Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
The New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow
The New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

The latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal, 26 March 2021, Vol 134 Issue 1532 is out tomorrow
EDITORIAL
Why are there still regional differences in the way we deliver trauma care in New Zealand?
Christopher Wakeman, Ian Civil
Why we should be interested in the Whale Oil defamation case
Jennie Connor
ARTICLES
4912. Use of tranexamic acid in trauma patients requiring massive transfusion protocol activation: a reassessment of prescribing behaviours in a major trauma centre in New Zealand
Nicholas G Chapman, Ella R V Nicholas
4924. Health impacts for New Zealand military personnel from the South African War of 1899–1902
Nick Wilson, Christine Clement, George Thomson, Glyn Harper
4960. Rate and cost of representation in patients suffering from major trauma in Northland, New Zealand
Henry Witcomb Cahill, Matthew McGuinness, Olivia Monos, Christopher Harmston
5022. Admission to hospital for injury during COVID-19 alert level restrictions
Grant Christey, Janet Amey, Neerja Singh, Bronwyn Denize, Alaina Campbell
4649. What a headache! Reviewing mild traumatic brain injury management in a new trauma service
Isaac Tranter-Entwistle, Melissa Evans, Simon John, Dominic Fleischer, Christopher Wakeman
5140. Audit of NZ COVID Tracer QR poster display and use in Dunedin
Lianne Parkin, Aqeeda Singh, Emily Seddon, Yvette Hall, Frances Bridgman, Kate Saunders, Madison Hutton, Oriwia Naera, Phillipa Rolleston, Raymond Siow, Stephanie Ewen
VIEWPOINT
4863. The Simpson-led health sector review: a failure to uphold te Tiriti o Waitangi
Heather Came, Jacquie Kidd, Tim McCreanor, Maria Baker, Trevor Simpson
CASE REPORT
4999. Keeping up with COVID-19: identification of New Zealand’s earliest known cluster of COVID-19 cases
Elizabeth Becker, Richard Vipond, Chris Mansell
LETTERS
4965. The inequity of access to contraception for women in Aotearoa: an unfair, unsafe and ineffective system
Leanne Te Karu, Tangimoana Habib, Sue Crengle
5026. Postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing elective hip and knee arthroplasty operations
Timothy Salam, Richard Seigne