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International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, A. Y., Zhao, J., Bieber, B., Kanjanabuch, T., Wilkie, M., Marshall, M. R., …Working Group, P. D. P. A. F. M. (2020). International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS). Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 310-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895356

Background: We describe peritoneal dialysis (PD) prescription variations among Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) participants on continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and automated PD (APD; n = 4657) from Australia/New Zeal... Read More about International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS).

A virtual patient educational programme to teach counselling to clinical pharmacists-A quantitative evaluation (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Richardson, C., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2020, January). A virtual patient educational programme to teach counselling to clinical pharmacists-A quantitative evaluation. Poster presented at Prescribing and Research in Medicines Management - PRIMM (UK & Ireland) 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK

Conference abstract, from Special Issue Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety: Prescribing and Research in Medicines Management - PRIMM (UK & Ireland) 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, January 17th, 2020: ‘Medication Without Harm - WHO i... Read More about A virtual patient educational programme to teach counselling to clinical pharmacists-A quantitative evaluation.

Accuracy of the estimation of V and the implications this has when applying Kt/Vurea for measuring dialysis dose in peritoneal dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Davies, S., & Finkelstein, F. O. (2020). Accuracy of the estimation of V and the implications this has when applying Kt/Vurea for measuring dialysis dose in peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 261 - 269. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819893817

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for the prescription of peritoneal dialysis dose rely on a single cut-off 'minimal' value of Kt/V. To apply this in the clinic, this requires an accurate estimation of V, the volume of urea distribution that equates to... Read More about Accuracy of the estimation of V and the implications this has when applying Kt/Vurea for measuring dialysis dose in peritoneal dialysis.

Incremental peritoneal dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, P. G., Dong, J., & Davies, S. J. (2020). Incremental peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 320 - 326. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895362

Incremental peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been variably defined. It involves taking advantage of the residual renal function that is usually present at initiation of dialysis to initially prescribe less onerous lower doses of PD while still achieving... Read More about Incremental peritoneal dialysis.

The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: A systematic review. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: A systematic review. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 79 - 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.01.019

OBJECTIVES: To determine which ultrasound measurement for predicted fetal macrosomia most accurately predicts adverse delivery and neonatal outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: Four biomedical databases searched for studies published after 1966. Randomised trials... Read More about The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: A systematic review..

From ‘minimum dwelling’ to ‘functional city’: reappraising scale transitions in the early history of CIAM (2020)
Journal Article
Kallis, A. (2020). From ‘minimum dwelling’ to ‘functional city’: reappraising scale transitions in the early history of CIAM. Planning Perspectives, 36(1), 125-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2019.1711446

In comparison to the historiographical interest in the founding meeting at La Sarraz (1928) or its fourth congress (1933), less attention has been accorded to the role of CIAM’s previous two congresses in Frankfurt (1929) and Brussels (1930) in shapi... Read More about From ‘minimum dwelling’ to ‘functional city’: reappraising scale transitions in the early history of CIAM.

Obstetrics and Gynecological History (2020)
Journal Article
Park, K., Wu, P., & Gulati, M. (2020). Obstetrics and Gynecological History. JACC: Case Reports, 2(1), 161 - 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.035

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in women, with event rates rising particularly in young women. Women are disproportionately affected by traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors... Read More about Obstetrics and Gynecological History.

Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. (2020)
Journal Article
Burgess, R., Hall, J., Bishop, A., Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2020). Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132719899763

Background: Identifying variation in musculoskeletal service costs requires the use of specific standardized metrics. There has been a large focus on costing, efficiency, and standardized metrics within the acute musculoskeletal setting, but far less... Read More about Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature..

Unplanned hospital readmissions after acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide analysis of rates, trends, predictors and causes in the United States between 2010 and 2014 (2020)
Journal Article
Capers I, Q., Fischmann, D., Kwok, C., Savage, M., Gulati, M., Potts, J., …Mamas, M. (2020). Unplanned hospital readmissions after acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide analysis of rates, trends, predictors and causes in the United States between 2010 and 2014. Coronary Artery Disease, 354-364. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000000844

Background Unplanned hospital readmissions are an important quality metric for benchmarking but there is limited data following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study aims to examine the 30-day unplanned readmission rate, predictors, cause... Read More about Unplanned hospital readmissions after acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide analysis of rates, trends, predictors and causes in the United States between 2010 and 2014.

