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 Dr 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 August 2014:
Research
Vincent J Marmion, Munther I Aldoori, John P Woodcock, and John Stephenson. A cohort study of duplex Doppler examinations of the carotid artery in primary open angle glaucoma. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414527933, doi:10.1177/2054270414527933 Anthony Feinstein, Blair Audet, and Elizabeth Waknine. Witnessing images of extreme violence: a psychological study of journalists in the newsroom. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414533323, doi:10.1177/2054270414533323 Ian Diley, Padmanabhan Badrinath, and Sarah Annon. Is mortality a good indicator of the clinical quality of National Health Service hospitals? A cross-sectional study of outlier trusts for mortality indices using quality dashboards. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414533325, doi:10.1177/2054270414533325 Helen Bergen, Keith Hawton, Roger Webb, Jayne Cooper, Sarah Steeg, Matthew Haigh, Jennifer Ness, Keith Waters, and Navneet Kapur. Alcohol-related mortality following self-harm: a multicentre cohort study. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414533326, doi:10.1177/2054270414533326 Ravinder Mamtani, Albert B Lowenfels, Javaid Sheikh, Sohaila Cheema, Abdulla Al-Hamaq, Sharoud A Matthis, Katie G El-Nahas, and Patrick Maisonneuve. Adolescent prediabetes in a high-risk Middle East country: a cross-sectional study. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414536550, doi:10.1177/2054270414536550
Clinical Review
Ndubuisi Nwobodo. Therapeutic drug monitoring in a developing nation: a clinical guide. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414531121, doi:10.1177/2054270414531121
Case Report
Jeban Ganesalingam, Sandeep Buddha, Anoma L Carlton-Jones, and Richard Nicholas. Sequential strokes in a hyperacute stroke unit. JRSM Open August 2014 5: 2054270414533322, doi:10.1177/2054270414533322