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Ten concerns about blood pressure measurement and targets in paediatric sepsis (2016)
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Lyttle, M. D., Marlais, M., Lyttle, M., & Inwald, D. (2017). Ten concerns about blood pressure measurement and targets in paediatric sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 43(3), 433-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4642-7

Current paediatric sepsis guidelines suggest that resuscitation is titrated against clinical markers of hypovolaemia and end organ perfusion [1], including blood pressure (BP), heart rate and capillary refill time (CRT). BP is used both as a defining... Read More about Ten concerns about blood pressure measurement and targets in paediatric sepsis.

The association of vascular risk factors with visual loss in giant cell arteritis (2016)
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Robson, J., Yates, M., MacGregor, A. J., Robson, J. C., Craven, A., Merkel, P. A., …Watts, R. A. (2017). The association of vascular risk factors with visual loss in giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology, 56(4), 524-528. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew397

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. Objective. Blindness is a recognized complication of GCA; however, the frequency of and risk factors for this complication... Read More about The association of vascular risk factors with visual loss in giant cell arteritis.

Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis (2016)
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von Vopelius-Feldt, J., Powell, J., Morris, R., & Benger, J. (2016). Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis. BMC Emergency Medicine, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0109-y

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain low, despite remarkable efforts to improve care. A number of ambulance services in the United Kingdom (UK) have developed prehospital critical care tea... Read More about Prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study examining survival and a stakeholder-focused cost analysis.

Design and implementation of the AIRWAYS-2 trial: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation in the initial airway management of out of hospital cardiac arrest (2016)
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Benger, J. R., Taylor, J., Black, S., J. Brett, S., Kirby, K., Nolan, J. P., …Benger, J. (2016). Design and implementation of the AIRWAYS-2 trial: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation in the initial airway management of out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation, 109, 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.09.016

© 2016 Health outcomes after out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are extremely poor, with only 7–9% of patients in the United Kingdom (UK) surviving to hospital discharge. Currently emergency medical services (EMS) use either tracheal intubation or... Read More about Design and implementation of the AIRWAYS-2 trial: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation in the initial airway management of out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal (2016)
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Bhatta, S., Pant, P. R., & Mytton, J. (2016). Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-016-0120-9

© 2016, Bhatta et al. Background: Injuries are a major public health problem worldwide. Despite increasing morbidity and mortality from injuries in Nepal, it is not recognised in the government’s policy and programmes and few population-based studies... Read More about Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal.

Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function (2016)
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Davies, S. E., Rhys, M., Voss, S., Greenwood, R., Thomas, M., & Benger, J. R. (2017). Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function. Resuscitation, 111, 22-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.11.004

© 2016 Objective To characterise psychological wellbeing in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and examine its relationship to cognitive function. Patients Forty-one highly functioning cardiac arrest survivors were drawn from the fol... Read More about Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function.

A qualitative feasibility study to inform Fluids in Shock (FISH) - a pilot randomised controlled trial of fluid bolus therapy in septic shock (2016)
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O'Hara, C., Woolfall, K., Canter, R., Mouncey, P., Rowan, K., Lyttle, M., …Nadel, S. (2016). A qualitative feasibility study to inform Fluids in Shock (FISH) - a pilot randomised controlled trial of fluid bolus therapy in septic shock. Emergency Medicine Journal, 33(12), 902.1-902. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2016-206402.7

Objectives & Background There is increasing evidence that fluid overload may be associated with harm in paediatric critical illness. Fluids in Shock (FiSH) is a combined feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) to determine if restric... Read More about A qualitative feasibility study to inform Fluids in Shock (FISH) - a pilot randomised controlled trial of fluid bolus therapy in septic shock.

Emergency department re-attendances and treatment modifications in young children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: A PERUKI study (2016)
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Bielicki, J., Sharland, M., Lyttle, M., Hartshorn, S., & Petrie, J. (2016). Emergency department re-attendances and treatment modifications in young children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: A PERUKI study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 33(12), 933.3-934. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2016-206402.62

Objectives & Background Data on the rate of antibiotic retreatment in children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are lacking. We conducted a service evaluation of CAP management to review assumptions for a large UK-based trial p... Read More about Emergency department re-attendances and treatment modifications in young children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: A PERUKI study.

Developmental and behavioural associations of burns and scalds in children: A prospective population-based study (2016)
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Emond, A., Sheahan, C., Mytton, J., & Hollén, L. (2017). Developmental and behavioural associations of burns and scalds in children: A prospective population-based study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(5), 428-433. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-311644

Objective To investigate child developmental and behavioural characteristics and risk of burns and scalds. Design Data on burns in children up to 11 years from 12 966 participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were link... Read More about Developmental and behavioural associations of burns and scalds in children: A prospective population-based study.

Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education (2016)
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Hall, J., & Mitchell, M. (2016). Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education. Nurse Education in Practice, 21, 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.09.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the UK respect, dignity and compassion are the underpinning values which must determine service user care in the National Health Service (NHS). In midwifery education it is unclear how students are being taught these values. We... Read More about Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education.

Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers (2016)
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Nelson, E. A., Wright-Hughes, A., Brown, S., Lipsky, B. A., Backhouse, M., Bhogal, M., …Nixon, J. (2016). Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers. Health Technology Assessment, 20(82), 1-175. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20820

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2016. Background: There is inadequate evidence to advise clinicians on the relative merits of swabbing versus tissue sampling of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Objectives: To determine (1) concordance b... Read More about Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers.

Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres (2016)
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Coupland, C. A., Watson, M. C., Watson, M. C., Mulvaney, C., Timblin, C., Stewart, J., …Kendrick, D. (2016). Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres. Health Education Journal, 75(7), 833-842. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916629816

© The Authors 2016 . Objective: To ascertain the activities undertaken by children's centres to prevent unintentional injuries in the under-fives and, in particular, the prevention of falls, poisoning and scalds. Design: A questionnaire was posted to... Read More about Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres.

Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors (2016)
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Hughes, A., & Condon, L. (2016). Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 17(6), 586-598. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423616000220

© 2016 Cambridge University Press. Aim To explore the experiences of student and novice health visitors in implementing health visiting policy reform pre-and post-qualification. Background In England, public health nursing has been subject to major p... Read More about Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors.

Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study (2016)
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Christie, N., Sleney, J., Joseph, S., Morriss, R., Beckett, K., Coupland, C., …Christe, N. (2017). Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study. Quality of Life Research, 26(5), 1233-1250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1439-7

© 2016, The Author(s). Purpose: To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity 1month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation... Read More about Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study.

Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP) (2016)
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Mahler, C., Berger, S., Pollard, K., Krisam, J., Karstens, S., Szecsenyi, J., & Krug, K. (2017). Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP). Journal of Interprofessional Care, 31(1), 105-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2016.1227964

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. The implementation of a bachelor degree in Interprofessional Health Care at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has fostered the need to evaluate the impact of this innovative programme. The University of the West of Eng... Read More about Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP).

Validated constipation symptom and quality-of-life measures neither reflect patient and clinician concerns nor use words familiar to patients (2016)
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Scott, M., Dimidi, E., Dibley, L., Cotterill, N., Scott, S., Whelan, K., …Norton, C. (2016). Validated constipation symptom and quality-of-life measures neither reflect patient and clinician concerns nor use words familiar to patients. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 14(8), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2016.14.8.29

© MA Healthcare Ltd. Patients' self-reported constipation symptoms, preferred terminology and quality of life (QoL) issues were explored through 14 semi-structured and five unstructured interviews. In a modified Delphi study, 11 clinicians rated the... Read More about Validated constipation symptom and quality-of-life measures neither reflect patient and clinician concerns nor use words familiar to patients.

Sustained user engagement in health information technology: The long road from implementation to system optimization of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems for prescribing in hospitals in England (2016)
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McCloughan, L., Watson, S., Salema, N., Shah, S., Schofield, B., Slight, S., …on behalf of the NIHR ePrescribing Programme Team, . (2017). Sustained user engagement in health information technology: The long road from implementation to system optimization of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems for prescribing in hospitals in England. Health Services Research, 52(5), 1928-1957. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12581

© Health Research and Educational Trust Objective: To explore and understand approaches to user engagement through investigating the range of ways in which health care workers and organizations accommodated the introduction of computerized physician... Read More about Sustained user engagement in health information technology: The long road from implementation to system optimization of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems for prescribing in hospitals in England.

Health Professionals' Perceptions of the Effects of Exercise on Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (2016)
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Thom, J. M., Maddison, P. J., Markland, D. A., Jones, J. G., Halls, S., Law, R. J., …Thom, J. (2017). Health Professionals' Perceptions of the Effects of Exercise on Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Musculoskeletal Care, 15(3), 196-209. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1157

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives: Although exercise is an important factor in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), research indicates that patients perceive that health professionals (HPs) are uncertain about the place of... Read More about Health Professionals' Perceptions of the Effects of Exercise on Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.