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Why choose tiotropium for my patient? A comprehensive review of actions and outcomes versus other bronchodilators.
(Elsevier, 2017-07)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are leading causes of morbidity and mortality. This narrative review provides an appraisal of the pharmacological and clinical characteristics of tiotropium in COPD ... -
Wide variation in the use and understanding of therapeutic drug monitoring for anti-TNF agents in inflammatory bowel disease: an inexact science?
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-24)We aimed to understand the way in which therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is used, understood and interpreted for anti-TNF agents in IBD. -
The WISDOM of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD
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WNT Signaling Perturbations Underlie the Genetic Heterogeneity of Robinow Syndrome.
(Elsevier, 2017-12-16)Locus heterogeneity characterizes a variety of skeletal dysplasias often due to interacting or overlapping signaling pathways. Robinow syndrome is a skeletal disorder historically refractory to molecular diagnosis, potentially ... -
Wolcott-Rallison syndrome in Iran: a common cause of neonatal diabetes
(De Gruyter, 2019-06)Wolcott-Rallison syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neonatal/early-onset non-autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes, multiple epiphyseal dysphasia and growth retardation. It is caused by mutations ... -
The woman with unexplained anaemia.
(BMJ, 2015-12-15)A 77-year-old woman was admitted to hospital for 3 weeks to treat cellulitis and investigate unexplained anaemia. Earlier, when her neck had been examined on outpatient review of her lymphoedema, a large fungating tumour ... -
Women's experiences of managing digitation: do we ask enough in primary care?
(Royal Society of Medicine, 2018-08)The aim of this paper was to consider the available evidence for the current management of pelvic organ prolapse, which is a common presentation in primary care. However, not all women will present, only presenting when ... -
Women's experiences of personalised support for asthma care during pregnancy: A systematic review of the literature.
(BioMed Central, 2017-02-20)Asthma and pregnancy are both sources of anxiety for women. Although there has been a focus on physiological management of asthma and pregnancy, there has been little research on the impact that personalised support can ... -
Workforce predictive risk modelling: development of a model to identify general practices at risk of a supply-demand imbalance
(BMJ, 2020-01-23)Objective: This study aimed to develop a risk prediction model identifying general practices at risk of workforce supply-demand imbalance. Design: This is a secondary analysis of routine data on general practice workforce, ... -
Working internationally: challenges and opportunities.
(Mark Allen Group, 2016-11-10)Mel Burden, Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Specialist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, shares her experiences of volunteering as a nurse in Benin and South Africa, and reflects on the professional challenges. -
World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set Development for Interstitial Lung Disease
(Frontiers Media, #VALUE!)Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) as a scientific method of disability data collection comprised of >1,200 categories ... -
Wrongly connected cylinder oxygen supply
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X-linked Ohdo syndrome due to a novel MED12 variant detected by Rapid Exome Sequencing
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Xenogeneic human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells reduce mortality in rats with acute respiratory distress syndrome complicated by sepsis.
(Oncotarget, 2017-07-11)This study tested the hypothesis that xenogeneic human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (HUCDMSC) therapy would improve survival rates in rats with acute respiratory distress-syndrome (ARDS, induction by 48 h ... -
YIPF5 mutations cause neonatal diabetes and microcephaly through endoplasmic reticulum stress
(American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2020-12-01)Neonatal diabetes is caused by single gene mutations reducing pancreatic β cell number or impairing β cell function. Understanding the genetic basis of rare diabetes subtypes highlights fundamental biological processes in ... -
You can't beat experience, but you can cheat it.
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Young adults' perspectives on living with kidney failure: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.
(BMJ, 2018-01)Young adults fare worse than younger adolescents or older adults on a broad range of health indicators. Those with a chronic illness such as renal failure are a particularly vulnerable group, who experience poor outcomes ...