{"title":"Cavernous haemangioma of the rectum.","authors":"Melike R Metin, Hasan Aydin","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2022.0164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2022.0164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40676301","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":"Spondylodiscitis in adults: diagnosis and management.","authors":"Kwaku Baryeh, Fitzgerald Anazor, Shabnam Iyer, Trichy Rajagopal","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2021.0448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2021.0448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spondylodiscitis is often diagnosed late in its course because its symptoms are vague. The incidence in adults increases with age, being seen most commonly in men in their 50s and 60s, so the presence of other medical conditions or infections can make it more difficult to identify spondylodiscitis. Diagnosis is made based on clinical suspicion, raised levels of inflammatory markers, a positive blood or tissue biopsy culture and radiological findings. Once a diagnosis is confirmed, treatment must be started promptly. The mainstay of treatment is medical management, with antibiotics tailored to the relevant organism, as well as immobilisation. Where surgery is indicated, the aims are debridement of infected tissue, tissue sampling, neural decompression and stabilisation. Spondylodiscitis is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity and should be treated promptly to ensure the best outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40676297","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":"The COVID-19 hangover: why we need to take harm caused by alcohol seriously as an indirect effect of the pandemic.","authors":"Sadie Boniface, Joshua Card-Gowers, Laura Webber","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2022.0384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2022.0384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the UK, harm caused by alcohol has worsened since 2020. A recent report from the Institute of Alcohol Studies projecting future rates of major alcohol-related diseases highlights what this means for health and healthcare. The authors argue that this additional burden is not inevitable if effective policies are introduced.</p>","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40676302","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":"Should central venous pressure be used to guide critical care management?","authors":"Oliver W Tolson","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2022.0167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2022.0167","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Central venous pressure is no longer routinely used to guide therapy in UK intensive care units, owing to evidence that it poorly predicts fluid responsiveness. This article reviews whether central venous pressure monitoring should be used to guide critical care management in certain patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40676306","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}
Mark Wills, Chris J Harvey, Siarhei Kuzmich, Asim Afaq, Adrian Lim, David Cosgrove
{"title":"Characterizing malignant liver lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound.","authors":"Mark Wills, Chris J Harvey, Siarhei Kuzmich, Asim Afaq, Adrian Lim, David Cosgrove","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbubbles as an ultrasound contrast agent allow characterization of focal liver lesions. This article summarizes the ultrasound appearances and enhancement characteristics of malignant liver lesions, and also discusses its potential use for ultrasound-guided intervention and ablation of liver lesions.</p>","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"151-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.151","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40301320","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":"Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a review.","authors":"V Sharma, M J Oddy","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"155-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.155","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40301321","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":"The educational value of ward rounds in conveying knowledge and developing trainees' clinical skills.","authors":"Faidon-Marios Laskaratos, Despoina Gkotsi, Eleftheria Panteliou, Owen Epstein","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"162-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.162","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40302879","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":"Portal vein thrombosis in a patient with hollow visceral myopathy.","authors":"H J Williams, N Reading, S Rabbani, J G Lanham","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.170","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"170-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.170","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40302881","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":"Opportunities in postgraduate medical education via clinical academic training.","authors":"M F Peerally, S Carr","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2014.75.sup3.c34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.sup3.c34","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"C34-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.sup3.c34","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40304381","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":"Occult microscopic polyangiitis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin.","authors":"S Ziaj, C Mitchell, C Roufosse, S W Dubrey","doi":"10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.172","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520576,"journal":{"name":"British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)","volume":" ","pages":"172-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.3.172","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40302882","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}