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    Medical Journal of Australia: Volume 181, Issue 9

    465-520
    November 2004
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From the Editor's Desk

Breaking bread together

Martin B Van Der Weyden, 
  • Page: 465
  • First Published: November 2004

In This Issue

  • Page: 466
  • First Published: November 2004

Editorials

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Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest

Stephen A Bernard MD, FACEM, FJFICM, 
  • Pages: 468-469
  • First Published: November 2004
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The hidden tragedy of offender deaths

Stuart Ross, 
  • Pages: 469-470
  • First Published: November 2004

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Age-related macular degeneration and its possible prevention

Ian J Constable FRANZCO, FRACS, FRCS, 
  • Pages: 471-472
  • First Published: November 2004

Research

Predicting death in young offenders: a retrospective cohort study

Carolyn Coffey BSc, GradDipEpi,  Andrew W Lovett FRACP,  Eileen Cini BSc(Hons),  George C Patton MD, FRANZCP,  Rory Wolfe PhD,  Paul Moran MD, MRCPsych, 
  • Pages: 473-477
  • First Published: November 2004

Trends in the use of hospital beds by older people in Australia: 1993–2002

Len C Gray PhD, FRACP,  Margaret A Yeo MPH, BSc(Hons),  Stephen J Duckett PhD, FCHSE, 
  • Pages: 478-481
  • First Published: November 2004

Public Health

Impact of hepatitis A vaccination of Indigenous children on notifications of hepatitis A in north Queensland

Jeffrey N Hanna MPH, FAFPHM,  Susan L Hills MTH, FAFPHM,  Jan L Humphreys, 
  • Pages: 482-485
  • First Published: November 2004

Medicine and the Community

Postnatal evaluation of vitamin D and bone health in women who were vitamin D-deficient in pregnancy, and in their infants

Katherine Thomson MB BS,  Margaret R Zacharin MB BS, FRACP,  Ruth Morley BA, MB BChir, FRCPCH,  Sonia R Grover MB BS, FRACOG, 
  • Pages: 486-488
  • First Published: November 2004

Viewpoint

The obesity epidemic: both energy intake and physical activity contribute

Christina O Stubbs BSc, GradDipDiet, APD,  Amanda J Lee BSc, GradDipDiet, PhD, 
  • Pages: 489-491
  • First Published: November 2004

Book Review

Health of refugees in Australia

Rohan Vora, 
  • Page: 491
  • First Published: 28 April 2004

Position Statement

Warfarin reversal: consensus guidelines, on behalf of the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Ross I Baker PhD, FRACP,  Paul B Coughlin PhD, FRACP, FRCPA,  Hatem H Salem MD, FRACP, FRCPA,  Alex S Gallus FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP,  Paul L Harper MD, FRACP, FRCPA,  Erica M Wood FRACP, FRCPA, 
  • Pages: 492-497
  • First Published: November 2004

Notable Cases

A limited form of Churg–Strauss syndrome presenting without asthma and eosinophilia

Bhavneesh K Sharma MB BS, MD,  Mradul K Daga MB BS, MD,  Manisha Sharma MB BS, DTCD, 
  • Pages: 498-499
  • First Published: November 2004

Lessons from Practice

Near-drowning treated with therapeutic hypothermia

Jonathan P Williamson MB BS, BSc(Med),  Stan Braude MD, FRACP,  Rowland Illing MRCS,  Paul Gertler BA(Hons), MPsych, MAPS, 
  • Pages: 500-501
  • First Published: November 2004

Teaching on the run

Teaching on the run tips 6: determining competence

Fiona R Lake MD, FRACP,  Jeffrey M Hamdorf PhD, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 502-503
  • First Published: November 2004

Obituaries

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George Michael Eckert PhC, MB BS(Hons), MSc, PhD, MD

Allan J McLean,  Lisa L Demos,  Constantine G Berbatis, 
  • Page: 503
  • First Published: November 2004
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Marcus (“Marc”) de Laune Faunce CVO, AM, OBE, MB BS, FRCP, FRACP

Bryan S Furnass, 
  • Page: 504
  • First Published: November 2004

MJA Practice Essentials – Paediatrics

Paediatrics: tackling the common problems

Richard T L Couper MB ChB, FRACP,  Richard L Henry MD, FRACP, DipClinEpid,  Michael South DCH, FRACP, MD, 
  • Pages: 505-506
  • First Published: November 2004

1. Problem crying in infancy

Harriet Hiscock FRACP, MD, GradDipEpi,  Brigid Jordan BSW, PhD, 
  • Pages: 507-512
  • First Published: November 2004

Columns

In Other Journals

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Letters

The expanding phenotype of cystic fibrosis

Janine M Smith,  Edwin P E Kirk, 
  • Page: 514
  • First Published: November 2004

Obtaining consent affects the value of the Western Australian autism register

Emma J Glasson,  John Wray, 
  • Pages: 514-515
  • First Published: November 2004

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Patrick G P Charles,  Michelle Ananda-Rajah,  Paul D R Johnson,  M Lindsay Grayson, 
  • Pages: 515-516
  • First Published: November 2004

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Kirsty L Buising,  Karin A Thursky,  James F Black,  Graham V Brown, 
  • Pages: 515-516
  • First Published: November 2004

The Australian Government's Review of Positron Emission Tomography: evidence-based policy decision-making in action

Nat Lenzo, 
  • Pages: 516-517
  • First Published: 18 October 2004

The Australian Government's Review of Positron Emission Tomography: evidence-based policy decision-making in action

Robert E Ware,  Hilton W Francis,  Kenneth E Read, 
  • Pages: 516-517
  • First Published: 18 October 2004

Medical education and hard science

Kevin L Forbes, 
  • Page: 518
  • First Published: November 2004

Medical education and hard science

Paul G McMenamin, 
  • Page: 518
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Medical education and hard science

Martin B Van Der Weyden, 
  • Page: 518
  • First Published: November 2004

Managing medical indemnity: must we choose between quality assurance and risk management?

Lionel L Wilson, 
  • Pages: 519-520
  • First Published: November 2004

Managing medical indemnity: must we choose between quality assurance and risk management?

Paul Nisselle, 
  • Pages: 519-520
  • First Published: November 2004

Missed peptic ulcer: a salutary lesson

Kevin B Orr, 
  • Page: 520
  • First Published: November 2004