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Clinical Medicine: Vol. 17, Issue 5 (October 2017)

Editorial

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    Winter is coming; time to ensure the right care, in the right place, for the right length of time
    Ed Nicol
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-387

Original research

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    Regular and frequent feedback of specific clinical criteria delivers a sustained improvement in the management of diabetic ketoacidosis 
    Punith Kempegowda, Ben Coombs, Peter Nightingale, Joht Singh Chandan, Jaffar Al-Sheikhli, Bhavana Shyamanur, Kasun Theivendran, Anitha Vijayan Melapatte, Umesh Salanke, Mohammed Akber, Sandip Ghosh and Parth Narendran
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-389
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    Routine screening in the general hospital: what happens after discharge to those identified as at risk of dementia?
    Ana Phelps, Bethany Kingston, Rose M Wharton and Sarah T Pendlebury
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-395
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    A 4-week wait ‘fast-track’ sleep service is effective at establishing vocational drivers on continuous positive airway pressure
    Sophie D West, Beatrice Downie, Gillian Olds, Mark Tomlinson, Claire Wotton, Emma Firth and Alison McMillan
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-401
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    Statin therapy in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
    Frances S Grudzinska, Davinder PS Dosanjh, Dhruv Parekh, Rachel CA Dancer, Jaimin Patel, Peter Nightingale, Georgia M Walton, Elizabeth Sapey and David R Thickett
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-403
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    Thoracic ultrasound experiences among respiratory specialty trainees in the UK
    Parthipan Sivakumar, Meera Kamalanathan, Anne S Collett and Liju Ahmed
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-408
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    The efficacy of a low-fat diet to manage the symptoms of bile acid malabsorption – outcomes in patients previously treated for cancer
    Amy Jackson, Amyn Lalji, Mohammed Kabir, Ann Muls, Caroline Gee, Susan Vyoral, Clare Shaw and H Jervoise N Andreyev
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-412

Reviews

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    Cardioverting acute atrial fibrillation and the risk of thromboembolism: not all patients are created equal 
    Alastair J Rankin and Stephen H Rankin
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-419
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    Sleep in adolescents and young adults
    Ellen S Bruce, Laura Lunt and Janet E McDonagh
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-424

Concise guidance

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    Ulcerative colitis: management in adults, children and young people – concise guidance 
    Gloria SZ Tun, Adam Harris and Alan J Lobo
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-429

Acute medical care

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    Endocrine abnormalities in lithium toxicity
    Gabriella Shanks, Vinita Mishra and Stanka Nikolova
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-434
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    An unusual case of refractory status epilepticus in a young lady: anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
    Ching Soong Khoo, Nurul Husna Zulkifli and Siti Soraya Ab Rahman
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-436

Horizons in Medicine

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    Acute respiratory distress syndrome 
    Christopher Mason, Nessa Dooley and Mark Griffiths
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-439

CME Nuclear medicine

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    New horizons in multimodality molecular imaging and novel radiotracers
    Sally Barrington, Philip Blower and Gary Cook
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-444
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    Selective internal radiation therapy for liver tumours
    Francis X Sundram and John R Buscombe
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-449
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    Molecular radiotheragnostics in thyroid disease
    Nitasha Singh and Val Lewington
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-453
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    Molecular radiotheragnostics in prostate cancer
    Yong Du and Sabina Dizdarevic
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-458
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    Molecular radiotheranostics for neuroendocrine tumours
    Shaunak Navalkissoor, Glenn Flux and Jamshed Bomanji
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-462
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    CME Nuclear medicine (108462): self-assessment questionnaire
    Dizdarevic Sabina and Tahseen A Chowdhury
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-469

Lessons of the month

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    Lesson of the month 1: Spontaneous septic thrombophlebitis presenting with bacteraemia diagnosed by PET-CT scan
    Patrick Harnett and Shaifali Jain
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-471
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    Lesson of the month 2: Autoimmune sequelae of anti-GAD antibodies – thinking outside the box
    Rebecca J Ward, George I Varughese, Biju Jose and Roby J Abraham
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-473

Image of the month

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    Image of the month: Rolling stones
    Philipp Pecnik, Verena Ranftl and Pius Steiner
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-475

Clinical and scientific letters

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    Supporting transition to the medical registrar role from an educational perspective
    Ann Chu
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-477

Letters to the editor

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    The latest national clinical guideline for stroke
    Andrew Frank
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-478
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    Response
    Tony Rudd
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-478a
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    Portal vein thrombosis – a primer for the general physician
    Andrew Thompson
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-479
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    An unusual case of orthopnea
    Nathan Denham
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-479a
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    An unusual case of orthopnea
    Michael D O'brien
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-480
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    Adrenal insufficiency – recognition and management
    Oscar M P Jolobe
    Clin Med October 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-480a
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  • Statin therapy in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
  • Cardioverting acute atrial fibrillation and the risk of thromboembolism: not all patients are created equal 
  • Ulcerative colitis: management in adults, children and young people – concise guidance 
  • New horizons in multimodality molecular imaging and novel radiotracers

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