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Pneumococcal serotypes and risk factors in adult community-acquired pneumonia 2018–20; a multicentre UK cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Lansbury, L., Lawrence, H., McKeever, T. M., French, N., Aston, S., Hill, A. T., …Lim, W. S. (2024). Pneumococcal serotypes and risk factors in adult community-acquired pneumonia 2018–20; a multicentre UK cohort study. Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 37, Article 100812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100812

Background: Higher-valency pneumococcal vaccines are anticipated. We aimed to describe serotype distribution and risk factors for vaccine-serotype community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the two years pre-SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Methods: We conducted a pr... Read More about Pneumococcal serotypes and risk factors in adult community-acquired pneumonia 2018–20; a multicentre UK cohort study.

Risk of mortality following surgery in patients with a previous cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome: a 10-year database linkage between Hospital Episode Statistics, Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project, and Office for National Statistics (2023)
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Chalitsios, C. V., Luney, M. S., Lindsay, W., Sanders, R. D., McKeever, T. M., & Moppett, I. (2023). Risk of mortality following surgery in patients with a previous cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome: a 10-year database linkage between Hospital Episode Statistics, Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project, and Office for National Statistics. JAMA Surgery,

Importance: There is a lack of consensus regarding the interval of time-dependent postoperative mortality risk following an acute coronary syndrome or stroke. Objective: To determine the magnitude and duration of risk associated with the time interv... Read More about Risk of mortality following surgery in patients with a previous cerebrovascular accident or acute coronary syndrome: a 10-year database linkage between Hospital Episode Statistics, Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project, and Office for National Statistics.

Association between antidepressants with pneumonia and exacerbation in patients with COPD: a self-controlled case series (SCCS) (2023)
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Siraj, R. A., Bolton, C. E., & McKeever, T. M. (2023). Association between antidepressants with pneumonia and exacerbation in patients with COPD: a self-controlled case series (SCCS). Thorax, Article 219736. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2022-219736

Objective: To assess whether antidepressant prescriptions are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. Methods: A self-controlled case series was performed to investigate the rates... Read More about Association between antidepressants with pneumonia and exacerbation in patients with COPD: a self-controlled case series (SCCS).

Incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a UK population-based matched cohort study (2023)
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Chalitsios, C. V., Baskaran, V., Harwood, R. H., Lim, W. S., & McKeever, T. M. (2023). Incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a UK population-based matched cohort study. ERJ Open Research, 9(3), Article 00328-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00328-2022

Background Survivors of common infections may develop cognitive impairment or dementia; however, the risk of these conditions in people hospitalised with pneumonia is not well established. Methods A matched cohort study was conducted using Hospit... Read More about Incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a UK population-based matched cohort study.

Predicting outcome in acute respiratory admissions using patterns of National Early Warning Scores (2022)
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Forster, S., McKeever, T. M., Churpek, M., Gonem, S., & Shaw, D. (2022). Predicting outcome in acute respiratory admissions using patterns of National Early Warning Scores. Clinical Medicine, 22(5), 409-415. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2022-0074

Aims Accurately predicting risk of patient deterioration is vital. Altered physiology in chronic disease affects the prognostic ability of vital signs based early warning score systems. We aimed to assess the potential of early warning score patterns... Read More about Predicting outcome in acute respiratory admissions using patterns of National Early Warning Scores.

Impact of Coexisting Dementia on Inpatient Outcomes for Patients Admitted with a COPD Exacerbation (2022)
Journal Article
Gupta, A., McKeever, T. M., Hutchinson, J. P., & Bolton, C. E. (2022). Impact of Coexisting Dementia on Inpatient Outcomes for Patients Admitted with a COPD Exacerbation. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2022(17), 535-544. https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s345751

Purpose: People with COPD are at a higher risk of cognitive dysfunction than the general population. However, the additional impact of dementia amongst such patients is not well understood, particularly in those admitted with a COPD exacerbation. We... Read More about Impact of Coexisting Dementia on Inpatient Outcomes for Patients Admitted with a COPD Exacerbation.

Patient-reported respiratory outcome measures in the recovery of adults hospitalised with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Working Paper
Middleton, S., Chalitsios, C., McKeever, T. M., Jenkins, A. R., & Bolton, C. E. Patient-reported respiratory outcome measures in the recovery of adults hospitalised with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Acute COVID-19 clinical symptoms have been clearly documented, but long-term functional and symptomatic recovery from COVID -19 is less well described. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to describe patient-rep... Read More about Patient-reported respiratory outcome measures in the recovery of adults hospitalised with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Lansbury, L., Lim, B., McKeever, T. M., Lawrence, H., & Lim, W. S. (2022). Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. eClinicalMedicine, 44, Article 101271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101271

Background Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality in older adults. Understanding pneumococcal sero-epidemiology in adults ≥50 years is necessary to inform vaccination policies and the updating of pneumococcal... Read More about Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention (2021)
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Knight, H., Jia, R., Ayling, K., Bradbury, K., Baker, K., Chalder, T., …Vedhara, K. (2021). Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention. Public Health, 201, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.006

Objectives: Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in late 2019, spreading to over 200 countries and resulting in almost two million deaths worldwide. The emergence of safe and effective vaccines provides a route out of th... Read More about Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention.

