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 will develop into a leading international online resource of clinical papers 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.
You can find JRSM Short Reports on the Internet at http://shortreports.rsmjournals.com. To submit a clinical paper or case report to JRSM Short Reports visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/shorts. For submission inquiries contact Dr Kamran Abbasi, editor of JRSM and JRSM Short Reports, by email at kamran.abbasi@rsm.ac.uk.
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 February 2011:
Research
Singh R, Roberts AC, Singh A, Heider AR, Norris T, Porreca D, Singh G. Improving transitions in inpatient and outpatient care using a paper or web-based journal. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:6; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2010.010112
Lee MS, Oh B, Ernst E. Qigong for healthcare: an overview of systematic reviews. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:7; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2010.010091
Wallace IR, Callachand F, Elliott J, Gardiner PV. An evaluation of an enhanced fracture liaison service as the optimal model for secondary prevention of osteoporosis. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:8; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2010.010063
Sennerstam R, Schässburger K-U, Stormby N, Wiksell H, Auer G. Axillary lymph node metastasis and survival in breast cancer patients with concurrent cardio-cerebral-vascular disease. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:12; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2010.010105
Limmer S, Unger L, Czymek R, Kujath P, Hoffmann M. Emergency thoracic surgery in elderly patients. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:13; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2011.010108
Case reports
Sagoo MS, Greenblatt DT, Teixiera F, Kubba F, Pavesio C. Necrobiosis lipoidica and inflammatory eye disease. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:9; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2011.010097
Vithian K, Shaafi K, Russell S. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and adrenal Cushing's. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:10; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2011.010098
McGeary C, Almond MK. Chemical pneumonitis arising from deliberate intravenous administration of white spirit (Stoddard solution). J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2011;2:11; doi: 10.1258/shorts.2011.010109