Volume 193, Issue 4 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

Conflict between doctors and politicians

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 193 Free

In This Issue

Ann T Gregory

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 194 Free

Editorials

Mitochondrial disease: recognising more than just the tip of the iceberg

Carolyn M Sue

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 195-196

Atypical femur fractures: a complication of prolonged bisphosphonate therapy?

Christian M Girgis and Markus J Seibel

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 196-198

Asbestos still poses a threat to global health: now is the time for action

Peter D Sly, Robin Chase, John Kolbe, Philip Thompson, Leena Gupta, Mike Daube, Ian Olver and Deborah Vallance

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 198-199

Towards integrated care: Australia’s new model of care for patients with glaucoma

Christine Y Lu, Vicky H Lu, Ivan Goldberg and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 200-201

Research

Characteristics, management and outcomes of adults with major trauma taking pre-injury warfarin in a Western Australian population from 2000 to 2005: a population-based cohort study

David Mountain, Vera Sistenich and Ian G Jacobs

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 202-206 Free

Door-to-balloon times are reduced in ST-elevation myocardial infarction by emergency physician activation of the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and immediate patient transfer

Alexander B Willson, David Mountain, Joanne M Jeffers, Cheryl G Blanton, Brendan M McQuillan, Joseph Hung, Michael H Muhlmann and Michael C Nguyen

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 207-212 Free

Trends in anthropometry and severity of sleep-disordered breathing over two decades of diagnostic sleep studies in an Australian adult sleep laboratory

Jeffrey J Pretto, Stephen G Gyulay and Michael J Hensley

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 213-216 Free

Survival from haematological malignancy in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood in Australia: is the age-related gap narrowing?

Ross Pinkerton, Rachael-Anne Wills, Michael D Coory and Christopher J Fraser

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 217-221 Free

Public health

Trends in the incidence of hospitalisation for injuries resulting from non-traffic crashes in New South Wales, July 1998 to June 2007

Shanley Chong, Wei Du and Julie Hatfield

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 223-226 Free

Health care

Contrasts in acute medicine: a comparison of the British and Australian systems for managing emergency medical patients

Paul F Jenkins, Lorna L Barton and Gregor B S McNeill

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 227-228 Free

For debate

Teaching hospital planning: a case study and the need for reform

Christopher K Davis and Harry Smith

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 229-232 Free

Review

Prehospital thrombolysis followed by early angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention where appropriate — an underused strategy for the management of STEMI

Richard W Harper and Jeffrey Lefkovits

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 234-237 Free

Clinical practice

Legal and ethical aspects of refusing medical treatment after a suicide attempt: the Wooltorton case in the Australian context

Christopher J Ryan and Sascha Callaghan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 239-242 Free

Letters

Inferior vena cava filters in trauma patients: who is responsible for their removal?

Dominik Baschera, Jonathan K Sebunya and René Zellweger

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 245

Restricted career paths for overseas students graduating from Australian medical schools: legal and policy considerations

Christopher X J Wong, Samuel J Whitehouse, Thomas D Crowhurst and Ross L Roberts-Thomson

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 245-246

Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified

Richard M Mendelson, Richard A Fox and Nicholas H de Klerk

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 246

Seizures related to praziquantel therapy in neurocysticercosis

Saliya S Hewagama, Jonathan D Darby, Harsha Sheorey and John R Daffy

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 246-247

What is the place of a student medical journal?

Matt D Schiller

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 247-248

Supplement

Bipolar disorder: new understandings, emerging treatments

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): Open Access

Book reviews

South African medico, exile and patriot

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 233

Patient’s eye view of chronic pain

Robert D Helme

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 237

Making psychiatry less daunting

Garry Walter

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 238

From evidence to practice

Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 238

Correction

Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol use in Australian doctors

Louise M Nash, Michele G Daly, Patrick J Kelly, Elizabeth H van Ekert, Garry Walter, Merrilyn Walton, Simon M Willcock and Chris C Tennant

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 248

Columns

In Other Journals

Alison Williams

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 244

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