Royal College of Physicians of London.

Sleep apnoea and related conditions. Summary of a report of a working party of the Royal College of Physicians.

Clinical management of the painful diabetic neuropathies.

340 Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London Vol. 34 No. 4 July/August 2000 The neuropathies of diabetes are common, affecting up to 50% of older patients with type 2 diabetes. They have been the subject of several recent reviews1–3. Only a minority of patients experience neuropathic symptoms, so the absence of symptoms must never be equated with the absence of neuropathy1–3. A care...

Healthcare and forensic medical services in police custody - to degrade or to improve?

6 © Royal College of Physicians 2017. All rights reserved. Author: A consultant forensic physician and specialist in forensic and legal medicine, honorary consultant in emergency medicine, St George’s Hospital, London, UK; honorary clinical senior lecturer, Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, London, UK; president, Faculty of Forensic and L...

Books also Received

Geoffrey Davenport, Ian McDonald and Caroline Moss-Gibbons, The Royal College of Physicians and its collections: an illustrated history, London, Royal College of Physicians, 2001, pp. 168, illus., UK £38.00, overseas £45.00 (hardback 0-907-383-831). Michael Dunnill, The Plato of Praed Street: the life and times of Almroth Wright, London, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2000, pp. xiii, 269, ill...

Effect of Feeding Quickly Degradable Nitrogen on the Development of Ovarian Follicles in Lactating Dairy Cows

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of an excess intake of quickly degradable nitrogen (QDN) on ovarian follicle development. Twenty lactating dairy cows were fed mixed silage and concentrates twice daily. The control diet was a typical ration for high producing dairy cows in the United Kingdom (crude protein (CP)=17.5%; metabolizable energy (ME)=11.8 MJ/kg DM). The cows were ...

Guidelines for the management of chronic venous leg ulceration. Report of a multidisciplinary workshop. British Association of Dermatologists and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians.

This document is the product of a multidisciplinary workshop held in November 1991 between the audit subcommittee of the British Association of Dermatologists and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians. Participants included dermatologists, vascular surgeons, general practitioners, community nurses and physicians involved in care of the elderly. The text is based on papers submitt...