ClinMeditorial May 2020

The ClinMeditorial features the ClinMeditations of editor-in-chief Professor Anton Emmanuel on the May 2020 issue of Clinical Medicine, the journal of the Royal College of Physicians.

Approximately 50% of the content of this issue is dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nutritional status and COVID-19: an opportunity for lasting change?

Identifying rheumatic disease patients at high risk and requiring shielding during the COVID-19 pandemic

Respiratory advice for the non-respiratory physician in the time of COVID-19

UK neurology response to the COVID-19 crisis

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the cardiovascular system: What the non-cardiologist needs to know

Palliative care in the context of a pandemic: similar but different

Evaluating the national PPE guidance for NHS healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

The role of the future physician: building on shifting sands

Drive-through testing in COVID-19: experience from NHS Lothian

Why health anxiety needs to be recognised in hospital practice

Decompensated cirrhosis is the commonest presentation for NAFLD patients undergoing liver transplant assessment

Does regulating the sale of high-strength beer and cider impact hospital admissions with decompensated alcohol-related liver disease?

The impact of the Tracey judgment on the rates and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrests in UK hospitals 

Research in brief: Inpatient hip fractures and nomenclature of delirium and acute encephalopathy