Publications by authors named "E O'Rourke"
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- The British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma and Orthopaedics (BOAST) provide guidelines for treating open lower limb fractures, and an audit was conducted to evaluate the adherence to these standards in a Southeast England trauma center.
- The audit analyzed data from 133 patients from August 2020 to August 2022, revealing that most patients were older women who sustained fractures from low-energy injuries, with a significant number undergoing timely debridement and closure procedures.
- While the management of these fractures generally aligned with BOAST guidelines, improvements are needed in initial debridement practices, emphasizing the importance of training and resource allocation to enhance compliance.
Background: Estimates for the prevalence of food allergy vary widely, with a paucity of data for adults. The aim of this analysis was to report trends in the incidence and prevalence of food allergy in England, using a national primary care dataset.
Methods: We analysed data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink between 1998 and 2018, with linked data to relevant hospital encounters in England.
Marine and freshwater mammalian predators and fish samples, retrieved from environmental specimen banks (ESBs), natural history museum (NHMs) and other scientific collections, were analysed by LIFE APEX partners for a wide range of legacy and emerging contaminants (2545 in total). Network analysis was used to visualize the chemical occurrence data and reveal the predominant chemical mixtures for the freshwater and marine environments. For this purpose, a web tool was created to explore these chemical mixtures in predator-prey pairs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA State of the Art lecture titled "Syndemics in Women's Health: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Clustering of Thrombotic and Haemostasis Disorders" was presented at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress in 2023. Syndemics are characterized by the clustering of specific health conditions in vulnerable populations. These populations become vulnerable as a result of large-scale social, political, and economic factors that influence social determinants of health and increase susceptibility to disease.
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