TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 8, Number 5, OCTOBER 2002
 
Editorial
Evidence-based consensus statements and clinical guidelines: do the means meet the ends?
PT Cheung
 
Original Articles
Energy expenditure and physical activity of obese children: cross-sectional study
CW Yu, RYT Sung, R So, K Lam, EAS Nelson, AMC Li, Y Yuan, PKW Lam

 
Prognosis of patients with ventricular fibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Hong Kong: prospective study

KL Fan, LP Leung

 
Breast conservation treatment in Hong Kong—early results of 203 patients: retrospective study

TK Yau, Y Lau, J Kong, MW Yeung, M Chan, WM Sze, P Cheung, BH Lim, A Lee

 
Hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases: prospective study
CL Liu, ST Fan, CM Lo, WL Law, IOL Ng, J Wong

 
Factors affecting uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening among perimenopausal women in Hong Kong
C Chan, SC Ho, SG Chan, YB Yip, FC Wong, F Cheng

 
Phenotype and management of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis in Hong Kong: perspective of the Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry
JWC Ho, KM Chu, CW Tse, ST Yuen

 
Acute care service utilisation and the possible impacts of a user-fee policy in Hong Kong
CK Law, PSF Yip

 
Review Article
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
SD Lhatoo, JWAS Sander

 
Case Reports
Pyothorax-associated large B-cell lymphoma: case report with emphasis on potential diagnostic challenge
PCW Lui, WK Ng, LYC Yam, WWC Wong, YP Tai

 
Corrosive oesophageal injury following vinegar ingestion
CH Chung

 
Unusual muscle pain in two patients with diabetic renal failure
KM Chow, CC Szeto, JF Griffith, TYH Wong, PKT Li

 
Doctors and Society
Patient empowerment—a patient-centred approach to improved care
DH Lau

 
The challenge of chronic conditions in Hong Kong
GM Leung

 
Pictorial Medicine
Nutcracker phenomenon presenting as left varicocele
ACW Ting, SWK Cheng

 
Pott’s puffy tumour
SW Kung, DTM Chan, PY Suen, R Boet, WS Poon

 
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Viability of the Health Protection Account in Hong Kong
J Bacon-Shone, WS Chan, GM Leung, R Yeung

 
Letter to the Editor: Liver transplantation in Hong Kong
ST Fan

 
Book Review
The Cambridge medical ethics workbook: case studies, commentaries and activities
DTS Lee