TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 6, Number 3, SEPTEMBER 2000
 
Editorial
Emergency medicine in Hong Kong
RA Cocks 

 
Original Articles
Profile and outcomes of patients transported to an accident and emergency department by helicopter: prospective case series
TW Wong, CC Lau 

 
Delays by patients, emergency physicians, and surgeons in the management of acute appendicitis: retrospective study
CH Chung, CP Ng, KK Lai 

 
Effects of an extended-interval dosing regimen of triptorelin depot on the hormonal profile of patients with endometriosis: prospective observational study
CY Tse, AMK Chow, SCS Chan 

 
Experience of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer at a public hospital: retrospective study
WK Hung, Y Lau, CM Chan, AWC Yip 

 
Seminar Papers--Emergency medicine
Emergency medicine--the specialty
TH Rainer 

 
Computerisation of accident and emergency departments in Hong Kong
JTS Chan 

 
Prehospital care in Hong Kong
CB Lo, KK Lai, KP Mak 

 
Emergency management of poisoning in Hong Kong
FL Lau 

 
Review Articles
Single foetal death in twin pregnancies: review of the maternal and neonatal outcomes and management
HHN Woo, SY Sin, LCH Tang 

 
Undergraduate medical education: comparison of problem-based learning and conventional teaching
PL Nandi, JNF Chan, CPK Chan, P Chan, LPK Chan 

 
Medical Practice
Intra-operative blood loss and operating time in orthognathic surgery using induced hypotensive general anaesthesia: prospective study
CNF Yu, TK Chow, ASK Kwan, SL Wong, SC Fung 

 
An investigation into the practice of concurrent chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion and arteriovenous fistula formation in patients needing dialysis
AKK Chui, EYM Chiu, EA White, T Yumiba 

 
Case Reports
Management of thallium poisoning
PWI Pau 

 
Removal of a dinner fork from the stomach by double-snare endoscopic extraction
PTL Yong, CH Teh, M Look, SB Wee, JCH Tan, SP Chew, CH Low 

 
Acute epiglottitis presenting as the sensation of a foreign body in the throat
CH Chung 

 
A case of giant malignant phaeochromocytoma
FKW Chan, KL Choi, SC Tiu, CC Shek, TK Au Yong 

 
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: The use of ethambutol has lowered the 2-year mortality rate in patients with tuberculous meningitis
KK Lau, TS Yu, CK Chan, CM Tam

 
Pictorial Medicine
Recurrent erythema multiforme in a child
LY Chan, WYM Tang, CY Leung, KK Lo

 
Book Reviews
Managing stress in emergency medical services
CB Lo

 
Photographic atlas of practical anatomy, volumes 1 and 2
KDK Luk

 
Emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide, fifth edition
T Rainer