Index to volume 327 - BMJ Group

— increasing hospital admissions: analysis of national admissions
data (R Gupta, et al). 327:1142 (P)
— partial thickness burns after giant hogweed exposure (BJ
Challacombe, et al) (Minerva). 327:112 (R)
Allt B, I dread not death but dying (Personal view). 327:237 (R)
Allwinn R, see Schlagenhauf P. 327:1078
Alonso-Coello P, et al, Non-pharmacological options may have
role in postmenopausal osteoporosis. 327:1051 (L)
Alter P, et al, Pseudoaneurysm in coronary artery disease
(Minerva). 327:238 (R)
alternative medicine see also herbal medicine
— Edzard Ernst (G Watts) (Pro®le) BMJ Careers:s166 (22
November 2003)
altitude illness, symptoms and treatments. 327:106 (L)
Altman DG
— see Higgins JPT. 327:557
— see Lim E. 327:1309
Alusi S, see Pickersgill T BMJ Careers 327:s107 (4 October 2003)
Alzheimer’s disease
— anti-in ammatory drugs and (C Martyn). 327:353 (E)
— non-steroidal anti-in ammatory drugs and (M Etminan, et
al). 327:128 (P), 751 (L), 752 (L)
— prevention, ®sh diet (D Josefson). 327:248 (N)
Amandua J, see Sepulveda C. 327:209
amblyopia, should we screen and treat? (GN Dutton, et al).
327:1242 (E)
ambulatory care see day care
Ameratunga S, see Furness S. 327:1455
Amiel S, et al, Family Violence in Primary Care (Books). 327:686
(R)
aminophylline, doesn’t it make you sick (R Anthony-Pillai).
327:923
Amos D, see Loveland P BMJ Careers 327:s132 (25 October
2003)
amputation, David Sheppard (P Cross) (Pro®le) BMJ Careers
327:s126 (18 October 2003)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Gulf veterans are developing (O
Dyer). 327:766 (N)
Ana J, No more free lunches. 327:341 (L)
anaemia, elderly, prevalence (AJM de Craen, et al). 327:131 (P)
anaesthesia, should same anaesthetist do preoperative visit and
give subsequent anaesthetic? (B Simini, et al). 327:79 (P),
931 (L)
anal ®ssure, treatment (RL Nelson). 327:354 (E)
analgesia see also pain
— breast cancers and painkillers (JH Tanne). 327:181 (N)
— “good death” (J Riley) (Personal view). 327:235 (R)
— knee surgery, improve outcomes (JH Tanne). 327:1185 (N)
analogies, communication of risks. 327:749 (L)
anaphylaxis
— adrenaline: given outside context of life threatening allergic
reactions. 327:226 (L), 227 (L)
— adrenaline: treatment evidence? (APC McLean-Tooke, et al).
327:1332 (C)
— patient auto-injectable adrenaline knowledge (GR Hayman,
et al). 327:1328 (PC)
anatomy, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines). 327:1293 (R)
Anderson HR, see Gupta R. 327:1142
Anderson J, see Howe A. 327:326
Anderson JD, see Clarke MP. 327:1251
Anderson P, Improving Patient Safety (Books). 327:109 (R)
anecdotes
— evidence-based medicine. 327:290 (L)
— When I use a word (JK Aronson). 327:1276
anger
— Animal (A Iles) (Theatre). 327:687 (R)
— Endpiece (J Spencer). 327:427
angina
— homemade pump (D Selvarajah). 327:1468
— prognosis with and without a diagnosis: Whitehall II prospective
cohort study follow up (H Hemingway, et al). 327:895 (P)
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
— angiotensin receptor blocker as e#ective as (S Gottlieb).
327:1123 (N)
— cardiovascular diseases, conundrum of HOPE study. 327:681
(L), 682 (L)
Angola see also Africa
— mortality among displaced former UNITA members and
their families (T Grein, et al). 327:650 (P)
animal fats, breast cancer risk (JH Tanne). 327:181 (N)
Ankarberg PH, Antidepressant prescribing and suicide. 327:288
(L)
Anonymous
— Extracts from “Best Treatments” . Bulimia nervosa. Commentary:
A patient’s story: “My life revolves around food and
exercise". 327:382 (C)
— A gout lifestyle? 327:1433
— The loneliness of an alcoholic doctor (The way I see it) BMJ
Careers 327:s78 (6 September 2003)
anovulation, ABC of subfertility (D Hamilton-Fairley, et al).
