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Editorials

Medical education via the internet: not just the preserve of exam takers
Robyn Webber
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 289-290. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.054684 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

Hypervirulent strains of Clostridium difficile
Barry Cookson
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 291-295. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.056143 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diagnosis and treatment of swellings in the hand
Saiidy Hasham and Frank D Burke
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 296-300. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2005.043992 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Age-related macular degeneration and recent developments: new hope for old eyes?
Brid Morris, Fraser Imrie, Ana-Maria Armbrecht, and Baljean Dhillon
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 301-307. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.052944 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The role of the Intra-aortic balloon pump in supporting children with acute cardiac failure
Sathiakar Paul Collison and Kulbhusan Singh Dagar
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 308-311. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053611 [Summary] [Full text] [erratum] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Femoral osteolysis following total hip replacement
R Dattani
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 312-316. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053215 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The challenge of providing mentorship in primary care
Sheona MacLeod
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 317-319. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.054155 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original articles

Left ventricle diastolic function in the patients after coronary arteries bypass graft combined with left ventricle aneurismectomy according to tissue doppler imaging: one year follow-up
Maryna N Dolzhenko, S A Rudenko, S V Potashev, T V Simagina, N N Nosenko, and T G Kravchenko
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 320-324. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053553 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Is cocaine use recognised as a risk factor for acute coronary syndrome by doctors in the UK?
David M Wood, Duncan Hill, Awini Gunasekera, Shaun L Greene, Alison L Jones, and Paul I Dargan
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 325-328. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053850 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The prevalence of syndrome Z (the interaction of obstructive sleep apnoea with the metabolic syndrome) in a teaching hospital in Singapore
Sridhar Venkateswaran and Praveen Shankar
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 329-331. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.051805 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Effects of comorbidity and hospital care on 6-month mortality in patients with elevated cardiac troponin T
P Wong, A Ramsewak, S Murray, A Robinson, D Robinson, and E Rodrigues
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 332-337. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053082 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Synergistic effect of triptolide combined with 5-fluorouracil on colon carcinoma
Xiao-yan Tang, You-qing Zhu, Wen-hui Tao, Bai Wei, and Xiao-ling Lin
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 338-343. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.055426 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

False cardiac arrests: the right time to turn away?
Gary Kenward, Alan Robinson, Sandra Bradburn, and Richard Steeds
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 344-347. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.054981 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Familial aggregation and excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes in Tunisia
Imen Arfa, Abdelmajid Abid, Dhafer Malouche, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Théophile Roland Azegue, Imen Mannai, Mohamed Majdi Zorgati, Mohamed Chiheb Ben Rayana, Slim Ben Ammar, Samira Blousa-Chabchoub, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Béchir Zouari, Mohamed Koussay Dellagi, and Sonia Abdelhak
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 348-351. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053744 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical audit

Comparison of P-POSSUM and O-POSSUM in predicting mortality after oesophagogastric resections
J S Nagabhushan, S Srinath, F Weir, W J Angerson, B A Sugden, and C G Morran
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 355-358. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053223 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

History of Medicine

Maimonides: an early but accurate view on the treatment of haemorrhoids
Dan Magrill and Prabhu Sekaran
Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 352-354. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053173 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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	Medical education via the internet: not just the preserve of exam takers Robyn Webber Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 289-290. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.054684 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypervirulent strains of Clostridium difficile Barry Cookson Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 291-295. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.056143 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis and treatment of swellings in the hand Saiidy Hasham and Frank D Burke Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 296-300. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2005.043992 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Age-related macular degeneration and recent developments: new hope for old eyes? Brid Morris, Fraser Imrie, Ana-Maria Armbrecht, and Baljean Dhillon Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 301-307. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.052944 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The role of the Intra-aortic balloon pump in supporting children with acute cardiac failure Sathiakar Paul Collison and Kulbhusan Singh Dagar Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 308-311. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053611 [Summary] [Full text] [erratum] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Femoral osteolysis following total hip replacement R Dattani Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 312-316. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053215 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The challenge of providing mentorship in primary care Sheona MacLeod Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 317-319. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.054155 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Left ventricle diastolic function in the patients after coronary arteries bypass graft combined with left ventricle aneurismectomy according to tissue doppler imaging: one year follow-up Maryna N Dolzhenko, S A Rudenko, S V Potashev, T V Simagina, N N Nosenko, and T G Kravchenko Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 320-324. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053553 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is cocaine use recognised as a risk factor for acute coronary syndrome by doctors in the UK? David M Wood, Duncan Hill, Awini Gunasekera, Shaun L Greene, Alison L Jones, and Paul I Dargan Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 325-328. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053850 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The prevalence of syndrome Z (the interaction of obstructive sleep apnoea with the metabolic syndrome) in a teaching hospital in Singapore Sridhar Venkateswaran and Praveen Shankar Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 329-331. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.051805 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of comorbidity and hospital care on 6-month mortality in patients with elevated cardiac troponin T P Wong, A Ramsewak, S Murray, A Robinson, D Robinson, and E Rodrigues Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 332-337. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053082 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Synergistic effect of triptolide combined with 5-fluorouracil on colon carcinoma Xiao-yan Tang, You-qing Zhu, Wen-hui Tao, Bai Wei, and Xiao-ling Lin Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 338-343. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.055426 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	False cardiac arrests: the right time to turn away? Gary Kenward, Alan Robinson, Sandra Bradburn, and Richard Steeds Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 344-347. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.054981 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Familial aggregation and excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes in Tunisia Imen Arfa, Abdelmajid Abid, Dhafer Malouche, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Théophile Roland Azegue, Imen Mannai, Mohamed Majdi Zorgati, Mohamed Chiheb Ben Rayana, Slim Ben Ammar, Samira Blousa-Chabchoub, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Béchir Zouari, Mohamed Koussay Dellagi, and Sonia Abdelhak Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 348-351. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053744 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of P-POSSUM and O-POSSUM in predicting mortality after oesophagogastric resections J S Nagabhushan, S Srinath, F Weir, W J Angerson, B A Sugden, and C G Morran Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 355-358. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053223 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maimonides: an early but accurate view on the treatment of haemorrhoids Dan Magrill and Prabhu Sekaran Postgrad Med J 2007; 83: 352-354. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.053173 [Summary] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]