(337–339) Proposals to clarify that an apparent new combination or name at new rank when based on an illegitimate name is in fact a replacement name

Caesarean section scar ectopic pregnancy: a new problem or new name for an old one?

Until recently, only a few of us had heard of a Caesarean section scar ectopic pregnancy. However, with new case reports being published in medical journals almost every day, it feels as if we are witnessing a global epidemic of a previously unknown form of ectopic pregnancy. Is this a true challenge for all of us or are we being offered a new fancy medical diagnosis of questionable clinical si...

Lead-dependent infective endocarditis: an old problem, a new name.

This paper presents a literature review on right heart endocarditis in patients with a permanent pacemaker (PM) or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). We postulate putting a great deal more emphasis on separation of lead-dependent infective endocarditis from other types of infective endocarditis. We stress the need for screening patients with PM/ICD and pulmonary signs using transesop...

BJPsych International: new name, new strategic focus

A new name in thrombosis, ADAMTS13.

T thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rapidly fatal illness, first described by Moschowitz in 1924 (1), that is characterized by anemia, a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia), and microvascular thrombosis. The anemia is caused by hemolysis and is associated with sharply pointed red cell fragments, termed schistocytes, that look as though they might have been sliced with a knife. The thrombocy...

Is infants' mutual exclusivity response based on preference to novelty or non-name of an object?

Although “mutual exclusivity (ME)” is the term to refer to the behavior that infants map a novel label onto a novel object rather than a familiar object, two studies, using preferential looking paradigm, aimed to investigate whether infants’ ME is based on preference to novelty or non-name of an object. In Study 1, 18-month-olds were tested on 2 conditions: familiarobject/novel-object trials wi...