327:546 (C)
Antartica, doctors (A Ramsden) BMJ Careers 327:s43 (9 August
2003)
antenatal care see prenatal care
Anthony R, see Jose J. 327:41
Anthony-Pillai R, Doesn’t it make you sick. 327:923
antibiotics
— death, where is thy sting? (L Farrell) (Soundings). 327:877 (R)
— intensive care patients should be given prophylactic antibiotics
(T Sheldon). 327:770 (N)
anticholinergic drugs see also drugs
— overactive bladder: comparison with placebo. 327:291 (L)
— Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (G Weitz) (History and mystery).
327:1469
anticoagulants
— bortezomib, helps patients with relapsed myeloma (JH
Tanne). 327:7 (N)
— point of care testing, reliability of international normalised
ratios (L Poller, et al). 327:30 (PC)
antidepressants see also depression; tricyclic antidepressants
— suicide and: Australia 1991-2000: 327:288 (L) (correction,
586), 289 (L) (correction, 586)
antiplatelets, interventional pharmacotherapy: ABC of interventional
cardiology (R Philipp, et al). 327:43 (C)
antiretroviral drugs, heart attack risk (S Gottlieb). 327:1186 (N)
Anton C, In praise of medical secretaries. 327:991 (L)
Anwar R
— Good medical practice. 327:1213
— A memorable patient. Compartment syndrome. 327:286
— et al, How to write a case report BMJ Careers:s153 (15
November 2003)
anxiety
— criteria and severity of symptoms in primary care (DE Nease,
et al). 327:1030 (PC)
— separation from depressive disorders: blind alley (E Shorter,
et al). 327:158 (ED), 869 (L), 870 (L)
— social anxiety disorder (FR Schneier). 327:515 (E), 1287 (L)
appetite, hormone fragment infusion (S Mayor). 327:578 (N)
Applebaum, David, Obituary (J Siegel-Itzkovich). 327:684
appraisal
— catalyst of personal development (M Conlon). 327:389 (ED)
— e#ective revalidation (o$cial)? 327:161 (L)
— locum doctors (EB Turya) BMJ Careers 327:s97 (27 September
2003)
Araj GF, see JN Samaha-Kfoury. 327:1209
Arbyn M, et al, European Commission’s proposal for a council
recommendation on cancer screening. 327:289 (L)
Archer N, Interactive case report. A 2 year old child with rash and
fever. Commentary: cardiological issues. 327:918 (C)
Ardern-Jones A, Staying Alive (Books). 327:508 (R)
Ariès P, The Hour of Our Death (Books). 327:230 (R)
armed forces see also war
— Northern Ireland, security duties and mental health of
soldiers (G Lawrenson, et al). 327:1382 (P)
Armstrong E, see Higgs R. 327:53
Armstrong GL, see Hutin YJF. 327:1075
Arnold P, Why running is not for people (This sporting life).
327:1476
Arnold RM, see Redinbaugh EM. 327:185
Aronson JK
— Love and death in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde—an epic anticholinergic
crisis (History and mystery). Commentary: Signs
of love, not a love potion. 327:1471
— One Man’s Medicine (Radio). 327:507 (R)
— When I use a word. Anecdotage. 327:1276
— et al, Joining the DoTS: new approach to classifying adverse
drug reactions. 327:1222 (ED)
Arroll B
— et al, Delayed prescriptions. 327:1361 (E)
— et al, Screening for depression in primary care with two
verbally asked questions: cross sectional study. 327:1144
(PC)
art
— autistic savant exhibition (L Eaton). 327:888 (N)
— breast cancer survivors (A Ferriman). 327:767 (N)
— mental health images show (L Eaton). 327:1008 (N)
arti®cial insemination see in vitro fertilisation
Arya SC, et al, PROSE may be useful as POEMS. 327:105 (L)
asbestos, India, poisoning cover up by doctors (G Mudur).
327:248 (N)
Ascherio A, see He K. 327:777, 1348
ASCOT group of surgeons, see McCulloch P. 327:1192
Ashcroft B, et al, Prospective semistructured observational study
to identify risk attributable to sta# deployment, training,
and updating opportunities for midwives. 327:584 (P)
Ashcroft RE, In vitro fertilisation for all? 327:511 (E), 1226 (L)
Ashton CH, Comparing cannabis with tobacco. 327:165 (L)
Asia see also Bangladesh; China; Hong Kong; India; Iraq; Israel;
Nepal; Pakistan; Vietnam; West Bank and Gaza Strip
— abortion, sex selective (A Sen). 327:1297 (E)
— drug industry, WHO tackles counterfeit medicines (S
Pincock). 327:1126 (N)
— Japanese encephalitis, Bill Gates’ bequest (A Elliot).
