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A survey of surgical site infection prevention practice in UK vascular surgery (2022)
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lathan, R., yiasemidou, M., long, J., Mohamed, A., hitchman, L., smith, G., & Chetter, I. (2022). A survey of surgical site infection prevention practice in UK vascular surgery. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 1(4), 117-123. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2022.030

Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality within vascular surgery. Despite the publication of several guidelines, there is a lack of consensus regarding the most effective perioperative practice t... Read More about A survey of surgical site infection prevention practice in UK vascular surgery.

Effects of exercise prescribed at different levels of claudication pain on walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Birkett, S., Sinclair, J., Seed, S., Pymer, S., Caldow, E., Ingle, L., …Egun, A. (2022). Effects of exercise prescribed at different levels of claudication pain on walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 16, https://doi.org/10.1177/17539447221108817

Background: Peripheral artery disease affects over 236 million people globally and the classic symptom is intermittent claudication (IC) which is associated with reduction in physical activity. The evidence that supervised exercise programmes (SEPs)... Read More about Effects of exercise prescribed at different levels of claudication pain on walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Phytochemicals as Modulators of Paraoxonase‐1 in Health and Diseases (2022)
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Arab, Z. N., Khayatan, D., Razavi, S. M., Zare, K., Kheradkhah, E., Momtaz, S., …Sahebkar, A. (2022). Phytochemicals as Modulators of Paraoxonase‐1 in Health and Diseases. Antioxidants, 11(7), Article 1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11071273

Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), atherosclerosis, chronic liver disease, and neurodegenerative diseases are major causes of mortality. These diseases have gained much attention due to their complications, and therefore novel app... Read More about Phytochemicals as Modulators of Paraoxonase‐1 in Health and Diseases.

Dynamic risk stratification using Markov chain modelling in patients with chronic heart failure (2022)
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Kazmi, S., Kambhampati, C., Cleland, J., Cuthbert, J., Kazmi, K. S., Pellicori, P., …Clark, A. L. (2022). Dynamic risk stratification using Markov chain modelling in patients with chronic heart failure. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14028

Aims: Risk changes with the progression of disease and the impact of treatment. We developed a dynamic risk stratification Markov chain model using artificial intelligence in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods and results: We describe... Read More about Dynamic risk stratification using Markov chain modelling in patients with chronic heart failure.

The impact of COVID19 on the presentation, diagnosis and management of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a single tertiary referral centre (2022)
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McClean, A., Matteucci, P., & Totty, J. (in press). The impact of COVID19 on the presentation, diagnosis and management of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a single tertiary referral centre. Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2022.06.062

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the provision of surgical services worldwide1. In the United Kingdom, staff redeployment and reduced staffing due to infection and self-isolation has reduced the availability of clinic slots and... Read More about The impact of COVID19 on the presentation, diagnosis and management of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a single tertiary referral centre.

ATP, an attractive target for the treatment of refractory chronic cough (2022)
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Zhang, M., Sykes, D. L., Sadofsky, L. R., & Morice, A. H. (2022). ATP, an attractive target for the treatment of refractory chronic cough. Purinergic Signalling, 18, 289-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11302-022-09877-z

Chronic cough is the most common complaint in respiratory clinics. Most of them have identifiable causes and some may respond to common disease-modifying therapies. However, there are many patients whose cough lacks effective aetiologically targeted... Read More about ATP, an attractive target for the treatment of refractory chronic cough.

Safety, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacokinetics of P2X3 Receptor Antagonist Eliapixant (BAY 1817080) in Healthy Subjects: Double-Blind Randomized Study (2022)
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Friedrich, C., Francke, K., Gashaw, I., Scheerans, C., Klein, S., Fels, L., …Morice, A. (2022). Safety, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacokinetics of P2X3 Receptor Antagonist Eliapixant (BAY 1817080) in Healthy Subjects: Double-Blind Randomized Study. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 61, 1143–1156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-022-01126-1

Background and Objective: There is no licensed treatment for refractory chronic cough; off-label therapies have limited efficacy and can produce adverse effects. Excessive adenosine triphosphate signaling via P2X3 receptors is implicated in refractor... Read More about Safety, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacokinetics of P2X3 Receptor Antagonist Eliapixant (BAY 1817080) in Healthy Subjects: Double-Blind Randomized Study.

