Table of Contents
Clinical Medicine: Vol. 16, Issue 5 (October 2016)
Editorials
- You have accessDoing less with lessHumphrey HodgsonClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-403
- You have accessRainbow medicine – supporting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans patientsJustin VarneyClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-405
Audit
- You have accessAudit of a tertiary heart failure outpatient service to assess compliance with NICE guidelinesKaushik Guha, Christopher J Allen, Sumir Chawla, Hayley Pryse-Hawkins, Laura Fallon, Vicki Chambers, Ali Vazir, Alex R Lyon, Martin R Cowie and Rakesh SharmaClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-407
- You have accessIatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome due to drug interaction between glucocorticoids and the ritonavir or cobicistat containing HIV therapiesEmilie R Elliot, Aikaterini Theodoraki, Lakshmi R Jain, Neal J Marshall, Marta Boffito, Stephanie E Baldeweg and Laura J WatersClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-412
Original research
- You have accessThe effect of ivabradine on functional capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseKareem Mahmoud, Hussien Heshmat Kassem, Essam Baligh, Usama ElGameel, Yosri Akl and Hossam KandilClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-419
- You have accessStroke mimic diagnoses presenting to a hyperacute stroke unitAng Dawson, Geoffrey C Cloud, Anthony C Pereira and Barry J MoynihanClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-423
- You have accessWhere did the acute medical trainees go? A review of the career pathways of acute care common stem acute medical trainees in LondonEmily Gowland, Karen Le Ball, Catherine Bryant and Jonathan BirnsClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-427
Reviews
- You have accessHaemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an elusive syndromeWilliam Thomas, Mars van’t Veer and Martin BesserClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-432
- You have accessThe health impacts of the refugee crisis: a medical charity perspectiveLeigh DaynesClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-437
Drug therapies in...
- You have accessDrug therapies in type 2 diabetes: an era of personalised medicineTahseen A Chowdhury and Paul GrantClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-441
Conference report
- You have accessHow to succeed as a junior doctorMichael AzadClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-448
Acute medical care
- You have accessA new urticarial rash, diarrhoea and refractory hypotension in a man with a history of migrainesLucy Lamb and David LoweClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-451
- You have accessAn extreme case of platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndromeKevin O’Gallagher, Evelyn Chou, Swarna Jeyabraba, Aish Sinha, Daniel Robb and Jonathan ByrneClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-453
Horizons in medicine
- You have accessSarcopenia and frailty: new challenges for clinical practiceRichard Dodds and Avan Aihie SayerClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-455
CME Clinical pharmacology
- You have accessRational prescribing: the principles of drug selectionSimon RJ MaxwellClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-459
- You have accessThe epidemiology of polypharmacyRupert A PayneClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-465
- You have accessThe need for a prescribing competency framework to address the burden of complex polypharmacy among multiple long-term conditionsCatherine Picton, Claire Loughrey and Andrew WebbClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-470
- You have accessEuropean drug market entries 2015 with new mechanisms of actionTitus W P van den Heuvel, Adam F Cohen and Robert RissmannClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-475
- You have accessAdverse drug reactionsJamie J Coleman and Sarah K PontefractClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-481
- You have accessCME Clinical pharmacology (100626): self-assessment questionnaireAndrew Webb and Tahseen A ChowdhuryClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-486
Lesson of the month
- You have accessLesson of the month 1: Autoinflammatory syndromes – an unusual cause of pyrexia of unknown originRavi Varma, Gary Campbell and Helen BaxendaleClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-488
- You have accessLesson of the month 2: An easily missed cause of confusionBen Oliveira, Sangita Chaterjee and Aine BurnsClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-491
Image of the month
- You have accessImage of the month: Intracranial calcifications due to chronic lead exposureAnkit Balani, Nagasathish Golla, Amit Kumar Dey, Shravan Mahankali and Swarnalatha SeelamClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-494
Clinical and scientific letters
- You have accessReviewing post-discharge mortality improves morbidity and mortality processes for patients with a general medical hospital admissionEdward Banham-Hall, Mark Jeffrey, Ewen Cameron, Tim Burton and Andrew FryClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-495
Letters to the editor
- You have accessNeuromuscular conditions for physicians – what you need to knowAndrew FrankClin Med October 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.16-5-496