Hypertension guidelines. Other diseases complicate management.
	J Tudor Hart
	BMJ  1993;306:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1337-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS epidemic in Africa. Channel four tackles controversy.
	F O'Brien
	BMJ  1993;306:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1337-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people. Hospital should remain an option.
	P Divall
	BMJ  1993;306:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1338 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people. Different balance of provision in Scotland.
	W R Primrose
	BMJ  1993;306:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1338-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people. Residential homes challenges GPs.
	C A West
	BMJ  1993;306:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1338-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people. Dependency increasing in Manchester.
	R C Baldwin
	BMJ  1993;306:1338-1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1338-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Foreign body aspiration.
	M Anderson, S Dowse
	BMJ  1993;306:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1339 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dural puncture. Rotating needle increases risk.
	M J Jordan
	BMJ  1993;306:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1339-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dural puncture. Elective forceps delivery not indicated.
	M Robson, C McQuillan, J M Stronge
	BMJ  1993;306:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1339-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dural puncture. Blood patch not always benign.
	G M Cooper, P C Stride
	BMJ  1993;306:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1339-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol not a predictor of peripheral oedema in chronic bronchitis.
	P McKee
	BMJ  1993;306:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1340 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-medical use of ketamine.
	P A Gill
	BMJ  1993;306:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1340-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma guidelines. Burst therapy for acute asthma.
	J E Peake, A F Mellon
	BMJ  1993;306:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1341-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma guidelines. Guidelines ignore psychology of asthma.
	B Lask
	BMJ  1993;306:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1341-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One fee for night visits.
	I McKee
	BMJ  1993;306:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1341-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chest infections in African children. Respiratory rate poor predictor of hypoxaemia.
	T J O'Dempsey, J E Todd
	BMJ  1993;306:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1342 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chest infections in African children. Clinical signs unreliable.
	T Dyke, M Manary
	BMJ  1993;306:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1342-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Presenile dementia. Risk to women inflated by artefact.
	T Helme
	BMJ  1993;306:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1343 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Presenile dementia. Dementia classification misleading.
	A Pinhorn
	BMJ  1993;306:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1343-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Presenile dementia. Gender difference unlikely.
	A J Newens, D P Forster, D W Kay, J Edwardson
	BMJ  1993;306:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1343-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urinary incontinence. Social and financial costs high.
	P Ekelund, A Grimby, I Milsom
	BMJ  1993;306:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1344 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urinary incontinence. GPs lack confidence.
	J V Jolleys, J V Wilson
	BMJ  1993;306:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1344-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypercalcaemia with topical calcipotriol.
	J F Bourke, J Berth-Jones, P E Hutchinson
	BMJ  1993;306:1344-1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1344-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multiple author trend worst in medicine.
	J L Onwude, A Staines, R J Lilford
	BMJ  1993;306:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1345 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Hypertension guidelines: β blockers no good for smokers
	R D Bailey
	BMJ  1993;306:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1337 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypertension guidelines: Beware diuretics in elderly patients
	Michael Polkey
	BMJ  1993;306:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1337-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS epidemic in Africa: Epidemic exaggerated
	Mark Mattah
	BMJ  1993;306:1337-1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1337-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people: Innovative options for funding
	David B Goss
	BMJ  1993;306:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1338-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subdural haematoma after spinal anaesthesia
	John S Norris
	BMJ  1993;306:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1339-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advanced life support course
	A H Swain, Anthony J Handley
	BMJ  1993;306:1339-1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1339-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol not a predictor of peripheral oedema in chronic bronchitis: Authors' reply
	William MacNee, Neil J Douglas
	BMJ  1993;306:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1340-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-medical use of ketamine: Author's reply
	Karl L R Jansen
	BMJ  1993;306:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1340-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hammering psychiatric practice: Secure in our insecurity
	A J D Macdonald
	BMJ  1993;306:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1340-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hammering psychiatric practice: ECT gets a bad press
	Brice Pitt
	BMJ  1993;306:1340-1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1340-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hammering psychiatric practice: Training and practice have changed
	Jonathan M Godfrey
	BMJ  1993;306:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1341 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hammering psychiatric practice: Assertions unsubstantiated
	Anthony White
	BMJ  1993;306:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1341-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health care in India
	Piyush Johari, Dhiraj Narula, Naresh Gandhi, Vikram Patel
	BMJ  1993;306:1341-1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1341-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating drug addicts in police custody
	Neville Davis
	BMJ  1993;306:1342-1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1342-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Presenile dementia: Authors' reply
	Lawrence Whalley, Gerry McGonigal, Bill MacLennan, Cecilia McQuade, John Starr, Brenda Thomas
	BMJ  1993;306:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1343-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What social workers need
	Colin Brewer
	BMJ  1993;306:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1345-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BUPA and consultants over 70
	J Luder
	BMJ  1993;306:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1345-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Future of the RCGP: College must prove itself
	Grant Kelly
	BMJ  1993;306:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1346 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Future of the RCGP: No coherent vision
	Michael A Varnam
	BMJ  1993;306:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1346-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Future of the RCGP: College forges links with GMSC
	Mollie McBride
	BMJ  1993;306:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1346-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial practice
	Miles Fisher, David Sandler
	BMJ  1993;306:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1346-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial practice: Editor's reply
	BMJ  1993;306:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1346-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Screening for ovarian cancer
	BMJ  1993;306:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1286-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Medical management of miscarriage: non-surgical uterine evacuation of incomplete and inevitable spontaneous abortion
	BMJ  1993;306:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1303-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Intraocular foreign body missed by radiography
	BMJ  1993;306:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1318 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Diagnosis and treatment of malaria in Britain
	BMJ  1993;306:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1318-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1993;306:1287-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1287 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NOTES
	BMJ  1993;306:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1326 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1993;306:1335-1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1335 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicopolitical Digest
	BMJ  1993;306:1347-1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1347 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings
	BMJ  1993;306:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1349 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Dawn Lain
	BMJ  1993;306:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1350 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1993;306:1350-1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1350-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1993;306:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1354 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1993;306:1352-1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1352 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Specialist medical training and the Calman report.
	S Hunter, P McLaren
	BMJ  1993;306:1281-1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Annual reports of directors of public health.
	I S Watt, S L Ibbotson, C Nicholson
	BMJ  1993;306:1282-1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1282 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How should new treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia be assessed?
	D Kirk
	BMJ  1993;306:1283-1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1283 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nicotine patches in general practice.
	I A Campbell
	BMJ  1993;306:1284-1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overpopulation and overconsumption.
	R Smith
	BMJ  1993;306:1285-1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1285 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pre-employment chest radiography and NHS staff.
	A Cockcroft
	BMJ  1993;306:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1286 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transurethral microwave treatment for benign prostatic hypertrophy: a randomised controlled clinical trial.
	A S Bdesha, C J Bunce, J P Kelleher, M E Snell, J Vukusic, R O Witherow
	BMJ  1993;306:1293-1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1293 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vertically transmitted HIV infection in the British Isles.
	A E Ades, C F Davison, F J Holland, D M Gibb, C N Hudson, A Nicholl, D Goldberg, C S Peckham
	BMJ  1993;306:1296-1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1296 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessing long term backache after childbirth.
	R Russell, P Groves, N Taub, J O'Dowd, F Reynolds
	BMJ  1993;306:1299-1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1299 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of primary lactase deficiency in adult residents of west Birmingham.
	T H Iqbal, G M Wood, K O Lewis, J P Leek, B T Cooper
	BMJ  1993;306:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1303 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of a nicotine patch in helping people stop smoking: results of a randomised trial in general practice. Imperial Cancer Research Fund General Practice Research Group.
	BMJ  1993;306:1304-1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1304 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Targeting heavy smokers in general practice: randomised controlled trial of transdermal nicotine patches.
	M A Russell, J A Stapleton, C Feyerabend, S M Wiseman, G Gustavsson, U Sawe, P Connor
	BMJ  1993;306:1308-1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1308 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How can we best prolong life? Benefits of coronary risk factor reduction in non-diabetic and diabetic subjects.
	J S Yudkin
	BMJ  1993;306:1313-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1313 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measurement error in the Hawksley random zero sphygmomanometer: what damage has been done and what can we learn?
	R M Conroy, E O'Brien, K O'Malley, N Atkins
	BMJ  1993;306:1319-1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1319 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Teaching communication skills to clinical students.
	I C McManus, C A Vincent, S Thom, J Kidd
	BMJ  1993;306:1322-1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1322 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A BMA secretary for quality. Interview by Richard Smith.
	E M Armstrong
	BMJ  1993;306:1328-1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1328 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sleep disorders. Psychotropic drugs and sleep.
	J Eisen, J MacFarlane, C M Shapiro
	BMJ  1993;306:1331-1334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6888.1331 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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