Abstract
JRSM Open is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open-access companion journal to JRSM. JRSM Open 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 Open are included in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar.
You can find JRSM Open on the Internet at http://jro.sagepub.com. To submit a clinical paper or case report to JRSM Open visit, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/shorts. For submission inquiries, contact Kamran Abbasi, editor of JRSM and JRSM Open, by email at kamran.abbasi@rsm.ac.uk.
Articles published in JRSM Open will also be mentioned in the print edition of JRSM. Here are the articles published in JRSM Open in July 2014:
Research
Rami T Bustami, Daniel B Shulkin, Nancy O’Donnell, and Eric D Whitman. Variations in time to receiving first surgical treatment for breast cancer as a function of racial/ethnic background: a cohort study. JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2042533313515863, doi:10.1177/2042533313515863 Jens Christoffer Skogen, Robert Stewart, Marit Knapstad, Simon Øverland, and Arnstein Mykletun. Early life factors in relation to cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular disease in old age in Bergen: a Norwegian retrospective cohort study based on the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2054270414527935, doi:10.1177/2054270414527935 Anjali Shah, Olaa Mohamed-Ahmed, Charlotte McClymont, and Marian Knight. Conditions triggering local incident reviews in UK hospital maternity units: A national survey. JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2054270414528898, doi:10.1177/2054270414528898
Case Reports
Emma J Davies, James A Fagg, and David Stanley. Subacromial, supracoracoid dislocation of the acromioclavicular joint with ipsilateral clavicle fracture: a case report with review of the literature and classification. JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2054270414527281, doi:10.1177/2054270414527281 Phill Pearce, Hemali Patel, Thamilinee Vijithan, Charles TJ Craddock, and Saswata Banerjee. Gestational intestinal obstruction complicated by cortical blindness – a multidisciplinary case report. JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2054270414531120, doi:10.1177/2054270414531120 Anika Morjaria, Gowrie Balasubramaniam, Saman Perera, and Mike K Almond. Rapidly developing renal milk of calcium in a patient with myelomonocytic leukaemia. JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2054270414533324, doi:10.1177/2054270414533324
Research Letter
Joseph R Fitchett and Neil D Arnott. Influenza vaccination uptake among people aged over 85 years: an audit of primary care practice in the UK. JRSM Open July 2014 5: 2054270414531122, doi:10.1177/2054270414531122