Risk of subtrochanteric and femoral shaft fractures due to bisphosphonate therapy in asthma: a population-based nested case–control study (2021)
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Chalitsios, C. V., Shaw, D. E., & McKeever, T. M. (2021). Risk of subtrochanteric and femoral shaft fractures due to bisphosphonate therapy in asthma: a population-based nested case–control study. Osteoporosis International, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-021-06197-7

Summary: Concerns have been raised over the association between bisphosphonates and atypical fractures in subtrochanteric and femoral shaft regions, but the potential risk of these fractures due to bisphosphonate use in asthma has not been examined.... Read More about Risk of subtrochanteric and femoral shaft fractures due to bisphosphonate therapy in asthma: a population-based nested case–control study.

Effects of tobacco smoking on recurrent hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based cohort study (2021)
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Baskaran, V., Lim, W. S., & McKeever, T. M. (2022). Effects of tobacco smoking on recurrent hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based cohort study. Thorax, 77(1), 82-85. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216494

The incidence of and risk factors for recurrent hospitalisation for pneumonia were investigated using data from Hospital Episode Statistics, linked to a UK primary care database. Within 90 days and 1 year of follow-up, 1733 (3.1%) and 5064 (9.0%), de... Read More about Effects of tobacco smoking on recurrent hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based cohort study.

A low exhaled nitric oxide level excludes a short-term benefit from inhaled corticosteroids in suspected asthma: A randomized placebo-controlled trial (2021)
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Shaw, D., Martin, M. J., Sutherland, L., Shaw, K., Parrish, C., Singleton, N., …Harrison, T. (2021). A low exhaled nitric oxide level excludes a short-term benefit from inhaled corticosteroids in suspected asthma: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. Respirology, 26(7), 666-672. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14055

Background and objective: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a non-invasive biomarker that reflects IL-4/IL-13 production and therefore represents T2 allergic inflammation. FeNO has previously been used to guide inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) tr... Read More about A low exhaled nitric oxide level excludes a short-term benefit from inhaled corticosteroids in suspected asthma: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Factors associated with survival in small cell lung cancer: an analysis of real-world national audit, chemotherapy and radiotherapy data (2021)
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Jones, G. S., Khakwani, A., Pascoe, A., Foweraker, K., McKeever, T. M., Hubbard, R. B., & Baldwin, D. R. (2021). Factors associated with survival in small cell lung cancer: an analysis of real-world national audit, chemotherapy and radiotherapy data. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 10(4), 4055-4068. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-20-1824

Background: The mainstay of treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) involves platinum doublet chemotherapy but the optimal duration, 4 vs. 6 cycles, is not known. Concurrent thoracic radiotherapy followed by prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI)... Read More about Factors associated with survival in small cell lung cancer: an analysis of real-world national audit, chemotherapy and radiotherapy data.

Co-infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19: an observational cohort study from England (2021)
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Baskaran, V., Lawrence, H., Lansbury, L., Webb, K., Safavi, S., Zainuddin, I., …Shen Lim, W. (2021). Co-infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19: an observational cohort study from England. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 70(4), Article 001350. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001350

Introduction: During previous viral pandemics, reported co-infection rates and implicated pathogens have varied. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, a large proportion of severe illness and death was complicated by bacterial co-infection, predominantly S... Read More about Co-infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19: an observational cohort study from England.

The feasibility and tolerability of using Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) with adults discharged from the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) (2021)
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Pick, H., Faghy, M., Cresswell, G., Ashton, D., Bolton, C., McKeever, T., …Bewick, T. (2021). The feasibility and tolerability of using Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) with adults discharged from the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 89, 216-220. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2021.0002

Background: Patients experience substantial morbidity following discharge from hospital and during recovery from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has demonstrated improved functional capacity and reduced patient-r... Read More about The feasibility and tolerability of using Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) with adults discharged from the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study (2020)
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Siraj, R., McKeever, T., Gibson, J., Gordon, A., & Bolton, C. (2021). Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study. Respiratory Medicine, 177, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106288

Background: Although cognitive impairment and dementia are common comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), estimates of incidence following a diagnosis of COPD are inconclusive. Objective: To determine the incidenc... Read More about Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study.

Incidence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in asthma: a UK population-based matched cohort study (2020)
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Chalitsios, C. V., McKeever, T. M., & Shaw, D. E. (2020). Incidence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in asthma: a UK population-based matched cohort study. European Respiratory Journal, 56(Suppl. 64), Article 1427. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.1427

Background: Osteoporosis and fragility fractures (FF) are associated with corticosteroids which are the mainstay treatment for asthma; however, these bone comorbidities within asthma need to be better described. Methods: A matched cohort study was... Read More about Incidence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in asthma: a UK population-based matched cohort study.

Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia in adults: a case-control test-negative design study (2020)
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Lawrence, H., Pick, H., Baskaran, V., Daniel, P., Rodrigo, C., Ashton, D., …Lim, W. S. (2020). Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia in adults: a case-control test-negative design study. PLoS Medicine, 17(10), Article e1003326. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003326

Background: Vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) is available in the UK to adults aged 65 years or over and those in defined clinical risk groups. We evaluated the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of PPV23 against vac... Read More about Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia in adults: a case-control test-negative design study.