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9 April 2011 (Vol 342, No 7801)
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Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2011;342:d2219 (Published )
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Management of acute bronchiolitis
Francine M Ducharme
BMJ  2011;342:d1658 (Published )
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Statins and pneumonia
Vineet Chopra, Scott A Flanders
BMJ  2011;342:d1907 (Published )
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Supporting patients to make the best decisions
Martin Marshall, Jo Bibby
BMJ  2011;342:d2117 (Published )
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Climate change, ill health, and conflict
Lionel Jarvis, Hugh Montgomery, Neil Morisetti, Ian Gilmore
BMJ  2011;342:d1819 (Published )
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Improving the management of COPD
D M G Halpin
BMJ  2011;342:d1674 (Published )
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Home mechanical ventilation
Matt P Wise, Nicholas Hart, Craig Davidson, Rik Fox, Martin Allen, Mark Elliott, Bob Winter, Mike Morgan, Helena Shovelton, Robert Meadowcroft, Jane Campbell, Ilora Finlay
BMJ  2011;342:d1687 (Published )
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GH in idiopathic short stature: Is treating a poorly defined illness ethical?
Paul J Caldwell
BMJ  2011;342:d2144 (Published )
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GH in idiopathic short stature: Is growth hormone treatment ethical or cost effective?
Jerry K Wales
BMJ  2011;342:d2142 (Published )
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SACN iron recommendations: Pregnancy is a special case
Nisreen A Alwan, Zaed Z R Hamady, Janet E Cade
BMJ  2011;342:d1783 (Published )
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Atypical antipsychotic drugs: Two points of clinical interest
Rajeev Krishnadas
BMJ  2011;342:d2148 (Published )
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Osteoarthritis excess mortality: Painful limping and early death
Justin P Cobb
BMJ  2011;342:d2137 (Published )
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New mental health strategy: Uncosted, unrealistic strategy
Elaine Murphy
BMJ  2011;342:d2133 (Published )
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Evidence based policy making: How can it be achieved?
Joseph J Lee
BMJ  2011;342:d2134 (Published )
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National alcohol plans: New Zealand’s alcohol plan is less than "half hearted"
Nick Wilson, Fiona Imlach Gunasekara
BMJ  2011;342:d2147 (Published )
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Hospital doctors and nurses should sit with GPs on commissioning boards, say MPs
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:d2180 (Published )
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Health secretary will "pause" and listen to staff over reform bill
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2011;342:d2216 (Published )
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Cancer drug fund spending varies widely between authorities
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:d2154 (Published )
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GP commissioners must help improve care of emergency surgery patients, say surgeons
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2011;342:d2178 (Published )
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New code requires doctors to disclose all links with drug industry
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d2188 (Published )
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Changes to lawyers’ fees in personal injury cases are set to save the NHS millions
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d2112 (Published )
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UK Supreme Court abolishes immunity for expert witnesses
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d2096 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2011;342:d2155 (Published )
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Payment by results works against integrated care and needs to be replaced
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2011;342:d2135 (Published )
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Pathologist in G20 demonstration death is suspended for "irresponsible" conduct in earlier case
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d2121 (Published )
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Electronic patient records are revitalised with new opt-out letter
Michael Cross
BMJ  2011;342:d2197 (Published )
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Funding of audit of maternal and perinatal deaths has been suspended, UK agency reports
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2011;342:d2158 (Published )
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Surgeon who pleads guilty to two charges of manslaughter and 21 of causing harm gets four years in prison
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2011;342:d2107 (Published )
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Dutch smokers are "alarmingly" ignorant of harms of passive smoking, study finds
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2011;342:d2138 (Published )
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Number of organ donors rises by 15% in Spain after doctors are given good practice guide
Aser Garcia Rada
BMJ  2011;342:d2181 (Published )
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New South African HIV strategy targets condom use and miners
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2011;342:d2159 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2011;342:d2120 (Published )
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Shared Decision Making: Welcome to the century of the patient
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2011;342:d2057 (Published )
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Salzburg statement on shared decision making
Salzburg Global Seminar
BMJ  2011;342:d1745 (Published )
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BMJ Group Awards: Innovation in healthcare: Finalists reflect a wealth of potential
Luisa Dillner
BMJ  2011;342:d2087 (Published )
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Reality Check: Power to the people
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2011;342:d2002 (Published )
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Medicine and the Media: Do proposed libel law reforms go far enough?
