Chickenpox isolation: is it worth the trouble?
	N J Shaw, H K Bell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1737 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pseudo-obstruction.
	B N Catchpole
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1738-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mouth to mask respiration.
	T H Howells
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1739-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Resuscitation: use of sodium bicarbonate.
	V J Dev
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1739-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation by ambulance crews.
	B J Ryan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1739-1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1739-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dangers of lumbar puncture.
	M Saeed, G P Wyatt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1740 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	IVF update.
	H Page
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1740-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Measurement of amylase activity—a useful indication of tissue damage after major radiation accidents?
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1741-d [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Public watchdog bites the NHS
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1755-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1743-1745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1743 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1746-1748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1746 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1732-1734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1732 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	What price academic general practice?
	Robin Fraser, Brian R McAvoy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1736 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What price academic general practice?
	E Martin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1736-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why it takes so long to build a hospital
	P V Scott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1736-1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1736-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroids, the eye, and general practitioners
	Anna Livingstone
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1737-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroids, the eye, and general practitioners
	Martin Lawrence
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1737-1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1737-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroids, the eye, and general practitioners
	Patrick Trevor-Roper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1738 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gastrointestinal investigation of iron deficiency anaemia
	M V Tobin, I T Gilmore
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1738-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gastrointestinal investigation of iron deficiency anaemia
	S Freestone
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1738-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High altitude haemofiltration
	Andrew Davenport
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1738-1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1738-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High altitude haemofiltration: Authors' reply
	P E Stevens, L L Bloodworth, D J Rainford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1739 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation in the accident and emergency department
	John S Duncan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1739-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation in the accident and emergency department: Authors' reply
	A K Marsden, A McGowan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1739-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manpower: compendium of deliberate mistakes
	E N Wardle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1740-1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1740-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pressure of research on junior staff
	Haydn Didier
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1741 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pressure of research on junior staff
	W J Mintowt-Czyz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1741-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pressure of research on junior staff
	Dinesh Bhugra
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1741-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS guidance on Griffiths
	N A Simmons
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1741-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Code of practice for the Mental Health Act 1983
	T J Crow
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Happiness is: iron
	David P Taggart
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Drugs in developing countries
	C J Burns-Cox, Jane Yeo
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Antiviral treatment in chronic infection with hepatitis B virus
	M A Vickers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Occurrence of polymyalgia rheumatica in rheumatoid arthritis
	M A Casson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: IPPNW
	D S Josephs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Two centuries of medical benevolence
	Anthony Batty Shaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1742-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Personal View
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1735 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Halothane and the liver: the problem revisited and made obsolete.
	C E Blogg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1691-1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1691 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obese deceivers?
	D A Southgate
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1692-1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1692 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psoriasis.
	R H Champion
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1693-1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1693 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salt and the glycaemic response.
	A W Thorburn, J C Brand, A S Truswell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1697-1699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1697 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of oral candidiasis in patients with respiratory disease and efficacy of a new nystatin formulation.
	P J Thompson, H J Wingfield, R F Cosgrove, B O Hughes, M E Turner-Warwick
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1699-1700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1699 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of somatostatin on renal function.
	J P Vora, D R Owens, R Ryder, J Atiea, S Luzio, T M Hayes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1701-1702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1701 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical versus laboratory detection of alcohol abuse: the alcohol clinical index.
	H A Skinner, S Holt, W J Sheu, Y Israel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1703-1708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1703 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does super efficient starch absorption promote diverticular disease?
	J R Thornton, A Dryden, J Kelleher, M S Losowsky
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1708-1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1708 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Causalgia as a complication of meningococcal meningitis.
	J McLelland, S J Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1710 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical and financial implications of a district scheme to provide plastic insulin syringes to diabetics.
	A P Allen, D J Tymms, B A Leatherdale, R S Lloyd
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1710-1711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1710-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A new resuscitation apparatus providing 70% oxygen.
	R Johnston, J R Machin, A MacNeil
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1711-1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1711 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Papillitis and hepatitis B.
	C F Farthing, R S Howard, R N Thin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1712 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric morbidity in a general practice in an Indian city.
	C Shamasundar, S K Murthy, O M Prakash, N Prabhakar, D K Krishna
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1713-1715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1713 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bringing the visiting diary up to date.
	J Willis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1715-1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1715 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prenatal screening for congenital heart disease.
	L D Allan, D C Crawford, S K Chita, M J Tynan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1717-1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1717 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing dependency in registered nursing homes and long term care geriatric wards in Edinburgh.
	A E Capewell, W R Primrose, C MacIntyre
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1719-1721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1719 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of resuscitation. The airway at risk.
	R S Simons, T H Howells
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1722-1726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1722 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness associated with consumption of raw depurated oysters.
	D Heller, O N Gill, E Raynham, T Kirkland, P M Zadick, R Stanwell-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1726-1727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1726 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Length of survival of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the United Kingdom.
	G Marasca, M McEvoy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1727-1729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1727 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Successful rehabilitation in conversion paralysis.
	M A Delargy, R C Peatfield, A A Burt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1730-1731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1730 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1749 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	As welcome as Banquo's ghost to Macbeth
	Philip Johnston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1750 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the LMC conference: Support for exemption for personal health data
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1751-1755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1751 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMSC reaffirms support for modified data access
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1755 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the ARM: Not too late to rescue NHS, says chairman of council
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1756 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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