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16 August 2010

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From the Editor’s Desk: Conflict between doctors and politicians   Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 193.

 

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 194.

Editorials

 

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Mitochondrial disease: recognising more than just the tip of the iceberg
Carolyn M Sue — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 195-196.

 

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Atypical femur fractures: a complication of prolonged bisphosphonate therapy?
Christian M Girgis and Markus J Seibel — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 196-198.

 

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Asbestos still poses a threat to global health: now is the time for action
Peter D Sly, Robin Chase, John Kolbe, Philip Thompson, Leena Gupta, Mike Daube, Ian Olver and Deborah Vallance — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 198-199.

 

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Towards integrated care: Australia’s new model of care for patients with glaucoma
Christine Y Lu, Vicky H Lu, Ivan Goldberg and Richard O Day — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 200-201.

Research

 

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Characteristics, management and outcomes of adults with major trauma taking pre-injury warfarin in a Western Australian population from 2000 to 2005: a population-based cohort study
David Mountain, Vera Sistenich and Ian G Jacobs — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 202-206.

 

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Door-to-balloon times are reduced in ST-elevation myocardial infarction by emergency physician activation of the cardiac catheterisation laboratory and immediate patient transfer
Alexander B Willson, David Mountain, Joanne M Jeffers, Cheryl G Blanton, Brendan M McQuillan, Joseph Hung, Michael H Muhlmann and Michael C Nguyen — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 207-212.

 

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Trends in anthropometry and severity of sleep-disordered breathing over two decades of diagnostic sleep studies in an Australian adult sleep laboratory
Jeffrey J Pretto, Stephen G Gyulay and Michael J Hensley — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 213-216.

 

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Survival from haematological malignancy in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood in Australia: is the age-related gap narrowing?
Ross Pinkerton, Rachael-Anne Wills, Michael D Coory and Christopher J Fraser — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 217-221.

Public Health

 

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Trends in the incidence of hospitalisation for injuries resulting from non-traffic crashes in New South Wales, July 1998 to June 2007
Shanley Chong, Wei Du and Julie Hatfield — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 223-226.

Health Care

 

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Contrasts in acute medicine: a comparison of the British and Australian systems for managing emergency medical patients
Paul F Jenkins, Lorna L Barton and Gregor B S McNeill — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 227-228.

For Debate

 

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Teaching hospital planning: a case study and the need for reform
Christopher K Davis and Harry Smith — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 229-232.

Review

 

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Prehospital thrombolysis followed by early angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention where appropriate — an underused strategy for the management of STEMI
Richard W Harper and Jeffrey Lefkovits — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 234-237.

Clinical Practice

 

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Legal and ethical aspects of refusing medical treatment after a suicide attempt: the Wooltorton case in the Australian context
Christopher J Ryan and Sascha Callaghan — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 239-242.

Letters

 

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Inferior vena cava filters in trauma patients: who is responsible for their removal?
Dominik Baschera, Jonathan K Sebunya and René Zellweger — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 245.

 

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Restricted career paths for overseas students graduating from Australian medical schools: legal and policy considerations
Christopher X J Wong, Samuel J Whitehouse, Thomas D Crowhurst and Ross L Roberts-Thomson — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 245-246.

 

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Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified
Richard M Mendelson, Richard A Fox and Nicholas H de Klerk — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 246.

 

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Seizures related to praziquantel therapy in neurocysticercosis
Saliya S Hewagama, Jonathan D Darby, Harsha Sheorey and John R Daffy — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 246-247.

 

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What is the place of a student medical journal?
Matt D Schiller — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 247-248.

Supplement

 

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Bipolar disorder: new understandings, emerging treatments
Coordinating editors: David J Castle, Michael Berk and Barbara M Hocking — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): S1-S40.

Book Reviews

 

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Hoffenberg. Physician and humanitarian
reviewed by Peter C Arnold — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 233.

 

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Inside chronic pain. An intimate and critical account
reviewed by Robert D Helme — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 237.

 

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A primer of clinical psychiatry
reviewed by Garry Walter — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 238.

 

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Evidence-based practice. Across the health professions
reviewed by Mark F Harris — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 238.

Correction

 

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Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity and hazardous alcohol use in Australian doctors
Louise M Nash, Michele G Daly, Patrick J Kelly, Elizabeth H van Ekert, Garry Walter, Merrilyn Walton, Simon M Willcock and Chris C Tennant — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 248.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 244.


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