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Gender dynamics in the donation field: human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding (2018)
Journal Article
Kent, J., Fannin, M., & Dowling, S. (2019). Gender dynamics in the donation field: human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding. Sociology of Health and Illness, 41(3), 567-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12803

© 2018 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. This paper examines how gender dynamics shape human tissue donation for research and for human health. Drawing on research inve... Read More about Gender dynamics in the donation field: human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding.

A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system - utilisation and mortality avoidance- the PUMA study protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Thomas-Jones, E., Lloyd, A., Roland, D., Sefton, G., Tume, L. N., Hood, K., …Powell, C. (2018). A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system - utilisation and mortality avoidance- the PUMA study protocol. BMC Pediatrics, 18(1), 244. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1210-z

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: In hospital, staff need to routinely monitor patients to identify those who are seriously ill, so that they receive timely treatment to improve their condition. A Paediatric Early Warning System is a multi-faceted so... Read More about A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system - utilisation and mortality avoidance- the PUMA study protocol.

Newly qualified Saudi nurses' ability to recognise the deteriorating child in hospital (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Thubaity, D., Williamson, S., Leavey, R., & Tume, L. N. (2019). Newly qualified Saudi nurses' ability to recognise the deteriorating child in hospital. Nursing in Critical Care, 24(5), 263-267. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12356

Background: It is recognized that nurses' failure to recognize and respond promptly to deterioration in children's physiological status can result in increased morbidity and mortality. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the ability of Saudi-ed... Read More about Newly qualified Saudi nurses' ability to recognise the deteriorating child in hospital.

How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project (2018)
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Voss, S., Brandling, J., Taylor, H., Black, S., Buswell, M., Cheston, R., …Benger, J. R. (2018). How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project. BMJ Open, 8(7), e022549. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022549

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objectives An increasing number of older people are calling ambulances and presenting to accident and emergency departments. The presence of comorbidities and de... Read More about How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project.

Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Voss, S., Brandling, J., Black, S., Cheston, R., Cullum, S., Iliffe, S., …Benger, J. (2018). Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 20, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423618000191

A growing number of older people are accessing emergency medical services (EMS), and many calls to EMS are made by, or on behalf of, people with dementia. Their needs are frequently complex, however EMS staff are often given minimal guidance on ensu... Read More about Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study.

A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children (2018)
Journal Article
Wren, Y., Harding, S., Goldbart, J., & Roulstone, S. (2018). A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53(3), 446-467. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12371

© 2018 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Background: Multiple interventions have been developed to address speech sound disorder (SSD) in children. Many of these have been evaluated but the evidence for these has not been considered wit... Read More about A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children.

Easy undressing with soft robotics (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helps, T., Taghavi, M., Manns, S., Turton, A., & Rossiter, J. (2018). Easy undressing with soft robotics. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10965 LNAI, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_7

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. Dexterity impairments affect many people worldwide, limiting their ability to easily perform daily tasks and to be independent. Difficulty getting dressed and undressed is commonly... Read More about Easy undressing with soft robotics.

Effects of valent image-based secondary tasks on verbal working memory (2018)
Journal Article
Morgan, P., Williams, C., Ings, F., & Hughes, N. (2018). Effects of valent image-based secondary tasks on verbal working memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(6), 1440-1456. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1329324

Two experiments examined if exposure to emotionally valent image-based secondary tasks introduced at different points of a free recall working memory (WM) task impair memory performance. Images from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) v... Read More about Effects of valent image-based secondary tasks on verbal working memory.

Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kent, J., Fannin, M., & Dowling, S. (2017, December). Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding. Paper presented at Deconstructing Donation Conference, University of Bristol, England

Research on blood and organ donation in the UK reveal disparities between the proportions of women and men donating tissues. In this paper, we examine how gender dynamics shape human tissue donation for research and for human health. We consider the... Read More about Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding.

Enteral Feeding Practices in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Across European PICUs: A European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Survey (2017)
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Tume, L. N., Balmaks, R., Latten, L., Da Cruz, E., Verbruggen, S., & Valla, F. (2018). Enteral Feeding Practices in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Across European PICUs: A European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Survey. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 19(2), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001412

© Copyright 2017 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. Objectives: To describe enteral feeding practices in pre and postoperative infants with congenital heart disease in... Read More about Enteral Feeding Practices in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Across European PICUs: A European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Survey.

Routine gastric residual volume measurement and energy target achievement in the PICU: A comparison study (2017)
Journal Article
Lefèvre, M. H., Tume, L. N., Bickerdike, A., Latten, L., Davies, S., Nicolas, G. W., & Valla, F. (2017). Routine gastric residual volume measurement and energy target achievement in the PICU: A comparison study. European Journal of Pediatrics, 176(12), 1637-1644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-017-3015-8

Critically ill children frequently fail to achieve adequate energy intake and some care practices, such as the measurement of gastric residual volume (GRV) may contribute to this problem. We compared outcomes in two similar European Pediatric Intensi... Read More about Routine gastric residual volume measurement and energy target achievement in the PICU: A comparison study.

Patterns of instability associated with endotracheal suctioning in infants with singleventricle physiology (2017)
Journal Article
Phys, G. D., Guerrero, R., Baines, P., Tume, L. N., Johnson, R., Ritson, P., …Walsh, L. (2017). Patterns of instability associated with endotracheal suctioning in infants with singleventricle physiology. American Journal of Critical Care, 26(5), 388-394. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2017844

© 2017 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Background In infants with single-ventricle physiology, endotracheal suctioning poses risks because of the instability between pulmonary and systemic blood flow. Objective To examine processes and... Read More about Patterns of instability associated with endotracheal suctioning in infants with singleventricle physiology.

Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kent, J., Fannin, M., & Dowling, S. (2017, August). Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, England

Research on blood and organ donation in the UK reveal disparities between the proportions of women and men donating tissues. In this paper, we examine how gender dynamics shape human tissue donation for research and for human health. We consider the... Read More about Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding.

Emergency medical service provider decision-making in out of hospital cardiac arrest: An exploratory study (2017)
Journal Article
Benger, J., Kirby, K., Brandling, J., Black, S., & Voss, S. (2017). Emergency medical service provider decision-making in out of hospital cardiac arrest: An exploratory study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-017-0136-3

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: There are approximately 60,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in the United Kingdom (UK) each year. Within the UK there are well-established clinical practice guidelines that define when resuscitation should... Read More about Emergency medical service provider decision-making in out of hospital cardiac arrest: An exploratory study.

Language development, delay and intervention—the views of parents from communities that speech and language therapy managers in England consider to be under-served (2017)
Journal Article
Marshall, J., Harding, S., & Roulstone, S. (2017). Language development, delay and intervention—the views of parents from communities that speech and language therapy managers in England consider to be under-served. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52(4), 489-500. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12288

© 2016 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Background: Evidence-based practice includes research evidence, clinical expertise and stakeholder perspectives. Stakeholder perspectives are important and include parental ethno-theories, which... Read More about Language development, delay and intervention—the views of parents from communities that speech and language therapy managers in England consider to be under-served.

Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways (2017)
Journal Article
Swancutt, D., Joel-Edgar, S., Allen, M., Thomas, D., Brant, H., Benger, J., …Pinkney, J. (2017). Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), 436. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2349-2

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Increasing pressure in the United Kingdom (UK) urgent care system has led to Emergency Departments (EDs) failing to meet the national requirement that 95% of patients are admitted, discharged or transferred within 4-... Read More about Not all waits are equal: An exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways.

Paediatric intensive care nurses' decision-making around gastric residual volume measurement (2017)
Journal Article
Tume, L. N., Latten, L., & Kenworthy, L. (2017). Paediatric intensive care nurses' decision-making around gastric residual volume measurement. Nursing in Critical Care, 22(5), 293-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12304

© 2017 British Association of Critical Care Nurses Background: Measuring gastric residual volume (GRV) to guide enteral feeding is a common nursing practice in intensive care units, yet little evidence supports this practice. In addition, this practi... Read More about Paediatric intensive care nurses' decision-making around gastric residual volume measurement.

Focus groups for co-design of robotic trousers for improving mobility in older people (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turton, A., Manns, S., Hampshire, L., O'Conner, R., Helps, T., Rossiter, J., & Mure, B. (2017, June). Focus groups for co-design of robotic trousers for improving mobility in older people. Paper presented at Royal College of occupational Therapists Conference 2017, Birmingham ICC

Research purpose and aims By 2039 more than one in twelve of the population is projected to be aged 80 or over, bringing increased prevalence of immobility and reduced quality of life (ONS, 2015). Current assistive equipment for improving mobility c... Read More about Focus groups for co-design of robotic trousers for improving mobility in older people.

Pilot Study Comparing Closed Versus Open Tracheal Suctioning in Postoperative Neonates and Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease (2017)
Journal Article
Tume, L., Baines, P., Guerrero, R., Hurley, M., Johnson, R., Kalantre, A., …Arnold, P. (2017). Pilot Study Comparing Closed Versus Open Tracheal Suctioning in Postoperative Neonates and Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 18(7), 647-654. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001192

Copyright © 2017 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. Objectives: To determine the hemodynamic effect of tracheal suction method in the first 36 hours after high-risk in... Read More about Pilot Study Comparing Closed Versus Open Tracheal Suctioning in Postoperative Neonates and Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease.