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 August 2013:
Research
Muhammad Haroon, Faiza Yasin, Syed KM Gardezi, Fahd Adeeb, and Frank Walker. Inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors among medical inpatients: a questionnaire-based observational study. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313497183, doi:10.1177/2042533313497183 John D Blakey, Andrew Fearn, and Dominick E Shaw. What drives the ‘August effect’? An observational study of the effect of junior doctor changeover on out of hours work. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313489823, doi:10.1177/2042533313489823 Neil S Coulson. How do online patient support communities affect the experience of inflammatory bowel disease? An online survey. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313478004, doi:10.1177/2042533313478004
Case reports
Mary Hussey, Grainne Holleran, and Deirdre McNamara. Rapid diagnosis of combined multifocal gastrointestinal stromal tumours and coeliac disease in a patient with type 1 neurofibromatosis. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313476687, doi:10.1177/2042533313476687 Konstantinos Tsitskaris, Padmanabhan Subramanian, and David Crone. Neglected patellar tendon rupture. Reconstruction using semitendinosus-gracilis tendon grafts and FiberWire augmentation. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313490286, doi:10.1177/2042533313490286 Kumar Thulasidass and Tahseen A Chowdhury. Hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis in pregnancy: case reports and review of the literature. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313481211, doi:10.1177/2042533313481211
Clinical review
Clifford Warwick and Susan Corning. Managing patients for zoonotic disease in hospitals. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313490287, doi:10.1177/2042533313490287
Review
Charlotte Kühlbrandt and Martin McKee. Evidence and ideology as a rationale for light-therapy in Russia: from the Soviet Union to the present day. JRSM Short Reports August 2013 4: 2042533313476697, doi:10.1177/2042533313476697