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Clinical interval and diagnostic characteristics in a cohort of bladder cancer patients in Spain: a multicenter observational study.
(2017-12-07)
OBJECTIVE: We performed a cohort study in seven hospitals in Spain to determine the clinical characteristics of incident patients with bladder cancer, the diagnostic process, and the conditions that might affect health ...
Need for expanded HPV genotyping for cervical screening.
(2016-12)
The focus for HPV genotyping has largely been on types 16 and 18, based on their high prevalence in cervix cancer. However screening is focussed on the detection of high grade precursor lesions (CIN3 and CIN2), where other ...
Use of RAAS Inhibitors and Risk of Clinical Deterioration in COVID-19: Results From an Italian Cohort of 133 Hypertensives.
(2020-10-21)
BACKGROUND: The effect of chronic use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors on the severity of COVID-19 infection is still unclear in patients with hypertension. We aimed to investigate the association ...
Risk of pneumonia in obstructive lung disease: A real-life study comparing extra-fine and fine-particle inhaled corticosteroids.
(2017)
BACKGROUND: Regular use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with obstructive lung diseases has been associated with a higher risk of pneumonia, particularly in COPD. The risk of pneumonia has not been previously ...
Accuracy of prescribing documentation by UK junior doctors undertaking psychiatry placements: a multi-centre observational study.
(2019-09-04)
OBJECTIVES: Medical records are critical to patient care, but often contain incomplete information. In UK hospitals, record-keeping is traditionally undertaken by junior doctors, who are increasingly completing early-career ...
Analysis of tenodesis techniques for treatment of scapholunate instability using the finite element method.
(2017-12)
Chronic scapholunate ligament (SL) injury is a common disorder affecting the wrist. Despite advances in surgical techniques used to treat this injury, SL gap re-emergence may occur postoperatively. This paper presents an ...
Trends in admission timing and mechanism of injury can be used to improve general surgical trauma training.
(Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2020-01-01)
INTRODUCTION: The temporal patterns and unit-based distributions of trauma patients requiring surgical intervention are poorly described in the UK. We describe the distribution of trauma patients in the UK and assess whether ...
Patient engagement with research: European population register study.
(2015-12)
BACKGROUND: Lay involvement in implementation of research evidence into practice may include using research findings to guide individual care, as well as involvement in research processes and policy development. Little is ...
Self-reported long-term needs after stroke.
(2011-05)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Development of interventions to manage patients with stroke after discharge from the hospital requires estimates of need. This study estimates the prevalence of self-reported need in community-dwelling ...