Volume 197, Issue 4 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Editor's choice

Simple but effective interventions in diabetes care

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 195 Free

Editorials

Individualising type 2 diabetes management: new treatment options and models of care

N Wah Cheung

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 196-197

A limb lost every 3 hours: can Australia reduce amputations in people with diabetes?

Shan M Bergin, Jan B Alford, Bernard P Allard, Joel M Gurr, Emma L Holland, Mark W Horsley, Maarten C Kamp, Peter A Lazzarini, Vanessa L Nube, Ashim K Sinha, Jason T Warnock and Paul R Wraight

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 197-198

Drug treatment for melanoma: progress, but who pays?

Richard F Kefford

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 198-199 Free

In brief

Controversy grows over redefinition of gestational diabetes

Ray N Moynihan

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 203

Drug policy at the margins: the case of growth hormone replacement for adults with severe growth hormone deficiency

Wendy L Lipworth, Ken Ho, Ian H Kerridge and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 204-205 Free

The case for a national intern allocation system in Australia

Michael A Bonning, Rick J Fielke and Rob D Mitchell

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 206-207 Free

The Hospital Skills Program: a professional development program for non-specialist doctors in New South Wales

Simon D Leslie, Peter Davy, Michael Boyd and Mary Webber

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 208-211

Letters

Does it take too long to become a doctor?

Dev A S Kevat and James M Hillis

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 212

Problematic linkage of publicly disclosed hand hygiene compliance and health care-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates

M Lindsay Grayson and Philip L Russo

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 212-214

Problematic linkage of publicly disclosed hand hygiene compliance and health care-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates

Elliott G Playford, David McDougall and Mary-Louise McLaws

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 214

The 2011 Brisbane floods affected residents’ health

Lyle R Turner, Katarzyna Alderman and Shilu Tong

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 214-216

Consistently high incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes

Femke M A P Claessen, Kim Donaghue and Maria Craig

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 216

A screening program to detect aminoglycoside- induced ototoxicity

Maryam Teimoori, Gina Mistry, Carmela Corallo and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 216-217

Hospitalisation with confirmed influenza in a sentinel surveillance system in 2010 and 2011

Allen C Cheng, on behalf of the FluCAN Investigators

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 217

Medical student-initiated anatomy education: an extracurricular experience at a regional medical school

Andrew T Hattam and Claudia M Diaz

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 218

Clinical focus

The role of HbA1c in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in Australia

Michael C d’Emden, Jonathan E Shaw, Peter G Colman, Stephen Colagiuri, Stephen M Twigg, Graham R D Jones, Ian Goodall, Hans G Schneider and N Wah Cheung

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 220-221 Free

Chronic kidney disease and automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: new developments and revised recommendations

David W Johnson, Graham R D Jones, Timothy H Mathew, Marie J Ludlow, Matthew P Doogue, Matthew D Jose, Robyn G Langham, Paul D Lawton, Steven J McTaggart, Michael J Peake, Kevan Polkinghorne and Tim Usherwood, Australasian Creatinine Consensus Working Group

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 222-223 Free

Chronic kidney disease and measurement of albuminuria or proteinuria: a position statement

David W Johnson, Graham R D Jones, Timothy H Mathew, Marie J Ludlow, Stephen J Chadban, Tim Usherwood, Kevan Polkinghorne, Stephen Colagiuri, George Jerums, Richard MacIsaac and Helen Martin, Australasian Proteinuria Consensus Working Group

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 224-225 Free

Australian Diabetes Foot Network: management of diabetes-related foot ulceration — a clinical update

Shan M Bergin, Joel M Gurr, Bernard P Allard, Emma L Holland, Mark W Horsley, Maarten C Kamp, Peter A Lazzarini, Vanessa L Nube, Ashim K Sinha, Jason T Warnock, Jan B Alford and Paul R Wraight

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 226-229 Free

Volume 197 Issue 4

Editor's choice

Editorials

In brief

Perspectives

Letters

Clinical focus

Research

Reflections

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