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Does treatment by a specialist physiotherapist change pain and function in young adults with symptoms from femoroacetabular impingement? A pilot project for a randomised controlled trial
(Elsevier, 2016-02-27)Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is recognised as a source of hip pain but the effect of conservative treatment remains untested. This pilot study aimed to inform and evaluate the methods required to conduct a substantive ... -
First do no harm: pain relief for the peripheral venous cannulation of adults, a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
(BioMed Central, 2016-10-01)Peripheral venous cannulation is an everyday practice in hospitals, which many adults find painful. However, anaesthesia for cannulation is usually only offered to children. Inadequate pain relief is not only unpleasant ... -
Pilot randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people “STOPCUTS”: study protocol
(BioMed Central, 2015-04-01)Skin tears are traumatic injuries occurring mostly on the extremities due to shearing and friction forces that separate the epidermis and the dermis from underlying tissues. They are common and occur mostly in older adults ... -
Learning neonatal intubation with a video laryngoscope
(Infant, 2015-05)Although increasing used in adult and paediatric populations, the use of video laryngoscopy in a neonatal setting has not been extensively researched. This article describes a study showing that intubation of a manikin ... -
A randomized controlled trial of postoperative analgesia following total knee replacement: transdermal Fentanyl patches versus patient controlled analgesia (PCA).
(Springer, 2015-08)This randomized controlled trial compared a standard patient controlled analgesic (PCA) regime with a transdermal and oral Fentanyl regime for post-operative pain management in patients undergoing total knee replacement. -
Factors determining penetrance in familial atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome
(BMJ, 2014-11-01)BACKGROUND: Inherited abnormalities of complement are found in approximately 60% of patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS). Such abnormalities are not fully penetrant. In this study, we have estimated ... -
Are we seeing the effects of public awareness campaigns? A 10-year analysis of Breslow thickness at presentation of malignant melanoma in the South West of England
(Elsevier, 2014-03-01)INTRODUCTION: The last 20 years has seen a marked improvement in skin cancer awareness campaigns. We sought to establish whether this has affected the presenting Breslow thickness of malignant melanoma in the South West. ... -
Can clinical features be used to differentiate type 1 from type 2 diabetes? A systematic review of the literature
(BMJ, 2015-11-02)OBJECTIVE: Clinicians predominantly use clinical features to differentiate type 1 from type 2 diabetes yet there are no evidence-based clinical criteria to aid classification of patients. Misclassification of diabetes is ... -
Psoriasis management: patient feedback and healthcare limitations
(SciTechnol, 2016-07-14)Background: Psoriasis is a lifelong, incurable, disfiguring skin disease. It has been associated with metabolic and psychological comorbidities and up to one third of patients developed psoriatic arthritis. The management ...