Publications by authors named "I Harris"
Background: The financial and resource burden of management of olecranon fractures in the elderly is likely to increase with an aging population. There is limited evidence guiding treatment choice in this cohort. This study aimed to determine whether operative treatment of displaced olecranon fractures in elderly patients provides superior 12-month functional outcomes compared to nonoperative treatment.
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- Delirium is a common complication for older adults after hip fracture surgery, with a study analyzing patient data from 2015-2020 revealing inconsistent links between the type of anaesthesia used and the occurrence of delirium.
- Among the 35,252 patients studied, those who received general anaesthesia (40.6%) showed higher rates of delirium compared to those who received spinal or regional anaesthesia (35.7%).
- Adjustments for known confounders indicated a weak association between general anaesthesia and delirium, but an analysis addressing unmeasured factors found no significant causal link, suggesting more research is needed in this area.
Background: Amino acids are critical to tumor survival. Tumors can acquire amino acids from the surrounding microenvironment, including the serum. Limiting dietary amino acids is suggested to influence their serum levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Orthopaedic surgeon engagement with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) data has not been comprehensively evaluated, despite increasing uptake of orthopaedic PROMs programmes globally. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative evidence on barriers and facilitators to orthopaedic surgeons' engagement with PROMs data and their use of these data to support clinical practice.
Methods: Six databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, COCHRANE CENTRAL, PSYCINFO, CINAHL and EMCARE) were searched from January 2000-March 2024 to identify potentially eligible qualitative studies.