11 April 2015(vol 350, issue 8003)

Editor's Choice

• Austerity and the rise of food banks

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1880 (Published 09 April 2015)

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News

• Maternal blood test is more effective than standard screening for Down’s syndrome, study shows

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1797 (Published 02 April 2015)

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• Major publisher retracts 43 papers, alleging fake peer review

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1783 (Published 01 April 2015)

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• GP fails in attempt to reverse decision to suspend his practice

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1772 (Published 31 March 2015)

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• GPs in England must report certain patient harms under new rules

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1829 (Published 02 April 2015)

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• Doctors demand apology for UK diplomat’s involvement in Pakistan tobacco meeting

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1814 (Published 02 April 2015)

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• No increase in Australia’s illicit tobacco trade is seen after plain packs are introduced

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1781 (Published 01 April 2015)

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• Early trials of Ebola vaccine show immune response

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1844 (Published 08 April 2015)

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• UK death rates in children’s heart surgery have almost halved over past decade

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1779 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Physical therapy is as effective as surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, study finds

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1827 (Published 07 April 2015)

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Observations

• Chris Butler: Wants to snuggle up to bacteria

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1770 (Published 09 April 2015)

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Editorials

• Colloid solutions in the perioperative setting

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1656 (Published 27 March 2015)

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• Outpatient treatment for uterine polyps

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1469 (Published 23 March 2015)

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• Red cell transfusions for treating anaemia in the absence of bleeding

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1463 (Published 24 March 2015)

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• Major incidents in England

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1712 (Published 31 March 2015)

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Research

• Outpatient versus inpatient uterine polyp treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding: randomised controlled non-inferiority study

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1398 (Published 23 March 2015)

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• Restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategy for red blood cell transfusion: systematic review of randomised trials with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1354 (Published 24 March 2015)

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• Use of perioperative hydroxyethyl starch 6% and albumin 5% in elective joint arthroplasty and association with adverse outcomes: a retrospective population based analysis

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1567 (Published 27 March 2015)

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• Uptake of systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on individual participant data in clinical practice guidelines: descriptive study

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1088 (Published 06 March 2015)

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Observations

• Election watch: access to GP services

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1878 (Published 09 April 2015)

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Feature

• What do you think should be the political priorities for the NHS?

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1808 (Published 09 April 2015)

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• The NHS in Wales: faring worse than the rest of the UK?

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1750 (Published 08 April 2015)

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Analysis

• Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1775 (Published 08 April 2015)

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Letters

• New law on consent will overload seriously ill patients

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1787 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Consent forms for “no surgery” as ramification of landmark ruling

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1796 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Openness and honesty in gaining fully informed consent will benefit both patients and doctors

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1784 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• The BMJ report on mortality cuts in hospitals put into special measures in 2013 is misleading

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1794 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Cochrane reviewers’ response to Alper and colleagues’ analysis of thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1790 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Authors’ reply to Wardlaw and Berge

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1795 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Difficulty in obtaining travel insurance after cancer

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1799 (Published 07 April 2015)

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Observations

• An inconvenient truth: urgent care is not primary care

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1657 (Published 26 March 2015)

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Views & Reviews

• Extending opening hours in general practice won’t improve access for patients most in need

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1373 (Published 17 March 2015)

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• Margaret McCartney: Drugs with anticholinergic side effects and cognitive decline—cause or effect?

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1428 (Published 16 March 2015)

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• Set our talented professionals free

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1811 (Published 09 April 2015)

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Obituaries

• Hugh Baron

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1025 (Published 04 March 2015)

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• Juliet Leigh Alletson

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1015 (Published 23 February 2015)

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• Donald William Cameron

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1014 (Published 23 February 2015)

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• David Gavin Millar

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1010 (Published 23 February 2015)

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• Frank Edward Nichol

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1009 (Published 23 February 2015)

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• Thomas Harold Martin Warburton

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1017 (Published 23 February 2015)

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• John Trevillian Wright

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h736 (Published 09 April 2015)

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Clinical Review

• Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h369 (Published 02 March 2015)

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Practice

• Pityriasis versicolor

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1394 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• High INR on warfarin

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1282 (Published 09 April 2015)

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Feature

• Imaging team of the year

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1747 (Published 08 April 2015)

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• Innovation team of the year

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1749 (Published 08 April 2015)

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Endgames

• Evaluating the performance of a screening test for depression in primary care

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1801 (Published 09 April 2015)

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• A vomiting baby

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h14 (Published 06 January 2015)

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• Anteroposterior radiograph of a barium examination of the stomach

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1311 (Published 09 March 2015)

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Minerva

• Meaning in life and other stories . . .

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1807 (Published 08 April 2015)

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• Metastatic pulmonary calcification in end stage renal disease

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1544 (Published 09 April 2015)

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