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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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Zingone, F., Abdul Sultan, A., Crooks, C. J., Tata, L. J., Ciacci, C., & West, J. (in press). The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 44(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13652

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.

Nicotine without smoke—putting electronic cigarettes in context (2016)
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Britton, J., Arnott, D., McNeill, A., & Hopkinson, N. (in press). Nicotine without smoke—putting electronic cigarettes in context. BMJ, 353, Article i1745. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1745

SmokeHaz: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the effects of smoking on respiratory health (2016)
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Jayes, L., Haslam, P. L., Gratziou, C. G., Powell, P., Britton, J., Vardavas, C., …Leonardi-Bee, J. (2016). SmokeHaz: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the effects of smoking on respiratory health. Chest, 150(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.060

Background: Smoking tobacco increases the risk of respiratory disease in adults and children, but communicating the magnitude of these effects in a scientific manner that is accessible and usable by public and policymakers presents a challenge. We ha... Read More about SmokeHaz: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the effects of smoking on respiratory health.

A UK general practice population cohort study investigating the association between lipid lowering drugs and 30-day mortality following medically attended acute respiratory illness (2016)
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Joshi, R., Venkatesan, S., & Myles, P. R. (2016). A UK general practice population cohort study investigating the association between lipid lowering drugs and 30-day mortality following medically attended acute respiratory illness. PeerJ, 4, Article e1902. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1902

Background: Cholesterol lowering drugs HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) and PPARα activators (fibrates) have been shown to reduce host inflammation via non-disease specific immunomodulatory mechanisms. Recent studies suggest that commonly presc... Read More about A UK general practice population cohort study investigating the association between lipid lowering drugs and 30-day mortality following medically attended acute respiratory illness.

Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care (2016)
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Taggar, J., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., & Jones, M. (2016). Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care. PLoS ONE, 11(4), Article e0152086. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152086

Introduction: Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in primary care has been recommended; however, the views of healthcare professionals (HCPs) are not known. This study aimed to determine the opinions of HCP about the feasibility of implementing s... Read More about Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care.

The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Vaz, L. R., Aveyard, P., Cooper, S., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Coleman, T. (2016). The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 18(10), https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw080

Introduction In non-pregnant ‘quitters’, adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases smoking cessation. We investigated relationships between adherence to placebo or NRT patches and cessation in pregnancy, including an assessment of... Read More about The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

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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Khakwani, A., Hubbard, R. B., Beckett, P., Borthwick, D., Tod, A., Leary, A., …Tata, L. J. (in press). Which patients are assessed by lung cancer nurse specialists? A national lung cancer audit study of over 128,000 patients across England. Lung Cancer, 96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.03.011

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.

Risk of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infection and effectiveness of control measures to prevent transmission events: a systematic review (2016)
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French, C. E., McKenzie, B. C., Coope, C., Rajanaidu, S., Paranthaman, K., Pebody, R., …Beck, C. R. (2016). Risk of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infection and effectiveness of control measures to prevent transmission events: a systematic review. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 10(4), 268-290. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12379

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes a significant public health burden, and outbreaks among vulnerable patients in hospital settings are of particular concern. We reviewed published and unpublished literature from hospital settings to assess: (i... Read More about Risk of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infection and effectiveness of control measures to prevent transmission events: a systematic review.

Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review (2016)
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Jones, M., Lewis, S., Parrott, S., Wormall, S., & Coleman, T. (2016). Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review. Addiction, 111(6), 981-990. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13309

Aims: In pregnant smoking cessation trial participants, to estimate (1) among women abstinent at the end of pregnancy, the proportion who re-start smoking at time-points afterwards (primary analysis) and (2) among all trial participants, the proporti... Read More about Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review.

Predicting death from surgery for lung cancer: a comparison of two scoring systems in two European countries (2016)
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O'Dowd, E. L., Lüchtenborg, M., Baldwin, D. R., McKeever, T. M., Powell, H. A., Møller, H., …Hubbard, R. B. (2016). Predicting death from surgery for lung cancer: a comparison of two scoring systems in two European countries. Lung Cancer, 95, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.03.002

Objectives: Current British guidelines advocate the use of risk prediction scores such as Thoracoscore to estimate mortality prior to radical surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A recent publication used the National Lung Cancer Audit (NL... Read More about Predicting death from surgery for lung cancer: a comparison of two scoring systems in two European countries.

Lung cancer diagnosed following an emergency admission: Mixed methods study of the management, outcomes and needs and experiences of patients and carers (2016)
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Wilcock, A., Crosby, V., Hussain, A., McKeever, T. M., Manderson, C., Farnan, S., …Seymour, J. (2016). Lung cancer diagnosed following an emergency admission: Mixed methods study of the management, outcomes and needs and experiences of patients and carers. Respiratory Medicine, 114, 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2016.03.006

Background In the UK, although 40% of patients with lung cancer are diagnosed following an emergency admission (EA), data is limited on their needs and experiences as they progress through diagnostic and treatment pathways. Methods Prospective... Read More about Lung cancer diagnosed following an emergency admission: Mixed methods study of the management, outcomes and needs and experiences of patients and carers.

Traditional and emerging indicators of cardiovascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2016)
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John, M., McKeever, T. M., Haddad, M. A., Hall, I. P., Sayers, I., Cockcroft, J. R., & Bolton, C. E. (2016). Traditional and emerging indicators of cardiovascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 13(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1479972316636995

With the increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there is a priority to identify those patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Stable patients with COPD (n = 1... Read More about Traditional and emerging indicators of cardiovascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Hydrolysed formula and risk of allergic or autoimmune disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Boyle, R. J., Ierodiakonou, D., Khan, T., Chivinge, J., Robinson, Z., Geoghegan, N., …Leonardi-Bee, J. (2016). Hydrolysed formula and risk of allergic or autoimmune disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 352, Article i974. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i974

© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2016. Objective To determine whether feeding infants with hydrolysed formula reduces their risk of allergic or autoimmune disease. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis, as part of a series of systematic reviews commis... Read More about Hydrolysed formula and risk of allergic or autoimmune disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of influenza (2016)
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Rodrigo, C., Leonardi-Bee, J., Nguyen-Van-Tam, J., & Lim, W. S. (2016). Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of influenza. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD010406. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010406.pub2

Background: Specific treatments for influenza are limited to neuraminidase inhibitors and adamantanes. Corticosteroids show evidence of benefit in sepsis and related conditions, most likely due to their anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properti... Read More about Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of influenza.

Cohort profile: the Flu Watch Study (2016)
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Fragaszy, E. B., Warren-Gash, C., Wang, L., Copas, A., Dukes, O., Edmunds, W. J., …Hayward, A. C. (in press). Cohort profile: the Flu Watch Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv370

Influenza is a common, highly contagious respiratory virus which infects all age groups, causing a range of outcomes from asymptomatic infection and mild respiratory disease to severe respiratory disease and death.1 If infected, the adaptive immune s... Read More about Cohort profile: the Flu Watch Study.

The epidemiology of childhood psoriasis: a scoping review (2016)
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Burden-Teh, E., Thomas, K. S., Ratib, S., Grindlay, D. J., Adaji, E., & Murphy, R. (2016). The epidemiology of childhood psoriasis: a scoping review. British Journal of Dermatology, 174(6), 1242-1257. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.14507

Psoriasis is an inflammatory noncommunicable skin disease that affects both adults and children. At present, the epidemiology and natural history of psoriasis are not widely understood. This scoping review aimed to map the existing literature on the... Read More about The epidemiology of childhood psoriasis: a scoping review.

Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden (2016)
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Humes, D., Ludvigsson, J. F., & Jarvholm, B. (2016). Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 59(2), https://doi.org/10.1097/dcr.0000000000000515

BACKGROUND: Current studies reporting on the risk of smoking and development of symptomatic diverticular disease have reported conflicting results. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking and symptomati... Read More about Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden.

Preparing for completely smoke-free mental health settings: findings on patient smoking, resources spent facilitating smoking breaks, and the role of smoking in reported incidents from a large mental health trust in England (2016)
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Sohal, H., Huddlestone, L., & Ratschen, E. (2016). Preparing for completely smoke-free mental health settings: findings on patient smoking, resources spent facilitating smoking breaks, and the role of smoking in reported incidents from a large mental health trust in England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13030256

Introduction: Despite high smoking prevalence and excessive smoking-related morbidity and mortality among people with mental disorder compared to the general population, smoking treatment is often neglected in mental health settings. The UK National... Read More about Preparing for completely smoke-free mental health settings: findings on patient smoking, resources spent facilitating smoking breaks, and the role of smoking in reported incidents from a large mental health trust in England.

Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study (2016)
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Jayes, L., Ratschen, E., Murray, R. L., Dymond-White, S., & Britton, J. (2016). Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study. BMC Public Health, 16, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2757-y

BACKGROUND: To measure levels of indoor pollution in relation to smoking in four English prisons. METHODS: TSI SidePak AM510 Personal Aerosol Monitors were used to measure concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 mum in diameter (PM2.5) f... Read More about Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study.

Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India (2016)
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Ahankari, A. S., Fogarty, A. W., Tata, L. J., Dixit, J., & Myles, P. R. (in press). Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India. BMJ Innovations, 2, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000085

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.