelly, Darren L Walters, Carrie L Toohey and Andrew N Boyden

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 700-701

Transferring patients for primary angioplasty in eastern Melbourne (the SHIPEM registry): are we meeting the guidelines?

Michael J Moore, Louise Roberts, Houng-Bang Liew, Esther M Briganti and Gishel New

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 702-707 Free

Clinical update

Windows of opportunity: a holistic approach to men’s health*

Carol A Holden, Carolyn A Allan and Robert I McLachlan

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 708-711 Free

Viewpoint

Gains in neurotrauma research activity and output associated with a Victorian state government funding program

Alex Collie

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 712-714 Free

Notable case

Severe hypoglycaemia associated with ingesting counterfeit medication

Santosh K Chaubey, Kunwarjit S Sangla, Emershia N Suthaharan and Yong M Tan

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 716-717 Free

Diagnostic dilemma

Acute abducens nerve palsy and weight loss due to skull base osteomyelitis

Jenson C S Mak, Lawrence H Kim, Lawrence T C Ong and Triet M Bui

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 719-720

Letters

Managing outbreaks of viral respiratory infection in aged care facilities — challenges and difficulties during the first pandemic wave

Gulam Khandaker, Bridget Doyle, Dominic E Dwyer and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 722

A pandemic response to a disease of predominantly seasonal intensity

Rodney C Givney

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 722-723

Bridging the communication gap between public and private radiology services

Nicholas J Ferris, Philip J Dubois, Christopher Lindop, Vincent B McCauley and Peter A MacIsaac

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 723

Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified

Carl M Blecher

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 723-724

Levamisole as an adulterant in a cocaine overdose fatality

Johan A Duflou, Issabella G Brouwer and Shane Darke

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 724

Prevalence of venous thromboembolism in medical inpatients

J Alasdair Millar, Glenda E Lee and Rinaldo Ienco

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 724-726

Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991–2006: differences in outcomes

Hannah G Dahlen, Caroline S E Homer, Sally K Tracy and Andrew M Bisits

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 726-727

Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991–2006: differences in outcomes

Kenneth C Johnson and Betty-Anne Daviss

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 726-727

Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991–2006: differences in outcomes

Marc J N C Keirse, Robyn M Kennare, Graeme R Tucker and Annabelle C Chan

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 726-727

Are patients willing participants in the new wave of community-based medical education in regional and rural Australia?

Alan E Dugdale

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 727-728

Book review

Cross-cultural mental health guide

Perminder S Sachdev

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 718

Being “a little bit pregnant”

Lisa H Amir

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 718

Correction

Impact of income management on store sales in the Northern Territory

Julie K Brimblecombe, Joseph McDonnell, Adam Barnes, Joanne Garnggulkpuy Dhurrkay, David P Thomas and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 728 Free

Columns

In Other Journals

Alison Williams

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 721