Scottish Medical Journal 

August 2007

Volume 52, Number 3

Editorial

Robert Carachi

Comment

Can We Control MRSA? 

I M Gould, D Baird

SMJ 2007 52(3): 3-4

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Originals

Clinical Management of Children with Suspected or Confirmed E. coli O157 Infection

 KGJ Pollock, TJ Beattie, B Reynolds, A Stewart, JM Cowden

SMJ 2007 52(3): 5-7

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Predicting Outcome in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Evaluation of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Risk Score 

H. Sinclair, M Paterson, S. Walker, G Beckett, K.A.A. Fox

SMJ 2007 52(3): 8-13

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A Survey of the Training Needs of the National Panel of Specialists 

C Tochel1, B Williams

SMJ 2007 52(3): 14-19

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Scottish Medicines Consortium: an Overview of Rapid New Drug Assessment in Scotland. 

J Dear, C O’Dowd, A Timoney, K R Paterson, A Walker, D J Webb 6

SMJ 2007 52(3): 20-26

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Educational Articles

Key Issues in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation - Protecting the Patient and Controlling the Arrhythmia 

S M M Jenkins, F G Dunn

SMJ 2007 52(3): 27-35

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Historical Article

Scotland, Malawi and Medicine: Livingstone’s Legacy, I Presume? An Historical Perspective.

John Lwanda

SMJ 2007 52(3): 36-44

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Abstracts

Scottish Thoracic Society Winter Meeting - 27th October, Stirling (Oral Abstracts)

SMJ 2007 52(3): 45-48

Scottish Intensive Care Society 26th and 27th January 2007 at Dunblane (Oral Presentations)

SMJ 2007 52(3): 48-52

Case Reports

Small bowel obstruction: an unusual cause

MJ Steven and A Jabaar

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Endovascular Repair of the Ruptured Thoracic Aorta: Is the message getting through? 

A Shah, D Appleton, C Cousins and JR Boyle

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Bats, Bites and Rabid Dogs 

S.K. James and A.J. Shearer

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas. A case report 

L Fraser, OO Komolafe, JR Anderson

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Accidental Ingestion of Steradent Tablets in a Patient with Cognitive Impairment 

S Laidlaw

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Surgical options in Proximal jejunal diverticulum perforation and review of literature. 

DN Das, J Walia, SR Gone, DJ Scobie

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Ophthalmoplegia – an unusual manifestation of metastatic carcinoma of the prostate.

R Clark, L Johnstone, GW Hollins

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53

Complete Heart Block caused by a Cardiac Metastasis: A Rare Presentation of Lung Cancer.

SJ Pettit, G Roditi, S Davidson

SMJ 2007 52(3): 53