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September 2002 (Volume 78, Number 923). [Index by author]

		Editorials Personal views Reviews Best practice Original articles Audit Short reports Case reports Self assessment questions Self assessment answers History of Medicine Letters Images in medicine

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Editorials

Primary care trusts: the way forward?
B N Ong
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 509-510. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.509 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

Time off
M C Bateson
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 511. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.511 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

Motor neurone disease
K Talbot
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 513-519. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.513 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIV associated thrombotic microangiopathy
S Ahmed, R K Siddiqui, A K Siddiqui, S A Zaidi, and J Cervia
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 520-524. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.520 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Best practice

Osteoporosis
S P Tuck and R M Francis
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 526-532. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.526 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a simple management prompt
E C M Logan, J M Yates, R M Stewart, K Fielding, and D Kendrick
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 533-537. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.533 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Vaccination against hepatitis B infection in patients with end stage renal disease
K Bel’eed, M Wright, D Eadington, M Farr, and L Sellars
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 538-540. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.538 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early recognition of diabetic neuropathy: evaluation of a simple outpatient procedure using thermal perception
V Viswanathan, C Snehalatha, R Seena, and A Ramachandran
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 541-542. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.541 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Audit

National audit of the management of peritonsillar abscess
H M Mehanna, L Al-Bahnasawi, and A White
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 545-547. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.545 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short reports

How informed is consent? Understanding of pictorial and verbal probability information by medical inpatients
R Fuller, N Dudley, and J Blacktop
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 543-544. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.543 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case reports

Transient disappearance of left bundle branch block pattern: an unusual ECG presentation of acute pulmonary embolism
S M Athar, B S P Chin, and E J Flint
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 555-558. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.555 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spinal reconstruction for symptomatic thoracic haemangioma using a titanium cage
T Ogura, M Mori, T Hayashida, T Osawa, and H Hase
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 559-561. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.559 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An unusual case of gestational diabetes mellitus
P Shankar, M K Sundarka, and A Sundarka
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 562-563. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.562 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Enzyme replacement therapy in the management of longstanding skeletal and soft tissue salmonella infection in a patient with Gaucher’s disease
M Margalit, N Ash, A Zimran, and H Halkin
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 564-565. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.564 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self assessment questions

Unusual cause of fever, jaundice, and hepatomegaly in a middle aged man
S Kumar, S Uthamalingam, A R Vasudevan, A Lim, A Feliz, J M Brensilver, and R Yarrish
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 566. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Failure to thrive in a 3 month old boy
D Basu, S Ferns, M Arun Prasad, and P Nalini
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 567. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.567 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Refusal to walk in an afebrile well toddler
S Lim, W Sinnathamby, and H Noordeen
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 568. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.568 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Self assessment answers

Unusual cause of fever, jaundice, and hepatomegaly in a middle aged man
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 569. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.569 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Failure to thrive in a 3 month old boy
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 569-570. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.569-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Refusal to walk in an afebrile well toddler
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 570-571. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.570 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

History of Medicine

The medical career of Robert Seymour Bridges, FRCP (1844–1930): physician and Poet Laureate
G C Cook
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 549-554. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.549 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

Osteoporosis prophylaxis during corticosteroid treatment
I Chattopadhyay, A R Showkathali, and A K Jain
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 572. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.572 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

6-Mercaptopurine teratogenicity • Author’s reply
D H Tegay, R Tepper, and J P Willner
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 572. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.572-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in medicine

Missing ring pull
T Satyadas, O Odorfin, N Nasir, and C A Akle
Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 512. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Primary care trusts: the way forward? B N Ong Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 509-510. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.509 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time off M C Bateson Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 511. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.511 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Motor neurone disease K Talbot Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 513-519. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.513 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV associated thrombotic microangiopathy S Ahmed, R K Siddiqui, A K Siddiqui, S A Zaidi, and J Cervia Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 520-524. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.520 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Osteoporosis S P Tuck and R M Francis Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 526-532. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.526 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a simple management prompt E C M Logan, J M Yates, R M Stewart, K Fielding, and D Kendrick Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 533-537. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.533 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vaccination against hepatitis B infection in patients with end stage renal disease K Bel’eed, M Wright, D Eadington, M Farr, and L Sellars Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 538-540. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.538 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early recognition of diabetic neuropathy: evaluation of a simple outpatient procedure using thermal perception V Viswanathan, C Snehalatha, R Seena, and A Ramachandran Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 541-542. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.541 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	National audit of the management of peritonsillar abscess H M Mehanna, L Al-Bahnasawi, and A White Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 545-547. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.545 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How informed is consent? Understanding of pictorial and verbal probability information by medical inpatients R Fuller, N Dudley, and J Blacktop Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 543-544. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.543 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transient disappearance of left bundle branch block pattern: an unusual ECG presentation of acute pulmonary embolism S M Athar, B S P Chin, and E J Flint Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 555-558. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.555 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spinal reconstruction for symptomatic thoracic haemangioma using a titanium cage T Ogura, M Mori, T Hayashida, T Osawa, and H Hase Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 559-561. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.559 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual case of gestational diabetes mellitus P Shankar, M K Sundarka, and A Sundarka Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 562-563. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.562 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Enzyme replacement therapy in the management of longstanding skeletal and soft tissue salmonella infection in a patient with Gaucher’s disease M Margalit, N Ash, A Zimran, and H Halkin Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 564-565. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.564 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unusual cause of fever, jaundice, and hepatomegaly in a middle aged man S Kumar, S Uthamalingam, A R Vasudevan, A Lim, A Feliz, J M Brensilver, and R Yarrish Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 566. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Failure to thrive in a 3 month old boy D Basu, S Ferns, M Arun Prasad, and P Nalini Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 567. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.567 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Refusal to walk in an afebrile well toddler S Lim, W Sinnathamby, and H Noordeen Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 568. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.568 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The medical career of Robert Seymour Bridges, FRCP (1844–1930): physician and Poet Laureate G C Cook Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 549-554. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.549 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Osteoporosis prophylaxis during corticosteroid treatment I Chattopadhyay, A R Showkathali, and A K Jain Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 572. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.572 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	6-Mercaptopurine teratogenicity • Author’s reply D H Tegay, R Tepper, and J P Willner Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 572. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.572-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Missing ring pull T Satyadas, O Odorfin, N Nasir, and C A Akle Postgrad Med J 2002; 78: 512. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.923.512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]