Scottish Medical Journal 

May 2007

Volume 52, Number 2

Editorial

SMJ 2007 52(2): 4-5

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Originals

The Introduction of a Chest Pain Nurse and Fast-Track Troponin Service Reduces the Length of Stay of Patients Presenting with Chest Pain. 

DW Motherwell, J Rogers, M Kellagher, D Craig, DSJ O'Reilly, SM Cobbe

SMJ 2007 52(2): 6-9

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Stop the Brain Drain: Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention to Scottish Consultant Posts 

J Wakeling, JR McGregor, G Bagnall

SMJ 2007 52(2): 10-13

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The Use of the Artificial Urinary Sphincter in the West of Scotland: a Single Centre 10-year Experience 

AK Ramsay, P Granitsiotis, IG Conn

SMJ 2007 52(2): 14-17

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Vasectomy Reversal: Is the Microscope Really Essential? 

SS Gopi, NH Townell

SMJ 2007 52(2):  18-20

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Audit Articles

Audit of Literacy of Medical Patients in North Glasgow 

KA Dani, DB Stobo, HA Capell, R Madhok

SMJ 2007 52(2): 21-24

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Clinical Audit: Optimal Positioning of Endotracheal Tubes in Neonates 

KL Whyte, R Levin, A Powls

SMJ 2007 52(2): 25-27

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Undergraduate Article

 

An Audit of the Value of Pre-Operative Electrocardiograms before Surgery (General Anaesthetic) in a Day Surgery Unit 

C Ho

SMJ 2007 52(2): 28-30

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Educational Articles

Update on Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue 

R Reid

SMJ 2007 52(2): 31-35

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What's new in COPD? 

JJ Miller, W MacNee

SMJ 2007 52(2): 36-42

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Historical Articles

Sir John Charnley (1911-1982): Inspiration to Future Generations of Orthopaedic Surgeons 

SM Donald

 

SMJ 2007 52(2): 43-46

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Case Reports

Acute renal failure precipitated by Diclofenac in a volume depleted child 

D Athavale, SK Sivapunniam, TJ Beattie

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Nitrofurantoin-Induced Chronic Active Hepatitis In An Elderly Woman

I Galperin, M Sonnenblick

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Gallstone ileus - an unusual presentation in an underweight older women 

J K Selwyn, M D Witham, K Flatman, S Meldrum, M E T Mcmurdo

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

A patient with nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver, Graves’ disease and pulmonary hypertension

A McNeill

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Antiphospholipid Syndrome With Lupus Erythematosus Presenting With Myocardial Infarction

Kubra Kaynar, Sukru Ulusoy, Semih Gul, Fatma Kilicarslan, Funda Oztuna, Ali Ahmetoglu, Serdar Bedii Omay

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Fatal haemolysis secondary to infection with Clostridium perfringens

R.Cutting, J Ng, D Chan-Lam , R Shepherd , H Qureshi

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Wegener’s granulomatosis presenting as polyneuropayhy – a case report and review of the literature.

C Cunningham1,S Cleland, H Wilson, R Barnetson

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Donor site metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma 

SJ Goodwin, CN Parnaby, PS Chong

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Seeing Through The Problem: The Use Of 3-D CT Reconstruction In The Removal Of Multiple Foreign Bodies 

E Stormer, A Watt, C Davis

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Spontaneous pregnancy fifteen years after diagnosis of premature ovarian failure 

A Wijesiriwardana, A Shetty

SMJ 2007 52(2): 56

Abstracts

Scottish Renal Association

SMJ 2007 52(2): 47-51

Scottish Society of Experimental Medicine

SMJ 2007 52(2): 51-55