327:1366 (N)
Asia, south-east, BMJ special issue (Z Bhutta, et al). 327:941 (E)
aspirin
— cardiovascular diseases and
——polypill. 327:807 (L), 808 (L), 809 (L)
——prevention insights from modelling incremental cost e#ectiveness
(TP Marshall). 327:1264 (PC) (correction,
328:209)
——protective e#ects compromised by other NSAIDs (S Gottlieb).
327:520 (N)
— coronary surgery, therapeutic comparison meta-analysis (E
Lim, et al) 327:1309 (P) (correction, 328:147)
— diabetic retinopathy (EM Kohner). 327:1060 (E)
— future: all the things that aspirin does? (R Flower). 327:572
(E)
— myocardial infarction
——overview (SE Kimmel, et al). 327:1298 (E)
——combination with ibuprofen mortality cohort study (JP
Curtis, et al). 327:1322 (P)
— pregnancy exposure and miscarriage risk (D-K Li, et al).
327:368 (P)
Assendelft W, et al, Extracts from Concise Clinical Evidence. Tennis
elbow. 327:329 (C)
assisted conception see under in vitro fertilization
assisted suicide see suicide, assisted
Assmann G
— et al, Methods to identify increased risk of coronary disease in
the general population. 327:619 (L)
— et al, “Polypill” to ®ght cardiovascular disease. 327:808 (L)
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, see
Tekkis PP. 327:1196
asthma
— children, proactive general practice based care (NJ Glasgow,
et al). 327:659 (PC), 1229 (L)
— montelukast and uticasone v. salmeterol and uticasone (L
Bjermer, et al). 327:891 (P)
AstraZeneca, Lancet accusation of biased research sponsorship
(O Dyer). 327:1005 (N)
asylum seekers see refugees
Atapattu PCD, et al, Q&A. Saving expressed milk. 327:1338
Atar D, see Svensson M. 327:1141
atherosclerosis, preclinical coronary atherosclerosis in population
with low incidence of myocardial infarction (A Bertomeu, et
al). 327:591 (P)
Atherton DJ, Topical corticosteroids in atopic dermatitis.
327:942 (E)
Atkin WS, see Thompson MR. 327:263
atopic dermatitis
— evening primrose oil (HC Williams). 327:1358 (E)
— topical corticosteroids (DJ Atherton). 327:942 (E)
atopic eczema, e$cacy and tolerability of borage oil in adults and
children (A Takwale, et al). 327:1385 (PC)
atopy, birth order and football position (MR Perkin) (This sporting
life). 327:1473
atrial ®brillation
— elderly, prevalence (AJM de Craen, et al). 327:131 (P)
— persistent, rate control or rhythm control. 327:931 (L)
— stroke prevention, INR level (JH Tanne). 327:638 (N)
attention de®cit hyperactivity disorder, Case Notes R4 (C Essex)
(Radio). 327:1353 (R)
Attia J, et al, On abandoning ties and avoiding nose rings. 327:345
(L), 1289 (L)
Aumonier, Frederic John, Obituary (D Lacy). 327:753
Auquier P, see Boyer L. 327:876
Australia see also Oceania
— Aborigines, sustaining better diabetes care (R McDermott, et
al). 327:428 (Q)
— computed tomography crack down. 327:166 (L)
— contraceptives, register of women buying emergency pill (C
Zinn). 327:581 (N)
— drug abuse, supervised injecting room considered successful
(B Burton). 327:122 (N)
— drug companies succeed in keeping payments to doctors
secret (B Burton). 327:1248 (N)
— general practice, asthma in children proactive care (NJ Glasgow,
et al). 327:659 (PC), 1229 (L)
— osteoarthritis, charity claims exaggerate dangers (R Moynihan).
327:358 (N)
— rugby match v. New Zealand (J Silberberg, et al) (This sporting
life). 327:1475
— stem cell research drugs to be labelled (B Burton). 327:700
(N)
— sterilisation, doctor must pay child raising costs (C Zinn).
