Postgraduate Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Six attitudes to promote personal, patient-centred care in an era of addictive technology	152
Systematic reviews—an effective tool for academic motivation of advanced trainees	79
Beta blocker versus ivabradine for cardiovascular outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation	53
The current state of neuropalliative care in developing countries. Where are we now?	44
Umeclidinium plus vilanterol versus fluticasone propionate plus salmeterol for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials	42
Pseudopneumothorax: diagnostic pitfalls	39
Path to parenthood for medical residents and fellows: the impact of leave policies on parent trainees at Oregon Health and Science University	38
LLMs may improve medical communication: social science perspective	37
Genetic causality of circulating inflammatory proteins and plasma metabolites in coronary atherosclerosis	37
Association between long working hours and poor cardiovascular health assessed by the American Heart Association’s “Life’s essential 8”: findings from a nationally representative sample of Korean work	35
Citation rat race—an academic malignancy	33
Surgical ward round proforma can improve documentation and efficiency of ward rounds	32
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly patients at 30 days: a propensity score matching study	31
Gender differences in bullying among internal medicine residents	28
Risk factors of severe adverse in-hospital outcomes in adults hospitalized for parainfluenza infections: a territory-wide study	26
Correction to: Contribution of nebulized budesonide before bronchoscopy, a prospective clinical study	25
Uncovering novel metabolic and inflammatory pathways in gout using Mendelian randomization	25
The reduction of medical resident duty hours for the benefit of patient safety	25
Green tea consumption is associated with lower risk of sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling older adults	24
Vector-Borne mites of medical and veterinary importance: biology, ecology, and control strategies	22
Informed consent practices in clinical research: present and future	21
Of venous drainage	21
Polymath: to be or not to be?	21
Crosstalk between COVID-19 and the gut-brain axis: a gut feeling	19
What should you have in your little black bag? A letter to a young doctor	18

Letter in response to “Many faces of cutaneous leishmaniasis”	17
Rational quality and cost of critical care systems are more important than individual considerations: a view from India	17
Referring wisely: knowing when and how to make subspecialty consultations in hospital medicine	17
Dynamite plots in surgical research over 10 years: a meta-study using machine-learning analysis	15
Therapeutic targets for gastrointestinal diseases: proteome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses	14
Plagiarism checks in medical postgraduate theses: context, challenges, and recommendations	14
Self-reported physical activity properties and 20-year all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among community-dwelling older adults	14
Prospective comparison of two methods for assessing sarcopenia and interobserver agreement on retrospective CT images	14
Pan-immune-inflammation value and systemic immune-inflammation index predict the clinical efficacy of biological agents in Crohn’s disease	14
The emergence of MedTok: a qualitative analysis of popular medical TikTok videos	13
Can capillary refill time be estimated without a stopwatch?	13
Therapeutic strategy for diabetic patients with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome	13
The impact of Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) on medical education	13
Peri-operative strategy in resuscitation of unstable injured surgical patients: a primer	12
Academic misconduct by Chinese medical staff	12
Medical registrar bottleneck	12
Associations between healthy lifestyle practices and cardiovascular disease risk among Chinese adults: a nationwide cohort study	12
Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased prevalence of valvular heart diseases: a cross-sectional population-based study	12
Exploring TikTok to increase one’s health literacy: the Philippine experience	11
Conflict and natural disaster: the impacts on medical education in Ukraine and Türkiye	11
Association of gene polymorphisms and the decreased expression of long non-coding RNA LOC553103 with rheumatoid arthritis	11
Preference informed allocation for the Specialised Foundation Programme	11
Healthcare apprenticeships: assessing the potential benefits to an acute care provider NHS organization	10
EVALUATING HEART DIGITAL TWINS IN GUIDING CATHETER ABLATION FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA	10
War-induced obstetric emergencies necessitate improved global intervention	10
The therapeutic value of vacuum external fixation in polytrauma patients with multiple ribs fracture	10
Using an application to measure trainees’ procedural knowledge before chest tube insertion	10
Max Bill’s concrete art, as an instrument against irrational thinking and arguments in medicine	10
