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Perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among adult hospital patients in Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) Hospitals (2020)
Journal Article
Alghamdi, S., Berrou, I., Aslanpour, Z., Bajnaid, E., Alzahrani, A., & Shebl, N. A. (2020). Perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among adult hospital patients in Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) Hospitals. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 28(12), 1648-1654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2020.10.011

Background: Education, a key strategy within antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs), has been mainly directed towards healthcare professionals and prescribers more than hospitalised patients. Aim: To examine patients' knowledge and perceptions o... Read More about Perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among adult hospital patients in Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) Hospitals.

National survey of feasibility of NIV trials for management of children with bronchiolitis (2020)
Journal Article
Rosala-Hallas, A., Jones, A. P., Bedson, E., Compton, V., Fernandes, R. M., Lacy, D., …McNamara, P. S. (2020). National survey of feasibility of NIV trials for management of children with bronchiolitis. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4(1), e000780. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000780

Background Bronchiolitis is a major cause of admission to hospital in children. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) support with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen is routinely used for infants in the UK wi... Read More about National survey of feasibility of NIV trials for management of children with bronchiolitis.

Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children (2020)
Journal Article
Waterfield, T., Maney, J. A., McKenna, J. P., Lyttle, M. D., Roland, D., Corr, M., …On behalf of Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI). (2020). Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children. BMC Pediatrics, 20(1), Article 487. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02385-2

Background: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have called for research into the role of biomarkers, and specifically procalcitonin (PCT), for the early diagnosis of serious bacterial infections (SBI) in children. The aim of... Read More about Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children.

Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings (2020)
Journal Article
Dyson, L., Bedford, H., Condon, L., Emslie, C., Ireland, L., Mytton, J., …Jackson, C. (2020). Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 1574. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09614-4

Background: In the UK, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities are generally considered to be at risk of low or variable immunisation uptake. Many strategies to increase uptake for the general population are relevant for GRT communities, however... Read More about Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings.

Planning for success: Overcoming challenges to recruitment and conduct of an open-label emergency department-led paediatric trial (2020)
Journal Article
Roper, L., Lyttle, M. D., Gamble, C., Humphreys, A., Messahel, S., Lee, E. D., …Woolfall, K. (2021). Planning for success: Overcoming challenges to recruitment and conduct of an open-label emergency department-led paediatric trial. Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(3), 191-197. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209487

Background Key challenges to the successful conduct of The Emergency treatment with Levetiracetam or Phenytoin in Status Epilepticus in children (EcLiPSE) trial were identified at the pre-trial stage. These included practitioner anxieties about condu... Read More about Planning for success: Overcoming challenges to recruitment and conduct of an open-label emergency department-led paediatric trial.

Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown (2020)
Journal Article
Sedain, B., & Pant, P. R. (2020). Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown. F1000Research, 9, Article 1209. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26281.3

Background: As the world is busy addressing COVID-19, road traffic injuries, another major cause of deaths is continuously killing people on the roads. In Nepal, there were frequent media reports of occurrences of road crashes, injuries, and deaths d... Read More about Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown.

Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients (2020)
Journal Article
Ferreira, R. J. O., Welsing, P. M. J., Jacobs, J. W. G., Gossec, L., Ndosi, M., Machado, P. M., …Da Silva, J. A. P. (2021). Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(3), 277-279. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217171

Objectives: To determine the impact of excluding patient global assessment (PGA) from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Boolean remission criteria, on prediction of radiographic and functional outco... Read More about Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients.

