ISSN 0031-1480

June 1997, Volume 40, Number 2

EDITOR: MICHAEL ALPERS

GUEST EDITOR: NITIN VERMA

Editorial Committee I. Kevau
G. Mola
S. Naraqi
A. Saweri
T. Taufa

Editorial Assistants: C. Leahy, N. Pomat

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• Printed by Bolton Inprint for the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea.
• Authors preparing manuscripts for publication in the Journal should consult 'Information for Authors' inside back cover.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
Maternal immunization B.G. Combs and D. Lehmann	63
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Screening contacts of children with tuberculosis: an important and worthwhile part of case management A.Fuimaono and J. Vince	69
Parasitological response of Plasmodium falciparum infection to chloroquine treatment in malaria patients in Port Moresby F.W. Hombhanje	74
Ward Six Psychiatric Unit at the Port Moresby General Hospital: a historical review and admission statistics from 1980 to 1989 F.Y.A. Johnson	79
Reference ranges for serum creatinine and urea in elderly coastal Melanesians R.T. Erasmus, U. Ray, K.Nathaniel and G. Dowse	89
CASE REPORT
A case of factor V deficiency presenting as menorrhagia M. Sapuri, A.B. Amoa, G. Kariwiga and J. White	92
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Prevalence of malaria species observed at Port Moresby General Hospital from 1988 to 1996 F.W. Hombhanje	96
MEDLARS BIBLIOGRAPHY	97

ISSN 0031-1480

September-December 1997, Volume 40, Number 3-4

EDITOR: MICHAEL ALPERS

Editorial Committee I. Kevau
G. Mola
S. Naraqi
A. Saweri
T. Taufa

Editorial Assistants: C. Leahy, N. Pomat

• Registered at GPO, Port Moresby for transmission by Post as a Qualified Publication.
• Printed by Bolton Inprint for the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea.
• Authors preparing manuscripts for publication in the Journal should consult 'Information for Authors' inside back cover.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
A case-control study of primary caesarean section at the Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea, to identify epidemiological predictors of abdominal delivery A.B. Amoa, C.A. Klufio, S. Arua, G. Kariwiga and F.Wurr	119
A retrospective survey of patients with one previous caesarean section delivered at the Port Moresby General Hospital: a comparative study of those delivered vaginally and those delivered by repeat caesarean section A.B.Amoa, C.A.Klufio, S. Wat, G. Kariwiga and A. Mathias	127
A case-control study of singleton low birthweight babies at the Port Moresby General Hospital C.A. Klufio, A.B.Amoa, L. Augerea and F. Wurr	136
Familial ovarian cancer: report of ovarian carcinoma in three sisters G. Kariwiga, A.B. Amoa, G. Mola and S.Heywood	146
Oral health status of students at the age of 12-15 years in Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea:results of a descriptive epidemiological study K.M.W. Bandara	150
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Operation Open Heart 1995: lessons learned and thoughts for the future T. Millane, J. Vince, A. Gale, G. Nunn, R.Lee and R. Hawker	157
CASE REPORTS
Kawasaki disease in a Papua New Guinean child: the first recorded case A.D. Kemiki, M. Baki and J.D. Vince	168
Hypokalaemic paralysis associated with renal tubular acidosis R.T. Erasmus, E.K. Lavu, J. Savory and M. Wills	173
MEDLARS BIBLIOGRAPHY	177
MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA	181
AUTHOR INDEX 1994-1996 (Vol. 37-39)	184
SUBJECT AND PLACE-NAME INDEX 1994-1996 (Vol. 37-39)	187
REFEREES 1994-1996	190