Obstetrics and Gynecologic History - A Missed Opportunity for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment (2020)
Journal Article
Wu. (2020). Obstetrics and Gynecologic History - A Missed Opportunity for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.035

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in women, with the event rates particularly rising in young women. Women are disproportionately affected by traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk fac... Read More about Obstetrics and Gynecologic History - A Missed Opportunity for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment.

Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial” (2020)
Journal Article
Harvie, M., Pegington, M., Bundred, N., Campbell, A., Belcher, J., Howell, S., & Howell, A. (2020). Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial”. British Journal of Cancer, 122(6), 925-926. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0715-z

Our programme aimed to prevent weight gain in healthy weight women and reduce weight in women who were overweight/obese since both may improve outcome and well-being after a diagnosis of breast cancer (BC).1,2 Women in the community arm received init... Read More about Reply to Comment on “The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial”.

Experimentally well-constrained masses of 27P and 27S: Implications for studies of explosive binary systems (2020)
Journal Article
Sun, L., Xu, X., Hou, S., Lin, C., José, J., Lee, J., …Zhao, Y. (2020). Experimentally well-constrained masses of 27P and 27S: Implications for studies of explosive binary systems. Physics Letters B, 802, Article 135213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135213

The mass of 27P is expected to impact the X-ray burst (XRB) model predictions of burst light curves and the composition of the burst ashes, but large uncertainties and inconsistencies still exist in the reported 27P masses. We have used the β-decay s... Read More about Experimentally well-constrained masses of 27P and 27S: Implications for studies of explosive binary systems.

Multiday expected shortfall under generalized t distributions: evidence from global stock market (2020)
Journal Article
Iqbal, R., Sorwar, G., Baker, R., & Choudhry, T. (2020). Multiday expected shortfall under generalized t distributions: evidence from global stock market. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 55(3), 803-825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-019-00860-1

We apply seven alternative t-distributions to estimate the market risk measures Value at Risk (VaR) and its extension Expected Shortfall (ES). Of these seven, the twin t-distribution (TT) of Baker and Jackson (in Twin t distribution, University of Sa... Read More about Multiday expected shortfall under generalized t distributions: evidence from global stock market.

Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors. (2020)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2020). Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57105-3

The Short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (ÖMPSQ-short) and the STarT Back Tool (SBT) have been developed to screen for risk factors for future low back pain (LBP) -related disability and work loss respectively. The ai... Read More about Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors..

Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers (2020)
Journal Article
Philp, F., Al-shallawi, A., Kyriacou, T., Blana, D., & Pandyan, A. (2020). Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6(1), e000634 - e000634. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000634

Objectives This objective of this study was to evaluate whether combining existing methods of elastic net for zero-inflated Poisson and zero-inflated Poisson regression methods could improve real-life applicability of injury prediction models in foo... Read More about Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers.

Patients’ experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities: A qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Holvoet, E., Verhaeghe, S., Davies, S., Combes, G., François, K., Johnson, D., …Van Humbeeck, L. (2020). Patients’ experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities: A qualitative study. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(6), 548-555. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819896219

Background: Different kidney replacement therapy modalities are available to manage end-stage kidney disease, such as home-based dialysis, in-center hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation. Although transitioning between modalities is common, data... Read More about Patients’ experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities: A qualitative study.

Utilizing the Moral Nobility of Older Chinese Women in Governance – the Uses of Humility, Empathy and an Ethics of Care in Moral Clinics in Huzhou City (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Utilizing the Moral Nobility of Older Chinese Women in Governance – the Uses of Humility, Empathy and an Ethics of Care in Moral Clinics in Huzhou City. British Journal of Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12736

This paper examines the emergence of the role of “moral doctors” who volunteer in what are called “moral clinics” in Huzhou city. In these moral clinics, the characteristics, experiences, and attributes of older women, in particular, are highly value... Read More about Utilizing the Moral Nobility of Older Chinese Women in Governance – the Uses of Humility, Empathy and an Ethics of Care in Moral Clinics in Huzhou City.