Comment on: 'It can't be zero!' difficulties in completing patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: A mixed methods study: Reply (2020)
Journal Article
Ferreira, R. J., de Wit, M., Duarte, C., da Silva, J. A., & Ndosi, M. (2021). Comment on: 'It can't be zero!' difficulties in completing patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: A mixed methods study: Reply. Rheumatology, 60(1), e30-e31. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa488

Validation of the Italian version of the educational needs assessment tool in rheumatoid arthritis patients and factors associated with educational needs (2020)
Journal Article
Favero, M., Ometto, F., Salaffi, F., Belluzzi, E., Ortolan, A., Lorenzin, M., …Ramonda, R. (2020). Validation of the Italian version of the educational needs assessment tool in rheumatoid arthritis patients and factors associated with educational needs. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 10(4), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040150

The educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) is a seven-domain questionnaire assessing the educational needs (EN) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of the ENAT and to identify factor... Read More about Validation of the Italian version of the educational needs assessment tool in rheumatoid arthritis patients and factors associated with educational needs.

Randomized trial of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation during out of hospital cardiac arrest (AIRWAYS-2): Patient outcomes at three and six months (2020)
Journal Article
Benger, J. R., Lazaroo, M. J., Clout, M., Voss, S., Black, S., Brett, S. J., …Rogers, C. A. (2020). Randomized trial of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation during out of hospital cardiac arrest (AIRWAYS-2): Patient outcomes at three and six months. Resuscitation, 157, 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.026

© 2020 The Author(s) Aim: The AIRWAYS-2 cluster randomised controlled trial compared the i-gel supraglottic airway device (SGA) with tracheal intubation (TI) as the first advanced airway management (AAM) strategy used by Emergency Medical Service cli... Read More about Randomized trial of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation during out of hospital cardiac arrest (AIRWAYS-2): Patient outcomes at three and six months.

PP20  Paramedic identification and referral of patients in the last year of life: a stakeholder interview study (2020)
Journal Article
Kirby, K., Black, S., Goodwin, L., Pocock, L., Proctor, A., Richardson, S., …Benger, J. (2020). PP20  Paramedic identification and referral of patients in the last year of life: a stakeholder interview study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37(10), e10.1-e10. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-999abs.20

Background Patients are approaching End of Life when they are likely to die within the next 12 months. Quality in End of Life Care is variable and identifying patients in the End of Life phase is challenging, particularly in those people with diagnos... Read More about PP20  Paramedic identification and referral of patients in the last year of life: a stakeholder interview study.

Uncovering the processes of knowledge transformation: The example of local evidence-informed policy-making in United Kingdom healthcare (2020)
Journal Article
Gabbay, J., le May, A., Pope, C., Brangan, E., Cameron, A., Klein, J. H., & Wye, L. (2020). Uncovering the processes of knowledge transformation: The example of local evidence-informed policy-making in United Kingdom healthcare. Health Research Policy and Systems, 18, Article 110. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00587-9

Background Healthcare policy-makers are expected to develop ‘evidence-based’ policies. Yet, studies have consistently shown that, like clinical practitioners, they need to combine many varied kinds of evidence and information derived from divergent... Read More about Uncovering the processes of knowledge transformation: The example of local evidence-informed policy-making in United Kingdom healthcare.

Fifteen minute consultation: When can I use a medical app? (2020)
Journal Article
Rowe-Setz, G., Behringer, W., Roland, D., Lyttle, M. D., & Jahn, H. K. (2021). Fifteen minute consultation: When can I use a medical app?. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, 106(5), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319448

Advances in mobile device technology and internet connectivity have created powerful new mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine capabilities. The guidelines regarding mHealth use in the clinical environment can be conflicting, which has resulted in... Read More about Fifteen minute consultation: When can I use a medical app?.

Emergency care provided to refugee children in Europe: RefuNET: A cross-sectional survey study (2020)
Journal Article
Nijman, R. G., Krone, J., Mintegi, S., Bidlingmaier, C., Maconochie, I. K., Lyttle, M. D., & von Both, U. (2021). Emergency care provided to refugee children in Europe: RefuNET: A cross-sectional survey study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(1), 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2019-208699

Background Refugee children and young people have complex healthcare needs. However, issues related to acute healthcare provision for refugee children across Europe remain unexplored. This study aimed to describe the urgent and emergency healthcare n... Read More about Emergency care provided to refugee children in Europe: RefuNET: A cross-sectional survey study.

Early conscious prone positioning in patients with COVID-19 receiving continuous positive airway pressure: A retrospective analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Winearls, S., Swingwood, E. L., Hardaker, C. L., Smith, A. M., Easton, F. M., Millington, K. J., …Curtis, K. J. (2020). Early conscious prone positioning in patients with COVID-19 receiving continuous positive airway pressure: A retrospective analysis. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 7(1), e000711. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000711

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has challenged the management of hypoxaemic respiratory failure and strained intensive care unit resources. While prone positioning (PP) is an established therapy in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respirat... Read More about Early conscious prone positioning in patients with COVID-19 receiving continuous positive airway pressure: A retrospective analysis.

Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Berry, A., McCabe, C. S., Halls, S., Muir, S., & Walsh, N. (2021). Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 19(1), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1507

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) affects approximately 8.75 million people in the United Kingdom. Physical activity is recommended as a core treatment, yet 44% of people with OA are inactive. Motivation and self‐efficacy for exercise are considered to... Read More about Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis.

Prescribing in a paediatric emergency: A PERUKI survey of prescribing and resuscitation aids (2020)
Journal Article
Jahn, H. K., Jahn, I. H. J., Roland, D., Behringer, W., Lyttle, M., & Paediatric Emergency Research in the United Kingdom, Ireland (PERUKI). (2021). Prescribing in a paediatric emergency: A PERUKI survey of prescribing and resuscitation aids. Acta Paediatrica, 110(3), 1038-1045. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15551

Aim: The aim was to investigate the use of paper-based and electronic prescribing and resuscitation aids in paediatric emergency care from a departmental and individual physician perspective. Methods: A two-stage web-based self-report questionnaire w... Read More about Prescribing in a paediatric emergency: A PERUKI survey of prescribing and resuscitation aids.

Improving health outcomes in complex regional pain syndrome to inform chronic pain practice (2020)
Thesis
Grieve, S. Improving health outcomes in complex regional pain syndrome to inform chronic pain practice. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5667520

The research presented in this thesis focuses on improving health outcomes in the field of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) to inform chronic pain practice. Eight publications are presented, each accompanied by a critical commentary to evidence... Read More about Improving health outcomes in complex regional pain syndrome to inform chronic pain practice.

Seven-step framework to enhance practitioner explanations and parental understandings of research without prior consent in paediatric emergency and critical care trials (2020)
Journal Article
Roper, L., Lyttle, M. D., Gamble, C., Humphreys, A., Messahel, S., Lee, E. D., …Woolfall, K. (2021). Seven-step framework to enhance practitioner explanations and parental understandings of research without prior consent in paediatric emergency and critical care trials. Emergency Medicine Journal, 38, 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209488

Background: Alternatives to prospective informed consent enable the conduct of paediatric emergency and critical care trials. Research without prior consent (RWPC) involves practitioners approaching parents after an intervention has been given and se... Read More about Seven-step framework to enhance practitioner explanations and parental understandings of research without prior consent in paediatric emergency and critical care trials.

Airway management during in-hospital cardiac arrest in adults: UK national survey and interview study with anaesthetic and intensive care trainees (2020)
Journal Article
Goodwin, L., Samuel, K., Schofield, B., Voss, S., Brett, S. J., Couper, K., …Research and Audit Federation of Trainees (RAFT) network. (2021). Airway management during in-hospital cardiac arrest in adults: UK national survey and interview study with anaesthetic and intensive care trainees. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 22(3), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1177/1751143720949458

Background: The optimal airway management strategy for in-hospital cardiac arrest is unknown. Methods: An online survey and telephone interviews with anaesthetic and intensive care trainee doctors identified by the United Kingdom Research and Audit F... Read More about Airway management during in-hospital cardiac arrest in adults: UK national survey and interview study with anaesthetic and intensive care trainees.