Prospective pilot study of the Three Good Things positive psychology intervention in short-term stay hospitalised patients	10
Causal linkage of psoriasis with ageing: Mendelian randomization and enrichment analysis towards telomere length and psoriasis	10
A framework for residents’ pursuit of excellence based upon non-cognitive and cognitive attributes	10
The move to 24/7 mechanical thrombectomy provision for ischaemic stroke: an observational study of the impact on referrals, activity, procedural efficacy, and safety at a supra-regional centre	10
Nephrotoxicity of direct factor Xa inhibitors: a pharmacovigilance study using real-world data from the Federal Adverse Event Reporting System database	9
Safeguarding healthcare professionals from sexual harassment in the workplace: urgent need for effective training and education	9
An introduction to anatomical pathology	9
The effect of socioeconomic status and training programmes on burnout in postgraduate trainees in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional analysis	9
Progress in the relationship between mechanical ventilation parameters and ventilator-related complications during perioperative anesthesia	9
Sustained clinical knowledge improvements from simulation experiences with Simulation via Instant Messaging—Birmingham Advance	9
Chaperones in urology clinic: an updated survey of patient perspectives and preferences in the outpatient setting in the United Kingdom	9
Differential attainment in higher surgical training: scoping pan-specialty spectra	9
Lemon-shaped mass in the lung: a phantom tumour	8
Relationship between obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and silent brain infarction	8
How patient autonomy drives the legal liabilities of medical practitioners and the practical ways to mitigate and resolve them	8
Evaluating the McMahon score for predicting mortality in earthquake-induced rhabdomyolysis: a retrospective study	8
Paper-thin roof: submucosal cleft palate with rhinolalia aperta	8
Effects of new hypoglycemic drugs on patients with heart failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	8
Identifying novel risk targets in inflammatory skin diseases by comprehensive proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study	8
Impact of body mass index on disease progression and outcomes in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	8
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography as a single-modality ‘gold-standard’ treatment for common bile duct stones in the elderly	8
Improving senior medical workforce retention at a large teaching hospital trust	8

A recent surge of nitrous oxide misuse around London which merits a public health warning	8
A Mendelian analysis of the causality between inflammatory cytokines and digestive tract cancers	8
COVID-19 vaccination: patient uptake and attitudes in a multi-ethnic North London maternity unit	7
Higher dietary zinc intake increases the risk of autoimmune thyroiditis	7
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none	7
Relative positions of the right internal jugular vein and the right common carotid artery	7
Reflections on eponyms in musculoskeletal radiology: enhancing communication and pellucidity in patient care	7
Roles of macrophages and monocytes in resistance to immunotherapy in breast cancers	7
Relationship between hyperglycaemia at admission and prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study	7
Ventricular aneurysm and ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction	7
Chronic constipation and gut microbiota: current research insights and therapeutic implications	7
Speaking up at conference question and answer sessions—disruptive behaviour typography and assessment scale	7
Implications of evolutionary unpredictability for gain-of-function research	7
Rituximab therapy for connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Equality of opportunity—absolutely, it is right and just. Virtue signalling without focus on the individual—no thank you! Let’s place individualism over collectivism	6
Anticoagulation discharge treatment recommendations in patients admitted with a first-time diagnosis of atrial fibrillation	6
Effect of physical activity volume on all-cause mortality in patients with cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study	6
The prognostic value of HALP score and sPESI in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism	6
Confession of a primary care educator	6
Safety of anticoagulation use for treatment of portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis and its effect on hospital-based outcomes: an insight from a US nationwide database	6
Challenges towards medical writing in a developing country: a post-graduate resident’s perspective	6
Temporal relationship between sarcoidosis and malignancies in a nationwide cohort of 1942 patients	6
Challenges in establishing a strong telemedicine system in China	6
The medical glory effect: how viewpoint shapes diagnostic interpretation	6
Generalized papular eruption—an unusual side effect of leuprolide acetate	6
Orthopaedic surgical prioritisation: can it be made fairer to minimise clinical harm?	6
Differences in empathy levels among physicians based on specialty: a nationwide cross-sectional study	6
Use of social deprivation status in primary prevention cardiovascular risk scores: a must but a challenge	6
Impact of thyroid nodule location on the risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma	6
Doctors are encouraged to undertake research—but the system makes it far too difficult	6
Effects of osteoporosis medications on bone fracture in patients with chronic kidney disease	5
A population-based study of Helicobacter pylori: Does asymptomatic infection mean no gastroscopic lesions?	5
A case of euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis in a T2DM patient using Tirzepatide	5
Facial recognition for disease diagnosis using a deep learning convolutional neural network: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Retracted: Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Germany: a cross-sectional, population-based study	5
Using ChatGPT to generate multiple-choice questions in medical education may have potential adverse effects on medical educators and medical students	5
A more precise interpretation of the potential value of artificial intelligence tools in medical education is needed	5
Sampling, study design, and statistics. A didactic discussion	5
My first dance	5
Causal relationship between gut microbiota and lung squamous cell carcinoma: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study	5
Sensitivity and specificity of folate receptor α-positive circulating tumour cells in gastric cancer	5
AI-enhanced telemedicine for personalized antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients with neurological comorbidities: a narrative review	5
Trauma radiology teaching for foundation doctors working within the Scottish Trauma Network improves radiology requests and patient safety: a multidepartmental quality improvement project	5
Intensive blood pressure control in older patients with hypertension—a STEP in the right direction?	5
Safe re-immunization of mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine–induced nonepisodic angioedema with eosinophilia	5
Valproate induced obsessive-compulsive symptoms: unique side effect of a commonly used drug	5
Predictors of self-reported research engagement and academic-career interest amongst medical students in the United Kingdom: a national cross-sectional survey	5
Correlation between cathepsins and the likelihood of renal cancer: a Mendelian randomization study	5
The improvement of functional dyspepsia symptoms after Helicobacter pylori eradication: caused by an unrecognized change in duodenal microbiota?	5
Abortion in evolution, caesarean scar pregnancy, and cervical ectopic: discerning the triplets on ultrasound	5
Cerebral venous thrombosis: a practical review	4
Reimagining disability accommodations in medical education	4
Inside the Ukraine war: health and humanity	4
HEART AGE	4
A new non-invasive detector for coronary microvascular dysfunction: exercise stress high-frequency QRS electrocardiogram	4
Empowering the next generation: integrating artificial intelligence education into medical training	4
Atypical chronic clinical manifestations of spotted fever rickettsial infections in Sri Lanka: a case series of 246 patients	4
The impact of adopting low-molecular-weight heparin in place of aspirin as routine thromboprophylaxis for patients with hip fracture	4
Unravelling the neuroimmune nexus: insights into epilepsy pathology and the role of S100b protein in brain-gut axis modulation: a literature review	4
Portfolio use in postgraduate medical education: a systematic scoping review	4
Small extracellular vesicle microRNAs in pediatric myasthenia gravis plasma and skeletal muscle	4
Associations of mixed metals exposure with cognitive impairment risk: a cross-sectional study in Chinese adults	4
mRNA vaccines as a revolutionary approach to combat cancer	4
Malnutrition and sarcopenia worsen short- and long-term outcomes in internal medicine inpatients	4
Subacute thyroiditis following recovery from COVID-19 infection: novel clinical findings from an Eastern Indian cohort	4
Opportunities and challenges for young physicians in the era of artificial intelligence: current status and future perspectives	4
Mind of artificial intelligence and machine—a fact or fiction?	4
London Major Trauma System: a review of an organised trauma system and the challenges it faces	4
Reforming DoLS: liberty protection safeguards	4
Policy and perceptions of pregnancy during training among residents of various subspecialties	4
Correction to: Pulsed-field ablation versus radiofrequency or cryoballoon thermal ablation in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Reflections on Patient Resilience	4
Should obstetric mortality be an inalienable right?	4
A systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture for De Quervain’s tenosynovitis treatment	4
Advances in the study of microparticles in diabetic retinopathy	4
Correction to: Behavioral trigger factors for hemorrhagic stroke: a case-crossover study	4
PhenoAge and PhenoAgeAccel in the context of dyslipidemia: association with stroke and potential as a new predictor in the US general population	4
Prognostic significance of international normalised ratio and prothrombin time in Chinese acute ischaemic stroke patients	4
Teaching diagnostic safety: moving beyond differential lists in postgraduate training	4
Comprehensive multi-omics approach reveals potential therapeutic targets and agents for osteoarthritis	4

The vanishing physician-scientist: why Greece is losing its clinician-researchers	4
Venous thromboembolism in professional drivers of automatic transmission vehicles: an underestimated occupational risk?	4
Effectiveness of different music tempos in guiding cardiopulmonary resuscitation training	4
Iatrogenic extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm	4
A comparison of the assessments used in campus-based years at the College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia	4
Memory B cells and serum immunoglobulins are associated with disease severity and mortality in patients with COVID-19	4
Medical Students’ Insight into Foundation Training (MEDSIFT): a National Cross-Sectional Online Survey reveals close to 50% are considering a career outside the NHS	4
Severe skin mottling in fatal sepsis	4
Creativity in medicine during times of uncertainty	4
Nocardiabrain abscess: a sinister aetiology	3
Hyperkalaemia: the unintended consequence of prescribing Co-trimoxazole for complex infections	3
Is the NHS really cost-effective? A junior doctor’s experience	3
Risk factors for thromboembolic events in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia in a general ward and requiring treatment with oxygen	3
Specialty preference for cardiovascular prevention practice in the Southeast US and role of a preventive cardiologist	3
Effects of vitamin D supplementation on diabetic foot ulcer healing: a meta-analysis	3
How the physician’s financial wellness could impact patient safety	3
Understanding the perceptions of female genital mutilation among future healthcare professionals in Egypt’s Northern Nile delta (understanding female genital cutting among students)	3
Indwelling pleural catheters: evidence for and management	3
Gaza—ceasefire and prepare for a surge in infectious diseases!	3
‘Two hearts that beat as one’: does love cause physiological synchrony?	3
More to obesity than what meets the eye: a comprehensive approach to counteracting obesity stigma	3
Effect of the interaction between atrial fibrillation and rt-PA dose on the prognosis of acute ischaemic stroke with intravenous thrombolysis	3
Implications of the shift from GP-centred to multidisciplinary models on postgraduate GP training in the UK	3
Perfusion CT imaging as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for dementia: prospective case–control study	3
Letter in response to “Effects of mindfulness and sleep quality on self-efficacy of clinical decision making among resident physicians: an observational study”	3
National examination for medical residency admission: academic performance in a high-stakes test and the need for continuing education	3
Clinical master of medicine students in China—focusing on their dilemma	3
Decreased glucagon in diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients with long duration type 2 diabetes	3
Painful blue finger: Achenbach's syndrome	3
Revisiting the diagnostic and prognostic significance of high-frequency QRS analysis in cardiovascular diseases: a comprehensive review	3
Application of the wireless wearable monitoring system improves the turnaround time in gastrointestinal endoscopy center	3
Timeliness of reperfusion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and outcomes in Kerala, India: results of the TRUST outcomes registry	3
Recent advances in management of Graves’ disease: an update	3
Does work–family conflict predict allostatic load? A 4-year longitudinal study	3
Research progress on the association between trimethylamine/trimethylamine-N-oxide and neurological disorders	3
Performance of Generative Pre-trained Transformer-4 (GPT-4) in Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)-style examination questions	3
A personal view of some aspects of assurances, reassurances, advices, and communications with patients	3
Arthropod-borne encephalitis: an overview for the clinician and emerging considerations	3
CD47 as a biomarker for ovarian cancer: prospects and challenges	3
Development of anti-NXP2 dermatomyositis following Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccination	3
Association between non-neoplastic bladder diseases and bladder cancer risk: insights from Mendelian randomization studies	3
Think like a surgeon: the T-DODAR tool for problem solving in oral examinations and clinical practice	3
Lost in translation: a national cross-sectional study on medical interpreter use by pediatric residents	3
Thiamine deficiency: a commonly unrecognised but easily treatable condition	3
Retraction of: Volrustomig/Rilvegostomig related “triple M”—myasthenia gravis and overlap syndrome	3
Weekend versus weekday hospitalization and clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients with and without stroke	3
Education and learning: potential methodological and ethical issues in systematic reviews containing a meta-analysis: some critical reading suggestions for junior doctors	3
Many faces of cutaneous leishmaniasis	3
Cefazolin-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis	3
Safety and efficacy of Sinopharm vaccine (BBIBP-CorV) in elderly population of Faisalabad district of Pakistan	3
Knowledge and practice of home blood pressure monitoring 6 months after the risk and assessment management programme: does health literacy matter?	3
Effect of coronary revascularization on electrocardiographic parameters in patients with chronic total occlusion	3
The causal relationship between negative emotions and inflammatory dermatoses: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study	3
Appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography in the investigation of general medicine patients presenting with syncope or presyncope	3
Publication for sale: the rise of academies catering to medical students	3
Recruiting and retaining doctors—a wicked problem needing complex solutions	3
The basic statistical concepts and their interrelationships in diagnostic research	3
High level of lactate dehydrogenase and ischaemia–reperfusion injury regulate the multiple organ dysfunction in patients with COVID-19	2
Atrial myxoma presenting with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction	2
A greener pulse for cardiology: sustainability and clinical care in the NHS	2
Price for waiting: the adverse outcomes of boarding critically ill elderly medical patients in the emergency department	2
Non-linear regression modelling for medical professionals; making curved paths straightforward	2
The other end of the line	2
Predictors of self-reported research self-efficacy and perception of research amongst medical students in the United Kingdom: a national cross-sectional survey	2
Comparison of diclofenac with tramadol, tizanidine or placebo in the treatment of acute low back pain and sciatica: multi-center randomized controlled trial	2
Hypoglycemia caused by pregabalin-induced insulin hypersecretion	2
Efficacy and safety of non-focused low-intensity ultrasound technology for subcutaneous lipolysis in the lower abdomen: a clinical study	2
Impacts of viral respiratory infections on segments of fatal out-of-hospital cardiac arrests	2
Middle aortic syndrome: high index of suspicion should be kept in mind	2
Managing iatrogenic subclavian artery cannulation using a vascular closure device: a minimally invasive option	2
Effect of CYB2B6 (c.516G>T), CYP2C9 (c.1075A>C) and UGT1A9 (c.98T>C) polymorphisms on propofol pharmacokinetics in patients submitted to colonoscopy: a cohort	2
Correction to: Early pregnancy maternal hemoglobin and the risk of neonatal congenital heart disease: insights from a case–control study, Guangdong, China	2
Changes in spectrum of biopsy-proven kidney diseases within decade: an analysis based on 10 199 cases from South China	2
The impact of community-based Tai Chi exercise on intrinsic capacity improvement in the elderly: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	2
Clinician’s guide to the basic principles of MRI	2
Facial recognition models for identifying genetic syndromes associated with pulmonary stenosis in children	2
Foundation allocation for underserved areas	2
The association between arachidonic acid and gallstone risk: cross-sectional study and Mendelian randomization analysis	2
Association between rivaroxaban and the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction and new-onset atrial fibrillation	2
Comparisons of HATCH, HAVOC and CHA2DS2-VASc scores for all-cause mortality prediction in atrial fibrillation: a real-world evidence study	2
Use of UK faith Centre as a COVID-19 community vaccination clinic: exploring a potential model for community-based health care delivery	2
Genetically predicted effects of COVID-19 on 2272 traits: exploring through a phenome-wide Mendelian randomization study	2
Disseminated fusariosis presenting as ecthyma gangrenosum	2
Space Medicine: Inspiring a new generation of physicians	2
‘Insight’ in medical training: what, why, and how?	2
Scientific writing in the age of artificial intelligence: trust on trial?	2
Abnormal electrocardiogram and poor prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	2
The 2024 revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: a modern ethical framework for medical research	2
Why metaphors matter: the semantic determinants of health	2
Natural history of pituitary apoplexy: a long-term follow-up study	2
Mechanisms of intestinal flora in colorectal cancer	2
Navigating UK cardiology higher specialty training applications: a practical guide	2
Effects of miRNAs in inborn error of metabolism and treatment strategies	2
Using freedom of information requests to access novel data sources in health professions education research	2
Arm claudication due to giant cell arteritis	2