Quality of care before admission to intensive care is often poor [Full text]

	Long term hormone replacement therapy is needed to prevent hip fractures [Full text]

	Revised guidelines on advanced life support cover the use of automated defibrillators [Full text]

	Cell counts of bursal fluid provide a simple test for septic bursitis [Full text]

	Doctors may put patients off with antismoking advice [Full text]

Editorials

	Suboptimal care of patients before admission to intensive care
	Christopher Garrard, Duncan Young
	BMJ  1998;316:1841-1842 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormone replacement therapy again
	Kay-Tee Khaw
	BMJ  1998;316:1842-1844 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	1998 European guidelines on resuscitation
	Jerry Nolan, Carl Gwinnutt
	BMJ  1998;316:1844-1845 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why all the fuss about genetically modified food?
	Derek Burke
	BMJ  1998;316:1845-1846 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Planning the United Kingdom's medical workforce
	Michael Goldacre
	BMJ  1998;316:1846-1847 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making self regulation credible
	JN Johnson
	BMJ  1998;316:1847-1848 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Newcastle GP charged with murder
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1998;316:1849 [Full text] [PDF]

	US government calls for tighter regulation of clinical trials
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1998;316:1849 [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  1998;316:1850 [Full text]

	Many journals have not retracted "fraudulent" research
	Deirdre Cooper-Mahkorn
	BMJ  1998;316:1850 [Full text]

	Male suicide rate rises as Irish Troubles ease
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  1998;316:1850 [Full text]

	NHS hospital doctors face compulsory audit
	John Warden
	BMJ  1998;316:1851 [Full text]

	Loss of doctors from NHS can be stemmed
	Caroline White
	BMJ  1998;316:1851 [Full text]

	Cot death linked to prolonged QT interval
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

	Doctors involved in South Africa's biological warfare programme
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Canadian province to bring in licence fees for tobacco companies
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

	Hospital building delays are "a thing of the past"
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

	GP faces manslaughter charges
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

	Radical reform of NHS information strategy on the way
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

	Concern mounts about Welsh cardiology services as consultants leave
	BMJ  1998;316:1852 [Full text]

Papers

	Confidential inquiry into quality of care before admission to intensive care
	Peter McQuillan, Sally Pilkington, Alison Allan, Bruce Taylor, Alasdair Short, Giles Morgan, Mick Nielsen, David Barrett, Gary Smith
	BMJ  1998;316:1853-1858 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormone replacement therapy and risk of hip fracture: population based case-control study
	Karl Michaëlsson, John A Baron, Bahman Y Farahmand, Olof Johnell, Cecilia Magnusson, Per-Gunnar Persson, Ingemar Persson, Sverker Ljunghall
	BMJ  1998;316:1858-1863 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The 1998 European Resuscitation Council guidelines for adult advanced life support
	Advanced Life Support Working Group of the European Resuscitation Council
	BMJ  1998;316:1863-1869 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The 1998 European Resuscitation Council guidelines for adult single rescuer basic life support
	Basic Life Support Working Group of the European Resuscitation Council
	BMJ  1998;316:1870-1876 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Simple tests for septic bursitis: comparative study
	I M Stell, W R Gransden
	BMJ  1998;316:1877-1880 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Postnatal depression
	Peter J Cooper, Lynne Murray
	BMJ  1998;316:1884-1886 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Acute obstructive hydrocephalus complicating bacterial meningitis in childhood
	Helen Mactier, Paul Galea, Robert McWilliam
	BMJ  1998;316:1887-1889 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Qualitative study of patients' perceptions of doctors' advice to quit smoking: implications for opportunistic health promotion
	Christopher C Butler, Roisin Pill, Nigel C H Stott
	BMJ  1998;316:1878-1881 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care: core values Patient centred primary care
	Les Toop
	BMJ  1998;316:1882-1883 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	My role model
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  1998;316:1913 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	The credibility gap
	Cliff Reid
	BMJ  1998;316:1913 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

