NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1334-1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1334 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1338-1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1338 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1321-1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1321 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What's new in the new editions?
	Clifford Hawkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1323-1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1323 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Value of measuring end tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide as an adjunct to treadmill exercise testing
	John B Chambers, Peter J Kiff, William N Gardner, Graham Jackson, Christopher Bass
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1281-1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1281 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Identifying people at high risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: results from a case-control study in Western Australia
	Dallas R English, Bruce K Armstrong
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1285-1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1285 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Cardiac transplantation in severely ill patients
	Bryan Jennett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1327 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Late abortions
	Manfredo Simeoni, Fran Reader, Wendy Savage
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1327-1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1327-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Strongyloidiasis
	J Dacre
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1328 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sulphonylureas and hypoglycaemia
	D W Ryan, J Oyston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1328-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug addicts and the GP
	John G Ball
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1328-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early detection of visual defects in infancy
	M Pollak
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1328-1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1328-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early detection of visual defects in infancy: Authors' reply
	D M B Hall, Susan M Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1329 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial freedom
	N C Lee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1329-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of upper respiratory tract infection and malaria prophylaxis
	P J Flegg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1329-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postviral fatigue syndrome
	Anthony J Pelosi, Anthony S David, Simon Wessely
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1329-1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1329-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reference values for 75 g oral glucose tolerance test in pregnancy
	A A Nasrat
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1330 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How informed is signed consent?
	I C M Paterson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1330-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Removal of nasogastric tubes
	Mel Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1330-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical research
	Roger A Fisken
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1330-1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1330-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to consultants
	Gerald Michael
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1331 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health care in West Germany and Britain
	Annette Kissenbeck
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1331-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of recognition for vocational training
	Marie Campkin, Donald Grant, Heather Suckling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1331-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Financing health care
	Alexander Macnair
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1331-1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1331-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Performance indicators
	John Rose
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1332 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Peaks and troughs in demands on hospitals
	M F H Bush
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1332-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Lorazepam induced pancytopenia
	S El-Sayed, R P Symonds
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1332-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Penicillamine induced rhinitis
	A P Presley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1332-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Exfoliative dermatitis after amiodarone treatment
	R J Moots, A Banerjee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1332-1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1332-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Underuse of theatres
	John C Pearson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1333 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Psychiatric illness among British Afro-Caribbeans
	Gabrielle Milner, G Hayes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1333-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Should the pill be stopped preoperatively?
	Bruce V Stadel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1333-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: From budgets to babies
	Marjorie Tew
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1333-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Blood pressure in the elderly
	C M Castleden, J Snape
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1333-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The full potential of ultrasound
	B M Gompels
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1333-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Too much radiation for too many children?
	Richard M Dawood, Christine M Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1277-1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Departmental divisions and the crisis in undergraduate medical education
	Peter Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1278-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1278 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cough and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition
	K E Berkin, S G Ball
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1279-1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1279 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Little to learn from the Americans
	Jane Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1280 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Hospital visiting hours: time for improvement
	D N W Griffith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1303-1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1303 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retrospective study of 1000 deaths from injury in England and Wales
	I D Anderson, M Woodford, F T de Dombal, Miles Irving
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1305-1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1305 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly
	D Thompson, P Bannister, P Murphy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1309-1311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1309 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Bombay: Yearning for baby boys
	Sunil K Pandya
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1312 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics in Medicine: Calculating confidence intervals for relative risks (odds ratios) and standardised ratios and rates
	Julie A Morris, Martin J Gardner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1313-1316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1313 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Everyday Aids and Appliances: Provision of aids
	Graham P Mulley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1317-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1317 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CSM Update: Review of yellow cards — 1986 and 1987
	J L Bem, R D Mann, M D Rawlins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1319 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice: is action against North East Thames justified?
	Stella Lowry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1320 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	H J N Andreyev
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1326 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Trends in mortality statistics in England and Wales with particular reference to AIDS from 1984 to April 1987
	Anna McCormick
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1289-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1289 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Graves' disease: immunological and immunogenetic indicators of relapse
	T W A de Bruin, J H Bolk, J K Bussemaker, T Stijnen, G M T Schreuder, R R P de Vries, D van der Heide
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1292-1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1292 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence, concentration, and prognostic importance of proteinuria in patients with malignancies
	Nick Sawyer, Jane Wadsworth, Marc Wijnen, Roger Gabriel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1295-1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1295 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Studies on platelets before and after stroke in a patient with essential thrombocythaemia
	S Heptinstall, S R Cockbill, M E Burgess-Wilson, E W Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1298-1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1298 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol intoxication and severity of injury in victims of assault
	Jonathan Shepherd, Margaret Irish, Crispian Scully, Ian Leslie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1299 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Reported prevalence of urinary incontinence in women in a general practice
	Jacqueline V Jolleys
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1300-1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1300 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1340 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Demise of the DHSS
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1341 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Council election results 1988-90
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1342 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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