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 March 2017:
Research papers
Rafik RD Yassa, Mahdi Yacine Khalfaoui, Karunakar Veravalli, and Alun Evans. Pre-operative urinary tract infection: Is it a risk factor for early surgical site infection in hip fracture surgery? A retrospective analysis. JRSM Open March 2017 8(3), doi: 10.1177/2054270416675083 Katja Boehm, Bettina Berger, Ulrich Weger, and Peter Heusser. Does the model of additive effect in placebo research still hold true? A narrative review. JRSM Open March 2017 8(3), doi: 10.1177/2054270416681434 Clemens Scott Kruse, Mounica Soma, Deepthi Pulluri, and Naga Tejasvi Nemali. The effectiveness of telemedicine in the management of chronic heart disease – A systematic review. JRSM Open March 2017 8(3), doi: 10.1177/2054270416681747
Case reports
Adnan Zafar, Nahin Hussain, and Manjith Narayanan. Prolonged expiratory apnoea with cyanosis in Arnold Chiari II malformation. JRSM Open March 2017 8(3), doi: 10.1177/2054270416669303 Andrew Peter Vanezis, Rachana Prasad, and Richard Andrews. Pacemaker leads and cardiac perforation JRSM Open March 2017 8(3), doi: 10.1177/2054270416681432