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VOLUME CONTENTS 2008
January 2008, Volume 38, Issue 1
Editorials Personal Viewpoint
1. The Journal in 2007 56 Ethics of organ donation and transplantation involving
l, Seer prisoners: the debate extends beyond our borders
G. P. Westall, P. Komesaroff, M. W. Gorton and G. I. Snell
5 On the elusive grail of health-service quality
D. Gorman, ]. Kolbe, K. Callaghan andJ .S cott Book review: Signs and symptoms in emergency medicine:
literature-based approach to emergent conditions
Original Articles
' Brief Communications
8 Evidence-based, multifactorial approach to addressing
non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy and improving 60 Managing confidentiality in illicit drugs research:
standards of care ethical and legal lessons from studies in remote
S. Herrmann, E. McKinnon, M. John, N. Hyland, O. P. Martinez, Aboriginal communities
4. Cain, K. Turner, A. Coombs, C. Manolikos and S. Mallal A. Clough and K. Conigrave
Geriatric syndromes as predictors of adverse outcomes Deviation from published guidelines in the management
of hospitalization of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in Australia
M. Anpalahan and S. J. Gibson \.-M. Kelly and M. Clooney for the Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Australia Study Group
Sleep health New South Wales: chronic sleep restriction . ae
and daytime sleepiness Images in Medicine
D. J. Bartlett, N. S. Marshall, A. Williams and R. R. Grunstein 68 €&xtra-adrenal pheochromocytoma 12years in the making
4. Nicoleau, S. Siskind, C. Resta, M. Noordhoorn
Rural Organisation of Acute Stroke Teams project J. Turner and D. Saw
4. A. Wright, G. Ranmuthugala, J. Jones,
B. Maydom and P. Disler Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid
K. Miissig, ]. Dahm, A. Koitschev, M. Horger, M. Miiller
Ins and outs of inferior vena cava filters in patients with R. Bares and M. Wehrmann
venous thromboembolism: the experience at Monash
Medical Centre and review of the published reports Letters to the Editor
I. Seshadri, H. Tran, K. K. Lau, B. Tan and T. E. Gan
Clinical-scientific notes
Review 70 Unusual presentation of myelofibrosis
44 Improvi‘n g qualit. y and safety of hospit. al care: H. V. Na( inaa aannddS S .H aa rris
a reappraisal and an agenda for clinically Meningococcal-associated arthritis: infection versus immune-
relevant reform mediated
I. A. Scott, P. J.P oole and S. Jayathissa
S. Bhay nagri, N. Steele, D. Massasso, R. Benn, P. Youssef and ] Bleasel
55 Book review: WHO International travel Mannitol-induced hyperosmolal hyponatraemia
and health J. J. Yun and I. Cheong
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Editorial 133 Prolonged seated immobility at work is a common risk
factor for venous thromboembolism leading to hospital
75 Endobronchial ultrasound: real progress or just a new toy? admission
. J. Williaanmds D . T. Keating S. Aldington, A. Pritchard, K. Perrin, K. James, M. Wijesinghe
and R. Beasley
Original Articles
Is there any role for computed tomography measurements
77 Biopsy site selection for endobronchial ultrasound of medial temporal lobe atrophy in dementia? A review of
guide-sheath transbronchial biopsy of peripheral the literature and case series from a memory clinic
lung lesions
M. Rose and S. Scharf
D. I. K. Fielding, P. J. Robinson and N. Kurimoto
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Advances in lung cancer diagnosis and staging:
140 Retinal complications associated with hyperviscosity in
endobronchial ultrasound
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
M. S. Koh, A. Tee, P. Wong, P. Antippa andL . B. Irving
C. E. F. Davies, R. A. F. Whitelocke and S. Agrawal
Outcomes for women in a flexible sigmoidoscopy-based Multifocal cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts and
colorectal cancer screening programme medullary sponge kidneys
C. H. Viiala and J. K. Olynykh A. Koulaouzidis, M. Haris, S. Bhat, S. Clark, M. Kaleem and J. Whalley
Polypharmacy management among Australian veterans: Letters to the Editor
improving prescribing through the Australian Department
of Veterans’ Affairs’ prescriber feedback programme Clinical-scientific notes
M. C. Woodward, C. L. Streeton, A. Guttmann, G. T. Killer
142 Prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis in pregnancy
and R Ww Peck z successfully treated with thrombolysis
A. Wei, J. Alison, J. Goldstein, C. Tippett and P. B. Coughlan
Meta-analysis of B type natriuretic peptide and N-terminal
pro B natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of clinical heart
Gastroparesis associated with high-dose cytosine arabinoside
failure and population screening for left ventricular systolic
I. To and D. Coghlan
dysfunction
B. Ewald, D. Ewald, A. Thakkinstian andJ . Attia Platypnoea and hypoxaemia 4 months after pneumonectomy
J.-G. Cho, A. Jackson, P. J. Despas, R. Abraham and T. D. Robinson
Clinical Perspective
General correspondence
114 Management of distal ulcerative colitis: frequently asked
questions analysis 146 Evaluation of the off-label usage of rituximab in a large
S. L. James, P. M. Irving, R. B. Gearry and P. R. Gibson teaching hospital in New South Wales
J. S. Lowinger and K. I. Kaye
Review
Osteoporosis —- minding the gap
120 Cautionary tales in the clinical interpretation of studies of P. Stride
diagnostic tests
Medical aspects of fitness to drive. What
I. A. Scott, P. B. Greenberg and P. J. Poole
do public hospital doctors know and think
Brief Communications R. G. Beran
130 Huntington disease in indigenous Australians Reply
P. K. Panegyres and F. McGrath E. M. Shanahan, R. M. Sladek and P. A. Phillips
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Editorials Brief Communications
151 Social and ethical issues in indigenous health: time for a 204 Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
fresh start deficiency in Northern Greece
P. A. Komesaroff G. Ntaios, A. Chatzinikolaou, C. Tomos, C. Manolopoulos, P. Karalazou
4. Nikolaidou and S. Alexiou-Daniel
1 53 Clloossiinng g ththe gap Sarcoidosis presenting with granulomatous uveitis induced
D. Gorman by pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C
K. K. L. Yan, I. Dinihan, J. Freiman and A. Zekr)y
Original Articles
156 Recombinant activated factor VII in critical bleeding: Personal Viewpoint
experience from the Australian and New Zealand 211 Who will replace me? A renal physician’s lament
Haemostasis Register J. W. M. Agar
J. Isbister, L. Phillips, S. Dunkley, G. Jankelowitz, ]. McNeil
and P. Cameron Images in Medicine
Influence of rheumatoid arthritis on work participation in 216 Subpulmonic effusion
Australia F. A. Almeida and G. Eiger
E. M. Shanahan, M. Smith, L. Roberts-Thomson, A. Estermaann d M. Ahern Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
; }. Kumar, A. Kumar, A. Seith and S. Hari
Empiric antibiotic prescribing for patients with
community-acquired pneumonia: where can we improve? Letters to the Editor
K. L. Buising, K. A. Thursky, J. F.B lack, L. MacGregor, A. C. Street,
M. P. Kennedy and G. V. Brown Clinical-scientific notes
Cushing’s syndrome in a clinic population with diabetes 219 Osmotic demyelination syndrome associated with 3%
S. Newsome, K. Chen, J.H oang, J.D. Wilson, J.M . Potter and AUPTIERIN, SENS COON
P. E. Hickman 1-H. Wang
Regression of lung mass associated with progression of
Endothelial dysfunction in Turkish patients with neurological deficits
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease V. Srinonprasert and V. Naganathan
O. Senturk, O. Kocaman, S. Hulagu, T. Sahin, C. Aygun, T. Konduk ; ;
A. Cele Cardiogenic shock secondary to combination of diltiazem
and A. Celebi
and sotalol
Review H. Yorgun, A. Deniz and K. Aytemir
190 An overview of chronic severe asthma General correspondence
R. Polosa 222 Potential applicability of the D-dimer assay in elderly
patients with suspected venous thromboembolism:
Clinical Perspectives importance of the sensitivity and specificity of the methods
' ’ : ; wae . L. Masotti, F. Antonelli and G. Landini
199 Prevention of cardiac disease: lifestyle modification or
pharmacotherapy? Advance care planning: one practical step forward
S. Patel and M. R. Adams M. Yates and P. Ford
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Editorial 281 Warfarin-induced allergic interstitial nephritis and
leucocytoclastic vasculitis
227 Harvesting haemopoietic stem cells for future use: rainy
K. G. Kapoor and T. Bekaii-Saab
days, real or imagined?
283 Cavernous sinus thrombosis and meningitis from community-
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acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
Original Articles W. J. Munckhof, A. Krishnan, P. Kruger and D. Looke
229 Consensus guidelines for ‘rainy day’ autologous stem cell Personal Viewpoint
harvests in New South Wales
288 Statistical inference is overemphasized in cluster investigations:
J. Trotman, P. Presgrave, Y. Kwan, ¢ Tiley, J. Estell, A.M . Watson, the case of the cluster of breast cancers at the Australian
l. A. O'Brien and D. Peters Broadcasting Corporation studios in Brisbane, Australia
Familial scleroderma: nature, nurture or both? M. Coory
H. Englert, P. J. Roberts-Thomson, K. Byth and N. Manolios
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Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general
292 Purpura fulminans in systemic lupus erythematosus
hospital: the influence of 10 years of serial audits and
targeted interventions D. Massasso, N. Gavaghan and F. Joshua
]. Gommans, P. McIntosh, S. Bee and W. Allan 293 Isolated nodular pulmonary amyloidosis
Review of intern preparedness and education experiences in A. Seith, J.K umar, S. Hari, R. Gupta and M. C. Sharma
General Medicine Letters to the Editor
J. J. Gome, D. Paltridge and W. J. Inder
Clinical-scientific notes
The HFE gene heterozygosis H63D: a cofactor for liver
damage in patients with steatohepatitis? Epidemiological 294 Atypical case of Herpes simplex encephalitis
and clinical considerations
P. Auyeung and A. Dunn
S. Neri, D. Pulvirenti, S. Signorelli, L.I gnaccolo, A. Tsami, B. Mauceri,
295 Inflammatory myopathy and cancer: rare association of
M. Misseri, D. Interlandi, N. Cutuli and P. Castellino
seminoma testes and polymyositis
Insulin-sensitizing antihyperglycaemic medications are N. Singhal, P. Hissaria, R. Joshi and S. Nayagam
associated with better outcome in patients with diabetes
undergoing cardiac stress testing
General correspondence
K. Kapinya, P. S. Nijjar, M. Stanek and A. Amanullah
297 Advances in multicentre ethics review
Single-institution experience of adjuvant 5-fluorouracil-
R. Irvine
based chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer
298 Multicentre drug trials, ethics approval and death of patients
P. Gibbs, D. Handolias, S. McLaughlin, M. Chapman, J. Johns and
I Faragher ]. A. Millar
299 Reply
Review
D. Christie, G. Gabriel and K. Dear
270 Cardiac sarcoidosis
299 Endothelial dysfunction in Turkish patients with
J. Habersberger, V. Manins and A. J. Taylor non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Brief Communications R. K. Schindhelm and M. Diamant
Reply
278 Utility of eosinophilia as a diagnostic clue in lower
O. Kocaman, C. Aygun and O. Senturk
abdominal pain in northern Australia: a retrospective
case-control study Hepatitis B reactivation after thalidomide
P. J. Clark A. P. Grigg and J. Sasadeusz
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Editorials Brief Communications
303 End-of-life decision-making in intensive care: the case for 357 Experience with a new commercial skin testing kit to
an international standard or a standard of care? identify IgE-mediated penicillin allergy
S. C. Townseanndd J. Hardy R. C. Nolan, R. Puy, K. Deckert, R. E.O ’Hehir andJ . A. Douglass
305 Managing high blood glucose levels in coronary care Medications for the secondary prevention of ischaemic heart
R. J. Smith and M. McLean disease and heart failure are underutilized in dialysis patients
4. M. Ranchord, S. A. Harding andG . Pidgeon
Unusual causes of rhabdomyolysis
Original Articles
E. E. Mazokopakis
307 End of life in the intensive care unit: knowledge and
practice of clinicians from Karachi, Pakistan Personal Viewpoint
N. Salahuddin, S. Shafqat, S. Mapara, S. Khan, S. Siddiqui,
368 The Wunderly Oration 2007. Indigenous responses to health
R. Manasia and A. Ahmad
and disease: principles, goals and pathways
Frequency of risk factors for foot ulceration in individuals
M. Durie
with chronic kidney disease
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Ankylosing spondylitis: an Australian experience
374 Severe occipital neck pain and a deviating tongue
M. D. Reed, S. Dharmage, A. Boers, B. J. Martin, R. R. Buchanan
M. Dafotakis, R. Sparing and G. R. Fink
and L. Schachna
375 Mediastinal mass in an asthmatic patient
Value of database linkage: are patients at risk of familial
colorectal cancer being referred for genetic R. Agarwal, N. Singh and D. Gupta
counselling and testing?
C. Wong, P. Gibbs, }. Johns, 1. Jones, I. Faragher, E. Lynch, Letters to the Editor
F. Macrae and L. Lipton
Clinical-scientific notes
Nurse-led 24-h hotline for patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease reduces 376 Tongue infarction in giant cell (temporal) arteritis
hospital use and is safe 4. T. Zimmermann and M. Brown
M. M. Roberts, S. R. Leeder and T. D. Robinson
377 Eplerenone in the treatment of Gitelman’s syndrome
4. Morton
Current Controversies
General correspondence
341 Glucose control peri-myocardial infarction
377 Growing pains?
G. D. Braatvedt
D. Bossingham
345 Glucose control during acute myocardial infarction
378 Reply
N. W. Cheung
\. Kennedy, F. Sloman, ]. Douglass and S. Sawyer
Review
Supplement
349 Guidelines for the prevention of sepsis in asplenic and
hyposplenic patients 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian
D. Spelman, J. Buttery, A. Daley, D. Isaacs, I. Jennens, Rheumatology Association (ARA) in association with the
A. Kakakios, R. Lawrence, S. Roberts, A. Torda, Rheumatology Health Professionals Association (RHPA), 17-
D. A. R. Watson, I. Woolley, 21 May 2008, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Abstract booklet
I: Anderson and A. Street available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/imj)
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Editorials 441 Lessons from a review of thyroglobulin assays in the
management of thyroid cancer
381 Raising the profile of pneumococcal disease
J. Wong, Z. Lu, J. Doery and P. Fuller
D. R. Murdoch
384 Strengthening the scientific approach to clinical practice in
the new physician training programme Personal Viewpcint
I. A. Scott, P. B. Greenbearndg P . A. Phillips 445 Global climate change: time to mainstream health
risks and their prevention on the medical research
Original Articles and policy agenda
S. Tong, ]. Mackenzie, A. J. Pitman, G. FitzGerald,
388 Utilization of allopurinol in the Australian community
N. Nicholls and L. Selvey
Y. Chung, C. Y. Lu, G. G. Graham, A. Mant and R. O. Day
396 Infliximab in severe active ankylosing spondylitis with
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spinal ankylosis
P. P. M. Cheung, K. E. Tymms, B. ]. Wilson, B. Shadbolt, A. S. Brook 448 Posterior mediastinal teratoma
i. K. Dorai Raj and K. B. K. Khoo
S. Hari, J.K umar, A. Kumar, S. Saha and S. Chumber
Association between waist-to-hip ratio and chronic kidney
disease in the elderly 449 Oropharyngeal tuberculosis
C.-Y. Chou, C.-H. Lin, C.-C. Lin, C.-C. Huang, C.-S. Liu and S.-W. Lai K. Mizutari, K. Tsunoda, T. Matsunaga, K. Masuda,
R. Fujii and M. Fujii
Cardiovascular testing in Fabry disease: exercise capacity
reduction, chronotropic incompetence and improved
anaerobic threshold after enzyme replacement Letters to the Editor
l. Lobo, J. Morgan, A. Bjorksten, K. Nicholls, L. Grigg
E. Centra andG . Becker Clinical-scientific notes
Surveillance following treatment for colorectal cancer in 451 Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and
Australia. Has best practice been adopted by medical stroke-like episodes in a 69-year-old woman
oncologists?
P. Molaee and B. K. Dundon
S. Kosmider, K. Field, M. Jefford, R. Jennens and P. Gibbs
Scurvy masquerading as infectious cellulitis
Prevalence of the JAK2-V617F mutation in Taiwanese
patients with chroni:: myeloproliferative disorders E. Patrozou and S. Opal
C.-H. Lieu, H.-S. Wu, ¥.-C. Hon, W.-H. Tsai, C.-F. Yang, C.-C. Wang,
Y.-C. Lin, C.-H. Shaindh H. -C. Hsu General correspondence
454 Older impaired doctors
Review
P. Brooks
427 Chronic disease management: a primer for physicians
I. A. Scott M. Kennedanyd ]. Kennedy
Reply
Brief Communications
C. Peisah, R. Adler and B. Williams
438 Intravascular haemolysis in a patient on ceftriaxone with
demonstration of anticeftriaxone antibodies Advanced directive. Choice based on informed consent
D. Dinesh, N. Dugan andJ . Carter ]. B. Myers
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Australian and New Zealand Consensus Guidelines 496 Recommendations for the treatment of
for the Use of Antifungal Agents in the established fungal infections
Haematology/Oncology Setting 2008 K. A. Thursxy, E. G. Playford, ]. F. Seymour,
lr. C. Sorrell, D. H. Ellis, 8.D . Guy N. Gilroy,
457 Introduction to the updated Australian and New Zealand J. Chu andD . R. Shaw
consensus guidelines for the use of antifungal agents in
the haematology/oncology setting, 2008
Optimizing antifungal drug dosing and
M. A. Slavin monitoring to avoid toxicity and improve
outcomes in patients with
Antifungal prophylaxis in adult stem cell transplantation
haematological disorders
and haematological malignancy
L. J. Worth, C. C. Blyth, D. L. Booth, D. C. M. Kong
M. A. Slavin, C. H. Heath, K. A. Thursky, C. O. Morrissey,
D. Marriott, M. Cassumbhoy,J . Ray,
J. Szer, L. M. Ling, S. T. Milliken and A. P. Grigg
M. A. Slavin and J. R. Wilkes
Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to persistent or
recurrent fevers of unknown origin in adult stem cell Preventing invasive fungal infection during
transplantation and haematological malignancy hospital building works
C. O. Morrissey, P. G. Bardy, M. A. Slavin, M. R. Ananda-Rajah, C. C. Chang, E. Athan, C. O. Morrissey and
S. C. Chen, S. W. Kirsa, D. S. Ritchie and A, Upton M. A. Slavin
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Editorials Images in Medicine
543 Reducing the inequalities in indigenous health: a new way 607 Case of vancomycin-induced linear Immunoglobulin A
forward bullous dermatosis
N. Hayman S. N. Senanayake, D. T. Hardman and A. C. Miller
546 Job variation in Australian advanced training in neurology: 608 Electrocardiographic changes in hypothermia
what are the implications? N. Fox and N. Sadick
P. Gates and R. Carne Letters to the Editor
Original Articles
Clinical-scientific notes
549 Job variation in Australian advanced training in neurology
609 Mollaret’s meningitis and pituitary failure associated with a
C. J. Lueck, J. Morris and E. Pepper Rathke’s cleft cyst
559 Provision of information on regulatory authorities’ websites C. M. Dancer, M. | Woods, R. D. Henderson I Robertson,
A. Vitry, J.L exchin, L. Sasich, T. Dupin-Spriet, T. Reed, V. Bertele, M. Mungomeraynd A. Allworth
