All Outputs (49)

Fear of childbirth measurement: appraisal of the content overlap of four instruments (2020)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Jones, C., Marshall, C. A., Huang, C., Reeve, J., Fleming, M. P., König, J., & Jomeen, J. (2022). Fear of childbirth measurement: appraisal of the content overlap of four instruments. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 40(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2020.1861226

Objective: To evaluate empirically the degree of content overlap between four self-report measures of fear of childbirth (FoC) identified as ‘best in class’ by a recent review. Background: FoC and tokophobia is an area of increasing clinical concern... Read More about Fear of childbirth measurement: appraisal of the content overlap of four instruments.

Distinct immune regulatory receptor profiles linked to altered monocyte subsets in sarcoidosis (2020)
Journal Article
Fraser, S. D., Crooks, M. G., Kaye, P. M., & Hart, S. P. (2021). Distinct immune regulatory receptor profiles linked to altered monocyte subsets in sarcoidosis. ERJ Open Research, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00804-2020

Background: In sarcoidosis, blood monocytes, circulating precursors of granuloma macrophages, display enhanced inflammatory cytokine production, reduced expression of the regulatory (inhibitory) receptor CD200R, and altered subsets defined by CD14 an... Read More about Distinct immune regulatory receptor profiles linked to altered monocyte subsets in sarcoidosis.

The impact of surgical site infection on hospitalisation, treatment costs, and health-related quality of life after vascular surgery (2020)
Journal Article
Totty, J., Moss, J. W. E., Barker, E., Mealing, S., Posnett, J., Chetter, I. C., & Smith, G. E. (in press). The impact of surgical site infection on hospitalisation, treatment costs, and health-related quality of life after vascular surgery. International wound journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13526

Surgical site infections (SSI) substantially increase costs for healthcare providers because of additional treatments and extended patient recovery. The objective of this study was to assess the cost and health‐related quality of life impact of SSI,... Read More about The impact of surgical site infection on hospitalisation, treatment costs, and health-related quality of life after vascular surgery.

Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries (2020)
Journal Article
Local Burden of Disease Vaccine Coverage Collaborators, & Soyiri, I. (2021). Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries. Nature, 589, 415-419. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03043-4

The safe, highly effective measles vaccine has been recommended globally since 1974, yet in 2017 there were more than 17 million cases of measles and 83,400 deaths in children under 5 years old, and more than 99% of both occurred in low- and middle-i... Read More about Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries.

Hormone replacement therapy and asthma onset in menopausal women: National cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Shah, S. A., Tibble, H., Pillinger, R., McLean, S., Ryan, D., Critchley, H., Price, D., Hawrylowicz, C. M., Simpson, C. R., Soyiri, I. N., Appiagyei, F., Sheikh, A., & Nwaru, B. I. (2020). Hormone replacement therapy and asthma onset in menopausal women: National cohort study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2020.11.024

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Background: There is uncertainty about the role of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) in the development of asthma.
Objective: We investigated whether use of HRT and duration of use was associated with risk of development of as... Read More about Hormone replacement therapy and asthma onset in menopausal women: National cohort study.

Prevalence and risk factors of breathlessness across Canada: A national retrospective cohort study in home care and nursing home populations (2020)
Journal Article
Seow, H., Dutta, P., Johnson, M. J., McMillan, K., Guthrie, D. M., Costa, A., & Currow, D. C. (in press). Prevalence and risk factors of breathlessness across Canada: A national retrospective cohort study in home care and nursing home populations. Journal of pain and symptom management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.11.034

© 2020 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Context: Breathlessness is a symptom associated with poor clinical outcomes and prognosis. Little is known about its long-term trends and associations with social factors including decline in... Read More about Prevalence and risk factors of breathlessness across Canada: A national retrospective cohort study in home care and nursing home populations.

Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a (SNG001) for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial (2020)
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Monk, P. D., Marsden, R. J., Tear, V. J., Brookes, J., Batten, T. N., Mankowski, M., Gabbay, F. J., Davies, D. E., Holgate, S. T., Ho, L. P., Clark, T., Djukanovic, R., Wilkinson, T. M. A., Crooks, M. G., Dosanjh, D. P., Siddiqui, S., Rahman, N. M., Smith, J. A., Horsley, A., Harrison, T. W., …Rodrigues, P. M. (2021). Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a (SNG001) for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. The lancet. Respiratory medicine, 9(2), 196-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2820%2930511-7

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection carries a substantial risk of severe and prolonged illness; treatment options are currently limited. We assessed the efficacy and safety of inhaled nebulised interfero... Read More about Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a (SNG001) for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

Considering the feasibility, tolerability and safety of high intensity interval training as a novel treatment for patients with intermittent claudication (2020)
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Pymer, S., Ibeggazene, S., Palmer, J., Smith, G. E., Carroll, S., Ingle, L., Harwood, A., & Chetter, I. C. (2021). Considering the feasibility, tolerability and safety of high intensity interval training as a novel treatment for patients with intermittent claudication. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 41(3), 188-193. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000551

Considering the Feasibility, Tolerability and Safety of High-Intensity Interval Training as a Novel Treatment for Patients with Intermittent Claudication.

Structured Abstract
Purpose: This study assessed the feasibility, tolerability, safety and... Read More about Considering the feasibility, tolerability and safety of high intensity interval training as a novel treatment for patients with intermittent claudication.

Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries (2020)
Journal Article
GBD 2019 Demographics Collaborators, & Soyiri, I. (2020). Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries. Lancet, 396(10258), 1160-1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2930977-6

Background Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect populations worldwide. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors... Read More about Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries.

Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2020)
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Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelalim, A., Abdollahi, M., Abdollahpour, I., Abegaz, K. H., Abolhassani, H., Aboyans, V., Abreu, L. G., Abrigo, M. R., Abualhasan, A., Abu-Raddad, L. J., Abushouk, A. I., Adabi, M., Adekanmbi, V., Adeoye, A. M., Adetokunboh, O. O., Adham, D., …Soyiri, I. (2020). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet, 396(10258), 1223-1249. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2930752-2

Background: Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases current efforts are inadequa... Read More about Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2020)
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Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abbasi, M., Abbasifard, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelalim, A., Abdollahi, M., Abdollahpour, I., Abedi, A., Abedi, P., Abegaz, K. H., Abolhassani, H., Abosetugn, A. E., Aboyans, V., Abrams, E. M., Abreu, L. G., Abrigo, M. R., Abu Haimed, A. K., …Soyiri, I. (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet, 396(10258), 1204-1222. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2930925-9

Background: In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence on trends by cause at the national level is essential. The Global Burden of Diseases, In... Read More about Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Characterising heterogeneity and the role of attitudes in patient preferences: a case study in preferences for outpatient parenteral intravenous antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services (2020)
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Hess, S., Meads, D., Twiddy, M., Mason, S., Czoski-Murray, C., & Minton, J. (2021). Characterising heterogeneity and the role of attitudes in patient preferences: a case study in preferences for outpatient parenteral intravenous antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services. Journal of Choice Modelling, 38, Article 100252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2020.100252

Choice modelling techniques have established themselves as a key analysis tool in health economics and have been used to understand patient and practitioner preferences across a wide variety of settings. A key interest in recent years has been the in... Read More about Characterising heterogeneity and the role of attitudes in patient preferences: a case study in preferences for outpatient parenteral intravenous antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services.

Expert Consensus on the Tapering of Oral Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Asthma. A Delphi Study (2020)
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Suehs, C. M., Menzies-Gow, A., Price, D., Bleecker, E. R., Canonica, G. W., Gurnell, M., & Bourdin, A. (2021). Expert Consensus on the Tapering of Oral Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Asthma. A Delphi Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 203(7), 871-881. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202007-2721oc

Rationale: There is a need to minimize oral corticosteroid (OCS) use in patients with asthma to prevent their costly and burdensome adverse effects. Current guidelines do not provide recommendations for OCS tapering in patients with asthma.

Object... Read More about Expert Consensus on the Tapering of Oral Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Asthma. A Delphi Study.

Azithromycin for sarcoidosis cough: an open label exploratory clinical trial (2020)
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Fraser, S. D., Thackray-Nocera, S., Shepherd, M., Flockton, R., Wright, C., Sheedy, W., Brindle, K., Morice, A. H., Kaye, P. M., Crooks, M. G., & Hart, S. P. (2020). Azithromycin for sarcoidosis cough: an open label exploratory clinical trial. ERJ Open Research, 6(4), Article 00534. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00534-2020

Background: Chronic cough is a distressing symptom for many people with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Continuous treatment with a macrolide antibiotic may improve cough. We aimed to assess the potential efficacy of azithromycin in patients with sarcoidosis... Read More about Azithromycin for sarcoidosis cough: an open label exploratory clinical trial.

