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April 2003, Volume 79, Issue 930

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  1. Editorial
  2. Reviews
  3. Best practice
  4. Original articles
  5. Echo
  6. Images in medicine
  7. Fellowship affairs
  8. Audit
  9. History of medicine
  10. Case reports
  11. Self assessment questions
  12. Self assessment answers
  13. Book reviews
  14. Books received
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Editorial

  • New approaches to training general practitioners

    • J H C Morgan
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 187-188 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.187

Reviews

  • Modern treatment of acromegaly

    • Z Merza
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 189-194 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.189

  • Mechanisms of oxidative stress and vascular dysfunction

    • Z S Nedeljkovic,
    • N Gokce,
    • J Loscalzo
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 195-200 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.195

  • Impact of respiratory viral infections on cystic fibrosis

    • D Wat
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 201-203 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.201

  • What should a suspended doctor do when his actions could save a patient’s life?

    • J A D Stewart
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 204-205 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.204

Best practice

  • Acute glomerulonephritis

    • C S Vinen,
    • D B G Oliveira
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 206-213 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.206

Original articles

  • Chest radiographs in the emergency department: is the radiologist really necessary?

    • M E Gatt,
    • G Spectre,
    • O Paltiel,
    • N Hiller,
    • R Stalnikowicz
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 214-217 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.214

  • Oral vitamin B12 can change our practice

    • E Nyholm,
    • P Turpin,
    • D Swain,
    • B Cunningham,
    • S Daly,
    • P Nightingale,
    • C Fegan
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 218-219 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.218

  • Results of a programme to improve house staff use of metered dose inhalers and spacers

    • M Lee-Wong,
    • P H Mayo
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 221-225 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.221

Echo

  • Using rifampicin against TB risks a rare reaction

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 217 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.217

Images in medicine

  • Rice bodies in ischiogluteal bursitis

    • S Yoshida,
    • M Shidoh,
    • K Imai,
    • A Imai,
    • Y Konishi,
    • S Kon
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 220-221 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.220

  • Facial and dental appearance of Williams syndrome

    • I Tarjan,
    • G Balaton,
    • P Balaton,
    • S Varbiro,
    • Z Vajo
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 241 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.241

Fellowship affairs

  • Dr Barry Hoffbrand

    • Michael Nicholls
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 225 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.225

Audit

  • Iron deficiency anaemia: are the British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines being adhered to?

    • R N Patterson,
    • S D Johnston
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 226-228 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.226

History of medicine

  • History of the development of geriatric medicine in the UK

    • A Barton,
    • G Mulley
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 229-234 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.229

Case reports

  • Iatrogenic injury to the breast bud causing breast hypoplasia

    • A Goyal,
    • R E Mansel
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 235-236 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.235

  • Unusual cause of infective discitis in an adolescent

    • M K Sayana,
    • A J Chacko,
    • R C Mc Givney
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 237-238 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.237

  • Recurrent autumnal psychosis

    • P Joshi,
    • A C Wicks,
    • S K Munshi
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 239-240 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.239

Self assessment questions

  • A case of reduced consciousness and hypoventilation

    • A Pandurengan,
    • C M Thorpe
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 242 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.242

  • Dyspnoea and a subcutaneous swelling

    • H Ansari,
    • R Bell
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 243 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.243

  • Recurrent gastrointestinal bleed

    • M Ishaq,
    • K R Palanisamy,
    • S Halbe,
    • D Ubal,
    • S Natarajan,
    • V Jayanthi
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 243-244 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.243-a

  • Acute severe anaemia in an elderly patient with hereditary sphaerocytosis

    • A Imhof,
    • A Kronenberg,
    • R B Walter,
    • R A Streuli
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 244 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.244

Self assessment answers

  • A case of reduced consciousness and hypoventilation

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 245 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.245

  • Dyspnoea and a subcutaneous swelling

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 245-246 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.245-a

  • Recurrent gastrointestinal bleed

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 246 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.246

  • Acute severe anaemia in an elderly patient with hereditary sphaerocytosis

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 246-247 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.246-a

Book reviews

  • Key Questions in Surgical Critical Care.: By R U Ashford, T N Evans, R A Archbold. (Pp 235; £24.50.) Greenwich Medical Media, 2003. ISBN 1-84110-092-7.

    • R D Sayers
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 248 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.248

  • Surgical Critical Care—Vivas.: By Mazyar Kanani. (Pp 233; £19.50.) Greenwich Medical Media, 2003. ISBN 1-84110-131- 1.

    • M Dennis
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 248 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.248-a

  • Recent Advances in Paediatrics.: Edited by Professor Tim J David. (Pp 231; £35.) Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85315-509-8.

    • A C Elias-Jones
    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 248 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.248-b

Books received

  • Basic Science in Obstetrics & Gynaecology—A Textbook for MRCOG Part 1.

    Postgrad Med J 2003;79:930 248 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.930.248-c

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