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Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Severe Stroke: Clinical Features and the Diagnostic Role of C-Reactive Protein (2016)
Journal Article
Warusevitane, A., Karunatilake, D., Sim, J., Smith, C., & Roffe, C. (2016). Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Severe Stroke: Clinical Features and the Diagnostic Role of C-Reactive Protein. PloS one, 0150269-?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150269

Background Accurate diagnosis of pneumonia complicating severe stroke is challenging due to difficulties in physical examination, altered immune responses and delayed manifestations of radiological changes. The aims of this study were to describe ea... Read More about Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Severe Stroke: Clinical Features and the Diagnostic Role of C-Reactive Protein.

Peritoneal inflammation precedes encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis: results from the GLOBAL Fluid Study (2016)
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Lambie, M. R., Chess, J., Summers, A. M., Ford Williams, P., Topley, N., Davies, S. J., …Capper, H. (2016). Peritoneal inflammation precedes encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis: results from the GLOBAL Fluid Study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 31(3), 480 -486. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfv440

BACKGROUND: Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is an uncommon condition, strongly associated with a long duration of peritoneal dialysis (PD), which is itself associated with increased fibrosis in the peritoneal membrane. The peritoneal membran... Read More about Peritoneal inflammation precedes encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis: results from the GLOBAL Fluid Study.

The diagnostic accuracy of the HITSNS prehospital triage rule for identifying patients with significant traumatic brain injury: a cohort study (2016)
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Fuller, G., McClelland, G., Lawrence, T., Russell, W., & Lecky, F. (2016). The diagnostic accuracy of the HITSNS prehospital triage rule for identifying patients with significant traumatic brain injury: a cohort study. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.1097/mej.0000000000000327

Diversion of suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients to trauma centres may improve outcomes by expediting access to specialist neurosurgical care. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of the Head Injury Straight to Neurosurgery (HITSNS)... Read More about The diagnostic accuracy of the HITSNS prehospital triage rule for identifying patients with significant traumatic brain injury: a cohort study.

Correlates of Change in CD4 Count among the HIV Patients at Antiretroviral Treatment Centres in India: Cross Sectional Analysis of Secondary Data (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Correlates of Change in CD4 Count among the HIV Patients at Antiretroviral Treatment Centres in India: Cross Sectional Analysis of Secondary Data. National Journal of Community Medicine, 7(2),

Introduction: The CD4 count supervision is an important part of the HIV-care programme worldwide. The monitoring of CD4 counts over time could provide insight into the way patient’s respond to the treatment with effectiveness over time. Methodolog... Read More about Correlates of Change in CD4 Count among the HIV Patients at Antiretroviral Treatment Centres in India: Cross Sectional Analysis of Secondary Data.

The epidemiology of self-harm in a UK wide primary care patient cohort, 2001-2013 (2016)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2016). The epidemiology of self-harm in a UK wide primary care patient cohort, 2001-2013. BMC Psychiatry, 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0753-5

Background Most of the research conducted on people who harm themselves has been undertaken in secondary healthcare settings. Little is known about the frequency of self-harm in primary care patient populations. This is the first study to describe t... Read More about The epidemiology of self-harm in a UK wide primary care patient cohort, 2001-2013.

Integrating mental health into primary care for post-conflict populations: a pilot study (2016)
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(2016). Integrating mental health into primary care for post-conflict populations: a pilot study. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0046-x

Background Mental health care in post-conflict settings is often not prioritized, despite its important public health role. There is a salient gap in integrating mental health into primary care, especially in post-conflict settings. In the post-conf... Read More about Integrating mental health into primary care for post-conflict populations: a pilot study.

Self-management of health care behaviors for COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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(2016). Self-management of health care behaviors for COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 305 -326. https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S90812

PURPOSE: This systematic review aimed to identify the most effective components of interventions to facilitate self-management of health care behaviors for patients with COPD. PROSPERO registration number CRD42011001588. METHODS: We used standard rev... Read More about Self-management of health care behaviors for COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Evaluating a complex model designed to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups: a multi-method study. (2016)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C. (2016). Evaluating a complex model designed to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups: a multi-method study. BMC Health Services Research, 58 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1298-5

BACKGROUND: Many people with mental distress are disadvantaged because care is not available or does not address their needs. In order to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups, we created a model of care w... Read More about Evaluating a complex model designed to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups: a multi-method study..

Musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents (2016)
Journal Article
Dunn. (2016). Musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 275 - 284. https://doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0149

INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain in children and adolescents is responsible for substantial personal impacts and societal costs, but it has not been intensively or systematically researched. This means our understanding of these conditions is... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents.