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Diagnostic techniques and procedures

Letters

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

Book review

Breathing life into histology

Tanya Grassi

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 180

In Clinical Practice

Are rates of pathology test ordering higher in general practices co-located with pathology collection centres?

David M Studdert, Helena C Britt, Ying Pan, Salma Fahridin, Clare F Bayram and Lyle C Gurrin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 114-119 Free

Letters

It’s time to depolarise the unhelpful PSA-testing debate and put into practice lessons from the two major international screening trials

Kenneth A Sikaris

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 61

Snapshot

Christmas lights in the gastrointestinal tract

Yohan Chacko and Carolyn J Clark

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 56 Free

Letters

Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified

Carl M Blecher

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

Letters

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

Snapshot

Two in one: more than we bargained for

Jimmy Z Shen and Jui T Ho

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (11): 654 Free

Editorials

The Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010: the risks to patients when the Department of Finance and Deregulation makes health policy

Beverley J Rowbotham

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 484-485

Research

Impact of coronial investigations on manner and cause of death determinations in Australia, 2000–2007

David M Studdert and Stephen M Cordner

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 444-447 Free

Letters

Is informed consent necessary for computed tomography in children and young adults?

John F de Campo and Margaret P de Campo

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 423

Editorials

Vertebroplasty, evidence and professional protest

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 301-302

For debate

Vertebroplasty for painful acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures: recent Medical Journal of Australia editorial is not relevant to the patient group that we treat with vertebroplasty

William A Clark, Terrence H Diamond, H Patrick McNeil, Peter N Gonski, Glen P Schlaphoff and John C Rouse

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 334-337 Free

For debate

Invited editorial presents an accurate summary of the results of two randomised placebo-controlled trials of vertebroplasty

Rachelle Buchbinder, Richard H Osborne and David Kallmes

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 338-341 Free

For debate

Pandemic influenza testing at the coalface: time for reassessment?

Miles H Beaman and Michael J Leung

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 102-104 Free

Christmas offerings

Relative radio-opacity of commonly consumed fish species in South East Queensland on lateral neck x-ray: an ovine model

William R A Davies and Patricia J Bate

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 677-680 Free

Clinical update

Bridging the communication gap between public and private radiology services

Turab Chakera, Yusuf Nagree, Swithin Song and Philip Jones

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 558-560 Free

Editorials

Vertebroplasty appears no better than placebo for painful osteoporotic spinal fractures, and has potential to cause harm

Rachelle Buchbinder, Richard H Osborne and David Kallmes

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 476-477

Research

Does point-of-care testing lead to the same or better adherence to medication? A randomised controlled trial: the PoCT in General Practice Trial

Angela Gialamas, Lisa N Yelland, Philip Ryan, Kristyn Willson, Caroline O Laurence, Tanya K Bubner, Philip Tideman and Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 487-491 Free

Health care

A pilot study of trimodality breast imaging surveillance in young women at high risk of breast cancer in Western Australia

Christobel M Saunders, Gudrun Peters, Glenys Longman, Jacqueline Thomson, Donna Taylor, Jianmin Hua, Michelle Bennett, Elizabeth Wylie, Jack Goldblatt, Arlene Chan and James Anderson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 330-333 Free

Snapshot

Three synchronous tumours identified by FDG-PET/CT

Paul M Leong, Michael Lin and Allan R Fowler

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 275 Free

Health care

Who is responsible for the care of patients treated with warfarin therapy?

Judy A Lowthian, Basia O Diug, Sue M Evans, Ellen L Maxwell, Alison M Street, Leon Piterman and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 674-677 Free

Research

Pathology processes and emergency department length of stay: the impact of change

Andrew J Francis, Michael J Ray and Mary C Marshall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 665-669 Free

Research

Effectiveness of point-of-care testing for therapeutic control of chronic conditions: results from the PoCT in General Practice Trial

Tanya K Bubner, Caroline O Laurence, Angela Gialamas, Lisa N Yelland, Philip Ryan, Kristyn J Willson, Philip Tideman, Paul Worley and Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 624-626 Free

Letters

Primary osteosarcoma of the sternum after coronary artery bypass grafting

Laurence Weinberg and Joseph Mathew

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 649