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Clinical Medicine: Vol. 21, Issue 1 (January 2021)

EDITORIAL

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    Finding your own way to manage patients with functional disorders
    Anton Emmanuel
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.ed.21.1.1

FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS

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    ‘I can assure you, there is nothing wrong with your kidney’
    Tamara Keith
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0990
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    Initial assessment of patients with putative functional disorders in medical settings
    Peter Tyrer, Charles Fox, Catherine Gardiner, Roger Mulder and Helen Tyrer
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0832
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    Medically unexplained symptoms: assessment and management
    Mujtaba Husain and Trudie Chalder
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0947
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    The challenges of chronic pain and fatigue
    Jessica A Eccles and Kevin A Davies
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-1009
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    A practical review of functional neurological disorder (FND) for the general physician
    Karina Bennett, Clare Diamond, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Paula Gardiner, Laura McWhirter, Alan Carson and Jon Stone
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0987
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    Identifying and managing functional cardiac symptoms
    Jonathan Rogers, George Collins, Mujtaba Husain and Mary Docherty
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0934
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    Management of functional gastrointestinal disorders
    Asma Fikree and Peter Byrne
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0980
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    Beyond bones: The relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and controversies surrounding diagnostic classification: an observational study
    Jessica A Eccles, Beth Thompson, Kristy Themelis, Marisa L Amato, Robyn Stocks, Amy Pound, Anna-Marie Jones, Zdenka Cipinova, Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, Jean Timeyin, Charlotte R Thompson, Thomas Batty, Neil A Harrison, Hugo D Critchley and Kevin A Davies
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0743

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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    Developing services for long COVID: lessons from a study of wounded healers
    Emma Ladds, Alex Rushforth, Sietse Wieringa, Sharon Taylor, Clare Rayner, Laiba Husain and Trisha Greenhalgh
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0962
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    COVID-19: Causes of anxiety and wellbeing support needs of healthcare professionals in the UK: A cross-sectional survey
    Imrana Siddiqui, Marco Aurelio, Ajay Gupta, Jenny Blythe and Mohammed Y Khanji
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0502

ACUTE MEDICAL CARE

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    ‘Tiger woman sign’ hypercalcaemia: a diagnostic challenge
    Adam Muse, Matthew Cates, Patrick Rogers, Michael Evans and Jonathan Walker
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0878

IMAGE OF THE MONTH

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    Image of the month: Mauriac variant: a rare complication of poorly controlled diabetes
    Amera Elzubeir, Syed Alam and James Sington
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0826

LESSON OF THE MONTH

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    Lesson of the month: Severe granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA): a diagnostic challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Qurratulain Qurratulain, Azeem Ahmed and Quentin Jones
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0793

RESEARCH IN BRIEF

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    Research in brief: Colchicine for chronic coronary disease: a recent randomised controlled trial
    Rajan S Pooni and Tevfik F Ismail
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0981

OPINION

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    Cui bono? PEG feeding
    Heather Parr and David S Sanders
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0759

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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    Prevalence and socio-demographic factors of SARS-CoV-2 antibody in multi-ethnic healthcare workers
    Mehool Patel, Meera Nair, Eric Pirozzoli, Marta C Cienfuegos and Elizabeth Aitken
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0619
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    Home quarantine in COVID-19: A study on 50 consecutive patients in Austria
    Sarah Gietl, Carmen M Schönegger, Markus Falk, Stefanie Weiler, Simone Obererlacher, Bianca Jansen, Sissy-Therese Sonnleitner and Gernot Walder
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0787
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    The prognostic value of chest X-ray in patients with COVID-19 on admission and when starting CPAP
    Will Sargent, Sajeed Ali, Sebi Kukran, Miranda Harvie and Susanne Soin
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0576
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    Review of hygiene adaptations among UK doctors in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection
    Syed Ammar Husain, Syed Arshad Husain, Obaid U Khan, Leon D’Cruz and Victoria Allgar
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0724
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    Hub-and-spoke model for thrombectomy service in UK NHS practice
    Liqun Zhang, Ayokunle Ogungbemi, Sarah Trippier, Brian Clarke, Usman Khan, Claire Hall, Qiuhong Ji, Andrew Clifton and Gillian Cluckie
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0579
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    Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home
    Cynthia Tsien, Huey Tan, Sowmya Sharma, Naaventhan Palaniyappan, Pramudi Wijayasiri, Kristel Leung, Jatinder Hayre, Elizabeth Mowlem, Rachel Kang, Peter J Eddowes, Emilie Wilkes, Suresh V Venkatachalapathy, Indra N Guha, Lilia Antonova, Angela C Cheung, William JH Griffiths, Andrew J Butler, Stephen D Ryder, Martin W James, Guruprasad P Aithal and Aloysious D Aravinthan
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0609
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    Potential to reduce antibiotic use in secondary care: Single-centre process audit of prescription duration using NICE guidance for common infections
    Neil Powell, Jennie Stephens, Rory Rule, Ryan Phillips, Megan Morphew, Emma Garry, Natasha Askaroff, Daniel Hiley, Charlie Strachan, Myles Sheehan and Caitlin McDonald
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0141

