Table of Contents
Clinical Medicine: Vol. 15, Issue 6 (December 2015)
Editorials
- You have accessSmoke and mirrorsHumphrey HodgsonClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-507
- You have accessDermatology: a specialty in crisisDavid EedyClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-509
Professional issues
- You have accessConsultant perception of general internal medicine: a survey of consultant physiciansAbigail Moore, Nina Newbery and Andrew F GoddardClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-511
- You have accessWhat makes a good clinical app? Introducing the RCP Health Informatics Unit checklistJeremy C Wyatt, Harold Thimbleby, Paul Rastall, Jan Hoogewerf, Darren Wooldridge and John WilliamsClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-519
Clinical practice
- You have accessManagement of high-risk non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the UK: need for alternative models of care to reduce length of stay and admission to angiography timesSudheer Koganti and Roby D RakhitClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-522
Original research
- You have accessImprovements in the management of neutropenic sepsis: lessons learned from a district general hospitalTom Wells, Corrine Thomas, Dawn Watt, Vanessa Fountain, Marjorie Tomlinson and Serena HilmanClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-526
- You have accessThe Royal College of Physicians’ Fallsafe care bundles applied trustwide: the Northumbria experience 2013David A Richardson, Anju Bhagwat, Kirsti Forster, Ruth Hibbert, Liam Robertson, Philippa Whitelaw, Angela McArdle and Elizabeth ThompsonClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-530
- You have accessManagement of bile acid malabsorption using low-fat dietary interventions: a useful strategy applicable to some patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome?Lorraine Watson, Amyn Lalji, Shankar Bodla, Ann Muls, H Jervoise N Andreyev and Clare ShawClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-536
- You have accessSticks and stones: investigating rude, dismissive and aggressive communication between doctorsVictoria Bradley, Samuel Liddle, Robert Shaw, Emily Savage, Roberta Rabbitts, Corinne Trim, Tunji A Lasoye and Benjamin C WhitelawClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-541
Review
- You have accessWhat is the quality of smoking cessation advice in guidelines of tobacco-related diseases?Ilze Bogdanovica, Sanjay Agrawal, Benjamin Gregory, John Britton, Jo Leonardi-Bee and on behalf of the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of PhysiciansClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-546
Drug therapies in…
- You have accessDrug therapies to delay the progression of chronic kidney diseaseFrank Ward, John Holian and Patrick T MurrayClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-550
Conference report
- You have accessFaints, fits and funny turns for the physicianRohani OmarClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-557
Acute medical care
- You have accessAn IVF pregnancy, a neck lump and shortness of breathKyle F Petrie, Rebeca MP Carter, Ash Sadighi, Andrew MTL Choong, Alun H Davies and Audrey LA WongClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-562
Errata
- You have accessSexual health issues in adolescents and young adultsSophie Forsyth and Karen RogstadClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-565
- You have accessTackling emerging infections: clinical and public health lessons from the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak, 2014–2015Naomi F Walker and Christopher JM WhittyClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-565a
- You have accessUK medical selection: lottery or meritocracy?Benjamin HL Harris, Jason L Walsh and Simon LammyClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-566
CME Renal medicine
- You have accessConservative care of the patient with end-stage renal diseaseHelen Alston and Aine BurnsClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-567
- You have accessHIV and the kidney in the acute medical unitJohn W Booth and Frank A PostClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-571
- You have accessIsolated microscopic haematuria of glomerular origin: clinical significance and diagnosis in the 21st centuryMelanie MY Chan and Daniel P GaleClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-576
- You have accessAcute kidney injuryAlistair Connell and Chris LaingClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-581
- You have accessThe health impacts of dietary sodium and a low-salt dietRebecca J Suckling and Pauline A SwiftClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-585
- You have accessCME Renal medicine (100621): self-assessment questionnaireBen Caplin and Tahseen ChowdhuryClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-589
Lesson of the month:
- You have accessPneumonitis and pulmonary haemorrhage after acute myocardial infarctionSathish K Parasuraman, Alison IC Teo, Colin GM Millar and Awsan NomanClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-591
Lesson of the month
- You have accessLesson of the month 2: Non-uraemic calciphylaxis – an unexpected differential diagnosis for a necrotic ulcerEdward J Bataillard, Joanna Clayton, Jonathan Riordan and Thomas GallifordClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-594
Image of the month:
- You have accessThe Mount Fuji signKaran Manoj Anandpara, Yashant Aswani and Priya HiraClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-596
Clinical and scientific letters
- You have accessFrom Darzi to Keogh: are doctors under ‘report fatigue’Andrew Chadwick and Amanda MohabirClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-597
- You have accessUpper gastrointestinal cancer misses: could we do better?Amir Hossain Gahanbani Ardakani and Steven MannClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-598
- You have accessVenous thromboembolism: a role for weight-stratified thromboprophylaxis?Aishwarrya Balaji, Rachel Mercer and Jason MainwaringClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-598a
- You have accessThe limited role of cranial computerised tomography in the assessment of a medical patientShivanshan Pathmanathan, Suminda Welagedara and Kugathasan MutalithasClin Med December 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-6-599