Publications by authors named "J D Jagger"
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- - Despite being at higher risk for severe COVID-19, many individuals with haematological malignancies showed hesitancy towards vaccination, highlighting a need for improved education.
- - A survey of 869 participants revealed that while 85.3% were vaccinated, younger individuals and those speaking English as a non-dominant language had lower vaccination rates and greater concerns about vaccine side effects.
- - The study concluded that while vaccination uptake was high, tailored educational efforts could help address specific concerns among groups facing hesitancy, especially in light of the need for boosters.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented challenge. Meeting this has resulted in changes to working practices and the impact on the management of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is largely unknown. We performed a retrospective, observational study contrasting patients diagnosed with HFrEF attending specialist heart failure clinics at a UK hospital, whose subsequent period of optimisation of medical therapy was during the COVID-19 pandemic, with patients diagnosed the previous year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients with multiple myeloma (MM) are typically of an advanced age and may have significant co-existing medical conditions. They have often had multiple lines of therapy and as such experience disease-related effects alongside associated treatment toxicities. Daratumumab is a monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of MM in the relapsed/refractory setting.
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