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Ultra-high-field arterial spin labelling MRI for non-contrast assessment of cortical lesion perfusion in multiple sclerosis (2018)
Journal Article
Dury, R. J., Falah, Y., Gowland, P. A., Evangelou, N., Bright, M. G., & Francis, S. T. (2019). Ultra-high-field arterial spin labelling MRI for non-contrast assessment of cortical lesion perfusion in multiple sclerosis. European Radiology, 29(4), 2027-2033. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5707-5

© 2018, The Author(s). Objectives: To assess the feasibility of using an optimised ultra-high-field high-spatial-resolution low-distortion arterial spin labelling (ASL) MRI acquisition to measure focal haemodynamic pathology in cortical lesions (CLs)... Read More about Ultra-high-field arterial spin labelling MRI for non-contrast assessment of cortical lesion perfusion in multiple sclerosis.

Ultra-high-field arterial spin labeling MRI for non-contrast assessment of cortical lesion perfusion in multiple sclerosis (2018)
Journal Article
Drury, R. J., Falah, Y., Gowland, P. A., Evangelou, N., Bright, M. G., & Francis, S. T. (2019). Ultra-high-field arterial spin labeling MRI for non-contrast assessment of cortical lesion perfusion in multiple sclerosis. European Radiology, 29(4), 2027–2033. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5707-5

Objectives

Assess the feasibility of using an optimised ultra-high-field high-spatial-resolution low-distortion ASL MRI acquisition to measure focal haemodynamic pathology in cortical lesions (CLs) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Methods

Twelve... Read More about Ultra-high-field arterial spin labeling MRI for non-contrast assessment of cortical lesion perfusion in multiple sclerosis.

Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, S. N., Broomhead, E., Greenwell, K., Watts, E., Stockdale, D., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments. International Journal of Audiology, 57(12), 900-907. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1512013

© 2018, © 2018 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Self-help has the potential to provide low-cost and effective ways of improving access to psychological support for people with tinnitus... Read More about Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments.

The MRI central vein marker: differentiating PPMS from RRMS and ischaemic SVD (2018)
Journal Article
Samaraweera, A. P., Falah, Y., Pitot, A., Dineen, R. A., Morgan, P. S., & Evangelou, N. (2018). The MRI central vein marker: differentiating PPMS from RRMS and ischaemic SVD. Neurology, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, 5(6), Article e496. https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000496

© 2018 The Author(s). Objective To determine whether the assessment of brain white matter lesion (WML) central veins differentiate patients with primary progressive MS (PPMS) from relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and ischemic small vessel disease (SVD)... Read More about The MRI central vein marker: differentiating PPMS from RRMS and ischaemic SVD.

Automated quality control for within and between studies diffusion MRI data using a non-parametric framework for movement and distortion correction (2018)
Journal Article
Bastiani, M., Cottaar, M., Fitzgibbon, S. P., Suri, S., Alfaro-Almagro, F., Sotiropoulos, S. N., …Andersson, J. (2019). Automated quality control for within and between studies diffusion MRI data using a non-parametric framework for movement and distortion correction. NeuroImage, 184, 801-812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.09.073

Diffusion MRI data can be affected by hardware and subject-related artefacts that can adversely affect downstream analyses. Therefore, automated quality control (QC) is of great importance, especially in large population studies where visual QC is no... Read More about Automated quality control for within and between studies diffusion MRI data using a non-parametric framework for movement and distortion correction.

Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) (2018)
Journal Article
Lawrence, R. J., Wiggins, I. M., Anderson, C. A., Davies-Thompson, J., & Hartley, D. E. (2018). Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Hearing Research, 370, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.09.005

Functional neuroimaging has identified that the temporal, frontal and parietal cortex support core aspects of speech processing. An objective measure of speech intelligibility based on cortical activation in these brain regions would be extremely use... Read More about Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

Vestibulotoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy in survivors of cancer: a scoping review (2018)
Journal Article
Prayuenyong, P., Taylor, J. A., Pearson, S. E., Gomez, R., Patel, P. M., Hall, D. A., …Baguley, D. M. (2018). Vestibulotoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy in survivors of cancer: a scoping review. Frontiers in Oncology, 8, Article 363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00363

Background: Cochleotoxicity following the treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy is well documented. The potential for vestibulotoxicity is still unclear. This scoping review examined the extent of current research literature, summarized research... Read More about Vestibulotoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy in survivors of cancer: a scoping review.

Localised corneal haze and scarring following pulsed accelerated collagen cross-linking for keratoconus (2018)
Journal Article
Said, D. G., Ross, A. R., Messina, M., Mohammed, I., & Dua, H. (2018). Localised corneal haze and scarring following pulsed accelerated collagen cross-linking for keratoconus. Eye, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-018-0211-3

Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) is the only treatment that delays or arrests progression of keratoconus. CXL is a safe procedure with few complications. CXL protocols vary depending on time and energy used but all are safe and effective. Variati... Read More about Localised corneal haze and scarring following pulsed accelerated collagen cross-linking for keratoconus.

In vivo microscopic and optical coherence tomography classification of neurotrophic keratopathy (2018)
Journal Article
Mastropasqua, L., Nubile, M., Lanzini, M., Calienno, R., & Dua, H. S. (2019). In vivo microscopic and optical coherence tomography classification of neurotrophic keratopathy. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 234(5), 6108-6115. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.27345

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Neurotrophic keratopathy (NK) is a rare degenerative corneal disorder characterized by instability of epithelial integrity with consequent epithelial defects that can worsen up to persistent epithelial defects with stro... Read More about In vivo microscopic and optical coherence tomography classification of neurotrophic keratopathy.

Acute treatment of stroke (except thrombectomy) (2018)
Journal Article
Venturelli, P. M., Appleton, J. P., Anderson, C. S., & Bath, P. M. (2018). Acute treatment of stroke (except thrombectomy). Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 18(11), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-018-0883-x

Purpose of Review: The management of patients with acute stroke has been revolutionized in recent years with the advent of new effective treatments. In this rapidly evolving field, we provide an update on the management of acute stroke excluding thro... Read More about Acute treatment of stroke (except thrombectomy).

Using arterial spin labelling to investigate spontaneous and evoked ongoing musculoskeletal pain (2018)
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Wartolowska, K. A., Bulte, D. P., Chappell, M. A., Jenkinson, M., Okell, T. W., Webster, M. A., & Carr, A. J. (2018). Using arterial spin labelling to investigate spontaneous and evoked ongoing musculoskeletal pain

Clinical pain is difficult to study using standard Blood Oxy-genation Level Dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging because it is often ongoing and, if evoked, it is associated with stimulus-correlated motion. Arterial spin labelling (ASL) offers... Read More about Using arterial spin labelling to investigate spontaneous and evoked ongoing musculoskeletal pain.

Impact of hydration status on haemodynamics, effects of acute blood pressure lowering treatment, and prognosis after stroke (2018)
Journal Article
Billington, C. K., Appleton, J. P., Berge, E., Sprigg, N., Glover, M., & Bath, P. M. (2018). Impact of hydration status on haemodynamics, effects of acute blood pressure lowering treatment, and prognosis after stroke. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84(12), 2914-2922. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.13761

Background

High blood pressure (BP) is common in acute stroke and associated with poor outcome, but the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke (ENOS) trial showed no beneficial effect of antihypertensive treatment in this situation. Antihypertensive a... Read More about Impact of hydration status on haemodynamics, effects of acute blood pressure lowering treatment, and prognosis after stroke.

