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Contents 7 April 2003 |
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| From the Editor's desk: Diagnosing dying (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 305) | ||
| In This Issue . . . (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 308) |
| Editorials |
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Strategies to improve outcomes after acute stroke
Geoffrey A Donnan, Stephen M Davis and Christopher R Levi — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 309-310. |
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Motor neurone disease: a Pandora's box
Matthew C Kiernan — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 311-312. |
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Tobacco control in Australia: what aren't you doing
and why aren't you doing it?
Dileep G Bal, Donald O Lyman and David F Veneziano — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 313-314. |
| Conference Report |
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Clinical trials research in the new millennium: the International Clinical Trials Symposium, Sydney, 21–23 October 2002
Rhana Pike, Anthony C Keech and R John Simes — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 316-317. |
| Research |
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Evidence-based care and outcomes of acute stroke managed
in hospital specialty units
Brendan K Duffy, Paddy A Phillips, Stephen M Davis, Geoffrey A Donnan, Miriam E Vedadhaghi, and on behalf of the Stroke in Hospitals: an Australian Review of Treatment (START) investigators * — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 318-323. |
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Acute stroke thrombolysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in an Australian tertiary hospital
Cassandra E I Szoeke, Mark W Parsons, Kenneth S Butcher, Tracey A Baird, Peter J Mitchell, Sonya E Fox and Stephen M Davis — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 324-328. |
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Time to hospital admission for acute stroke:
an observational study
Simon A Broadley and Philip D Thompson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 329-331. |
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Patient outcomes and length of stay in a stroke unit offering both acute and rehabilitation services
Yan H Ang, Daniel K Y Chan, Derrick M K Heng and Qing Shen — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 333-336. |
| For Debate |
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Medical rosters and the Trade Practices Act
Warren Pengilley — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 337-340. |
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A matter of purpose
Paul Gerber — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 341. |
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Rural doctors and medical rosters
David Mildenhall — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 341-342. |
| Lessons from Practice |
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Eardrop attacks: seizures triggered by ciprofloxacin eardrops
Carolyn F Orr and Dominic B Rowe — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 343. |
| Personal Perspective |
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Motor neurone disease (MND): a personal perspective
Roderick A Mackenzie — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 344-345. |
| EBM: Trials on Trial |
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Does dietary modification and/or physical activity reduce the progression from impaired glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes?
Dorothy EM Mackerras — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 346-347. |
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Flow of participants in randomised studies
Burcu Cakir, Val J Gebski and Anthony C Keech — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 348-349. |
| Letters |
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Emergence of hetero-vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) in Sydney
Iain B Gosbell, David H Mitchell, Helen Ziochos and Peter B Ward — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 354. |
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Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines
David W Johnson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 354-355. |
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In reply: Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines
Cynthia M Farquhar — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 355. |
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In reply: Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines
Rowan G Walker — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 355-356. |
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Australian health policy research and development
Jane P Hall — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (6): 356. |
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Managing the resource demands of a large sample size in clinical trials: can you succeed with fewer subjects?
Adrián V Hernández and Ewout W Steyerberg — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 356-357. |
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In reply: Covariate adjustment for prognostic baseline characteristics may decrease the sample size
Anthony C Keech and Val J Gebski — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 357-358. |
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Determining the sample size in a clinical trial
Owen D Williamson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 358. |
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In reply: Determining the sample size in a clinical trial
Adrienne Kirby, Val Gebski and Anthony C Keech — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 358. |
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Professional monitoring and critical incident reporting using personal digital assistants
Onyebuchi A Arah — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 359. |
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In reply: Professional monitoring and critical incident reporting using personal digital assistants
Paul D Bent — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 359. |
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Air pollution and its health impacts: the changing panorama
Louis A du Plessis — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 359-360. |
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Beware the zebra
Pedita S Rowe — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 360. |
| Corrections |
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Experimental human infection with the dog hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum
Juergen K Landmann and Paul Prociv — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 323. |
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Lymphoedema in breast cancer patients
Graeme N Brodie — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 360. |
| Book Reviews |
| Handbook of sports medicine and science. Strength training for sport
reviewed by David C Hughes — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 332 |
| Pattern recognition in diagnostic imaging
reviewed by Alan B Chater — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 351. |
| Columns |
| In Other Journals (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 352) |
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