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	Diagnostic accuracy of conventional or age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values in older patients with suspected venous thromboembolism: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Henrike J Schouten, G J Geersing, H L Koek, Nicolaas P A Zuithoff, Kristel J M Janssen, Renée A Douma, Johannes J M van Delden, Karel G M Moons, Johannes B Reitsma
	BMJ  2013;346:f2492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2492 (Published 3 May 2013) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Derivation and validation of QStroke score for predicting risk of ischaemic stroke in primary care and comparison with other risk scores: a prospective open cohort study
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland, Peter Brindle
	BMJ  2013;346:f2573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2573 (Published 2 May 2013) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer detection and survival among women with cosmetic breast implants: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
	Eric Lavigne, Eric J Holowaty, Sai Yi Pan, Paul J Villeneuve, Kenneth C Johnson, Dean A Fergusson, Howard Morrison, Jacques Brisson
	BMJ  2013;346:f2399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2399 (Published 30 April 2013) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Data supplement]

News

	US approves "morning after" pill without prescription for women 15 years or older
	Michael McCarthy
	BMJ  2013;346:f2909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2909 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS England announces inquiry into ailing 111 service
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2013;346:f2923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2923 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Minimum alcohol price is compatible with EU law, says Scottish court
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2013;346:f2925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2925 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	NHS referrals and children’s surgery are suspended at BMI Healthcare’s Mount Alvernia Hospital
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2013;346:f2926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2926 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Network of high quality cancer hospitals is planned for India
	Soumyadeep Bhaumik
	BMJ  2013;346:f2858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2858 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government policies will make health equality harder to achieve, conference hears
	Matthew Limb
	BMJ  2013;346:f2873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2873 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US panel recommends HIV screening for everyone aged 15 to 64 years
	Michael McCarthy
	BMJ  2013;346:f2874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2874 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ireland poised to allow abortion when mother’s life at risk
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2013;346:f2875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2875 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	New centres aim to marry biological data to the increasing power of IT systems to make sense of them
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2013;346:f2879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2879 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Consultant input to children’s intensive care at weekends keeps mortality at weekday rates
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2013;346:f2897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2897 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	European regulator is ordered not to release clinical study documents
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2013;346:f2846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2846 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most religious followers support assisted suicide for the dying
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2013;346:f2855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2855 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Medical council asks India’s Central Bureau of Investigation to investigate scam of bidding for postgraduate places
	Meera Kay
	BMJ  2013;346:f2834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2834 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report shows wide variation in intrapartum care in England
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2013;346:f2844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2844 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nearly half of UK young doctors say stress levels rose last year
	Helen Jaques
	BMJ  2013;346:f2826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2826 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	New blood test can detect genes that drive cancer and help to determine best treatment
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2013;346:f2825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2825 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Private Eye weighs in against tobacco industry’s attack on plain packaging
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2013;346:f2776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2776 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Makers of anticancer drugs are "profiteering," say 100 specialists from around the world
	Jeremy Laurance
	BMJ  2013;346:f2810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2810 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	US Editor's Choice: Will MOOCs transform medicine?
	Edward Davies
	BMJ  2013;346:f2877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2877 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles and stroke show why healthcare must innovate
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2013;346:f2819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2819 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Keeping hand hygiene high on the patient safety agenda
	Sheldon Stone, Graziella Kontowski, Rose Gallagher, Julie Storr, Louise Teare
	BMJ  2013;346:f2699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2699 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles in the UK: a test of public health competency in a crisis
	Felix Greaves, Liam Donaldson
	BMJ  2013;346:f2793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2793 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding patterns in maternity care in the NHS and getting it right
	Lucy C Chappell, Catherine Calderwood, Sara Kenyon, Elizabeth S Draper, Marian Knight
	BMJ  2013;346:f2812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2812 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Lower sodium intake and health: The (political) science of salt revisited
	Niels Graudal, Gesche Jürgens
	BMJ  2013;346:f2741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2741 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Where next for QOF?: Killing the Quality and Outcomes Framework won’t decrease prescribing for depression
	Tony Kendrick
	BMJ  2013;346:f2742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2742 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dementia debate: Asking older patients about their memory is simply practising evidence based medicine properly
	David Oliver
	BMJ  2013;346:f2746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2746 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	H7N9 avian flu: Understanding H7N9 avian flu
	Cong Dai, Min Jiang
	BMJ  2013;346:f2755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2755 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting abstinence for drug users: Maintenance treatment is not rocket science
	Andrew Byrne
	BMJ  2013;346:f2773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2773 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	After Francis, what next for the NHS?: NCAS performance assessment is seriously flawed
	Helen L Birch
	BMJ  2013;346:f2775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2775 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to encourage compassion: Centrally set compassion targets—what could go wrong?
	Jeremy Fletcher
	BMJ  2013;346:f2676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2676 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	After Francis, what next for the NHS?: Administrators need clinical experience
	Julian A C Neely
	BMJ  2013;346:f2724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2724 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unfair dismissal case: Sex discrimination claim is wrong in unfair dismissal case
	Paolo Tomasi
	BMJ  2013;346:f2727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2727 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unfair dismissal case: Judgment in unfair dismissal case discriminates against other workers
	Donald A Batten
	BMJ  2013;346:f2728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2728 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Initial response to Mid Staffs report: The devil is in the detail of the government’s response to the Francis report
	Paquita de Zulueta
	BMJ  2013;346:f2730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2730 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Initial response to Mid Staffs report: The government’s response to the Francis report does not mention death certification and inquests
	Peter N Furness
	BMJ  2013;346:f2736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2736 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and the alcohol industry: The meaning of "partnership working" to the alcohol industry
	Evelyn Gillan
	BMJ  2013;346:f2655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2655 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health and Social Care Act: Training and ignorance in the new NHS
	Abigail T Clark-Morgan
	BMJ  2013;346:f2668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2668 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient reported outcome measures: Do patient reported outcome measures do more harm than good?
	Miranda Wolpert
	BMJ  2013;346:f2669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2669 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular events after clarithromycin: Time to reconsider guidelines on clarithromycin in chronic rhinosinusitis?
	Nicholas E Gibbins, Chris Theokli, Claire Hopkins
	BMJ  2013;346:f2678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2678 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and the alcohol industry: WHO’s response to article on doctors and the alcohol industry
	Margaret Chan
	BMJ  2013;346:f2647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2647 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and the alcohol industry: Global Alcohol Producers Group’s reply to WHO
	Mark R Leverton
	BMJ  2013;346:f2652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2652 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Interview: Mark Walport: government’s Wellcome new source of advice
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2013;346:f2821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2821 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Study shows Medicaid coverage has little clinical benefit
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2013;346:f2878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2878 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Medicine and the Media: The private clinics that advertise unlicensed measles jabs
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2013;346:f2830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2830 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success
	Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry, Christopher Eccleston, Eija Kalso
	BMJ  2013;346:f2690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2690 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Better management of patients with multimorbidity
	Martin Roland, Charlotte Paddison
	BMJ  2013;346:f2510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2510 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A NICE example? Variation in provision of bariatric surgery in England
	Amanda Owen-Smith, Ruth Kipping, Jenny Donovan, Christine Hine, Christina Maslen, Joanna Coast
	BMJ  2013;346:f2453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2453 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

