Clinical Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Clinical Medicine 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Multiple transfusion request audit217
ORAL arsenic trioxide to combat acute promyelocytic leukaemia145
Night sweats and haematological malignancies: Are ‘sweats’ truly a ‘red flag’ symptom? An insight into 2-week-wait haemato-oncology referrals at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK138
Audit on parental awareness of minimising added sugar intake during complementary feeding75
Endoscopic surveillance in patients with oesophageal varices in alcoholic liver cirrhosis61
Laughing with serious consequences- a case report of recreational laughing gas use with functional vitamin B12 deficiency59
Doing simple things well can achieve significant benefits57
Case series of choledocholithiasis more than 25 years after cholecystectomy48
Utilising summative assessments to enhance learning in medicine: a valvular heart disease teaching course for a specialty practical exam44
Long post-COVID-19 postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS): A novel case43
Iron deficiency in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: improving treatment on the cardiology ward39
Temporal profile of cerebrospinal fluid galactin-3 and associated cytokine responses after severe traumatic brain injury in patients: a retrospective study36
Effective bedside teaching as a foundation doctor33
Risk factors and an interpretability tool of in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute myocardial infarction32
A series of patients with hospital-acquired diabetic ketoacidosis (HADKA): a descriptive analysis31
Life threatening, subclavian artery mycotic aneurysm rupture into a gigantic supraclavicular abscess in an intravenous drug user30
How to approach acute thrombosis and thrombocytopenia29
A rare cause of shock in cases of refractory hypotension, hypoproteinaemia and haemoconcentration28
The diagnosis and treatment of catatonia28
Determinants of 1-year mortality after acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes27
Unilateral upper cervical cord infarction in Opalski's syndrome caused by spontaneous vertebral artery dissection27
The medical licensing assessment (MLA) content map: A list is not a syllabus, and a syllabus is not a curriculum25
Management of hyperglycaemia in people with obesity22
Diagnosis and management of ventricular tachycardia20
Hypertension: A common, yet poorly managed condition. What can we do better?19
How useful is a casual BP measurement?18
Association between lipid profile and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis18
Pandemics are here to stay: It's time for unity, both nationally and globally, in how we learn and respond18
Hospital at home – developing a simulation induction programme for junior doctors18
Enhanced neurotrauma services: physician input into traumatic brain injury care18
Unwelcome guests: infectious disease beyond the pandemic18
Exceptional outcome: CD-30-positive relapsed enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) treated with brentuximab vedotin alone, showing significant improvement in weight and albumin levels in Type 17
Letter to the editor: Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups?17
Spectrum of anaemia in rheumatic diseases and the involvement of rheumatologists in the management: a single centre study17
The trend in deaths from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) over the past decade17
Temporal trends in the burden of multiple sclerosis in the UK over the past three decades17
Purple urine bag syndrome16
A rare case of pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyomatosis in a woman with a previous history of hysterectomy for uterine fibroids15
Admission care bundles for decompensated cirrhosis are poorly utilised across the UK: results from a multi-centre retrospective study15
Frequency of visual involvement in a 10-year interdisciplinary cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis15
Improving antimicrobial prescribing in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in a district general hospital of West Yorkshire14
Decoding cardiac masquerade: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy camouflaging as acute myocardial infarction14
From hypertension to heart failure: The missed clues of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis14
Table of Contents14
Causes of obesity: a review14
Temporal trends in the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK over the past three decades14
A rare presentation of geriatric non-epileptic seizures due to carotid artery encasement of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A case report14
Pitfalls in the pharmacotherapy of hypertension14
Engagement in research during specialist geriatric medicine training: results of a national trainee survey13
Effectiveness of pre- and post-operative 4AT assessment in monitoring delirium in hip fracture patients13
Safe to transfuse? An audit on quality and practices in blood transfusion sampling and labelling in the accident and emergency (A&E) department.13
Same-day emergency care13
Point-of-care ultrasound reduces the impact on departmental radiology and echocardiography services: Results of 1-year service evaluation13
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the elderly12
The rapid progression of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with concomitant COVID-19 infection: a case report12
Optimising admission to scope time for acute GI bleeding (UGIB): retrospective comparative analysis of the timing of endoscopy for UGIB in a Queensland quaternary centre following international recomm12
Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A clinical challenge12
Table of Contents12
Image of the month: Mycotic aortic arch pseudoaneurysm due to Salmonella enterica11
Health and care needs of hospitalised people experiencing homelessness: an inpatient audit11
Population-specific DPYD variants and fluoropyrimidine toxicity risk: an analysis using public genomic databases11
Dynamics of minimal residual disease and its clinical implications in multiple myeloma: A retrospective real-life analysis11
A rare complication of DRESS syndrome in the treatment of cardiac device-related lead thrombus and infective endocarditis11
Editorial: Learnings from all walks of medical practice10
Acute Epstein–Barr virus hepatitis without infectious mononucleosis: a diagnostic challenge10
The management of severe eczema in pregnancy10
Use of IV immunoglobulin to treat steroid resistant, immune checkpoint inhibitor induced pure red cell aplasia. A case report10
Can advance care planning (ACP) improve patients' journey with advanced dementia and their families? A 1-year follow-up study10
Medicine’s beauty lies in lifelong learning, reflection and research10
The diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome10
Cancer immunotherapy and the management of side effects10
Atypical presentation of young stroke with vertebral artery dissection10
DVT: is it really an SDEC pathway? A retrospective review of SDEC DVT demand and outcomes across Surrey Heartlands ICS10
‘Don’t work more than 3 days straight’: Working conditions as learning conditions in general practice9
Cancer immunotherapy and the management of side effects9
The use of metaverse in medical education: A systematic review9
Diagnostic accuracy of CADe-assisted reading versus clinician reading for polyp detection in colon capsule endoscopy: a multicentre prospective study9
Anaemia of acute inflammation: a higher acute systemic inflammatory response is associated with a larger decrease in blood haemoglobin levels in patients with COVID-19 infection9
Applications of musculoskeletal ultrasound in inflammatory arthritis9
NEWS2 and the older person9
People living in homeless hostels: a survey of health and care needs9
Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an unusual complication in disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis9
Lipid lowering in coronary artery disease – not just statins9
Clinical predictors of malignancy in lymphadenopathy: A multivariable analysis from a quick diagnosis unit9
Table of Contents9
Management of pituitary incidentalomas8
Obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension: Current understanding, diagnosis and management8
Inhaled beclomethasone in the treatment of early COVID-19: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial8
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and its rare association with peripheral neuropathy and stroke8
Controversies in thyroid disease management in pregnancy8
A prospective multicentre study of the endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency (EUS-RFA) and ethanol ablation (EUS-EA) in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours and adenocarcinoma of the pancreas8
A genetic paradigm shift: Deciphering stress-induced molecular mechanisms fuelling cancer genesis8
A rare case of TEN-like acute cutaneous lupus8
Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups? Prospective assessment of the current practice and yield of faecal elastase testing in patients with diabetes mellitus, HIV and/or8
Importance of point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of severe mitral regurgitation8
The appropriateness of penicillin allergy de-labelling by non-allergist clinical ward teams8
Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) receiving dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)7
Soups, shakes and other slimming strategies: GLP-1 agonists vs. NHS type 2 diabetes path to remission programme in the battle against T2DM and weight management7
Clinical academics’ experiences of REF20217
Treat staff like they make a difference, and they will7
Age, sex and ethnicity changes in creatine kinase and sex- and ethnicity-specific reference intervals of creatine kinase7
Genomics in the kidney clinic7
Infectious pulmonary tuberculosis patients who inadvertently had spirometry in a tertiary care pulmonary service in southern India7
Refractory thrombocytopenia as a manifestation of Mycobacterium abscessus complex prosthetic valve endocarditis: a rare and fatal complication7
Time for preference-informed foundation allocation?7
Unexplained breathlessness: Integrating pathophysiological insights with clinical evaluation7
Respiratory effects of electronic cigarette use in individuals who never smoked: A systematic review7
Learning from the past rather than living in it7
A case of acute anti-Mi-2-beta antibody-positive dermatomyositis7
Antibodies and distortion of insulin and C-peptide results in patients with hypoglycaemia of unknown origin7
Years after the cure: a rare case of delayed onset of oesophageal stricture post-radiotherapy for lung cancer7
Pregnancy-specific dermatoses for the resident physician7
Finerenone Exposure and Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study7
VF arrest secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated myocarditis; improving patient outcomes by maintaining a high clinical suspicion for ICI toxicity6
Thromboelastography for rapid diagnosis of heparin-like anticoagulant release during anaphylaxis-induced coagulopathy in systemic mastocytosis: a case report6
Severe acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy6
COVID-19 infection as a parameter in the CHA2DS2 vascular risk assessment tool6
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: A retrospective observational evaluation6
E-cigarettes as a safe alternative to tobacco smoking? A deep dive into vape-associated pneumothorax (VASP)6
A National audit of the care of patients with acute kidney injury in England and Wales in 2019 and the association with patient outcomes6
Determining factors influencing hospital stay for individuals admitted with diabetes-related ketoacidosis – findings from DEKODE length of stay quality improvement project6
Can artificial intelligence help with the development of generic clinical skills when breaking bad news? A quantitative evaluation6
The changing landscape of HIV epidemiology and management6
Four key problems that will need to be addressed during the next pandemic6
The effect of CGRP monoclonal antibodies on cardiovascular disease6
Demographic characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis in Sheffield, England6
Audit of immunoglobulin monitoring and hypogammaglobulinaemia after B cell targeted therapy in a paediatric cohort in a high immune disease prevalence Region6
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: A diagnostic challenge6
The National Early Warning Score: from concept to NHS implementation6
Cocaine-induced granulomatosis with polyangiitis: an under-recognised condition6
Table of Contents6
How serious are ‘serious non-specific symptoms (SNSS)’? Evaluation of the introduction of a local SNSS pathway, and the pick-up rate of cancers, within this population6
Early applications of ChatGPT in medical practice, education and research6
Medication non-adherence and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension5
Let's voice it- bridging the cervical screening health inequality among sexual minority women5
Trends in hypertension diagnosis and control in Lagos, Nigeria from May measurement month 20235
Acute quadriplegia and epileptic seizures in a 47-year-old man5
Improving the quality of bowel preparation among patients undergoing colonoscopy in a quaternary care centre - A quality improvement project5
Renin–angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) are not nephrotoxic – they protect the kidneys and the heart5
Targeting contributory factors in difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis5
Prescribing for change – safer antimicrobial use in hospitals5
Bilateral adrenal infarction and secondary haemorrhage in pregnancy: implications of factor V Leiden heterozygosity. A review of the literature and a case report5
A teenager with ophthalmoparesis and dysphagia5
The clinical effective of sodium/glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on admission frequency, duration and use of acute non-invasive ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 5
Lesson of the month: Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) in status epilepticus5
Breathe easy: encouraging climate-conscious inhalers5
The unsung tale of the pied piper of haematology: insights from a case of renal transplant failure5
Letter to the Editor on Recurrent fever of unknown origin: Don't forget the diary5
The value of CT head scans for patients from care homes presenting to the emergency department following a fall5
Letter to the Editor: ‘Exploring barriers to expanding medical training numbers in England: A national survey of medical education directors’5
Valproate-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy treated by L-ornithine-L-aspartate: a case report4
Fever, rash & polyarthritis – The importance of thinking about STIs within the acute medical take4
Enhancing personalised care in COPD exacerbation: the role of cardiac/inflammatory biomarkers4
The impact of insulin resistance on long-term outcomes in heart failure: a systematic review4
Immunotherapy related acute kidney injury4
Assessing variation in complications and outcomes of diabetic ketoacidosis management in the United Kingdom: a multicentre quality improvement initiative4
Length of inpatient stay in patients with a suspected NSTEACS listed for invasive cardiac catheterisation4
Infectious diseases at the front door: Focus on the fundamentals4
Evaluating implementation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator deactivation discussions in do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) forms: Audit from a tertiary care hospital in the 4
Clinical Research is Not an Optional Extra4
Pulmonary endemic mycoses4
Disseminated tuberculosis in a patient on anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy4
Perfusion imaging in acute ischaemic stroke – the beginning of the end?4
Evaluating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance through an early diagnostic centre: An implementation science approach at a tertiary hepatology centre in England4
Developing an electronic surprise question to predict end-of-life prognosis in a prospective cohort study of acute hospital admissions4
Effectiveness of NEWS in identifying acute deterioration in older adults4
Adherence to guidelines in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis4
Long COVID services: Implementing discrete event simulation, a quality improvement proposition4
Suboptimal lipid reduction and follow-up in patients with transient ischaemic attack: a need for a systematic, guideline-based approach to optimising lipid-lowering therapy4
A retrospective audit of out-of-hours mechanical thrombectomy of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in a UK tertiary centre4
Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke diagnosis and management4
Sustainability in endoscopy: online endoscopy education platform significantly reduces carbon footprint of patient travel4