COVID-19 RAPID REPORT

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    Requests from primary care for chest X-ray and CA125 measurements during the COVID-19 emergency: An observational study
    S Michael Crawford, Colin Evans, Heather Edwards and Anna Zoltowski
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0638
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    Preventing vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: UK definitions of vitamin D sufficiency and recommended supplement dose are set too low
    George Griffin, Martin Hewison, Julian Hopkin, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Quinton, Jonathan Rhodes, Sreedhar Subramanian and David Thickett
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0858
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    A case of COVID-19 reinfection in the UK
    Jack West, Serenydd Everden and Nikitas Nikitas
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0912
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    The impact of false positive COVID-19 results in an area of low prevalence
    Brendan Healy, Azizah Khan, Huria Metezai, Ian Blyth and Hibo Asad
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0839
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    Implementation and evaluation of a COVID-19 rapid follow-up service for patients discharged from the emergency department
    Lucy CK Bell, Caitlin Norris-Grey, Akish Luintel, Gabriella Bidwell, David Lanham, Michael Marks, Tim Baruah, Luke O'Shea, Melissa Heightman and Sarah Logan the University College London Hospitals COVID response team
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0816
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    Autonomic dysfunction in ‘long COVID’: rationale, physiology and management strategies
    Melanie Dani, Andreas Dirksen, Patricia Taraborrelli, Miriam Torocastro, Dimitrios Panagopoulos, Richard Sutton and Phang Boon Lim
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0896
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    Long-term sequelae following previous coronavirus epidemics
    Oliver O'Sullivan
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0204
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    Use of procalcitonin for antibiotic stewardship in patients with COVID-19: A quality improvement project in a district general hospital
    Christina Peters, Kelly Williams, Elena A Un, Louisa Little, Abeer Saad, Katherine Lendrum, Naomi Thompson, Nicholas D Weatherley and Amanda Pegden
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0614
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    Mental-health-related admissions to the acute medical unit during COVID-19
    Ben Grimshaw and Ella Chaudhuri
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0635
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    Effectiveness of early treatment of lopinavir–ritonavir in patients with severe COVID-19: a case series
    Pan Luo, Jian-ling Zheng, Yi Liu, Lin Qiu, Xiu-lan Liu, Hui-ying Xue, Dong Liu and Juan Li
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0348
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    Rationale for the use of sphingosine analogues in COVID-19 patients
    Deborah R Tasat and Juan S Yakisich
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0309

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

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    A quality improvement project on adherence to antibiotic policy in acute admissions from a tertiary care hospital in south India
    Roshni Pillay, Balram Rathish, Arun Wilson, Anup Warrier and Geetha Mary Philips
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0253

FOUNDATION COLUMN

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    The new ‘opt-out’ organ donation English law: Is the NHS ready for this?
    Thakshayene Mahenthran
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0675

OPINION

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    Training the trainees: COVID-19 and rheumatologists of the future
    Hannah Jethwa and Sonya Abraham
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0907

LESSONS OF THE MONTH

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    Lessons of the month: A misunderstood teenager with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome – temporarily associated with SARS-CoV-2 admitted under adult medicine
    Sachin T Patel and Harry Wright
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0821
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    Lessons of the month: Massive gastrointestinal bleeding in a young woman with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
    Ksheetij Kothari, Mallikarjun Patil, Renuka Malipatel and Harshad Devarbhavi
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0803

ACUTE MEDICAL CARE

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    Rhabdomyolysis with acute anuria renal failure caused by surgical injection-induced tetanus in an adult
    Lei Li and Zhenning Liu
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0841
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    Cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis in light chain myeloma
    Gwenno M Edwards and Abdulfattah Alejmi
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0880
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    Tuberculous arthritis of the ankle joint masquerading as rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with lupus nephritis
    Mohd N bin Ismail and Siti M Ab Rahim
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0882

IMAGE OF THE MONTH

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    Images of the month: The conundrum of chronic coccidioidomycosis
    Oluwabusola M Bolaji, Nurul I Zainudin, Susan Snape, Gauri Saini and Vadsala Baskaran
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0815
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    Images of the month: Gliptin-induced bullous pemphigoid
    Oluwafikunayo Orekoya and Ian H Coulson
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0825
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    Images of the month: Pulmonary cement embolism
    Chan Sin Chai, Sze Shyang Kho, Swee Kim Chan, Teng Teng Tee and Siew Teck Tie
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0913

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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    Stop auscultating and listen carefully instead: the new era of respiratory medicine
    George Tsaknis
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.1
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    Discharge criteria for patients with COVID-19 to long-term care facilities requires modification
    Wakana Teranaka and Daniel Pan
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.2
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    Persistent fatigue in patients with COVID-19
    Chia Siang Kow and Syed Shahzad Hasan
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.3
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    Bias in the COVID-19 era
    Avinash Aujayeb
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.4
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    General management approach to common vasculitides
    Shriya Kachru and Alexa Shipman
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.5
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    HIV testing during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Sarah Ann Filson, Anika Rahim, Victoria Parris, Alastair McGregor and Padmasayee Papineni
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.6
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    Vitamin D
    Henry J Woodford
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.7
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    Response
    George Griffin, Martin Hewison, Julian Hopkin, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Quinton, Jonathan Rhodes, Sreedhar Subramanian and David Thickett
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.8
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    Cardiac investigations after ischaemic stroke
    Marina Mannino
    Clin Med January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.Let.21.1.9
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