Clinical Medicine

Article	Citations
Multiple transfusion request audit	191
ORAL arsenic trioxide to combat acute promyelocytic leukaemia	144
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, UK	126
Determinants of 1-year mortality after acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes	70
Audit on parental awareness of minimising added sugar intake during complementary feeding	67
Endoscopic surveillance in patients with oesophageal varices in alcoholic liver cirrhosis	55
Laughing with serious consequences- a case report of recreational laughing gas use with functional vitamin B12 deficiency	53
Doing simple things well can achieve significant benefits	51
Case series of choledocholithiasis more than 25 years after cholecystectomy	47
Utilising summative assessments to enhance learning in medicine: a valvular heart disease teaching course for a specialty practical exam	46
Long post-COVID-19 postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS): A novel case	43
Iron deficiency in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: improving treatment on the cardiology ward	42
Temporal profile of cerebrospinal fluid galactin-3 and associated cytokine responses after severe traumatic brain injury in patients: a retrospective study	37
Ambulatory management of diabetic foot complications	32
Effective bedside teaching as a foundation doctor	31
Risk factors and an interpretability tool of in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute myocardial infarction	27
The medical licensing assessment (MLA) content map: A list is not a syllabus, and a syllabus is not a curriculum	26
Life threatening, subclavian artery mycotic aneurysm rupture into a gigantic supraclavicular abscess in an intravenous drug user	25
How to approach acute thrombosis and thrombocytopenia	25
A series of patients with hospital-acquired diabetic ketoacidosis (HADKA): a descriptive analysis	25
Identification of preoperative factors and postoperative outcomes in relation to delays in surgery for hip fractures	24
A rare cause of shock in cases of refractory hypotension, hypoproteinaemia and haemoconcentration	23
The diagnosis and treatment of catatonia	23
Management of hyperglycaemia in people with obesity	23
Unilateral upper cervical cord infarction in Opalski's syndrome caused by spontaneous vertebral artery dissection	22

Diagnosis and management of ventricular tachycardia	21
Pandemics are here to stay: It's time for unity, both nationally and globally, in how we learn and respond	20
A rare case of pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyomatosis in a woman with a previous history of hysterectomy for uterine fibroids	18
Association between lipid profile and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis	18
Enhanced neurotrauma services: physician input into traumatic brain injury care	18
Hospital at home – developing a simulation induction programme for junior doctors	17
Letter to the editor: Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups?	16
Spectrum of anaemia in rheumatic diseases and the involvement of rheumatologists in the management: a single centre study	16
The trend in deaths from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) over the past decade	16
Temporal trends in the burden of multiple sclerosis in the UK over the past three decades	16
Exceptional outcome: CD-30-positive relapsed enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) treated with brentuximab vedotin alone, showing significant improvement in weight and albumin levels in Type	16
Unwelcome guests: infectious disease beyond the pandemic	16
Pitfalls in the pharmacotherapy of hypertension	15
Causes of obesity: a review	15
Frequency of visual involvement in a 10-year interdisciplinary cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis	15
Purple urine bag syndrome	15
Admission care bundles for decompensated cirrhosis are poorly utilised across the UK: results from a multi-centre retrospective study	15
Table of Contents	14
Temporal trends in the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK over the past three decades	14
A rare presentation of geriatric non-epileptic seizures due to carotid artery encasement of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A case report	14
Improving antimicrobial prescribing in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in a district general hospital of West Yorkshire	14
Decoding cardiac masquerade: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy camouflaging as acute myocardial infarction	14
From hypertension to heart failure: The missed clues of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis	13
Safe to transfuse? An audit on quality and practices in blood transfusion sampling and labelling in the accident and emergency (A&E) department.	13
Table of Contents	12
Optimising admission to scope time for acute GI bleeding (UGIB): retrospective comparative analysis of the timing of endoscopy for UGIB in a Queensland quaternary centre following international recomm	12
Effectiveness of pre- and post-operative 4AT assessment in monitoring delirium in hip fracture patients	12
Same-day emergency care	12
The use of tociluzimab in COVID-19 inpatients: experience from a district general hospital	12
The rapid progression of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with concomitant COVID-19 infection: a case report	12
The BSG/BASL bundle for patients admitted with decompensated chronic liver disease improves standard of care but utilisation is poor across the UK	12
Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A clinical challenge	11
A rare complication of DRESS syndrome in the treatment of cardiac device-related lead thrombus and infective endocarditis	11
The diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome	11
Image of the month: Mycotic aortic arch pseudoaneurysm due to Salmonella enterica	11
Health and care needs of hospitalised people experiencing homelessness: an inpatient audit	11
