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Effect of longer term modest salt reduction on blood pressure: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
Feng J He, Jiafu Li, Graham A MacGregor
BMJ  2013;346:f1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1325 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Effect of lower sodium intake on health: systematic review and meta-analyses
Nancy J Aburto, Anna Ziolkovska, Lee Hooper, Paul Elliott, Francesco P Cappuccio, Joerg J Meerpohl
BMJ  2013;346:f1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1326 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Effect of increased potassium intake on cardiovascular risk factors and disease: systematic review and meta-analyses
Nancy J Aburto, Sara Hanson, Hialy Gutierrez, Lee Hooper, Paul Elliott, Francesco P Cappuccio
BMJ  2013;346:f1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1378 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Predictive value of S-100β protein for prognosis in patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: systematic review and meta-analysis
Eric Mercier, Amélie Boutin, François Lauzier, Dean A Fergusson, Jean-François Simard, Ryan Zarychanski, Lynne Moore, Lauralyn A McIntyre, Patrick Archambault, François Lamontagne, France Légaré, Edward Randell, Linda Nadeau, François Rousseau, Alexis F Turgeon
BMJ  2013;346:f1757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1757 (Published 4 April 2013)
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When to remeasure cardiovascular risk in untreated people at low and intermediate risk: observational study
Katy J L Bell, Andrew Hayen, Les Irwig, Osamu Takahashi, Sachiko Ohde, Paul Glasziou
BMJ  2013;346:f1895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1895 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Clinical prediction model to aid emergency doctors managing febrile children at risk of serious bacterial infections: diagnostic study
Ruud G Nijman, Yvonne Vergouwe, Matthew Thompson, Mirjam van Veen, Alfred H J van Meurs, Johan van der Lei, Ewout W Steyerberg, Henriette A Moll, Rianne Oostenbrink
BMJ  2013;346:f1706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1706 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Rational Testing: Interpreting an isolated raised serum alkaline phosphatase level in an asymptomatic patient
Kate Elizabeth Shipman, Ashley David Holt, Rousseau Gama
BMJ  2013;346:f976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f976 (Published 3 April 2013)
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A Patient's Journey: Lessons from patients’ journeys
Peter Lapsley
BMJ  2013;346:f1988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1988 (Published 3 April 2013)
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10-Minute Consultation: Vasectomy
S Jamel, S Malde, I M Ali, S Masood
BMJ  2013;346:f1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1674 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Children’s heart surgery might restart at Leeds next week
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2204 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Cost of dementia care in US to double by 2040
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2175 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Study estimates health impact of coal based power plants in India
Tamoghna Biswas
BMJ  2013;346:f2187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2187 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Private firms form initiative to offer accurate and affordable TB tests
Meera Kay
BMJ  2013;346:f2161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2161 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Tonsillectomy study must not lead to unnecessary increase in surgery, expert says
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2013;346:f2162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2162 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Campaigners step up fight to "kill off" commissioning regulations
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;346:f2168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2168 (Published 5 April 2013)
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North Dakota passes restrictive abortion laws that may reach the Supreme Court
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2013;346:f2096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2096 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Roche offers researchers access to all Tamiflu trials
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2013;346:f2157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2157 (Published 4 April 2013)
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H7N9 avian flu infects humans for the first time
Jane Parry
BMJ  2013;346:f2151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2151 (Published 4 April 2013)
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US panel rejects routine use of BRCA cancer screening in women
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2160 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Doctor who lied on his CV is allowed to return to work
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2150 (Published 4 April 2013)
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US to launch major brain research initiative
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2156 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Study finds no association between autism and vaccination
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2013;346:f2095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2095 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Experts are ignored in stem cell decision
Fabio Turone
BMJ  2013;346:f2097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2097 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Ambitious plan for "tobacco-free" Scotland by 2034
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2013;346:f2100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2100 (Published 3 April 2013)
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OECD finds some countries are too restrictive about sharing personal data
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;346:f2116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2116 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Court rules that exemption from smoking ban for small Dutch cafes is "unlawful"
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2013;346:f2123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2123 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Debilitated smokers tell their stories in graphic US antismoking campaign
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2103 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Twenty one Bahraini medical professionals overturn convictions for anti-government protest
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2013;346:f2104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2104 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Hospitals plant trees to mark second NHS sustainability day
