JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INTERNAL MEDICINE PERSPECTIVES
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EDITOR’S PERSPECTIVES
Editor’s notes
n this issue, volume 5, #4, there are 14 manuscripts. We expect to publish volume 5, issue #5 and issue #6, in October and December, respectively. If the current trend continues, we should exceed 80 manuscripts in volume 5, compared to 40 a couple of years ago. This doubling, in 2 years’ time, is reflected in our ‘unique individual readership’, which increases by over 2,000 every month, with the total now approaching 50,000. With the doubling of our reviews, the need for peer reviewers is greater than ever; so, I would invite our readership to participate in the peer review. On the home page of the JCHIMP website archives, there is a perspective piece on how to do peer review in volume 2, issue #3. There is special attention to reviewing case reports which represent about 50% of our review requirements. There are three review articles and one research paper in this issue: a promising new pharmacologic approach to preventing delirium in the ICU in geriatric patients (1); apixalban for reducing risk of DVT in knee and hip replacement surgery (2); the management of pyogenic cholangitis with ERCP (3) and organizing and prioritizing symptoms of patients presenting with Ebola viral disease (4). Our nine case reports include multiorgan failure from synthetic cannabinoids (5); pathological chondroid differentiation in metastatic breast cancer (6), hyperglycemic unmasking of hemichorea (7), emphysematous gastritis (8), thrombus entrapment syndrome in a patent foramen ovale (9), sarcoidosis complicated by fatal chylothorax (10), statin induced acute necrotizing myopathy (11), and two imaging cases a heating pad induced problem (12) and ‘goose skin’ in a pellagra patient (13). There is also a letter to the editor and a response to this letter regarding a comment in issue #3 regarding the efficacy of a new emergent treatment for life-threatening hyperkalemia (14, 15). The sources of the published manuscripts are Reading (PA), Good Samaritan (MD), Maryland Mid-town, St. Mary’s (CA), Washington DC Hospital Center, Einstein (PA), Union Memorial (MD), University Autonomous Potosi (MEX), McKeesport (PA), University of Illinois Peoria, Interfaith (NY), and Pharm Inc. (TX).
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Robert P. Ferguson, MD Editor Email: [email protected]
References 1. Rosenzweig AB, Sittambalam CD. A new approach to the prevention and treatment of delirium in elderly patients in the intensive care unit. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27950, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp. v5.27950 2. Aryal MR, Pandit A, Ghimire S, Pathak R, Karmacharya P, Poudel DR, et al. Thromboprophylaxis with apixaban and the risk of pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27889, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.27889 3. Metwally O, Man K. The role of endoscopy in the management of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis: A review. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27858, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/jchimp.v5.27858 4. Moole H, Chitta S, Victor D, Kandula M, Moole V, Ghadiam H, et al. Association of clinical signs and symptoms of Ebola viral disease with case fatality: A systematic review and metaanalysis. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28406, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28406 5. Sherpa D, Paudel BM, Subedi BH, Chow RD. Synthetic cannabinoids: The multi-organ failure and metabolic derangements associated with getting high. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27540, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ jchimp.v5.27540 6. Myint ZW, Raparla S, Kamugisha LK. Metaplastic breast cancer with chondroid differentiation. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28935, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/jchimp.v5.28935 7. Danve A, Kulkarni S, Bhoite G. Non-ketotic hyperglycemia unmasks hemichorea. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27825, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.27825 8. Jehangir A, Rettew A, Shaikh B, Bennett K, Qureshi A, Jehangir Q. A case report of emphysematous gastritis in a diabetic patient: Favorable outcome with conservative measures. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28010 9. Bakhshi H, Meyghani Z, Shakir Z, Chen A, Kershner D. Thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: A rare form of thrombus in transit. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28170, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28170 10. Bhattarai B, Schmidt F, Devkota A, Policard G, Manhas S, Oke V, et al. A case of chylothorax in a patient with sarcoidosis: A rare and potentially fatal complication. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28300, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/jchimp.v5.28300 11. Young JB, Ghobrial II. Autoimmune statin-induced myopathy: A case report. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28374, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28374 12. Fareedy SB, Rettew A, Karmacharya P, Jehangir A, Shaikh B, Pathak R. Erythema ab igne secondary to repeated heating pad use: An image case. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28335, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28335
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2015. # 2015 Robert P. Ferguson. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2015, 5: 29367 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29367
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13. Martinez-Coronado J, Torres-Alvarez B, Castanedo-Ca´zares JP. Goose skin in a girl with EhlersDanlos syndrome. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28216, doi: http://dx. doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28216 14. Rasmussen H. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (ZS-9) treatment in patients with serum potassium 6.5 mEq/L. J Community
Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 29097, doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29097 15. Pathak R, Rettew A, Alweis R. Response to letter. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 29308, doi: http://dx. doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29308
2 Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2015, 5: 29367 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29367 (page number not for citation purpose)
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EDITOR’S PERSPECTIVES
Editor’s notes
n this issue, volume 5, #4, there are 14 manuscripts. We expect to publish volume 5, issue #5 and issue #6, in October and December, respectively. If the current trend continues, we should exceed 80 manuscripts in volume 5, compared to 40 a couple of years ago. This doubling, in 2 years’ time, is reflected in our ‘unique individual readership’, which increases by over 2,000 every month, with the total now approaching 50,000. With the doubling of our reviews, the need for peer reviewers is greater than ever; so, I would invite our readership to participate in the peer review. On the home page of the JCHIMP website archives, there is a perspective piece on how to do peer review in volume 2, issue #3. There is special attention to reviewing case reports which represent about 50% of our review requirements. There are three review articles and one research paper in this issue: a promising new pharmacologic approach to preventing delirium in the ICU in geriatric patients (1); apixalban for reducing risk of DVT in knee and hip replacement surgery (2); the management of pyogenic cholangitis with ERCP (3) and organizing and prioritizing symptoms of patients presenting with Ebola viral disease (4). Our nine case reports include multiorgan failure from synthetic cannabinoids (5); pathological chondroid differentiation in metastatic breast cancer (6), hyperglycemic unmasking of hemichorea (7), emphysematous gastritis (8), thrombus entrapment syndrome in a patent foramen ovale (9), sarcoidosis complicated by fatal chylothorax (10), statin induced acute necrotizing myopathy (11), and two imaging cases a heating pad induced problem (12) and ‘goose skin’ in a pellagra patient (13). There is also a letter to the editor and a response to this letter regarding a comment in issue #3 regarding the efficacy of a new emergent treatment for life-threatening hyperkalemia (14, 15). The sources of the published manuscripts are Reading (PA), Good Samaritan (MD), Maryland Mid-town, St. Mary’s (CA), Washington DC Hospital Center, Einstein (PA), Union Memorial (MD), University Autonomous Potosi (MEX), McKeesport (PA), University of Illinois Peoria, Interfaith (NY), and Pharm Inc. (TX).
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Robert P. Ferguson, MD Editor Email: [email protected]
References 1. Rosenzweig AB, Sittambalam CD. A new approach to the prevention and treatment of delirium in elderly patients in the intensive care unit. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27950, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp. v5.27950 2. Aryal MR, Pandit A, Ghimire S, Pathak R, Karmacharya P, Poudel DR, et al. Thromboprophylaxis with apixaban and the risk of pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27889, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.27889 3. Metwally O, Man K. The role of endoscopy in the management of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis: A review. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27858, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/jchimp.v5.27858 4. Moole H, Chitta S, Victor D, Kandula M, Moole V, Ghadiam H, et al. Association of clinical signs and symptoms of Ebola viral disease with case fatality: A systematic review and metaanalysis. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28406, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28406 5. Sherpa D, Paudel BM, Subedi BH, Chow RD. Synthetic cannabinoids: The multi-organ failure and metabolic derangements associated with getting high. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27540, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ jchimp.v5.27540 6. Myint ZW, Raparla S, Kamugisha LK. Metaplastic breast cancer with chondroid differentiation. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28935, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/jchimp.v5.28935 7. Danve A, Kulkarni S, Bhoite G. Non-ketotic hyperglycemia unmasks hemichorea. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 27825, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.27825 8. Jehangir A, Rettew A, Shaikh B, Bennett K, Qureshi A, Jehangir Q. A case report of emphysematous gastritis in a diabetic patient: Favorable outcome with conservative measures. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28010, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28010 9. Bakhshi H, Meyghani Z, Shakir Z, Chen A, Kershner D. Thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: A rare form of thrombus in transit. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28170, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28170 10. Bhattarai B, Schmidt F, Devkota A, Policard G, Manhas S, Oke V, et al. A case of chylothorax in a patient with sarcoidosis: A rare and potentially fatal complication. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28300, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/jchimp.v5.28300 11. Young JB, Ghobrial II. Autoimmune statin-induced myopathy: A case report. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28374, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28374 12. Fareedy SB, Rettew A, Karmacharya P, Jehangir A, Shaikh B, Pathak R. Erythema ab igne secondary to repeated heating pad use: An image case. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28335, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28335
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2015. # 2015 Robert P. Ferguson. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2015, 5: 29367 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29367
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Robert P. Ferguson
13. Martinez-Coronado J, Torres-Alvarez B, Castanedo-Ca´zares JP. Goose skin in a girl with EhlersDanlos syndrome. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 28216, doi: http://dx. doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28216 14. Rasmussen H. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (ZS-9) treatment in patients with serum potassium 6.5 mEq/L. J Community
Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 29097, doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29097 15. Pathak R, Rettew A, Alweis R. Response to letter. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2015; 5: 29308, doi: http://dx. doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29308
2 Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2015, 5: 29367 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.29367 (page number not for citation purpose)
