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Volume 194 Issue 7

4 April 2011

Editor's choice

What’s the matter with UMAT?

Annette G Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 330 Free

Editorials

Clostridium difficile infection: a new threat on our doorstep

Rhonda L Stuart and Caroline Marshall

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 331-332

Routine screening for vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy: past its due date?

Peter R Ebeling

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 332-333

Research

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and glycated haemoglobin levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Sue Lynn Lau, Jenny E Gunton, Neil P Athayde, Karen Byth and N Wah Cheung

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 334-337 Free

The impact of potential new diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia

Robert G Moses, Gary J Morris, Peter Petocz, Fernando San Gil and Dinesh Garg

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 338-340 Free

Predictive validity of the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test for medical students’ academic performance

David Wilkinson, Jianzhen Zhang and Malcolm Parker

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 341-344 Free

Burning daylight: balancing vitamin D requirements with sensible sun exposure

Kellie L Stalgis-Bilinski, John Boyages, Elizabeth L Salisbury, Colin R Dunstan, Stuart I Henderson and Peter L Talbot

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 345-348 Free

Medical education

Addressing the hiatus of learning incentives for prevocational doctors: continuing medical education points for interns

Allyson J Agnew and Carl J O’Kane

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 349-352 Free

Book review

Patient safety and quality of care

Stephen J Duckett

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 352

Clinical guidelines

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection

Allen C Cheng, John K Ferguson, Michael J Richards, Jennifer M Robson, Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Alistair McGregor, Sally Roberts, Tony M Korman and Thomas V Riley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 353-358 Free

For debate

Development of clinical-quality registries in Australia: the way forward

Sue M Evans, Ian A Scott, Niall P Johnson, Peter A Cameron and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 360-363 Free

Viewpoint

Interprofessional learning and practice can make a difference

David R Greenfield, Peter Nugus, Joanne F Travaglia and Jeffrey Braithwaite

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 364-365 Free

Obituary

Kenneth Hugh Atkinson MB BS MRCOG FRANZCOG FRCOG

Andrew R Korda

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 365 Free

Frank Fenner AC, CMG, MBE, FAA, FRS

Peter McCullagh

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 366 Free

Lessons from practice

Nephropathy associated with use of a Chinese herbal product containing aristolochic acid

Winnie Chau, Richard Ross, Jordan Y Z Li, Tuck Y Yong, Sonja Klebe and Jeffrey A Barbara

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 367-368 Free

Notable cases

Severe infection with Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 acquired in Melbourne, Australia

Michael Richards, James Knox, Briony Elliott, Kate Mackin, Dena Lyras, Lynette J Waring and Thomas V Riley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 369-371 Free

Snapshot

Laptop dermatitis

Niranthari Chinniah and Pablo Fernández-Peñas

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 371 Free

Letters

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy associated with alcohol withdrawal

Angus G Thompson and Joseph Hung

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 373

Outcomes of appendicectomy in an acute care surgery model

Simone L Geere, Ratna Aseervatham and David Grieve

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 373-374

Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses — an “emerging disease” in Australia

Kudzai N Kanhutu, Jeffrey J Post, Kate R Clezy and Hong Y L Foo

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 374

Intravenous tigecycline in the treatment of severe recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis

Elaine Y L Cheong and Thomas Gottlieb

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 374-375

Towards evidence-based dementia screening in Australia

Jan J Barendregt

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 375

MD: the new MB BS?

Rob D Mitchell, Michael A Bonning and Alex L Markwell

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 375

Corrections

Increased mortality associated with after-hours and weekend admission to the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis

Deepak Bhonagiri, David V Pilcher and Michael J Bailey

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 376

When do I know I am cured? Using conditional estimates to provide better information about cancer survival prospects

Peter D Baade, Danny R Youlden and Suzanne K Chambers

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 376

Columns

In Other Journals

Peter Lavelle

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 372