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17 November 2008

From the Editor’s Desk: Doctors as stars Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 537.

In This Issue . . . Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 538.

Editorials

Reducing sudden death in young people in Australia and New Zealand: the TRAGADY initiative
Jon R Skinner, Johan A Duflou and Christopher Semsarian — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 539-540.

Victoria’s trauma care system: national implications for quality improvement
Francis T McDermott and Stephen M Cordner — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 540-542.

Conference Report

Quality use of medicines: what does it mean for you?
Sharene A Jackson — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 543-544.

Research

A statewide system of trauma care in Victoria: effect on patient survival
Peter A Cameron, Belinda J Gabbe, D James Cooper, Tony Walker, Rodney Judson and John McNeil — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 546-550.

Frequent attenders at emergency departments: a linked-data population study of adult patients
George A Jelinek, Moyez Jiwa, Nicholas P Gibson and Ann-Maree Lynch — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 552-556.

Long-term survival following chemoradiation for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer
Nikki M Plumridge, Michael J Millward, Danny Rischin, Michael P MacManus, Andrew Wirth, Michael Michael, Kally Yuen and David L Ball — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 557-559.

Somatic symptoms, hypochondriasis and psychological distress: a study of somatisation in Australian general practice
David M Clarke, Leon Piterman, Claire J Byrne and David W Austin — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 560-564.

Health Care

Folate awareness and the prevalence of neural tube defects in South Australia, 1966–2007
Annabelle C Chan, Phillipa van Essen, Heather Scott, Eric A Haan, Leonie Sage, Joan Scott, Tiffany K Gill and Anh-Minh T Nguyen — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 566-569.

What has happened with neural tube defects and womens’ understanding of folate in Victoria since 1998?
Louise du Plessis, Rod W Hunt, Ashley S Fletcher, Merilyn M Riley and Jane L Halliday — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 570-574.

Intravenous potassium chloride prescribing and administration practices in Victoria: an observational study
Melita A Van de Vreede, Sally G Wilson and Michael J Dooley — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 575-577.

Position Statement

Infants with chronic neonatal lung disease: recommendations for the use of home oxygen therapy
Dominic A Fitzgerald, R John H Massie, Gillian M Nixon, Adam Jaffe, Andrew Wilson, Louis I Landau, Jacob Twiss, Greg Smith, Claire Wainwright and Margaret Harris — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 578-582.

For Debate

Australian Government health advisory groups and health policy: seeking a horse, finding a camel
Lesley M Russell, Anne-marie Boxall and Stephen R Leeder — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 583-585.

Preventive Health

Australia: the healthiest country by 2020
A Rob Moodie — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 588-590.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

Headache of a diagnosis: frontotemporal pain and inflammation associated with osteolysis
Lyndal J Tacon, Jonathon F Parkinson, Bernard J Hudson, Janice M Brewer, Nicholas S Little and Roderick J Clifton-Bligh — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 591-592.

Snapshot

An unusual cause of dyspnoea
Kshitij Mankad and Michael J Darby — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 556.

Obituary

Albert Frank Bencsik
William J Barnett — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 565.

Book Reviews

Becoming a doctor. Surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years
Reviewed by Eleanor M Flynn — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 565.

General anatomy. Principles and applications
Reviewed by James M Cummins — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 595.

Correction

Avoiding common problems associated with intravenous fluid therapy
Andrew K Hilton, Vincent A Pellegrino and Carlos D Scheinkestel — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 582.

Letters

Absence of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in a remote Indigenous community
Stephen A Margolis, Valmae A Ypinazar, Alan R Clough and Ernest Hunter — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 596.

Management of kidney stone disease in New South Wales: an observational study
Finlay Macneil, James W H Macneil, Kylie L Fraser and Andrew J Brooks — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 596-597.

Booster seat use by children aged 4–11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children
Michael P Fitzharris and Diana M Bowman — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 597-598.

Evidence to support changes to child restraint legislation
Wei Du, Caroline F Finch and Lynne E Bilston — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 598-599.

Umbilical cord blood banking: public good or private benefit?
David E Roberts || Gabrielle N Samuel, Ian H Kerridge and Tracey A O’Brien — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 599-600.

I went to work with a “cold” ...
John F Knight — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 600.

Supplement

Optimising care for people with chronic disease — Contents

Columns

In Other Journals Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 593.

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