All Outputs (3)

Confidence of recurrent cellulitis self-diagnosis among people with lymphoedema: a qualitative interview study (2019)
Journal Article
Patel, M., Lee, S. I., Levell, N. J., Smart, P., Kai, J., Thomas, K. S., & Leighton, P. (2020). Confidence of recurrent cellulitis self-diagnosis among people with lymphoedema: a qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice, 70(691), e130-e137. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X707909

© British Journal of General Practice 2020. BACKGROUND: Cellulitis can sometimes be challenging for healthcare professionals to diagnose, with no validated diagnostic criteria available. Supporting healthcare professionals to make a more accurate dia... Read More about Confidence of recurrent cellulitis self-diagnosis among people with lymphoedema: a qualitative interview study.

Effectiveness of interventions to identify and manage patients with familial cancer risk in primary care: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Ing Lee, S., Patel, M., Dutton, B., Weng, S., Luveta, J., & Qureshi, N. (2019). Effectiveness of interventions to identify and manage patients with familial cancer risk in primary care: a systematic review. Journal of Community Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-019-00419-6

This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of strategies to identify and manage patients with familial risk of breast, ovarian, colorectal and prostate cancer in primary careto improve clinical outcomes. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane l... Read More about Effectiveness of interventions to identify and manage patients with familial cancer risk in primary care: a systematic review.

A systematic review showing the lack of diagnostic criteria and tools developed for lower limb cellulitis (2019)
Journal Article
Patel, M., Lee, S. I., Akyea, R. K., Grindlay, D., Francis, N., Levell, N. J., …Thomas, K. (2019). A systematic review showing the lack of diagnostic criteria and tools developed for lower limb cellulitis. British Journal of Dermatology, 181(6), 1156-1165. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.17857

Background: Cellulitis can be a difficult diagnosis to make. 31% of patients admitted from the emergency department with suspected lower limb cellulitis are misdiagnoses, with incorrect treatment potentially resulting in avoidable hospital admission... Read More about A systematic review showing the lack of diagnostic criteria and tools developed for lower limb cellulitis.