Bilateral Vocal Cord Fibrosis: A Delayed Complication of Button Battery Ingestion.

A 14-month-old girl initially presented to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department following a choking episode and subsequent vomiting. The child left the department before being seen but re-presented the following morning with stridor, drooling, and increased work of breathing. A chest and lateral neck soft tissue X-ray performed in the A&E department revealed an ingested button battery in the oesophagus.

Preliminary qualification of a novel, hypoxic-based radiologic signature for trans-arterial chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Survival advantage following trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is variable in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We combined pre-TACE radiologic features to derive a novel prognostic signature in HCC.

Methods: A multi-institutional dataset of 98 patients was generated from two retrospective cohorts from United Kingdom (65%) and Italy (36%).

Systemic Inflammatory Response Is a Prognostic Marker in HIV-Infected Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasingly prevalent in people living with HIV. Systemic inflammation is a prognostic factor requiring validation in HIV-associated HCC.

Aims: Using a multi-centre database of consecutive HCC cases, we investigated the prognostic role of a panel of inflammatory markers, including neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), using univariate and multivariate survival analyses.

A qualitative inquiry into the barriers and facilitators to achieving home death.

Objectives: To explore the barriers and facilitators to patients achieving death at home.

Methods: In-depth, semistructured interviews with end-of-life care experts were conducted to develop an insight into the barriers and facilitators to achieving death at home. Thirty-three interviews were conducted compromising of a mixture of face-to-face and tele interviews.

Barriers and facilitators influencing death at home: A meta-ethnography.

Background: In many countries, achieving a home death represents a successful outcome from both a patient welfare and commissioning viewpoint. Significant variation exists in the proportion of home deaths achieved internationally, with many countries unable to meet the wishes of a large number of patients. This review builds on previous literature investigating factors influencing home death, synthesising qualitative research to supplement evidence that quantitative research in this field may have been unable to reach.