Abstract
JRSM Short Reports is a new, 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 both PubMed and PubMed Central.
You can find JRSM Short Reports on the Internet at
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 December 2011:
Research
Sadideen H, O'Callaghan JM, Navidi M, Sayegh M. Educating surgical patients to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism: an audit of an effective strategy. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Case Reports
Patel NG, Rajagopalan A, Shrotri NS. Scrotal liposarcoma – a rare extratesticular tumour. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;
Shipman AR, Levell NJ, Afridi KS, Hutchinson R, Lucas S, Murphy J, Phillips R, Mukhtyar C. Disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection masquerading as longstanding polymyositis. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;
Altinsoy B, Altintas N. Diagnostic approach to unilateral hyperlucent lung. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;
Tsitskaris K, Mansouri R, Li PLS. Catastrophic ceramic failure in total hip arthroplasty: the role of microseparation. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;