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Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Baskaran, V., Murray, R. L., Hunter, A., Lim, W. S., & McKeever, T. M. (2019). Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 14(7), Article e0220204. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220204

Aim
To summarise and quantify the effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults.

Methods
We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsychINFO and Web of Science, from inception to Octob... Read More about Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China: A retrospective database study (2019)
Journal Article
Li, J., Chattopadhyay, K., Xu, M., Chen, Y., Hu, F., Wang, X., & Li, L. (2019). Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China: A retrospective database study. PLoS ONE, 14(7), Article e0220047. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220047

Objectives
To determine the prevalence of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China, and to determine factors that independently predict this polypharmacy prescription.

Methods... Read More about Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy prescription among type 2 diabetes patients at a tertiary care department in Ningbo, China: A retrospective database study.

Neuraminidase Inhibitors and Hospital Length of Stay: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data to Determine Treatment Effectiveness Among Patients Hospitalized With Nonfatal 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection (2019)
Journal Article
Venkatesan, S., Myles, P. R., Bolton, K. J., Muthuri, S. G., Al Khuwaitir, T., Anovadiya, A. P., Azziz-Baumgartner, E., Khandaker, G., Bajjou, T., Bassetti, M., Beovic, B., Bertisch, B., Bonmarin, I., Booy, R., Borja-Aburto, V. H., Burgmann, H., Cao, B., Carratala, J., Chinbayar, T., Cilloniz, C., …Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S. (2020). Neuraminidase Inhibitors and Hospital Length of Stay: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data to Determine Treatment Effectiveness Among Patients Hospitalized With Nonfatal 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 221(3), 356–366. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz152

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. BACKGROUND: The effect of neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) treatment o... Read More about Neuraminidase Inhibitors and Hospital Length of Stay: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data to Determine Treatment Effectiveness Among Patients Hospitalized With Nonfatal 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection.

A Rapid Evidence Appraisal of influenza vaccination in health workers: an important policy in an area of imperfect evidence (2019)
Journal Article
Jenkin, D. C., Mahgoub, H., Morales, K. F., Lambach, P., & Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S. (2019). A Rapid Evidence Appraisal of influenza vaccination in health workers: an important policy in an area of imperfect evidence. Vaccine, 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2019.100036

Introduction

The World Health Organization recommends vaccination of health workers (HWs) against influenza, but low uptake is intransigent.

We conducted a Rapid Evidence Appraisal on: the risk of influenza in HWs, transmission risk from HWs to... Read More about A Rapid Evidence Appraisal of influenza vaccination in health workers: an important policy in an area of imperfect evidence.

‘I Felt Welcomed in Like They’re a Little Family in There, I Felt Like I Was Joining a Team or Something’: Vape Shop Customers’ Experiences of E-Cigarette Use, Vape Shops and the Vaping Community (2019)
Journal Article
Langley, T., Bell-Williams, R., Pattinson, J., Britton, J., & Bains, M. (2019). ‘I Felt Welcomed in Like They’re a Little Family in There, I Felt Like I Was Joining a Team or Something’: Vape Shop Customers’ Experiences of E-Cigarette Use, Vape Shops and the Vaping Community. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(13), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132341

Background: Specialist electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) shops, known as vape shops, provide access to a less harmful alternative to smoking. This study aimed to understand customers’ experiences of vaping and vape shops, and the extent to which smo... Read More about ‘I Felt Welcomed in Like They’re a Little Family in There, I Felt Like I Was Joining a Team or Something’: Vape Shop Customers’ Experiences of E-Cigarette Use, Vape Shops and the Vaping Community.

What is the association between price and economic activity with cigarette consumption in Cuba from 1980 to 2014? (2019)
Journal Article
Varona-Perez*, P., Bridges, S., Lorenzo-Vazquez, E., Suarez-Medina, R., Venero-Fernandez, S.-J., Langley, T., Britton, J., & Fogarty, A. W. (2019). What is the association between price and economic activity with cigarette consumption in Cuba from 1980 to 2014?. Public Health, 173, 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.05.014

Objectives: Cuba is a tobacco producing country that has been economically isolated as a consequence of an embargo imposed by the USA, and has also experienced a severe economic depression in the 1990s after the withdrawal of support by the former So... Read More about What is the association between price and economic activity with cigarette consumption in Cuba from 1980 to 2014?.

Evaluation of a nudge intervention providing simple feedback to clinicians of the consequence of radiation exposure on demand for computerised tomography scans: a prospective, controlled study (2019)
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Lewis, S., Shaw, D., Langley, T., Fogarty, A., Young, B., & Cranwell, O. (2019). Evaluation of a nudge intervention providing simple feedback to clinicians of the consequence of radiation exposure on demand for computerised tomography scans: a prospective, controlled study. Clinical Medicine, 19(4), 290-293. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.19-4-290

Computerised tomography (CT) is readily available in developed countries. As one of the side-effects includes an increased risk of cancer, interventions that may encourage more judicious use of CT scans are important. Behavioural economics theory inc... Read More about Evaluation of a nudge intervention providing simple feedback to clinicians of the consequence of radiation exposure on demand for computerised tomography scans: a prospective, controlled study.

Changes in the testing for and incidence of celiac disease in the UK 2005-2015: a population based cohort study (2019)
Journal Article
West, J., Otete, H., Sultan, A. A., & Crooks, C. J. (2019). Changes in the testing for and incidence of celiac disease in the UK 2005-2015: a population based cohort study. Epidemiology, 30(4), e23-e24. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001006

The diagnosis rates of coeliac disease differ substantially between countries. Intriguingly, there has been recent evidence from Olmstead County, USA and Finland that in the last 5-10 years incidence has plateaued or even declined. In most population... Read More about Changes in the testing for and incidence of celiac disease in the UK 2005-2015: a population based cohort study.

Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial. (2019)
Journal Article
Iyen, B., Vaz, L. R., Taggar, J., Cooper, S., Lewis, S., & Coleman, T. (2019). Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(7), Article e024923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024923

Objective: To investigate relationships between maternal smoking status in pregnancy and infant development. The largest RCT of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy, the Smoking and Nicotine in Pregnancy (SNAP) trial... Read More about Is the apparently protective effect of maternal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used in pregnancy on infant development explained by smoking cessation?: secondary analyses of a randomised controlled trial..

Development and implementation of a commissioned pathway for the identification and stratification of liver disease in the community (2019)
Journal Article
Chalmers, J., Wilkes, E., Harris, R., Kent, L., Kinra, S., Aithal, G., Holmes, M., Johnson, J., Morling, J., & Guha, I. N. (2020). Development and implementation of a commissioned pathway for the identification and stratification of liver disease in the community. Frontline Gastroenterology, 11(2), 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2019-101177

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective: To describe the development of the Nottingham liver disease stratification pathway, present a 12-month evaluation of uptake and stratification results... Read More about Development and implementation of a commissioned pathway for the identification and stratification of liver disease in the community.

Incidence, prevalence, risk factors and health consequences of polypharmacy in adults in South Asia: a systematic review protocol (2019)
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Khan, N., Chattopadhyay, K., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2019). Incidence, prevalence, risk factors and health consequences of polypharmacy in adults in South Asia: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 17(11), 2370-2377. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-d-18-00001

Objective: The objective of the systematic review is to summarize the incidence, prevalence, risk factors and health consequences of polypharmacy in adults in South Asia.

Introduction: Several studies have been conducted in South Asia on the incid... Read More about Incidence, prevalence, risk factors and health consequences of polypharmacy in adults in South Asia: a systematic review protocol.

Enhanced smoking cessation support for newly abstinent smokers discharged from hospital (The Hospital to Home trial): A randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Thorley, R., Britton, J., Nyakutsikwa, B., Opazo Breton, M., Lewis, S. A., & Murray, R. L. (2019). Enhanced smoking cessation support for newly abstinent smokers discharged from hospital (The Hospital to Home trial): A randomised controlled trial. Addiction, 114(11), 2037-2047. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14720

Background and aims
The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance (NICE PH48) recommends that pharmacotherapy combined with behavioural support be provided for all smokers admitted to hospital; however, relapse to s... Read More about Enhanced smoking cessation support for newly abstinent smokers discharged from hospital (The Hospital to Home trial): A randomised controlled trial.

An observational study to determine the utility of hospital administrative data to support case finding of English patients at higher risk of severe healthcare-related harm (2019)
Journal Article
Hogan, H., Cooke-O’Dowd, N., Chattopadhyay, K., van der Meulen, J., Sherlaw-Johnson, C., & Black, N. (2019). An observational study to determine the utility of hospital administrative data to support case finding of English patients at higher risk of severe healthcare-related harm. BMJ Open, 9(6), Article 025372. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025372

Objectives: To identify ways of using routine hospital data to improve the efficiency of retrospective reviews of case records for identifying avoidable severe harm

Design: Development and testing of thresholds and criteria for two indirect indica... Read More about An observational study to determine the utility of hospital administrative data to support case finding of English patients at higher risk of severe healthcare-related harm.

A content analysis of tobacco and alcohol audio-visual content in a sample of UK reality TV programmes (2019)
Journal Article
Barker, A. B., Britton, J., Thomson, E., Hunter, A., Opazo Breton, M., & Murray, R. L. (2019). A content analysis of tobacco and alcohol audio-visual content in a sample of UK reality TV programmes. Journal of Public Health, 42(3), 561-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz043

Background: Exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in audio-visual media is a risk factor for smoking and alcohol use in young people. We report an analysis of tobacco and alcohol content, and estimates of population exposure to this content, in a... Read More about A content analysis of tobacco and alcohol audio-visual content in a sample of UK reality TV programmes.

Smoke-free prisons in England: indoor air quality before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy (2019)
Journal Article
Jayes, L. R., Murray, R. L., Opazo Breton, M., Hill, C., Ratschen, E., & Britton, J. (2019). Smoke-free prisons in England: indoor air quality before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy. BMJ Open, 9(6), Article e025782. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025782

Objectives
High levels of particulate pollution due to second-hand smoke (SHS) have previously been recorded in English prisons. As part of an evaluation to ascertain whether a new comprehensive smoke-free policy introduced in the first four prison... Read More about Smoke-free prisons in England: indoor air quality before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy.

What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge?: a mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Fisher, R., Chouliara, N., Byrne, A., Lewis, S., Langhorne, P., Robinson, T., Waring, J., Geue, C., Hoffman, A., Paley, L., Rudd, A., & Walker, M. (2019). What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge?: a mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol. Implementation Science, 14, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0908-0

Background
Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) is a service innovation that facilitates discharge from hospital and delivery of specialist rehabilitation in patients’ homes. There is currently widespread implementation of ESD services in many cou... Read More about What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge?: a mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol.

The Its Not JUST Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Study (INJUSTIS): Description of the protocol for a multicentre prospective observational cohort study identifying biomarkers of progressive fibrotic lung disease (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, F., Stewart, I., Howard, L., McKeever, T., Jones, S., Hearson, G., Braybrooke, R., Edwards, C., Jenkins, G., & Saini, G. (2019). The Its Not JUST Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Study (INJUSTIS): Description of the protocol for a multicentre prospective observational cohort study identifying biomarkers of progressive fibrotic lung disease. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 6(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000439

Introduction: The Its Not JUST Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Study (INJUSTIS) is a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study. The aims of this study are to identify genetic, serum and other biomarkers that may identify specific molecular m... Read More about The Its Not JUST Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Study (INJUSTIS): Description of the protocol for a multicentre prospective observational cohort study identifying biomarkers of progressive fibrotic lung disease.

Do Quality Improvement Initiatives Improve Outcomes for Patients in Antiretroviral Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Review (2019)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, S., Rustage, K., Nellums, L. B., Bardfield, J. E., Barker, P., Massoud, M. R., Ford, N. P., Doherty, M., Agins, B., Dougherty, G., & Singh, S. (2019). Do Quality Improvement Initiatives Improve Outcomes for Patients in Antiretroviral Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Review. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 81(5), 487-496. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002085

Background:
There have been a range of quality improvement (QI) and quality assurance initiatives in low- and middle-income countries to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment outcomes for people living with HIV. To date, these initiatives... Read More about Do Quality Improvement Initiatives Improve Outcomes for Patients in Antiretroviral Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Review.

A pilot study to assess compliance and impact of health warnings on tobacco products in a block in Udupi district in Karnataka (2019)
Journal Article
Mullapudi, S., Kulkarni, M. M., Kamath, V. G., Britton, J., Moodie, C., & Kamath, A. (2019). A pilot study to assess compliance and impact of health warnings on tobacco products in a block in Udupi district in Karnataka. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 17(May), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/105894

© 2019 Mullapudi S. INTRODUCTION The Government of India has taken several steps to reduce tobacco use, including legislation in the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) requiring health warnings on tobacco products. This study assessed... Read More about A pilot study to assess compliance and impact of health warnings on tobacco products in a block in Udupi district in Karnataka.

Risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary care subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A cohort study (2019)
Journal Article
Iyen, B., Qureshi, N., Leonardi-Bee, J., Kai, J., Akyea, R. K., Roderick, P., Humphries, S. E., & Weng, S. (2019). Risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary care subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A cohort study. Atherosclerosis, 287, 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.05.017

Background and aims: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a known major cause of premature heart disease. However, the risks of atherosclerotic disease in other vascular regions are less known. We determined the risk of major cardiovascular disease... Read More about Risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary care subjects with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A cohort study.