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From the Editor's Desk: Medical schools — blue chip assets   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 265.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 266.

Editorials

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Medication errors in hospitals: what can be done?
Clifford F Hughes — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 267-268.

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On the lookout: how to save the sight of Australians who have glaucoma
Mark J Walland — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 269-270.

Conference Report

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Mars and Venus: does gender matter in ageing?
Julie E Byles, Matthew Carroll and the Mars and Venus Writing Team — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 271-273.

Book Review

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Suffering and healing in America: an American doctor’s view from outside
Reviewed by Damien W Morgan — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 275.

Research

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Learning from error: identifying contributory causes of medication errors in an Australian hospital
Pamela Nichols, Tandy-Sue Copeland, Ian A Craib, Paul Hopkins and David G Bruce — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 276-279.

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Accuracy of packaging of dose administration aids in regional aged care facilities in the Hunter area of New South Wales
Annette Carruthers, Kialie Naughton and Gordon Mallarkey — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 280-282.

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Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community
Kevin G Rowley, Kerin O’Dea, Ian Anderson, Robyn McDermott, Karmananda Saraswati, Ricky Tilmouth, Iris Roberts, Joseph Fitz, Zaimin Wang, Alicia Jenkins, James D Best, Zhiqiang Wang and Alex Brown — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 283-287.

Obituary

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Horace Donough O’Brien
Mary L Kille — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 287.

Health Care

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Management of assessments and diagnoses for children with autism spectrum disorders: the Western Australian model
Emma J Glasson, Sarah MacDermott, Glenys Dixon, Hugh Cook, Peter Chauvel, Alana Maley-Berg and John Wray — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 288-291.

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Outcomes for dialysis patients with end-stage renal failure admitted to an intensive care unit or high dependency unit
Sivagnanavel Senthuran, Hiran Bandeshe, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan and Robert Boots — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 292-295.

Consensus Statement

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Guidelines for the management of paracetamol poisoning in Australia and New Zealand — explanation and elaboration
Frank F S Daly, John S Fountain, Lindsay Murray, Andis Graudins and Nicholas A Buckley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 296-302.

Clinical Update

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2007 addendum to the National Heart Foundation of Australia/Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006
Constantine N Aroney, Philip Aylward, Derek P Chew, Nancy Huang, Anne-Maree Kelly, Harvey White and Michelle Wilson — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 302-303.

New Drugs, Old Drugs

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Probiotics: sorting the evidence from the myths
Mimi Pham, Daniel A Lemberg and Andrew S Day — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 304-308.

Snapshot

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Ocular sequelae of vitamin A deficiency
Sunil Karande and Sujit Jagtap || Richard T Le Mesurier — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 308.

Notable Cases

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Prolonged absorption and delayed peak paracetamol concentration following poisoning with extended-release formulation
Darren M Roberts and Nicholas A Buckley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 310-311.

Lessons from Practice

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Primary open-angle glaucoma: the importance of family history and role of intraocular pressure
Richard H C Zegers, Erik F Reinders and Marc D de Smet — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 312-313.

Letters

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Is “nut-free” sunflower seed butter safe for children with peanut allergy?
Mimi Tang and Raymond J Mullins — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 316.

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γ-Hydroxybutyrate poisoning from toy beads
Vicki Kotsirilos — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 316.

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Osteoarthritis — the forgotten obesity-related epidemic with worse to come
Margaret A Allman-Farinelli, Robert J Aitken, Lesley A King and Adrian E Bauman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 317.

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Radiographers’ role in radiological reporting: a model to support future demand
Jeffery M Peereboom || Tony N Smith — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 317-318.

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Experienced physiotherapists as gatekeepers to hospital orthopaedic outpatient care
Caroline A Brand, Richard H Osborne, Ian P Wicks and Richard N de Steiger || Leonie B Oldmeadow, Harvinda S Bedi, Hugh T Burch, Jenni S Smith, Edmund S Leahy and Miron Goldwasser — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 318-319.

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Lack of consistency in safe-sleeping messages to parents
Sarah J Buckley || Roger W Byard, Glenda Cains, Helen Noblet and Maxine Weber — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 319-320.

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In my day
Sara L Barnes — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 320.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 314.

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