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Artificial Intelligence: Guidance for clinical imaging and therapeutic radiography professionals, a summary by the Society of Radiographers AI working group. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Artificial Intelligence: Guidance for clinical imaging and therapeutic radiography professionals, a summary by the Society of Radiographers AI working group. Radiography, 1192-1202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2021.07.028

INTRODUCTION: Artificial intelligence (AI) has started to be increasingly adopted in medical imaging and radiotherapy clinical practice, however research, education and partnerships have not really caught up yet to facilitate a safe and effective tra... Read More about Artificial Intelligence: Guidance for clinical imaging and therapeutic radiography professionals, a summary by the Society of Radiographers AI working group..

Unplanned peritoneal dialysis (PD) and patient survival under Thailand “PD first” policy (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Phannajit, J., Kanjanabuch, T., Ponpirul, K., Narenpitak, S., Puapatanakul, P., Johnson, D. W., …PDOPPS Steering Committee, O. B. O. T. (2021, August). Unplanned peritoneal dialysis (PD) and patient survival under Thailand “PD first” policy. Presented at 19th Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology, Virtual Congress

Background: There are conflicting results concerning the survival differences between patients with and without hemodialysis (HD) transfer (HDT). Using the Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS), a prospective cohort s... Read More about Unplanned peritoneal dialysis (PD) and patient survival under Thailand “PD first” policy.

External validation of prognostic models to predict stillbirth using the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complications (IPPIC) Network database: an individual participant data meta-analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
Allotey, J., Whittle, R., Snell, K. I. E., Smuk, M., Townsend, R., von Dadelszen, P., …Thangaratinam, S. (2021). External validation of prognostic models to predict stillbirth using the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complications (IPPIC) Network database: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 59(2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.23757

OBJECTIVE: Stillbirth is a potentially preventable complication of pregnancy. Identifying women at risk can guide decisions on closer surveillance or timing of birth to prevent fetal death. Prognostic models have been developed to predict the risk of... Read More about External validation of prognostic models to predict stillbirth using the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complications (IPPIC) Network database: an individual participant data meta-analysis..

Improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments: a protocol for Development of a consultation intervention (iFraP-D) (2021)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Bullock, L., Crawford-Manning, F., Cottrell, E., Fleming, J., Leyland, S., …Jinks, C. (2021). Improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments: a protocol for Development of a consultation intervention (iFraP-D). BMJ Open, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048811

INTRODUCTION: Prevention of fragility fractures, a source of significant economic and personal burden, is hindered by poor uptake of fracture prevention medicines. Enhancing communication of scientific evidence and elicitation of patient medication-r... Read More about Improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments: a protocol for Development of a consultation intervention (iFraP-D).

Zimmer Natural Nail and ELOS nails in pertrochanteric fractures. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Zimmer Natural Nail and ELOS nails in pertrochanteric fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 509 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02634-9

BACKGROUND: Pertrochanteric fractures of the femur in the elderly are very common. As the average age of the population increases, the incidence of such fractures also raises, resulting in high healthcare costs. The type of surgical devices employed... Read More about Zimmer Natural Nail and ELOS nails in pertrochanteric fractures..

Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Kingstone, T., Campbell, P., Andras, A., Nixon, K., Mallen, C., Dikomitis, L., …Wenning, B. (2021). Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK. British Journal of Social Work, 52(4), 2043–2062. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab166

The COVID-19 pandemic signalled a radical shift in health and social care services globally. In UK, many of the people with existing social care needs were identified as 'clinically vulnerable' to COVID-19. Those at greatest risk were encouraged to a... Read More about Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK.

A tutorial on individualized treatment effect prediction from randomized trials with a binary endpoint (2021)
Journal Article
Hoogland, J., IntHout, J., Belias, M., Rovers, M. M., Riley, R. D., Harrell Jr, F. E., …Reitsma, J. B. (2021). A tutorial on individualized treatment effect prediction from randomized trials with a binary endpoint. Statistics in Medicine, 40(26), 5961-5981. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9154

Randomized trials typically estimate average relative treatment effects, but decisions on the benefit of a treatment are possibly better informed by more individualized predictions of the absolute treatment effect. In case of a binary outcome, these... Read More about A tutorial on individualized treatment effect prediction from randomized trials with a binary endpoint.

Use of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device/Left Atrium to Femoral Artery Bypass System for Cardiogenic Shock. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas, M. (2021). Use of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device/Left Atrium to Femoral Artery Bypass System for Cardiogenic Shock. https://doi.org/10.3791/62140

The left atrial to femoral artery bypass (LAFAB) system is a mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device used in cardiogenic shock (CS) that bypasses the left ventricle by draining blood from the left atrium (LA) and returning it to the systemic arte... Read More about Use of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device/Left Atrium to Femoral Artery Bypass System for Cardiogenic Shock..

Multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapist-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome on hip cartilage metabolism: the Australian FASHIoN trial. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapist-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome on hip cartilage metabolism: the Australian FASHIoN trial

BACKGROUND: Arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI) is known to lead to self-reported symptom improvement. In the context of surgical interventions with known contextual effects and no true sham comparator trials, it is i... Read More about Multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapist-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome on hip cartilage metabolism: the Australian FASHIoN trial..

Prediction or causality? A scoping review of their conflation within current observational research. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Prediction or causality? A scoping review of their conflation within current observational research

Etiological research aims to uncover causal effects, whilst prediction research aims to forecast an outcome with the best accuracy. Causal and prediction research usually require different methods, and yet their findings may get conflated when report... Read More about Prediction or causality? A scoping review of their conflation within current observational research..

Results of an international crowdsourcing survey on the treatment of non-ST segment elevation ACS patients at high-bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous intervention. (2021)
Journal Article
Bhatt, D. L., Carlos Kaski, J., Delaney, S., Alasnag, M., Andreotti, F., Angiolillo, D. J., …Valgimigli, M. (2021). Results of an international crowdsourcing survey on the treatment of non-ST segment elevation ACS patients at high-bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous intervention. International Journal of Cardiology, 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.05.012

AIMS: Choosing an antiplatelet strategy in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) at high bleeding risk (HBR), undergoing post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is complex. We used a unique open-source appro... Read More about Results of an international crowdsourcing survey on the treatment of non-ST segment elevation ACS patients at high-bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous intervention..

“Vaccine Passports” May Backfire: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study in the UK and Israel on Willingness to Get Vaccinated against COVID-19 (2021)
Journal Article
Porat, T., Burnell, R., Calvo, R. A., Ford, E., Paudyal, P., Baxter, W. L., & Parush, A. (2021). “Vaccine Passports” May Backfire: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study in the UK and Israel on Willingness to Get Vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccines, 902 - 902. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080902

<jats:p>Domestic “vaccine passports” are being implemented across the world as a way of increasing vaccinated people’s freedom of movement and to encourage vaccination. However, these vaccine passports may affect people’s vaccination decisions in uni... Read More about “Vaccine Passports” May Backfire: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study in the UK and Israel on Willingness to Get Vaccinated against COVID-19.

Ambulatory intravenous furosemide for decompensated heart failure: safe, feasible, and effective (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, F. Z., Taylor, J. K., John, A. V., Khan, M. A., Zaidi, A. M., Mamas, M. A., …Cunnington, C. (2021). Ambulatory intravenous furosemide for decompensated heart failure: safe, feasible, and effective. ESC Heart Failure, 8(5), 3906-3916. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13368

AIMS: This study aims to establish the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of outpatient intravenous (IV) diuretic treatment for the management of decompensated heart failure (HF) for patients enrolled in the HeartFailure@Home service. METHODS AND RESU... Read More about Ambulatory intravenous furosemide for decompensated heart failure: safe, feasible, and effective.

Letter to the Editor about the article “C-reactive protein and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies through the use of both frequentist and Bayesian approaches” (2021)
Journal Article
Bajpai, R. C. (2021). Letter to the Editor about the article “C-reactive protein and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies through the use of both frequentist and Bayesian approaches”. Osteoporosis International, 32(10), 2135-2136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05750-0

Intravascular imaging-guided intracoronary lithotripsy: First real-world experience (2021)
Journal Article
Sinclair, H., Fan, L., Fahy, E., Shahid, F., Ratib, K., Nolan, J., …Ahmed, J. (2021). Intravascular imaging-guided intracoronary lithotripsy: First real-world experience. Health Science Reports, 4(3), Article e307. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.307

Background and Aims: Coronary calcification remains a significant challenge for the contemporary interventional cardiologist. We aim to describe the use of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in a range of real-world settings. Methods: A retrospective tw... Read More about Intravascular imaging-guided intracoronary lithotripsy: First real-world experience.

Impact of the introduction of falls risk assessment toolkit on falls prevention and psychotropic medicines' utilisation in Walsall: an interrupted time series analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Impact of the introduction of falls risk assessment toolkit on falls prevention and psychotropic medicines' utilisation in Walsall: an interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Open, e039649 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/+bmjopen-2020-039649

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of the introduction of a falls risk assessment toolkit (FRAT) in a UK medical centre on the number and cost of non-elective admissions for falls and psychotropic medication utilisation. DESIGN: Interrupted time seri... Read More about Impact of the introduction of falls risk assessment toolkit on falls prevention and psychotropic medicines' utilisation in Walsall: an interrupted time series analysis..

Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. (2021)
Journal Article
Collaborative, C., Collaborative, G., & Parry-Smith, W. (2021). Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 76(11), 1454-1464. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15560

We aimed to determine the impact of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery during the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We performed an international prospective cohort study including patients undergoing el... Read More about Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study..

Well-Being: From Concept to Practice? (2021)
Journal Article
Holmstrom, C. (2021). Well-Being: From Concept to Practice?. Practice, 289 - 307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2021.1898579

‘Well-being’ has become a high-profile and contested issue, for both policy and practice, since its introduction as an integral part of the Care Act (2014). A dynamic and fluid concept, the researchers were interested in how qualified social workers... Read More about Well-Being: From Concept to Practice?.