Letters

Can safety evidence for tranexamic acid in elective surgery support its use in trauma?

Ian Roberts

Can safety evidence for tranexamic acid in elective surgery support its use in trauma?

Russell L Gruen · Ian G Jacobs · Michael C Reade

We need better data before we stop inserting “just in case” catheters in the ED

Peter Lewindon

However rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia are reported, the aim should be to reduce them

Diane E Watson

However rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia are reported, the aim should be to reduce them

Allen C Cheng · Leon J Worth

Consider differential diagnoses of lymphocytic meningitis in the immune competent individual

Ohide Otome · Michael Bullen · Adrian R Tramontana

Steroid injections in the spine are effective, but only if given in the acute phase of the inflammatory reaction

Thomas K F Taylor · Stephen J Ruff

Risks of radiation exposure in CT scans are considerable for children and young adults, and MRI scans are preferable

Lynton G F Giles

Travel from remote areas to access health care could be contributing significantly to carbon emissions

Colleen Cheek · Timothy Skinner · Isabelle Ellis

Revalidation for doctors working in the UK is complex, and its implications on the workforce remain to be seen

Heinz Tilenius

Can our strained forensic pathologist workforce manage a clinically driven increase in reporting?

Susan J MacCallum · Antoinette C Anazodo

Can our strained forensic pathologist workforce manage a clinically driven increase in reporting?

Sandra L Neate · Lyndal C Bugeja · George A Jelinek

Can our strained forensic pathologist workforce manage a clinically driven increase in reporting?

Stephen M Cordner

Vitamin D may well play a role, but the focus should be awareness of likely exposure to active TB

Anastasios Konstantinos

Bringing chiropractors in line with other Australian health professionals

John E Cunningham · Joanne Benhamu · David Hawkes

Two simple strategies could minimise substitution errors

Alexander M Owen · Sara L Hungerford

Screening can be undertaken successfully before or in the early stages of pregnancy

Alison D Archibald · John Massie · Melanie J Smith · Deborah G Dalton · Desirée du Sart · David J Amor

Simple strategies can be used to improve filter monitoring and removal

Nicholas I Brown · Reade Deleacy · Chloe Szikla · Ashu Jhamb

An effective and well-tolerated treatment for resistant hypertension

Bo Xu · Robert J Whitbourn

An improved capacity to retrieve relevant evidence helps support policy and practice

Jennifer J Tieman · Ruth M Sladek · Ellen McIntyre

A preservative commonly used in personal products is a leading cause of contact dermatitis

Jennifer L Cahill · Ryan W Toholka · Rosemary L Nixon

Boys with rapid-onset alopecia may be at risk of self-harm

Rodney D Sinclair

The debate about bariatric surgery as a cost-effective and holistic surgical option for OSA continues

Kenneth CM Wong

The debate about bariatric surgery as a cost-effective and holistic surgical option for OSA continues

Stuart G MacKay · Edward M Weaver

Does a formulaic approach based on traditional risk factors measure up?

Duncan J Campbell