Commentary on Zarbock A, Kullmar M, Kindgen-Milles D, et al. Effect of regional citrate anticoagulation vs systemic heparin during continuous kidney replacement therapy dialysis filter life span and mortality among critically ill patients with acute injury: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2020;324:1629-1639. The first descriptions (RCA) to maintain circuit patency in (CKRT) were reported 30 ...

OBJECTIVE Chinese women have significantly lower rates of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing than Euro-Canadian women despite efforts to promote testing. Evidence suggests that Chinese women's reluctance to undergo Pap testing may be related to culture-linked discomfort with sexuality. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of sexuality in the interaction between acculturation and Pap testin...

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with dramatic changes in emotion. The precise nature of these changes is not fully understood; however, we believe that the most salient losses relate to self-relevant processing. Thus, FTLD patients exhibit emotional changes that are consistent with a reduction in self-monitoring, self-awareness and the ability ...

Junior doctors commonly make mistakes which may compromise patient safety. Despite the recent push by the NHS to encourage a "no blame" culture, mistakes are still viewed as shameful, embarrassing and demoralising events. The current model for learning from mistakes means that junior doctors only learn from their own errors. A survey was designed by the author for all the Foundation Year 1 doct...