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Differing patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations among 0–4 year old children from England (2016)
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Objective: To describe patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations by age, sex, calendar year and socioeconomic status among 0-4 year olds in England for the period 1998-2013. Participants: 708,050 children with linked primary care a... Read More about Differing patterns in thermal injury incidence and hospitalisations among 0–4 year old children from England.

Epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns among 0–24 year olds in England using linked health and mortality data (2016)
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Background: Understanding patterns of injury in England is challenging due to a lack of national injury surveillance data. Through recent linkage of a large primary care research database to hospitalization and mortality data, we describe the epide... Read More about Epidemiology of poisonings, fractures and burns among 0–24 year olds in England using linked health and mortality data.

Hospital admission for hyperemesis gravidarum: a nationwide study of occurrence, reoccurrence and risk factors among 8.2 million pregnancies (2016)
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STUDY QUESTION: What are the maternal risk factors for hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) hospital admission, readmission and reoccurrence in a following pregnancy? SUMMARY ANSWER: Young age, less socioeconomic deprivation, nulliparity, Asian or Black ethn... Read More about Hospital admission for hyperemesis gravidarum: a nationwide study of occurrence, reoccurrence and risk factors among 8.2 million pregnancies.

Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: a population based cohort study (2016)
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Background: Poisonings are a common cause of morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Yet surveillance data indicating current incidence rates (IRs) and time trends are lacking, making policy development and service planning difficult. We utilised... Read More about Changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012: a population based cohort study.

The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study (2016)
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Background: Patients with coeliac disease are considered as individuals for whom pneumococcal vaccination is advocated. Aim: To quantify the risk of community-acquired pneumonia among patients with coeliac disease, assessing whether vaccination ag... Read More about The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study.

Which patients are assessed by lung cancer nurse specialists? A national lung cancer audit study of over 128,000 patients across England (2016)
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Background: Lung cancer nurse specialists (LCNS) are integral to the multidisciplinary clinical team, providing personalised physical and psycho-social interventions, and care management for people with lung cancer. The National Institute of Health a... Read More about Which patients are assessed by lung cancer nurse specialists? A national lung cancer audit study of over 128,000 patients across England.

Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India (2016)
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Objective: This study aimed to assess a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 in pregnant women in a rural Indian setting. Methods: The study population consisted of women between 3 to 5 months of pregnancy, from 33 villages in Tuljapur and Lohara... Read More about Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India.

Defining venous thromboembolism and measuring its incidence using Swedish health registries: a nationwide pregnancy cohort study (2015)
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Objective: To accurately define venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the routinely collected Swedish health registers and quantify its incidence in and around pregnancy. Study design: Cohort study using data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (MBR)... Read More about Defining venous thromboembolism and measuring its incidence using Swedish health registries: a nationwide pregnancy cohort study.

Banning of fetal sex determination and changes in sex ratio in India (2015)
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Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study (2015)
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Background: Clinical studies have reported reduced fertility in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Aim: To compare fertility rates in women with IBD to those in women without IBD and assess whether the relative fertility differed followi... Read More about Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study.

Causes of death in people with coeliac disease in England compared with the general population: a competing risk analysis (2015)
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INTRODUCTION: Quantifying excess cause-specific mortality among people with coeliac disease (CD) compared with the general population accounting for competing risks will allow accurate information to be given on risk of death from specific causes.... Read More about Causes of death in people with coeliac disease in England compared with the general population: a competing risk analysis.

Congenital anomalies in children of mothers taking antiepileptic drugs with and without periconceptional high dose folic acid use: a population-based cohort study (2015)
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BACKGROUND: Antenatal antiepileptic drug (AED) use has been found to be associated with increased major congenital anomaly (CA) risks. However whether such AED-associated risks were different according to periconceptional high dose (5mg daily) folic... Read More about Congenital anomalies in children of mothers taking antiepileptic drugs with and without periconceptional high dose folic acid use: a population-based cohort study.

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)
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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)
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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.

Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring (2015)
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is now being used as a smoking cessation aid during pregnancy, although little is known about fetal safety. We assessed the relationship between early pregnancy exposure to NRT or smoking... Read More about Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring.

Socioeconomic variation in the incidence of childhood coeliac disease in the UK (2015)
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BACKGROUND: Serological studies indicate that evidence of coeliac disease (CD) exists in about 1% of all children, but we lack estimates of current diagnostic patterns among children and how they vary by socioeconomic group. METHODS: We identifie... Read More about Socioeconomic variation in the incidence of childhood coeliac disease in the UK.

Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation? An ecological study (2015)
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Objective: To determine whether there was an association between the coverage of booster immunisation of Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis and Polio (DTaP/IPV) and second Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) dose by age 5 in accordance with the En... Read More about Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation? An ecological study.

Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5 (2014)
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BACKGROUND: Injury is a significant cause of childhood death and can result in substantial long-term disability. Injuries are more common in children from socio-economically deprived families, contributing to health inequalities between the most and... Read More about Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5.

A comparison of UK primary care data with other national data sources for monitoring the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy (2014)
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Background: We aimed to assess the potential usefulness of primary care data for estimating smoking prevalence in pregnancy by comparing the primary care data estimates with those obtained from other data sources. Methods: In The Health Improvement... Read More about A comparison of UK primary care data with other national data sources for monitoring the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy.

Limited risks of major congenital anomalies in children of mothers with coeliac disease: a population-based cohort study (2014)
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Objective: To examine major congenital anomaly (CA) risks in children of mothers with coeliac disease (CD) compared with mothers without CD. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: Linked maternal–child medical records from a large pr... Read More about Limited risks of major congenital anomalies in children of mothers with coeliac disease: a population-based cohort study.