Clinical Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Clinical Medicine is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Developing an electronic surprise question to predict end-of-life prognosis in a prospective cohort study of acute hospital admissions188
A rare presentation of Castleman disease118
Pembrolizumab-induced diffuse myositis in a patient of metastatic colon cancer: a case report99
Pericardial effusion and lung cancer: a retrospective analysis90
Reliability of BNP to exclude heart failure82
Laughing with serious consequences- a case report of recreational laughing gas use with functional vitamin B12 deficiency69
Hypothermic episodes during hospital admission and the correlation with clinical condition and mortality in different age groups66
Effects of COVID-19 on primary percutaneous coronary intervention admissions: is there hidden morbidity?61
Iron deficiency in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: improving treatment on the cardiology ward57
Subacute dyspepsia: a curious presentation of an ominous pathology39
Ambulatory management of diabetic foot complications35
Long post-COVID-19 postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS): A novel case34
Utilising summative assessments to enhance learning in medicine: a valvular heart disease teaching course for a specialty practical exam33
Improving compliance to DEXA in IBD population according to BSG guidelines in Morriston Hospital, Swansea32
Temporal profile of cerebrospinal fluid galactin-3 and associated cytokine responses after severe traumatic brain injury in patients: a retrospective study31
Risk factors for falls among elderly patients admitted to Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional analysis28
Hormone therapy in the management of stage four (asymptomatic metastatic) breast cancer in women26
Giant cell arteritis with normal inflammatory markers22
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine-induced peritonitis22
A 'catastrophic’ fall!21
Improving anaesthetic chart documentation19
Tumour-induced osteomalacia19
Risk Factors and An Interpretability Tool of In-hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction18
Unilateral upper cervical cord infarction in Opalski's syndrome caused by spontaneous vertebral artery dissection17
Transforming Trans-nasal Endoscopy Services: A multicentre service evaluation pilot project17
Case series of choledocholithiasis more than 25 years after cholecystectomy16
WITHDRAWN: Implementation of SAMPL Guidelines in 100 clinical medicine articles: enhancing statistical reporting and recommendations for biomedical journals15
Delivering an enhanced pleural procedural skill teaching programme for UK physicians in a tertiary UK hospital15
Letter to the editor: “Implementation of ultrasound-guided cannulation training for foundation doctors”15
Bilateral adrenal infarction and secondary haemorrhage in pregnancy: implications of factor V Leiden heterozygosity. A review of the literature and a case report14
Chest CT features and functional correlates of COVID-19 at 3 months and 12 months follow-up14
Table of Contents14
Practical approach to anti seizure medications, an update13
Improving quality in adult long covid services: Findings from the LOCOMOTION quality improvement collaborative13
Provision of acute oncology services in the UK: data from the Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit 2022 (SAMBA22)13
How to approach acute thrombosis and thrombocytopenia13
Effects of sulphur thermal water inhalations in long-COVID syndrome: Spa-centred, double-blinded, randomised case–control pilot study13
Health-related quality of life following TAVI or cardiac surgery in patients at intermediate and low risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
The feasibility of a novel national quality improvement programme for tobacco dependency treatment pathways in acute UK hospitals12
Case report; A rare evolving disorder of multiple lesions with an elusive diagnosis11
Improving the quality of bowel preparation among patients undergoing colonoscopy in a quaternary care centre - A quality improvement project11
The domino effect: A retrospective audit of inpatient falls at a district general hospital11
Melanosis coli and colorectal cancer: Coincidence or correlated?11
Compliance to the ULHT trust protocol in the investigation and management of hypokalaemia11
It all started with a sore throat: Polymicrobial septicaemia, cavitating lung lesions and severe thrombocytopenia10
Trends and burden of colon and rectum cancer attributable to high BMI in the United States from 1990 to 201910
Cardiac rehabilitation: The forgotten intervention in patients with congenital heart disease10
Heart failure caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the United Kingdom: A burden and trend analysis, 1990–201910
Let's voice it- bridging the cervical screening health inequality among sexual minority women10
Targeting contributory factors in difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis10
NEWS2 shows low sensitivity and high specificity for delirium detection: a single site observational study of 13,908 patients9
Doing simple things well can achieve significant benefits9
Diagnosis and management of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis9
Approach to pancytopenia: From blood tests to the bedside9
A teenager with ophthalmoparesis and dysphagia9
Titration of antihypertensive therapy to mitigate the risk of falls9
Acute quadriplegia and epileptic seizures in a 47-year-old man9
Images of the month 1: ‘Soy sauce’ pleural effusion: what causes black pleural fluid?9
A guide to functional disease for a trauma conscious generation9
Lesson of the month: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy masquerading as recurrent transient ischaemia attacks in an older adult9
Update in the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism for the non-respiratory physician9
Piloting a novel cancer care pathway: socioeconomic background as a barrier to access9
Mental health stigma in the medical profession: Where do we go from here?9
Pulmonary endemic mycoses8
Multiple transfusion request audit8
Optimisation of the use of neuro-radiological studies in children with suspected papilloedema, a sample of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) patients as an example8
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the frail and those with multiple health conditions: Outcomes before and during the COVID pandemic8
Assessing health inequalities in local pulmonary tuberculosis (pTB) care in southeast London through data analysis and patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE)8
Night sweats and haematological malignancies: Are ‘sweats’ truly a ‘red flag’ symptom? An insight into 2-week-wait haemato-oncology referrals at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK8
Cocaine levamisole associated auto-immune spectrum: A case series8
Improving diabetes screening in acute coronary syndrome patients: A quality improvement initiative8
Sex related differences of chronic kidney disease due to diabetes mellitus type 1 in the United Kingdom: A comparative analysis of burden and trends, 1990–20198
Metabolic emergencies in pregnancy7
ORAL arsenic trioxide to combat acute promyelocytic leukaemia7
Images of the month 2: Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm formation within uterine leiomyosarcoma metastases7
An evaluation of advance care planning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective review of patient involvement in decision making using routinely collected data from digital ReSPECT records7
Incidence of traumatic lumbar punctures in adults: the impact of a patient's first procedure7
Diagnosis and management of ventricular tachycardia7
SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in NHS healthcare workers in a large double-sited UK hospital7
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of long COVID7
Formalised curiosity7
A comparison of emergency department presentations for medically unexplained symptoms in frequent attenders during COVID-197
Research activity among physicians in the United Kingdom: results from the Royal College of Physicians Census 20227
A quality improvement project to minimise door to needle time in acute ischaemic stroke patients at a quaternary hospital, Kochi, India7
Acute pain management for older adults7
Determinants of 1-year mortality after acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes7
CME: Clinical oncology (143247): self-assessment questionnaire7
Letter to the Editor on Recurrent fever of unknown origin: Don't forget the diary7
Absence of monitoring in withdrawal of clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) and other treatments: a cause for concern?7
Evaluation of a specialist cognitive clinic for the Deaf community6
When common things aren't so common: A case report of hepatopulmonary syndrome6
Cutaneous manifestations of infections: an update for general physicians6
Management of hyperglycaemia in people with obesity6
Images of the month 2: Disseminated nocardiosis in a 60-year-old woman with sarcoidosis6
Image of the month: ‘Hourglass left ventricle’ in mid-ventricular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy6
Foundation doctors’ perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons for the future6
Image of the month: An unusual cause of cough, stridor and dyspnoea: A giant aortic arch aneurysm6
Response6
The assessment and management of obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in obesity6
The individualisation of glycaemic targets in response to patient characteristics in type 2 diabetes: a scoping review6
Iron deficiency without anaemia6
Lessons of the month 1: Cardiac tamponade: don't forget the pancreas6
Acute neurological consequences of novel psychoactive substance use: a retrospective review in a large UK hospital6
A series of patients with hospital-acquired diabetic ketoacidosis (HADKA): a descriptive analysis6
Mesenteric ischaemia following posterior myocardial infarction6
Do respiratory physicians not care about people who smoke?6
CME: Haematology (140053): self-assessment questionnaire6
Making research everybody's business: a position statement of the Royal College of Physicians and the National Institute of Health and Care Research5
Accidental colourful mushroom poisoning – delirium, delusions and dreams5
Sepsis and the brain: a review for acute and general physicians5
Antiplatelet treatment for acute secondary prevention of non-cardioembolic minor stroke / transient ischaemic attack: an update for the acute physician5
Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) and treatment escalation plan (TEP) decisions: Developing a trust-wide audit5
‘Food for thought’: The importance of nutrition to patient care and the role of the junior doctor5
Nitrous oxide misuse: a clue not to be missed in young patients with venous thromboembolism5
Failing the frail: The need to broaden the COVID-19 case definition for geriatric patients5
Life threatening, subclavian artery mycotic aneurysm rupture into a gigantic supraclavicular abscess in an intravenous drug user5
Frailty on the acute medical take5
Understanding the diagnosis and management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) in the UK: results of a national Delphi process5
Where now for infection services in the NHS? What about children?5
Identification of preoperative factors and postoperative outcomes in relation to delays in surgery for hip fractures5
Perfusion imaging in acute ischaemic stroke – the beginning of the end?5
Valproate-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy treated by L-ornithine-L-aspartate: a case report5
The association of pleural effusion and pulmonary embolism5
Reduction of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic is related to increased neuropsychiatric symptoms in memory clinic patients5
The significance of the gut microbiome in post-COVID-19 gastrointestinal symptoms5
A human factors approach to quality improvement in oxygen prescribing4
Marantic endocarditis and stroke: Case presentation4
Future therapies for obesity4
Diplopia: Diagnosis and management4
Fibromyalgia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder4
Liver diseases in pregnancy4
The unspoken benefit of participation in a clinical trial4
Thyroid disease in pregnancy4
Lessons of the month 2: Olanzapine-induced hypothermia and hand oedema4
Differential effects of oral versus intravenous hydrocortisone and dexamethasone on capillary blood glucose levels in adult inpatients − a single centre study4
Orthostatic hypotension in older people: considerations, diagnosis and management4
How do we identify acute medical admissions that are suitable for same day emergency care?4
Body fat changes and risk of new onset of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia among Korean adults: A longitudinal study4
Effective bedside teaching as a foundation doctor4
Letter to the editor: Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups?4
Pulmonary CT imaging findings in fat embolism syndrome: case series and literature review4
The diagnosis and treatment of catatonia4
Effects of fasting on solid organ transplant recipients during Ramadan – a practical guide for healthcare professionals4
COVID-19 in pregnancy4
Prescribing for change – safer antimicrobial use in hospitals4
Severe hypertension in pregnancy4
Improving the systematic screening and documentation of mental capacity for patients with severe brain injury: The Mental Capacity Screening assessment tool (MCScreen)4
Investigation and assessment of adrenal incidentalomas4
Health and work: what physicians need to know4
The UK research ethics committee: Making the case for better serving the underserved – can we do better?4
Lessons of the month 1: Shoshin beriberi: A case report of fulminant cardiovascular collapse, intractable hyperlactatemia and deteriorating consciousness4
NEWS2, patient safety and hypercapnic respiratory failure4
An update on hyper-acute management of ischaemic stroke4
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD): Epidemiology, diagnosis and multidisciplinary management4
Malaria: Past, present and future4
Design, implementation and evaluation of a spiral module combining data science, digital health and evidence-based medicine in the undergraduate medical curriculum: A mixed methods study3
Improving secondary prevention in patients with acute coronary syndrome through electronic prescribing plans, a quality improvement project3
Purple urine bag syndrome3
Implementation of virtual reality technology to decrease patients' pain and nervousness during colonoscopies: a prospective randomised controlled single-blinded trial3
Image of the month: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in the management of ectopic ACTH syndrome: a perfect storm of hypercortisolism, hyperglycaemia and COVID-193
Statin-induced, immune-mediated necrotising myopathy triggered by malignancy successfully treated with immunosuppression3
Admission care bundles for decompensated cirrhosis are poorly utilised across the UK: results from a multi-centre retrospective study3
A case of antisynthetase syndrome presenting solely with life-threatening interstitial lung disease3
CME: Gastroenterology (147143): self-assessment questionnaire3
Sleep measures and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus3
Development of a Northern Ireland PACES training course3
Extending the reach of expert amyloidosis care: A feasibility study exploring the staged implementation of a UK amyloidosis network3
Predicting outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury: Our experience in a district general hospital3
Inflammatory eye disease: An overview of clinical presentation and management3
Austrian syndrome: Report of one case and a systematic review of case reports – new insights3
Efficacy of CGRP inhibitors in preventive pharmacotherapy for migraine - A network meta-analysis and systematic review3
Bullous Sweet's syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis after streptococcal pharyngitis3
What is the impact of COVID-19 on complaints against doctors?3
Inpatient hyperglycaemia, and impact on morbidity, mortality and re-hospitalisation rates3
Forgotten biliary stents: A retrospective review of practice in a district general hospital3
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world3
Next-generation sequencing and molecular therapy3
Keeping abreast of change – learning from specialist practice3
Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and Diabetes UK joint position statement and recommendations for non-diabetes specialists on the use of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors3
Diagnostic accuracy of serum procalcitonin levels in early detection of bacterial infections3
Evaluating implementation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator deactivation discussions in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) forms: Audit from a tertiary care hospital in the 3
Nitrous oxide induced spinal cord oedema with normal serum B12 level with high plasma homocysteine level3
The diagnostic pathway in lung cancer patients with best supportive care decisions: are there lessons to be learnt?3
Scleroderma/juvenile dermatomyositis overlap syndrome in a teenager: A gripping diagnosis3
Fever, rash & polyarthritis – The importance of thinking about STIs within the acute medical take3
Treatment of hypercalcaemia of malignancy in adults3
NEWS and the NHS3
Monoclonal gammopathies of renal significance3
A rare case of pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyomatosis in a woman with a previous history of hysterectomy for uterine fibroids3
Patients with cancer and sepsis trials: an unfair representation?3
Quality metrics for same day emergency care—Consensus of a multi-professional panel of experts using a modified Delphi process3
Dilated gut conditions: diagnosis and management3
Multidisciplinary medical management of severe thyrotoxicosis with multiorgan dysfunction in pregnancy: A case report3
Characteristics of presentation and management of people with hypoglycaemia while on continuous glucose monitoring devices - Pilot data from DEKODE hypoglycaemia study3
Economic evaluation of HLA-B*15:02 genotyping in Asian Australian epilepsy patients3
Improving ECG interpretation skills of junior doctors: Embracing the rhythm of the heart3
The new national clinical guideline for stroke: an opportunity to transform stroke care3
CME: Obstetrics (136605): self-assessment questionnaire2
Challenges for the maintaining the microbiological safety of the UK blood supply2
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health2
Ethnicity as a predictor of nonmotor symptoms impact on quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review2
A rare involvement in skin cancer: Merkel cell carcinoma with bone marrow infiltration in a kidney transplant recipient2
Providing an acute oncology service during the COVID-19 pandemic2
CME: Ophthalmology (139347): self-assessment questionnaire2
Acute renal embolism in atrial fibrillation associated with rheumatic mitral stenosis2
The issue of decisiveness in the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea2
Insulin therapy for the non-specialist physician2
Individualised therapeutic approach to the patient with atypical haemolytic-uraemic syndrome2
Enhanced neurotrauma services: physician input into traumatic brain injury care2
Images of the month 2: No laughing matter: Symptomatic Chiari malformation type I2
Severe measles with pneumonitis in an immunocompetent adult2
Unwelcome guests: infectious disease beyond the pandemic2
Lessons of the month 1: Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis following AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination2
Consent for blood transfusion: summary of recommendations from the Advisory Committee for the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)2
Hospital at home – developing a simulation induction programme for junior doctors2
Pregnancy-induced atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome2
The utility of a local multidisciplinary working group to oversee the establishment of rapidly evolving standards of care and to support trial recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Perceptions of the impact of annual review of competence progression (ARCP): a mixed methods case study2
Inpatient COVID-19 vaccination rollout: Improving access to vaccination2
Arterial and venous thrombotic stroke after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine2
An unexpected case of cryoglobulinaemia vasculitis that presented as respiratory failure2
Images of the month 1: Recurrent ischaemic stroke secondary to Eagle syndrome2
Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke diagnosis and management2
Higher incidence of new atrial fibrillation in hospitalised COVID-19 patients compared to lower respiratory tract infection, however, less patients prescribed anticoagulants at discharge2
Framing the shot: a surprise finding of multiple foreign bodies on coronary angiography2
Implementing a novel protocol for withdrawal of CPAP support in COVID-19 patients: a case series2
Lymphocytosis and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: investigation and management2
Impacting outcomes in acute care2
Utilising accessible and reproducible neurological assessments in clinical studies: Insights from use of the Neurological Impairment Scale in the multi-centre COVID-CNS study2
Assessment of obesity2
Unexpected effect of anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor on a 61-year-old female with stage III non-small cell lung cancer on progression to chemo-radiotherapy2
Screening success: A virtual MDT can reduce the number of patients requiring respiratory follow-up post-COVID-19 pneumonia in line with British Thoracic Society guidance2
The role of physical activity in obesity: let's actively manage obesity2
VITT, COVID-19 and the Expert Haematology Panel: The story of how the UK responded to emerging cases of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis during the vaccination programme2
Artery of Percheron infarct: hiding in plain sight2
The emerging pillars of chronic kidney disease: no longer a bystander in metabolic medicine2
Pituitary apoplexy leading to stress-related cardiomyopathy and ischaemic stroke – A rare finding2
Great balls of fire! The basal ganglia on fire2
A case of embolic stroke and failed treatment with anticoagulation with papillary fibroelastoma2
Two cases of intestinal perforation due to mesenteric artery embolism during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and intra-aortic balloon pumping2
A late diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) in the Covid 19 Infection: A near fatal experience2
Infectious diseases at the front door: Focus on the fundamentals2
Long COVID services: Implementing discrete event simulation, a quality improvement proposition2
A rare cause of atypical facial pain2
Hearts and minds2
Pandemics are here to stay: It's time for unity, both nationally and globally, in how we learn and respond2
Age modifies both the maximal temperature and inflammatory response in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection2
COVID-19 infection causing residual gastrointestinal symptoms – a single UK centre case series2
Lessons of the month 2: A case of inappropriate drug–drug interaction in kidney transplant2
Frailty, multimorbidity and in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: predictable markers of outcome?2
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