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The top 10 research priorities in cystic fibrosis developed by a partnership between people with CF and health care providers (2017)
Journal Article
Rowbotham, N. J., Smith, S., Leighton, P., Rayner, O. C., Gathercole, K., Elliott, Z., …Smyth, A. R. (2018). The top 10 research priorities in cystic fibrosis developed by a partnership between people with CF and health care providers. Thorax, 73(4), 388-390. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210473

There remain many treatment uncertainties in cystic fibrosis (CF). With limited resources, research should focus on questions which are most important to the CF community. We conducted a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in CF. Researc... Read More about The top 10 research priorities in cystic fibrosis developed by a partnership between people with CF and health care providers.

Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Prayle, A., Cox, T., Smith, S., Rycroft-Malone, J., Thomas, K. S., Hughes, D. A., & Smyth, A. R. (in press). Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review. Thorax, https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208790

Cochrane Reviews summarise best evidence and should inform guidelines. We assessed the use of Cochrane Reviews in the UK guidelines for paediatric respiratory disease. We found 21 guidelines which made 1025 recommendations, of which 96 could be infor... Read More about Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively?: a systematic review.

Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Lansbury, L. E., Smith, S., Beyer, W., Karamehic, E., Pasic-Juhas, E., Sikira, H., …Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. (in press). Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.02.059

Background: The clinical effectiveness of monovalent influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccines has not been comprehensively summarised. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess vaccine effectiveness (VE) for adjuvanted and unadjuvanted vacc... Read More about Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis.