Publications by authors named "L J Walker"

Background: Although many individuals return to work after cancer treatment, supports to facilitate this transition are ineffective or lacking. Transitions Theory can be useful to conceptually explain the transition back to work after cancer; however, no known studies have used Transitions Theory to empirically examine this transition.

Objective: To explore how and why Transition Theory concepts can be used to understand individuals' transition back to work after cancer treatment.

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Objective: Understanding patients' wishes and preferences during hospitalisation is a crucial component of care. We identified a gap related to documentation of advance directives and patient preferences for care and focused on ensuring appropriate goals of care discussions were occurring and documented. Our aim was to improve the documentation of advance care planning notes to include 80% of targeted hospitalised patients.

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Objective: To identify and assess artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled products reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that are potentially applicable to emergency medicine (EM).

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Fosmidomycin and clindamycin target the Plasmodium apicoplast. Combination clinical trials have produced mixed results with the primary problem being the recrudescent infection frequency by day 28. Given that antibiotic efficacy against bacterial infections often depends on the constant drug presence over several days, we hypothesized that the antimalarial blood or liver stage efficacy of fosmidomycin and clindamycin could be improved by implementing a more frequent dosing schedule.

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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is the causative agent of a syndrome characterized by reproductive failure and respiratory complications (PRRS). Early detection and classification of PRRSV strains are vital for appropriate management strategies to minimize loss following outbreaks. The most widely used classification method for PRRSV is based on open reading frame 5 (ORF5) sequences.

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