Blizard Institute
The Blizard Institute is the largest institute of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. It's research and education span broad areas of modern biomedicine, with particular expertise in cell biology, genomics, immunology, neuroscience, primary care, population health and trauma sciences.
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The growing burden of atrial fibrillation and its consequences.
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Determining households from patient addresses and unique property reference numbers in general practitioner electronic health records
(Swansea University, 2024-04-09)Introduction Households are increasingly studied in population health research as an important context for understanding health and social behaviours and outcomes. Identifying household units of analysis in routinely ... -
Thromboprophylaxis for the trauma and orthopaedic surgeon.
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Malnutrition enteropathy in Zambian and Zimbabwean children with severe acute malnutrition: A multi-arm randomized phase II trial.
(2024-04-17)Malnutrition underlies almost half of all child deaths globally. Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) carries unacceptable mortality, particularly if accompanied by infection or medical complications, including enteropathy. We ... -
Inflammation and cytomegalovirus viremia during pregnancy drive sex-differentiated differences in mortality and immune development in HIV-exposed infants
(Nature Research, 2024-04-17)Children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected have increased infectious mortality compared to HIV-unexposed children, raising the possibility of immune abnormalities following exposure to maternal viraemia, immune dysfunction, ... -
Factors Influencing Recovery From Pediatric Stroke Based on Discussions From a UK-Based Online Stroke Community: Qualitative Thematic Study.
(2024-04-16)BACKGROUND: The incidence of stroke in children is low, and pediatric stroke rehabilitation services are less developed than adult ones. Survivors of pediatric stroke have a long poststroke life expectancy and therefore ... -
Variation in surgical demand and time to hip fracture repair: a Canadian database study.
(BMC, 2020-10-10)BACKGROUND: Competing demands for operative resources may affect time to hip fracture surgery. We sought to determine the time to hip fracture surgery by variation in demand in Canadian hospitals. METHODS: We obtained ... -
Effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation interventions incorporating outdoor mobility on ambulatory ability and falls-related self-efficacy after hip fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(2021-06-19)UNLABELLED: There is limited evidence from 11 randomised controlled trials on the effect of rehabilitation interventions which incorporate outdoor mobility on ambulatory ability and/or self-efficacy after hip fracture. ... -
Prognostic factors of depression after hip fracture surgery: Systematic review
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Factors affecting mortality after coronary bypass surgery: a scoping review.
(BMC, 2022-03-21)OBJECTIVES: Previous research reports numerous factors of post-operative mortality in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery. However, this evidence has not been mapped to the conceptual framework ... -
Trajectories of depressive symptoms among older adults and in adults with hip fracture: Analysis from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
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Locomotion system for a medical device
(Patent Application Publication, 2024-01-25)A locomotion system for use in a medical device, including at least one magnet, a rotor including a plurality of coil windings, and a ferromagnetic member. The rotor is configured, on application of a current to the plurality ... -
Inequity in exercise-based interventions for adults with intermittent claudication due to peripheral arterial disease: a systematic review.
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-08)PURPOSE: To determine the equity in access to trials of exercise interventions for adults with intermittent claudication due to peripheral arterial disease. METHODS: Systematic electronic database searches of MEDLINE, ... -
Perioperative interventions to improve early mobilisation and physical function after hip fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(Oxford University Press, 2023-08-01)BACKGROUND: Perioperative interventions could enhance early mobilisation and physical function after hip fracture surgery. OBJECTIVE: Determine the effectiveness of perioperative interventions on early mobilisation and ... -
Evaluation of clinical examination and preoperative imaging in patients with right iliac fossa pain and a medium or high risk score for appendicitis (RIFT-2)
(Impact Health, 2024-04-12)Introduction: Clinical risk models can be used to safely stratify UK patients with suspected appendicitis with low scores to ambulatory pathways, preventing admissions and unnecessary surgery. This study aimed to examine ... -
Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of comparing enhanced acceptance and commitment therapy plus (+) added to usual aftercare versus usual aftercare only, in patients living with or beyond cancer: SUrvivors' Rehabilitation Evaluation after CANcer (SURECAN) trial.
(2024-04-02)BACKGROUND: Two million people in the UK are living with or beyond cancer and a third of them report poor quality of life (QoL) due to problems such as fatigue, fear of cancer recurrence, and concerns about returning to ... -
Development and Validation of Multivariable Prediction Models for In-Hospital Death, 30-Day Death, and Change in Residence After Hip Fracture Surgery and the "Stratify-Hip" Algorithm.
(Oxford University Press, 2023-08-09)BACKGROUND: To develop and validate the stratify-hip algorithm (multivariable prediction models to predict those at low, medium, and high risk across in-hospital death, 30-day death, and residence change after hip fracture). ... -
Inequity in exercise-based interventions for adults with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review.
(Oxford University Press, 2023-01-24)OBJECTIVES: This systematic review describes the extent to which PROGRESS-Plus equity factors were considered in the eligibility criteria of trials of exercise interventions for adults with RA. METHODS: Electronic databases ...