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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
ORAL arsenic trioxide to combat acute promyelocytic leukaemia133
Multiple transfusion request audit133
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, UK117
Determinants of 1-year mortality after acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes102
Utilising summative assessments to enhance learning in medicine: a valvular heart disease teaching course for a specialty practical exam101
Long post-COVID-19 postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS): A novel case84
Iron deficiency in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: improving treatment on the cardiology ward81
Temporal profile of cerebrospinal fluid galactin-3 and associated cytokine responses after severe traumatic brain injury in patients: a retrospective study65
Ambulatory management of diabetic foot complications48
Laughing with serious consequences- a case report of recreational laughing gas use with functional vitamin B12 deficiency46
Case series of choledocholithiasis more than 25 years after cholecystectomy38
Doing simple things well can achieve significant benefits36
How to approach acute thrombosis and thrombocytopenia35
Management of hyperglycaemia in people with obesity33
Piloting a novel cancer care pathway: socioeconomic background as a barrier to access32
Life threatening, subclavian artery mycotic aneurysm rupture into a gigantic supraclavicular abscess in an intravenous drug user30
Effective bedside teaching as a foundation doctor26
Identification of preoperative factors and postoperative outcomes in relation to delays in surgery for hip fractures25
Audit on parental awareness of minimising added sugar intake during complementary feeding24
A series of patients with hospital-acquired diabetic ketoacidosis (HADKA): a descriptive analysis24
Endoscopic surveillance in patients with oesophageal varices in alcoholic liver cirrhosis23
Diagnosis and management of ventricular tachycardia23
Risk factors and an interpretability tool of in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute myocardial infarction22
The medical licensing assessment (MLA) content map: A list is not a syllabus, and a syllabus is not a curriculum21
Unilateral upper cervical cord infarction in Opalski's syndrome caused by spontaneous vertebral artery dissection21
Effects of fasting on solid organ transplant recipients during Ramadan – a practical guide for healthcare professionals19
The diagnosis and treatment of catatonia19
Pandemics are here to stay: It's time for unity, both nationally and globally, in how we learn and respond18
Diagnosis and management of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis18
Admission care bundles for decompensated cirrhosis are poorly utilised across the UK: results from a multi-centre retrospective study17
Letter to the editor: Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups?17
Frequency of visual involvement in a 10-year interdisciplinary cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis15
Purple urine bag syndrome15
Hospital at home – developing a simulation induction programme for junior doctors15
Unwelcome guests: infectious disease beyond the pandemic15
Age modifies both the maximal temperature and inflammatory response in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection15
The diagnostic pathway in lung cancer patients with best supportive care decisions: are there lessons to be learnt?15
A rare case of pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyomatosis in a woman with a previous history of hysterectomy for uterine fibroids15
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of long COVID: early evaluation of a highly promising intervention15
Association between lipid profile and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis14
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 14
Temporal trends in the burden of multiple sclerosis in the UK over the past three decades14
Spectrum of anaemia in rheumatic diseases and the involvement of rheumatologists in the management: a single centre study14
An update on the clinical approach to giant cell arteritis14
The clinical course of pneumomediastinum in patients with SARS-CoV-2 before invasive mechanical ventilation13
Enhanced neurotrauma services: physician input into traumatic brain injury care13
Lymphocytosis and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: investigation and management13
Image of the month: Mycotic aortic arch pseudoaneurysm due to Salmonella enterica13
Health means more than just healthcare13
Causes of obesity: a review13
Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A clinical challenge13
The trend in deaths from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) over the past decade13
Decoding cardiac masquerade: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy camouflaging as acute myocardial infarction12
Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic disease causing fatal encephalitis12
Engagement in research during specialist geriatric medicine training: results of a national trainee survey12
A rare presentation of geriatric non-epileptic seizures due to carotid artery encasement of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A case report12
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Table of Contents12
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the elderly11
Rapid echocardiography in the primary angioplasty era for timely detection and management of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection: a case illustration11
Same-day emergency care11
The use of tociluzimab in COVID-19 inpatients: experience from a district general hospital11
The rapid progression of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with concomitant COVID-19 infection: a case report11
Thrombocytopenia: the good, the bad and the ugly11
The BSG/BASL bundle for patients admitted with decompensated chronic liver disease improves standard of care but utilisation is poor across the UK11
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 recomm11
Effectiveness of pre- and post-operative 4AT assessment in monitoring delirium in hip fracture patients10
Population-specific DPYD variants and fluoropyrimidine toxicity risk: an analysis using public genomic databases10
Point-of-care ultrasound reduces the impact on departmental radiology and echocardiography services: Results of 1-year service evaluation10
Safe to transfuse? An audit on quality and practices in blood transfusion sampling and labelling in the accident and emergency (A&E) department.10
Temporal trends in the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK over the past three decades10
Dynamics of minimal residual disease and its clinical implications in multiple myeloma: A retrospective real-life analysis10
From hypertension to heart failure: The missed clues of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis10
Improving antimicrobial prescribing in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in a district general hospital of West Yorkshire10
Editorial: Learnings from all walks of medical practice9
Health and care needs of hospitalised people experiencing homelessness: an inpatient audit9
Don't just fit and forget: incremental benefit of optimisation of medical therapy post-cardiac resynchronisation therapy9
A multidisciplinary simulation programme to improve advance care planning skills and engagement across primary and secondary care9
How to approach haemolysis: Haemolytic anaemia for the general physician9
The diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome9
The management of severe eczema in pregnancy9
Use of IV immunoglobulin to treat steroid resistant, immune checkpoint inhibitor induced pure red cell aplasia. A case report9
A rare complication of DRESS syndrome in the treatment of cardiac device-related lead thrombus and infective endocarditis9
A rare case of TEN-like acute cutaneous lupus9
A comparison of giant cell arteritis referrals and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: experience from a district general hospital in the UK9
Can advance care planning (ACP) improve patients' journey with advanced dementia and their families? A 1-year follow-up study8
Cancer immunotherapy and the management of side effects8
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/or8
Atypical presentation of young stroke with vertebral artery dissection8
The protective effect of previous COVID-19 infection in a high-prevalence hospital setting8
People living in homeless hostels: a survey of health and care needs8
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 infection8
Optimisation of strategies for management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction8
The use of metaverse in medical education: A systematic review8
Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) receiving dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)7
Severe acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy7
Importance of point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of severe mitral regurgitation7
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and its rare association with peripheral neuropathy and stroke7
Pregnancy-specific dermatoses for the resident physician7
Thrombophilia testing in the era of direct oral anticoagulants7
DVT: is it really an SDEC pathway? A retrospective review of SDEC DVT demand and outcomes across Surrey Heartlands ICS7
Acute Epstein–Barr virus hepatitis without infectious mononucleosis: a diagnostic challenge7
Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an unusual complication in disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis7
Treat staff like they make a difference, and they will7
Inhaled beclomethasone in the treatment of early COVID-19: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial7
Time for preference-informed foundation allocation?7
NEWS2 and the older person7
Secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in hospitalised COVID-19 patients as indicated by a modified HScore is infrequent and high scores do not associate with increased mortality7
Diagnostic accuracy of CADe-assisted reading versus clinician reading for polyp detection in colon capsule endoscopy: a multicentre prospective study7
Cancer immunotherapy and the management of side effects7
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 pancreas7
The appropriateness of penicillin allergy de-labelling by non-allergist clinical ward teams7
Unexplained breathlessness: Integrating pathophysiological insights with clinical evaluation7
A genetic paradigm shift: Deciphering stress-induced molecular mechanisms fuelling cancer genesis7
Management of pituitary incidentalomas7
Controversies in thyroid disease management in pregnancy7
Attitudes toward deprescribing for hospital inpatients6
Acute water intoxication in an adult man: ‘dental hyponatraemia’ revisited6
Prediction of admission to a low-resource sub-Saharan hospital by mental status, mobility and oxygen saturation recorded on arrival: a prospective observational study6
Infectious pulmonary tuberculosis patients who inadvertently had spirometry in a tertiary care pulmonary service in southern India6
Refractory thrombocytopenia as a manifestation of Mycobacterium abscessus complex prosthetic valve endocarditis: a rare and fatal complication6
Demographic characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis in Sheffield, England6
Clinical academics’ experiences of REF20216
Genomics in the kidney clinic6
Do you need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows?6
A case of acute anti-Mi-2-beta antibody-positive dermatomyositis6
Years after the cure: a rare case of delayed onset of oesophageal stricture post-radiotherapy for lung cancer6
Learning from the past rather than living in it6
Seeing what others see while thinking what others have not6
Respiratory effects of electronic cigarette use in individuals who never smoked: A systematic review6
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 management6
The National Early Warning Score: from concept to NHS implementation6
Core medical training to internal medicine training: progress or a step backwards?5
VF arrest secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated myocarditis; improving patient outcomes by maintaining a high clinical suspicion for ICI toxicity5
Acute intermittent porphyria: is oseltamivir safe in these patients?5
Defining and characterising a toolkit for the development of a successful European registry for rare liver diseases: a model for building a rare disease registry5
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: A retrospective observational evaluation5
Cocaine-induced granulomatosis with polyangiitis: an under-recognised condition5
Putting your HAT on5
Four key problems that will need to be addressed during the next pandemic5
Breathe easy: encouraging climate-conscious inhalers5
Early applications of ChatGPT in medical practice, education and research5
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Thromboelastography for rapid diagnosis of heparin-like anticoagulant release during anaphylaxis-induced coagulopathy in systemic mastocytosis: a case report5
CME: Geriatric medicine (141062): self-assessment questionnaire5
Lesson of the month: Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) in status epilepticus5
Audit of immunoglobulin monitoring and hypogammaglobulinaemia after B cell targeted therapy in a paediatric cohort in a high immune disease prevalence Region5
E-cigarettes as a safe alternative to tobacco smoking? A deep dive into vape-associated pneumothorax (VASP)5
The false positive troponin results: case studies of analytical interference5
COVID-19 infection as a parameter in the CHA2DS2 vascular risk assessment tool5
Determining factors influencing hospital stay for individuals admitted with diabetes-related ketoacidosis – findings from DEKODE length of stay quality improvement project5
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: A diagnostic challenge5
Peritoneal dialysis patients – the forgotten group in the coronavirus pandemic5
Harveian Oration 2020: Elucidation of molecular oxygen sensing mechanisms in human cells: implications for medicine4
Targeting contributory factors in difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis4
Bilateral adrenal infarction and secondary haemorrhage in pregnancy: implications of factor V Leiden heterozygosity. A review of the literature and a case report4
Safety and efficacy of apixaban dosage for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation with acute kidney injury populations in a tertiary care hospital4
Improving compliance to DEXA in IBD population according to BSG guidelines in Morriston Hospital, Swansea4
Perfusion imaging in acute ischaemic stroke – the beginning of the end?4
The unsung tale of the pied piper of haematology: insights from a case of renal transplant failure4
Pulmonary endemic mycoses4
Letter to the Editor on Recurrent fever of unknown origin: Don't forget the diary4
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 population4
The effect of CGRP monoclonal antibodies on cardiovascular disease4
Reduction of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic is related to increased neuropsychiatric symptoms in memory clinic patients4
Foundation doctors’ perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons for the future4
The value of CT head scans for patients from care homes presenting to the emergency department following a fall4
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
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine-induced peritonitis4
Let's voice it- bridging the cervical screening health inequality among sexual minority women4
Assessing variation in complications and outcomes of diabetic ketoacidosis management in the United Kingdom: a multicentre quality improvement initiative4
Valproate-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy treated by L-ornithine-L-aspartate: a case report4
A teenager with ophthalmoparesis and dysphagia4
A National audit of the care of patients with acute kidney injury in England and Wales in 2019 and the association with patient outcomes4
Developing an electronic surprise question to predict end-of-life prognosis in a prospective cohort study of acute hospital admissions4
Fever, rash & polyarthritis – The importance of thinking about STIs within the acute medical take4
FIT and the endoscopy service in Swansea Bay Health Board during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Images of the month 2: Disseminated nocardiosis in a 60-year-old woman with sarcoidosis4
Efficacy of CGRP inhibitors in preventive pharmacotherapy for migraine - A network meta-analysis and systematic review4
Trends in hypertension diagnosis and control in Lagos, Nigeria from May measurement month 20234
Isolated headache is not a reliable indicator for brain cancer: the 2-week wait pathway for suspected CNS malignancies4
Acute quadriplegia and epileptic seizures in a 47-year-old man4
Prescribing for change – safer antimicrobial use in hospitals4
Improving the quality of bowel preparation among patients undergoing colonoscopy in a quaternary care centre - A quality improvement project4
Health literacy associates with clinical, treatment and work status in people with inflammatory arthritis: results from a national cohort3
‘Passenger announcement: Is there a doctor on board?’ Tackling impostor phenomenon in the transition from medical student to foundation doctor3
Images of the month 1: Recurrent ischaemic stroke secondary to Eagle syndrome3
Predicting outcomes for Crohn's disease using a molecular biomarker: profile trial3
Approaches to building rapport with patients3
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
Long COVID services: Implementing discrete event simulation, a quality improvement proposition3
Disseminated tuberculosis in a patient on anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy3
Immunotherapy related acute kidney injury3
Three-year assessment of cognitive and olfactory disturbances among COVID-19 convalescent patients grouped by olfactory hallucination status in Armenia: A qualitative and quantitative study3
The impact of insulin resistance on long-term outcomes in heart failure: a systematic review3
Gout on the acute medical take3
Secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease: A narrative review focus on therapeutic strategy3
Enhancing personalised care in COPD exacerbation: the role of cardiac/inflammatory biomarkers3
Lessons of the month 3: Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following COVID-19 vaccination (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19)3
Benefits of a falls service during the pandemic3
‘What is the risk to me from COVID-19?’: Public involvement in providing mortality risk information for people with ‘high-risk’ conditions for COVID-19 (OurRisk.CoV)3
Lesson of the month: Recurrent falls and hypoglycaemia in an older woman3
Acute urinary retention and constipation caused by multi-dermatomal herpes zoster in an immunosuppressed patient3
Providing an acute oncology service during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Gin OR tonic: The dermatological hazards of cocktail-based quinine3
Pituitary apoplexy leading to stress-related cardiomyopathy and ischaemic stroke – A rare finding3
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-radiotherapy3
CME: Gastroenterology (147143): self-assessment questionnaire3
Infection in people with heart failure: an overlooked cause of adverse outcomes3
Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke diagnosis and management3
Adherence to guidelines in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis3
What is the impact of COVID-19 on complaints against doctors?3
Advanced therapy screening in inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of clinical nurse specialists: A retrospective analysis of electronic patient records3
Coeliac disease on the rise: the COVID-19 vaccination hypothesis3
Implementation of SAMPL guidelines: Recommendations for improving statistical reporting in biomedical journals3
Complex lupus management: when multiple organs demand precision3
Improving endotherapy training for upper gastro-intestinal bleeding (UGIB) using a novel, low cost, home-made porcine model3
Developing chief investigators within the NHS: the West Midlands clinical trials scholars programme3
Response to: Letter to the editor: Sleep measures and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus3
A retrospective audit of out-of-hours mechanical thrombectomy of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in a UK tertiary centre3
Suboptimal lipid reduction and follow-up in patients with transient ischaemic attack: a need for a systematic, guideline-based approach to optimising lipid-lowering therapy3
Infectious diseases at the front door: Focus on the fundamentals3
A tertiary care ambulatory heart failure pathway managing one-third of all admissions including older patients with similar quality to inpatient management3
Sustainability in endoscopy: online endoscopy education platform significantly reduces carbon footprint of patient travel3
Crohn's disease: an update3
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia for the general physician: A narrative review of a metastatic infection with malignant complications3
Inflammatory eye disease: An overview of clinical presentation and management3
Length of inpatient stay in patients with a suspected NSTEACS listed for invasive cardiac catheterisation3
Hyperglycaemia and inpatient mortality and morbidity3
The development and introduction of a national e-learning programme to support the dissemination of NEWS23
Effectiveness of NEWS in identifying acute deterioration in older adults3
Supporting patients with hypercapnia3
Screening for delirium: a quality improvement audit in geriatric care2
A case of ascending paralysis in pregnancy: Thiamine deficiency mimicking Guillain–Barré syndrome2
Letter to the Editor on Outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment (OPAT) for infective endocarditis2
Chronic exertional compartment syndrome – unpicking a tricky diagnosis in primary care2
Achieving Improving Quality in Liver Services (IQILS) accreditation – lessons learned from one unit's experience2
Skin of colour: essentials for the non-dermatologist2
Identifying gaps and optimising clinical practice and guideline of adrenal incidentaloma management2
Emerging tropical neurological infections2
Establishing a perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery service for general surgical patients at a district general hospital2
Spotlight on the academic multidisciplinary team: proposals from the 3rd NIHR Newcastle BRC Academic Geriatric Medicine Workshop2
Digital NEWS? How to amplify the benefits of NEWS in a digital healthcare system2
Improving oxygen prescribing on the Kardex in ward-level care2
Normal creatinine-kinase levels in post-COVID myositis: insights into localised muscle involvement2
Sarcoidosis: Key disease aspects and update on management2
Develop ultrasound-guided cannulation skills in junior doctors to improve confidence and competence in intravascular access2
Pulmonary vein thrombosis: clot in the wrong vessel2
Clinical approach to vision loss: a review for general physicians2
Ambulatory investigation of palpitations, pre-syncope and syncope with AliveCor KardiaMobile and Wellysis S-Patch – a local joint working project2
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