Rapid echocardiography in the primary angioplasty era for timely detection and management of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection: a case illustration	11
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the elderly	11
Population-specific DPYD variants and fluoropyrimidine toxicity risk: an analysis using public genomic databases	11
Editorial: Learnings from all walks of medical practice	10
Point-of-care ultrasound reduces the impact on departmental radiology and echocardiography services: Results of 1-year service evaluation	10
Use of IV immunoglobulin to treat steroid resistant, immune checkpoint inhibitor induced pure red cell aplasia. A case report	10
Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic disease causing fatal encephalitis	10
Engagement in research during specialist geriatric medicine training: results of a national trainee survey	10
A rare case of TEN-like acute cutaneous lupus	10
Dynamics of minimal residual disease and its clinical implications in multiple myeloma: A retrospective real-life analysis	10
A comparison of giant cell arteritis referrals and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: experience from a district general hospital in the UK	10
Acute Epstein–Barr virus hepatitis without infectious mononucleosis: a diagnostic challenge	9
Can advance care planning (ACP) improve patients' journey with advanced dementia and their families? A 1-year follow-up study	9
Atypical presentation of young stroke with vertebral artery dissection	9

Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an unusual complication in disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis	9
Table of Contents	9
DVT: is it really an SDEC pathway? A retrospective review of SDEC DVT demand and outcomes across Surrey Heartlands ICS	9
Controversies in thyroid disease management in pregnancy	9
Cancer immunotherapy and the management of side effects	9
Diagnostic accuracy of CADe-assisted reading versus clinician reading for polyp detection in colon capsule endoscopy: a multicentre prospective study	9
Management of pituitary incidentalomas	9
Cancer immunotherapy and the management of side effects	9
Don't just fit and forget: incremental benefit of optimisation of medical therapy post-cardiac resynchronisation therapy	9
Medicine’s beauty lies in lifelong learning, reflection and research	9
The management of severe eczema in pregnancy	9
Clinical predictors of malignancy in lymphadenopathy: A multivariable analysis from a quick diagnosis unit	8
Anaemia of acute inflammation: a higher acute systemic inflammatory response is associated with a larger decrease in blood haemoglobin levels in patients with COVID-19 infection	8
Applications of musculoskeletal ultrasound in inflammatory arthritis	8
Severe acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy	8
Obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension: Current understanding, diagnosis and management	8
Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups? Prospective assessment of the current practice and yield of faecal elastase testing in patients with diabetes mellitus, HIV and/or	8
People living in homeless hostels: a survey of health and care needs	8
The use of metaverse in medical education: A systematic review	8
NEWS2 and the older person	8
Importance of point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of severe mitral regurgitation	7
Refractory thrombocytopenia as a manifestation of Mycobacterium abscessus complex prosthetic valve endocarditis: a rare and fatal complication	7
Clinical academics’ experiences of REF2021	7
Learning from the past rather than living in it	7
Inhaled beclomethasone in the treatment of early COVID-19: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial	7
A prospective multicentre study of the endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency (EUS-RFA) and ethanol ablation (EUS-EA) in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours and adenocarcinoma of the pancreas	7
Soups, shakes and other slimming strategies: GLP-1 agonists vs. NHS type 2 diabetes path to remission programme in the battle against T2DM and weight management	7
Years after the cure: a rare case of delayed onset of oesophageal stricture post-radiotherapy for lung cancer	7
Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) receiving dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)	7
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and its rare association with peripheral neuropathy and stroke	7
Infectious pulmonary tuberculosis patients who inadvertently had spirometry in a tertiary care pulmonary service in southern India	7
A case of acute anti-Mi-2-beta antibody-positive dermatomyositis	7
Antibodies and distortion of insulin and C-peptide results in patients with hypoglycaemia of unknown origin	7
Time for preference-informed foundation allocation?	7
A genetic paradigm shift: Deciphering stress-induced molecular mechanisms fuelling cancer genesis	7
The appropriateness of penicillin allergy de-labelling by non-allergist clinical ward teams	7
Age, sex and ethnicity changes in creatine kinase and sex- and ethnicity-specific reference intervals of creatine kinase	6
Treat staff like they make a difference, and they will	6
Cocaine-induced granulomatosis with polyangiitis: an under-recognised condition	6
Determining factors influencing hospital stay for individuals admitted with diabetes-related ketoacidosis – findings from DEKODE length of stay quality improvement project	6
Breathe easy: encouraging climate-conscious inhalers	6
Four key problems that will need to be addressed during the next pandemic	6
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: A diagnostic challenge	6
The National Early Warning Score: from concept to NHS implementation	6
Respiratory effects of electronic cigarette use in individuals who never smoked: A systematic review	6
Unexplained breathlessness: Integrating pathophysiological insights with clinical evaluation	6
Pregnancy-specific dermatoses for the resident physician	6
A National audit of the care of patients with acute kidney injury in England and Wales in 2019 and the association with patient outcomes	6
COVID-19 infection as a parameter in the CHA2DS2 vascular risk assessment tool	6
Core medical training to internal medicine training: progress or a step backwards?	6
Defining and characterising a toolkit for the development of a successful European registry for rare liver diseases: a model for building a rare disease registry	6
Can artificial intelligence help with the development of generic clinical skills when breaking bad news? A quantitative evaluation	6
Genomics in the kidney clinic	6
Acute water intoxication in an adult man: ‘dental hyponatraemia’ revisited	6
Thromboelastography for rapid diagnosis of heparin-like anticoagulant release during anaphylaxis-induced coagulopathy in systemic mastocytosis: a case report	6
VF arrest secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated myocarditis; improving patient outcomes by maintaining a high clinical suspicion for ICI toxicity	6
CME: Geriatric medicine (141062): self-assessment questionnaire	6
Table of Contents	6
Let's voice it- bridging the cervical screening health inequality among sexual minority women	5
Medication non-adherence and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension	5
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: A retrospective observational evaluation	5
Early applications of ChatGPT in medical practice, education and research	5
How serious are ‘serious non-specific symptoms (SNSS)’? Evaluation of the introduction of a local SNSS pathway, and the pick-up rate of cancers, within this population	5
Demographic characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis in Sheffield, England	5
Improving the quality of bowel preparation among patients undergoing colonoscopy in a quaternary care centre - A quality improvement project	5
The value of CT head scans for patients from care homes presenting to the emergency department following a fall	5
Lesson of the month: Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) in status epilepticus	5
Audit of immunoglobulin monitoring and hypogammaglobulinaemia after B cell targeted therapy in a paediatric cohort in a high immune disease prevalence Region	5
The effect of CGRP monoclonal antibodies on cardiovascular disease	5
Letter to the Editor: ‘Exploring barriers to expanding medical training numbers in England: A national survey of medical education directors’	5
Targeting contributory factors in difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis	5
The unsung tale of the pied piper of haematology: insights from a case of renal transplant failure	5
The clinical effective of sodium/glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on admission frequency, duration and use of acute non-invasive ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:	5
E-cigarettes as a safe alternative to tobacco smoking? A deep dive into vape-associated pneumothorax (VASP)	5
The changing landscape of HIV epidemiology and management	5
Renin–angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) are not nephrotoxic – they protect the kidneys and the heart	5
Pituitary apoplexy leading to stress-related cardiomyopathy and ischaemic stroke – A rare finding	4
Valproate-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy treated by L-ornithine-L-aspartate: a case report	4
Complex lupus management: when multiple organs demand precision	4
Diabetes and the liver	4

Health literacy associates with clinical, treatment and work status in people with inflammatory arthritis: results from a national cohort	4
Trends in hypertension diagnosis and control in Lagos, Nigeria from May measurement month 2023	4
Images of the month 1: Recurrent ischaemic stroke secondary to Eagle syndrome	4
A teenager with ophthalmoparesis and dysphagia	4
FIT and the endoscopy service in Swansea Bay Health Board during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Assessing variation in complications and outcomes of diabetic ketoacidosis management in the United Kingdom: a multicentre quality improvement initiative	4
Bilateral adrenal infarction and secondary haemorrhage in pregnancy: implications of factor V Leiden heterozygosity. A review of the literature and a case report	4
Challenges in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus	4
Long COVID services: Implementing discrete event simulation, a quality improvement proposition	4
Efficacy of CGRP inhibitors in preventive pharmacotherapy for migraine - A network meta-analysis and systematic review	4
Enhancing personalised care in COPD exacerbation: the role of cardiac/inflammatory biomarkers	4
Developing an electronic surprise question to predict end-of-life prognosis in a prospective cohort study of acute hospital admissions	4
Benefits of a falls service during the pandemic	4
Pulmonary endemic mycoses	4
Coeliac disease on the rise: the COVID-19 vaccination hypothesis	4
Acute quadriplegia and epileptic seizures in a 47-year-old man	4
Safety and efficacy of apixaban dosage for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation with acute kidney injury populations in a tertiary care hospital	4
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-radiotherapy	4
Improving compliance to DEXA in IBD population according to BSG guidelines in Morriston Hospital, Swansea	4
Prescribing for change – safer antimicrobial use in hospitals	4
Evaluating implementation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator deactivation discussions in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) forms: Audit from a tertiary care hospital in the	4
Infectious diseases at the front door: Focus on the fundamentals	4
Perfusion imaging in acute ischaemic stroke – the beginning of the end?	4
Effectiveness of NEWS in identifying acute deterioration in older adults	4
Evaluating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance through an early diagnostic centre: An implementation science approach at a tertiary hepatology centre in England	4
CME: Gastroenterology (147143): self-assessment questionnaire	4
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine-induced peritonitis	4
A retrospective audit of out-of-hours mechanical thrombectomy of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in a UK tertiary centre	4
A tertiary care ambulatory heart failure pathway managing one-third of all admissions including older patients with similar quality to inpatient management	4
Sustainability in endoscopy: online endoscopy education platform significantly reduces carbon footprint of patient travel	4
Letter to the Editor on Recurrent fever of unknown origin: Don't forget the diary	4
Fever, rash & polyarthritis – The importance of thinking about STIs within the acute medical take	4
Improving endotherapy training for upper gastro-intestinal bleeding (UGIB) using a novel, low cost, home-made porcine model	3
Infection in people with heart failure: an overlooked cause of adverse outcomes	3
Acute urinary retention and constipation caused by multi-dermatomal herpes zoster in an immunosuppressed patient	3
Implementation of SAMPL guidelines: Recommendations for improving statistical reporting in biomedical journals	3
Predicting outcomes for Crohn's disease using a molecular biomarker: profile trial	3
The impact of insulin resistance on long-term outcomes in heart failure: a systematic review	3
Cancer pain – all change please?	3
Thyrotoxic encephalopathy with seronegative thyroiditis	3
Response to: Letter to the editor: Sleep measures and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus	3
Hypertension and heart failure: Navigating blood pressure targets and medication titration and tolerance	3
Evidence-based appraisal of situational judgement tests (revisited)	3
Adenosine-sensitive ventricular tachycardia	3
Adherence to guidelines in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis	3
Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on patients with diabetes from Black Asian and minority ethnic community in a district general hospital	3
Disseminated tuberculosis in a patient on anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy	3
Gin OR tonic: The dermatological hazards of cocktail-based quinine	3
CME: Infectious diseases (141750): self-assessment questionnaire	3
Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke diagnosis and management	3
Hyperglycaemia and inpatient mortality and morbidity	3
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia for the general physician: A narrative review of a metastatic infection with malignant complications	3
Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis: concise clinical guidance	3
Pneumothorax: An update on clinical spectrum, diagnosis and management	3
Improving hyperacute stroke pathways at two specialist cardiothoracic centres (Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital)	3
The development and introduction of a national e-learning programme to support the dissemination of NEWS2	3
Case report: hyponatraemia in Wolfram syndrome	3
Supporting patients with hypercapnia	3
A novel mutation in the ABCC8 gene causing maturity-onset diabetes of the young: A case report	3
Strongyloides stercoralis infection in the UK: A systematic review and meta-analysis of published cases	3
Reduction of home-acquired pressure ulcers among palliative patients using quality tools and techniques	3
Advanced therapy screening in inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of clinical nurse specialists: A retrospective analysis of electronic patient records	3
Relapsing polychondritis presenting with sero-negative limbic encephalitis	3
Immunotherapy related acute kidney injury	3
SNAPTIMED study: does the Scottish and Newcastle Anti-emetic Protocol achieve timely intervention and management from the emergency department to discharge for paracetamol poisoning?	3
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme: a service for the asymptomatic or a pathway acting as a safety net?	3
Gout on the acute medical take	3
Parvovirus B19-associated fat embolism syndrome in sickle cell disease: A report of two cases	3
Crohn's disease: an update	3
The weight of obesity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	3
Updates in heart failure	3
Clinical accuracy of infrared temperature measurement devices: a comparison against non-invasive core-body temperature	3
Three-year assessment of cognitive and olfactory disturbances among COVID-19 convalescent patients grouped by olfactory hallucination status in Armenia: A qualitative and quantitative study	3
Just another tablet? Identifying barriers to statin uptake in patients living with HIV	3
Secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease: A narrative review focus on therapeutic strategy	3
Impact of chronic liver disease (CLD) on mortality, complications and early readmission in patients with spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage (ICH): A national readmission database analysis 2016–2020	3
‘Passenger announcement: Is there a doctor on board?’ Tackling impostor phenomenon in the transition from medical student to foundation doctor	3
Appropriateness of the use of CTPAs (computed tomographic pulmonary angiograms) in suspected pulmonary embolisms	3
Length of inpatient stay in patients with a suspected NSTEACS listed for invasive cardiac catheterisation	3
Suboptimal lipid reduction and follow-up in patients with transient ischaemic attack: a need for a systematic, guideline-based approach to optimising lipid-lowering therapy	3
Group B streptococcus-associated invasive infections in the adult, non-pregnant population; incidence, risk factors, and clinical presentations beyond borders	3