Publications by authors named "J Beattie"
Background: Open window thoracostomy (OTW) is the standard of care for debilitated patients with chronic pleural infection and nonexpandable lungs (NEL) who are not candidates for major surgical intervention. Tunneled pleural catheters (TPC) offer tremendous treatment potential in this setting based on their efficacy in malignant pleural effusion and NEL. We aim to assess the efficacy, safety, and health care utilization of TPC in this setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDo Medical Graduates from a Rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Work in Similar Rural Communities?
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2024
(1) Background: Medical graduates who have undertaken longitudinal rural training have consistently been found to be more likely to become rural doctors and work in primary care settings. A limitation of such findings is the heterogeneous nature of rural medical education and contested views of what constitutes 'rurality', especially as it is often reported as a binary concept (rural compared to metropolitan). To address the identified gaps in workforce outcomes for rural medical training and to demonstrate accountability to the communities we serve, we investigated whether Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) graduates are practicing in communities with similar rural classification to those where they trained.
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- The study aimed to investigate the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals in a clinical trial focused on managing acute post-traumatic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
- Qualitative data were collected through interviews with a purposively selected group of 15 healthcare professionals and 26 patients in London, revealing a general acceptance of BPPV diagnosis and treatment, but differing opinions on the randomization process.
- The findings suggest that both groups find acute BPPV management feasible and acceptable, and their feedback could improve future trial designs and clinical practice guidelines.
Objective: The impact of COVID-19 on medical students has predominantly been assessed by one-off survey studies at the pandemic onset. This national study investigated the sustained impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students' rural clinical placement learning and well-being.
Design: Repeated cross-sectional survey design.
Background: Small cohort studies have shown rapid pleurodesis protocol's (RPP) effectiveness and capacity to expedite pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion (MPE). This study intends to evaluate the effectiveness of the RPP in inducing pleurodesis in patients with pleural effusions from either malignant or benign etiologies.
Methods: In this single-center, retrospective cohort study spanning 2 decades, we assessed patients with recurrent symptomatic chronic noninfectious pleural effusion, both benign and malignant.