	Science and the Retreat From Reason
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  1998;316:1915 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wit and Fizz: Selected Works of Ruth Holland
	Michael O'Donnell
	BMJ  1998;316:1915 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Ethical debate: Truth, the first casualty • Deadly charades • Communication is a vital part of care • Doctors and patients should be fellow travellers
	Mitzi Blennerhassett, Martin Tattersall, Peter Ellis, D Metcalfe
	BMJ  1998;316:1890-1893 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Action on clinical audit: progress report
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1998;316:1893-1894 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing demand: Managing demand in general practice
	Stephen Gillam, David Pencheon
	BMJ  1998;316:1895-1898 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding controlled trials: Randomising groups of patients
	Chris Roberts, Bonnie Sibbald
	BMJ  1998;316:1898-1900 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Reducing the vertical transmission of HIV
	Babatunde A Gbolade, K H Tan, K P Teo, Ben Essex, Mary A Waldron, Elizabeth Foley, V Harindra, Meg Goodman, Adeola Olaitan, Sara Madge, Melvyn Jones, Margaret Johnson, Fabio Parazzini, Elena Ricci, Paola Grasso, Matteo Surace, Guido Benzi, Paquita de Zulueta
	BMJ  1998;316:1899 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Late diagnosis of HIV infection in children causes distress
	Mary Boulton, David Miller, Eddy Beck, Sam Walters
	BMJ  1998;316:1901 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of breast cancer is also increased among retired US female airline cabin attendants
	Daniel Wartenberg, Cecile Pryor Stapleton
	BMJ  1998;316:1902 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intractable problems need long term solutions, not quick fixes
	Sarah Stewart-Brown, Sian Griffiths
	BMJ  1998;316:1902 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Copper is unlikely to cause contact allergy
	Andrew Morris, John English
	BMJ  1998;316:1902 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Topical chloramphenicol is an outmoded treatment
	M Doona, J B Walsh
	BMJ  1998;316:1903 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for prostate cancer
	D Hrouda, J H Davies, R S Kirby, David J Evans, W B Hodgson, D P Addy
	BMJ  1998;316:1903 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The use or uselessness of annual public health reports
	Ann Davies, A Rouse
	BMJ  1998;316:1904 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating Helicobacter pylori infection after surgery is unnecessary
	Y T Lee, Francis K L Chan, Joseph J Y Sung
	BMJ  1998;316:1904 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WMA urges national medical associations to ensure that economic sanctions respect agreed exemptions
	James Appleyard
	BMJ  1998;316:1905 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical trials should be designed to include elderly people
	Jacqueline Bene, Richard Liston
	BMJ  1998;316:1905 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why clinical audit doesn't work
	Graham C Sutton, Jayne Collingwood, Keith Pattison, Mike Walker, G H Hall, Kevin Healy, John Woodhouse, Russell Gorton
	BMJ  1998;316:1905 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Having electronic preprints is logical
	John McConnell, Richard Horton
	BMJ  1998;316:1907 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Education still needs to be improved for trainee doctors
	Trevor Pickersgill, Mark Porter, Andrew Hobart, Nizam Mamode
	BMJ  1998;316:1907 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Norman John Badham • Godfrey Malcolm ("Mac") Baker • Emanuel Alfred Cachia • John Emsley Coates • John Costello • Alexander Peter Dick • John Michael Faccini • Thomas John Fairbank • John Cedric Goligher • Harold Barnett Hewitt • John MacDonald ("Angus") Holmes
	Guy Badham, Charles Hollingsworth, F F Fenech, H M Lenicker, T G G Davies, A O'Carroll, J O Hunter, Cyril Fisher, Jeremy Fairbank, M S Losowsky, Thurstan Brewin, J Bridger
	BMJ  1998;316:1908 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1998;316:1916 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: What's a parameter?
	BMJ  1998;316:1877 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: It pays to be specific
	Jean Troughton
	BMJ  1998;316:1889 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable experience: Why I became an anaesthetist
	Dahlia A Abdel-Razik
	BMJ  1998;316:1914 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Miscellaneous
	BMJ  1998;316:1869 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of the prediction by 27 different factors of coronary heart disease and death in men and women of the Scottish heart health study: cohort study
	BMJ  1998;316:1881 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Bridging the gap after vocational training
	Jamie Harrison, Tim van Zwanenberg
	BMJ  1998;316:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Much of the political controversy over the new employment white ...
	BMJ  1998;316:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Thanks to Dr Ross Davis, a senior house office in ...
	BMJ  1998;316:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Traffic on career-f hotted up last week with a discussion ...
	BMJ  1998;316:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	"Airway, breathing, and circulation are the prerequisites of life"
	BMJ  1998;316 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Junior doctors conference • Juniors want to be included in working time directive • HIV should not be barrier to medical school • Public health doctors look to the future • Second wave of health action zones launched
	BMJ  1998;316:1910 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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