Postgraduate Medical Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of Postgraduate Medical Journal is 3. 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
The Royal Surgical Colleges' ingenious adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic kept surgeons training and progressing116
Six attitudes to promote personal, patient-centred care in an era of addictive technology56
Gender differences in bullying among internal medicine residents53
Beta blocker versus ivabradine for cardiovascular outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation42
The current state of neuropalliative care in developing countries. Where are we now?33
Umeclidinium plus vilanterol versus fluticasone propionate plus salmeterol for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials32
Pseudopneumothorax: diagnostic pitfalls32
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly patients at 30 days: a propensity score matching study31
Which should we fear more in preschoolers and infants: SARS-CoV-2 or respiratory syncytial virus?31
Correction to: Contribution of nebulized budesonide before bronchoscopy, a prospective clinical study29
Surgical ward round proforma can improve documentation and efficiency of ward rounds28
LLMs may improve medical communication: social science perspective26
Citation rat race—an academic malignancy24
Vector-Borne mites of medical and veterinary importance: biology, ecology, and control strategies24
Association between long working hours and poor cardiovascular health assessed by the American Heart Association’s “Life’s essential 8”: findings from a nationally representative sample of Korean work24
Uncovering novel metabolic and inflammatory pathways in gout using Mendelian randomization23
Cohort study of the APACHE II score and mortality for different types of intensive care unit patients23
Systematic reviews—an effective tool for academic motivation of advanced trainees23
The reduction of medical resident duty hours for the benefit of patient safety23
Risk factors of severe adverse in-hospital outcomes in adults hospitalized for parainfluenza infections: a territory-wide study22
What should you have in your little black bag? A letter to a young doctor22
Crosstalk between COVID-19 and the gut-brain axis: a gut feeling21
The emergence of MedTok: a qualitative analysis of popular medical TikTok videos20
Medical registrar bottleneck20
Informed consent practices in clinical research: present and future20
Polymath: to be or not to be?18
Of venous drainage17
Letter in response to “Many faces of cutaneous leishmaniasis”17
Medical students and COVID-19: final-year medical students' perspective16
Rational quality and cost of critical care systems are more important than individual considerations: a view from India15
Therapeutic targets for gastrointestinal diseases: proteome-wide Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses14
Prospective comparison of two methods for assessing sarcopenia and interobserver agreement on retrospective CT images13
Referring wisely: knowing when and how to make subspecialty consultations in hospital medicine13
Peri-operative strategy in resuscitation of unstable injured surgical patients: a primer13
Dynamite plots in surgical research over 10 years: a meta-study using machine-learning analysis13
The impact of Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) on medical education13
Retrospective analysis of the appendiceal neoplasms: sampling technique may influence neoplasm detection13
Self-reported physical activity properties and 20-year all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among community-dwelling older adults13
Academic misconduct by Chinese medical staff12
Incidence and risk factors for dysglycaemia in Asian-Indians: a 10-year population-based prospective cohort study12
Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased prevalence of valvular heart diseases: a cross-sectional population-based study11
Nephrotoxicity of direct factor Xa inhibitors: a pharmacovigilance study using real-world data from the Federal Adverse Event Reporting System database11
Chaperones in urology clinic: an updated survey of patient perspectives and preferences in the outpatient setting in the United Kingdom11
Association of gene polymorphisms and the decreased expression of long non-coding RNA LOC553103 with rheumatoid arthritis10
Using an application to measure trainees’ procedural knowledge before chest tube insertion10
Preference informed allocation for the Specialised Foundation Programme10
Exploring TikTok to increase one’s health literacy: the Philippine experience10
Safeguarding healthcare professionals from sexual harassment in the workplace: urgent need for effective training and education10
Healthcare apprenticeships: assessing the potential benefits to an acute care provider NHS organization9
The effect of socioeconomic status and training programmes on burnout in postgraduate trainees in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional analysis9
An introduction to anatomical pathology9
Prospective pilot study of the Three Good Things positive psychology intervention in short-term stay hospitalised patients9
Max Bill’s concrete art, as an instrument against irrational thinking and arguments in medicine9
War-induced obstetric emergencies necessitate improved global intervention9
Conflict and natural disaster: the impacts on medical education in Ukraine and Türkiye9
The therapeutic value of vacuum external fixation in polytrauma patients with multiple ribs fracture9
Progress in the relationship between mechanical ventilation parameters and ventilator-related complications during perioperative anesthesia9
Causal linkage of psoriasis with ageing: Mendelian randomization and enrichment analysis towards telomere length and psoriasis9
Sustained clinical knowledge improvements from simulation experiences with Simulation via Instant Messaging—Birmingham Advance8
Effects of new hypoglycemic drugs on patients with heart failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis8
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography as a single-modality ‘gold-standard’ treatment for common bile duct stones in the elderly8
Chronic constipation and gut microbiota: current research insights and therapeutic implications8
Impact of lockdown on medical emergency visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in India8
Differential attainment in higher surgical training: scoping pan-specialty spectra8
Lemon-shaped mass in the lung: a phantom tumour8
Ventricular aneurysm and ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction8
Higher dietary zinc intake increases the risk of autoimmune thyroiditis8
A framework for residents’ pursuit of excellence based upon non-cognitive and cognitive attributes8
The move to 24/7 mechanical thrombectomy provision for ischaemic stroke: an observational study of the impact on referrals, activity, procedural efficacy, and safety at a supra-regional centre8
Evaluating the McMahon score for predicting mortality in earthquake-induced rhabdomyolysis: a retrospective study8
Relationship between obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and silent brain infarction8
Paper-thin roof: submucosal cleft palate with rhinolalia aperta8
Impact of body mass index on disease progression and outcomes in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease7
Relationship between hyperglycaemia at admission and prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study7
Reflections on eponyms in musculoskeletal radiology: enhancing communication and pellucidity in patient care7
A recent surge of nitrous oxide misuse around London which merits a public health warning7
Identifying novel risk targets in inflammatory skin diseases by comprehensive proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study7
Residency interviews in the digital era7
Use of social deprivation status in primary prevention cardiovascular risk scores: a must but a challenge7
Relative positions of the right internal jugular vein and the right common carotid artery7
Improving senior medical workforce retention at a large teaching hospital trust7
Roles of macrophages and monocytes in resistance to immunotherapy in breast cancers7
How patient autonomy drives the legal liabilities of medical practitioners and the practical ways to mitigate and resolve them7
Implications of evolutionary unpredictability for gain-of-function research7
COVID-19 vaccination: patient uptake and attitudes in a multi-ethnic North London maternity unit7
A Mendelian analysis of the causality between inflammatory cytokines and digestive tract cancers7
Rituximab therapy for connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Temporal relationship between sarcoidosis and malignancies in a nationwide cohort of 1942 patients6
Orthopaedic surgical prioritisation: can it be made fairer to minimise clinical harm?6
Generalized papular eruption—an unusual side effect of leuprolide acetate6
Impact of thyroid nodule location on the risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma6
Confession of a primary care educator6
Trauma radiology teaching for foundation doctors working within the Scottish Trauma Network improves radiology requests and patient safety: a multidepartmental quality improvement project6
Challenges towards medical writing in a developing country: a post-graduate resident’s perspective6
Speaking up at conference question and answer sessions—disruptive behaviour typography and assessment scale6
Equality of opportunity—absolutely, it is right and just. Virtue signalling without focus on the individual—no thank you! Let’s place individualism over collectivism6
The prognostic value of HALP score and sPESI in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism6
Safety of anticoagulation use for treatment of portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis and its effect on hospital-based outcomes: an insight from a US nationwide database6
My first dance6
Challenges in establishing a strong telemedicine system in China6
Anticoagulation discharge treatment recommendations in patients admitted with a first-time diagnosis of atrial fibrillation6
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none6
Reliability of patient-reported comorbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Intensive blood pressure control in older patients with hypertension—a STEP in the right direction?6
Differences in empathy levels among physicians based on specialty: a nationwide cross-sectional study6
Safe re-immunization of mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine–induced nonepisodic angioedema with eosinophilia6
The improvement of functional dyspepsia symptoms after Helicobacter pylori eradication: caused by an unrecognized change in duodenal microbiota?5
A more precise interpretation of the potential value of artificial intelligence tools in medical education is needed5
A population-based study of Helicobacter pylori: Does asymptomatic infection mean no gastroscopic lesions?5
Reflections on Patient Resilience5
AI-enhanced telemedicine for personalized antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients with neurological comorbidities: a narrative review5
Predictors of self-reported research engagement and academic-career interest amongst medical students in the United Kingdom: a national cross-sectional survey5
Retracted: Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Germany: a cross-sectional, population-based study5
Sampling, study design, and statistics. A didactic discussion5
Portfolio use in postgraduate medical education: a systematic scoping review5
Valproate induced obsessive-compulsive symptoms: unique side effect of a commonly used drug5
Chaos theory: lessons on educating equality and leadership5
What gets resident physicians stressed and how would they prefer to be supported? A best–worst scaling study5
Sensitivity and specificity of folate receptor α-positive circulating tumour cells in gastric cancer5
Effects of osteoporosis medications on bone fracture in patients with chronic kidney disease5
Abortion in evolution, caesarean scar pregnancy, and cervical ectopic: discerning the triplets on ultrasound5
Thirty-day unplanned readmission in hospitalised asthma patients in the USA5
Correlation between cathepsins and the likelihood of renal cancer: a Mendelian randomization study5
A case of euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis in a T2DM patient using Tirzepatide5
A comparison of the assessments used in campus-based years at the College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia5
Causal relationship between gut microbiota and lung squamous cell carcinoma: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study5
Facial recognition for disease diagnosis using a deep learning convolutional neural network: a systematic review and meta-analysis5
Using ChatGPT to generate multiple-choice questions in medical education may have potential adverse effects on medical educators and medical students5
Inside the Ukraine war: health and humanity4
Unravelling the neuroimmune nexus: insights into epilepsy pathology and the role of S100b protein in brain-gut axis modulation: a literature review4
Policy and perceptions of pregnancy during training among residents of various subspecialties4
Associations of mixed metals exposure with cognitive impairment risk: a cross-sectional study in Chinese adults4
Reimagining disability accommodations in medical education4
Subacute thyroiditis following recovery from COVID-19 infection: novel clinical findings from an Eastern Indian cohort4
Medical Students’ Insight into Foundation Training (MEDSIFT): a National Cross-Sectional Online Survey reveals close to 50% are considering a career outside the NHS4
Mind of artificial intelligence and machine—a fact or fiction?4
Comprehensive multi-omics approach reveals potential therapeutic targets and agents for osteoarthritis4
The impact of adopting low-molecular-weight heparin in place of aspirin as routine thromboprophylaxis for patients with hip fracture4
Iatrogenic extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm4
A systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture for De Quervain’s tenosynovitis treatment4
Small extracellular vesicle microRNAs in pediatric myasthenia gravis plasma and skeletal muscle4
London Major Trauma System: a review of an organised trauma system and the challenges it faces4
Malnutrition and sarcopenia worsen short- and long-term outcomes in internal medicine inpatients4
Atypical chronic clinical manifestations of spotted fever rickettsial infections in Sri Lanka: a case series of 246 patients4
Empowering the next generation: integrating artificial intelligence education into medical training4
Memory B cells and serum immunoglobulins are associated with disease severity and mortality in patients with COVID-194
Correction to: Pulsed-field ablation versus radiofrequency or cryoballoon thermal ablation in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Should obstetric mortality be an inalienable right?4
Reforming DoLS: liberty protection safeguards4
PhenoAge and PhenoAgeAccel in the context of dyslipidemia: association with stroke and potential as a new predictor in the US general population4
Prognostic significance of international normalised ratio and prothrombin time in Chinese acute ischaemic stroke patients4
Venous thromboembolism in professional drivers of automatic transmission vehicles: an underestimated occupational risk?4
Creativity in medicine during times of uncertainty4
Effectiveness of different music tempos in guiding cardiopulmonary resuscitation training4
Arthropod-borne encephalitis: an overview for the clinician and emerging considerations3
Recruiting and retaining doctors—a wicked problem needing complex solutions3
Risk factors for thromboembolic events in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia in a general ward and requiring treatment with oxygen3
More to obesity than what meets the eye: a comprehensive approach to counteracting obesity stigma3
Safety and efficacy of Sinopharm vaccine (BBIBP-CorV) in elderly population of Faisalabad district of Pakistan3
Decreased glucagon in diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients with long duration type 2 diabetes3
Opportunities and challenges for young physicians in the era of artificial intelligence: current status and future perspectives3
The basic statistical concepts and their interrelationships in diagnostic research3
The causal relationship between negative emotions and inflammatory dermatoses: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study3
Cerebral venous thrombosis: a practical review3
Retraction of: Volrustomig/Rilvegostomig related “triple M”—myasthenia gravis and overlap syndrome3
Nocardiabrain abscess: a sinister aetiology3
Healthcare distrust among hospitalised black patients during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Advances in the study of microparticles in diabetic retinopathy3
Development of anti-NXP2 dermatomyositis following Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccination3
Indwelling pleural catheters: evidence for and management3
Painful blue finger: Achenbach's syndrome3
Association between non-neoplastic bladder diseases and bladder cancer risk: insights from Mendelian randomization studies3
Cefazolin-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis3
Application of the wireless wearable monitoring system improves the turnaround time in gastrointestinal endoscopy center3
Is the NHS really cost-effective? A junior doctor’s experience3
Effect of the interaction between atrial fibrillation and rt-PA dose on the prognosis of acute ischaemic stroke with intravenous thrombolysis3
mRNA vaccines as a revolutionary approach to combat cancer3
CD47 as a biomarker for ovarian cancer: prospects and challenges3
Many faces of cutaneous leishmaniasis3
Gaza—ceasefire and prepare for a surge in infectious diseases!3
Severe skin mottling in fatal sepsis3
Publication for sale: the rise of academies catering to medical students3
Delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to Pfizer BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine3
How the physician’s financial wellness could impact patient safety3
Divine bodies: imagining the anatomy of God3
Research progress on the association between trimethylamine/trimethylamine-N-oxide and neurological disorders3
Education and learning: potential methodological and ethical issues in systematic reviews containing a meta-analysis: some critical reading suggestions for junior doctors3
Performance of Generative Pre-trained Transformer-4 (GPT-4) in Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)-style examination questions3
Postpartum haemorrhage and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in South Gondar Zone public health facilities, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study3
Perfusion CT imaging as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for dementia: prospective case–control study3
National examination for medical residency admission: academic performance in a high-stakes test and the need for continuing education3
Delayed olanzapine induced myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis3
Correction to: Behavioral trigger factors for hemorrhagic stroke: a case-crossover study3
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