Compression following treatment of superficial venous incompetence: systematic review (2022)
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Mohamed, A. H., Thadani, S., Mohamed, S. H., Sidapra, M., Smith, G., Chetter, I., & Carradice, D. (2022). Compression following treatment of superficial venous incompetence: systematic review. British journal of surgery, 109(8), 679-685. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac116

BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend postprocedural compression when treating symptomatic superficial venous incompetence (SVI). This updated review of RCTs investigated the requirement for postprocedural compression and how it can be appli... Read More about Compression following treatment of superficial venous incompetence: systematic review.

Tumour-Associated Tissue Factor (TF)-mRNA Is A Precursor for Rapid TF-Microvesicle Release and A Potential Predictive Marker for the Risk of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients (2022)
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Ettelaie, C., Benelhaj, N., Featherby, S., Haque, F., Johnson, M., Cooke, J., & Maraveyas, A. (2022). Tumour-Associated Tissue Factor (TF)-mRNA Is A Precursor for Rapid TF-Microvesicle Release and A Potential Predictive Marker for the Risk of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients. Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, 5(2), 78-93. https://doi.org/10.26502/jbb.2642-280050

Predicting which cancer patients are at risk of thrombosis remains a key challenge to effective thromboprophylaxis. This study was based on the hypothesis that the rapid release of TF-containing MV occurs in cancer cells that possess high levels of T... Read More about Tumour-Associated Tissue Factor (TF)-mRNA Is A Precursor for Rapid TF-Microvesicle Release and A Potential Predictive Marker for the Risk of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients.

Research priorities for vascular wounds: results of the Vascular Society GBI/James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Process (2022)
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Long, J., Lathan, R., Sidapra, M., Gronlund, T., Chetter, I., & on behalf of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland Wounds Special Interest Group. (2022). Research priorities for vascular wounds: results of the Vascular Society GBI/James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Process. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 1(4), 110-116. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2022.027

Background: The management of vascular wounds is often a complex and prolonged process that impacts individuals’ quality of life, is challenging for clinicians and results in a significant financial burden to the NHS. UK wound care practices vary con... Read More about Research priorities for vascular wounds: results of the Vascular Society GBI/James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Process.

Demographic, clinical, and patient-reported outcome data from 2 global, phase 3 trials of chronic cough (2022)
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Dicpinigaitis, P. V., Birring, S. S., Blaiss, M., McGarvey, L. P., Morice, A. H., Pavord, I. D., …Muccino, D. (2023). Demographic, clinical, and patient-reported outcome data from 2 global, phase 3 trials of chronic cough. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 130(1), 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2022.05.003

Background: The current characterization of patients with refractory or unexplained chronic cough (RCC and UCC, respectively) primarily stems from relatively small clinical studies. Objective: To report the baseline medical history and clinical chara... Read More about Demographic, clinical, and patient-reported outcome data from 2 global, phase 3 trials of chronic cough.

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Perimenopausal Women: The Role of Hysteroscopy and Its Impact on Quality of Life and Sexuality (2022)
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Vitale, S. G., Watrowski, R., Barra, F., D’alterio, M. N., Carugno, J., Sathyapalan, T., …Angioni, S. (2022). Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Perimenopausal Women: The Role of Hysteroscopy and Its Impact on Quality of Life and Sexuality. Diagnostics, 12(5), Article 1176. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12051176

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a frequent symptom in perimenopausal women. It is defined as uterine bleeding in which the duration, frequency, or amount of bleeding is considered excessive and negatively affects the woman’s quality of life (QoL)... Read More about Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Perimenopausal Women: The Role of Hysteroscopy and Its Impact on Quality of Life and Sexuality.

Etiopathogenesis of Psoriasis from Genetic Perspective: An updated Review (2022)
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Babaie, F., Omraninava, M., Gorabi, A. M., Khosrojerdi, A., Aslani, S., Yazdchi, A., …Sahebkar, A. (2022). Etiopathogenesis of Psoriasis from Genetic Perspective: An updated Review. Current Genomics, 23(3), 163-174. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389202923666220527111037

Psoriasis is an organ-specific autoimmune disease characterized by the aberrant proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes, leading to skin lesions. Abnormal immune responses mediated by T cells and dendritic cells and increased production of... Read More about Etiopathogenesis of Psoriasis from Genetic Perspective: An updated Review.

Exploring hypoxic biology to improve radiotherapy outcomes (2022)
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Li, C., Wiseman, L., Okoh, E., Lind, M., Roy, R., Beavis, A., & Monteiro dos Santos Pires, I. (2022). Exploring hypoxic biology to improve radiotherapy outcomes. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 24, Article E21. https://doi.org/10.1017/erm.2022.14

Ionising radiotherapy is a well-established, effective cancer treatment modality, whose efficacy has improved with the application of newer technological modalities. However, patient outcomes are governed and potentially limited by aspects of tumour... Read More about Exploring hypoxic biology to improve radiotherapy outcomes.

Measurement of the local physiological effects of a single use topical negative pressure device in healthy volunteers– The PICO-1 Study (2022)
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Prabakaran, P., Totty, J., Carradice, D., Chetter, I., & Smith, G. (in press). Measurement of the local physiological effects of a single use topical negative pressure device in healthy volunteers– The PICO-1 Study. Journal of Wound Care,

Aims This study aimed to investigate the effects of a Single use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) device upon tissue perfusion, oxygenation and pressure, in the intact skin of healthy volunteers. Methods 12 healthy volunteers wore a PIC... Read More about Measurement of the local physiological effects of a single use topical negative pressure device in healthy volunteers– The PICO-1 Study.

Impact of pharmacological interventions on biochemical hyperandrogenemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2022)
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Abdalla, M. A., Shah, N., Deshmukh, H., Sahebkar, A., Östlundh, L., Al-Rifai, R. H., …Sathyapalan, T. (in press). Impact of pharmacological interventions on biochemical hyperandrogenemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06549-6

Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disease that affects women of reproductive age and is characterised by biochemical and clinical androgen excess. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of pharmacological interventions used to d... Read More about Impact of pharmacological interventions on biochemical hyperandrogenemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Use of the oral beta blocker bisoprolol to reduce the rate of exacerbation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomised controlled trial (BICS) (2022)
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Cotton, S., Devereux, G., Abbas, H., Briggs, A., Campbell, K., Chaudhuri, R., …Lipworth, B. J. (2022). Use of the oral beta blocker bisoprolol to reduce the rate of exacerbation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomised controlled trial (BICS). Trials, 23(1), Article 307. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06226-8

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Beta blockers are well-established drugs widely used to treat cardiovascular conditions. Observational studies consiste... Read More about Use of the oral beta blocker bisoprolol to reduce the rate of exacerbation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomised controlled trial (BICS).

Severe iatrogenic hypoglycaemia modulates the fibroblast growth factor protein response (2022)
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Nandakumar, M., Moin, A. S. M., Ramanjaneya, M., Qaissi, A. A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2022). Severe iatrogenic hypoglycaemia modulates the fibroblast growth factor protein response. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 24(8), 1483-1497. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.14716

Introduction: There is evidence that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) levels may be implicated in hypoglycaemia, with FGF19 being a potential contributor to insulin-independent pathways driving postprandial hypoglycaemia following bariatric surgery and... Read More about Severe iatrogenic hypoglycaemia modulates the fibroblast growth factor protein response.

Dermoscopy as an adjunct to surgical excision of non-melanoma skin lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Hurley, A., Totty, J., & Pinder, R. (in press). Dermoscopy as an adjunct to surgical excision of non-melanoma skin lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology,

Context: Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) have an incidence of 152,000 cases per year in the UK which continues to rise. Incomplete excision rates for NMSC are estimated to be around 10% and result in patients having a higher risk of recurrence or ha... Read More about Dermoscopy as an adjunct to surgical excision of non-melanoma skin lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.