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Clinical Medicine: Vol. 20, Issue 3 (May 2020)

EDITORIAL

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    COVID-19: the physician's response in the first phase
    Anton Emmanuel
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.ed.20.3.1

RESEARCH IN BRIEF

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    Research in brief: Inpatient hip fractures and nomenclature of delirium and acute encephalopathy
    Tessa M Cacciottolo and Laura Ferrigan
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.rib.20.3

COVID-19 RAPID REPORT

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    Evaluating the national PPE guidance for NHS healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
    John P Thomas, Anand Srinivasan, Chandu S Wickramarachchi, Parveen K Dhesi, Yat MA Hung and Ajay V Kamath
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0143
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    Early intervention likely improves mortality in COVID-19 infection
    Daniel K Goyal, Fatma Mansab, Amir Iqbal and Sohail Bhatti
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0214
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    Respiratory advice for the non-respiratory physician in the time of COVID-19
    Jonathan Bennett, Mohammmed Munavvar, Paul Walker and Gerrard Phillips
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0188
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    Identifying rheumatic disease patients at high risk and requiring shielding during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Elizabeth Price, Elizabeth MacPhie, Lesley Kay, Peter Lanyon, Bridget Griffiths, Christopher Holroyd, Abhishek Abhishek, Taryn Youngstein, Kathryn Bailey, Jacqui Clinch, Muddassir Shaikh and Ali Rivett
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0149
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    SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the cardiovascular system: What the non-cardiologist needs to know
    Gershan K Davis, Ahmed Adlan, Jacek Majewski and Bassem Ibrahim
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0158
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    UK neurology response to the COVID-19 crisis
    Catherine J Mummery and Christopher M Kipps
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0159
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    Nutritional status and COVID-19: an opportunity for lasting change?
    Shameer Mehta
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0187
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    Palliative care in the context of a pandemic: similar but different
    Andrew Davies and Jo Hayes
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0157
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    Chloroquine and COVID-19 – a potential game changer?
    Beattie RH Sturrock and Timothy JT Chevassut
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0129
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    COVID-19 – does exercise prescription and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) have a role in risk-stratifying patients?
    Irfan Ahmed
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0111
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    The role of the future physician: building on shifting sands
    Linford Fernandes, Michael EB FitzPatrick and Matthew Roycroft
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0030
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    Drive-through testing in COVID-19: experience from NHS Lothian
    Katherine Hill, Robyn Campbell, Callum Mutch, Oliver Koch and Claire Mackintosh
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0160

LESSONS OF THE MONTH

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    Lessons of the month 1: A case of rhombencephalitis as a rare complication of acute COVID-19 infection
    Po Fung Wong, Sam Craik, Piers Newman, Annabel Makan, Koottalai Srinivasan, Emma Crawford, Devapriya Dev, Harmesh Moudgil and Nawaid Ahmad
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0182
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    Lessons of the month 2: McKittrick–Wheelock syndrome: Case report of a patient declining resection of a large villous adenoma
    Jagan Murugachandran and David Gannon
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0356

ACUTE MEDICAL CARE

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    Starvation ketoacidosis on the acute medical take
    Alexander J Gall, Robert Duncan and Amit Badshah
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0012

IMAGE OF THE MONTH

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    Image of the month: Rapidly evolving mitral stenosis: an unusual case of endocarditis
    David McBriar, Aileen Kearney and Ben Cole
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0060

CLINICAL LESSON

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    A case of myocardial infarction due to myocardial bridging alone
    Li Zhou, Li Sheng-yu, Li Dong-bao and Hui Chen
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0460

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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    Does regulating the sale of high-strength beer and cider impact hospital admissions with decompensated alcohol-related liver disease: A retrospective cohort study
    Yazan Haddadin, Dev Katarey, Manavi Sachdeva, Laura Vickers, Ishleen Kaur, Ahmed Hashim and Sumita Verma
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0390
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    Decompensated cirrhosis is the commonest presentation for NAFLD patients undergoing liver transplant assessment
    Ahmed Hussain, Preya J Patel, Freya Rhodes, Ankur Srivastava, David Patch and William Rosenberg
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0250
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    The impact of the Tracey judgment on the rates and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrests in UK hospitals participating in the National Cardiac Arrest Audit
    Zohra Zenasni, Emily C Reynolds, David A Harrison, Kathryn M Rowan, Jerry P Nolan, Jasmeet Soar and Gary B Smith
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0454
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    What do senior physicians think about AI and clinical decision support systems: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of data from specialty societies
    Haroldas Petkus, Jan Hoogewerf and Jeremy C Wyatt
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0317

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

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    From paper to paperless: Do electronic systems ensure safe and effective communication and documentation of DNACPR decisions?
    Laura Harrington, Kathryn Price and Polly Edmonds
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0450

REVIEWS

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    The patient safety collaborative programme: opportunities for physician engagement
    John Illingworth, Cheryl Crocker and C Michael Roberts
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0498
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    Why health anxiety needs to be recognised in hospital practice
    Peter Tyrer
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0346

OPINION

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    Differing commissioning arrangements may contribute to geographic variation in clinical management of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis
    Elizabeth Reilly, Randa Alshakh, Celia Beynon, Matthew Cates, Dhivya Das, Shuja Majeed, Ahsan Memon, Patrick O’Beirn, James Ritchie and John D Pauling
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0031
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    Living donor kidney transplantation: Let's talk about it
    Videha Sharma, Reuben Roy, Oana Piscoran, Angela Summers, David van Dellen and Titus Augustine
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0047

COVID-19 RAPID REPORT

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    COVID-19 patients presenting with afebrile acute abdominal pain
    Gérald Gahide, Julien Frandon and Jean-François Vendrell
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0150

LESSONS OF THE MONTH

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    Lessons of the month: Nitrous oxide-induced functional vitamin B12 deficiency causing subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord
    Adam Seed and Meesha Jogia
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0072
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    Lessons of the month: HLA-B27-associated syndrome and spontaneous intracranial hypotension resulting in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia
    Amit KJ Mandal, Angad Ryatt, Kim O'Hare and Constantinos G Missouris
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0062
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    Lessons of the month: Herpetic viral dermatomyositis
    Siddharth Bhattacharjee and Boby Varkey Maramattom
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0078

ACUTE MEDICAL CARE

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    Atypical presentation of ventricular tachycardia
    Farhan Malik, ThinThin Khaing, Sanjay Adlakha and Thandar Aye
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0046
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    Piriformis syndrome as the only initial manifestation of septic sacroiliac osteomyelitis
    Mei-Kar Leong and Poyin Huang
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0035

IMAGES OF THE MONTH

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    Images of the month: Intractable vomiting and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
    Seng Wee Cheo, Qin Jian Low, Yee Ann Tan and Yuen Kang Chia
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0019
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    Images of the month: Unexpected neurological comorbidity: Occam's razor or Hickam's dictum?
    Josef G Heckmann, Michael White and Stefan Ernst
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0039
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    Images of the month: Lower-back pain in a young man with HLA B27 – not always spondyloarthritis!
    Ashok Kumar, Ashish Sharma and Anunay Agarwal
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0070

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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    Fluid management knowledge in hospital physicians: ‘Greenshoots’ of improvement but still a cause for concern
    Richard Leach, Siobhan Crichton, Neil Morton, Marc Leach and Marlies Ostermann
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0433
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    Experience from the first UK inter-regional specialist multidisciplinary meeting in the diagnosis and management of IgG4-related disease
    George Goodchild, Rory JR Peters, Tamsin N Cargill, Harry Martin, Adetokunbo Fadipe, Maria Leandro, Adam Bailey, Jane Collier, Louisa Firmin, Manil Chouhan, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Ross Sadler, Roger W Chapman, Helen Bungay, Eve Fryer, Joel David, Raashid Luqmani, Eleanor Barnes, George J Webster and Emma L Culver
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0457
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    The cost of providing mechanical thrombectomy in the UK NHS: a micro-costing study
    Joyce S Balami, Diamuid Coughlan, Phil M White, Peter McMeekin, Darren Flynn, Christine Roffe, Indira Natarajan, Jayan Chembala, Sanjeev Nayak, Ivan Wiggam, Peter Flynn, Robert Simister, Yazen Sammaraiee, Don Sims, Kurdow Nader, Anand Dixit, Dawn Craig, Hannah Lumley, Stephen Rice, David Burgess, Lisa Foddy, Emer Hopkins, Beverley Hudson, Rachael Jones, Martin A James, Alastair M Buchan, Gary A Ford and Alastair M Gray
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0413

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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    Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
    Linpei Jia and Hongliang Zhang
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.20.3.1
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    Cardiac investigations in acute ischaemic stroke
    Eamon P Mccarron
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.20.3.2
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    Procalcitonin for patient stratification and identification of bacterial co-infection in COVID-19
    Jennie Han, Timothy Gatheral and Craig Williams
    Clin Med May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.20.3.3
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