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Management of Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Uveitis in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: An Updated Review Informing the 2021 GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations (2022)
Journal Article
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.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Lithium measurements and new curves of growth (2022)
Journal Article
Jeffries. (2022). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Lithium measurements and new curves of growth. Astronomy & Astrophysics,

Context. The Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) is a large public spectroscopic survey that was carried out using the multi-object FLAMES spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope. The survey provides accurate radial velocities, stellar parameters, and elemental a... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Lithium measurements and new curves of growth.

Mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients without standard modifiable risk factors: A race disaggregated analysis. (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas, & Rashid. (2022). Mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients without standard modifiable risk factors: A race disaggregated analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101135

Background: Individuals who present with STEMI without the standard cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs) of diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and smoking, coined SMuRF-less are not uncommon. Little is known about their outcomes as a cohor... Read More about Mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients without standard modifiable risk factors: A race disaggregated analysis..

Has the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trends in CV mortality between 1999-2019 in the United States? (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2022). Has the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trends in CV mortality between 1999-2019 in the United States?. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcac080

Aims Although cardiovascular (CV) mortality increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about how these patterns varied across key subgroups, include age, sex, and race and ethnicity, as well as by specific cause of CV death. Methods... Read More about Has the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trends in CV mortality between 1999-2019 in the United States?.

The use of plain radiography in diagnosing osteoarthritis: A systematic review and time trend analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Henry-Blake, C., Marshall, M., Treadwell, K., Parmar, S., Higgs, J., Edwards, J. J., & Peat, G. (2022). The use of plain radiography in diagnosing osteoarthritis: A systematic review and time trend analysis. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(2), 462-477. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1718

Introduction The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggest there is no role for routine radiography in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA). It is not known how consistent this recommendation is across international guidelines... Read More about The use of plain radiography in diagnosing osteoarthritis: A systematic review and time trend analysis.

Systematic review identifies the design and methodological conduct of studies on machine learning-based prediction models (2022)
Journal Article
Navarro, C. L. A., Damen, J. A. A., van Smeden, M., Takada, T., Nijman, S. W. J., Dhiman, P., …Hooft, L. (2023). Systematic review identifies the design and methodological conduct of studies on machine learning-based prediction models. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 154, 8-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.11.015

Background and Objectives We sought to summarize the study design, modelling strategies, and performance measures reported in studies on clinical prediction models developed using machine learning techniques. Methods We search PubMed for article... Read More about Systematic review identifies the design and methodological conduct of studies on machine learning-based prediction models.

Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders: the MI-NAV randomised controlled trial. (2022)
Journal Article
Aanesen, F., Grotle, M., Rysstad, T., Storheim, K., Tveter, A., Tingulstad, A., …Øiestad, B. (2022). Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders: the MI-NAV randomised controlled trial. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2022-108637

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate if adding motivational interviewing (MI) or a stratified vocational advice intervention (SVAI) to usual case management (UC), reduced sickness absence over 6 months for workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders. M... Read More about Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders: the MI-NAV randomised controlled trial..

Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis (2022)
Journal Article
Gilchrist, F., Aspey, M., Bowler, R., Brodlie, M., Desai, S., Harris, C., …Carroll, W. D. (2022). Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis. BMJ Paediatrics Open, e001722 - e001722. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001722

Background Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is an endobronchial infection and a the most common cause of chronic wet cough in young children. It is treated with antibiotics, which can only be targeted if the causative organism is known. As most... Read More about Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis.

Acceptability and engagement amongst patients on oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in older adults (2022)
Journal Article
Narayanasamy, M., Bishop, S., Sahota, O., Paskins, Z., Gittoes, N., & Langley, T. (2022). Acceptability and engagement amongst patients on oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in older adults. Age and ageing, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac255

Background: Osteoporosis is common in older adults leading to fragility fractures at enormous individual and economic cost. Improving long-term adherence with bisphosphonate treatments reduces fracture risk, but adherence rates for first line oral bi... Read More about Acceptability and engagement amongst patients on oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in older adults.

Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19). (2022)
Journal Article
Groenewegen, P., Van Poel, E., Spreeuwenberg, P., Mallen, C., Murauskiene, L., Pétré, B., …Peris, A. (2022). Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215329

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large and varying impact on primary care. This paper studies changes in the tasks of general practitioners (GPs) and associated staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the PRICOV-19 study of 5093 GPs in 38 countr... Read More about Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)..

Invasive Management and In-Hospital Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction Patients in United States Safety-Net Hospitals. (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2022). Invasive Management and In-Hospital Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction Patients in United States Safety-Net Hospitals. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 49, 7 - 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2022.11.006

AIM: Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) look after a higher proportion of uninsured patients and are often located in deprived areas. This study aimed to determine whether there are differences in the clinical characteristics, treatments and outcomes of pat... Read More about Invasive Management and In-Hospital Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction Patients in United States Safety-Net Hospitals..

Salt and Water Balance (2022)
Book Chapter
Tabinor, M., Lambie, M., & Davies, S. J. Salt and Water Balance. In Evidence-Based Nephrology, Second Edition (113-126). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119105954.ch46

Achieving salt and water balance is fundamental to optimizing fluid status, one of the key objectives of peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment. The relative importance of salt and water management to patient outcomes was historically underestimated by e... Read More about Salt and Water Balance.

Cost-effectiveness of 5 fraction and partial breast radiotherapy for early breast cancer in the UK: model-based multi-trial analysis. (2022)
Journal Article
Glynn, D., Bliss, J., Brunt, A. M., Coles, C. E., Wheatley, D., Haviland, J. S., …Griffin, S. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of 5 fraction and partial breast radiotherapy for early breast cancer in the UK: model-based multi-trial analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 197, 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06802-1

PURPOSE: We estimated the cost-effectiveness of 4 radiotherapy modalities to treat early breast cancer in the UK. In a subgroup of patients eligible for all modalities, we compared whole-breast (WB) and partial breast (PB) radiotherapy delivered in e... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of 5 fraction and partial breast radiotherapy for early breast cancer in the UK: model-based multi-trial analysis..

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary care for cardiovascular disease in the UK: an electronic health record analysis across three countries. (2022)
Journal Article
Wright, F. L., Cheema, K., Goldacre, R., Hall, N., Herz, N., Islam, N., …Banerjee, A. (2023). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary care for cardiovascular disease in the UK: an electronic health record analysis across three countries. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 9(4), 377-388. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcac077

Background Although morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 have been widely reported, the indirect effects of the pandemic beyond 2020 on other major diseases and health service activity have not been well described. Methods and results Analyses... Read More about Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary care for cardiovascular disease in the UK: an electronic health record analysis across three countries..

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Case Report of Delayed Diagnosis in a Younger Man (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Case Report of Delayed Diagnosis in a Younger Man. https://doi.org/10.2519/josptcases.2022.11088

BACKGROUND: Degenerative cervical myelopathy is most caused by degenerative cervical stenosis in an over 55-year age group. However, it may occur in younger ages, most commonly due to large cervical disc protrusions. CASE PRESENTATION: The case re... Read More about Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Case Report of Delayed Diagnosis in a Younger Man.

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.