{"title":"Drug and alcohol problems turn up everywhere: cooperation and coordination could help.","authors":"Angela Thomas, Peter Rice, Roy Robertson","doi":"10.1177/14782715241279091","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241279091","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"194-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120866","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":"Dr Alison Margaret Kerr OBE MD FRCPE FRCPaed.","authors":"Jan Kerr, Malcolm Kerr","doi":"10.1177/14782715241270320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715241270320","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"14782715241270320"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898623","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":"Learning points about myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: Bridging the gap between research, clinical practice and awareness.","authors":"Bhanu Wahi-Singh","doi":"10.1177/14782715241257968","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241257968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This essay examines the complex landscape of myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, highlighting its chronic and multisystemic nature with elusive causative factors. It discusses clinical challenges in diagnosis and management, emphasising the importance of increased education and awareness among healthcare professionals. The role of empathic, person-centred care in improving patient outcomes is underscored, urging for a paradigm shift towards understanding and addressing the profound impact of myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome on patients' lives.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"168-169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155620","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}
Laura Edwards, Vina Tesorero, Fattaneh Zonouzi, Piera Santullo, Phoebe Owen, Adam L Gordon
{"title":"The use of frailty questionnaires in inpatients in two neurorehabilitation units in the East Midlands - A cross-sectional cohort study with follow-up to 1-year after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.","authors":"Laura Edwards, Vina Tesorero, Fattaneh Zonouzi, Piera Santullo, Phoebe Owen, Adam L Gordon","doi":"10.1177/14782715241242509","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241242509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Frailty correlates with poor clinical outcomes and is not routinely assessed in neurorehabilitation inpatient settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We recruited adults from two neurorehabilitation units. We administered six validated tools for assessing frailty and collected data around length of stay, discharge, readmission and change in rehabilitation outcome measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy-eight participants aged between 31 and 84 years were recruited with a range of neurological diagnoses. Frailty prevalence ranged between 23% and 46%, depending on the scale used, with little agreement between tools. Frailty status did not correlate with age, gender, length of stay, discharge destination and rehabilitation outcome measures. One-year readmission was higher in participants rated as frail by the Frail-Non-Disabled Questionnaire, the FRESH-screening questionnaire and the Clinical Frailty Scale.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Frailty ascertainment was variable depending on the tool used. Three frailty indices predicted readmission rate at 1 year but no other outcome measures. Therefore, frailty tools may have limited utility in this clinical population.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"120-126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140872903","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":"Existing and emerging GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy: Ramifications for diabetic retinopathy screening.","authors":"George Iype Varughese, Sarita Jacob","doi":"10.1177/14782715241244843","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241244843","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment revolutionised the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus with significant enhancement of cardiovascular risk reduction. They have been instrumental in effectively managing the glycaemic control of this at-risk patient group. This class of drugs are associated with rapid improvement in glucose levels and consequently, transient early worsening of <i>pre-existing diabetic retinopathy</i> (DR) which is well-recognised, but this paradox is less commonly perceived in routine clinical practice. The recent shortage of supply has resulted in an enforced hiatus to prescribing all existing GLP-1 receptor agonists, which is expected to last all through 2024. This becomes even more pertinent as their DR could have progressed due to worsening HbA1c as a result of the unforeseen interruption to GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment. Therefore, when these medications are recommenced in a few months' time, all prescribers need to be aware of these patients' most up-to-date DR status and liaise with their affiliated screening service.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"170-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140871861","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}
Brandon Sze Mann Tan, Graeme Penman Currie, Andrea Chapman, Senthil Ragupathy, David Robert Miller
{"title":"Pseudomesothelioma due to squamous cell lung cancer: An uncommon occurrence.","authors":"Brandon Sze Mann Tan, Graeme Penman Currie, Andrea Chapman, Senthil Ragupathy, David Robert Miller","doi":"10.1177/14782715241258502","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241258502","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"182-183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141176470","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}
Francisco Caiza-Zambrano, Martín Gómez Lastra, Silvia Garbugino, Fabio Maximiliano Gonzalez, Julio Galarza Menoscal, Mauricio Benetti, Yemina Neme Segura, Luis Ariel Miquelini, Claudia Uribe-Roca, Manuel Fernández-Pardal, Luciana León-Cejas, Ricardo Reisin, Pablo Bonardo
{"title":"High-flow carotid cavernous fistula and 'white eye': A rare and easily misdiagnosed presentation - A case report and literature review.","authors":"Francisco Caiza-Zambrano, Martín Gómez Lastra, Silvia Garbugino, Fabio Maximiliano Gonzalez, Julio Galarza Menoscal, Mauricio Benetti, Yemina Neme Segura, Luis Ariel Miquelini, Claudia Uribe-Roca, Manuel Fernández-Pardal, Luciana León-Cejas, Ricardo Reisin, Pablo Bonardo","doi":"10.1177/14782715241246572","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241246572","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The three classic symptoms of carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) are pulsating exophthalmos, bruit and conjunctival chemosis. Here, we present a clinical case of isolated abducens nerve palsy due to a high-flow CCF in an 84-year-old woman, without the typical congestive orbito-ocular features. It was a diagnostic challenge because, for patients older than 50 years with cardiovascular risk factors, ischaemic mononeuropathy is the most frequent aetiology. This case illustrates the least common type of CCF that can be easily misdiagnosed. Physicians should consider fistula as a possible diagnosis in a patient with isolated abducens nerve palsy even without the classic triad.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"144-148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140860728","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":"Intensive glucose control and the clinical paradox of transient progression of diabetic retinopathy: Prioritising the relevance of eye screening intervals.","authors":"Sarita Jacob, George I Varughese","doi":"10.1177/14782715241254873","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241254873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"180-181"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140922634","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":"Guillain Barre syndrome mimicking brain death.","authors":"Mukesh Kumar Sarna, Sarthak Shah, Puneet Rijhwani, Gourav Goyal, Anand Kumar Jain, Pallaavi Goel","doi":"10.1177/14782715241244839","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241244839","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 49-year-old female patient presented at the hospital with a history of herpetic blisters, frequent episodes of vomiting and loose stools, bilateral upper and lower limb weakness, and diminishing sensorium. She was diagnosed with hyponatraemia and respiratory failure and later became unconscious with absent brainstem reflexes. The patient was initially treated for herpetic encephalitis, a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation, hyponatraemia and neuroparalytic snake bite. Further evaluation, however, identified the uncommon Guillain Barre syndrome presentation with overlap of Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. This is an uncommon disorder characterised by the involvement of higher mental functions, fixed dilated pupils, absent brainstem reflexes and quadriplegia that resembles a neuroparalytic snake bite and brain death. After receiving intravenous immunoglobulins for treatment, the patient completely recovered.</p>","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"138-143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140868420","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":"Dr George Jamieson Ross McHardy BM, BCh, FRCPE, FRCP.","authors":"Anthony Seaton","doi":"10.1177/14782715241259058","DOIUrl":"10.1177/14782715241259058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46606,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh","volume":" ","pages":"186-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141176466","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}