Affairs of the thorax
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Choice of antipsychotics for dementia doesn't affect risk of stroke [Full text] FREE

	Warm-up programme prevents knee and ankle injuries [Full text] FREE

	Implantation of cardioverter defibrillators reflects inequalities [Full text] FREE

	Give lactams for community acquired pneumonia [Full text] FREE

	Should ethics be different in research and audit? [Full text] FREE

	Trying to make sense of the Middle East [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
	Michael J G Farthing
	BMJ  2005;330:429-430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.429 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Primary care for children in the 21st century
	David Hall, David Sowden
	BMJ  2005;330:430-431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Ethics review of research and audit
	Kamran Abbasi, Iona Heath
	BMJ  2005;330:431-432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.431 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality from sickle cell disease in Africa
	Graham R Serjeant
	BMJ  2005;330:432-433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.432 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Varicella vaccination for healthcare workers
	Judy Breuer
	BMJ  2005;330:433-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.433 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Learning from low income countries: Experience in low income countries should count towards specialist registrar training
	Peter D O Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.478 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from low income countries: Poor countries still provide reasons to train doctors in diseases of poverty
	Shefaly Yogendra
	BMJ  2005;330:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.478-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from low income countries: Thalassaemia screening in Iran provides evidence for programme in Lancashire
	Peter Elton
	BMJ  2005;330:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.478-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from low income countries: Investing in traditional birth attendants may help reduce mortality in poor countries
	Salem Banajeh
	BMJ  2005;330:478-479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.478-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from low income countries: Poor patients deserve more science and less advocacy
	Carol C Adelman, Jeremiah Norris
	BMJ  2005;330:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.479 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from low income countries: Summary of webchat
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2005;330:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.479-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on compulsory registration of clinical trials: GSK has created useful register
	Ronald Krall, Frank Rockhold
	BMJ  2005;330:479-480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.479-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on compulsory registration of clinical trials: Complete clinical trial register is already reality for paediatrics
	M Bonati, C Pandolfini, DEC-net collaborative group
	BMJ  2005;330:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.480 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary rehabilitation and readmissions in COPD: Hospital readmissions did not fall
	Daniel K C Lee
	BMJ  2005;330:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.480-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary rehabilitation and readmissions in COPD: Authors' reply
	William D-C Man, John Moxham
	BMJ  2005;330:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.480-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood deafness poses problems in developing countries
	Bolajoko O Olusanya, Linda M Luxon, Sheila L Wirz
	BMJ  2005;330:480-481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.480-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Branding treatment of children in rural India should be banned
	B Adhisivam, Roy Gowtham
	BMJ  2005;330:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.481 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	FDA's safety reform is greeted with scepticism
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2005;330:435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.435 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Waiting times fall, but hospitals are still dirty, survey of patients shows
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.435-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.436 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK regulator to shame companies for misleading advertisements
	Liza Gibson
	BMJ  2005;330:436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.436-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Climate change already costs 150 000 lives a year, experts say
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.436-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New suspension procedures aim to cut NHS disciplinary bill
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Misdiagnosis raises questions about extent of avian flu epidemic
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;330:437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.437-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeon paints the fire that scarred his patients
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2005;330:437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.437-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE issues guidance for diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.439-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA advisers warn: COX 2 inhibitors increase risk of heart attack and stroke
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.440 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	NHS safety agency issues guidance on nasogastric tubes
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.438 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New cholera vaccine is effective among people with HIV
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.438-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US jury finds that antidepressant did not cause boy to kill his grandparents
	Jason Cato
	BMJ  2005;330:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.438-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Sharp rise in deaths in South Africa is largely due to AIDS
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2005;330:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.438-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Restraint should be last resort for violent behaviour
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.438-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Conservatives promise to end waiting lists
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.439 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctor who spoke out on public health issue is sued
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2005;330:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.439-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Effectiveness of lactam antibiotics compared with antibiotics active against atypical pathogens in non-severe community acquired pneumonia: meta-analysis
	Graham D Mills, Michael R Oehley, Bruce Arrol
	BMJ  2005;330:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38334.591586.82, (Published 31 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Commentary: A step forward in the everyday management of adults with community acquired pneumonia
	Mark Woodhead, Theo J M Verheij
	BMJ  2005;330:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38378.607130.55, (Published 31 January 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments in pain in dementia
	Erik Scherder, Joukje Oosterman, Dick Swaab, Keela Herr, Marcel Ooms, Miel Ribbe, Joseph Sergeant, Gisele Pickering, Fabrizio Benedetti
	BMJ  2005;330:461-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.461 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	ABC of adolescence: Adolescents in primary care
	Ann McPherson
	BMJ  2005;330:465-467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.465 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Ethics, audit, and research: all shades of grey
	Derick T Wade
	BMJ  2005;330:468-471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.468 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: patients may be less risk averse than committees
	Shirley Nurock
	BMJ  2005;330:471-472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.471 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Research ethics committees deserve support
	John Alexander
	BMJ  2005;330:472-473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: ethical review and ethical behaviour
	John McMillan, Mark Sheehan
	BMJ  2005;330:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My six day experience in the Middle East
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2005;330:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.474 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	TV: Cherished
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.484 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Journalists accused of wrecking doctors' lives
	Joanna Lyall
	BMJ  2005;330:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.485 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2005;330:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.485-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theatre: Whose Life is it Anyway?
	Sum Yee Chan
	BMJ  2005;330:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.486 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Why I support the Mental Capacity Bill
	Sylvia Glass
	BMJ  2005;330:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.486-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Hell is the paediatric fracture clinic
	Virginia Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.487 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Doctors in poll position
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2005;330:487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.487-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.488 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Levonorgestrel IUD reduces dysfunctional bleeding
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Two consultations
	Sharan Prakash Sharma
	BMJ  2005;330:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.453 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: God, surgeon, medicine, patient
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2005;330:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.455-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The ideal diagnosis
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.464 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Perinatal asphyxia and inadvertent neonatal intoxication from local anaesthetics given to the mother during labour
	BMJ  2005;330:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.473-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing primary palliative care
	BMJ  2005;330:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.473-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clash over public access rights and patient confidentiality sparks trial
	BMJ  2005;330:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.473-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Robert Blowers
	Gerard Slavin, Brian Duerden
	BMJ  2005;330:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.482 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Nikolai Vereshchagin
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2005;330:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.482-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Keith Alexander Adair Campbell
	Victor Twyman
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Eve Hammer (Moskovic)
	Eleanor Moskovic
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Kenneth Jones
	Hugh Jones
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Paul Laking
	Rob Poole
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Lionel Edward Tyler
	Susan Collier
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Paul Wellings
	Anna Haylett
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Francis Tasker Wheeldon
	P T Wheeldon
	BMJ  2005;330:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.483-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Access to catheterisation facilities in patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome: multinational registry study
	Frans Van de Werf, Joel M Gore, Álvaro Avezum, Dietrich C Gulba, Shaun G Goodman, Andrzej Budaj, David Brieger, Kami White, Keith A A Fox, Kim A Eagle, Brian M Kennelly, for the GRACE Investigators
	BMJ  2005;330:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38335.390718.82, (Published 21 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Three tables of additional data] FREE

	Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischaemic stroke: population based retrospective cohort study
	Sudeep S Gill, Paula A Rochon, Nathan Herrmann, Philip E Lee, Kathy Sykora, Nadia Gunraj, Sharon-Lise T Normand, Jerry H Gurwitz, Connie Marras, Walter P Wodchis, Muhammad Mamdani
	BMJ  2005;330:445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38330.470486.8F, (Published 24 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Exercises to prevent lower limb injuries in youth sports: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Odd-Egil Olsen, Grethe Myklebust, Lars Engebretsen, Ingar Holme, Roald Bahr
	BMJ  2005;330:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38330.632801.8F, (Published 7 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reproduction of chest pain by palpation: diagnostic accuracy in suspected pulmonary embolism
	Grégoire Le Gal, Ariane Testuz, Marc Righini, Henri Bounameaux, Arnaud Perrier
	BMJ  2005;330:452-453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38331.602384.8F, (Published 31 January 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Inequity of use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in England: retrospective analysis
	Julie Parkes, Deborah L Chase, Andrew Grace, David Cunningham, Paul J Roderick
	BMJ  2005;330:454-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38337.635648.82, (Published 4 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Nausea and vomiting due to insulin glargine in patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus
	Anthony N Dixon, Stephen C Bain
	BMJ  2005;330:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7489.455 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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