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 October 2014:
Research
Lawrence J Cheskin, Michelle L Abel, Maryanne M Bailey, Monica Burnett, Robin Frutchey, Attia Goheer, Anita Ram, and Keshia M Pollack. Developing role models for health in the fire service: a pilot case study. JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414536549, doi:10.1177/2054270414536549 David S Thompson and Rella Workman. Hospital-wide infection control practice and Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the intensive care unit (ICU): an observational study. JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414547145, doi:10.1177/2054270414547145 Amal A Hassanien, Azeem Majeed, and Hilary Watt. Retrospective observational study examining indications for hospitalisation among haemodialysis patients at one of the Ministry of Health Hospitals in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414547146, doi:10.1177/2054270414547146 Lung-Chang Lin, Chen-Sen Ouyang, Ching-Tai Chiang, Rong-Ching Wu, Hui-Chuan Wu, and Rei-Cheng Yang. Listening to Mozart K.448 decreases electroencephalography oscillatory power associated with an increase in sympathetic tone in adults: a post-intervention study JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414551657, doi:10.1177/2054270414551657 Lisa Lee, Kathrin Cresswell, Ann Slee, Sarah P Slight, Jamie Coleman, and Aziz Sheikh. Using stakeholder perspectives to develop an ePrescribing toolkit for NHS Hospitals: a questionnaire study. JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414551658, doi:10.1177/2054270414551658
Case Report
Sebastian Vandermolen, Nelomi Anandagoda, and Sarietha Krishnakumar. Much more than gastro-enteritis: a severe case of hypo-pituitarism. JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414543399, doi:10.1177/2054270414543399
Clinical Review
Robert Y McMurtry and Carmen ME Krogh. Diagnostic criteria for adverse health effects in the environs of wind turbines. JRSM Open October 2014 5: 2054270414554048, doi:10.1177/2054270414554048