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March 2003, Volume 79, Issue 929

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  1. Editorial
  2. Reviews
  3. Echo
  4. Best practice
  5. Images in medicine
  6. Original articles
  7. History of medicine
  8. MEDICAL ANNIVERSARY
  9. Case reports
  10. Self Assessment Questions
  11. Self Assessment Answers
  12. LETTER
  13. Book reviews
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Editorial

  • Medical research and ethnic minorities

    • M McDonald
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 125-126 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.125

Reviews

  • Thalidomide and its derivatives: emerging from the wilderness

    • J N Gordon,
    • P M Goggin
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 127-132 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.127

  • What is osteoporosis?

    • C Christodoulou,
    • C Cooper
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 133-138 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.133

  • Psychopharmacological treatments in persons with dual diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and developmental disabilities

    • R Antochi,
    • C Stavrakaki,
    • P C Emery
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 139-146 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.139

  • Introduction to health economics for the medical practitioner

    • D P Kernick
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 147-150 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.147

  • Ethical problems in clinical practice

    • T Downes,
    • K S Channer
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 151-153 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.151

Echo

  • Preventing cardiogenic shock protects patients with acute MI

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 138 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.138

Best practice

  • Management of irritable bowel syndrome

    • M C Gunn,
    • A A Cavin,
    • J C Mansfield
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 154-158 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.154

Images in medicine

  • Plantar fibromatosis

    • S Yoshida,
    • M Shidoh
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 158 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.158

  • Anomalous aortic arch anatomy: three dimensional visualisation with multislice computed tomography

    • G Morgan-Hughes,
    • C Roobottom,
    • N Ring
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 167 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.167

Original articles

  • Urinalysis for interleukin-8 in the non-invasive diagnosis of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases

    • A S Taha,
    • V Grant,
    • R W Kelly
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 159-163 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.159

  • Prospective cohort study showing changes in the monthly incidence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

    • N Lubis,
    • D Baylis,
    • A Short,
    • J Stebbing,
    • A Teague,
    • S Portsmouth,
    • M Bower,
    • M Nelson,
    • B Gazzard
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 164-166 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.164

History of medicine

  • Holistic obstetrics: the origins of “natural childbirth” in Britain

    • O Moscucci
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 168-173 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.168

MEDICAL ANNIVERSARY

  • William Withering (17 March 1741)

    • D G James
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 173 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.173

Case reports

  • Haemoglobin Marseille-Long Island and interpretation of HbA1c: which HbA1c result is the “right answer”?

    • C M Florkowski,
    • T A Walmsley,
    • S O Brennan,
    • P M George
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 174-175 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.174

  • Raynaud’s phenomenon after radical radiotherapy for tumours of the head and neck

    • C B Westbury,
    • K J Harrington,
    • P Rhys-Evans,
    • D J Archer,
    • A E Searle,
    • J M Henk,
    • C M Black,
    • C M Nutting
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 176-177 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.176

Self Assessment Questions

  • Treatment options for common bile duct stones

    • H R Ferguson,
    • T J Robinson
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 178 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.178

  • An unusual cause of persistent vomiting

    • A G Acheson,
    • J Collyer,
    • G A McPherson
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 178 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.178-a

  • A limping 6 year old child with no history of illness or trauma

    • R G Rodrigues
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 179 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.179

  • Middle aged man with groin pain

    • J Kumar,
    • K Toe,
    • R D Banerjee
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 179 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.179-a

  • An elderly man with chest pain, shortness of breath, and constipation

    • A A Fisher,
    • M W Davis
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 180 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.180

Self Assessment Answers

  • Treatment options for common bile duct stones

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 181 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.181

  • An unusual cause of persistent vomiting

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 181-182 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.181-a

  • A limping 6 year old child with no history of illness or trauma

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 182 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.182

  • Middle aged man with groin pain

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 182 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.182-a

  • An elderly man with chest pain, shortness of breath, and constipation

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 183-184 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.183

LETTER

  • Infections and glycolipids

    • N S Radin
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 185 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.185

  • Phantom lymphadenopathy. An association with chronic fatigue syndrome

    • R Baschetti
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 185 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.185-a

Book reviews

  • Narrative-based Primary Care: a practical guide.: By John Launer. (Pp 264; £21.95.) Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-539-1.

    • L S Levene
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 185-186 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.185-b

  • How To Survive in Anaesthesia. 2nd Edition: By Neville Robinson and George Hall. (Pp 191; £22.50.) BMJ Books, 2002. ISBN 0-7279- 1683-1.

    • P Spiers
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 186 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.186

  • Pathways in Surgery. 3rd Ed.: Edited by Michael Hobsley and Paul Boulos. (Pp 427; £29.99.) Arnold Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-340-631186-4.

    • B Moran
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 186 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.186-a

  • Statistics in Clinical Practice. 2nd Ed.: By David Coggan. (Pp 109; £14.95.) BMJ Books, 2002. ISBN 0-7279-1609-2.

    • A R Hart
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:929 186 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.186-b

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