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Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave (2024)
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Acheampong, E., Husain, A. A., Dudani, H., Nayak, A. R., Nag, A., Meena, E., …Monaghan, T. M. (2024). Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave. PLoS ONE, 19(5), Article e0303529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303529

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as an effective environmental surveillance tool for predicting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease outbreaks in high-income countries (HICs) with centralized sewage infr... Read More about Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave.

A requirement for the use of supplementary oxygen to guide medical treatment decisions may introduce bias against non-white individuals (2024)
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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. W. (in press). A requirement for the use of supplementary oxygen to guide medical treatment decisions may introduce bias against non-white individuals. European Respiratory Journal, Article 2302320. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02320-2023

A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study (2024)
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Ng, C., Dellschaft, N. S., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Spiller, R., Crooks, C., …Smyth, A. R. (2024). A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study. NIHR Open Research, 3, Article 65. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13510.2

Background People with cystic fibrosis (CF) can experience recurrent chest infections, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and gastrointestinal symptoms. New cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator drugs improve lung funct... Read More about A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study.

Ethnicity and socio-economic status affects the incidence and survival of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (2024)
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Bishton, M. J., Crooks, C. J., Card, T. R., & West, J. (2024). Ethnicity and socio-economic status affects the incidence and survival of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology, 204(6), 2222-2226. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.19371

To address the lack of contemporary population-based epidemiological studies of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL), we undertook a population-based study of ICD-O-3-coded HSTCL in England. We used the National Cancer Registration Dataset and linke... Read More about Ethnicity and socio-economic status affects the incidence and survival of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma.

Population-based study of alcohol-related liver disease in England 2001-2018: Influence of socioeconomic position (2024)
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Askgaard, G., Jepsen, P., Jensen, M. D., Kann, A. E., Morling, J., Kraglund, F., …West, J. (2024). Population-based study of alcohol-related liver disease in England 2001-2018: Influence of socioeconomic position. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 119(7), 1337-1345. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000002677

INTRODUCTION: England has seen an increase in deaths due to alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) since 2001. We studied the influence of socioeconomic position on the incidence of ALD and the mortality after ALD diagnosis in England in 2001–2018.... Read More about Population-based study of alcohol-related liver disease in England 2001-2018: Influence of socioeconomic position.

Risk of alcohol-related liver disease in the offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide cohort study (2023)
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Jepsen, P., West, J., Kann, A. E., Kraglund, F., Morling, J., Crooks, C., & Askgaard, G. (2024). Risk of alcohol-related liver disease in the offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide cohort study. Hepatology, 80(2), 418-427. https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000000747

Background and aims: Offspring of patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) may have higher risk of ALD. We examined their risk of ALD and survival with ALD. Approach & Results: We used Danish nationwide registries to identify offspring of... Read More about Risk of alcohol-related liver disease in the offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide cohort study.

Outcomes after emergency appendicectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study from England (2023)
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Adiamah, A., Rashid, A., Crooks, C. J., Hammond, J. S., Jepsen, P., West, J., & Humes, D. J. (2023). Outcomes after emergency appendicectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study from England. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 408, Article 362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-023-03072-3

Introduction The mortality risk after appendicectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis is predicted to be higher than in the general population given the associated risk of perioperative bleeding, infections and liver decompensation. This population-... Read More about Outcomes after emergency appendicectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis: a population-based cohort study from England.

Understanding colorectal cancer risk for symptomatic patients in primary care: A cohort study utilising faecal immunochemical tests and blood results in England (2023)
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Crooks, C. J., Banerjea, A., Jones, J., Chapman, C., Oliver, S., West, J., & Humes, D. J. (2023). Understanding colorectal cancer risk for symptomatic patients in primary care: A cohort study utilising faecal immunochemical tests and blood results in England. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 58(4), 443-452. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17632

Background: A faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) cut-off of ≥10 μg Hb/g faeces is now recommended in the UK as a gateway to urgent (suspected cancer) investigation for colorectal cancer (CRC), based on an expected CRC risk threshold of 3%. Aims: To qu... Read More about Understanding colorectal cancer risk for symptomatic patients in primary care: A cohort study utilising faecal immunochemical tests and blood results in England.

