All Outputs (8)

EVALUATION OF SALIVA BIOMARKERS AS INDICATORS OF HEALTH STATUS AND EXACERBATIONS IN COPD (2014)
Journal Article
Patel, N., Jones, P., Adamson, V., Thorpe, G., Belcher, J., & Spiteri, M. (2014). EVALUATION OF SALIVA BIOMARKERS AS INDICATORS OF HEALTH STATUS AND EXACERBATIONS IN COPD. Thorax, 69(S2), A102-A103. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206260.205

Saliva is increasingly promoted as a suitable alternative diagnostic bio-sample to blood, yet its role in respiratory disease is still to be elucidated.

Salivary levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Procalcitonin (PCT) and Neutrophil Elastase (NE)... Read More about EVALUATION OF SALIVA BIOMARKERS AS INDICATORS OF HEALTH STATUS AND EXACERBATIONS IN COPD.

Risk of vascular events in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. (2014)
Journal Article
Hancock, A. T., Mallen, C. D., Muller, S., Belcher, J., Roddy, E., Helliwell, T., & Hider, S. L. (2014). Risk of vascular events in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 186(13), E495 - E501. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140266

BACKGROUND: Polymyalgia rheumatica is one of the most common inflammatory rheumatologic conditions in older adults. Other inflammatory rheumatologic disorders are associated with an excess risk of vascular disease. We investigated whether polymyalgia... Read More about Risk of vascular events in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica..

Developing Objective Metrics for Unit Staffing (DOMUS) study (2014)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, I., Whittingham, B., Meadowcroft, K., Richardson, M., Cooper, J. C., Belcher, J., …Ismail, K. M. K. (2014). Developing Objective Metrics for Unit Staffing (DOMUS) study. BMJ Open, 4(9), Article ARTN e005398. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005398

Objective Safe midwifery staffing levels on delivery suites is a priority area for any maternity service. Escalation policies are tools that provide an operational response to emergency pressures. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility o... Read More about Developing Objective Metrics for Unit Staffing (DOMUS) study.

Increased risk of vascular disease associated with gout: a retrospective, matched cohort study in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2014)
Journal Article
Clarson, L. E., Hider, S. L., Belcher, J., Heneghan, C., Roddy, E., & Mallen, C. D. (2014). Increased risk of vascular disease associated with gout: a retrospective, matched cohort study in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74(4), 642-647. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205252

Objectives To determine whether gout increases risk of incident coronary heart disease (CHD), cerebrovascular (CVD) and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in a large cohort of primary care patients with gout, since there have been no such large studie... Read More about Increased risk of vascular disease associated with gout: a retrospective, matched cohort study in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica?: A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database (2014)
Journal Article
Muller, S., Hider, S. L., Belcher, J., Helliwell, T., & Mallen, C. D. (2014). Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica?: A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(10), 1769 -1773. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203465

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of new cancer diagnoses in a community sample of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS: All incident cases of PMR in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) (1987-99), without pre-existin... Read More about Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica?: A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database.

Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. (2014)
Journal Article
Lacey, R. J., Belcher, J., Rathod, T., Wilkie, R., Thomas, E., & McBeth, J. (2014). Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. Rheumatology, 53(11), 2071 - 2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu240

OBJECTIVES: Number of pain sites (NPS) is a potentially important marker of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) but remains unexplored in older people. This cross-sectional study investigated whether, in older people including the oldest old, NPS... Read More about Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project..

195. Does Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in the Pre-Operative Period Increase the Risk of Joint Infection Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Ellerby, N., Hider, S., Mallen, C., Belcher, J., & Roddy, E. (2014). 195. Does Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in the Pre-Operative Period Increase the Risk of Joint Infection Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Rheumatology, 53(suppl_1), i132-i132. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu112.003

Background: OA is the commonest arthritis, and is increasing in prevalence. NICE OA guidelines include IA corticosteroid injections as an adjunctive treatment. There are theoretical concerns that their use prior to joint replacement surgery may incre... Read More about 195. Does Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in the Pre-Operative Period Increase the Risk of Joint Infection Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials? (2014)
Journal Article
Rathod, T., Belcher, J., Montgomery, A. A., Salisbury, C., & Foster, N. E. (2014). Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?. Trials, 15, Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-41

BACKGROUND: Most randomised clinical trials (RCTs) testing a new health service do not allow a run-in period of consolidation before evaluating the new approach. Consequently, health professionals involved may feel insufficiently familiar or confiden... Read More about Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?.