S. Garattini, L. Toop and E. Hurley 610 Thyroid dysfunction due to over-the-counter usage of tiratricol
Prognostic factors of spontaneous intracerebral R. C. W. Ma, M. H. M. Chan, W. T. Poon, W. Y. So and C. C. Chow
haemorrhage in haemodialysis patients and
predictors of 30-day mortality General correspondence
B.-R. Huang, C.-( Liao, W.-H. Huang, Y.-H. Hsu, J.-C. Hsu, 612 Autonomy and advance care plans: a relationship
H.-C. Yen and ¢ L. Lin oversimplified
The effect of rheumatoid arthritis on personal income in K. Robins-Browne
Australia Pulmonary hypertension complicating sarcoidosis
E. M. Shanahan, M. D. Smith, L. Roberts- Thomson, A. Esterman and B. Rhodes, D. Chambers, M. Musk and E. Gabbay
M. J. Ahern
Reply
Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity
A. J. Gillman and C. Steinfort
in older rural Chinese
Diagnostic test thresholds
X. Zhang, Z. Sun, X. Zhang, L. Zheng, S. Liu, ¢
Xu, ] Li, ij Zhao,
J. Li, D. Hu and Y. Sun G. Laking
Method of cut point selection biases diagnostic research
Review
B. Ewald
587 Diagnostic lumbar puncture: minimizing complications Reply
J. Williams, D. C. B. Lye and T. Umapathi I. Scott
Enhancing academic physician training
Clinical Perspectives
H. P. McNeil
592 A fire inside: current concepts in chronic pancreatitis
Preventing hepatitis B virus reactivation following
S. J. N. Tattersall, M. V. Apte and J. S. Wilson immunosuppressive therapy
]. Davis
Brief Communications
Reply
599 Coronary heart disease is associated with regional grey
J. S. Lubel and P. W. Angus
matter volume loss: implications for cognitive function and
behaviour
Supplement
O. P. Almeida, G. J. Garrido, C. Beer, N. T. Lautenschlager, L. Arnolda,
N. P. Lenzo, A. Campbell andL . Flicker
Abstracts for the Australian and New Zealand Society of
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on epidemiology and postulated mechanisms 28 April-1 May 2007, Adelaide Convention Centre, South
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Editorials 672 Persistent dystonia induced by fluoxetine
619 Intensive care medic=i ne and the /nternal Medic. ine Journal: ». Bislileen , \ M. Saakkaa,, F. Ak aanen d N.l . ¢ Ozzet:e kin
perfect bedfellows? ; —_
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675 Erythema ab igne
On the case for an interview in medical student selection aed ly
]. Dissemond and S. Grabbe
D. Gorman, ]. Monigatti and P. Poole
Periventricular nodular heterotopia and epilepsy
Original Articles S regs eer S.-H. Pelidou, M. Giannopouiou, S. Tzavidi
and A. P. Kyritsis
624 Informed consent and medical ordeal: a qualitative study
M. Little, C. F. C. Jordens, C. McGrath, K. Montgomery, 676 Erratum
W. Lipworth and I. Kerridge
Letters to the Editor
Delirium among elderly general medical patients in a New
Zealand hospital Clinical-scientific notes
J. Holden, S. Jayathissa and G. Young 677 Modafinil-induced psychosis
Ri. sk factors for symptomatic hypocalcaemia‘ complicatin: g Pe> WuW,u, S 5.. J oJneosn, es, C. |. RyanRya,n, D. D. MiMcihchae il an( d T.D ).. RobRievnisnos on
treatment with zoledronic acid
¥ 678 Pneumothorax and pleural empyema after acupuncture
S. Chennuru, ]. Koduri and M. A. Baumann
J. C. Richter, W. Kamali and P. O’Connor
Rural Organization of Australian Stroke Teams: Emergency
Department project General correspondence
a Wrigehte, MS.e McAGr ail ens and 8P . Desele r 680 Chorea ,i n remote Aborigin. al communiti- es
Management of MUTYH-associated neoplasia in Australia A. Ralph
m)s Wort—hle y, G. S ahers and L . 0 680 ‘Rai. ny day’ P stem cell storage for adult pati> ents wit. h acute
; : myeloid leukaemia in first complete remission
Patient-focused outcomes following detection in a
hospital-based screening programme for C282Y D. I. Marks
haemochromatosis
Reply
M. A. McCullen, L. M. Fletcher, G. Dimeski, A. Pink, L. W. Powell,
D. H. G. Crawford and P. E. Hickman J. Szer
Book Review: Endocrinology, 5th Edition
Review M. McLean
657 Treatment options and strategies for acute severe
pulmonary embolism
Supplement
C. R. Hamilton-Craig, K. McNeil, J. Dunning, D. L. Walters, Pp
R. Slaughter and F. Kermeen Stroke 2008 Conference
Brief Communications Combined event of the Stroke Society of Australasia 2008
Annual Scientific Meeting and Smart Strokes — 4th
668 Kimura disease: review of the literature Australasian Nursing and Allied Health Stroke Conference,
Q.-F. Sun, D.-Z. Xu, S.-H. Pan, ].-G. Ding, Z.-Q. Xue, Star City, Sydney, NSW, Australia 13-15 August 2008
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Editorial 735 Use of tunnelled active fixation leads allows reliable
temporary pacing over prolonged periods
683 Frozen blood transfusion practices: time for change “ 7 ° ‘ =e
G. Orsbourn, N. Lever and S. A. Harding
J. P. IIssbti ster
Original Articles Images in Medicine
739 Long-term haemodialysis patient with an
686 Use of fresh-frozen plasma at Royal Darwin Hospital: enlarged kidney
a retrospective audit
Y.-T. Tsao, C.-]. Cheng, C.-]. Wu and S.-H. Lin
S. Moylan, F. Szabo, H. Scott and G. Kwok .
Pa 740 Disseminated nocardiosis
Autologous stem cell transplantation in diffuse scleroderma:
impact on hand structure and function K. Radhakrishnan and D. Heaton
H. Englert, S. Kirkham, J. Moore, T. S. Poon, C. Katelaris,
N. McGill, L. Schrieber and N. Manolios Letters to the Editor
Strongyloides stercoralis: a cause of morbidity and mortality _ Clinical-scientific notes
or indigenous people in Central Australia 741 Giant cell arteritis presenting with bilateral vertebral
L. Einsiedel and L. Fernandes and axillary artery occlusions
' ; G. Akdal, M. J. Thurtell and G. M. Halmagyi
Research assessment of elder neglect and its risk factors in
a hospital setting
742 Multinodular goitre: an unusual cause in a patient
M. Cohen with acromegaly
? VW Wong, H. Gurney and J R Hazel
Overcoming preconceptions and perceived barriers
to medical communication using a ‘dual role-play’ ;
using a ‘dual role-play 743 An important differential for ascending weakness
training course
J. M. Brostoff, O. Pascu and B. G. Hutchison
E. C. H. Lim, V. M. S. Oh and R. C. S. Seet
improvement in door-to-balloon times in management General correspondence
of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction 745 Financial burden of caring until the end of life
STEMI through the initiation of ‘Code AMI’
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