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ELIZABETH ORTON's Outputs (4)

Alcohol Misuse and Injury Outcomes in Young People Aged 10–24 (2017)
Journal Article
Lester, L., Baker, R., Coupland, C., & Orton, E. (2018). Alcohol Misuse and Injury Outcomes in Young People Aged 10–24. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(4), 450-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.10.003

Purpose: The burden of alcohol-attributable disease is a global problem. Young people often present to emergency health-care services with alcohol intoxication but little is known about how best to intervene at that point to improve future health out... Read More about Alcohol Misuse and Injury Outcomes in Young People Aged 10–24.

Effect of oral prednisolone on symptom duration and severity in nonasthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized clinical trial (2017)
Journal Article
Hay, A. D., Little, P., Harnden, A., Thompson, M., Wang, K., Kendrick, D., …Moore, M. (2017). Effect of oral prednisolone on symptom duration and severity in nonasthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 318(8), 721-730. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.10572

© 2017 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. IMPORTANCE: Acute lower respiratory tract infection is common and often treated inappropriately in primary care with antibiotics. Corticosteroids are increasingly used but without sufficient e... Read More about Effect of oral prednisolone on symptom duration and severity in nonasthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized clinical trial.

Venous thromboembolism in adults screened for Sickle Cell Trait: a population based cohort study with nested case-control analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Little, I., Vinogradova, Y., Orton, E., Kai, J., & Qureshi, N. (2017). Venous thromboembolism in adults screened for Sickle Cell Trait: a population based cohort study with nested case-control analysis. BMJ Open, 7(3), Article e012665. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012665

Objective: To determine whether sickle cell carriers (‘sickle cell trait’) have an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE).


Design: Cohort study with nested case-control analysis.
Setting: General population with data from 609 UK gener... Read More about Venous thromboembolism in adults screened for Sickle Cell Trait: a population based cohort study with nested case-control analysis.

Association between maternal depression and anxiety episodes and rates of childhood injuries: a cohort study from England (2017)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Kendrick, D., Tata, L. J., & Orton, E. (2017). Association between maternal depression and anxiety episodes and rates of childhood injuries: a cohort study from England. Injury Prevention, 23(6), 396-402. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042294

Background: Maternal depression is common and associated with several child health outcomes. The impact on childhood injuries is underexplored, with existing studies relying on maternal reporting of injury occurrences. Using population healthcare dat... Read More about Association between maternal depression and anxiety episodes and rates of childhood injuries: a cohort study from England.