Assessment of pituitary function.
	S P Calloway
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:400-401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.400-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impaired elimination of metronidazole in decompensated chronic liver disease.
	T K Daneshmend, C J Roberts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.405 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Activity after myocardial infarction.
	J A Davis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.406 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.410 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	From the GMSC
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Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:409-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.409 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:412-415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.412 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:393-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.393 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	A question of confidence
	Christopher Booth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.398 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	H J C J L'Etang
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:398-399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.398-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	William B Ober
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.399 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	Herbert H Pilling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.399-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	James Howie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.399-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	Peter Benson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:399-400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.399-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A question of confidence
	J B Lyons
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.400 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injuries of the spine sustained in rugby
	R D Walker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.400-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injuries of the spine sustained in rugby
	John Thurston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.400-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injuries of the spine sustained in rugby
	Alan Porter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.400-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Variable intrathoracic airways obstruction masquerading as asthma
	Tim Higenbottam
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.401 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical oncology
	I C M Paterson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.401-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical oncology
	R David Rosin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.401-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	R Benson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.402 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	M G Barley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.402-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	David L Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.402-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	J Dalgleish
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.402-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	M G F Crowe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.402-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	B D Morgan Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:402-403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.402-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	K J Bolden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.403 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	F G Ince
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.403-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services
	H R Guly
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.403-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Post-transfusion hepatitis after cardiac surgery
	David M Arenson, James H Lewis, Hyman J Zimmerman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:403-404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.403-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Post-transfusion hepatitis after cardiac surgery
	Oliver James, Jonathan Collins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.404 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of fluorescein strips
	Redmond J H Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.404-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of fluorescein strips
	J P Griffin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.404-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for hypertension in general practice with an automatic machine
	Harvey Gordon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.404-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for hypertension in general practice with an automatic machine
	W P Stephens, R D G Tunbridge, D A Moss
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:404-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.404-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic otitis media with effusion (glue ear) and adenotonsillectomy
	Nick Black
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.405-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic otitis media with effusion (glue ear) and adenotonsillectomy
	George Browning
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.405-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic otitis media with effusion (glue ear) and adenotonsillectomy
	A Richard Maw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:405-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.405-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dihydrocodeine overdose treated with naloxone infusion
	J A Vale, B M Buckley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.406-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dihydrocodeine overdose treated with naloxone infusion
	S G Parker, David G Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.406-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Griffiths inquiry: a personal perspective
	P V Scott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:406-407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.406-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Paracetamol overdose as a cause of non-A non-B hepatitis
	J Bradley, R Walt, G Keith Morris, Rosemary A Barnes, David V Hamilton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.407 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The consultant's role in NHS management
	Harold E Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.407-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Sialagogues for patients with sicca syndrome
	G R Seward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.407-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Angina with normal coronary arteries
	F D Salama
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.407-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in patients aged over 60
	Roger Gabriel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.407-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Phenytoin intoxication during treatment with parenteral miconazole
	B Bourgoin, B Begaud, P Loiseau
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:407-408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.407-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Open letter to the new CMO
	G Taylor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Acute central cervical cord injury due to disco dancing
	L J Endtz, A R Wattendorff, G Th A M Bots, O J S Buruma, R A C Roos
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Treatment of acute stroke
	R J Jarrett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: A simple system for references and reprints
	Duncan J Cunningham
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Prednisolone as an appetite stimulant in patients with cancer
	W J A Hall-Turner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Accidental poisoning in childhood
	George Halasz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Genital warts and molluscum contagiosum
	M A Waugh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Urban Marks
	Melvyn H Brooks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Trade Union Bill: effect on BMA
	J M Cundy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.408-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Reading for Pleasure: Make full use of your local library
	Robert Cutler
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:391-392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.391 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	David Barr
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.397 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Unreviewed Reports
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.368 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Antibiotic guidelines.
	J D Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:343-344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.343 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Supraventricular tachycardias.
	D E Ward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:344-345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.344 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Microvascular free tissue transfer.
	B Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:345-346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.345 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Double suicide.
	A Norton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:346-347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.346 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Referral of chronic arthritics.
	M A Chamberlain
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:347-348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.347 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Local formularies and good patient care.
	P Turner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.348 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autoantibodies against human insulin.
	T J Wilkin, S Nicholson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:349-352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.349 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Peritonitis prevented in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis by using the Hong Kong connection.
	R D Clark
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:353-356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.353 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognosis after myocardial infarction: results of 15 year follow up.
	M A Merrilees, P J Scott, R M Norris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:356-359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.356 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measurement of serum amyloid A protein concentrations as test of renal allograft rejection in patients with initially non-functioning grafts.
	C P Maury, A M Teppo, J Ahonen, E von Willebrand
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:360-361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.360 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should patients with inflammatory bowel disease smoke?
	G Holdstock, D Savage, M Harman, R Wright
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.362 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Liver damage from verapamil.
	P Guarascio, C D'Amato, P Sette, A Conte, G Visco
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:362-363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.362-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac arrest after reversal of effects of opiates with naloxone.
	F M Cuss, C B Colaço, J H Baron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:363-364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.363 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment with captopril for peripheral ischaemia induced by ergotamine.
	A Zimran, B Ofek, C Hershko
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.364 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multiple spontaneous ruptures of tendons in renal transplant recipient.
	A Bradlow, J F Thompson, P J Morris, N A Watson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:364-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.364-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fractures on chest radiography as indicators of alcoholism in patients with liver disease.
	R D Johnson, S Davidson, J B Saunders, R Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:365-366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.365 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postperinatal mortality among infants discharged from special care units.
	J Yardley, M P Wailoo, M Harman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:366-367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.366 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of cardiac arrhythmias in patients taking slow release salbutamol and slow release terbutaline for asthma.
	A H Al-Hillawi, R Hayward, N M Johnson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.367 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of health visitors working with elderly patients in general practice: a randomised controlled trial.
	N J Vetter, D A Jones, C R Victor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:369-372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.369 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	South east Peru I: Planning and medical care of expedition team.
	R Adley, L Arrow, W M Gould, D C Langley, H F Pile, A M Prosser, C E White, D N Wood
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:373-375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.373 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	South east Peru II: Delivery of primary medical care by hovercraft along the Apurimac river.
	L Arrow, W M Gould, D C Langley, H F Pile, A M Prosser, C E White, D N Wood
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:376-378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.376 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Robert Koch and the cholera vibrio: a centenary.
	N Howard-Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:379-381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.379 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mother care for children in hospital.
	M Ryan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:381-382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.381 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sexually transmitted diseases. Genital skin and other conditions.
	M W Adler
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:383-385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.383 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The mental health of prisoners. II--The fate of the mentally abnormal in prison.
	R Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:386-388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.386 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma presenting as cor pulmonale.
	P A Corris, G J Gibson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:389-390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.389 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.416 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Welcome truce over deputising
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.417 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the JCC: Consultant expansion exercise may flounder, warns chairman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:418-419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.418 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical freedom, efficiency, and the Griffiths report
	Anne Ludbrook, G H Mooney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:420-421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.420 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality of out of hours care: RCGP calls for working party
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;288:421-422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.288.6414.421 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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