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Health Inequality and its link to HbA1c Test Recovery in a Developed Health Economy: In a 'Nearly Post COVID-19' World (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Heald, A., Holland, D., Duff, C. J., Scargill, J., Hanna, F., & Fryer, A. (2022, November). Health Inequality and its link to HbA1c Test Recovery in a Developed Health Economy: In a 'Nearly Post COVID-19' World. Poster presented at Society for Endocrinology BES 2022, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Background: We previously showed that in first 6 months of the UK Covid-19(C19) pandemic >6.6million HbA1c tests were missed, including 1.4million in people with diabetes(DM). Furthermore, C19 more significantly impacts people with DM / socioeconomic... Read More about Health Inequality and its link to HbA1c Test Recovery in a Developed Health Economy: In a 'Nearly Post COVID-19' World.

Is Vaccination Against Covid-19 Associated with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Flare? Self-controlled Case Series Analysis Using Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (Aurum) (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Mallen, C., Nguyen van Tam, J. S., Williams, H. C., & Abhishek, A. (2022, November). Is Vaccination Against Covid-19 Associated with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Flare? Self-controlled Case Series Analysis Using Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (Aurum). Paper presented at ACR Convergence 2022, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Background/Purpose: It is unclear whether autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) flares are associated with the recent prior Covid-19 vaccination, and whether the association was influenced by vaccine modality and prior Covid-19 infection. The objective... Read More about Is Vaccination Against Covid-19 Associated with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Flare? Self-controlled Case Series Analysis Using Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (Aurum).

A Genome-Wide Association Analysis of 2,622,830 Individuals Reveals New Pathogenic Pathways in Gout (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Merriman, T., Matsuo, H., Takei, R., Leask, M., Topless, R., Shirai, Y., …Major, T. (2022, November). A Genome-Wide Association Analysis of 2,622,830 Individuals Reveals New Pathogenic Pathways in Gout. Presented at ACR Convergence 2022

Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in gout have been relatively small (≤13,179 people with gout) and have provided little insight into the progression from hyperuricemia to gout. We present a gout GWAS that includes 120,282 pe... Read More about A Genome-Wide Association Analysis of 2,622,830 Individuals Reveals New Pathogenic Pathways in Gout.

THE IMPACT OF ADHERENCE TO CLINICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL VARICEAL BLEED: A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Kesavan, S., Desai, R., Abbasi, A., & Muller, S. (2022, September). THE IMPACT OF ADHERENCE TO CLINICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL VARICEAL BLEED: A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE. Poster presented at British Association for the Study of the Liver Annual Meeting

Background Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) caused by gastro-oesophageal varices remains a common complication of cirrhosis with 10% mortality despite improvements in care. University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) was identified by the pre... Read More about THE IMPACT OF ADHERENCE TO CLINICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL VARICEAL BLEED: A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE.

Speed of recovery of testing for management of diabetes in the aftermath of COVID-19 is slower in areas of greater social deprivation: findings from a UK study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Holland, D., Heald, A., Hanna, F., Wu, P., & Fry, A. (2022, September). Speed of recovery of testing for management of diabetes in the aftermath of COVID-19 is slower in areas of greater social deprivation: findings from a UK study. Poster presented at 58 th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and aims: We have previously shown that, during the first 6 months of the UK COVID-19-associated lockdown, >6.6M HbA1c tests were missed/delayed, including 1.41M missed/delayed in people with diabetes (0.51M in those with suboptimal contro... Read More about Speed of recovery of testing for management of diabetes in the aftermath of COVID-19 is slower in areas of greater social deprivation: findings from a UK study.

Under Pressure - Pharmacist's perceptions of the effects of postgraduate education on their wellbeing: a qualitative study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
O'Byrne, R., White, S., & Chew-Graham, C. (2022, September). Under Pressure - Pharmacist's perceptions of the effects of postgraduate education on their wellbeing: a qualitative study. Paper presented at Pharmacy Education Conference 2022, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, The University of Manchester, UK

Background: A 2019 NHS commission on the mental wellbeing of healthcare postgraduate learners reported research largely focused on doctors in training and identified the need for further research into the wellbeing needs and ways to support wellbein... Read More about Under Pressure - Pharmacist's perceptions of the effects of postgraduate education on their wellbeing: a qualitative study.

