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August 2002 (Volume 78, Number 922). [Index by author]

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Editorials

Chronic unexplained fatigue
P D White
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 445-446. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.445 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

Humour and love: the origination of clown therapy
Patch Adams
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 447-448. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.447 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

Use of bacille Calmette-Guérin in superficial bladder cancer
J-P Meyer, R Persad, and D A Gillatt
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 449-454. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.449 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Oral candidiasis
A Akpan and R Morgan
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 455-459. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.455 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy
A R Lorenzi and H L Ford
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 460-464. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.460 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Acid suppression in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Why? How? How much and when?
M P Jones
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 465-468. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.465 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Congenital scoliosis in a neonate: can a neonatologist ignore it?
S Jog, S Patole, and J Whitehall
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 469-472. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.469 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Best practice

Management of colorectal cancer
A Leslie and R J C Steele
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 473-478. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.473 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Upcoming articles
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 478. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.478 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Patient recall of medication details in the outpatient clinic. Audit and assessment of the value of printed instructions requesting patients to bring medications to clinic
W Keeble and S M Cobbe
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 479-482. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.479 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Elbow fistulas using autogeneous vein: patency rates and results of revision
G J Murphy, R Saunders, M Metcalfe, and M L Nicholson
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 483-486. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.483 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Iatrogenic causes of falls in hospitalised elderly patients: a case-control study
C Frels, P Williams, S Narayanan, and S E Gariballa
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 487-489. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.487 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Unusual cardiac manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome
H S Subhash, M Asishkumar, and M Jonathan
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 490-491. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.490 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Multifocal cardiac leiomyosarcoma. Diagnosis and surveillance by transoesophageal echocardiography and contrast enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance
N R A Clarke, R H Mohiaddin, S Westaby, and A P Banning
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 492-493. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.492 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Idiopathic heterotopic ossification in the intensive care setting
J E Lane, R J Dean, G D Foulkes, and P W Chandler
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 494-495. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.494 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Free gas in the peritoneal cavity: the final hazard of diathermy
A R Dhebri and S E Afify
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 496-497. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.496 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis mimicking pancreatic cancer
V Christopher, M H Thompson, and S Hughes
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 498-499. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.498 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self assessment questions

Homocysteine and "Buerger’s disease"
P A Courtney, P C Sharpe, and R J E Lee
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 500. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A patient with bag of pancreatic stones
S Bhoi, R Kumar, M Kumar, V Shukla, B Sharma, and B B Gupta
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 500. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.500-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ischaemic foot: an unusual cause
M H Shiwani, S Bashker, A M M Basheer, and P J Curley
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 501. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a surgical emergency
Z Soonawalla, F M Pope, and M Puntis
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 501-502. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.501-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Galactorrhoea in a 16 year old girl with a large sellar mass
I Ilias, E Zapanti, G Philippou, and M Alevizaki
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 502. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.502 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual complication of ulcerative colitis
H R Ferguson and R P Convery
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 503. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self assessment answers

Homocysteine and "Buerger’s disease"
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 504-505. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A patient with a bag of pancreatic stones
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 505. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ischaemic foot: an unusual cause
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 505-506. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a surgical emergency
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 506. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Galactorrhoea in a 16 year old girl with a large sellar mass
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 506-507. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.506-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual complication of ulcerative colitis
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 507. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

Gesundheit (Patch Adams, Healing Arts Press, £13.99; ISBN 0-89281-781-X)
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 448. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.448 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Principles for Best Practice in Clinical Audit.: By NHS, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, CHI (Commission for Health Improvement), Royal College of Nursing, University of Leicester. (Pp 196, paperback plus CD ROM; £19.95 for NHS staff and organisations, £29.95 for those not working for the NHS.) Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-976-1.
A R Hart
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 508. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.508 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Guide to Medical Publishing and Writing.: Edited by Peter Richardson. (Pp 145; £10.99.) Quay Books, 2002. ISBN 1-85642-222-4.
M C Bateson
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 508. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.508-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Atrial Fibrillation in Practice.: By Gregory Y H Lip. (Pp 68; £14.95.) Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2002. ISBN 1-85315-484-9.
D J Coltart
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 508. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.508-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in medicine

Superior lumbar hernia of Grynfellt
A Pitale and V Laughlin
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 472. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Chronic unexplained fatigue P D White Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 445-446. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.445 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Humour and love: the origination of clown therapy Patch Adams Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 447-448. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.447 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of bacille Calmette-Guérin in superficial bladder cancer J-P Meyer, R Persad, and D A Gillatt Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 449-454. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.449 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oral candidiasis A Akpan and R Morgan Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 455-459. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.455 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy A R Lorenzi and H L Ford Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 460-464. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.460 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acid suppression in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Why? How? How much and when? M P Jones Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 465-468. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.465 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Congenital scoliosis in a neonate: can a neonatologist ignore it? S Jog, S Patole, and J Whitehall Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 469-472. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.469 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of colorectal cancer A Leslie and R J C Steele Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 473-478. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.473 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Upcoming articles Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 478. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.478 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient recall of medication details in the outpatient clinic. Audit and assessment of the value of printed instructions requesting patients to bring medications to clinic W Keeble and S M Cobbe Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 479-482. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.479 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Elbow fistulas using autogeneous vein: patency rates and results of revision G J Murphy, R Saunders, M Metcalfe, and M L Nicholson Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 483-486. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.483 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iatrogenic causes of falls in hospitalised elderly patients: a case-control study C Frels, P Williams, S Narayanan, and S E Gariballa Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 487-489. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.487 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unusual cardiac manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome H S Subhash, M Asishkumar, and M Jonathan Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 490-491. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.490 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multifocal cardiac leiomyosarcoma. Diagnosis and surveillance by transoesophageal echocardiography and contrast enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance N R A Clarke, R H Mohiaddin, S Westaby, and A P Banning Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 492-493. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.492 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Idiopathic heterotopic ossification in the intensive care setting J E Lane, R J Dean, G D Foulkes, and P W Chandler Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 494-495. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.494 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Free gas in the peritoneal cavity: the final hazard of diathermy A R Dhebri and S E Afify Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 496-497. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.496 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Eosinophilic gastroenteritis mimicking pancreatic cancer V Christopher, M H Thompson, and S Hughes Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 498-499. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.498 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Homocysteine and "Buerger’s disease" P A Courtney, P C Sharpe, and R J E Lee Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 500. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient with bag of pancreatic stones S Bhoi, R Kumar, M Kumar, V Shukla, B Sharma, and B B Gupta Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 500. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.500-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ischaemic foot: an unusual cause M H Shiwani, S Bashker, A M M Basheer, and P J Curley Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 501. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a surgical emergency Z Soonawalla, F M Pope, and M Puntis Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 501-502. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.501-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Galactorrhoea in a 16 year old girl with a large sellar mass I Ilias, E Zapanti, G Philippou, and M Alevizaki Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 502. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.502 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual complication of ulcerative colitis H R Ferguson and R P Convery Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 503. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Homocysteine and "Buerger’s disease" Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 504-505. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient with a bag of pancreatic stones Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 505. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ischaemic foot: an unusual cause Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 505-506. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a surgical emergency Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 506. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Galactorrhoea in a 16 year old girl with a large sellar mass Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 506-507. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.506-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual complication of ulcerative colitis Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 507. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gesundheit (Patch Adams, Healing Arts Press, £13.99; ISBN 0-89281-781-X) Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 448. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.448 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Principles for Best Practice in Clinical Audit.: By NHS, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, CHI (Commission for Health Improvement), Royal College of Nursing, University of Leicester. (Pp 196, paperback plus CD ROM; £19.95 for NHS staff and organisations, £29.95 for those not working for the NHS.) Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-976-1. A R Hart Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 508. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.508 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A Guide to Medical Publishing and Writing.: Edited by Peter Richardson. (Pp 145; £10.99.) Quay Books, 2002. ISBN 1-85642-222-4. M C Bateson Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 508. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.508-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atrial Fibrillation in Practice.: By Gregory Y H Lip. (Pp 68; £14.95.) Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2002. ISBN 1-85315-484-9. D J Coltart Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 508. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.508-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Superior lumbar hernia of Grynfellt A Pitale and V Laughlin Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 472. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.922.472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]