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Antithrombotic drugs for cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with lower limb peripheral arterial disease: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2023)
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Sidebottom, D. B., Huang, C., Carradice, D., Holt, P. J., John-Pierre, K., & Roy, I. N. (2023). Antithrombotic drugs for cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with lower limb peripheral arterial disease: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ open, 13(8), Article e072355. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072355

INTRODUCTION: The optimal antithrombotic regimen to reduce the risk of vascular events in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is contentious. This systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) aims to define the relative efficacy and... Read More about Antithrombotic drugs for cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with lower limb peripheral arterial disease: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Improving asthma care through implementation of the SENTINEL programme: findings from the pilot site (2023)
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Crooks, M. G., Crowther, L., Cummings, H., Cohen, J., Huang, C., Pitel, L., Pearson, M., Morice, A., Turgoose, J., Faruqi, S., Watt, M., Morris, T., & Xu, Y. (2023). Improving asthma care through implementation of the SENTINEL programme: findings from the pilot site. ERJ Open Research, 9(3), Article 00685-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00685-2022

Aim: Short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) overuse adversely impacts asthma-related outcomes and the environment. The SABA rEductioN Through ImplemeNting Hull asthma guidELines (SENTINEL) programme aims to reduce SABA overuse through supported implementatio... Read More about Improving asthma care through implementation of the SENTINEL programme: findings from the pilot site.

Validation of the HULL Score clinical prediction rule for unsuspected pulmonary embolism in ambulatory cancer patients (2023)
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Haque, F., Ryde, J., Broughton, L., Huang, C., Sethi, S., Stephens, A., Pillai, A., Mirza, S., Brown, V., Avery, G., Bozas, G., & Maraveyas, A. (2023). Validation of the HULL Score clinical prediction rule for unsuspected pulmonary embolism in ambulatory cancer patients. ERJ Open Research, 9(3), Article 00651-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00651-2022

Background Clinical prediction rules (CPRs) developed to predict adverse outcomes of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) and facilitate outpatient management have limitations in discriminating outcomes for ambulatory cancer patients with unsuspected PE... Read More about Validation of the HULL Score clinical prediction rule for unsuspected pulmonary embolism in ambulatory cancer patients.

Telemedicine in addictions: Feasibility randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Mayet, S., Gledhill, A., McCaw, I., Hashmani, Z., Drozdova, Z., Arshad, S., Shahbaz, S., Huang, C., & Phillips, T. (2023). Telemedicine in addictions: Feasibility randomised controlled trial. Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 25(3), 27-36

Background. Opioid dependence is high risk. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) improves outcomes and reduces deaths. Nonattendance at addiction specialist prescribers who monitor OAT worsens outcomes. Telemedicine has been shown to improve attendance wit... Read More about Telemedicine in addictions: Feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Extended-course antibiotic prophylaxis in lower limb amputation: randomized clinical trial (2022)
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Souroullas, P., Barnes, R., Carradice, D., Smith, G., Huang, C., & Chetter, I. (2022). Extended-course antibiotic prophylaxis in lower limb amputation: randomized clinical trial. British journal of surgery, 109(5), 426-432. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac053

BACKGROUND: Lower limb amputation (LLA) is typically described as 'clean surgery', but surgical-site infection (SSI) rates are high and there is significant variation in antibiotic prophylaxis practice. This study aimed to determine whether an extend... Read More about Extended-course antibiotic prophylaxis in lower limb amputation: randomized clinical trial.

Quantitative Scintigraphy Evaluated the Relationship between 131I Therapy and Salivary Glands Function in DTC Patients: A Retrospective Analysis (2022)
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Lv, X., Yin, L., Wu, W., Li, N., Zhang, R., Li, X., Jia, Q., Tan, J., Wang, P., Zheng, X., He, X., Huang, C., Li, D., Wang, Y., & Meng, Z. (2022). Quantitative Scintigraphy Evaluated the Relationship between 131I Therapy and Salivary Glands Function in DTC Patients: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2022, Article 7640405. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7640405

Purpose. Quantitative scintigraphy to evaluate salivary gland function changes in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) after iodine-131 (131I) treatment. Methods. A total of 458 patients with DTC grouped by sex and age were included. Sal... Read More about Quantitative Scintigraphy Evaluated the Relationship between 131I Therapy and Salivary Glands Function in DTC Patients: A Retrospective Analysis.

Correction to: Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum (International Journal of Obesity, (2021), 45, 8, (1728-1739), 10.1038/s41366-021-00835-0) (2021)
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Simpson, S. A., Coulman, E., Gallagher, D., Jewell, K., Cohen, D., Newcombe, R. G., Huang, C., Robles-Zurita, J. A., Busse, M., Owen-Jones, E., Duncan, D., Williams, N., Stanton, H., Avery, A., McIntosh, E., & Playle, R. (2022). Correction to: Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum (International Journal of Obesity, (2021), 45, 8, (1728-1739), 10.1038/s41366-021-00835-0). International journal of obesity, 46, Article 242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00976-2

The original version of this article unfortunately contained an error in an author name. Jose Antonio Robles should be changed to José Antonio Robles-Zurita. The authors apologize for the error. The original article has been corrected.

The prognostic value of respiratory symptoms and performance status in ambulatory cancer patients and unsuspected pulmonary embolism; analysis of an international, prospective, observational cohort study (2021)
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Maraveyas, A., Kraaijpoel, N., Bozas, G., Huang, C., Mahé, I., Bertoletti, L., Bartels-Rutten, A., Beyer-Westendorf, J., Constans, J., Iosub, D., Couturaud, F., Muñoz, A. J., Biosca, M., Lerede, T., van Es, N., Di Nisio, M., Accassat, S., The UPE investigators, Aquilanti, S., Assaf, J. D., …Zumàrraga Cuesta, A. (2021). The prognostic value of respiratory symptoms and performance status in ambulatory cancer patients and unsuspected pulmonary embolism; analysis of an international, prospective, observational cohort study. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 19(11), 2791-2800. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15489

Background: Optimal risk stratification of unsuspected pulmonary embolism (UPE) in ambulatory cancer patients (ACPs) remains unclear. Existing clinical predictive rules (CPRs) are derived from retrospective databases and have limitations. The UPE reg... Read More about The prognostic value of respiratory symptoms and performance status in ambulatory cancer patients and unsuspected pulmonary embolism; analysis of an international, prospective, observational cohort study.

Urinary iodine concentration and radioactive iodine therapeutic response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (2021)
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Jiang, Y., Jin, J., Fan, J., Huang, C., Jia, Q., Tan, J., He, X., Zheng, X., Zhao, Y., Zhang, Q., Meng, Z., & Wang, Y. (2021). Urinary iodine concentration and radioactive iodine therapeutic response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Biomarkers in Medicine, 15(11), 879-890. https://doi.org/10.2217/bmm-2020-0745

Aim: Urinary iodine concentration (UIC) may assess radioactive iodine ablation. Materials & methods: According the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines, patients were categorized into low-to intermediate-risk or high-risk groups. The iodine c... Read More about Urinary iodine concentration and radioactive iodine therapeutic response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.

Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum (2021)
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Robles, J. A., Simpson, S. A., Coulman, E., Gallagher, D., Jewell, K., Cohen, D., Newcombe, R. G., Huang, C., Robles-Zurita, J. A., Busse, M., Owen-Jones, E., Duncan, D., Williams, N., Stanton, H., Avery, A., McIntosh, E., & Playle, R. (2021). Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum. International journal of obesity, 45(8), 1728-1739. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00835-0

Objective: To assess whether a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity was effective in reducing body mass index (BMI) 12 months after giving birth. Methods: Pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) with embedded co... Read More about Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for pregnant women with obesity on weight at 12 months postpartum.

Prostate cancer: unmet supportive and palliative care needs: national survey of patients and family carers (2021)
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Johnson, M. J., Huang, C., Chen, H., Jones, L., & Twiddy, M. (2021). Prostate cancer: unmet supportive and palliative care needs: national survey of patients and family carers. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003438

Objectives: Men living with prostate cancer have supportive and palliative needs. However, few studies detail unmet needs (vs quality of life measurement) or include data from those with advanced disease. We aimed to identify unmet needs of people li... Read More about Prostate cancer: unmet supportive and palliative care needs: national survey of patients and family carers.