Publications by authors named "Ishrat Hussain"
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- There isn't much guidance about how to prescribe opioids for people with broken bones, especially in surgery, so this study wants to help doctors understand what patients need after surgery for tibial (shin bone) fractures.
- The researchers looked at 1,814 patients who had tibial fractures from 2015 to 2022 and measured how much opioids (pain medicine) they used and for how long after their surgeries.
- They found that patients with certain types of fractures, like tibial plateau fractures, needed more pain medicine, and those with health issues like kidney disease and high blood pressure also required more opioids to manage their pain.
Rising global migration levels have led to growing diaspora populations. There has been interest in the role of diaspora healthcare professionals (HCPs) from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in development aid to their origin countries, although there has been comparatively less focus on their educational activities. This study examined the stated educational priorities of LMIC medical diaspora organisations, with a particular focus on the tension between promoting professional opportunities afforded by medical migration and contributing to healthcare workforce shortages due to migration away from LMICs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Understanding the epidemiology and incidence of fractures can help inform policymakers and clinicians about the needs of the population and highlight trends over time, allowing for tailoring of healthcare delivery to the population. This study reports on the lower limb fractures treated at a major trauma centre over a seven-year period.
Methods: We collected data on fracture locations, age, gender, BMI, hospital admission length, and treatment options of all lower limb fractures treated at a level I trauma centre from January 2015 to December 2021.
Background And Aims: Patients often first present with symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) to primary care. However, there has been little research to determine whether the diagnosis and management of this condition is carried out according to current guidelines. Furthermore, there is little up-to-date information regarding the prevalence of TN in the UK.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial media platforms such as Instagram are becoming increasingly popular sources for students to access anatomy educational resources. This review used content analysis to examine posts under the hashtag #anatomynotes and is the first to map the characteristics of anatomy education posts on Instagram and determine any temporal changes. Sample posts were gathered from April 2019 and April 2021 and categorized according to the technical format, purpose and author credentials.
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- - Therapies for breast cancer often worsen menopause-related symptoms, which are linked to decreased estrogen levels, and these symptoms are frequently not treated due to fears of cancer recurrence.
- - The systematic review sought to evaluate the risk of breast cancer recurrence in survivors using vaginal hormone therapies and selective estrogen receptor modulators, based on available randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in the UK.
- - The findings showed that while existing RCTs did not directly assess breast cancer recurrence, they found no increased serious adverse effects from vaginal estrogen, nor significant rises in serum estrogen levels, indicating a need for larger studies to better understand the implications for breast cancer survivors.
Introduction: The global pandemic has diverted resources away from management of chronic diseases, including cirrhosis. While there is increasing knowledge on COVID-19 infection in liver cirrhosis, little is described on the impact of the pandemic on decompensated cirrhosis admissions and outcomes, which was the aim of this study.
Methods: A single-centre, retrospective study, evaluated decompensated cirrhosis admissions to a tertiary London hepatology and transplantation centre, from October 2018 to February 2021.