Evidence generation for the clinical impact of mycopd in patients with mild, moderate and newly diagnosed copd: A randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Crooks, M. G., Elkes, J., Storrar, W., Roy, K., North, M., Blythin, A., Watson, A., Cornelius, V., & Wilkinson, T. M. (2020). Evidence generation for the clinical impact of mycopd in patients with mild, moderate and newly diagnosed copd: A randomised controlled trial. ERJ Open Research, 6(4), Article 00460-2020. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00460-2020

Self-management interventions in COPD aim to improve patients’ knowledge, skills and confidence to make correct decisions, thus improving health status and outcomes. myCOPD is a web-based self-management app known to improve inhaler use and exercise... Read More about Evidence generation for the clinical impact of mycopd in patients with mild, moderate and newly diagnosed copd: A randomised controlled trial.

Morphine for the symptomatic reduction of chronic breathlessness: the case for controlled release (2020)
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Currow, D. C., Kochovska, S., Ferreira, D., & Johnson, M. (2020). Morphine for the symptomatic reduction of chronic breathlessness: the case for controlled release. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 14(3), 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1097/SPC.0000000000000520

Purpose of Review:
Clinicians who seek to reduce the symptomatic burden of chronic breathlessness by initiating regular low dose morphine have the choice of immediate or sustained release formulations - which will be better for this often frail popu... Read More about Morphine for the symptomatic reduction of chronic breathlessness: the case for controlled release.

Long-term Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2020)
Journal Article
Gohel, M. S., Mora, MSc, J., Szigeti, M., Epstein, D. M., Heatley, F., Bradbury, A., Bulbulia, R., Cullum, N., Nyamekye, I., Poskitt, K. R., Renton, S., Warwick, J., & Davies, A. H. (in press). Long-term Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3845

Importance One-year outcomes from the Early Venous Reflux Ablation (EVRA) randomized trial showed accelerated venous leg ulcer healing and greater ulcer-free time for participants who are treated with early endovenous ablation of lower extremity sup... Read More about Long-term Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Early Endovenous Ablation in Venous Ulceration: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Presurgery exercise-based conditioning interventions (prehabilitation) in adults undergoing lower limb surgery for peripheral arterial disease. (2020)
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Palmer, J., Pymer, S., Smith, G. E., Elizabeth Harwood, A., Ingle, L., Huang, C., & Chetter, I. C. (2020). Presurgery exercise-based conditioning interventions (prehabilitation) in adults undergoing lower limb surgery for peripheral arterial disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD013407. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013407.pub2

Background
Lower limb peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a type of cardiovascular disease where the blood vessels that carry the blood to the legs are hardened and narrowed. The most severe manifestation of PAD is critical limb ischaemia (CLI). Th... Read More about Presurgery exercise-based conditioning interventions (prehabilitation) in adults undergoing lower limb surgery for peripheral arterial disease..

COVID-19 progression, frailty, and use of prolonged continuous positive airway pressure as a ward-based treatment: Lessons to be learnt from a case (2020)
Journal Article
Sykes, D., Parthasarthy, A., Brown, O., Crooks, M., & Faruqi, S. (2021). COVID-19 progression, frailty, and use of prolonged continuous positive airway pressure as a ward-based treatment: Lessons to be learnt from a case. Lung India, 38(Suppl.1), S64-S68. https://doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_583_20

© 2021 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved. Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) poses the greatest public health threat in 100 years, with cases rising rapidly in many countries around the world. We report a case of a 78-year-old f... Read More about COVID-19 progression, frailty, and use of prolonged continuous positive airway pressure as a ward-based treatment: Lessons to be learnt from a case.

Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD (2020)
Journal Article
den Brinker, A. C., van Dinther, R., Crooks, M. G., Thackray-Nocera, S., & Morice, A. H. (2021). Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 63, Article 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102205

An observational study using a cough count monitor was executed in the home of 30 patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The monitoring system was unobtrusive, allowing long-term monitoring. This paper illustrates the cough count... Read More about Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD.