All Outputs (6)

A proof of concept study evaluating the role of emerging ultrasound technologies in the active surveillance of localised prostate cancer (2024)
Thesis
Parker, P. C. A proof of concept study evaluating the role of emerging ultrasound technologies in the active surveillance of localised prostate cancer. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866373

Background
Although one in eight men will develop some form of prostate cancer (PCa) within their lifetime, not all PCa is of high-risk of progression. In such cases active surveillance (AS) provides an alternative to radical treatment (Hamdy et al.... Read More about A proof of concept study evaluating the role of emerging ultrasound technologies in the active surveillance of localised prostate cancer.

Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction (2024)
Thesis
Patterson, M. J. Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4711450

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a distressing complication of gastrointestinal, gynaecological and other cancers causing severe pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, anorexia, and death. There are no agreed best approaches for sympt... Read More about Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction.

Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction (2024)
Thesis
Patterson, M. J. Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4790741

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) is a distressing complication of gastrointestinal, gynaecological and other cancers causing severe pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, anorexia, and death. There are no agreed best approaches for sympt... Read More about Parenteral nutrition and venting gastrostomy in the management of malignant bowel obstruction.

Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index (2018)
Journal Article
Sze, S., Pellicori, P., Kazmi, S., Rigby, A., Cleland, J. G., Wong, K., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index. JACC: Heart Failure, 6(6), 476-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2018.02.018

Objectives
The authors sought to report the prevalence, clinical associations, and prognostic consequences of malnutrition in outpatients with heart failure (HF).

Background
Malnutrition may be common in HF and associated with adverse outcomes, but... Read More about Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Malnutrition Using 3 Scoring Systems Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: A Comparison With Body Mass Index.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, liraglutide, improves liver fibrosis markers in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (2013)
Journal Article
Kahal, H., Abouda, G., Rigby, A. S., Coady, A. M., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2014). Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, liraglutide, improves liver fibrosis markers in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Clinical Endocrinology, 81(4), 523-528. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.12369

© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Introduction: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been linked to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and carries an increased risk of liver cirrhosis. Procollagen type 3 amino-terminal peptide (PIIINP) is an inde... Read More about Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, liraglutide, improves liver fibrosis markers in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Individual patient data meta-analysis of beta-blockers in heart failure: rationale and design (2013)
Journal Article
Kotecha, D., Manzano, L., Altman, D. G., Krum, H., Erdem, G., Williams, N., …Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Collaborative Group. (2013). Individual patient data meta-analysis of beta-blockers in heart failure: rationale and design. Systematic reviews, 2(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-7

The Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Collaborative Group (BB-HF) was formed to obtain and analyze individual patient data from the major randomized controlled trials of beta-blockers in heart failure. Even though beta-blockers are an established treatm... Read More about Individual patient data meta-analysis of beta-blockers in heart failure: rationale and design.