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Alcohol-related liver disease mortality and missed opportunities in secondary care: A United Kingdom retrospective observational study (2022)
Journal Article
Subhani, M., Elleray, R., Bethea, J., Morling, J. R., & Ryder, S. D. (2022). Alcohol-related liver disease mortality and missed opportunities in secondary care: A United Kingdom retrospective observational study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41(6), 1331-1340. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13482

Introduction: Alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) is a preventable cause of mortality. Historical epidemiological studies on ARLD often lack a detailed linked assessment of health-related contacts prior to death which limits understanding of opportu... Read More about Alcohol-related liver disease mortality and missed opportunities in secondary care: A United Kingdom retrospective observational study.

Utilising Electronic PROMs to Measure a Change in Health Following Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Feasibility Study (2022)
Journal Article
Daliya, P., Lobo, D. N., & Parsons, S. L. (2022). Utilising Electronic PROMs to Measure a Change in Health Following Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Feasibility Study. World Journal of Surgery, 46(9), 2155-2165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06588-9

Background
The collection of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) has many benefits for clinical practice. However, there are many barriers that prevent them from becoming a part of routine clinical care. The aim of this feasibility study was t... Read More about Utilising Electronic PROMs to Measure a Change in Health Following Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Feasibility Study.

Unresolved issues in perioperative nutrition: A narrative review (2022)
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Ford, K. L., Prado, C. M., Weimann, A., Schuetz, P., & Lobo, D. N. (2022). Unresolved issues in perioperative nutrition: A narrative review. Clinical Nutrition, 41(7), 1578-1590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2022.05.015

Surgical patients are at an increased risk of negative outcomes if they are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition preoperatively. Optimisation of nutritional status should be a focus throughout the perioperative continuum to promote improved surgic... Read More about Unresolved issues in perioperative nutrition: A narrative review.

Age modifies both the maximal temperature and inflammatory response in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (2022)
Journal Article
Crooks, C. J., West, J., Morling, J. R., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., Cruickshank, S., Hammond-Pears, S., Shaw, D., Card, T. R., & Fogarty, A. (2022). Age modifies both the maximal temperature and inflammatory response in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clinical Medicine, 22(3), 192-196. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2021-0603

Objective To determine the maximal response of the temperature and inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and how these are modified by age.

Methods Participants were patients admitted to hospital with SARS-CoV-2 infection. For each partici... Read More about Age modifies both the maximal temperature and inflammatory response in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Incidence and prevalence of venous thromboembolism in chronic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Subhani, M., Sheth, A., Ahmed, J., Wijayasiri, P., Gardezi, S. A., Enki, D., Morling, J. R., Aithal, G. P., Ryder, S. D., & Aravinthan, A. D. (2022). Incidence and prevalence of venous thromboembolism in chronic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Thrombosis Research, 215, 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2022.05.004

Background and Aims: Historically, bleeding was thought to be a frequent and fatal complication of liver disease. However, thrombosis due to coagulation disorders in cirrhosis remains a real risk. We aim to systematically analyse published articles t... Read More about Incidence and prevalence of venous thromboembolism in chronic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Incidence and pattern of mycophenolate discontinuation associated with abnormal monitoring blood-test results: cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum (2022)
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Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Mallen, C. D., Riley, R., Van Der Windt, D., Fox, C. P., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., Williams, H. C., & Abhishek, A. (2022). Incidence and pattern of mycophenolate discontinuation associated with abnormal monitoring blood-test results: cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 6(2), Article rkac046. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkac046

Objective: The aim was to examine the incidence and pattern of MMF discontinuation associated with abnormal monitoring blood-test results. Methods: Data from people prescribed MMF for common inflammatory conditions in the Clinical Practice Research D... Read More about Incidence and pattern of mycophenolate discontinuation associated with abnormal monitoring blood-test results: cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum.

Characteristics of alcohol recovery narratives: Systematic review and narrative synthesis (2022)
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Subhani, M., Talat, U., Knight, H., Morling, J. R., Jones, K. A., Aithal, G. P., Ryder, S. D., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., & Rennick-Egglestone, S. (2022). Characteristics of alcohol recovery narratives: Systematic review and narrative synthesis. PLoS ONE, 17(5), Article e0268034. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268034

Background and aims Narratives of recovery from alcohol misuse have been analysed in a range of research studies. This paper aims to produce a conceptual framework describing the characteristics of alcohol misuse recovery narratives that are in the r... Read More about Characteristics of alcohol recovery narratives: Systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Trends in indirect liver function marker testing in Wales from 2000 to 2017 and their association with age and sex: An observational study (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, T. A., Crooks, C. J., West, J., & Morling, J. R. (2022). Trends in indirect liver function marker testing in Wales from 2000 to 2017 and their association with age and sex: An observational study. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 9(1), Article e000885. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000885

Objective If non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis were recorded frequently enough in clinical practice, it might be feasible to use them for opportunistic community screening for liver disease. We aimed to determine their current pattern of usage i... Read More about Trends in indirect liver function marker testing in Wales from 2000 to 2017 and their association with age and sex: An observational study.

Prospective validation of five malnutrition screening and assessment instruments among medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (2022)
Journal Article
Stalder, L., Kaegi-Braun, N., Gressies, C., Gregoriano, C., Tribolet, P., Lobo, D. N., Gomes, F., Hoess, C., Pavlicek, V., Bilz, S., Sigrist, S., Brändle, M., Henzen, C., Thomann, R., Rutishauser, J., Aujesky, D., Rodondi, N., Donzé, J., Stanga, Z., Mueller, B., & Schuetz, P. (2022). Prospective validation of five malnutrition screening and assessment instruments among medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Clinical Nutrition, 41(6), 1307-1315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2022.04.025

Background & aims: Screening for malnutrition upon hospital admission is the first crucial step for proper nutritional assessment and treatment. While several nutritional screening and assessment instruments exist, there is a lack of head-to-head val... Read More about Prospective validation of five malnutrition screening and assessment instruments among medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Silent hypoxia is not an identifiable characteristic in patients with COVID-19 infection (2022)
Journal Article
Plummer, N. R., Fogarty, A., Shaw, D., Card, T., West, J., & Crooks, C. (2022). Silent hypoxia is not an identifiable characteristic in patients with COVID-19 infection. Respiratory Medicine, 197, Article 106858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106858

Background: We aimed to assess whether asymptomatic (“happy”) hypoxia was an identifiable physiological phenotype of COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and associated with need for ICU admission. Methods: We performed an observation... Read More about Silent hypoxia is not an identifiable characteristic in patients with COVID-19 infection.