Volume 194, Issue 12 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Editor’s choice

Research fraud — where to from here?

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 619 Free

Editorials

What is happening with hip replacement?

Stephen E Graves

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 620-621

Fraud in fluid resuscitation research

John A Myburgh

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 621-622

Asking the hard questions about safety and quality indicators

David I Ben-Tovim

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 623-624

Research

Congenital cytomegalovirus — time to diagnosis, management and clinical sequelae in Australia: opportunities for earlier identification

Brendan J McMullan, Pamela Palasanthiran, Cheryl A Jones, Beverley M Hall, Peter W Robertson, Jonathan Howard and William D Rawlinson

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 625-629 Free

A therapeutic equivalence program: evidence-based promotion of more efficient use of medicines

Ian Larmour, Silvana Pignataro, Kerryn L Barned, Stav Mantas and Melvyn G Korman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 631-634 Free

Health care

Mapping the limits of safety reporting systems in health care —what lessons can we actually learn?

Matthew J W Thomas, Timothy J Schultz, Natalie Hannaford and William B Runciman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 635-639 Free

Opposing views

Is money spent on quality improvement better spent on clinical care? — Yes

J Alasdair Millar

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 640

Is money spent on quality improvement better spent on clinical care? — No

William B Runciman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 641

Viewpoint

Social media and the medical profession

Sarah J Mansfield, Stewart G Morrison, Hugh O Stephens, Michael A Bonning, Sheng-Hui Wang, Aaron H J Withers, Rob C Olver and Andrew W Perry

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 642-644 Free

Using hospital standardised mortality ratios to assess quality of care — proceed with extreme caution

Ian A Scott, Caroline A Brand, Grant E Phelps, Anna L Barker and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 645-648 Free

Notable cases

Cobalt toxicity — an emerging clinical problem in patients with metal-on-metal hip prostheses?

Xinzhan Mao, Andrew A Wong and Ross W Crawford

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 649-651 Free

Murine typhus returns to New South Wales: a case of isolated meningoencephalitis with raised intracranial pressure

Neil G Simon, Phillip D Cremer and Stephen R Graves

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 652-654 Free

Snapshot

Wake up with make-up: complication of cosmetic lid tattoo

Adam K Rudkin and John L Crompton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 654 Free

Lessons from practice

Lymphatic filariasis in Australia: an update on presentation, diagnosis and treatment

Cameron J Jeremiah, Craig A Aboltins and Peter A Stanley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 655-657 Free

Poem

Off call

Robert F Grace

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 657

Review

Public reporting of hospital outcomes: a challenging road ahead

Martin P Gallagher and Harlan M Krumholz

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 658-660 Free

Personal perspective

The ASR Hip Resurfacing System: my experience

Catherine S Gunson

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 661-662

Obituary

Brian Edward McGuirk MB BS, DPH, FACOEM, FAFMM

Nikolai Bogduk

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 662 Free

Letters

Consumption of alcohol-based hand sanitisers by hospital inpatients

Lachlan M Batty, Anna J Brischetto, Ajay C Kevat and Michael J Oldmeadow

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 664

Allergic contact dermatitis in health care workers to diazolidinyl urea present in antimicrobial hand gel

Jennifer L Cahill and Rosemary L Nixon

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 664-665

How accurate are hospital scales?

Rimma Goldberg and Geoffrey Hebbard

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 665

Population and treatment-based incidence estimates of atypical fractures

Christian M Girgis and Markus J Seibel

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 666