Table of Contents
Clinical Medicine: Vol. 15, Issue 1 (February 2015)
Editorials
- You have accessConsultation and informed opinionHumphrey HodgsonClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-3
- You have accessA minimum unit price: the ‘holy grail’ of alcohol policyIan GilmoreClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-5
Professional issues
- You have accessTeam assessment of behaviour: a high stakes assessment with potential for poor implementation and impaired validityAndrew Whitehouse, Laura Higginbotham, Kamal Nathavitharana, Baldev Singh and Andrew HassellClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-7
- You have accessRequiem for the grand roundMaham Stanyon and Shahid Anis KhanClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-10
- You have accessOmitted medications: a continuing problemSaurabh Shandilya, Khwaja Nizamuddin, Mohammad Waqar Faisal, Sajjad Noor and Sam AbrahamClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-12
Clinical practice
- You have accessRelationship between input and output in acute medicine – secondary analysis of the Society for Acute Medicine's benchmarking audit 2013 (SAMBA ‘13)Christian P Subbe, Caroline Burford, Ivan Le Jeune, Charlotte Masterton-Smith and David WardClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-15
- You have accessInpatient hyponatraemia: adequacy of investigation and prevalence of endocrine causesPloutarchos Tzoulis and Pierre Marc BoulouxClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-20
- You have accessVestibular impairment in older people frequently contributes to dizziness as part of a geriatric syndromeDavid J Ahearn and Dolores UmapathyClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-25
- You have accessDecision making in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Is LWMH being inappropriately withheld from patients admitted with chronic liver disease?Clement Lau, Christian Burd, Daniel Abeles and David ShermanClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-31
Medical trainees
- You have accessGeneral medical training in gastroenterology: views from specialist trainees on the challenges of dual accreditationJames R Neale, Peter J Basford and on behalf of the British Society of Gastroenterology Trainees SectionClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-35
- You have accessUK medical selection: lottery or meritocracy?Benjamin HL Harris, Jason L Walsh and Simon LammyClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-40
Drug therapies in…
- You have accessDrug therapies in older adults (part 1)Omar Mukhtar and Stephen HD JacksonClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-47
International
- You have accessEbola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: lessons learned and issues arising from West African countriesObinna O Oleribe, Babatunde L Salako, M Mourtalla Ka, Albert Akpalu, Mairi McConnochie, Matthew Foster and Simon D Taylor-RobinsonClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-54
Acute medical care
- You have accessFever, jaundice and acute renal failureSam M O’Toole, Neha Pathak, Graham C Toms, Susan V Gelding and Venkat SivaprakasamClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-58
CME SECTION: Tropical medicine
- You have accessViral haemorrhagic feverCaoimhe Nic Fhogartaigh and Emma AaronsClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-61
- You have accessSchistosomiasis in non-endemic countriesCordelia Coltart and Christopher JM WhittyClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-67
- You have accessHuman African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic countriesDarshan Sudarshi and Mike BrownClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-70
- You have accessDiseases from North America: focus on tick-borne infectionsRuvandhi R Nathavitharana and Jennifer A MittyClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-74
- You have accessRabies: the clinical features, management and prevention of the classic zoonosisMary J Warrell and David A WarrellClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-78
- You have accessDengue: an update for clinicians working in non-endemic areasSophie Yacoub and Bridget WillsClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-82
- You have accessViral encephalitis in travellersAnna Aryee and Guy ThwaitesClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-86
- You have accessBrucella and Coxiella; if you don't look, you don't findJonathan R Lambourne and Tim BrooksClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-91
- You have accessGastrointestinal symptoms in travellersAlastair C McGregor and Stephen G WrightClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-93
- You have accessCME Tropical medicine SAQs (91578): Self-assessment questionnaireEdited by Cordelia Coltart and Tahseen ChowdhuryClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-96
Errata
- You have accessA new future for hip fracture care – orthogeriatrician lead in an ‘Acute’ Hip UnitAbhaya Gupta and William HavelockClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-98
- You have accessClinical and scientific letters: The national early warning score gives misleading scores for oxygen saturation in patients at risk of hypercapniaB Ronan O’Driscoll, Kirstie Grant, Darren Green, Simon Edeghere, Nawar Diar Bakerly, Peter Murphy, Val Edwards and Peter M TurkingtonClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-98a
Lesson of the month
- You have accessLesson of the month 1: A review of a diving emergencyLucy Ashken, Andrew Ross-Parker and Tamer ShalabyClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-99
- You have accessLesson of the month 2: The limitations of steroid therapy in bradykinin-mediated angioedema attacksSharif Ismail, Leo Cheng, Sofia Grigoriadou, James Laffan and Manoj MenonClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-101
Image of the month
- You have accessAn old cause of cervical lymphadenopathyJason S Biswas, Muhammed U Ebrahimsa and William NewsholmeClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-104
Book reviews
- You have accessBook reviewMaria Bitner-GlindziczClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-105
Letters to the editor
- You have accessCardiac imaging to investigate suspected cardiac pain in the post-treadmill eraS Richard UnderwoodClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-106
- You have accessPericardial mass and cardiac tamponade associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniaeAnna GoodmanClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-106a
- You have accessCommunication is keyAndy LevyClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-106b
- You have accessSteroid use for patients with brain metastases and spinal cord compressionDr Fay Murray-BrownClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-106c
- You have accessResponseDr Peter RobsonClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-106d
- You have accessWorkplace based assessments – confusion and misuse continues to be a problemAaron Goh, Jonathan Massie and Jason M AliClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-106e
- You have accessDo diabetes trainees have an appetite for bariatric medicine?Rhodri King, Chinnadorai Rajeswaran and John WassClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-110
Clinical and scientific letters
- You have accessScreening for dementia: is one simple question the answer?Baba M Aji and Andrew J LarnerClin Med February 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-111