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How physicians in South India recognize, assess, and manage people with chronic breathlessness syndrome: A thematic analysis (2021)
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Barnes-Harris, M., Daniel, S., Venkateswaran, C., Hutchinson, A., & Johnson, M. (2021). How physicians in South India recognize, assess, and manage people with chronic breathlessness syndrome: A thematic analysis. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 27(1), 54-61. https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_139_20

Objectives: Chronic breathlessness syndrome has been defined to help clinicians actively seek, and patients legitimately present with, persistent breathlessness, and to drive services and research. However, views from low- to middle-income countries... Read More about How physicians in South India recognize, assess, and manage people with chronic breathlessness syndrome: A thematic analysis.

Electrochemically Induced Mesomorphism Switching in a Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Lyotropic Liquid Crystal (2021)
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Crapnell, R. D., Alhasan, H. S., Partington, L. I., Zhou, Y., Ahmed, Z., Altalhi, A. A., …Wadhawan, J. D. (2021). Electrochemically Induced Mesomorphism Switching in a Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Lyotropic Liquid Crystal. ACS Omega, 6(7), 4630-4640. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05284

The discovery of electrochemical switching of the Lα phase of chlorpromazine hydrochloride in water is reported. The phase is characterized using polarizing microscopy, X-ray scattering, rheological measurements, and microelectrode voltammetry. Fast,... Read More about Electrochemically Induced Mesomorphism Switching in a Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Lyotropic Liquid Crystal.

Professional identity formation within longitudinal integrated clerkships: A scoping review (2021)
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Brown, M. E. L., Whybrow, P., Kirwan, G., & Finn, G. M. (in press). Professional identity formation within longitudinal integrated clerkships: A scoping review. Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14461

Context Although the uptake of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) is increasing worldwide, and there are documented benefits to participation, there is a lack of conceptual evidence regarding how LICs exert many of their benefits, including t... Read More about Professional identity formation within longitudinal integrated clerkships: A scoping review.

Through-knee versus above-knee amputation for vascular and non-vascular major lower limb amputations (Protocol) (2021)
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Crane, H., Boam, G., Carradice, D., Vanicek, N., Twiddy, M., & Smith, G. E. (2021). Through-knee versus above-knee amputation for vascular and non-vascular major lower limb amputations (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(1), Article CD013839. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013839

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the effects of through-knee amputation compared to above-knee amputation on clinical and rehabilitation outcomes and complication rates in... Read More about Through-knee versus above-knee amputation for vascular and non-vascular major lower limb amputations (Protocol).

Platelet releasate normalises the compromised muscle regeneration in a mouse model of hyperlipidaemia (2021)
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Barlow, J., Sfyri, P. P., Mitchell, R., Verpoorten, S., Scully, D., Andreou, C., …Matsakas, A. (2021). Platelet releasate normalises the compromised muscle regeneration in a mouse model of hyperlipidaemia. Experimental Physiology, 106(3), 700-713. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep088937

Muscle satellite cells are important stem cells for skeletal muscle regeneration and repair after injury. ApoE‐deficient mice, an established mouse model of hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis, show evidence of oxidative stress‐induced lesions and fa... Read More about Platelet releasate normalises the compromised muscle regeneration in a mouse model of hyperlipidaemia.

Patient, family and carer experiences of nutritional screening: a systematic review (2020)
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Bullock, A., Greenley, S. L., Patterson, M. J., McKenzie, G. A. G., & Johnson, M. J. (2021). Patient, family and carer experiences of nutritional screening: a systematic review. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(3), 595-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12849

Background: Despite recommendations for nutritional risk screening of all inpatients, outpatients and care home residents, as well as work to assess clinician's experiences and the validity of tools, little attention has been paid to the experiences... Read More about Patient, family and carer experiences of nutritional screening: a systematic review.

Implementing person-centred outcome measures in palliative care: An exploratory qualitative study using Normalisation Process Theory to understand processes and context (2020)
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Bradshaw, A., Santarelli, M., Mulderrig, M., Khamis, A., Sartain, K., Boland, J. W., …Murtagh, F. E. (in press). Implementing person-centred outcome measures in palliative care: An exploratory qualitative study using Normalisation Process Theory to understand processes and context. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216320972049

© The Author(s) 2020. Background: Despite evidence demonstrating the utility of using Person-Centred Outcome Measures within palliative care settings, implementing them into routine practice is challenging. Most research has described barriers to, wi... Read More about Implementing person-centred outcome measures in palliative care: An exploratory qualitative study using Normalisation Process Theory to understand processes and context.

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., …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.

Integrating sport and exercise medicine clinics into the National Health Service: A qualitative study (2020)
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Vishnubala, D., Marino, K. R., Pratten, M. K., Pringle, A., Griffin, S. A., Finn, G., …Edwards, K. (2020). Integrating sport and exercise medicine clinics into the National Health Service: A qualitative study. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 6(1), Article e000888. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000888

© 2020 Author(s) Objectives To explore the services National Health Service (NHS)-based sport and exercise medicine (SEM) clinics can offer, and the barriers to creating and integrating SEM services into the NHS. Methods Semi-structured interviews we... Read More about Integrating sport and exercise medicine clinics into the National Health Service: A qualitative study.

Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (2020)
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Samuel, N. A., Cuthbert, J. J., Brown, O. I., Kazmi, S., Cleland, J. G., Rigby, A. S., & Clark, A. L. (2021). Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. The American journal of cardiology, 139, 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.034

Thyroid dysfunction is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), but there is conflicting evidence regarding its prognostic significance. We investigated the relation between thyroid function and prognosis in a large, well characterized co... Read More about Relation Between Thyroid Function and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.

Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women (2020)
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Ingle, L., Rigby, A., Brodie, D., & Sandercock, G. (2020). Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women. PLoS ONE, 15(10), Article e0240099. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240099

Copyright: © 2020 Ingle et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and sour... Read More about Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women.

An audit of COPD: Diagnosis and management in general practice (2020)
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Hamad, G., Rigby, A., & Morice, A. H. (2020). An audit of COPD: Diagnosis and management in general practice. ERJ Open Research, 6(4), Article 00330-2020. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00330-2020

Introduction: COPD is a spectrum of disorders primarily caused by smoking and characterised by progressive, not fully reversible airflow obstruction with a forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio

Dynamic Changes in Circulating Endocrine FGF19 Subfamily and Fetuin-A in Response to Intralipid and Insulin Infusions in Healthy and PCOS Women (2020)
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Ramanjaneya, M., Bensila, M., Bettahi, I., Jerobin, J., Samra, T. A., Aye, M. M., …Abou-Samra, A. B. (2020). Dynamic Changes in Circulating Endocrine FGF19 Subfamily and Fetuin-A in Response to Intralipid and Insulin Infusions in Healthy and PCOS Women. Frontiers in endocrinology, 11, Article 568500. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.568500

© Copyright © 2020 Ramanjaneya, Bensila, Bettahi, Jerobin, Samra, Aye, Alkasem, Siveen, Sathyapalan, Skarulis, Atkin and Abou-Samra. Background: The fibroblast growth factors (FGF) 19 subfamily, also referred to as endocrine FGFs, includes FGF19, FGF... Read More about Dynamic Changes in Circulating Endocrine FGF19 Subfamily and Fetuin-A in Response to Intralipid and Insulin Infusions in Healthy and PCOS Women.

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..

‘I don’t talk about my distress to others; I feel that I have to suffer my problems..’ Voices of Indian women with breast cancer: a qualitative interview study (2020)
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Daniel, S., Venkateswaran, C., Hutchinson, A., & Johnson, M. J. (2020). ‘I don’t talk about my distress to others; I feel that I have to suffer my problems..’ Voices of Indian women with breast cancer: a qualitative interview study. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05756-8

Background: Breast cancer is the commonest form of cancer among women globally, including in India. The rising incidence in the developing world is thought to be due to increased life expectancy, urbanization and adoption of western lifestyles. A rec... Read More about ‘I don’t talk about my distress to others; I feel that I have to suffer my problems..’ Voices of Indian women with breast cancer: a qualitative interview study.

Hyperthyroidism, and bone mineral density : dissecting the causal association with Mendelian randomization analysis (2020)
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Deshmukh, H., Papageorgiou, M., Aye, M., England, J., Abdalla, M., & Sathyapalan, T. (in press). Hyperthyroidism, and bone mineral density : dissecting the causal association with Mendelian randomization analysis. Clinical Endocrinology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.14330

Introduction Untreated hyperthyroidism is associated with accelerated bone turnover, low bone mineral density (BMD) and increased susceptibility to fragility fractures. Although treatment appears to improve or even reverse some of these adverse skel... Read More about Hyperthyroidism, and bone mineral density : dissecting the causal association with Mendelian randomization analysis.

Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma? (2020)
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Faruqi, S., Sykes, D. L., Crooks, M. G., Brindle, K., Thompson, J., & Morice, A. H. (2020). Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma?. Lung, 198(5), 767-770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-020-00391-w

© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Cough is an important symptom of asthma. The objective assessment of chronic cough has been enhanced by the development of ambulatory cough monitoring systems. Mepolizumab has bee... Read More about Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma?.

Postload glucose spike but not fasting glucose determines prognosis after myocardial infarction in patients without known or newly diagnosed diabetes (2020)
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Chattopadhyay, S., George, A., John, J., & Sathyapalan, T. (2021). Postload glucose spike but not fasting glucose determines prognosis after myocardial infarction in patients without known or newly diagnosed diabetes. Journal of Diabetes, 13(3), 191-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13111

Background: The effect of postload glucose spikes (PGS), the difference between 2 hour post-load plasma glucose (2hPLPG) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG), on post–myocardial infarction (post-MI) prognosis in nondiabetic patients is unexplored. Method... Read More about Postload glucose spike but not fasting glucose determines prognosis after myocardial infarction in patients without known or newly diagnosed diabetes.

Thrombospondin-1 promotes hemostasis through modulation of cAMP signaling in blood platelets (2020)
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Aburima, A., Berger, M., Spurgeon, B. E., Webb, B. A., Wraith, K. S., Febbraio, M., …Naseem, K. M. (2021). Thrombospondin-1 promotes hemostasis through modulation of cAMP signaling in blood platelets. Blood, 137(5), 678-689. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020005382

Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is released by platelets upon activation and can increase platelet activation, but its role in hemostasis in vivo is unclear. We show that TSP-1 is a critical mediator of hemostasis that promotes platelet activation by modula... Read More about Thrombospondin-1 promotes hemostasis through modulation of cAMP signaling in blood platelets.

Hiding in Plain Sight-Ancient Chinese Anatomy (2020)
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Shaw, V., Diogo, R., & Winder, I. C. (2020). Hiding in Plain Sight-Ancient Chinese Anatomy. Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24503

For thousands of years, scientists have studied human anatomy by dissecting bodies. Our knowledge of their findings is limited, however, both by the subsequent loss of many of the oldest texts, and by a tendency towards a Eurocentric perspective in m... Read More about Hiding in Plain Sight-Ancient Chinese Anatomy.