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July 2002 (Volume 78, Number 921). [Index by author]

		Editorials Reviews Original articles Case reports Self assessment questions Self assessment answers Adverse drug reactions History of Medicine Letters Book reviews

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Editorials

Defining shared decision making and concordance: are they one and the same?
J L Jordan, S J Ellis, and R Chambers
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 383-384. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the intensive care unit
A S Haddadin, S A Fappiano, and P A Lipsett
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 385-392. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.385 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Neurological complications of coeliac disease
D S N A Pengiran Tengah, A J Wills, and G K T Holmes
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 393-398. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.393 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Foreign body aspiration: clinical utility of flexible bronchoscopy
O Dikensoy, C Usalan, and A Filiz
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 399-403. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.399 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fatigue in cholestatic liver disease—a perplexing symptom
D Kumar and R K Tandon
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 404-407. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.404 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Influence of thrombolytic therapy on the patterns of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction
G R Rhydwen, S Charman, and P M Schofield
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 408-412. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.408 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Survey of junior hospital doctors' attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation
R Morgan and C Westmoreland
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 413-415. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.413 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Proposed use of adrenaline (epinephrine) in anaphylaxis and related conditions: a study of senior house officers starting accident and emergency posts
L L Gompels, C Bethune, S L Johnston, and M M Gompels
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 416-418. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.416 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Regional differences in incidence of gastric and colonic cancer in the Maori of New Zealand
A G Thompson
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 419-421. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.419 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mammary tuberculosis: report on 52 cases
R Khanna, G V Prasanna, P Gupta, M Kumar, S Khanna, and A K Khanna
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 422-424. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.422 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Spontaneous closure of an acquired ventricular septal defect
R I Williams and M W Ramsey
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 425-426. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.425 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cullen’s sign in amoebic liver abscess
A Misra, D Agrahari, and R Gupta
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 427-428. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.427 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early diagnosis of colonic carcinoma: a haemorrhagic complication after the use of tissue plasminogen activator
J W Baker, S J Mitchell, and A R Dixon
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 429. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.429 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self assessment questions

Purple skin and a swollen thigh in an alcoholic
A R Vasudevan, S Kumar, A Lim, R Kimani, J M Brensilver, and F M Tamarin
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 430. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual case of multiple infarcts
A K O Denniston and J M Beattie
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 431. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.431 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Abdominal distension
A Mukhtar, N Sundar, and I A Finnie
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 432. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.432 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prolonged fever with recurrent diarrhoea
R Sivakumar, A Edey, A Thakore, and M D Pelly
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 432. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.432-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pleuritic pain and a rare complication
J M Pillai, P Mitchenere, S Smith, and D J B Thomas
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 433. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.433 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual endocrine cause of hyponatraemia
P De, R K Shrimali, S Subramonian, and D F Child
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 433. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.433-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self assessment answers

Purple skin and a swollen thigh in an alcoholic
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 434-438. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual case of multiple infarcts
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 434-435. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.434-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Abdominal distension
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 435-436. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.435 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Prolonged fever with recurrent diarrhoea
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 436. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.436 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pleuritic pain and a rare complication
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 436-437. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.436-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual endocrine cause of hyponatraemia
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 437-438. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Adverse drug reactions

Fatal haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema and associated angioedema after the ingestion of rofecoxib
N P Kumar, G Wild, K A Ramasamy, and J Snape
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 439-440. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.439 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

History of Medicine

David Samwell (1751–98): surgeon on the Discovery
J S Morris
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 441-442. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.441 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

von Hippel-Lindau disease complicated by pheochromocytoma
A S Kashyap and S Kashyap
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Troponin T elevation in lobar lung disease
O M P Jolobe
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Testing factual medical knowledge is inappropriate • Authors’ reply
R Sivakumar
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hyperemesis gravidarum • Authors’ reply
E Ernst
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443-444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

Law and Ethics for Clinicians. Edited by Jacqulyn Kay Hall. (Pp 391; $34.95 + $5.00 shipping.) Jackhall Books, 2001. (Contact Jackhall Books, 18 Nottingham Road, Amarillo, TX 79124, USA; werner{at}ama.ttuhsc.edu.) ISBN 1-888856-00-9.
J Stewart
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.444 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

800 Individual Statement Questions for MRCPsych Part 1. By M Mathews. (Pp 200; £14.95.) Royal Society of Medicine, 2001. ISBN 1-85315-505-5.
G Rathbone
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.444-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Statistics at Square One. 10th edition. By T D V Swinscow and M J Campbell. (Pp 158; £10.95.) BMJ Books, 2002. ISBN 0-7279-1552-5.
R G Newcombe
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.444-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Defining shared decision making and concordance: are they one and the same? J L Jordan, S J Ellis, and R Chambers Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 383-384. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	*Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus* (MRSA) in the intensive care unit** A S Haddadin, S A Fappiano, and P A Lipsett Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 385-392. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.385 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological complications of coeliac disease D S N A Pengiran Tengah, A J Wills, and G K T Holmes Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 393-398. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.393 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Foreign body aspiration: clinical utility of flexible bronchoscopy O Dikensoy, C Usalan, and A Filiz Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 399-403. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.399 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatigue in cholestatic liver disease—a perplexing symptom D Kumar and R K Tandon Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 404-407. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.404 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of thrombolytic therapy on the patterns of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction G R Rhydwen, S Charman, and P M Schofield Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 408-412. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.408 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Survey of junior hospital doctors' attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation R Morgan and C Westmoreland Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 413-415. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.413 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Proposed use of adrenaline (epinephrine) in anaphylaxis and related conditions: a study of senior house officers starting accident and emergency posts L L Gompels, C Bethune, S L Johnston, and M M Gompels Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 416-418. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.416 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regional differences in incidence of gastric and colonic cancer in the Maori of New Zealand A G Thompson Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 419-421. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.419 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mammary tuberculosis: report on 52 cases R Khanna, G V Prasanna, P Gupta, M Kumar, S Khanna, and A K Khanna Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 422-424. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.422 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spontaneous closure of an acquired ventricular septal defect R I Williams and M W Ramsey Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 425-426. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.425 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cullen’s sign in amoebic liver abscess A Misra, D Agrahari, and R Gupta Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 427-428. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.427 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early diagnosis of colonic carcinoma: a haemorrhagic complication after the use of tissue plasminogen activator J W Baker, S J Mitchell, and A R Dixon Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 429. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.429 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Purple skin and a swollen thigh in an alcoholic A R Vasudevan, S Kumar, A Lim, R Kimani, J M Brensilver, and F M Tamarin Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 430. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual case of multiple infarcts A K O Denniston and J M Beattie Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 431. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.431 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abdominal distension A Mukhtar, N Sundar, and I A Finnie Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 432. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.432 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prolonged fever with recurrent diarrhoea R Sivakumar, A Edey, A Thakore, and M D Pelly Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 432. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.432-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pleuritic pain and a rare complication J M Pillai, P Mitchenere, S Smith, and D J B Thomas Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 433. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.433 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual endocrine cause of hyponatraemia P De, R K Shrimali, S Subramonian, and D F Child Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 433. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.433-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Purple skin and a swollen thigh in an alcoholic Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 434-438. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual case of multiple infarcts Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 434-435. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.434-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abdominal distension Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 435-436. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.435 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prolonged fever with recurrent diarrhoea Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 436. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.436 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pleuritic pain and a rare complication Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 436-437. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.436-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual endocrine cause of hyponatraemia Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 437-438. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema and associated angioedema after the ingestion of rofecoxib N P Kumar, G Wild, K A Ramasamy, and J Snape Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 439-440. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.439 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	David Samwell (1751–98): surgeon on the Discovery J S Morris Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 441-442. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.441 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	von Hippel-Lindau disease complicated by pheochromocytoma A S Kashyap and S Kashyap Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Troponin T elevation in lobar lung disease O M P Jolobe Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testing factual medical knowledge is inappropriate • Authors’ reply R Sivakumar Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperemesis gravidarum • Authors’ reply E Ernst Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 443-444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.443-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Law and Ethics for Clinicians. Edited by Jacqulyn Kay Hall. (Pp 391; $34.95 + $5.00 shipping.) Jackhall Books, 2001. (Contact Jackhall Books, 18 Nottingham Road, Amarillo, TX 79124, USA; werner{at}ama.ttuhsc.edu.) ISBN 1-888856-00-9. J Stewart Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.444 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	800 Individual Statement Questions for MRCPsych Part 1. By M Mathews. (Pp 200; £14.95.) Royal Society of Medicine, 2001. ISBN 1-85315-505-5. G Rathbone Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.444-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics at Square One. 10th edition. By T D V Swinscow and M J Campbell. (Pp 158; £10.95.) BMJ Books, 2002. ISBN 0-7279-1552-5. R G Newcombe Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 444. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.921.444-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]