MEDICAL ARTICLES

Auto Immune

  Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia R Rayment, J Birchall, H Yarranton, J Hewertson, D Allen, M F Murphy, and D J Roberts BMJ 2003; 327: 331-332.

 

  Polymyositis and dermatomyositis Lancet 2003; 362: 971-82

Case report

  A 2 year old child with rash and fever BMJ 2003; 327: 720.

   A 42 year old man with acute chest pain
   Follow-up

   A 2-year-old boy with diarrhoea and failure to thrive,Lancet 2003; 361: 1012 ;

Clinical Review

   ABC of Resuscitation: Near drowning

 

  The automated external defibrillator

 

  ABC of Resuscitation: Resuscitation in pregnancy

 

  Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences

Dietary

  Eating fruit and vegetables: Giselle Jones BMJ 2003;326 888

Dermatology

  Basal cell carcinoma C S M Wong, R C Strange, and J T Lear BMJ 2003; 327: 794-798.

Cardiovascular

  Acute myocardial infarction Lancet 2003; 361: 847-58

  Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and lipids :Peter J Watkins BMJ 2003;326 874-876

   Pathophysiology and investigation of coronary artery disease BMJ 2003;326 1027-1030
   Percutaneous coronary intervention. II: The procedure BMJ 2003;326:1137-1140 (24 May)

  Aspirin could be used to prevent cancer by Owen Dyer, London BMJ 2003;326:S81 ( 15 March )

Endocrine

   Extracts from "Concise Clinical Evidence": Diabetic retinopathy BMJ 2003;326 1023-1025

GI & Liver

   Cirrhosis: new research provides a basis for rational and targeted treatments John P Iredale BMJ 2003; 327: 143-147.

Infection

  Amoebiasis: Seminar: By Samuel L Stanley Jr, Lancet 2003; 361: 1025-34 Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA (Prof S L Stanley Jr MD)

   Management of bacterial meningitis in adults BMJ 2003;326 996-997

   Nosocomial infections in adult intensive-care units; Jean-Louis Vincent, Lancet 2003; 361: 2068-77,

  SARS:Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: case report : Volume 326, Number 7393, Issue of 12 Apr 2003 © BMJ 2003
  Sudden acute respiratory syndrome- Editorials, BMJ 2003;326:669-670 ( 29 March )

  Trachoma by David C W Mabey, Anthony W Solomon, Allen Foster ; The Lancet, Volume 362, Number 9379 19 July 2003

  Tuberculosis Lancet 2003;
 

   Vulvovaginal candidiasis BMJ 2003;326 993-994

Miscellaneous

  Doctors and their faiths: BMJ 2003;326 135

 

  Mind and body split

 

   The therapeutic effects of meditation Peter H CanterBMJ 2003;326 1049-1050

Neurology

  Stroke , Lancet 2003; 362: 1211-24

Oncology

  Hodgkin's lymphoma Lancet 2003; 361: 943-51

 

  Prostate cancer epidemiology
Lancet 2003; 361: 859-64

 

  Pathological and molecular aspects of prostate cancer Lancet 2003; 361: 955-64

 

  Early prostate cancer: clinical decision-making Lancet 2003; 361: 1045-53

   Benign prostatic hyperplasia Lancet 2003; 361: 1359-67;

Pulmonary

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Lancet 2003; 362: 1053-61

 

   Primary pulmonary hypertension; James R Runo, James E Loyd, Lancet 2003; 361: 1533-44,

Recent Developments

  Recent developments in obstetrics BMJ 2003; 327: 604-608

Seminars

   Essential hypertension; Lancet 2003; 361: 1629-41,

   Melioidosis; Lancet 2003; 361: 1715-22,

   Bacterial meningitis in children; Lancet 2003; 361: 2139-48

   Adrenal insufficiency; Lancet 2003; 361: 1881-93;

   Haemophilias A and B; Lancet 2003; 361: 1801-09,

   Rickets Lancet 2003; Volume 362, Number 9393 25 October 2003

Travelling

  Preparing the traveller Lancet 2003; 361: 1368-81