The New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

Editorial
COVID-19—the frontline (a GP perspective)
Kate Baddock

Articles

Ability of the Maze Navigation Test, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and Trail Making Tests A & B to predict on-road driving performance in current drivers diagnosed with dementia
Etuini Ma’u, Gary Cheung

Is there a role for Rongoā Māori in public hospitals? The results of a hospital staff survey
Jonathan Koea, Glennis Mark

The New Zealand oral and maxillofacial surgeon workforce in 2017-18: characteristics, practice and prospects
John B Bridgman, Graham Fulton, Simon M-Y Lou, W Murray Thomson, Alastair N Goss

Variation in volumes and characteristics of trauma patients admitted to a level one trauma centre during national level 4 lockdown for COVID-19 in New Zealand – OPEN ACCESS
Grant Christey, Janet Amey, Alaina Campbell, Alastair Smi

The post-lockdown period should be used to acquire effective therapies for future resurgence in SARS-Cov-2 infections – OPEN ACCESS
Kurt L Krause, Richard Furneaux, Paul Benjes, Margaret Brimble, Tony Davidson, Bill Denny, Lawrence Harris, Simon Hinkley, Peter Tyler, James Ussher, Vernon Ward

Trends in prescription medicine use by older people in New Zealand 2010– 2015: a national population-based study
Andrew M Tomlin, David J Woods, James J. Reid, Murray W Tilyard

The prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment among New Zealand children in a community with significant socioeconomic disadvantage: Is current preschool vision screening effective?
Rebecca Findlay, Joanna Black, Nicola Anstice, Alison Burge, Alison Leversha

The characteristics and outcomes of patients with colorectal cancer in New Zealand, analysed by Cancer Network
Tania Blackmore, Chunhuan Lao, Lynne Chepulis, Blaithin Page, Ross Lawrenson

VIEWPOINTs x 4

Towards Elimination of tuberculosis in New Zealand
Ayesha J Verrall, Philip C Hill, Dougal Thorburn, Michael Maze, Lavinia Perumal, Kate Grimwade, Craig N Thornley, Josh Freeman, Mitzi Nisbet, Timothy K Blackmore

THE CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND TO HAVE ITS OWN COVID-19 VACCINE PROGRAMME – OPEN ACCESS
James E Ussher, Graham Le Gros, Miguel Quiñones-Mateu, Shivali Gulab, Melissa Yiannoutsos

Why BMI should still be on the table
Lisa Daniels, Wayne S Cutfield, Rachael W Taylor, Barry J Taylor

Changes to management of a non-pandemic illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: case study of invasive management of acute coronary syndrome – OPEN ACCESS
Sean Coffey, Anouska Moynagh, Belinda Green, John Edmond, Gerard T Wilkins, Brendan Arnold, James Pemberton, Ben Wilkins, Michael JA Williams

Case Reports

“Perry’s Syndrome: A case of atypical parkinsonism with confirmed DCTN1 mutation.”
McManus, Poke, Phillips, Asztely,

Foveal laser pointer injury: are laser pointers safe enough for public possession?
Kelvin Ngan, Sacha Moore

Title: Ocular syphilis in Pacific peoples - are we making misdiagnoses secondary to yaws?
Hannah Gill, Helen V Danesh-Meyer, Joanne L Sims, Mitzi Nisbet, Rachael L Niederer

100 Years Ago
A Case of Chronic Bulbar Paralysis
By F. F. A. ULRICH, M.B.

Obituary

Geoffrey Wynne-Jones; 28 January 1925–24 October 2019
General Surgeon