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Safety of primary anastomosis following emergency left sided colorectal resection: an international, multi-centre prospective audit.
(2018-09)
INTRODUCTION: Some evidence suggests that primary anastomosis following left sided colorectal resection in the emergency setting may be safe in selected patients, and confer favourable outcomes to permanent enterostomy. ...
Outcomes following trauma laparotomy for hypotensive trauma patients: A UK military and civilian perspective.
(2018-09)
BACKGROUND: The management of trauma patients has changed radically in the last decade, and studies have shown overall improvements in survival. However, reduction in mortality for the many may obscure a lack of progress ...
Superusers' Engagement in Asthma Online Communities: Asynchronous Web-Based Interview Study.
(2020-06-23)
BACKGROUND: Superusers, defined as the 1% of users who write a large number of posts, play critical roles in online health communities (OHCs), catalyzing engagement and influencing other users' self-care. Their unique ...
Similar representations of emotions across faces and voices.
(2017-09)
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 17(6) of Emotion (see record 2017-18585-001). In the article, the copyright attribution was incorrectly listed and the Creative Commons CC-BY license ...
Cytokine responses to the anti-schistosome vaccine candidate antigen glutathione-S-transferase vary with host age and are boosted by praziquantel treatment.
(Public Library of Science, 2014-05-08)
BACKGROUND: Improved helminth control is required to alleviate the global burden of schistosomiasis and schistosome-associated pathologies. Current control efforts rely on the anti-helminthic drug praziquantel (PZQ), which ...
Circulating CD14brightCD16+ 'intermediate' monocytes exhibit enhanced parasite pattern recognition in human helminth infection.
(Public Library of Science, 2014-04-24)
Circulating monocyte sub-sets have recently emerged as mediators of divergent immune functions during infectious disease but their role in helminth infection has not been investigated. In this study we evaluated whether ...
Weight-bearing in ankle fractures: An audit of UK practice.
(2019-06)
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this national study was to audit the weight-bearing practice of orthopaedic services in the National Health Service (NHS) in the treatment of operatively and non-operatively treated ankle ...
Immediate newborn care and breastfeeding: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.
(BioMed Central, 2021-03-26)
BACKGROUND: Immediate newborn care (INC) practices, notably early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF), are fundamental for newborn health. However, coverage tracking currently relies on household survey data in many settings. ...
Counting on birth registration: mixed-methods research in two EN-BIRTH study hospitals in Tanzania.
(2021-03-26)
BACKGROUND: Birth registration marks a child's right to identity and is the first step to establishing citizenship and access to services. At the population level, birth registration data can inform effective programming ...
Neonatal resuscitation: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.
(BioMed Central, 2021-03-26)
BACKGROUND: Annually, 14 million newborns require stimulation to initiate breathing at birth and 6 million require bag-mask-ventilation (BMV). Many countries have invested in facility-based neonatal resuscitation equipment ...