{"title":"Which digital application do healthcare professionals use for communication within the National Health Service?","authors":"Krishna Kannan, Harsh Goswami, Indrajit Chattopadhyay, Vedamurthy Adhiyaman","doi":"10.1177/14782715251342123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251342123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251342123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144086867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Malo Scullion, Simon As Beggs, Robert Sykes, Pieter Neef, Fiona Thorburn, Sarah Whitehead, Veronica Baston
{"title":"Myopericarditis due to <i>Capnocytophaga canimorsus</i> infection after a dog bite: A case report.","authors":"Malo Scullion, Simon As Beggs, Robert Sykes, Pieter Neef, Fiona Thorburn, Sarah Whitehead, Veronica Baston","doi":"10.1177/14782715251338728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251338728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Capnocytophaga canimorsus</i> infection occurs after a dog/cat bite and asplenic patients are most vulnerable. We describe a rare case of myopericarditis due to <i>C. canimorsus</i> infection. A 41-year-old man presented with chest pain and ST-segment elevation to the coronary reperfusion service. He had been unwell for 3 days with fever and diarrhoea. Coronary angiography excluded coronary plaque rupture or occlusion, and transthoracic echocardiography revealed biventricular systolic dysfunction. Cardiac MRI confirmed myopericarditis with extensive circumferential midwall/epicardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and hyposplenia. <i>C. canimorsus</i> was grown in blood cultures. The patient later revealed he had been bitten by a dog. Ventricular function normalised after 8 days. Myocarditis due to <i>C. canimorsus</i> has only been reported in an autopsy case series and one previous case report. We postulate previous cases of 'myocardial infarction' may have been cases of myocarditis. Cardiac MRI pattern of LGE was also helpful in risk stratification.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251338728"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144086865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nasal ala destruction: A clue to trigeminal trophic syndrome.","authors":"Sree Parvathy, Keepa Manandhar, Shreya K Gowda","doi":"10.1177/14782715251342132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251342132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251342132"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palmoplantar keratoderma with mottled pigmentation: A clue to chronic arsenicosis.","authors":"Shreya K Gowda, Priya Yadav","doi":"10.1177/14782715251342134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251342134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arsenical keratosis is a precancerous skin condition resulting from chronic exposure to arsenic, typically through ingestion of contaminated water, food (notably rice), certain medications, or tobacco products. Exposure can also occur via industrial and environmental sources, including some herbal remedies. According to the World Health Organization, a minimum of six months of exposure above safe limits is required to develop toxicity, with cutaneous manifestations appearing anywhere from 4 to 40 years later. Clinically, it presents as thick, painful, keratotic lesions on the palms and soles, often with accompanying pigmentary changes such as a raindrop pattern. Chronic arsenic toxicity may also cause systemic symptoms involving the nervous, hepatic, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251342134"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond biologics: The role of plasmapheresis in severe psoriasis.","authors":"Sharang Gupta","doi":"10.1177/14782715251338732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251338732","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251338732"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143987877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Racing against a stopped clock: Inequitable access to stroke thrombectomy.","authors":"Charlotte Squires, Aoife Duignan","doi":"10.1177/14782715251341065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251341065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251341065"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women who qualified as doctors in the United Kingdom, 1877-1914: Birthplaces, parentage and training.","authors":"Roger Jeffery","doi":"10.1177/14782715251333612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251333612","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper uses a newly created database of all women who gained a qualification registrable with the General Medical Council between 1877 and 1914 to answer the following questions. Where and when were they born, where were their parents born and where did they train? The paper shows that women doctors born in Scotland or of Scotland-born parentage formed a much higher proportion of the population of that country than those born in England and Wales, or in Ireland. In addition, Scotland trained a disproportionately higher share of those trained in the United Kingdom. Odds ratios are used to establish the significance of this picture. Some provisional ideas are advanced towards an explanation of these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251333612"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer Murray, Amirhosein Kefayat, Mhairi Finlayson, John Paul Seenan, Ronald Hsu, Shahida Din
{"title":"RCPE in association with the American College of Gastroenterology and the Scottish Society of Gastroenterology - Gastroenterology: A global perspective.","authors":"Jennifer Murray, Amirhosein Kefayat, Mhairi Finlayson, John Paul Seenan, Ronald Hsu, Shahida Din","doi":"10.1177/14782715251332318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251332318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On 6 November 2024, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) hosted its annual gastroenterology symposium, marking the first collaboration with the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the Scottish Society of Gastroenterology (SSG). The event addressed key global challenges in gastroenterology, including obesity, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the gut microbiome, endoscopy quality and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Discussions emphasised the growing burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), with promising pharmacologic and endoscopic interventions emerging. Advances in microbiome-targeted therapies, including faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), were explored for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and IBD. Professor David Rubin delivered the esteemed Sir Stanley Davidson lecture, highlighting the era of disease modification in IBD, emphasising early intervention and personalised treatment strategies. The symposium also addressed the role of AI in improving endoscopic detection rates and optimising resource allocation. This international collaboration underscored the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to tackling global digestive diseases, integrating clinical innovation, policy interventions and technological advancements. The event fostered knowledge exchange among global experts, aiming to advance patient care and improve long-term outcomes in gastroenterology.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251332318"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143988957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Sriman Narayan Reddy, Balaji Musunuri, Shiran Shetty
{"title":"Colonic pseudo-obstruction with bowel preparation for colonoscopy: A rare complication.","authors":"R Sriman Narayan Reddy, Balaji Musunuri, Shiran Shetty","doi":"10.1177/14782715251334692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251334692","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251334692"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healing the mind and skin: The urgent need for psychodermatology in clinical practice.","authors":"Sharang Gupta","doi":"10.1177/14782715251334695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251334695","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715251334695"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144017458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}