Table of Contents
Clinical Medicine: Vol. 13, Issue 5 (October 2013)
Editorials
- You have accessFrom the editorHumphrey HodgsonClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-423
- You have accessPicking up the dropped bedpan – how our leadership can transform patient carePatrick CadiganClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-423a
Professional issues
- You have accessPaternity leave experiences of NHS doctorsHannah Gordon and Joanna SzramClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-426
- You have accessReport of a Royal College of Physicians and National Institute for Health Research workshop – developing research capacity to ensure successful study development and deliveryTW Evans, J Gower, J Neilson, J Wass and SW Smye on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians Academic Medicine Committee and National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research NetworkClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-431
- You have accessTraining in general medicine – are juniors getting enough experience?Nicola C Mason, Ella Chaudhuri, Nina Newbery and Andrew F GoddardClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-434
- You have accessNeurology on the move?Richard Langton HewerClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-440
- You have accessNeurology in motionGeraint Fuller, Phil Smith and Martin RossorClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-443
Clinical practice
- You have accessNational Sentinel Stroke Audit 1998–2011Geoffrey Cloud, Alex Hoffman and Anthony Rudd on behalf of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working PartyClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-444
- You have accessProviding accurate information to patients who develop deep vein thrombosisJecko ThachilClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-449
- You have accessDeveloping a ‘pleural team’ to run a reactive pleural serviceRahul Bhatnagar and Nick MaskellClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-452
- You have accessThe burden of cancer on the acute medical unitJonathan Berger, Tim Cooksley and Mark HollandClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-457
- You have accessDiabetes and renal disease: who does what?Ruth K Jones, David Hampton, Daniel J O’Sullivan and Aled O PhillipsClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-460
- You have accessComputed tomographic coronary angiography – is it ready as a screening tool for coronary artery disease?Joanna Melgies, Mark CK Hamilton and Nathan E ManghatClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-465
- You have accessObesity: a window of opportunity to intervene? Characteristics and management of morbidly obese adult inpatients in three trusts in southern EnglandTim Ambrose, Sue Cullen, Gerard Baker, Melissa Smith, Marinos Elia, Richard Leach and Aminda De Silva in association with the Royal College of Physicians Nutrition CommitteeClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-472
Drug therapies in
- You have accessRecent changes in the drug treatment of allergic asthmaDavid Gibeon and Andrew Menzies-GowClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-477
Transitional care
- You have accessComing of age in cystic fibrosis – transition from paediatric to adult careDilip Nazareth and Martin WalshawClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-482
International
- You have accessComparative studies and healthcare policy: learning and mislearning across bordersKieke GH Okma and Theodore R MarmorClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-487
Conference reports
- You have accessSleep medicine – prevalent and relevantSophie West and Ben PrudonClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-492
CME SECTION Infectious diseases
- You have accessOutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and the general physicianGavin Barlow, DA Barr and RA SeatonClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-495
- You have accessAntibiotic stewardshipKieran HandClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-499
- You have accessAtypical mycobacteria: an important differential for the general physicianO Rahama and H ThakerClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-504
- You have accessInvasive fungal infectionsWilliam Hope, Pavithra Natarajan and Lynsey GoodwinClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-507
- You have accessAcute infections in intravenous drug usersThomas W Lavender and Brendan McCarronClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-511
CME Infectious diseases SAQs
- You have accessSelf-assessment questionnaire: SAQs and answers are ONLINE for RCP fellows and collegiate membersRichard BellamyClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-514
Lesson of the month (1)
- You have accessA catastrophic cause of chest painAzeem S Sheikh, Amer Qureshi and Azhar A KhokharClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-516
Lesson of the month (2)
- You have accessA young man with a dizzy spell and acute abdominal painHassan Mohamed Saeed Elasha, Farees Anjum and Mussa H AlmalkiClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-520
Image of the month
- You have accessAn unusual cause of vomitingBen Warner, Beth Davies, Deepak Joshi, Stuart Cairns and Mark AustinClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-522
Book reviews
- You have accessBasic concepts of fluid and electrolyte therapyAngela KingClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-524
Letters to the editor
- You have accessSevere hypercalcaemia can be due to benign disease and give reversible neurological signsAndrew RL MedfordClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-525
- You have accessLaboratory samples deemed ‘unsuitable for analysis’ can be diagnostically usefulARW ForrestClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-525a
- You have accessIs research declining among gastroenterology trainees in the UKAndrew JW HilsonClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-525b
- You have accessPEG placement for patients with oropharyngeal/oeosphageal cancersNicholas KellyClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-526
- You have accessManaging hyperglycaemic emergencies: an illustrative case and review of recent British guidelinesViktor RosivalClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-526a
Clinical and scientific letters
- You have accessNasogastric feeding tubes – algorithm for correct placementIndrajeet Das, Daniel Lin, Seethalakshmi Muthalagappan, Joe Colby, Elaine Trautner, Nicola Wyre, Richard Wellings, Chuka U Nwokolo and Ramesh P ArasaradnamClin Med October 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-527