Respiratory rate responses to both hypercapnia and acidaemia are modified by age in patients with acidosis (2023)
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Crooks, C. J., West, J., Morling, J. R., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., …Fogarty, A. W. (2023). Respiratory rate responses to both hypercapnia and acidaemia are modified by age in patients with acidosis. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 315, Article 104098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2023.104098

Objective To explore the associations between arterial pO2, pCO2 and pH and how these are modified by age. Methods An analysis of 2598 patients admitted with a diagnosis of Covid-19 infection to a large UK teaching hospital. Results There we... Read More about Respiratory rate responses to both hypercapnia and acidaemia are modified by age in patients with acidosis.

Maximal temperature varies by sex and ethnic group in hospital in-patients with Covid-19 infection (2023)
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Crooks, C. J., West, J., Gazis, T., Shaw, D., Simmonds, M., Card, T. R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2023). Maximal temperature varies by sex and ethnic group in hospital in-patients with Covid-19 infection. Journal of Medical Virology, 95(6), Article e28837. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.28837

Incidence and Survival in Patients With Enteropathy-associated T-Cell Lymphoma: Nationwide Registry Studies From England and Denmark (2023)
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West, J., Jepsen, P., Card, T. R., Crooks, C. J., & Bishton, M. (2023). Incidence and Survival in Patients With Enteropathy-associated T-Cell Lymphoma: Nationwide Registry Studies From England and Denmark. Gastroenterology, 165(4), 1064-1066.e3. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2023.06.003

1-year survival in haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a nationwide cohort study from England 2003–2018 (2023)
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West, J., Stilwell, P., Liu, H., Ban, L., Bythell, M., Card, T., …Crooks, C. (2023). 1-year survival in haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a nationwide cohort study from England 2003–2018. Journal of Hematology and Oncology, 16, Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-023-01434-4

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a lethal syndrome of excessive immune activation. We undertook a nationwide study in England of all cases of HLH diagnosed between 2003 and 2018, using linked electronic health data from hospital admission... Read More about 1-year survival in haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a nationwide cohort study from England 2003–2018.

Venous thromboembolism following colectomy for diverticular disease: an English population-based cohort study (2023)
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Yapa, A. K. D. S., Humes, D. J., Crooks, C. . J., & Lewis-Lloyd, C. A. (2023). Venous thromboembolism following colectomy for diverticular disease: an English population-based cohort study. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 408, Article 203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-023-02920-6

Aim This study reports venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates following colectomy for diverticular disease to explore the magnitude of postoperative VTE risk in this population and identify high risk subgroups of interest. Method English national c... Read More about Venous thromboembolism following colectomy for diverticular disease: an English population-based cohort study.

Anaemia of acute inflammation: a higher acute systemic inflammatory response is associated with a larger decrease in blood haemoglobin levels in patients with COVID-19 infection (2023)
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Crooks, C. J., West, J., Morling, J. R., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., …Fogarty, A. W. (2023). Anaemia of acute inflammation: a higher acute systemic inflammatory response is associated with a larger decrease in blood haemoglobin levels in patients with COVID-19 infection. Clinical Medicine, 23(3), 201-205. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2022-0436

AIMS: The study tests the hypothesis that a higher acute systemic inflammatory response was associated with a larger decrease in blood hemoglobin levels in patients with Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection. METHODS: All patients with either suspect... Read More about Anaemia of acute inflammation: a higher acute systemic inflammatory response is associated with a larger decrease in blood haemoglobin levels in patients with COVID-19 infection.

Prognostic non-invasive biomarkers for all-cause mortality in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Cianci, N., Subhani, M., Hill, T., Khanna, A., Zheng, D., Sheth, A., …Aithal, G. P. (2022). Prognostic non-invasive biomarkers for all-cause mortality in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. World Journal of Hepatology, 14(5), 1025-1037. https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v14.i5.1025

BACKGROUND Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a growing public health concern, with patients having higher risk of morbidity and mortality. It has a considerably high prevalence in the general population, estimated 20%-40% in Europe... Read More about Prognostic non-invasive biomarkers for all-cause mortality in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.