327:183 (N)
— suicide and antidepressant prescribing. 327:288 (L) (correction,
586), 289 (L) (correction, 586)
— swimming pools, bene®ts in Aboriginal communities (D Lehmann,
et al). 327:415 (P) (correction, 663)
— working abroad (J Democratis, et al) BMJ Careers 327:s57 (23
August 2003)
Austria see also Europe
— medical profession. One hundred years ago. 327:590
authors see also writing
— charges: open sesame? 327:53 (L), 54 (L)
autism
— autistic savant exhibition (L Eaton). 327:888 (N)
— children, apparent increase has stopped (S Mayor). 327:248
(N)
— The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Haddon)
(Books). 327:815 (R)
— diagnosis (G Baird, et al). 327:488 (C)
automated external de®brillator, ABC of resuscitation (R Liddle, et
al). 327:1216 (C)
autopsy see postmortems
Awan H, see Gilbert C. 327:760
Awasthi S, et al, Helminthic infections. 327:431 (C)
Ayli#e GA, et al, Hospital Infection: From Miasmas to MRSA
(Books). 327:1410 (R)
B
Babb PJ, see Ra%e AE. 327:50
back surgery, “failed back surgery syndrome” (L Talbot).
327:985 (ED)
bacterial infections, unexplained fever in young children: how to
manage (I Brook). 327:1094 (C)
Baglole DJ, see Richmond JK. 327:1271
Bagshawe A
— et al, ABC of subfertility. Counselling. 327:1038 (C)
— et al, ABC of subfertility. Intractable infertility. 327:1098 (C)
Bailey A, see Treasure T. 327:73
Baird G, et al, Diagnosis of autism. 327:488 (C)
Bajallan, Nabil, Obituary (B Al-Shihabi). 327:625
Baker, George Peter, Obituary (R Courtenay-Evans). 327:1409
Baker I, see Lloyd-Williams M. 327:372
Baker M, see Thornett A BMJ Careers:s145 (8 November 2003)
Baldwin R, et al, eds, Younger People with Dementia: A Multidisciplinary
Approach (Books). 327:1292 (R)
Ball C, et al, E#ect of the critical care outreach team on patient
survival to discharge from hospital and readmission to critical
care: non-randomised population based study. 327:1014
(P)
Ballington J, Vaseline and burns. 327:1289 (L)
Bamber SC, Radiographic results are still not routinely reported.
327:1407 (L)
Bamji AN, Target centred medicine: why it is essential to cheat.
327:1229 (L)
Bandyopadhyay M, see Thomas J. 327:563
Bangladesh see also Asia
— infant mortality: David Sack interview (G Watts). 327:1308
(N)
— smoking in adults: in uences. 327:165 (L)
Bansal AS, see Hayman GR. 327:1328
Bansal JA, see Hayman GR. 327:1328
Baraitser P, see Pickard S. 327:1389
Barber JA, see Jacklin PB. 327:84
Barbi E, et al, Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents.
327:681 (L)
Barclay G, see Takwale A. 327:1385
Barker D, The midwife, the coincidence, and the hypothesis (It’s
good to talk). 327:1428
Barlas, John Alexander, Obituary (P Barlas). 327:1170
Barnaby B, et al, Substance misuse in psychiatric inpatients:
comparison of a screening questionnaire survey with case
notes. 327:783 (P)
Baron JH
— British biological warfare. 327:261
— Endpiece
——Edinburgh medical students 1872: 327:744
——Edinburgh poverty 1840: 327:1225
——The physician’s countenance. 327:430
——The wife who commands. 327:157
Baron-Cohen S, The Essential Di#erence: Men, Women and the
Extreme Male Brain (Books). 327:57 (R)
Barondes SH, Better than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of
Psychiatric Drugs (Books). 327:875 (R)
Barr RG, et al, Methylxanthines for exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease: meta-analysis of randomised
trials. 327:643 (P) (correction, 919)
Barraclough K
— Bullshitting (Soundings). 327:171 (R)
— Judges (Soundings). 327:997 (R)
— Paradigm shift (Soundings). 327:569 (R)
— Tony Copperfield’s Primary Care Scream (Books). 327:294 (R)
Barrenäs M-L, et al, Research pointers. The thrifty phenotype
hypothesis and hearing problems. 327:1199 (P)
Barrett’s oesophagus, adenocarcinoma risk (L Murray, et al).
327:534 (P)
Barros FC, see Victora CG. 327:901
Bartelds A, see Marquet RL. 327:201
Barter, Richard Wade, Obituary (S Barter). 327:685
Barton A
— Are clinical negligence and legal action related? 327:620 (L)
— see Keeling P. 327:27
Baruch G, see Moens V. 327:290
basal cell carcinoma, review (CSM Wong, et al). 327:794 (C)
Basskin L, Statistical interpretation can also bias research
evidence. 327:752 (L)
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