Publications by authors named "Adil Rashid"

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  • The audit aimed to assess and improve the completeness and accuracy of the National Joint Registry (NJR) dataset specifically for elbow arthroplasty surgeries.
  • In a two-phase approach, Phase 1 compared NJR data with NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), identifying thousands of unmatched and inaccurate records, particularly for radial head arthroplasties (RHAs).
  • Phase 2 involved collaboration among 142 NHS hospitals to correct and update records, resulting in an improved completeness of the NJR dataset from 63% to 93% and accuracy from 94% to 98%.
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  • Melioidosis is a serious bacterial infection endemic to Asia and Northern Australia, and the study investigates blood cell counts' ability to predict short-term mortality in affected patients.
  • This retrospective study analyzed 170 patients with confirmed melioidosis from 2017 to 2023, measuring total leucocyte count (TLC), absolute neutrophil count (ANC), and absolute lymphocytic count (ALC), categorizing them into low, medium, and high levels.
  • Results showed that low counts in these parameters significantly correlated with a higher risk of death within 48 hours, particularly when all three were low, indicating the need for better treatment strategies for these critically ill patients.
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Background: Inconsistent reporting of patient characteristics in clinical research hampers reproducibility and limits analysis opportunities. This paper proposes condition-specific 'Core Descriptor Sets' comprising key factors like demographics, disease severity, comorbidities, and prognosis to standardize Table 1 reporting.

Methods: Development entails stakeholder involvement, systematic identification of descriptors, value rating, and consensus-building using multiple Delphi rounds.

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  • - The study aimed to evaluate how participant descriptors in adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) research are reported in order to improve understanding of outcomes and facilitate comparisons across studies and clinical settings.
  • - A systematic review analyzed 2648 studies, ultimately including 73, and identified 156 unique descriptors such as age, sex, and medical history, with an average of 12 descriptors reported per study.
  • - The findings showed inconsistency in reporting and noted that many descriptors were seldom used, highlighting the need for a standardized Core Descriptor Set to improve representation and comparability in ASBO research.
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Background: Emergency general surgery practice is high risk. Surgery is a key part of treatment, with resultant catabolic stress and frequent need for nutritional support. The aim of this study was to examine the current methods of defining and determining malnutrition in emergency general surgery.

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Introduction: The mortality risk after appendicectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis is predicted to be higher than in the general population given the associated risk of perioperative bleeding, infections and liver decompensation. This population-based cohort study aimed to determine the 90-day mortality risk following emergency appendicectomy in patients with cirrhosis.

Methods: Adult patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy in England between January 2001 and December 2018 were identified from two linked primary and secondary electronic healthcare databases, the clinical practice research datalink and hospital episode statistics data.

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Background: Venous thromboembolism is a well-established preventable complication after colectomy. Specific guidance on venous thromboembolism prevention after colectomy for benign disease is limited.

Objective: This meta-analysis aimed to quantify the venous thromboembolism risk after benign colorectal resection and determine its variability.

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Background: As rectal cancer survival increases, more patients survive with potentially severe, long-term gastrointestinal and genitourinary complications from radiotherapy. The burden of these complications for patients and healthcare services is unclear, which this review aims to quantify.

Methods: Systematic search of Medline and Embase for randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) and multicentre observational studies published since 2000, reporting hospitalization/procedural intervention for long-term (>6 months post-treatment) gastrointestinal or genitourinary complications after radiotherapy and surgery for rectal cancer.

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Purpose: To compare patterns and mechanisms of injuries during and after the UK Nationwide lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included all major trauma admissions during the 10-week period of the nationwide lockdown (09/03/2020-18/05/2020), compared with admissions in the 10-weeks following the full lifting of lockdown restrictions (04/07/20-12/09/2020). Differences in the volume, spectrum and mechanism of injuries presenting during and post-lockdown were compared using Fisher's exact and Chi-squared tests as appropriate.

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Introduction: With the global prevalence of liver cirrhosis rising, this systematic review aimed to define the perioperative risk of mortality in these patients following appendicectomy.

Methods: Systematic searches of Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library databases, ICTRP, and Clinical trials.gov were undertaken to identify studies including patients with cirrhosis undergoing appendicectomy, published since database inception to March 2021.

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A total of 1455 local and non-local (originating from other Indian states), slaughtered or spontaneously dead, sheep in various areas of Kashmir Valley were investigated for the presence of cystic echinococcosis over a period of one year. The overall prevalence was 7.97% with higher prevalence in local (14.

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Three glycosides and a long chain alcohol were isolated from the bulbs of Polianthes tuberosa, these were identified as 3,29-dihydroxystigmast-5-ene-3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside (1), ethyl beta-D-galactopyranoside (2), ethyl-alpha-D-galactopyranoside (3), and 1-tricosanol (4). The structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic and chemical methods. All four isolated compounds were screened for their cytotoxicity, antibacterial and antifungal activities, none of the compounds showed any significant activity.

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