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Comparison of cough plates and cough swabs for detecting respiratory pathogens in non-expectorating children with cystic fibrosis (2019)
Thesis
Kemball, B. M. H. (2019). Comparison of cough plates and cough swabs for detecting respiratory pathogens in non-expectorating children with cystic fibrosis. (Thesis). Keele University

Background
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive, multisystem disorder affecting ion transportation across epithelial membranes. Respiratory complications are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality and CF lung disease is characterised... Read More about Comparison of cough plates and cough swabs for detecting respiratory pathogens in non-expectorating children with cystic fibrosis.

Environmental ultraviolet-B exposures and measured health outcomes in English children (2019)
Thesis
Walker, J. (2019). Environmental ultraviolet-B exposures and measured health outcomes in English children. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417800

Purpose
Vitamin D status has been shown to significantly impact extra-skeletal health outcomes. In the UK, the ability of the population to synthesize vitamin D is highly sensitive to environmental factors including ultraviolet-B wavelength light. T... Read More about Environmental ultraviolet-B exposures and measured health outcomes in English children.

Strategies to prevent kidney injury from antibiotics in individuals with cystic fibrosis (2018)
Thesis
Ditchfield, N. (2018). Strategies to prevent kidney injury from antibiotics in individuals with cystic fibrosis. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417942

Kidney damage in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is most commonly caused by antibiotics, such as aminoglycosides, which are used to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA). I conducted a survey of UK CF centres which showed a high rate of use of aminoglycosi... Read More about Strategies to prevent kidney injury from antibiotics in individuals with cystic fibrosis.