Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care?: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Downing, Harriet E.; Carroll, Fran; Brookes, Sara T.; Hollinghurst, Sandra; Timmins, David; Orton, Elizabeth; Wang, Kay; Kendrick, Denise; Little, Paul; Moore, Mike V.; Harnden, Anthony; Thompson, Matthew; May, Margaret T.; Hay, Alastair D.

doi:10.1186/s13063-015-0569-5

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Identification of incident poisoning, fracture and burn events using linked primary care, secondary care, and mortality data from England: implications for research and surveillance (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Tata, L. J., Kendrick, D., & Orton, E. (2015). Identification of incident poisoning, fracture and burn events using linked primary care, secondary care, and mortality data from England: implications for research and surveillance. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041561

Background: English national injury data collection systems are restricted to hospitalisations and deaths. With recent linkage of a large primary care database, the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), with secondary care and mortality data we... Read More about Identification of incident poisoning, fracture and burn events using linked primary care, secondary care, and mortality data from England: implications for research and surveillance.

Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2015). Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305715

Aim: To investigate risk factors for first long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years old in order to provide evidence about which families could benefit from injury prevention interventions. Methods: Population-based matched nested case–control... Read More about Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study.

Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care?: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Downing, H. E., Carroll, F., Brookes, S. T., Hollinghurst, S., Timmins, D., Orton, E., …Hay, A. D. (2015). Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care?: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16(1), Article 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0569-5

Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is one of the most common conditions managed internationally and is costly to health services and patients. Despite good evidence that antibiotics are not effective for improving the symptom... Read More about Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care?: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.