Registering births.

Registering births Jean Chapple, MFCM, and Catherine Paterson, MRCS ............................................. 499 Seconds may count A J McNeill, MRCP, and A A J Adgey, FRCP; J Heyworth, FRCS, and T F Beattie, FRCS; S S Tachakra, FRcs, and E Glucksman, MRCP...... 499 The correlates of research success J Gilbert, MB; Abigail Seltzer, MRCPSYCH ...... 500 Lymphoedema of the arm P S Mortimer, MRCS, and C F B Regnard, MB 500 Tenosynovitis in industry: menace or misnomer? B King, MB, and others............................. 501 Type A behaviour and ischaemic heart disease LeisaJ Freeman, MRCP; J E J Gallacher, PHD 501 HIV testing: changing trends G C Turner, FRCPATH, and K J Mutton, FRCPA ............................................. 502 Penetrating cardiac injuries C Oakland, FRCS, and Jenefer Vivian, FFARCS 502 Third trimester placental grading by ultrasonography as a test of fetal wellbeing C Fitzpatrick, MRCPI; Jean Proud, SCM, and AM Grant, MRCOG ..................... ............. 502 Comparisons between written and computerised patient histories R J Lilford,MRcoG ................... .............. 503 A shocking American report with lessons for anl C S Good, FRCS, and J A Sutton, DOBSTRCOG.... 503 Setting standards GR Higson ................... .............. 503 Points Tower Hamlets' health (J G Grudzinskas) ................................. 503 Problems of comprehensive shared diabetes care (K P Jones and R D Walker); Inappropriate use of confidence intervals (D G Altman and J P Royslon); Medical defence society subscriptions (B D Hore); Management of blisters in minor burns (D T Gault and Lorraine McLoughlin); Minimising bruising in the antecubital fossa after venepuncture (A W Fowler); Manchester air disaster (C J Clark and J Kinsella); How to create and maintain an age-sex register (A Palmer and F B G Wood); Plasma exchange in neurological diseases (F B Gibberd and D Harari); Terms of reference (L W Purnell); Pots versus kettles (J J C Cormack) .............. 504