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    Medical Journal of Australia: Volume 203, Issue 11

    417-475
    December 2015
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Editorials

An Introduction

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Building on the rich heritage of the Medical Journal of Australia

Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 417-418
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

2015 Update

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Welcoming the new Editor-in-Chief

Charles Guest MPH, PhD, FAFPHM, 
  • Page: 419
  • First Published: 14 December 2015
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MJA reviewers

  • Pages: 420-421
  • First Published: 14 December 2015
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Is ketamine ready to be used clinically for the treatment of depression?

Colleen Loo MB BS, MD, FRANZCP, 
  • Page: 425
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

News

From the NHMRC

A step toward facilitating ethics review of human research in Australia

Gordon McGurk,  Joel Ceramidas,  Jeremy Kenner, 
  • Page: 426
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

News Briefs

News briefs

Cate Swannell, 
  • Pages: 427-428
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Perspectives

Time to shut down the acute care conveyor belt?

Kenneth M Hillman MD, FRCA, FCICM,  Gordon D Rubenfeld MD,  Jeffrey Braithwaite PhD, FAIM, FCHSM, 
  • Pages: 429-430
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Mental health services reach the tipping point in Australian acute hospitals

Stephen Allison MB BS, FRANZCP,  Tarun Bastiampillai MB BS, BMedSci, FRANZCP, 
  • Pages: 432-434
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Short Reports

Imported New World screw-worm fly myiasis

Sonny Lau MB BS, MPH,  Ian Langstaff BVSc, MVPHMgt, MANZCVS,  Norbert J Ryan BAgrSci, PhD, 
  • Page: 435
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Alcohol gifts in medicine

R John H Massie MB BS, FRACP, PhD,  A Rob Moodie MB BS, MPH, 
  • Page: 436
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Research

Risk factors and burden of acute Q fever in older adults in New South Wales: a prospective cohort study

Surendra Karki MSc, MScIH, PhD,  Heather F Gidding BAppSci, MAppEpid, PhD,  Anthony T Newall BSc, MHP(Hons), PhD,  Peter B McIntyre MB BS, FAFPHM, FRACP, PhD,  Bette C Liu MB BS, MPH, DPhil, 
  • Page: 438
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Unprofessional behaviour on social media by medical students

Christopher J Barlow MB BS,  Stewart Morrison MB BS, PGDipSurgAnat,  Hugh ON Stephens BHumSci, BMedSci(Hons),  Emily Jenkins MB BS(Hons), BMedSci(Hons),  Michael J Bailey PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons),  David Pilcher MB BS, FRACP, FCICM, 
  • Page: 439
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

The epidemiology of tuberculosis in children in Australia, 2003–2012

Stephen S Teo MB BS, FRACP, PGDipEpid,  Ee Laine Tay MB BS, MPH, MAppEpid,  Paul Douglas MB BS, MHA, FRACMA,  Vicki L Krause MD, DTMH, FAFPHM,  Stephen M Graham MB BS, FRACP, PhD, 
  • Page: 440
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

The treatment of nursing home-acquired pneumonia using a medically intensive Hospital in the Home service

Michael Montalto MB BS, PhD, FRACGP,  Man Yee Chu MRCP, FHKAM,  Irani Ratnam MB BS, FRACP,  Tim Spelman MB BS,  Karin Thursky MB BS, BSc, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 441-442
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Case Reports

Notable Case

Chronic Ayurvedic medicine use associated with major and fatal congenital abnormalities

Anselm Wong MB BS, FACEM, DipTox,  Paul Dargan MB BS, FRCP, FRCPE,  Zeff Koutsogiannis MB BS, FACEM,  Jenni Sokol MB BS, FRACP, FCICM,  Jayshree Ramkrishna MD, FRANZCOG, DDU,  Shaun L Greene MB ChB, MSc(MedTox), FACEM, 
  • Pages: 443-444
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Lessons from Practice

Initial presentation of a urea cycle disorder in adulthood: an under-recognised cause of severe neurological dysfunction

James R Anstey MB BS, FRACP, FCICM,  Timothy P Haydon FRACP, FCICM, FANZCA,  Rashmi B Ghanpur MB BS,  Gerard de Jong MD, PhD, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 445-447
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Reflections

Best of Best

Help! I have lost my blue tie

John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon), 
  • Pages: 448-449
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Women in Medicine

Dr Sr Mary Glowrey JMJ, MB BS 1910, MD 1919: Australia's second saint?

Jacqueline Healy BA, MBA, PhD,  Robyn Fahy BA, GCertMgmt, DipMaritimeStud, 
  • Pages: 450-451
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Christmas Competition

Winner

The psychopathology of James Bond and its implications for the revision of the DSM-(00)7

Anna Stowe Alrutz MA,  Bridget Kool PhD, MPH, RGON,  Tom Robinson MB ChB, MPH(Hons), FNZCPHM,  Simon Moyes BSc,  Peter Huggard EdD, MPH, MEd(Couns),  Karen Hoare PhD, MSc,  Bruce Arroll MB ChB, PhD, FRNZCGP, 
  • Pages: 452-456
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Runner-up

’Twas the night before Grand Round …

Richard J B Ellis MBChB(Hons), MPhil, MRCP,  Barnaby N Hirons MBChB, MSc, MRCP,  Alexandra E May MBChB(Hons), MRCGP,  David J McCreary MBChB, MRCEM,  Nicholas D Peterson MBChB(Hons), MRCS,  Leonard M Quinn MBChB(Hons), MRCS,  Besa Ziso MBChB, MRCP,  Michael Bonello MD, MRCP,  Brython Hywel MBBCh(Hons), MRCP,  Benedict D Michael MBChB(Hons), MRCP, PhD,  Sean D Brown BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCP,  Benjamin D Murray BSc(Hons), MBChB(Hons), FRCA,  Duncan M Rogers MBChB, MRCGP,  Matt Barrett BSc,  Mark Doran MD, PhD, FRCP, 
  • Page: 457
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Americans shooting themselves in the foot: the epidemiology of podiatric self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the United States

Theodore D Cosco PhD,  James H King MB BS, MPhil, PhD, 
  • Pages: 458-461
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Hospital doctors' Opinions regarding educational Utility, public Sentiment and career Effects of Medical television Dramas: the HOUSE MD study

Hasan N Haboubi MB BS, BSc(Hons), MRCP,  Holly Morgan MB BCh,  Omar Aldalati MD, MRCP, 
  • Pages: 462-466
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Studying the Thenar Eminence of Amateur cooKs (STEAK) study: a double-blinded, cross-sectional study

Toby I Vinycomb MB BS, BMedSc(Hons),  Amanda M-Y Tan MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons),  Manu Bhatnagar MB BS,  Joon Ming Wong MB BS, BEng(Civil), 
  • Pages: 467-469
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Mondayitis

Yun Tae Hwang MB BS,  Amy Kang MB BS, 
  • Pages: 470-471
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Reflections

Poem

Gary

Nicolas Lenskyj BSc, MB BS, MA, 
  • Page: 471
  • First Published: 14 December 2015

Christmas Competition

The Value of Audio Devices in the Endoscopy Room (VADER) study: a randomised controlled trial

Zaid SM Ardalan MB ChB,  Abhinav Vasudevan MB BS,  Simon Hew MB BS,  Julien Schulberg MB BS, BMedSci,  Steve Lontos MB BS, FRACP, MD, 
  • Pages: 472-475
  • First Published: 14 December 2015