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Hip fracture outcomes in patients with COPD (2018)
Journal Article
Buss, L., McKeever, T. M., Nightingale, J., Akyea, R., Ollivere, B., Moppett, I., & Bolton, C. E. (2018). Hip fracture outcomes in patients with COPD. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 121(6), 1377-1379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2018.09.008+hideArticle+Info

Hip fractures are common in patients with COPD and contemporary outcome data is needed. Patients admitted with a hip fracture to one acute trust (2010-2015) were assessed prospectively (UK National Hip Fracture Database audit) and mortality data col... Read More about Hip fracture outcomes in patients with COPD.

Investigating the discriminative value of Early Warning Scores in patients with respiratory disease using a retrospective cohort analysis of admissions to Nottingham University Hospitals Trust over a 2-year period (2018)
Journal Article
Forster, S., Housley, G., McKeever, T. M., & Shaw, D. E. (2018). Investigating the discriminative value of Early Warning Scores in patients with respiratory disease using a retrospective cohort analysis of admissions to Nottingham University Hospitals Trust over a 2-year period. BMJ Open, 8(7), Article e020269. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020269

Objective: Early Warning Scores (EWSs) are used to monitor patients for signs of imminent deterioration. Although used in respiratory disease, EWSs have not been well studied in this population, despite the underlying cardiopulmonary pathophysiology... Read More about Investigating the discriminative value of Early Warning Scores in patients with respiratory disease using a retrospective cohort analysis of admissions to Nottingham University Hospitals Trust over a 2-year period.

Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations (2018)
Journal Article
McKeever, T., Mortimer, K., Wilson, A., Walker, S., Brightling, C., Skeggs, A., …Harrison, T. (2018). Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(10), 902-910. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1714257

Copyright © 2018 Massachusetts Medical Society. BACKGROUND Asthma exacerbations are frightening for patients and are occasionally fatal. We tested the concept that a plan for patients to manage their asthma (self-management plan), which included a te... Read More about Quadrupling inhaled glucocorticoid dose to abort asthma exacerbations.

A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines content in 61 countries (2018)
Journal Article
Nilan, K., McNeill, A., Murray, R. L., McKeever, T. M., & Raw, M. (2018). A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines content in 61 countries. Addiction, 113(8), 1499-1506. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14204

Aims: To assess tobacco dependence treatment guidelines content in accordance with Article 14 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and its guidelines, and association between content and country income... Read More about A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines content in 61 countries.

13-Valent vaccine serotype pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in adults in high clinical risk groups (2018)
Journal Article
Daniel, P., Rodrigo, C., Bewick, T., Sheppard, C., Greenwood, S., McKeever, T. M., …Lim, W. S. (2018). 13-Valent vaccine serotype pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in adults in high clinical risk groups. Vaccine, 36(12), 1614-1620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.02.005

There is debate regarding the value of vaccinating adults with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13). This analysis was conducted to investigate the risk of PCV-13 serotype community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalised adults wit... Read More about 13-Valent vaccine serotype pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in adults in high clinical risk groups.