Abstract Aim To assess the compliance of our trust with British Gastroenterology guidelines (BSG) on management gallstone pancreatitis which recommends that patients should undergo definitive treatment laparoscopic cholecystectomy during index admission or within 2 weeks discharge to prevent readmission biliary complications. Method This was a retrospective study admitted over 3-month period be...

The production of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) by the photosensitizing dye merocyanine 540 (MC540) bound to phosphatidylcholine liposomes has been demonstrated by direct detection of 1O2 luminescence at 1268 nm. 1O2 phosphorescence emission was enhanced in deuterated buffer and upon saturation of the sample with oxygen and could be quenched by the addition of sodium azide to the external medi...

Makeshift sledges after social occasion can lead to an unhappy end to a holiday Sledging can be compared with another high risk activity, motorcycle riding. The 1268 inpatients admitted over one year included 280 motorcycle drivers, among whom there were seven spinal injuries but no cases ofparaplegia.' When high speeds are achieved sledging is intrinsically dangerous. Even when compared with m...

1 Fresh data on English grain yields 1268-1480 are combined with revised price series to measure the frequency and scale of serious harvest shortfalls and estimate the elasticity of demand for cereals. Major food availability declines are shown to have been a significant component of most historical subsistence crises, as back-to-back shortfalls were of the worst famines. Although farmers did a...

Ross River virus (RRV) is the most common mosquitoborne disease notified within Australia and is a significant public health issue for NSW. There have been more than 7500 notifications of RRV in NSW over the past 10 years. Peak seasons occurred in 1996–97 (1547 notified cases) and 2005–06 (1268 notified cases), with an average of 683 notifications for the 11 seasons before this.1 The November 2...