Selecting pregnant or postpartum women with suspected pulmonary embolism for diagnostic imaging: The DiPEP diagnostic study with decision-analysis modelling (2018)
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Goodacre, S., Horspool, K., Shephard, N., Pollard, D., Hunt, B. J., Fuller, G., …Cohen, J. (2018). Selecting pregnant or postpartum women with suspected pulmonary embolism for diagnostic imaging: The DiPEP diagnostic study with decision-analysis modelling. Health Technology Assessment, 22(47), V-229. doi:10.3310/hta22470

Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of death in pregnancy and post partum, but the symptoms of PE are common in normal pregnancy. Simple diagnostic tests are needed to select women for diagnostic imaging. Objective To estimate the... Read More

Does early intervention improve outcomes in the physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? Results of the POLAR pilot randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Reddington, M., Walters, S. J., Cohen, J., Baxter, S. K., & Cole, A. (2018). Does early intervention improve outcomes in the physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? Results of the POLAR pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 8(7), doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021631

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective To investigate the feasibility of undertaking a definitive randomised controlled trial (RCT). Setting This was a pilot, pragmatic superiority RCT with... Read More

Induced endometrial trauma (endometrial scratch) in the mid-luteal menstrual cycle phase preceding first cycle IVF/ICSI versus usual IVF/ICSI therapy: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Pye, C., Chatters, R., Cohen, J., Brian, K., Cheong, Y. C., Laird, S., …Metwally, M. (2018). Induced endometrial trauma (endometrial scratch) in the mid-luteal menstrual cycle phase preceding first cycle IVF/ICSI versus usual IVF/ICSI therapy: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 8(5), e020755. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020755

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. Introduction Endometrial trauma commonly known as endometrial... Read More

Aetiological investigations in early developmental impairment: Are they worth it? (2017)
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Hart, A. R., Sharma, R., Atherton, M., Alabed, S., Simpson, S., Barfield, S., …Connolly, D. J. (2017). Aetiological investigations in early developmental impairment: Are they worth it?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(11), 1004-1013. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-312843

Objective To study the frequency a diagnosis is made in children with early developmental impairment (EDI), and the contribution made to diagnosis by specific investigations. Design Retrospective case note review. Setting Community, neurodisability... Read More

Does early intervention improve outcomes in physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? A mixed-methods study protocol (2017)
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Reddington, M., Walters, S. J., Cohen, J., & Baxter, S. (2017). Does early intervention improve outcomes in physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? A mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ open, 7(3), doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014422. ISSN 2044-6055

© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-And-licensing/. Introduction Lumbar radicular syndrome (LRS) can be a... Read More

DiPALS: Diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A randomised controlled trial (2016)
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McDermott, C. J., Bradburn, M. J., Maguire, C., Cooper, C. L., Baird, W. O., Baxter, S. K., …Shaw, P. J. (2016). DiPALS: Diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 20(45), 1-218. doi:10.3310/hta20450

Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in death, usually from respiratory failure, within 2–3 years of symptom onset. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a treatment that when given to patients in respir... Read More