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Temporal trends and patterns in initial opioid prescriptions after hospital discharge following colectomy in England over 10 years (2023)
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Background While opioid analgesics are often necessary for the management of acute postoperative pain, appropriate prescribing practices are crucial to avoid harm. The aim was to investigate the changes in the proportion of people receiving initial... Read More about Temporal trends and patterns in initial opioid prescriptions after hospital discharge following colectomy in England over 10 years.

Predictors of persistent postoperative opioid use following colectomy: a population‐based cohort study from England (2023)
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This retrospective cohort study on adults undergoing colectomy from 2010 to 2019 used linked primary (Clinical Practice Research Datalink), and secondary (Hospital Episode Statistics) care data to determine the prevalence of persistent postoperative... Read More about Predictors of persistent postoperative opioid use following colectomy: a population‐based cohort study from England.

O128 Time trends in opioid prescribing after discharge following colectomy in England: a cross-sectional study (2023)
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Introduction Opioid prescribing patterns after discharge following colectomy within a population from England are not well characterised. This study aimed to report changes in opioid prescribing prevalence, formulation choices and opioid analgesics o... Read More about O128 Time trends in opioid prescribing after discharge following colectomy in England: a cross-sectional study.

O087 Predictors of persistent opioid use after discharge following colectomy: a population-based cohort study from England (2023)
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Introduction Little is known regarding whether opioid prescriptions following colectomy lead to persistent use. We aimed to determine the prevalence of persistent post-discharge opioid use following colectomy, stratified by preadmission opioid exposu... Read More about O087 Predictors of persistent opioid use after discharge following colectomy: a population-based cohort study from England.

Thai stakeholders’ awareness and perceptions of the patient adverse event reporting system for herbal medicines: a qualitative study (2023)
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Background: In Thailand, the consumption of herbal medicines has been increasing. Adverse events (AEs) of herbal medicines have been identified through the spontaneous reporting system. However, the number of patients reporting AEs of herbal medicine... Read More about Thai stakeholders’ awareness and perceptions of the patient adverse event reporting system for herbal medicines: a qualitative study.

Anti-osteoporosis medication dispensing by clinical commissioning groups in England – an ecological study of variability in practice and of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
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Purpose: To investigate whether the rate of Anti-Osteoporosis Medication (AOM) dispensing was related to prevalence of risk factors and hip fracture incidence in the local population. Methods: The Open Prescribing database was used to analyse dispens... Read More about Anti-osteoporosis medication dispensing by clinical commissioning groups in England – an ecological study of variability in practice and of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Routine omics collection is a golden opportunity for European human research in space and analog environments (2022)
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Widespread generation and analysis of omics data have revolutionized molecular medicine on Earth, yet its power to yield new mechanistic insights and improve occupational health during spaceflight is still to be fully realized in humans. Nevertheless... Read More about Routine omics collection is a golden opportunity for European human research in space and analog environments.

Supporting patients to get the best from their osteoporosis treatment: a rapid realist review of what works, for whom, and in what circumstance (2022)
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Summary: Systematic reviews that examine effectiveness of interventions to improve medicines optimisation do not explain how or why they work. This realist review identified that interventions which effectively optimise medicines use in osteoporosis... Read More about Supporting patients to get the best from their osteoporosis treatment: a rapid realist review of what works, for whom, and in what circumstance.

Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review (2022)
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Background: We aimed to appraise the evidence relating to the measurement properties of unidimensional tools to quantify pain after surgery. Furthermore, we wished to identify the tools used to assess interference of pain with functional recovery. Me... Read More about Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review.

The association between incident vertebral deformities, health-related quality of life and functional impairment: a 10.7-year cohort study (2021)
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We aimed to describe longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures associated with incident vertebral deformities (VDs) over 10.7 years. Incident VDs are associated with clinically significant functional impairment in men, a... Read More about The association between incident vertebral deformities, health-related quality of life and functional impairment: a 10.7-year cohort study.

A comparison of six osteoporosis risk assessment tools among postmenopausal women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2019)
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Objectives To compare and assess the performance of 6 osteoporosis risk assessment tools for screening osteoporosis in Malaysian postmenopausal women. Methods Six osteoporosis risk assessments tools (the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estim... Read More about A comparison of six osteoporosis risk assessment tools among postmenopausal women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.