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Volume 197 Issue 3

6 August 2012

Editor's choice

What influences clinical decision making?

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 129 Free

Editorials

The role of statin therapy in patients with lower vascular risk

Anthony C Keech, Jordan R Fulcher and John Simes

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 130-131 Free

Funding of new cardiac technologies in Australia

David W M Muller

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 132-133

The future of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia

Graeme P Maguire, Jonathan R Carapetis, Warren F Walsh and Alex D H Brown

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 133-134

In brief

From the CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 136

News

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 137

Perspectives

The ethics of industry sponsorship of charities

Nathan J Grills

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 139

Measuring performance and outcomes of acute coronary syndromes management in Australia

Derek Chew, David Brieger, Carolyn M Astley and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 140-142

Importance of ambulatory blood pressure in hypertension management

Geoffrey A Head, Barry P McGrath, Mark R Nelson and Michael Stowasser

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 143-144

Letters

Is the non-medical use of prescription stimulants a problem in Australia?

Jayne C Lucke and Wayne D Hall

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 145

Does it take too long to become a doctor?

Matthew H Anstey

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 145-146

Headache sufferers need to be heard too

Alessandro S Zagami

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 146

The need to tackle concussion in Australian football codes

Ron Muratore

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 146-146

No more excuses: fracture liaison services work and are cost-effective

Nikolai Bogduk

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 147

Nutrition competencies for the prevention and treatment of disease in Australian medical courses

Caryl Nowson, Marjo Roshier-Taks and Brendan Crotty

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 147

Emergency department overcrowding and mortality after the introduction of the 4-hour rule in Western Australia

Shyan L Goh

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 148

Allergy to topical and oral goat products

Raymond J Mullins

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 148-149

Testing the golden rules of infectious diseases: staphylococcal bacteriuria is predictive of staphylococcal bacteraemia

Janine M Trevillyan and Denis Spelman

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 149-150

Opportunistic serological surveillance for Murray Valley encephalitis virus in Victoria, February–May 2011

Joseph S Doyle, Suellen Nicholson, Jennifer A Leydon, Rodney J Moran and Michael G Catton

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 150

Terson syndrome: the need for fundoscopy in subarachnoid haemorrhage

Akbar N Ashrafi, Rahul Chakrabarti and John Laidlaw

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 152

Clinical focus

Congenital heart disease: current knowledge about causes and inheritance

Gillian M Blue, Edwin P Kirk, Gary F Sholler, Richard P Harvey and David S Winlaw

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 155-159 Free

Research

The effect of clinical history on accuracy of electrocardiograph interpretation among doctors working in emergency departments

Monique F Cruz, James Edwards, Michael M Dinh and Elizabeth H Barnes

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 161-165 Free

Single-centre experience of donation after cardiac death

Tim G Coulson, David V Pilcher, Shena M Graham, Gregory I Snell, Bronwyn J Levvey, Steve Philpot, Alvin Teo and Andrew R Davies

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 166-169 Free

Better Outcomes or Better Access — which was better for mental health care?

Christopher M Harrison, Helena C Britt and Janice Charles

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 170-172 Free

Tiger snake (Notechis spp) envenoming: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-13)

Geoffrey K Isbister, Margaret A O’Leary, Matthew Elliott and Simon G A Brown

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 173-177 Free

A multicentre evaluation of two intensive care unit triage protocols for use in an influenza pandemic

Winston K Cheung, John Myburgh, Ian M Seppelt, Michael J Parr, Nikki Blackwell, Shannon DeMonte, Kalpesh Gandhi, Larissa Hoyling, Priya Nair, Melissa Passer, Claire Reynolds, Nicholas M Saunders, Manoj K Saxena and Govindasamy Thanakrishnan, on behalf of the Influenza Pandemic ICU Triage (iPIT) Study Investigators

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 178-181 Free

Reflections

The Australian Medical Association at 50 years

Choong-Siew Yong

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 182-183

Understanding the mouth, nose and throat

Michael Barakate

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 185

Poems

Sanatorium

Jennifer Harrison

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 185 Free

Sir Keith Stephen Jones MB BS(Hons), FRCS, FRACS, FACEM, FRACGP

George D Repin

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): 186 Free

Careers

Matters of the heart

Marge Overs

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): C1 Free

Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith

Interview by Marge

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): C2 Free

Labour of love

Marge Overs

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): C5 Free

The perfect score

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): C6 Free

All a Twitter

Amanda Bryan

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (3): C7 Free