Real-world effectiveness and persistence of methotrexate versus adalimumab: A comparative study from the British association of dermatologists biologics and immunomodulators register (BADBIR) (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Alabas, O., Mason, K., Yiu, Z., Warren, R., Lunt, M., Smith, C., & Griffiths, C. (2022, August). Real-world effectiveness and persistence of methotrexate versus adalimumab: A comparative study from the British association of dermatologists biologics and immunomodulators register (BADBIR). Paper presented at 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), Copenhagen, Denmark

Evaluating the long-term effect of allopurinol use in gout using marginal structural models: A primary care electronic health records study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Rathod-Mistry, T., Roddy, E., Jordan, K., Mallen, C., & Blagojevic-Bucknall, M. (2022, August). Evaluating the long-term effect of allopurinol use in gout using marginal structural models: A primary care electronic health records study

Background: Allopurinol is intended to be taken for life in the treatment of gout. In UK primary care, treatment is suboptimal with up to 30% of indicated patients being treated within five years of diagnosis and once prescribed allopurinol, treatmen... Read More about Evaluating the long-term effect of allopurinol use in gout using marginal structural models: A primary care electronic health records study.

Inequalities in the incidence and management of non-valvular atrial fibrillation in England, 2009 to 2019: Cohort study using electronic health records from general practices (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Ajabnoor, A., Zghebi, S., Parisi, R., Ashcroft, D., Rutter, M., Doran, T., …Kontopantelis, E. (2022, August). Inequalities in the incidence and management of non-valvular atrial fibrillation in England, 2009 to 2019: Cohort study using electronic health records from general practices

Background Atrial fibrillation is an important risk factor for ischaemic stroke and AF incidence is expected to increase. Guidelines recommend using oral anticoagulants (OACs) to prevent the development of stroke. However, studies have reported the f... Read More about Inequalities in the incidence and management of non-valvular atrial fibrillation in England, 2009 to 2019: Cohort study using electronic health records from general practices.

Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on rates of hospitalisation and mortality in cancer: a linked electronic health record cohort study (MSKCOM) (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Mason, K., Bailey, J., Heron, N., Marshall, M., Achana, F., Chen, Y., …Jordan, K. (2022, July). Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on rates of hospitalisation and mortality in cancer: a linked electronic health record cohort study (MSKCOM). Paper presented at SAPC ASM 2022 - UCLan 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Central Lancashire, UK

Background: Patients with painful musculoskeletal conditions have an increased risk of developing cancer, but less is known about whether this impacts on the longer-term cancer prognosis. This study aims to determine whether patients with painful mus... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on rates of hospitalisation and mortality in cancer: a linked electronic health record cohort study (MSKCOM).

The Traffic Light Approach: How structured pre-work re-establishes the dissection room as an active learning space (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Door, R. (2022, June). The Traffic Light Approach: How structured pre-work re-establishes the dissection room as an active learning space. Presented at Keele University School of Medicine Scholarship Conference 2022, Keele University

The Issue: The dissection room has traditionally been an active learning environment and at Keele this is something we are passionate about maintaining. In recent years, however, Undergraduate Medical students started falling into a passive role, usi... Read More about The Traffic Light Approach: How structured pre-work re-establishes the dissection room as an active learning space.

"Add breaks": the forced rest we didn't know we needed (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Door, R. (2022, June). "Add breaks": the forced rest we didn't know we needed. Presented at Keele University School of Medicine Scholarship Conference 2022, Keele University

The Issue: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all lectures for Undergraduate Medical students shifted to online delivery. For most academics and contributing clinicians this typically involved a recording of PowerPoint slides shared via Microsoft Stream an... Read More about "Add breaks": the forced rest we didn't know we needed.

RISK OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER GOUT FLARES (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Cipolletta, E., Nakafero, G., Mamas, M., Avery, A., Tata, L., & Abhishek, A. (2022, June). RISK OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER GOUT FLARES. Poster presented at EULAR 2022 European Congress of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark

Background Several population-based cohort studies have reported an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in gout patients. However, none of these studies has investigated the temporal relationship between gout flares and VTE. Objectives... Read More about RISK OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER GOUT FLARES.

NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN FIRST METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS: FREQUENCY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Roddy. (2022, May). NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN FIRST METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS: FREQUENCY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS. Presented at Australian Rheumatology Association 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand

Aim: To determine whether neuropathic pain is a feature of first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint osteoarthritis (OA). Method: Ninety-eight participants (54 women and 44 men, mean age 57.4?years, standard deviation 10.3) with symptomatic radiographic... Read More about NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN FIRST METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS: FREQUENCY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS.