Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-16DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100026
Jaimini Cegla, Dev Datta, Alan Rees, Handrean Soran, Gilbert Thompson
{"title":"The future of clinical lipidology in the UK.","authors":"Jaimini Cegla, Dev Datta, Alan Rees, Handrean Soran, Gilbert Thompson","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100026"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091400/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139899517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100029
Eka Melson, Mohamed Fazil, Hnin Lwin, Anu Thomas, Ting Fong Yeo, Kevin Thottungal, HayMar Tun, Faseeha Aftab, Meri Davitadze, Alison Gallagher, Samuel Seidu, Kath Higgins
{"title":"Tertiary centre study highlights low inpatient deintensification and risks associated with adverse outcomes in frail people with diabetes.","authors":"Eka Melson, Mohamed Fazil, Hnin Lwin, Anu Thomas, Ting Fong Yeo, Kevin Thottungal, HayMar Tun, Faseeha Aftab, Meri Davitadze, Alison Gallagher, Samuel Seidu, Kath Higgins","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The community deintensification rates in older people with diabetes are low and hospital admission presents an opportunity for medication review. We audited the inpatient assessment and deintensification rate in people with diabetes and frailty. We also identified factors associated with adverse inpatient outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective review of electronic charts was conducted in all people with diabetes and clinical frailty score ≥6 who were discharged from the medical unit in 2022. Data on demographics, comorbidities and background glucose-lowering medications were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six-hundred-and-sixty-five people with diabetes and moderate/severe frailty were included in our analysis. For people with no HbA1c in the last six months preceding admission, only 9.0% had it assessed during inpatient. Deintensification rates were 19.1%. Factors that were associated with adverse inpatient outcomes included inpatient hypoglycaemia, non-White ethnicity, and being overtreated (HbA1c <7.0% [53 mmol/mol] with any glucose-lowering medication).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The assessment and deintensification rate in secondary care for people with diabetes and frailty is low. Inpatient hypoglycaemia, non-White ethnicity, and overtreatment are important factors in determining inpatient outcomes highlighting the importance of deintensification and the need for an evidence-based risk stratification tool.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100029"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091443/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel mutation in the ABCC8 gene causing maturity-onset diabetes of the young: A case report.","authors":"Yifan Guo, Yangli Chen, Wen Liang, Lirong Zeng, Fang Hu, Yingjuan Zeng, Li Cong","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 34-year-old woman was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus and treated with insulin for 24 years. The patient has a family history of diabetes in three consecutive generations. Her Whole exon sequencing showed a heterozygous mutation in the ABCC8 gene, and it also found some of her relatives to carry this mutation. She was diagnosed with MODY12 and received glimepiride therapy with the achievement of good glycaemic control.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100033"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091440/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-29DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100035
Sumaya Hussein, Greg Allister, Azeem Ahmed
{"title":"Lesson of the month: Large vessel vasculitis: A rare cause of transaminitis.","authors":"Sumaya Hussein, Greg Allister, Azeem Ahmed","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the case of a 73-year-old male with pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO). He was a returned traveller from Southern Africa and underwent extensive investigation to rule out an infective cause. This was mostly unrevealing but there was a notable transaminitis (ALT predominant) with normal bilirubin level. He showed no serological or clinical improvement despite antibiotic treatment. Subsequent CT-PET showed high mural uptake in the thoracic and abdominal aorta and its major branches, confirming the diagnosis of Large Vessel Vasculitis (LVV). This case highlights the importance of considering LVV in patients with PUO and with transaminitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100035"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11061667/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140329746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-04-06DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100036
Tiara Joy Foo, Su-Ann Cheng, Xi Zhen Low, Chun En Chua
{"title":"A case report on rapid development of simultaneous liver and musculature calcifications in severe sepsis.","authors":"Tiara Joy Foo, Su-Ann Cheng, Xi Zhen Low, Chun En Chua","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 76-year-old Malay female presented with 2 days history of fever and vomiting. She was found to have Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia with no clear intra-abdominal cause on the initial computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis (CTAP). She clinically improved with 2 weeks duration of intravenous meropenem. She subsequently developed septic shock and a repeated CTAP demonstrated increased hepatic parenchymal density with extensive parenchymal calcifications. Curvilinear calcifications were seen in the paraspinal and pelvic musculature.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":"24 2","pages":"100036"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11039306/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140851896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-04-06DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100200
Thomas H Massey, Duncan J McLauchlan
{"title":"Huntington's disease: A clinical primer for acute and general physicians.","authors":"Thomas H Massey, Duncan J McLauchlan","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100200","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Huntington's disease (HD) usually manifests in adulthood and is characterised by progressive neurodegeneration in the brain that causes worsening involuntary movements, mental health and cognition over many years. Depression, anxiety and apathy are common. HD is autosomal dominant and affects about 1 in 8,000 people in the UK. There are currently no disease-modifying treatments and so patient care centres on multidisciplinary therapy support and medical treatments to relieve distressing symptoms. Progression of HD is usually slow, and so acute deteriorations often indicate another problem, such as intercurrent infections, constipation, urinary retention, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease or poor dentition. In this review we outline common presentations in HD patients, both acute and chronic, consider therapeutic options and discuss specific considerations in advanced HD.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":"24 2","pages":"100200"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11061216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140853415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100028
M P M Graham-Brown, A Casula, M Savino, T Humphrey, R Pyart, M Amaran, J Williams, K Crowe, J F Medcalf
{"title":"A National audit of the care of patients with acute kidney injury in England and Wales in 2019 and the association with patient outcomes.","authors":"M P M Graham-Brown, A Casula, M Savino, T Humphrey, R Pyart, M Amaran, J Williams, K Crowe, J F Medcalf","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of hospitalisations. This national audit assessed the care received by patients with AKI in hospital Trusts in England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty four hospital Trusts across England and Wales took part. Patients with AKI stage2/3 were identified using the UK Renal Registry AKI master patient index. Data was returned through a secure portal with linkage to hospital episode statistic mortality and hospitalisation data. Completion rates of AKI care standards and regional variations in care were established.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>989 AKI episodes were included in the analyses. In-hospital 30-day mortality was 31-33.1% (AKI 2/3). Standard AKI interventions were completed in >80% of episodes. Significant inter-hospital variation remained in attainment of AKI care standards after adjustment for age and sex. Recording of urinalysis (41.9%) and timely imaging (37.2%) were low. Information on discharge summaries relating to medication changes/re-commencement and follow-up blood tests associated with reduced mortality. No quality indicators relating to clinical management associated with mortality. Better communication on discharge summaries associated with reduced mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Outcomes for patients with AKI in hospital remain poor. Regional variation in care exists. Work is needed to assess whether improving and standardising care improves patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100028"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091442/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100024
Vanesa Anton-Vazquez, Francesca Ferretti, Deniz Kaya, Shashwat Mishra, Sven Kerneis, Charlotte Eden, Hong Doan, Hiu Fung Leung, Jeanelli Baltazar, Sarah Starkey, Juliet Uwagwu, Martino Dall'Antonia, Jorge Cepeda
{"title":"Impact of penicillin allergy records on antimicrobial prescribing in hospitalised patients.","authors":"Vanesa Anton-Vazquez, Francesca Ferretti, Deniz Kaya, Shashwat Mishra, Sven Kerneis, Charlotte Eden, Hong Doan, Hiu Fung Leung, Jeanelli Baltazar, Sarah Starkey, Juliet Uwagwu, Martino Dall'Antonia, Jorge Cepeda","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The overdiagnosis of penicillin allergy and misclassification of non-truly allergic reactions is a growing public health problem, associated with the overuse of broad-spectrum and restricted antimicrobials. We aimed to evaluate the impact of penicillin allergy status on antimicrobial prescribing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective study of inpatients with a documented penicillin allergy receiving antimicrobials was conducted from 1 April to 1 July 2021. Antimicrobial prescribing and clinical characteristics were compared between patients with an active penicillin allergy label and those whose label was removed following antimicrobial stewardship team review. Antimicrobials were classified in two categories: i) 'Access' (recommended), ii) 'Watch and Reserve' (restricted) according to WHO AWaRe classification, a tool to guide appropriate antibiotic use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>437 patients with a documented penicillin allergy receiving antimicrobials were included. 353 patients with an active penicillin allergy label, more frequently received antimicrobials from the 'Watch and Reserve list' (283;80% vs 30;37%; p<0.001). In contrast, 84 patients who were de-labelled received more often antimicrobials from the 'Access list' (53;63% vs 64;18%; p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Penicillin allergy reviews and de-labelling strategies may reduce the use of restricted antimicrobials under the 'Watch and Reserve list'. This practice should be encouraged and reinforced in all hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100024"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091395/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100025
Ajay Bhalla, Louise Clark, Rebecca Fisher, Martin James
{"title":"The new national clinical guideline for stroke: an opportunity to transform stroke care.","authors":"Ajay Bhalla, Louise Clark, Rebecca Fisher, Martin James","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"100025"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical MedicinePub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2023.100001
Aled Lloyd, Elin Thomas, Julia Scaife, Nicky Leopold
{"title":"Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the frail and those with multiple health conditions: Outcomes before and during the COVID pandemic.","authors":"Aled Lloyd, Elin Thomas, Julia Scaife, Nicky Leopold","doi":"10.1016/j.clinme.2023.100001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinme.2023.100001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)-era resuscitation guidelines advised personal protective equipment before chest compressions and proactive advanced care planning. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) outcomes according to scoring of frailty and of multiple health conditions. A retrospective single-centre analysis of clinical and electronic records for all adult cardiac arrest calls on wards between June 2020 and June 2021 was performed. Data were compared with a cohort pre-COVID (March 2017-March 2018). In total, 62 patients received CPR in 2020-21 compared with 113 in 2017-18. Similar rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and a statistically insignificant survival increase from 23.8% to 32.2% (p=0.210). There were linear relationships between Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) or Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and diminished survival in the pooled data (both p<0.001). Both increasing frailty (measured by CFS) and comorbidity (measured by CCI) were associated with reduced survival from CPR. However, survival and ROSC during COVID-19 were no worse than before the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":10492,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Medicine","volume":"24 1","pages":"100001"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11024814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}