A 62-year-old Caucasian man with a history of Parkinson's disease developed bilateral
pleural thickening and a large, right-sided, exudative pleural effusion. Further investigations …

Sir—The report by Lois Conley and colleagues (Jan 12, p 108) 1 confirms the challenge faced
by clinicians looking after HIV-1-positive patients who have intraepithelial neoplasia of the …

… Serum prolactin was raised at 1,554 on admission but was normal when tested again
after 48 h. The patient was observed for 24 h and had no further episodes. However, he …

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter by Kafetz and Atkin. They state that our
paper ‘shows the limitations of an approach grounded in the specialty of palliative care that …

The case of a 93-year-old female admitted to the hospital for abdominal pains, vomiting and
constipation is noted. A CT scan of the abdomen revealed that'free air'was trapped in the …

Nigel Hawkes shows how Dr Foster’s hospital standardised mortality rate can be influenced
by the presence of comorbidities. 1 It is hard to believe that hospital mortality figures now …

… Guptha SH …

… However, although thrombolysis can reduce the effect of major disability in the small minority
of stroke patients admitted within 3 h of their symptoms,2 effective and vigorous primary …

In a retrospective audit of over 12,500 admissions in the very elderly () 77 years) over a 5-year
period, we could only identify three cases of infective endocarditis, which satisfied the …

Sir—The report by Lois Conley and colleagues (Jan 12, p 108) 1 confirms the challenge faced
by clinicians looking after HIV-1-positive patients who have intraepithelial neoplasia of the …