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Weinstein MP Murphy JR Reller LB Lichtenstein KA . The clinical significance of positive blood cultures; a comprehensive analysis of 500 episodes of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. H. Clinical observations with special reference to factors influencing prognosis. Rev Infect Dis 1983; 5: 54–70

Setia U Gross PA . Bacteremia in a community hospital. Arch Intern Med 1977; 137: 1698–701

Kluge RM Dupont HL . Factors affecting the mortality of patients with bacteremia. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1973; 137: 267–9

Iyer RP Duckett GK Brogan TD Sharpe TC Tweedy PS . Prognostic indicators of septicaemia — evaluation by a two year prospective study. Postgrad Med J 1987; 63: 1049–54

Ellis H . Disabilities after tibial shaft fractures with special reference to Volkmann's ischaemic contracture. J Bone Joint Surg 1958; 40b: 190–7

Russell RCG . Surgical technique. Br J Surg 1987; 74: 763–4

Taylor I Cooper A . Surgical research: Is it important for training? Br J Surg 1987; 74: 1073–4

Matheson NA . Surgical technique. Br J Surg 1987; 74: 1190

Rabin D McKenna TJ . Adrenal insufficiency. In: Clinical endocrinology and metabolism: principles and practice. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1982: 454–66

Munro DD . The effect of percutaneously absorbed steroids on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function after intensive use in in-patients. Br J Dermatol 1976; 94 (Suppl 12): 67–76