Objectives: To examine the feasibility and acceptability of breath research in primary care.
Design: Non-randomised, prospective, mixed-methods cross-sectional observational study.
Setting: Twenty-six urban primary care practices.
We designed, implemented and evaluated a near-peer simulation training programme teaching diagnostic and therapeutic abdominal paracentesis to core medical trainees (CMTs). We taught diagnostic and therapeutic abdominal paracentesis to 77 north-west London CMTs over 8 training days over 4 years, 2015 to 2019. The programme was optimised by use of plan, do, study, act (PDSA) cycles and the content was evaluated by anonymous pre- and post-course questionnaires.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare and poorly described disease process. In this case-control study, clinical features and findings on HRCT were compared with idiopathic bronchiectasis (IBx).
Methods: A review of all patients attending an adult bronchiectasis clinic between 2007 and 2013 identified 25 YNS patients.
Expression of TFAP2C in luminal breast cancer is associated with reduced survival and hormone resistance, partially explained through regulation of RET. TFAP2C also regulates EGFR in HER2 breast cancer. We sought to elucidate the regulation and functional role of EGFR in luminal breast cancer.
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