Professor JO LEONARDI-BEE's Outputs (5)

Effect of Corticosteroid Therapy on Influenza-Related Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Rodrigo, C., Leonardi-Bee, J., Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S., & Lim, W. S. (2015). Effect of Corticosteroid Therapy on Influenza-Related Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212(2), 183-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu645

Background: Most studies have reported that corticosteroid therapy adversely influences influenza-related outcomes.

Methods: Electronic databases were searched from inception to March 2013 for experimental and observational studies investigating s... Read More about Effect of Corticosteroid Therapy on Influenza-Related Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Statistical and methodological concerns about the beneficial effect of neuraminidase inhibitors on mortality (2014)
Journal Article
Leonardi-Bee, J., Venkatesan, S., Muthuri, S. G., Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S., & Myles, P. R. (in press). Statistical and methodological concerns about the beneficial effect of neuraminidase inhibitors on mortality. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2(7), Article e10-e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2814%2970137-7

Maternal Obesity and Infant Mortality: A Meta-Analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Meehan, S., Puleston, R., Beck, C. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Mair-Jenkins, J. (2014). Maternal Obesity and Infant Mortality: A Meta-Analysis. Pediatrics, 133(5), 863–871. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1480

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Despite numerous studies reporting an elevated risk of infant mortality among women who are obese, the magnitude of the association is unclear. A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to assess the association... Read More about Maternal Obesity and Infant Mortality: A Meta-Analysis.

Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data (2014)
Journal Article
Orton, S., Bowker, K., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., Ussher, M., Pickett, K. E., Leonardi-Bee, J., Sutton, S., Dhalwani, N. N., & Coleman, T. (2014). Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data. BMJ Open, 4(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004915

Objectives: To report methods used to assemble a contemporary pregnancy cohort for investigating influences on smoking behaviour before, during and after pregnancy and to report characteristics of women recruited.

Design: Longitudinal cohort surve... Read More about Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data.

Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data (2014)
Journal Article
Muthuri, S. G., Venkatesan, S., Myles, P. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., Al Khuwaitir, T. S., Al Mamun, A., Anovadiya, A. P., Azziz-Baumgartner, E., Báez, C., Bassetti, M., Beovic, B., Bertisch, B., Bonmarin, I., Booy, R., Borja-Aburto, V. H., Burgmann, H., Cao, B., Carratala, J., Denholm, J. T., Dominguez, S. R., …Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. (2014). Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2814%2970041-4

Neuraminidase inhibitors were widely used during the 2009/10 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, but evidence for their effectiveness in reducing mortality is uncertain. We did a meta-analysis of individual participant data to investigate the association betw... Read More about Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.