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Ethnic differences in 25-year risk of incident chronic kidney disease among people with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand (2022)
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Orr-Walker, B., Yu, D., Wang, Z., Cai, Y., Osuagwu, U., Pickering, K., …Simmons, D. (2022). Ethnic differences in 25-year risk of incident chronic kidney disease among people with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003077

INTRODUCTION: Insights into ethnic differences in the natural history of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) might inform clinical strategies to address disparities in hospitalization and mortality. Risks of... Read More about Ethnic differences in 25-year risk of incident chronic kidney disease among people with type 2 diabetes in New Zealand.

Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography. (2022)
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Chew-Graham. (2022). Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography. PLoS Medicine, e1004139 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004139

BACKGROUND: Evidence regarding the presence and persistence of ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare is well established. The reasons for these inequalities and lack of progress in diminishing them are less understood. This meta-ethnography aims t... Read More about Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography..

Psoriatic arthritis: review of potential biomarkers predicting response to TNF inhibitors (2022)
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Makos, A., Kuiper, J., Kehoe, O., & Amarasena, R. (2022). Psoriatic arthritis: review of potential biomarkers predicting response to TNF inhibitors. Inflammopharmacology, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10787-022-01092-x

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic and painful inflammatory immune-mediated disease. It affects up to 40% of people with psoriasis and it is associated with several comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and hypertension. PsA... Read More about Psoriatic arthritis: review of potential biomarkers predicting response to TNF inhibitors.

"I could have a proper ankle" - a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of total ankle replacement and ankle fusion surgery. (2022)
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Anderson, A. M., Chapman, L. S., Siddle, H. J., Watson, S., Klugerman, J., Antcliff, D., …Brockett, C. L. (2022). "I could have a proper ankle" - a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of total ankle replacement and ankle fusion surgery. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 15(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-022-00595-8

BACKGROUND: End-stage ankle osteoarthritis typically causes severe pain and impaired function. Surgical treatment involves total ankle replacement (TAR) or ankle fusion. Definitive evidence about which procedure is optimal is lacking. No previous stu... Read More about "I could have a proper ankle" - a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of total ankle replacement and ankle fusion surgery..

Temporal trends of hospitalizations, comorbidity burden and in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted with asthma in the United States: Population-based study. (2022)
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Mamas. (2022). Temporal trends of hospitalizations, comorbidity burden and in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted with asthma in the United States: Population-based study. PloS one, e0276731 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276731

BACKGROUND: Asthma is a prevalent chronic respiratory condition and remains a common cause for hospitalization. However, contemporary data on asthma hospitalization rates, comorbidity burden, and in-hospital outcomes are lacking. METHODS: Survey-... Read More about Temporal trends of hospitalizations, comorbidity burden and in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted with asthma in the United States: Population-based study..

A Critical Evaluation of Patient Pathways and Missed Opportunities in Treatment for Heart Failure. (2022)
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Shing Kwok, C., Satchithananda, D., Ahmed, F. Z., Chue, C. D., Barker, D., Patwala, A., …Mallen, C. D. (2022). A Critical Evaluation of Patient Pathways and Missed Opportunities in Treatment for Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 9(12. Special issue Heart Failure: Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment), https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9120455

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a global problem responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. METHODS: This review describes the patient pathways and missed opportunities related to treatment for patients with HF. RESULTS: The contemporary... Read More about A Critical Evaluation of Patient Pathways and Missed Opportunities in Treatment for Heart Failure..

Open‐labelled study to monitor the effect of an amino acid formula on symptom management in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I: The SMAAF pilot study (2022)
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Bowerman, M., O'Connor, G., Edel, L., Raquq, S., Szmurlo, A., Simpson, Z., …Baranello, G. (2023). Open‐labelled study to monitor the effect of an amino acid formula on symptom management in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I: The SMAAF pilot study. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 38(4), 871-880. https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10940

Background: An increasing number of families of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) children are incorporating an amino acid-based enteral formula into their child’s feeding regimens. Other components of the amino acidbased formula include added carbohydra... Read More about Open‐labelled study to monitor the effect of an amino acid formula on symptom management in children with spinal muscular atrophy type I: The SMAAF pilot study.

Risk-Adapted Target Delineation for Breast Cancer: Controversies and Considerations (2022)
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Ahmad, I., Singh Chufal, K., Miller, A. A., Bajpai, R., Chowdhary, R. L., Sharief, M. I., …Gairola, M. (2023). Risk-Adapted Target Delineation for Breast Cancer: Controversies and Considerations. Practical Radiation Oncology, 13(2), E115-E120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2022.10.010

The advent of computed tomography–based planning coupled with modern tools for target delineation and hypofractionated treatment schedules has increased efficiency and throughput for patients with breast cancer. While the benefit of adjuvant radiatio... Read More about Risk-Adapted Target Delineation for Breast Cancer: Controversies and Considerations.

Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904. (2022)
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Nuwangi, H., Weerakoon, K., Agampodi, T., Price, H., Dikomitis, L., & Agampodi, S. (2022). Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0010918 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010918

Leishmaniasis is widely considered a disease that emerged in Sri Lanka in the 1990s. However, a comprehensive case report from 1904 suggests that the presence of Leishmaniasis was well demonstrated in Sri Lanka long before that. The Annual Administra... Read More about Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904..

A systematic review of the global prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain (2022)
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Lucas, J., van Doorn, P., Hegedus, E., Lewis, J., & Van Der Windt, D. (2022). A systematic review of the global prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05973-8

Background and objectives Studies reporting on the population burden of people living with shoulder pain show wide heterogeneity in terms of case definition, study samples, and occurrence. This systematic review aims to summarize evidence pertaining... Read More about A systematic review of the global prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain.

Enhancing authenticity, diagnosticity and equivalence (AD-Equiv) in multicentre OSCE exams in health professionals education: protocol for a complex intervention study. (2022)
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Yeates, P., Maluf, A., Kinston, R., Cope, N., McCray, G., Cullen, K., …Wong, G. (2022). Enhancing authenticity, diagnosticity and equivalence (AD-Equiv) in multicentre OSCE exams in health professionals education: protocol for a complex intervention study. BMJ Open, 12(12), Article e064387. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064387

INTRODUCTION: Objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs) are a cornerstone of assessing the competence of trainee healthcare professionals, but have been criticised for (1) lacking authenticity, (2) variability in examiners' judgements which can cha... Read More about Enhancing authenticity, diagnosticity and equivalence (AD-Equiv) in multicentre OSCE exams in health professionals education: protocol for a complex intervention study..

Association between the level of partial foot amputation and gait: a scoping review with implications for the minimum impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis. (2022)
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Heron. (2022). Association between the level of partial foot amputation and gait: a scoping review with implications for the minimum impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105650

OBJECTIVE: This scoping review examines how different levels and types of partial foot amputation affect gait and explores how these findings may affect the minimal impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis. METHODS: Four databases (PubMed, Embase, C... Read More about Association between the level of partial foot amputation and gait: a scoping review with implications for the minimum impairment criteria for wheelchair tennis..

Aortic valve treatment: from the first aortic valve replacement to the last decade of revolution (2022)
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Paradies, V., & Mamas, M. A. (2022). Aortic valve treatment: from the first aortic valve replacement to the last decade of revolution. Heart, heartjnl-2022-321933. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321933

The first aortic valve replacement (AVR) from a human patient performed in 1962 marked the beginning of an evidence-based journey of open-heart surgery for aortic valve stenosis (AVS). Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) has long been the standa... Read More about Aortic valve treatment: from the first aortic valve replacement to the last decade of revolution.

Predictors of perceived risk in first-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (2022)
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Bunnewell, S., Wells, I., Zemedikun, D., Simons, G., Mallen, C. D., Raza, K., & Falahee, M. (2022). Predictors of perceived risk in first-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002606

OBJECTIVES: To define variables associated with perceived risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in first-degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with RA. METHODS: Patients with RA and their FDRs were invited to complete cross-sectional surveys. FD... Read More about Predictors of perceived risk in first-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis..

Persistent inequalities in consultation incidence and prevalence of low back pain and osteoarthritis in England between 2004-2019 (2022)
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Yu, D., Jordan, K. P., Wilkie, R., Bailey, J., Fitzpatrick, J., Ali, N., …Peat, G. (2022). Persistent inequalities in consultation incidence and prevalence of low back pain and osteoarthritis in England between 2004-2019. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkac106

Objective To determine whether socioeconomic inequalities in primary care consultation rates for two major, disabling musculoskeletal conditions in England narrowed or widened between 2004-2019. Methods We analysed data from Clinical Practice Re... Read More about Persistent inequalities in consultation incidence and prevalence of low back pain and osteoarthritis in England between 2004-2019.

Comparison of Transfemoral versus Transsubclavian/Transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Mamas. (2022). Comparison of Transfemoral versus Transsubclavian/Transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101156

Femoral access is the gold standard for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Safe alternative access, that represents about 15 % of TAVR cases, remains important for patients without adequate transfemoral access. We aimed to perform a syste... Read More about Comparison of Transfemoral versus Transsubclavian/Transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Home blood pressure monitoring detects unrevealed hypertension in women with a history of preeclampsia: Results of the BP-PRESELF study. (2022)
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Muijsers, H. E., Wu, P., van der Heijden, O. W., Wijnberger, L. D., van Bijsterveldt, C., Buijs, C., …Maas, A. H. (2022). Home blood pressure monitoring detects unrevealed hypertension in women with a history of preeclampsia: Results of the BP-PRESELF study. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 100429 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2022.100429

OBJECTIVES: The risk of cardiovascular disease more than doubles after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. As early onset chronic hypertension contributes to cardiovascular risk, implementation of screening strategies, using home blood pressure moni... Read More about Home blood pressure monitoring detects unrevealed hypertension in women with a history of preeclampsia: Results of the BP-PRESELF study..

Management of Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Uveitis in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Review Informing the 2021 GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations (2022)
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R. Jadon, D., Corp, N., Van Der Windt, D., C. Coates, L., R. Soriano, E., Kavanaugh, A., …Elaine Husni, M. (2023). Management of Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Uveitis in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Review Informing the 2021 GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations. The Journal of Rheumatology, 50(3), 438-450. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.220317

Objective: Several advanced therapies have been licensed across the related conditions of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), Crohn disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and noninfectious uveitis. We sought to summarize results from randomized controlled tri... Read More about Management of Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Uveitis in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Review Informing the 2021 GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations.