Abstract
JRSM Short Reports is an online-only, peer reviewed, open-access companion journal to JRSM. JRSM Short Reports was launched in June 2010 and is rapidly developing into a leading international online resource of clinical papers, reviews and case reports on all aspects of improving patient care. As with other open access journals, authors are required to pay a small fee for published articles to cover the production costs and ensure that their article is freely available to readers. Articles published in JRSM Short Reports are now included in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar.
You can find JRSM Short Reports on the Internet at http://shr.sagepub.com/.. To submit a clinical paper or case report to JRSM Short Reports visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/shorts. For submission inquiries contact Dr Kamran Abbasi, editor of JRSM and JRSM Short Reports, by email at kamran.abbasi@rsm.ac.uk.
Articles published in JRSM Short Reports will also be mentioned in the print edition of JRSM. Here are the articles published in JRSM Short Reports in June 2013:
Research
Yasmeen Khan, Szymon Tokarczyk, Imran Khan, Kyriacos Eleftheriou, and Christopher Pearce. The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:34, doi:10.1177/2042533313476413. Kayria Muttardi, Ali Haydar, Chee Kiang Phua, Neil Chapman, Michael Jenkins, Nicholas JW Cheshire, and Colin D Bicknell. An underused opportunity to introduce ACE inhibitors and influence prognosis: observational study of patients undergoing aortic surgery. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:2042533313484145, doi:10.1177/2042533313484145.
Case reports
Shibby Robati, Kenneth Porter, Mohammad Shahid, Thomas Crompton, and Nemandra Sandiford. Ankle osteomyelitis: an unusual presentation. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:35, doi:10.1177/2042533313476682. Johnny Kenth and Che Ng. Foreign body airway obstruction causing a ball valve effect. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:2042533313482458, doi:10.1177/2042533313482458.
Research letter
Negin A Sanati and Mehri Sanati. Growing interest in use of geographic information systems in health and healthcare research: a review of PubMed from 2003 to 2011. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:2042533313478810, doi:10.1177/2042533313478810.
Methodological review
Shema Tariq and Jenny Woodman. Using mixed methods in health research. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:2042533313479197, doi:10.1177/2042533313479197.
Clinical review
Shamini Gnani, Farzan Ramzan, Tim Ladbrooke, Hugh Millington, Saiful Islam, Josip Car, and Azeem Majeed. Evaluation of a general practitioner-led urgent care centre in an urban setting: description of service model and plan of analysis. J R Soc Med Sh Rep June 2013;4:2042533313486263, doi:10.1177/2042533313486263.