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Editorial

Respiratory services in New Zealand: a breath of fresh air is needed

Roland J Meyer

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Original Articles

A survey of respiratory and sleep services in New Zealand undertaken by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)

Jeff Garrett, Bob Chen, D Robin Taylor

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Live donor liver transplantation in New Zealand: a report on the first 20 cases

John McCall, Margaret Johnston, Barry Harrison, Ian Dittmer, Ron Benjamin, Yvonne Fullerton, Andrew Holden, Kerry Gunn, Peter Johnston, Ed Gane, David Orr, Simon Chin, Helen Evans, Stephen Mouat, Stephen Munn

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The readmission rate as an indicator of the quality of elective surgical inpatient care for the elderly in New Zealand

Juliet Rumball-Smith, Phil Hider, Patrick Graham

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Lymph node infarction and its association with lymphoma: a short series and literature review

Rajpal Singh Punia, Neerja Dhingra, Rajan Chopra, Harsh Mohan, Sandeep Chauhan

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Sentinel lymph node biopsy experience in Taranaki: a prospective audit in a provincial New Zealand hospital

Emily Davenport, Michael W Fancourt, William T C Gilkison, Steven M Kyle, Damien A Mosquera

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Functional outcome of surgery for fractures of the ankle

Keith Winters

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Viewpoints

The validity of readmission rate as a marker of the quality of hospital care, and a recommendation for its definition

Juliet Rumball-Smith, Phil Hider

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Acute care surgery: can New Zealand afford to wait?

Savitha Bhagvan, Ian Civil

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Clinical Correspondence

Multiphasic cerebral demylination

John W Young, John N Fink

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A rare complication of wireless capsule endoscope

Esra Venecourt-Jackson, Ishy Maharaj

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Medical image. Acute gastric dilation and bilateral parotid swelling

Ramesh Pandey, Abrar Maqbool, Narayana Jayachandran

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Medical image. A familiar syndrome

Rahmi Cubuk, Nuri Tasali

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

New Zealand Medical Journal Discussion

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letter

Overshooting the mark: subclinical hyperthyroidism secondary to excess thyroid hormone treatment may be more prevalent than we realise

Ah-Rin Anna Choi, Patrick Manning

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Obituaries

Paratene Ngata

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Desmond John Woods

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Jill Juanita Calveley

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Ivor Graham Marsh

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Book Review

Palliative Care: a patient-centered approach (Geoffrey Mitchell, editor)

Kate Grundy

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