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Clinical academics' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of challenges and opportunities when working at the clinical frontline (2023)
Journal Article
Trusson, D., Rowley, E., & Bramley, L. (2023). Clinical academics' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of challenges and opportunities when working at the clinical frontline. BMJ Leader, 7(4), 266-272. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2020-000414

Objectives: This study explored the experiences of clinical academics during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim was to identify challenges and benefits associated with returning to, or increasing hours at, the clinical frontline. Design: Qualitative data... Read More about Clinical academics' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of challenges and opportunities when working at the clinical frontline.

Loss of muscle mass in the immediate post-operative period is associated with inadequate dietary protein and energy intake (2023)
Journal Article
Hardy, E. J., Deane, C. S., Lund, J. N., & Phillips, B. E. (2023). Loss of muscle mass in the immediate post-operative period is associated with inadequate dietary protein and energy intake. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, 503-505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-023-01264-0

Despite the implementation of ‘Enhanced Recovery After Surgery’ (ERAS) protocols, major abdominal surgery is still associated with significant and detrimental losses of muscle mass and function in the post-operative period. Although ERAS protocols ad... Read More about Loss of muscle mass in the immediate post-operative period is associated with inadequate dietary protein and energy intake.

Risk of liver fibrosis associated with long-term methotrexate therapy may be overestimated (2023)
Journal Article
Atallah, E., Grove, J. I., Crooks, C., Burden-Teh, E., Abhishek, A., Moreea, S., …Aithal, G. P. (2023). Risk of liver fibrosis associated with long-term methotrexate therapy may be overestimated. Journal of Hepatology, 78(5), 989-997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2022.12.034

Background & Aims: The risk of significant liver fibrosis from prolonged methotrexate (MTX) exposure has been estimated at around 5%, prompting intensive monitoring strategies. However, the evidence is derived from retrospective studies that under-re... Read More about Risk of liver fibrosis associated with long-term methotrexate therapy may be overestimated.

Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain (2023)
Journal Article
Pineda-Moncusí, M., Dernie, F., Dell’Isola, A., Kamps, A., Runhaar, J., Swain, S., …Khalid, S. (2023). Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain. Rheumatology, 62(11), 3592-3600. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead038

To explore clustering of comorbidities among patients with a new diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA) and estimate the 10-year mortality risk for each identified cluster. This is a population-based cohort study of individuals with first incident diagnosi... Read More about Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain.

Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype (2023)
Journal Article
Collins, J. T., Harwood, R. H., Cowley, A., Di Lorito, C., Ferguson, E., Minicucci, M. F., …Gladman, J. R. (2023). Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype. Age and Ageing, 52(1), Article afac306. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac306

Pain is common in people with dementia, and pain can exacerbate the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Effective pain management is challenging, not least in people with dementia. Impairments of cognition, communication and abstract... Read More about Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype.

Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Harwood, R. H., Goldberg, S. E., Brand, A., van Der Wardt, V., Booth, V., Di Lorito, C., Hoare, Z., Hancox, J., Bajwa, R., Burgon, C., Howe, L., Cowley, A., Bramley, T., Long, A., Lock, J., Tucker, R., Adams, E., O’Brien, R., Kearney, F., Kowalewska, K., …Masud, T. Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial

Background Dementia is associated with frailty leading to increased risks of falls and hospitalisations. Interventions are required to maintain functional ability, strength and balance.

Design Multi-centre parallel group randomised controlled tria... Read More about Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial.

Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2023)
Journal Article
Weng, Q., Goh, S.-L., Wu, J., Persson, M. S., Wei, J., Sarmanova, A., …Zhang, W. (2023). Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(15), 990-996. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105898

OBJECTIVE: Clinical guidelines recommend exercise as a core treatment for knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). However, how its analgesic effect compares to analgesics, for example, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol-the... Read More about Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms (2023)
Journal Article
Kouraki, A., Kelly, A., Vijay, A., Gohir, S., Astbury, S., Georgopoulos, V., …Valdes, A. M. (2023). Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 5326-5336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.035

The gut microbiome is a significant contributor to mental health, with growing evidence linking its composition to anxiety and depressive disorders. Gut microbiome composition is associated with signs of anxiety and depression both in clinically diag... Read More about Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms.

International, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions for fibromyalgia (2022)
Journal Article
Kundakci, B., Hall, M., Atzeni, F., Branco, J. C., Buskila, D., Clauw, D., …Taylor, A. M. (2022). International, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions for fibromyalgia. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 57, Article 152101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152101

Objectives: To develop evidence-based expert recommendations for non-pharmacological treatments for pain, fatigue, sleep problems, and depression in fibromyalgia. Methods: An international, multidisciplinary Delphi exercise was conducted. Authors of... Read More about International, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions for fibromyalgia.

Is vaccination against COVID-19 associated with autoimmune rheumatic disease flare? A self-controlled case series analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Mallen, C. D., Nguyen Van-Tam, J. S., Williams, H. C., & Abhishek, A. (2023). Is vaccination against COVID-19 associated with autoimmune rheumatic disease flare? A self-controlled case series analysis. Rheumatology, 62(4), 1445-1450. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac484

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) flare.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients with AIRDs vaccinated against COVID-19 who consulted for dise... Read More about Is vaccination against COVID-19 associated with autoimmune rheumatic disease flare? A self-controlled case series analysis.

Promoting continence in older people (2022)
Journal Article
Schlögl, M., Umbehr, M. H., Habib, M. H., Wagg, A., Gordon, A. L., & Harwood, R. (2022). Promoting continence in older people. Age and Ageing, 51(9), Article afac199. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac199

The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) is strongly associated with increasing age. Twenty five percent of women over 80 years of age have clinically significant symptoms in population surveys, but prevalence is as high as 70% in older hospital i... Read More about Promoting continence in older people.

Does covid-19 impair endogenous neurogenesis? (2022)
Journal Article
Kumaria, A., Noah, A., & Kirkman, M. A. (2022). Does covid-19 impair endogenous neurogenesis?. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 105, 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2022.09.006

Endogenous neural stem cells are thought to continue to generate new neurons throughout life in the human brain. Endogenous neurogenesis has been proposed to contribute to physiological roles in maintaining and regenerating olfaction, as well as prom... Read More about Does covid-19 impair endogenous neurogenesis?.

Perspective: Leveraging the Gut Microbiota to Predict Personalized Responses to Dietary, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Interventions (2022)
Journal Article
Gibbons, S. M., Gurry, T., Lampe, J. W., Chakrabarti, A., Dam, V., Everard, A., …Miani, M. (2022). Perspective: Leveraging the Gut Microbiota to Predict Personalized Responses to Dietary, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Interventions. Advances in Nutrition, 13(5), 1450-1461. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac075

Humans often show variable responses to dietary, prebiotic, and probiotic interventions. Emerging evidence indicates that the gut microbiota is a key determinant for this population heterogeneity. Here, we provide an overview of some of the major com... Read More about Perspective: Leveraging the Gut Microbiota to Predict Personalized Responses to Dietary, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Interventions.

Comparison of apnoeic oxygen techniques in term pregnant subjects: a computational modelling study (2022)
Journal Article
Ellis, R., Laviola, M., Stolady, D., Valentine, R. L., Pillai, A., & Hardman, J. G. (2022). Comparison of apnoeic oxygen techniques in term pregnant subjects: a computational modelling study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 129(4), 581-587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.06.021

Background: Hypoxaemia during general anaesthesia can cause harm. Apnoeic oxygenation extends safe apnoea time, reducing risk during airway management. We hypothesised that low-flow nasal oxygenation (LFNO) would extend safe apnoea time similarly to... Read More about Comparison of apnoeic oxygen techniques in term pregnant subjects: a computational modelling study.

Risk of Comorbidities Following Physician‐Diagnosed Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Register‐Based Cohort Study (2022)
Journal Article
Dell'Isola, A., Pihl, K., Turkiewicz, A., Hughes, V., Zhang, W., Bierma-Zeinstra, S., …Englund, M. (2022). Risk of Comorbidities Following Physician‐Diagnosed Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Register‐Based Cohort Study. Arthritis Care and Research, 74(10), 1689-1695. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24717

Objective: To estimate the risk of developing comorbidities in patients after physician-diagnosed knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: This was a cohort study using Swedish longitudinal health care register data; we studied residents in the Skån... Read More about Risk of Comorbidities Following Physician‐Diagnosed Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Register‐Based Cohort Study.

Gut dysbiosis in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 92 observational studies (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Wei, J., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Zhang, Y., Xie, H., …Zeng, C. (2022). Gut dysbiosis in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 92 observational studies. EBioMedicine, 80, Article 104055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104055

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that dysbiosis in gut microbiota may contribute to the occurrence or development of several rheumatic diseases. Since gut microbiota dysbiosis is potentially modifiable, it has been postulated to be a promising... Read More about Gut dysbiosis in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 92 observational studies.

RAPID INTRAOPERATIVE GENETIC AUGMENTATION OF AUTOGRAFTS FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF SEVERE TRAUMA (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dixon, J., Thi Mai, T., McLaren, J., Ollivere, B., Scammell, B., & Eltaher, H. (2022). RAPID INTRAOPERATIVE GENETIC AUGMENTATION OF AUTOGRAFTS FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF SEVERE TRAUMA. Tissue Engineering: Parts A, B, and C, 28(S1),

Survivors with severe tissue injury have unmet clinical needs for better bone and soft tissue regeneration. Specifically they have progressive tissue loss due to inflammation, necrosis, infection and the development of critical size bone defects is a... Read More about RAPID INTRAOPERATIVE GENETIC AUGMENTATION OF AUTOGRAFTS FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF SEVERE TRAUMA.