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19 November 2007

From the Editor's Desk: Medical staff and the hospital Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 545.

In This Issue . . . Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 546.

Editorials

Tissue plasminogen activator for ischaemic stroke: highly effective, reasonably safe and grossly underused
Stephen M Davis, Peter J Hand and Geoffrey A Donnan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 548-549.

Performance monitoring in Australia and England: from scandals to action
Mohammed A Mohammed and Andrew J Stevens — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 549-550.

Research

Intravascular catheter bloodstream infections: an effective and sustained hospital-wide prevention program over 8 years
Peter J Collignon, Dianne E Dreimanis, Wendy D Beckingham, Jan L Roberts and Anne Gardner — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 551-554.

Where to seek help for a mental disorder? National survey of the beliefs of Australian youth and their parents
Anthony F Jorm, Annemarie Wright and Amy J Morgan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 556-560.

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: factors influencing diagnostic delay
Tricia Y J Quek, Margaret J Henry, Julie A Pasco, Daniel P O’Brien, Paul D R Johnson, Andrew Hughes, Allen C Cheng, Jane Redden-Hoare and Eugene Athan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 561-563.

Comparison of crystalline methamphetamine (“ice”) users and other patients with toxicology-related problems presenting to a hospital emergency department
Philippa J Bunting, Gordian W O Fulde and S Lesley Forster — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 564-566.

Health Care

A protocol-driven model for the rapid initiation of stroke thrombolysis in the emergency department
Julia J Batmanian, Meeyin Lam, Caitlin Matthews, Andrew Finckh, Martin Duffy, Robert Wright, Bruce J Brew and Romesh Markus — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 567-570.

Identifying variations in quality of care in Queensland hospitals
Stephen J Duckett, Michael Coory and Kirstine Sketcher-Baker — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 571-575.

Clinical experience of the first digital mammographic unit in Australia in its first year of use
Emma Pun, W F Eddie Lau, Robin Cassumbhoy, Anthony J Taranto and Alexander G Pitman — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 576-579.

Improving Clinical Care

Monitoring antiepileptic drug therapy with serum level measurements
Frank J E Vajda — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 581.

Serum sodium valproate testing: is it appropriate?
Chamishani Rathmalgoda, Julia M Potter and Christian J Lueck — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 582-584.

Viewpoint

Antidepressants and suicide in young people
Robert D Goldney — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 586-587.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

A professional kitesurfer with multiple liver lesions
Stefan Buchholz and George Rudan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 590-591.

Snapshots

Magnetic resonance imaging for paraneoplastic dermatomyositis
Daniele Torchia, Emiliano Antiga, Letizia Ricupero, Marzia Caproni and Paolo Fabbri — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 589.

Arrhythmogenic left ventricular false tendon
Robin A P Weir, Henry J Dargie and Iain N Findlay — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 591.

Correction

Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey
Alison J Venn, Russell J Thomson, Michael D Schmidt, Verity J Cleland, Beverley A Curry, Hanni C Gennat and Terence Dwyer — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 599.

Letters

High levels of cannabis use persist in Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
K S Kylie Lee, Alan R Clough and Katherine M Conigrave — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 594-595.

A national survey of medical morning handover report in Australian hospitals
Erwin Loh || Matthew J Fassett, Terry J Hannan, Iain K Robertson, Steven J Bollipo and Robert G Fassett — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 595-596.

MIMS is not a stand-alone resource
James L Mallows || David T Graham — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 596-597.

International conferences on rare diseases: initiatives in commitment, patient care and connections
Yvonne A Zurynski, Katie N Reeve and Elizabeth J Elliott — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 597.

Drowning and three-wheel strollers
Roger W Byard and Neil Matthews — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 597-598.

Herpes compunctorum: cutaneous herpes simplex virus infection complicating tattooing
Catherine S Marshall, Felicity Murphy, Shannon E McCarthy and Allen C Cheng — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 598.

Driving assessment and rehabilitation after stroke
Zoe A Allen, Julie Halbert and Lydia Huang — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 599.

Book Reviews

Primary care in the twenty-first century: an international perspective
reviewed by Justin J Beilby Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 580.

Clinical thinking: evidence, communication and decision-making
reviewed by Suzanne H McKenzie Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 580.

Anaesthesia and the practice of medicine: historical perspectives
reviewed by Mervyn D Cobcroft Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 580.

Columns

In Other Journals Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 592.

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