Rapid responses are electronic comments to the editor. They enable our users
to debate issues raised in articles published on bmj.com. A rapid response
is first posted online. If you need the URL (web address) of an individual
response, simply click on the response headline and copy the URL from the
browser window. A proportion of responses will, after editing, be published
online and in the print journal as letters, which are indexed in PubMed.
Rapid responses are not indexed in PubMed and they are not journal articles.
The BMJ reserves the right to remove responses which are being
wilfully misrepresented as published articles or when it is brought to our
attention that a response spreads misinformation.
From March 2022, the word limit for rapid responses will be 600 words not
including references and author details. We will no longer post responses
that exceed this limit.
The word limit for letters selected from posted responses remains 300 words.
As students we are expected to obtain all of the history from our
patients, in
real life there are often observers who can give valuable information, in
the
cases of "Fits, faints and funny turns" colour is the key, pallor of
course suggests
a circulatory causes while pink or puce can support a cerebral diagnosis.
I have found the need to offer this advice frequently over the last
forty-five
years now particularly relevant to help to prevent "Death by CT" [-an
arrest call
to the imaging department, often out of hours.].
Pink or pale?
Did no-one ask the witnesses about colour change?
As students we are expected to obtain all of the history from our
patients, in
real life there are often observers who can give valuable information, in
the
cases of "Fits, faints and funny turns" colour is the key, pallor of
course suggests
a circulatory causes while pink or puce can support a cerebral diagnosis.
I have found the need to offer this advice frequently over the last
forty-five
years now particularly relevant to help to prevent "Death by CT" [-an
arrest call
to the imaging department, often out of hours.].
Roger Redston
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests