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Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest led dermatology service in primary care (2005)
Journal Article
Peters, T. J., Coast, J., Noble, S., Noble, A., Horrocks, S., Asim, O., & Salisbury, C. (2005). Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest led dermatology service in primary care. BMJ, 331(7530), 1444-1448. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38676.446910.7C

Objective: To carry out an economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest service for non-urgent skin problems compared with hospital outpatient care. Design: Cost effectiveness analysis and cost consequences analysis alongside a... Read More about Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest led dermatology service in primary care.

The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated bladder outlet obstruction (2005)
Journal Article
Thomas, A. W., Cannon, A., Bartlett, E., Ellis-Jones, J., & Abrams, P. (2005). The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated bladder outlet obstruction. BJU International, 96(9), 1301-1306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05815.x

OBJECTIVES: To assess the long-term outcomes of untreated bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), assuming that, if there is little or no deterioration, a conservative approach to management is justified, as there is little information on the natural histo... Read More about The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated bladder outlet obstruction.

The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated detrusor underactivity (2005)
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Bartleh, E., Thomas, A. W., Cannon, A., Bartlett, E., Ellis-Jones, J., & Abrams, P. (2005). The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated detrusor underactivity. BJU International, 96(9), 1295-1300. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05891.x

OBJECTIVES: To assess the long-term symptomatic and urodynamic outcomes of men with untreated detrusor underactivity (DUA) as there has been little long-term follow-up information on men with DUA, a cause of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in a s... Read More about The natural history of lower urinary tract dysfunction in men: Minimum 10-year urodynamic follow-up of untreated detrusor underactivity.

Prevalence and healthcare burden of illegal drug use among emergency department patients (2005)
Journal Article
Binks, S., Salmon, D., Benger, J., & Hoskins, R. (2005). Prevalence and healthcare burden of illegal drug use among emergency department patients. Emergency Medicine Journal, 22(12), 872-873. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2004.022665

Objectives: Illegal drug use is common in emergency department (ED) patients, but previous prevalence studies have relied upon approaches that may underestimate the true extent of the problem. The aim of this study was to examine illegal drug use in... Read More about Prevalence and healthcare burden of illegal drug use among emergency department patients.

Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7 (2005)
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Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Heiberg, T., Hughes, R., Carr, M., Hehir, M., …Wale, J. (2005). Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7. Journal of Rheumatology, 32, 2250-2256

The Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 7 addressed the question of assessing the outcomes of intervention in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the perspective of those who experience the disease. A particular emphasis at this workshop was placed on... Read More about Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7.

Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment (2005)
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Kirwan, J. R., Ahlmen, M., de Wit, M., Heiberg, T., Hehir, M., Hewlett, S., …Richards, P. (2005). Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment. Journal of Rheumatology, 32(11), 2246-2249

The first OMERACT Patient Perspective Workshop took place at OMERACT 6 in 2002. Through a series of meetings and discussion sessions a research agenda emerged and this report outlines progress made on this agenda. Work on identifying novel outcomes,... Read More about Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment.

Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored (2005)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., Byron, M., Kitchen, K., Tipler, S., Pope, D., & Hehir, M. (2005). Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored. Arthritis Care and Research, 53(5), 697-702. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.21450

Objective. Fatigue is commonly reported by patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but is rarely a treatment target. The aim of this study was to explore the concept of fatigue as experienced by patients with RA. Methods. Fifteen patients with RA and... Read More about Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored.

Trying to predict 'dangerous' bladders in children: The area under the curve concept (2005)
Journal Article
Hashim, H., Ellis-Jones, J., Swithinbank, L., Woodward, M., Small, D., Frank, J. D., & Abrams, P. (2005). Trying to predict 'dangerous' bladders in children: The area under the curve concept. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 1(5), 343-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2005.03.006

Objective: Children with neurological and non-neurological lower urinary tract dysfunction normally undergo video urodynamics. One reason is to try to diagnose 'dangerous' bladders. Currently, bladder compliance is used to predict 'dangerous' bladder... Read More about Trying to predict 'dangerous' bladders in children: The area under the curve concept.

Antepartum haemorrhage (2005)
Journal Article
Hall, J. (2005). Antepartum haemorrhage. Practising Midwife, 8(9),

Infection control in neonatal intensive care units (2005)
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Chudleigh, J., Fletcher, M., & Gould, D. (2005). Infection control in neonatal intensive care units. Journal of Hospital Infection, 61(2), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2005.02.017

Healthcare-associated infection is a major problem in acute hospital settings. Hand decontamination is considered to be the most effective means of preventing healthcare-associated infection, but is poorly performed. Few studies have examined techniq... Read More about Infection control in neonatal intensive care units.

Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they? (2005)
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Hewlett, S., Carr, M., Ryan, S., Kirwan, J. R., Richards, P., Carr, A., & Hughes, R. (2005). Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they?. Musculoskeletal Care, 3(3), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.3

Background: It has been shown previously that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can generate a wide range of outcomes that they consider important in treatment. It is not known if these outcomes are generally important in the wider RA patient c... Read More about Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they?.