Can we check serum lithium levels less often without compromising patient safety? (2021)
Journal Article
Heald, A. H., Holland, D., Stedman, M., Davies, M., Duff, C. J., Parfitt, C., …Fryer, A. A. (2021). Can we check serum lithium levels less often without compromising patient safety?. BJPsych Open, e18 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.1027

BACKGROUND: Lithium is viewed as the first-line long-term treatment for prevention of relapse in people with bipolar disorder.

AIMS: This study examined factors associated with the likelihood of maintaining serum lithium levels within the recomme... Read More about Can we check serum lithium levels less often without compromising patient safety?.

Impact of the UK COVID-19 pandemic on HbA1c testing and its implications for diabetes diagnosis and management. (2021)
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Holland, D., Heald, A. H., Stedman, M., Green, L., Scargill, J., Wu, P., …Fryer, A. A. (2021). Impact of the UK COVID-19 pandemic on HbA1c testing and its implications for diabetes diagnosis and management. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13980

Investigation of polycystic ovarian syndrome: variation in practice and impact on the speed of diagnosis (2021)
Journal Article
Karia, A. M., Duff, C. J., Heald, A. H., Britton, I., Fryer, A. A., & Wu, P. (2021). Investigation of polycystic ovarian syndrome: variation in practice and impact on the speed of diagnosis. Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism, 10(2), 120-124. https://doi.org/10.1097/xce.0000000000000245

Objective Accurate diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) enables clinical interventions/cardiometabolic risk factor management. Diagnosis can take over 2 years and multiple clinician contacts. We examined patterns of PCOS-associated biochem... Read More about Investigation of polycystic ovarian syndrome: variation in practice and impact on the speed of diagnosis.