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Clinical Medicine: Vol. 17, Issue 6 (December 2017)

Editorial

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    Twenty-first century healthcare: delivering the promise against the reality
    Ed Nicol
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-483

Original research

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    Healthcare worker influenza vaccination and sickness absence – an ecological study
    Miguel Pereira, Siân Williams, Louise Restrick, Paul Cullinan and Nicholas S Hopkinson on behalf of the London Respiratory Network
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-484
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    The value of the physical examination in clinical practice: an international survey
    Andrew T Elder, I Chris McManus, Alan Patrick, Kichu Nair, Louella Vaughan and Jane Dacre
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-490
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    Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea using the STOPBANG questionnaire and the Epworth sleepiness score in patients admitted on the unselected acute medical take in a UK hospital
    Barney T J Isaac, Sarah E Clarke, Mohammad Saiful Islam and Johnson T Samuel
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-499
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    Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study
    Sarah Lewis, Tessa Langley, Julia Lacey, Rob Skelly, Mark Norwood, Nigel Sturrock and Andrew Fogarty
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-504

Reviews

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    Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in people age 50 and above: a systematic review
    Elaney Youssef, Vanessa Cooper, Valerie Delpech, Kevin Davies and Juliet Wright
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-508
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    Hearing-impaired young people – a physician’s guide 
    Anne Easson and Simone Walter
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-521
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    The lung microbiome in health and disease
    Miriam F Moffatt and William OCM Cookson
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-525

Horizons in Medicine

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    Multiple sclerosis, a treatable disease 
    Anisha Doshi and Jeremy Chataway
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-530

Harveian Oration

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    Harveian Oration 2017: Triumphs and challenges in a world shaped by medicine
    Christopher JM Whitty
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-537

CME Genetic medicine

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    The rise of the genome and personalised medicine
    Helen K Brittain, Richard Scott and Ellen Thomas
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-545
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    An approach to familial lymphoedema
    Gabriela E Jones and Sahar Mansour
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-552
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    A clinical approach to developmental delay and intellectual disability
    Pradeep Vasudevan and Mohnish Suri
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-558
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    Inherited skin tumour syndromes
    Sarah Brown, Paul Brennan and Neil Rajan
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-562
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    The use of panel testing in familial breast and ovarian cancer
    Matina Prapa, Joyce Solomons and Marc Tischkowitz
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-568

CME Geriatric medicine

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    CME Genetic medicine (113042) self-assessment questionnaire
    Julian Barwell and Tahseen A Chowdhury
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-573

Acute medical care

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    A 68-year-old with cranial nerve neuropathies and a troponin rise
    Luke Bennett and Javed Iqbal
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-575

Lesson of the month

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    Lesson of the month 1: Obesity hypoventilation (Pickwickian) syndrome: a reversible cause of severe pulmonary hypertension
    Frazer Warricker, Zafir Islam and Benoy N Shah
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-578
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    Lesson of the month 2: Use of thrombolysis for ischaemic stroke in pregnancy – a case report and review of literature
    Asim Khan, Paris Hosseini, Branimir Nevajda and Sami Khan
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-581

Image of the month

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    Image of the month: Dysphagia due to injury of the corticobulbar tract following traumatic brain injury
    Sung Ho Jang, Seong Ho Kim and Jeong Pyo Seo
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-584

Clinical and scientific letters

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    The application game
    Killian Donovan and Gina Sangha
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-586
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    ‘T3 or not T3?’: A poetic guide to the thyroid exam
    Jamie Patel and Berger Pierre
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-586a

Letters to the editor

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    Referring wisely? or referring when you need help?
    BC Whitelaw and VH Bradley
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-588
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    Response
    Andrew Goddard
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-588a
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    Medical problems in pregnancy
    Ritesh Sah and Shahid A Kausar
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-588b
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    Medical problems in pregnancy
    Irina Stoian and Bridget MacDonald
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-589
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    Acute geriatrics at the front door
    Mike P Houghton
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-590
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    The emergence of sarcopenia as an important entity in older people
    Vikram Lal, Channa N Jayasena and Richard Quinton
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-590a
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    Sarcopenia, frailty and exercise
    Hugh JN Bethell
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-591
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    Antisynthetase syndrome
    Graham Johnston
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-591a
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    The hyperacute neurology team
    John Cookson
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-591b
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    The hyperacute neurology team
    David Whiteside
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-591c
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    Response
    Arani Nitkunan, Bridget K MacDonald, Ajay Boodhoo, Andrew Tomkins, Caitlin Smyth, Medina Southam and Fred Schon
    Clin Med December 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-592
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  • Healthcare worker influenza vaccination and sickness absence – an ecological study
  • The value of the physical examination in clinical practice: an international survey
  • Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in people age 50 and above: a systematic review
  • Harveian Oration 2017: Triumphs and challenges in a world shaped by medicine

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