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d2198 (Published )
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Lobby Watch: Office of Health Economics
Jane Cassidy
BMJ  2011;342:d1940 (Published )
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How the secretary of state for health proposes to abolish the NHS in England
Allyson M Pollock, David Price
BMJ  2011;342:d1695 (Published )
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Can the government’s proposals for NHS reform be made to work?
Kieran Walshe, Chris Ham
BMJ  2011;342:d2038 (Published )
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Commentary: Fixing the policy may not sort out the politics
Nigel Edwards
BMJ  2011;342:d2093 (Published )
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Steroids and bronchodilators for acute bronchiolitis in the first two years of life: systematic review and meta-analysis
Lisa Hartling, Ricardo M Fernandes, Liza Bialy, Andrea Milne, David Johnson, Amy Plint, Terry P Klassen, Ben Vandermeer
BMJ  2011;342:d1714 (Published )
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Protective efficacy of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis against malaria in HIV exposed children in rural Uganda: a randomised clinical trial
Taylor G Sandison, Jaco Homsy, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Humphrey Wanzira, Abel Kakuru, Victor Bigira, Julius Kalamya, Neil Vora, James Kublin, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Jordan W Tappero
BMJ  2011;342:d1617 (Published )
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Effect of statin treatment on short term mortality after pneumonia episode: cohort study
Ian Douglas, Stephen Evans, Liam Smeeth
BMJ  2011;342:d1642 (Published )
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Statin treatment for primary prevention of vascular disease: whom to treat? Cost-effectiveness analysis
JP Greving, FLJ Visseren, GA de Wit, A Algra
BMJ  2011;342:d1672 (Published )
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Diagnosis and management of transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke in the acute phase
K S McArthur, T J Quinn, J Dawson, M R Walters
BMJ  2011;342:d1938 (Published )
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Practice Pointer: How to minimise risk of acquiring tuberculosis when working in a high prevalence setting: a guide for healthcare workers
Tara Harrop, James Aird, Guy Thwaites
BMJ  2011;342:d1544 (Published )
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10-Minute Consultation: Frequent exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Christina George, Will Zermansky, John R Hurst
BMJ  2011;342:d1434 (Published )
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Lesson of the Week: Rebound hypoxaemia after administration of oxygen in an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Binita Kane, Peter M Turkington, Luke S Howard, Anthony G Davison, G John Gibson, B Ronan O'Driscoll
BMJ  2011;342:d1557 (Published )
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Edwin Dennis Kilbourne
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2011;342:d2203 (Published )
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Bernard Brooks
Douglas J Price
BMJ  2011;342:d2066 (Published )
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Peter Gooderham
Una Coales, Richard Marks, Adam Pringle
BMJ  2011;342:d2079 (Published )
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Harrison Shaw McCallum
John Brocklehurst
BMJ  2011;342:d2067 (Published )
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Robin Gordon Mitchell
Alasdair Gray, Dave Caesar, Tim Parke
BMJ  2011;342:d1424 (Published )
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Graham Pogrel
Graham Pogrel
BMJ  2011;342:d2069 (Published )
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John Gilbert Sanderson
Barbara Sanderson
BMJ  2011;342:d1562 (Published )
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Personal View: We should encourage browsing
Jerome P Kassirer
BMJ  2011;342:d2182 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Dare to know: risk illiteracy and shared decision making
Iona Heath
BMJ  2011;342:d2075 (Published )
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Between the Lines: Paternalistic over-ride
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2011;342:d2097 (Published )
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Medical Classics: The Gift Relationship
Parita Mukta
BMJ  2011;342:d2078 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Doctors’ children
Des Spence
BMJ  2011;342:d2167 (Published )
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The Bigger Picture: Stand up for straight statistics
Mary E Black
BMJ  2011;342:d2163 (Published )
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Anatomy Quiz: Chest radiograph (posterior anterior view)
A Nair
BMJ  2011;342:d2143 (Published )
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Case Report: Diagnostic dilemma in an elderly woman
Farooq Khan, Martin Curtice
BMJ  2011;342:d969 (Published )
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onExamination Quiz: Hip fracture
BMJ  2011;342:d2108 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Control treatments
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2011;342:d2109 (Published )
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Chaudhary Farqan Riaz, Claudia S Nogueira, Mohammed Gheewala, Peter A Rea
BMJ  2011;342:d2122 (Published )
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