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2013;346:f2110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2110 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Public satisfaction with emergency care rises
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;346:f2113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2113 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Introduction of value based pricing may miss its 2014 target, NICE says
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;346:f2115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2115 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Suspension of paediatric heart surgery in Leeds provokes controversy
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2098 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Indian Supreme Court rejects Novartis’s appeal on drug patent
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2013;346:f2099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2099 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Sublingual immunotherapy reduces symptoms of asthma and hay fever, systematic review finds
Sophie Ramsey
BMJ  2013;346:f2056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2056 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Promises, promises
Trish Groves
BMJ  2013;346:f2114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2114 (Published 3 April 2013)
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US Editor's Choice: Patients: the final frontier
Edward Davies
BMJ  2013;346:f2075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2075 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Implementation of the Health and Social Care Act
Nigel Edwards
BMJ  2013;346:f2090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2090 (Published 3 April 2013)
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An unsafe ward: Allow relatives to stay overnight with vulnerable adults to make wards more safe for them
Rajat Srivastava
BMJ  2013;346:f1752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1752 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Data, data everywhere: The John Henry effect
Greg Irving, John Holden
BMJ  2013;346:f1804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1804 (Published 2 April 2013)
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An unsafe ward: Fragmentation of basic and nursing care may be to blame for unsafe wards
Judy Shakespeare
BMJ  2013;346:f1949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1949 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Acceptable face of big pharma?: Only time will tell whether big pharma has an acceptable face
Omar Jundi
BMJ  2013;346:f1952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1952 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Acceptable face of big pharma?: Only one handed applause due
David Griffith
BMJ  2013;346:f1954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1954 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Pulmonary embolism: Surgical embolectomy is underused
Ed W K Peng, John Simpson, Logan Thirugnanasothy, Patrick Kesteven, John H Dark
BMJ  2013;346:f1955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1955 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Cardiac surgery mortality rates: UK cardiac surgeons have shown the best way to ensure good clinical practice
Donald H Irvine
BMJ  2013;346:f1965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1965 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Cardiac surgery mortality rates: Maintaining registers that provide reliable and valid information is not easy
Richard Smith, Robert Johnston
BMJ  2013;346:f1969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1969 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Cardiac surgery mortality rates: Using positive markers for audit
Barrie D White
BMJ  2013;346:f1970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1970 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Incidental thrombocytopenia: Test for HIV if clinically indicated, regardless of risk factors
Aparna Briggs, Alison Wright
BMJ  2013;346:f1971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1971 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Can India pull off its ambitious National Health Mission?
Jeetha D’Silva
BMJ  2013;346:f2134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2134 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Alcohol: Doctors and the alcohol industry: an unhealthy mix?
Jonathan Gornall
BMJ  2013;346:f1889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1889 (Published 2 April 2013)
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NHS Reorganisation: Goodbye (and good riddance?) to PCTs
Richard Vize
BMJ  2013;346:f2039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2039 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Body Politic: Take me to your leader
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;346:f2092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2092 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Essay: How the e-patient community helped save my life: an essay by Dave deBronkart
Dave deBronkart
BMJ  2013;346:f1990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1990 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Starting Out: How to encourage compassion
Kinesh Patel
BMJ  2013;346:f2049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2049 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Personal View: Paperless records are not in the best interest of every patient
Rupert Fawdry
BMJ  2013;346:f2064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2064 (Published 3 April 2013)
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From the Frontline: Immigrant song
Des Spence
BMJ  2013;346:f2083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2083 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Peter Beales
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2013;346:f2164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2164 (Published 4 April 2013)
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Statistical Question: Units of analysis
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2013;346:f2128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2128 (Published 5 April 2013)
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Case Report: A mass in the liver
Alex Mentzer, Michael Jacobs
BMJ  2013;346:f2036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2036 (Published 3 April 2013)
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Clopidogrel and other stories . . .
BMJ  2013;346:f2051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2051 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Acute stridor: an unusual case of achalasia
A Kamalasanan, C McGowan, S Su Sivarajah, P Witherspoon
BMJ  2013;346:f2055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2055 (Published 2 April 2013)
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Implementation of the Health and Social Care Act
BMJ  2013;346:f2173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2173 (Published 5 April 2013)
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