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Managing severe lower limb spasticity in multiple sclerosis: does intrathecal phenol have a role?

Jarrett, Louise; Nandi, P.; Thompson, A. J. (BMJ, 2002-12)

Established treatment options for managing severe lower limb spasticity and associated pain are of limited value in people with advanced multiple sclerosis (MS). This has resulted in a resurgence of the use of lumbar ...

Intrauterine hyperglycemia is associated with an earlier diagnosis of diabetes in HNF-1alpha gene mutation carriers.

Stride, A.; Shepherd, Maggie; Frayling, T. M.; Bulman, Mike P; Ellard, Sian; Hattersley, Andrew T. (Highwire, 2002-12)

In animals, experimentally induced maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy results in hyperglycemic offspring. Similarly, Pima Indian offspring with mothers who are diabetic at the time of pregnancy have increased risk of ...

Illustrating the ethical dimensions of action research.

Williamson, G. R.; Prosser, Sue (RCN, 2002-12-01)

Graham Williamson and Sue Prosser discuss the ethical dimensions of action research, informed by their experiences of participation in an action research project in the workplace.

Attitudes to long-term care in multiple sclerosis.

Jarrett, Louise; Bradford, A.; Brown, C.; Colhoun, S.; Cox, A.; Gush, H.; Kaliczak, M.; McCaffrey, A.; Mullan, F.; Norris, L.; Rossi, B.; Russell, A.; Vernon, K. (Nursing Standard, 2003-01)

At a recent conference workshop, a group of specialist nurses examined their attitudes towards individuals with multiple sclerosis moving into long-term care. This article summarises how the group members examined their ...

Managing spasticity. MS care in the community.

Jarrett, Louise (2004)

Mobile messaging: emergency image transfer

Wallace, Christopher G; Gibson, JNA (Royal College of Surgeons, 2004-01-01)

A novel technique to reduce curved needlestick injuries.

Wallace, Christopher G; Browning, G G P (Royal College of Surgeons, 2004-03)

The role of the nurse in the management of spasticity

Jarrett, Louise (MAG Online Library, 2004-03)

Effects of training and supervision on recurrence rate after inguinal hernia repair

Robson, A. J.; Wallace, Christopher G; Sharma, A. K.; Nixon, S. J.; Paterson-Brown, S. (Wiley, 2004-06)

There is little information about the effects of operative experience and supervision of trainees on outcome in inguinal hernia surgery, one of the cornerstone operations of basic surgical training.

Human bite injuries

Wallace, Christopher G; Urso-Baiarda, F.G. (Royal College of Surgeons, 2005)

Liposuction

Urso-Baiarda, F.G.; Wallace, Christopher G (Royal College of Surgeons, 2005)

Constructing a reflexive narrative

Jarrett, Louise; Johns, C. (Blackwell, 2005)

Infusion of routinely stored blood may limit reperfusion injury to acutely ischemic myocardial cells.

Bagla, N.; Singh, Sarvpreet; Mangal, R. (Elsevier, 2005)

Emergency thrombolysis and restoration of blood supply to acutely ischemic myocardium kills many reversibly injured muscle cells by free radicals generation and calcium influx. Such reversibly injured cells form the major ...

Students' and assessors' attitudes towards students' self-assessment of their personal and professional behaviours.

Rees, C.; Shepherd, Maggie (Wiley, 2005-01)

Previous research has demonstrated self-assessment inaccuracy in medical students. This study aims to examine students' and assessors' attitudes towards students' self-assessment of personal and professional behaviours.

Clinical management of spasticity.

Thompson, A. J.; Jarrett, Louise; Lockley, L.; Marsden, J.; Stevenson, V. L. (BMJ, 2005-04)

Beta-cell dysfunction, insulin sensitivity, and glycosuria precede diabetes in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha mutation carriers.

Stride, A.; Ellard, Sian; Clark, P.; Shakespeare, L.; Salzmann, Maurice B.; Shepherd, Maggie; Hattersley, Andrew T. (Highwire, 2005-07)

Patients with diabetes due to hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha mutations have beta-cell deficiency, insulin sensitivity, altered proinsulin levels, and a low renal threshold for glucose. It is uncertain how many of ...

Configurational stability of bisindolylmaleimide cyclophanes: from conformers to the first configurationally stable, atropisomeric bisindolylmaleimides.

Barrett, S.; Bartlett, S.; Bolt, Amanda H.; Ironmonger, A.; Joce, C.; Nelson, A.; Woodhall, T. (Wiley, 2005-10-21)

The bisindolylmaleimides are selective protein kinase inhibitors that can adopt two limiting diastereomeric (syn and anti) conformations. The configurational stability of a range of substituted and macrocyclic bisindolylmaleimides ...