Challenges in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus4
Gout on the acute medical take4
Complex lupus management: when multiple organs demand precision4
Diabetes and the liver4
CME: Gastroenterology (147143): self-assessment questionnaire4
Coeliac disease on the rise: the COVID-19 vaccination hypothesis4
The development and introduction of a national e-learning programme to support the dissemination of NEWS24
Acute urinary retention and constipation caused by multi-dermatomal herpes zoster in an immunosuppressed patient4
Unexpected effect of anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor on a 61-year-old female with stage III non-small cell lung cancer on progression to chemo-radiotherapy4
Gin OR tonic: The dermatological hazards of cocktail-based quinine4
Pituitary apoplexy leading to stress-related cardiomyopathy and ischaemic stroke – A rare finding4
Infection in people with heart failure: an overlooked cause of adverse outcomes4
Safety and efficacy of apixaban dosage for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation with acute kidney injury populations in a tertiary care hospital4
Efficacy of CGRP inhibitors in preventive pharmacotherapy for migraine - A network meta-analysis and systematic review4
Health literacy associates with clinical, treatment and work status in people with inflammatory arthritis: results from a national cohort4
Improving endotherapy training for upper gastro-intestinal bleeding (UGIB) using a novel, low cost, home-made porcine model4
Cancer pain – all change please?3
Pneumothorax: An update on clinical spectrum, diagnosis and management3
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme: a service for the asymptomatic or a pathway acting as a safety net?3
Hypertension and heart failure: Navigating blood pressure targets and medication titration and tolerance3
Secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease: A narrative review focus on therapeutic strategy3
Quality in postgraduate medical education: A contested idea3
The impact of primary percutaneous coronary intervention timing on prognosis in STEMI patients3
A novel mutation in the ABCC8 gene causing maturity-onset diabetes of the young: A case report3
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia for the general physician: A narrative review of a metastatic infection with malignant complications3
Evidence-based appraisal of situational judgement tests (revisited)3
Advanced therapy screening in inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of clinical nurse specialists: A retrospective analysis of electronic patient records3
Appropriateness of the use of CTPAs (computed tomographic pulmonary angiograms) in suspected pulmonary embolisms3
The birth of an impactful PACES tutorials for international medical graduates after '39 pregnant weeks' of virtual PACES sessions3
Clinical inertia – It is imperative to avoid delays in managing common conditions in pregnancy3
Mandibular movement monitor provides faster, yet accurate diagnosis for obstructive sleep apnoea: A randomised controlled study3
Crohn's disease: an update3
Thyrotoxic encephalopathy with seronegative thyroiditis3
Adenosine-sensitive ventricular tachycardia3
Premature ventricular complexes3
Supporting patients with hypercapnia3
Diabetes and transplantation3
Dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular risk – Key considerations in South Asians3
Group B streptococcus-associated invasive infections in the adult, non-pregnant population; incidence, risk factors, and clinical presentations beyond borders3
Response to: Letter to the editor: Sleep measures and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus3
Parvovirus B19-associated fat embolism syndrome in sickle cell disease: A report of two cases3
Just another tablet? Identifying barriers to statin uptake in patients living with HIV3
Characteristics of presentation and management of people admitted with severe hypoglycaemia highlight the need for targeted educational interventions to mitigate occurrences - Pilot data from DEKODE H3
Clinical accuracy of infrared temperature measurement devices: a comparison against non-invasive core-body temperature3
Updates in heart failure3
Relapsing polychondritis presenting with sero-negative limbic encephalitis3
Improving hyperacute stroke pathways at two specialist cardiothoracic centres (Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital)3
Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on patients with diabetes from Black Asian and minority ethnic community in a district general hospital3
The weight of obesity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy3
Strongyloides stercoralis infection in the UK: A systematic review and meta-analysis of published cases3
Case report: hyponatraemia in Wolfram syndrome3
Implementation of SAMPL guidelines: Recommendations for improving statistical reporting in biomedical journals3
‘Passenger announcement: Is there a doctor on board?’ Tackling impostor phenomenon in the transition from medical student to foundation doctor3
Three-year assessment of cognitive and olfactory disturbances among COVID-19 convalescent patients grouped by olfactory hallucination status in Armenia: A qualitative and quantitative study3
CME: Infectious diseases (141750): self-assessment questionnaire3
Impact of chronic liver disease (CLD) on mortality, complications and early readmission in patients with spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage (ICH): A national readmission database analysis 2016–20203
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A diagnostic dilemma in an uncommon presentation3
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