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Non-invasive measurement of right atrial pressure by near-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary experience. A report from the SICA-HF study (2017)
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Pellicori, P., Clark, A. L., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Zhang, J., Urbinati, A., Monzo, L., …Cleland, J. G. (2017). Non-invasive measurement of right atrial pressure by near-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary experience. A report from the SICA-HF study. European journal of heart failure, 19(7), 883-892. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.825

Background: Jugular venous distension, reflecting raised right atrial pressure (RAP), is a classical sign of congestive heart failure (CHF), but its clinical assessment can be difficult. Methods: RAP was measured non-invasively using near-infrared sp... Read More about Non-invasive measurement of right atrial pressure by near-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary experience. A report from the SICA-HF study.

Reduced plasma homocysteine levels in elderly Australians following mandatory folic acid fortification – A comparison of two cross-sectional cohorts (2017)
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Beckett, E., Martin, C., Boyd, L., Porter, T., King, K., Niblett, S., Yates, Z., Veysey, M., & Lucock, M. (2017). Reduced plasma homocysteine levels in elderly Australians following mandatory folic acid fortification – A comparison of two cross-sectional cohorts. Journal of Nutrition and Intermediary Metabolism, 8, 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.001

© 2017 Objective In 2009, Australia implemented mandatory folic acid fortification in wheat flour for bread-making. The primary aim was to improve folate status in reproductive-aged women to reduce neural tube defect incidence. However, folic acid co... Read More about Reduced plasma homocysteine levels in elderly Australians following mandatory folic acid fortification – A comparison of two cross-sectional cohorts.

Soy protein improves cardiovascular risk in subclinical hypothyroidism : a randomized double-blinded crossover study (2017)
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Sathyapalan, T., Javed, Z., Rigby, A. S., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2017). Soy protein improves cardiovascular risk in subclinical hypothyroidism : a randomized double-blinded crossover study. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 1(5), 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2016-1068

© 2017 Endocrine Society. Background: Soy protein with isoflavones appears to have an adverse effect on thyroid function, but it is not known whether it is the protein or isoflavone component that is deleterious. The effect of isoflavone-free soy on... Read More about Soy protein improves cardiovascular risk in subclinical hypothyroidism : a randomized double-blinded crossover study.

Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: A qualitative focus group study (2017)
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Merrett, A., Jones, D., Sein, K., Green, T., & Macleod, U. (2017). Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: A qualitative focus group study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 67(657), e253-e259. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690221

© British Journal of General Practice 2017. Background A key element of the NHS is universal access to a GP. Recently, UK general practice has been described as being in crisis, with training places unfilled and multiple practices reporting vacancies... Read More about Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: A qualitative focus group study.

Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study (2017)
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Matthews, Y.-Y., Dean, F., Lim, M. J., Mclachlan, K., Rigby, A. S., Solanki, G. A., White, C. P., Whitehouse, W. P., & Kennedy, C. R. (2017). Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(8), 715-721. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-312238

Aim To investigate the epidemiology, clinical profile and risk factors of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) in children aged 1-16 years. Methods A national prospective population-based cohort study over 25 months. Newly diagnosed PTCS cases notifie... Read More about Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood : incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study.

Continuous cough monitoring using ambient sound recording during convalescence from a COPD exacerbation (2017)
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Crooks, M. G., den Brinker, A., Hayman, Y., Williamson, J. D., Innes, A., Wright, C. E., Hill, P., & Morice, A. H. (2017). Continuous cough monitoring using ambient sound recording during convalescence from a COPD exacerbation. Lung, 195(3), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-9996-2

Purpose Cough is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is associated with frequent exacerbations and increased mortality. Cough increases during acute exacerbations (AE-COPD), representing a possible metric of clinical deteriorat... Read More about Continuous cough monitoring using ambient sound recording during convalescence from a COPD exacerbation.

The effects of exogenous lipid on THP-1 cells : an in vitro model of airway aspiration? (2017)
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Hayman, Y. A., Sadofsky, L. R., Williamson, J. D., Hart, S. P., & Morice, A. H. (2017). The effects of exogenous lipid on THP-1 cells : an in vitro model of airway aspiration?. Ers Monograph, 3(1), 00026-2016. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00026-2016

Chronic inflammatory diseases of the airways are associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and aspiration events. The observation of lipid laden macrophages (LLM) within the airway may indicate aspiration secondary to GOR. The proposed mechanis... Read More about The effects of exogenous lipid on THP-1 cells : an in vitro model of airway aspiration?.

The effects of short-term omission of daily medication on the pathophysiology of heart failure (2017)
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Dovancescu, S., Pellicori, P., Mabote, T., Torabi, A., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2017). The effects of short-term omission of daily medication on the pathophysiology of heart failure. European journal of heart failure, 19(5), 643-649. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.748

Aims Pharmacological therapies for heart failure (HF) aim to improve congestion, symptoms, and prognosis. Failing to take medication is a potential cause of worsening HF. Characterizing the effects of short-term medication omission could inform the d... Read More about The effects of short-term omission of daily medication on the pathophysiology of heart failure.

Exploring the performance reserve: Effect of different magnitudes of power output deception on 4,000 m cycling time-trial performance (2017)
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Stone, M. R., Thomas, K., Wilkinson, M., Stevenson, E., St. Clair Gibson, A., Jones, A. M., & Thompson, K. G. (in press). Exploring the performance reserve: Effect of different magnitudes of power output deception on 4,000 m cycling time-trial performance. PLoS ONE, 12(3), Article e0173120. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173120

Purpose The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a magnitude of deception of 5% in power output would lead to a greater reduction in the amount of time taken for participants to complete a 4000 m cycling TT than a magnitude of deceptio... Read More about Exploring the performance reserve: Effect of different magnitudes of power output deception on 4,000 m cycling time-trial performance.

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of lower limb intermittent claudication: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SHOCKWAVE 1 trial) (2017)
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Harwood, A. E., Smith, G. E., Totty, J. P., Carradice, D., Chetter, I. C., Harwood, A., Totty, J., Cayton, T., & Smith, G. (2017). Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of lower limb intermittent claudication: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SHOCKWAVE 1 trial). Trials, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1844-4

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has a population prevalence of 4.6% with intermittent claudication (IC) presenting as one of the earliest and most common symptoms. PAD has detrimental effects on patients' walking a... Read More about Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of lower limb intermittent claudication: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SHOCKWAVE 1 trial).

A systematic review examining reducing unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer (2017)
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Walabyeki, J., Macleod, U., Johnson, M., Dyson, J., Oliver, S., Allgar, V., Oviasu, O., Chen, H., Smith, S., & Hammond, T. A systematic review examining reducing unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer

Review question:
1. What interventions have been tested and have successfully reduced unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer?

2. What are the factors associated with unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer?

Inhaled corticosteriod use and the risk of pneumonia and COPD exacerbations in the UPLIFT study (2017)
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Morjaria, J. B., Morice, A. H., Morice, A., Rigby, A., & Morjaria, J. (2017). Inhaled corticosteriod use and the risk of pneumonia and COPD exacerbations in the UPLIFT study. Lung, 195(3), 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-9990-8

Rationale Unlike many other COPD studies, the 4-year UPLIFT trial permitted inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use during run-in and treatment phases. This provided the opportunity to prospectively observe the continuing effects of ICS on respiratory event... Read More about Inhaled corticosteriod use and the risk of pneumonia and COPD exacerbations in the UPLIFT study.

What proportion of patients with chronic heart failure are eligible for sacubitril-valsartan? (2017)
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Pellicori, P., Urbinati, A., Shah, P., MacNamara, A., Kazmi, S., Dierckx, R., …Clark, A. L. (2017). What proportion of patients with chronic heart failure are eligible for sacubitril-valsartan?. European journal of heart failure, 19(6), 768-778. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.788

Aims The PARADIGM-HF trial showed that sacubitril–valsartan, an ARB–neprilysin inhibitor, is more effective than enalapril for some patients with heart failure (HF). It is uncertain what proportion of patients with HF would be eligible for sacubitril... Read More about What proportion of patients with chronic heart failure are eligible for sacubitril-valsartan?.

Prognostic value of simple frailty and malnutrition screening tools in patients with acute heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction (2017)
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Sze, S., Zhang, J., Pellicori, P., Morgan, D., Hoye, A., & Clark, A. L. (2017). Prognostic value of simple frailty and malnutrition screening tools in patients with acute heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 106(7), 533-541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1082-5

© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Background: Frailty and malnutrition are common in patients with heart failure (HF), and are associated with adverse outcomes. We studied the prognostic value of three malnutrition and three frailty indices... Read More about Prognostic value of simple frailty and malnutrition screening tools in patients with acute heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Tussive challenge with ATP and AMP: does it reveal cough hypersensitivity? (2017)
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Fowles, H. E., Rowland, T., Wright, C., & Morice, A. (2017). Tussive challenge with ATP and AMP: does it reveal cough hypersensitivity?. European respiratory journal, 49(2), Article ARTN 1601452. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01452-2016

Recent studies have demonstrated that blockade of P2X3 adenosine triphosphate (ATP) receptors may profoundly inhibit chronic cough. We have considered whether inhaled ATP produces a tussive response and whether chronic cough patients are hypersensiti... Read More about Tussive challenge with ATP and AMP: does it reveal cough hypersensitivity?.

Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging (2017)
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Eling, C. J., Price, T. W., Marshall, A. R. L., Narda Viscomi, F., Robinson, P., Firth, G., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J.-S. G., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2017). Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging. ChemPlusChem, 82(5), 674-680. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201600593

A novel SERS/fluorescent multimodal imaging probe for mitochondria has been synthesised using 12 nm diameter gold nanoparticles (AuNP) surface functionalised with a rhodamine thiol derivative ligand. The normal pH dependant acidic fluorescence of the... Read More about Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging.

Exploring the relation between changes in NT-proBNP and renal function in patients with suspected heart failure using structural equation modelling (2017)
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Zhang, J., Wong, K., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2017). Exploring the relation between changes in NT-proBNP and renal function in patients with suspected heart failure using structural equation modelling. International journal of cardiology, 233, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.127

Background The relation between changes in NT-proBNP and renal function has commonly been studied using multiple regressions, which may ignore the complexity of relations between related variables. Methods and results Data were collected from patient... Read More about Exploring the relation between changes in NT-proBNP and renal function in patients with suspected heart failure using structural equation modelling.

A potential sex dimorphism in the relationship between bitter taste and alcohol consumption (2017)
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Beckett, E., Duesing, K., Boyd, L., Yates, Z., Veysey, M., & Lucock, M. (2017). A potential sex dimorphism in the relationship between bitter taste and alcohol consumption. Food and Function, 8(3), 1116-1123. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6fo01759b

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Background: Bitterness is an innate aversive taste important in detecting potentially toxic substances, including alcohol. However, bitter compounds exist in many foods and beverages, and can be desirable, such as in... Read More about A potential sex dimorphism in the relationship between bitter taste and alcohol consumption.

Regulation of IL-12p40 by HIF controls Th1/Th17 responses to prevent mucosal inflammation (2017)
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Marks, E., Naudin, C., Nolan, G., Goggins, B. J., Burns, G., Mateer, S. W., Latimore, J. K., Minahan, K., Plank, M., Foster, P. S., Callister, R., Veysey, M., Walker, M. M., Talley, N. J., Radford-Smith, G., & Keely, S. (2017). Regulation of IL-12p40 by HIF controls Th1/Th17 responses to prevent mucosal inflammation. Mucosal Immunology, 10(5), 1224-1236. https://doi.org/10.1038/mi.2016.135

Intestinal inflammatory lesions are inherently hypoxic, due to increased metabolic demands created by cellular infiltration and proliferation, and reduced oxygen supply due to vascular damage. Hypoxia stabilizes the transcription factor hypoxia-induc... Read More about Regulation of IL-12p40 by HIF controls Th1/Th17 responses to prevent mucosal inflammation.

Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes (2016)
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Torabi, A., Cleland, J. G. F., Sherwi, N., Atkin, P., Panahi, H., Kilpatrick, E., Thackray, S., Hoye, A., Alamgir, F., Goode, K., Clark, A. L., & Rigby, A. (2016). Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes. Open heart, 3(2), e000487. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000487

© 2016, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are common, but their incidence and outcome might depend greatly on how data are collected. We compared case ascertainment rates for ACS and myocardial infar... Read More about Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes.