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Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals? (2012)
Journal Article
Coomber, J., Charlton, R., Thistlethwaite, J. E., & England, L. (2012). Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?. BMC Family Practice, 13(123), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-123

Background Revalidation for UK doctors is expected to be introduced from late 2012. For general practitioners (GPs), this entails collecting supporting information to be submitted and assessed in a revalidation portfolio every five years. The aim of... Read More about Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?.

“Medioglycaemia”: a new concept in glycaemic control in intensive care (ICU) units? (2012)
Journal Article
Tomlinson, V. H., Langley, J., Meal, A. G., & Adams, G. G. (2012). “Medioglycaemia”: a new concept in glycaemic control in intensive care (ICU) units?. Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, 25(4), https://doi.org/10.4236/jdm.2012.24056

Introduction: Critically ill patients can experience stress-induced hyperglycaemia. Glycaemic control therapy (GCT) is administered to control patients’ blood glycaemic levels and reduce the incidence of infection, myocardial infarctions and organ fa... Read More about “Medioglycaemia”: a new concept in glycaemic control in intensive care (ICU) units?.

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component (2012)
Journal Article
Khalil, E., Callaghan, P., Carter, T., & Morres, I. (2012). Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component. Psychology, 3(11), https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2012.311147

This paper reports the qualitative component from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (PRCT), the quantitative component is reported in Callaghan, Khalil, Morres and Carter (2011). Exercise may be effective in treating depression, but trials test... Read More about Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component.

Physical activity and cancer (2012)
Book Chapter
Blake, H., & Tennyson, R. (2012). Physical activity and cancer. In N. L. Hicks, & R. E. Warren (Eds.), Psychology of cancer. Nova Science

It is widely accepted that physical activity is important for physical functioning and well-being, and as such the promotion of active lifestyles is becoming increasingly significant in public health policy both in the UK and worldwide. Sedentary lif... Read More about Physical activity and cancer.

Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey (2012)
Journal Article
Payne, K. F. B., Wharrad, H., & Watts, K. (2012). Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12(121), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-121

Background: Smartphone usage has spread to many settings including that of healthcare with numerous potential and realised benefits. The ability to download custom-built software applications (apps) has created a new wealth of clinical resources av... Read More about Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey.

Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy (2012)
Journal Article
Weng, S. F., Redsell, S. A., Swift, J. A., Yang, M., & Glazebrook, C. P. (2012). Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302263

Objective To determine risk factors for childhood overweight that can be identified during the first year of life to facilitate early identification and targeted intervention. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Search strategy Electroni... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy.

Patients’ narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice (2012)
Journal Article
Tanner, J., Padley, W., Davey, S., Murphy, K., & Brown, B. (2013). Patients’ narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice. Journal of Hospital Infection, 83(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.025

Background Exploring patients' experiences has been used widely within healthcare to improve clinical service delivery. To date there has been minimal patient input of this kind into aspects of surgical site infection (SSI), such as surveillance o... Read More about Patients’ narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice.

Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care (2012)
Journal Article
Hui, M. L., Kumar, A., & Adama, G. G. (2012). Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care. Perioperative Medicine, 1(7), https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-0525-1-7

Perioperative hyperglycaemia is associated with poor outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Frequent postoperative hyperglycaemia in cardiac surgery patients has led to the initiation of an insulin infusion sliding scale for quality improve... Read More about Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care.

Classroom assessment techniques: an assessment and student evaluation method (2012)
Journal Article
Walker, D. (2012). Classroom assessment techniques: an assessment and student evaluation method. Creative Education, 3(6A), https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2012.326136

Some of the challenges that face Higher Education are how to ensure that assessment is meaningful and that feedback is prompt in order to promote learning. Another issue is how to provide lecturers with feedback regarding their efficacy, in a timely... Read More about Classroom assessment techniques: an assessment and student evaluation method.

Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives (2012)
Journal Article
Freemantle, A., & Seymour, J. (2012). Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives. BMC Research Notes, 5(524), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-524

Background: Despite evidence suggesting that the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient is a structured and proficient means of supporting care delivery in the last hours or days of life, discrepancies in uptake are widespread. This explorator... Read More about Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives.

Coping with and factors impacting upon the experience of lung cancer in patients and primary carers (2012)
Journal Article
Ellis, J., Lloyd-williams, M., Wagland, R., Bailey, C., & Molassiotis, A. (in press). Coping with and factors impacting upon the experience of lung cancer in patients and primary carers. European Journal of Cancer Care, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12003

There is a paucity of research exploring patients' and their informal carers' experience of coping with and factors impacting on the lung cancer experience. This study aims to explore how patients and their informal carers cope with a diagnosis of lu... Read More about Coping with and factors impacting upon the experience of lung cancer in patients and primary carers.

The practice of continuous deep sedation until death in Flanders (Belgium), The Netherlands, and the U.K.: a comparative study (2012)
Journal Article
Anquinet, L., Rietjens, J. A., Seale, C., Seymour, J., Deliens, L., & van der Heide, A. (2012). The practice of continuous deep sedation until death in Flanders (Belgium), The Netherlands, and the U.K.: a comparative study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 44(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.07.007

Context:Existing empirical evidence shows that continuous deep sedation until death is given in about 15% of all deaths in Flanders, Belgium (BE), 8% in The Netherlands (NL), and 17% in the U.K. Objectives:This study compares characteristics of cont... Read More about The practice of continuous deep sedation until death in Flanders (Belgium), The Netherlands, and the U.K.: a comparative study.

Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention (2012)
Journal Article
Morriss, R. K., Kai, J., Atha, C., Avery, A., Bayes, S., Franklin, M., …Yang, M. (2012). Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention. BMC Family Practice, 13(39), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-39

Background: The top 3% of frequent attendance in primary care is associated with 15% of all appointments in primary care, a fivefold increase in hospital expenditure, and more mental disorder and functional somatic symptoms compared to normal atte... Read More about Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention.

Genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of severe asthma (2012)
Journal Article
Wan, Y., Shrine, N., Soler Artigas, M., Wain, L., Blakey, J., Moffatt, M., …Hall, I. P. (2012). Genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of severe asthma. Thorax, 67(9), https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201262

Background The genetic basis for developing asthma has been extensively studied. However, association studies to date have mostly focused on mild to moderate disease and genetic risk factors for severe asthma remain unclear. Objective To identify co... Read More about Genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of severe asthma.

Genetic basis for personalized medicine in asthma (2012)
Journal Article
Portelli, M. A., & Sayers, I. (2012). Genetic basis for personalized medicine in asthma. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1586/ers.12.9

There is heterogeneity in patient responses to current asthma medications. Significant progress has been made identifying genetic polymorphisms that influence the efficacy and potential for adverse effects to asthma drugs, including; ?2-adrenergic re... Read More about Genetic basis for personalized medicine in asthma.