TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 6, Number 4, DECEMBER 2000
 
Editorial
Women's health in Hong Kong
EMC Lau 

 
Original Articles
The practice of evidence-based medicine in an acute medical ward: retrospective study
ACF Hui, J Mak, SM Wong, M Fu, KS Wong, R Kay 

 
Identifying women at risk of postnatal depression: prospective longitudinal study
DTS Lee, ASK Yip, TYS Leung, TKH Chung 

 
Allergen sensitisation in asthmatic children: consecutive case series
TF Leung, AM Li, G Ha 

 
Use of non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure: prospective study
MT Cheung, LYC Yam, CW Lau, CK Ching, CH Lee 

 
Comparison of two dosages of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone in Chinese women undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation: prospective randomised double-blind study
EHY Ng, WSB Yeung, PC Ho 

 
Plesiomonas shigelloides infection in Hong Kong: retrospective study of 167 laboratory-confirmed cases
TY Wong, HY Tsui, MK So, JY Lai, ST Lai, CWS Tse, TK Ng 

 
Review Articles
Evaluation of the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy
GKH Au 

 
Air pollution and health
MNW Chan-Yeung 

 
The shortage of solid organs for transplantation in Hong Kong: part of a worldwide problem
TA Buckley 

 
Commentaries
Breast and cervical screening for women in the United Kingdom
J Patnick 

 
Social aspects of women's health
S Twinn 

 
Medical Practice
Preventive services advertised to the public by private hospitals in Hong Kong
JA Dickinson, S Chee 

 
Case Reports
Hypothyroidism presenting as hypercholesterolaemia and simvastatin-induced myositis
YT Hung, VTF Yeung 

 
Abdominal pregnancy presenting as a missed abortion at 16 weeks' gestation
KY Kun, PY Wong, MW Ho, CM Tai, TK Ng 

 
Crusted (Norwegian) scabies in two old-age home residents
LY Chan, WYM Tang, HHF Ho, KK Lo 

 
Pictorial Medicine
Unilateral internal jugular phlebectasia
DKK Ng, KL Kwok, HS Lam 

 
Medical History
Deafness and liver disease in a 57-year-old man: a medical history of Beethoven
ACF Hui, SM Wong 

 
Book Reviews
Breast cancer
P Cheung

 
Procedures and documentation for mammography and quality management
HS Lam

 
EBM guidelines. Evidence-based medicine
DTS Chang