BJMP March 2012 Volume 5 Number 1

BJMP March 2012 Volume 5 Number 1

Full Issue Booklet

Editorial

Are opioids effective and necessary for chronic non-malignant pain
Yili Zhou and Bohdan Warycha

Research Articles

Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine oral decontamination in reducing the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia: A meta-analysis.
E Balamurugan, A Kanimozhi and Govinda Kumari

Barriers for Anaesthetists in Performing Nerve Blocks with Ultrasound Guidance
Asif Mahmood, Mohammed Auldin and Asquad Sultan

Are we managing acute knee effusion well?
A S Eid, V Burrows, J R M Murray, P Smitham, R Ahmad, R Miller and U Butt

Reminder letters to improve rate of attendance at Community Mental Health Centre
Murali Krishna and Sreedharan Amarjothi

Review Articles

REM Behavior Disorder (RBD) as an Early Marker for Development of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Umesh Vyas and Rose Franco

Management of Drooling of saliva
Ganesh Bavikatte, Poh Lin Sit and Ali Hassoon

Benzodiazepines Revisited
Tauseef Mehdi

Case Reports/Series

Bradyarrhythmias Associated with the Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome: A Precursor to Life-threatening Arrhythmias?
Amitasha Mann, Jean Karen Fleischman and Karen Mrejen-Shakin

Retroperitoneal Teratoma in an adult presenting with painful abdominal mass: case history and literature review
Sadaqat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar, Syed Hamad Rasool, Muhammad Danish Siddique and Zohaib Khan

Unusual presentation of thyrotoxicosis with paraparesis in a young male: A rare case report
Hakim Irfan Showkat, Arif Hussain Sarmast, Rubina Lone, Mehmood Iqbal Qadri and Manzoor Ahmed Wani

Clinical Practice

A survey of aseptic technique when performing lumbar puncture: a comparison of medical and anaesthetic trainees
Rajiv Malhotra and Sara Kelly