Trends in the hospital care of acute childhood asthma 1970-8: a regional study.
	H F Pratt
	Br Med J  1980;281:1560-1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The investigation of sinusitis.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1561 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of patients after self-poisoning.
	R Gardner
	Br Med J  1980;281:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1562 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endoscopic assessment of oesophageal disease.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1562-1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1562-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Food for thought.
	J Yudkin
	Br Med J  1980;281:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1563-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Female sterilisation--no more tubal coagulation.
	M Sutton, R de Vere
	Br Med J  1980;281:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1564-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nurses and the medical termination of pregnancy.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1564-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Poliomyelitis worldwide.
	H V Wyatt
	Br Med J  1980;281:1564-1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1564-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer trials--a new initiative.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1565-1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1565-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical cancer screening.
	D M Parkin, A D Clayden
	Br Med J  1980;281:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1566 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chasing the unknown primary.
	D Slater
	Br Med J  1980;281:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1566-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pneumonia during treatment of acute leukaemia.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1566-1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1566-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Site of action of intrathecal morphine.
	L Jacobson
	Br Med J  1980;281:1567-1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1567-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Palpable spleen and bleeding oesophageal varices.
	A D Harries
	Br Med J  1980;281:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1568-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occupational hazards of anaesthesia.
	E N Cohen, B W Brown, Jr
	Br Med J  1980;281:1568-1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1568-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atenolol and chlorthalidone for hypertension in black South Africans.
	S W Mhlongo
	Br Med J  1980;281:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1569 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal embolisation in Glanzmann's thrombasthenia.
	E F van Leeuwen, A E von dem Borne
	Br Med J  1980;281:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1569-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spironolactone prophylaxis of mountain sickness.
	D H Meyers
	Br Med J  1980;281:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1569-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Effects of oral propranolol on parathyroid hormone secretion in chronic renal failure
	Br Med J  1980;281:1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1530-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Evaluation of a patient education manual
	Br Med J  1980;281:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1544 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1980;281:1571-1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1571 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1980;281:1575-1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1575 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1980;281:1555-1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1555 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	The investigation of sinusitis
	William M I Evans
	Br Med J  1980;281:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1561-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The investigation of sinusitis
	J M Kodicek
	Br Med J  1980;281:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1561-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The investigation of sinusitis
	J Siegler
	Br Med J  1980;281:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1561-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The investigation of sinusitis
	Adrian Gillham
	Br Med J  1980;281:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1561-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of mumps
	Peter Masters
	Br Med J  1980;281:1561-1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1561-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endoscopic assessment of oesophageal disease
	M P Holden
	Br Med J  1980;281:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1562-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endoscopic assessment of oesophageal disease
	J R Bennett
	Br Med J  1980;281:1562-1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1562-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endoscopic assessment of oesophageal disease
	James S Davidson
	Br Med J  1980;281:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1563 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The drug industry
	R G Penn
	Br Med J  1980;281:1563-1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1563-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Newspaper reports of new drugs
	B McConkey
	Br Med J  1980;281:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1564 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nurses and the medical termination of pregnancy
	D B Paintin
	Br Med J  1980;281:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1564-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infectivity of tuberculosis
	Martin W McNicol
	Br Med J  1980;281:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1565 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer trials—a new initiative
	C R Franks
	Br Med J  1980;281:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1565-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer trials—a new initiative
	Anthony Green
	Br Med J  1980;281:1565-1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1565-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pneumonia during treatment of acute leukaemia
	Judith Chessells, W C Marshall
	Br Med J  1980;281:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1567 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Granulocytopenia and infections
	E N Wardle
	Br Med J  1980;281:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1567-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perinatal and neonatal mortality
	E B M Harding, L T Harrington, C M Lockwood, J R Duncan Brown, A C Hall, M A Brown, N R Whiting, P H Cooper, B R Collier, B Jones, M S E Causer, P B Dando, T J Herbert
	Br Med J  1980;281:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1567-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cimetidine and ranitidine in duodenal ulcer
	M J S Langman
	Br Med J  1980;281:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1568 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological Examination in Clinical Practice
	Keith Bowker
	Br Med J  1980;281:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1568-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics in medical research
	Eva Lester
	Br Med J  1980;281:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1568-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of various treatment for irritable bowel syndrome
	Alasdair J Macdonald
	Br Med J  1980;281:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1569-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health Review Tribunals
	H R Rollin
	Br Med J  1980;281:1569-1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1569-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thanks from Dr Tony Keable-Elliott
	Tony Keable-Elliott
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transplants—are the donors really dead?
	D Wainwright Evans, L C Lum
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transplants—are the donors really dead?
	Geoff Deehan
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Toxic shock syndrome
	Averil J Smith
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Toxic shock syndrome
	Roy Goulding
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The drug industry
	L S Gerlis
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Economy by delay
	Peter Sperryn
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Royal Medical Benevolent Fund Christmas appeal 1980
	S A Mason
	Br Med J  1980;281:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1570-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Letter from Chicago: Clandestine clippings
	George Dunea
	Br Med J  1980;281:1551-1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1551 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reading for Pleasure: Before and after a heart transplant
	D K Williams
	Br Med J  1980;281:1553-1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1553 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Gareth Williams
	Br Med J  1980;281:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Invincible arrogance--and patients suffer.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1509-1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1509 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Calmodulin.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1510-1511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1510 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Phencyclidine: the new American street drug.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1511-1512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1511 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes--WHO criteria.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1512-1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1512 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paranoia and immigrants.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1513-1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1513 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Road safety and the law.
	Br Med J  1980;281:1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1514 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality, morbidity, resource allocation, and planning: a consideration of disease classification.
	M J Goldacre, R I Harris
	Br Med J  1980;281:1515-1519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1515 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for congenital hypothyroidism in the Republic of Ireland.
	S Dockeray, S F Cahalane, M Brody, C Mullins, M J Cullen
	Br Med J  1980;281:1519-1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1519 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How long does it take to become fit?
	J Pearn
	Br Med J  1980;281:1522-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1522 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Grey-scale ultrasonography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography in biliary tract disease.
	S R Wild, J G Cruikshank, G M Fraser, W A Copland, D C Grieve
	Br Med J  1980;281:1524-1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1524 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Azoospermia after iodine-131 treatment for thyroid carcinoma.
	D J Handelsman, A J Conway, P E Donnelly, J R Turtle
	Br Med J  1980;281:1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1527 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spontaneous abortion after hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by Coxsackie virus A16.
	M M Ogilvie, C F Tearne
	Br Med J  1980;281:1527-1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1527-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deep vein thrombosis and anaesthetic technique in emergency hip surgery.
	F M Davis, M Quince, V G Laurenson
	Br Med J  1980;281:1528-1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1528 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemolysis after granulocyte transfusions.
	P M Chipping, E Lloyd, J M Goldman
	Br Med J  1980;281:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1529 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute renal failure and interstitial nephritis after clofibrate treatment.
	A Cumming
	Br Med J  1980;281:1529-1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1529-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Liver damage induced by oxyphenisatin.
	P Kotha, M O Rake, D Willatt
	Br Med J  1980;281:1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1530 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The oesophageal obturator airway: a new device in emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
	T A Michael, A S Gordon
	Br Med J  1980;281:1531-1534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1531 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Care of the diabetic child in the community.
	J W Farquhar, M L Campbell
	Br Med J  1980;281:1534-1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1534 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of ENT. Pain in the ear.
	H Ludman
	Br Med J  1980;281:1538-1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1538 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics and ethics in medical research. VI--Presentation of results.
	D G Altman
	Br Med J  1980;281:1542-1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiation exposure and the protection of the community.
	D Gloag
	Br Med J  1980;281:1545-1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fluid absorption during transurethral resection.
	D E Osborn, P N Rao, M J Greene, R J Barnard
	Br Med J  1980;281:1549-1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1549 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1980;281:1577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1577 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS budget escapes relatively unscathed
	William Russell
	Br Med J  1980;281:1578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1578 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the GMSC: Prescription-event monitoring: pilot study approved
	Br Med J  1980;281:1579-1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1579 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to pay your BMA subscription
	Br Med J  1980;281:1581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1581 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acceptability of part-time training
	Br Med J  1980;281:1582-1583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1582 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HJSC matters
	Br Med J  1980;281:1583-1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1583 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical teaching in the NHS: a discussion document
	Br Med J  1980;281:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.281.6254.1584 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.