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Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills. (2020)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2020). Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 351- 358. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000646

Background: Health-care professionals do not routinely receive training on how best to support parents bereaved by suicide. Evidence-based training - Postvention Assisting Those Bereaved by Suicide (PABBS) - was designed to address this gap. Aims: Th... Read More about Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills..

Rates, Predictors and the Impact Cannabis Misuse on In-hospital Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (From the National Inpatient Sample). (2020)
Journal Article
Rashid, Mamas, & Nolan. (2020). Rates, Predictors and the Impact Cannabis Misuse on In-hospital Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (From the National Inpatient Sample). International Journal of Clinical Practice, e13477 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13477

BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis use worsens outcomes in coronary heart disease is unknown and no previous study has evaluated outcomes for patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to cannabis use. METHODS: We analysed pati... Read More about Rates, Predictors and the Impact Cannabis Misuse on In-hospital Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (From the National Inpatient Sample)..

Complex high-risk and indicated percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina: Does operator volume influence patient outcome? (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Complex high-risk and indicated percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina: Does operator volume influence patient outcome?. American Heart Journal, 15 - 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.12.019

BACKGROUND: Complex high-risk and indicated revascularization using percutaneous coronary intervention (CHIP-PCI) is an emerging concept that is poorly studied. OBJECTIVE: To define temporal changes in CHIP-PCI volumes, and the relationship between o... Read More about Complex high-risk and indicated percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina: Does operator volume influence patient outcome?.

Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. (2020)
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(2020). Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obesity Surgery, 1168 - 1170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04379-1

We report a patient with obesity who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after pre-operative ultrasound mark up to enable safe port insertion due to presence of venous collaterals in the abdominal wall as a result of congenial IVC anomaly. This... Read More about Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy..

Diagnostic accuracy of history taking, physical examination and imaging for phalangeal, metacarpal and carpal fractures: a systematic review update. (2020)
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(2020). Diagnostic accuracy of history taking, physical examination and imaging for phalangeal, metacarpal and carpal fractures: a systematic review update. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 12 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2988-z

BACKGROUND: The standard diagnostic work-up for hand and wrist fractures consists of history taking, physical examination and imaging if needed, but the supporting evidence for this work-up is limited. The purpose of this study was to systematically... Read More about Diagnostic accuracy of history taking, physical examination and imaging for phalangeal, metacarpal and carpal fractures: a systematic review update..

Do Asian Patients Require Only Half of the Clozapine Dose Prescribed for Caucasians? A Critical Overview (2020)
Journal Article
Farooq. (2020). Do Asian Patients Require Only Half of the Clozapine Dose Prescribed for Caucasians? A Critical Overview. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 4-10. https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_379_19

Since 1997, studies have found that Asians need lower clozapine doses than Caucasians. Caucasians with average clozapine metabolism may need from 300 to 600 mg/day to reach the therapeutic range (350 ng/ml). Thus, serum clozapine concentration-to-dos... Read More about Do Asian Patients Require Only Half of the Clozapine Dose Prescribed for Caucasians? A Critical Overview.

Accuracy of Vitalograph lung monitor as a screening test for COPD in primary care. (2020)
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(2020). Accuracy of Vitalograph lung monitor as a screening test for COPD in primary care. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-019-0158-2

Microspirometry may be useful as the second stage of a screening pathway among patients reporting respiratory symptoms. We assessed sensitivity and specificity of the Vitalograph® lung monitor compared with post-bronchodilator confirmatory spirometry... Read More about Accuracy of Vitalograph lung monitor as a screening test for COPD in primary care..

The association between anxiety and disease activity and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2020)
Journal Article
Bucknall, M., Chew-Graham, C., Babatunde, O., Corp, N., & Hider, S. (2020). The association between anxiety and disease activity and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Rheumatology, 39, 1471–1482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-019-04900-y

OBJECTIVES: In people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), mental health problems are common, but often not recognized or treated, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. Most studies examining the impact of mental health problems in RA have fo... Read More about The association between anxiety and disease activity and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis..

Characterization of soft tissue tumours with ultrasound, shear wave elastography and MRI (2020)
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Cool. (2020). Characterization of soft tissue tumours with ultrasound, shear wave elastography and MRI. Skeletal Radiology, 49, 869–881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-019-03363-1

OBJECTIVE: To predict accurately whether a soft tissue mass was benign or malignant and to characterize its type using ultrasound, shear wave elastography and MRI. We hypothesized that with the addition of shear wave elastography, it would be possibl... Read More about Characterization of soft tissue tumours with ultrasound, shear wave elastography and MRI.

Development of a 3D Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle and Bone Co-culture System. (2020)
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Wragg, N. (2020). Development of a 3D Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle and Bone Co-culture System. Biotechnology Journal, e1900106 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.201900106

In vitro 3D tissue-engineered (TE) structures have been shown to better represent in vivo tissue morphology and biochemical pathways than monolayer culture, and are less ethically questionable than animal models. However, to create systems with even... Read More about Development of a 3D Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle and Bone Co-culture System..

Outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in cancer patients. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in cancer patients. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 25 - 32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2020.1718493

Introduction: There are numerous shared risk factors in the etiopathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD) and cancer both at epidemiologic and molecular level. Additionally, different modalities of treatment of cancer such as radiation, chemother... Read More about Outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in cancer patients..

Wild-goose chase, no predictable patient subgroups who benefit from meniscal surgery: patient-reported outcomes of 641 patients 1 year after surgery (2020)
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(2020). Wild-goose chase, no predictable patient subgroups who benefit from meniscal surgery: patient-reported outcomes of 641 patients 1 year after surgery. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-100321

Background
Despite absence of evidence of a clinical benefit of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM), many surgeons claim that subgroups of patients benefit from APM.

Objective
We developed a prognostic model predicting change in patient-repo... Read More about Wild-goose chase, no predictable patient subgroups who benefit from meniscal surgery: patient-reported outcomes of 641 patients 1 year after surgery.

Trends of sex differences in outcomes of cardiac electronic device implantations in the United States (2020)
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Osama Mohamed, M., Santos Volgman, A., Contractor, T., Sharma, P. S., Shing Kwok, C., Rashid, M., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Trends of sex differences in outcomes of cardiac electronic device implantations in the United States. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2019.08.012

Background The disparity in outcomes of CIED implantations between sexes has been previously demonstrated in device-specific cohorts (e.g. implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD)). However, it is unclear whether sex differences are present with... Read More about Trends of sex differences in outcomes of cardiac electronic device implantations in the United States.