Triple versus guideline antiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrence after acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: The TARDIS RCT (2018)
Journal Article
Bath, P. M., Woodhouse, L. J., Appleton, J. P., Beridze, M., Christensen, H., Dineen, R. A., …Sprigg, N. (2018). Triple versus guideline antiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrence after acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: The TARDIS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 22(48), 1-75. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22480

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2018. Background: Two antiplatelet agents are better than one for preventing recurrent stroke after acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). Therefore, intensive treatment with three agents... Read More about Triple versus guideline antiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrence after acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: The TARDIS RCT.

Healing of autologous conjunctival grafts in pterygium surgery (2018)
Journal Article
Ghoz, N., Elalfy, M., Said, D., & Dua, H. (2018). Healing of autologous conjunctival grafts in pterygium surgery. Acta Ophthalmologica, 96(8), e979-e988. https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.13794

Purpose
To temporally study the healing of conjunctival autografts in consecutive patients following pterygium surgery.

Methods
A case‐cohort observational study. Thirty‐two eyes of 28 patients who underwent pterygium surgery were included. All... Read More about Healing of autologous conjunctival grafts in pterygium surgery.

Epiretinal Membrane Surgery Outcomes in Eyes with Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits: A Case Control Study (2018)
Journal Article
Wilde, C., Awad, M., Dua, H., Gandhewar, R., Chen, H., & Amoaku, W. M. (2018). Epiretinal Membrane Surgery Outcomes in Eyes with Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits: A Case Control Study. Ophthalmology Retina, 2(12), 1218-1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2018.06.009

© 2018 Purpose: To evaluate outcomes of epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery in eyes with subretinal drusenoid deposits (SRDDs) and to compare them with those with isolated ERM. Design: Retrospective case-control study of consecutive patients who underw... Read More about Epiretinal Membrane Surgery Outcomes in Eyes with Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits: A Case Control Study.

Pharyngeal electrical stimulation for early decannulation in tracheotomised patients with neurogenic dysphagia after stroke (PHAST-TRAC): a prospective, single-blinded, randomised trial (2018)
Journal Article
Dziewas, R., Stellato, R., Van Der Tweel, I., Walther, E., Werner, C. J., Braun, T., …Bath, P. M. (2018). Pharyngeal electrical stimulation for early decannulation in tracheotomised patients with neurogenic dysphagia after stroke (PHAST-TRAC): a prospective, single-blinded, randomised trial. Lancet Neurology, 17(10), 849-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2818%2930255-2

Background

Dysphagia after stroke is common, especially in severely affected, tracheotomised patients. In a pilot trial, pharyngeal electrical stimulation (PES) improved swallowing function in this group of patients. The PHAryngeal electrical STi... Read More about Pharyngeal electrical stimulation for early decannulation in tracheotomised patients with neurogenic dysphagia after stroke (PHAST-TRAC): a prospective, single-blinded, randomised trial.

Lamellar keratoplasty techniques (2018)
Journal Article
Singh, N. P., Said, D. G., & Dua, H. S. (2018). Lamellar keratoplasty techniques. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 66(9), 1239-1250. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_95_18

© 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Lamellar keratoplasty (LK) has revolutionized corneal graft surgery in several ways. Deep anterior LK (DALK) has eliminated risk of failure due to endothelial rejection. Endothelial keratoplasty (EK) has almost... Read More about Lamellar keratoplasty techniques.

Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Clarke, N. A., Akeroyd, M. A., Henshaw, H., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 8(8), Article e023700. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023700

Introduction

Subjective tinnitus is very common and has a number of comorbid associations including depression, sleep disturbance and concentration difficulties. Concentration difficulties may be observable in people with tinnitus through poorer... Read More about Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Auditory and cognitive training for cognition in adults with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. J., Jayakody, D. M., Henshaw, H., Ferguson, M. A., Eikelboom, R. H., Loftus, A. M., & Friedland, P. L. (2018). Auditory and cognitive training for cognition in adults with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trends in Hearing, 22, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518792096

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy of auditory training and cognitive training to improve cognitive function in adults with hearing loss. A literature search of academic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, Scopus) and grey literatur... Read More about Auditory and cognitive training for cognition in adults with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.