Views & Reviews

	Laying Foundations: Portfolio of pap
	Oliver Ellis
	BMJ  2013;346:f2708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2708 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Carl Ludwig Scholtz
	Anne Marshall
	BMJ  2013;346:f2137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2137 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	David Malcolm Milne
	John Taylor
	BMJ  2013;346:f2139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2139 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	John Joseph Smirke Herbert Ruston
	Richard Marks, Michael Pegg
	BMJ  2013;346:f2140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2140 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Julian Stanley Martyn Toms
	Charles L Crichton
	BMJ  2013;346:f2141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2141 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	David James Martins Buddery
	Caroline Buddery
	BMJ  2013;346:f2142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2142 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	John Denys Campling
	Angela Campling
	BMJ  2013;346:f2146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2146 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	James Reginald Searle Barton
	Andrew Barton
	BMJ  2013;346:f2149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2149 (Published 30 April 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Statistical Question: Cluster randomised controlled trials: sample size calculations
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2013;346:f2839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2839 (Published 3 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: Metabolic alkalosis in a patient with dyspnoea
	Richard Windsor, Will Petchey
	BMJ  2013;346:f2710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2710 (Published 2 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: Seeing double: the low carb diet
	Louise A McKenna, Russell S Drummond, Suzannah Drummond, Dinesh Talwar, Michael EJ Lean
	BMJ  2013;346:f2563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2563 (Published 1 May 2013) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Seeing double: the low carb diet
	BMJ  2013;346:f2881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2881 (Published 2 May 2013) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes control in older people
	BMJ  2013;346:f2836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2836 (Published 2 May 2013) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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