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Volume 185 Issue 5

4 September 2006

From the editor’s desk

A pill for all occasions!

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

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Editorials

Organ donation: a chance for Australia to do better

Timothy H Mathew and Jeremy R Chapman

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 245-246

Optimising communication between consumers and clinicians

Peter B Greenberg, Christine Walker and Rachelle Buchbinder

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 246-247

Nutrition surveys or surveillance: one-night stands or a long-term commitment?

Karen L Webb, Ingrid H Rutishauser, Geoffrey C Marks, Gregory Masters and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 248-249

Research

Potential for organ donation in Victoria: an audit of hospital deaths

Helen I Opdam and William Silvester

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Risk factors for wound infection after minor surgery in general practice

Clare Heal, Petra Buettner and Sheldon Browning

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 255-258 Free

The assessment of kidney function by general practitioners in Australian patients with type 2 diabetes (NEFRON-2)

Merlin C Thomas, Andrew J Weekes, Olivia J Broadley and Mark E Cooper

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 259-262 Free

Systematic review

Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials? A systematic review

Amy C Plint, David Moher, Andra Morrison, Kenneth Schulz, Douglas G Altman, Catherine Hill and Isabelle Gaboury

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 263-267 Free

Position statement

Prevention and treatment of infant and childhood vitamin D deficiency in Australia and New Zealand: a consensus statement

Craig Munns, Margaret R Zacharin, Christine P Rodda, Jennifer A Batch, Ruth Morley, Noel E Cranswick, Maria E Craig, Wayne S Cutfield, Paul L Hofman, Barry J Taylor, Sonia R Grover, Julie A Pasco, David Burgner and Christopher T Cowell

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 268-272 Free

Viewpoint

Clinical paradigms revisited

Ami Schattner

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 273-275 Free

For debate

The challenge of locum working arrangements in New South Wales public hospitals

Clare A Skinner, Rebecca L Riordan, Kylie L Fraser, John D Buchanan and Kerry J Goulston

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 276-278 Free

Lessons from practice

Inhaled corticosteroids, adrenal suppression and benign intracranial hypertension

Patrick Patradoon-Ho, Hasantha Gunasekera, Monique M Ryan and Geoffrey R Ambler

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 279-280 Free

A case of human cutaneous anthrax

Anthony Kolbe, Marion G Yuen and Bridget K Doyle

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 281-282 Free

MJA Practice Essentials — Allergy

2. Anaphylaxis: diagnosis and management

Simon G A Brown, Raymond J Mullins and Michael S Gold

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 283-289 Free

Anaphylaxis to stings and bites

Robert J Heddle

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Snapshot

“Meth mouth”

Kishore Shetty

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Corrections

Rural internship for final-year medical students

Tarun Sen Gupta and Richard B Murray

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The burden of chronic kidney disease in Australian patients with type 2 diabetes (the NEFRON study)

Merlin C Thomas, Andrew J Weekes, Olivia J Broadley, Mark E Cooper and Tim H Mathew

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Letters

Trans fats in Australian fast foods

David Cameron-Smith and Andrew J Sinclair

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Current teaching about obesity in Australian universities, specialist medical colleges and through continuing medical education

Melissa J Hayden, Leon Piterman, John B Dixon and Paul E O'Brien

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Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

Andrew J Bezzina

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 294-295

Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

Philip Aylward, Constantine N Aroney, Ken Hossack and Andrew M Tonkin

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 294-295

Evidence into practice: the mental health hurdle is high

Philip B Mitchell, James A Best, Bronwyn M Gould and Ian G Wilson

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 295

Evidence into practice: the mental health hurdle is high

Andrew J Wilson and David Barton

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Interface between residential aged care facilities and a teaching hospital emergency department in Western Australia

Keith S Jones

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Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

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