153 results match your criteria: "University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences[Affiliation]"
Arch Dis Child
December 2024
Institute of Applied Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Background: Understanding why children die is important for grieving parents and for informing system improvements aimed at prevention and future care. Many countries have child death review (CDR) process, but little is known about how best to engage parents. The aim of this study was to use experience-based co-design to create a toolkit to support parental involvement in CDR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Mil Health
October 2024
Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Clin Exp Dermatol
October 2024
The Welsh Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Previous surveys of UK dermatology trainees have identified key patterns regarding future career intentions that can help to inform workforce planning as consultant vacancies continue to grow. We invited all doctors training in dermatology, as well as all dermatology doctors who have completed training between 2018-2023 to complete separate surveys over a six-week period. These surveys explored: career locations, working patterns, pull factors towards particular posts, and push factors away from NHS consultant posts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBr J Gen Pract
October 2024
University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Applied Health Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background: Modern general practice is characterised by increased demand and growing multi-disciplinarity, including ring-fenced funding for additional non-clinical roles. However, for practice receptionists training has remained unchanged for decades, yet primary care is under greater pressure than ever with receptionists becoming a growing focal point of abuse and unprecedented numbers leaving the role.
Aim: To present the evidence of the range of tasks that receptionists continue to perform, describing their impact on primary care delivery and how the role might be better supported.
BMJ Mil Health
October 2024
Academic Department of Military General Practice, RCDM, Birmingham, UK.
Purpose: The calliper function is used for manual measurements of full thickness macular holes (FTMHs). We aimed to investigate whether a reproducible difference could be detected beyond interobserver variability between two commonly used manufacturers in their manual calliper facility in spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) for metrics related to FTMH.
Methods: This is a non-interventional, retrospective, observational study.
BMJ Paediatr Open
July 2024
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Background: There is a need to empower parents and carers of young infants to recognise signs of serious illness and to act on these appropriately. Compiling the signs and symptoms of serious illness in infants found in clinical guidelines will support the evidence-based update of the 30+-year-old content of the Baby Check App to empower parents and carers.
Objective: To systematically review clinical guidelines for signs and symptoms related to serious illness in infants aged 6 months and below.
BMJ Case Rep
July 2024
Respiratory Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
A woman in her 40s presented with exertional dyspnoea with an absence of haemoptysis, cough, fever and weight loss. The patient had a medical history of extensive endometriosis. Investigations revealed a large right-sided pleural effusion.
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September 2024
Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
JHEP Rep
June 2024
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Mil Health
May 2024
Academic Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
Br J Haematol
June 2024
Centre for Clinical Haematology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a centrally important curative strategy in adults with acute myeloid leukaemia; however, relapse occurs in a significant proportion of patients and remains the leading cause of treatment failure. The prognosis for patients who relapse post-transplant remains poor, and the development of new strategies with the ability to reduce disease recurrence without increasing transplant toxicity remains a priority. In this review, within the context of our understanding of disease biology and the graft-versus-leukaemia (GVL) effect, we will discuss established, evolving and novel approaches for increasing remission rates, decreasing measurable residual disease pretransplant, future methods to augment the GVL effect and the opportunities for post-transplant maintenance.
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April 2024
WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Objective: To assess the effects of COVID-19 vaccines in women before or during pregnancy on SARS-CoV-2 infection-related, pregnancy, offspring and reactogenicity outcomes.
Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Data Sources: Major databases between December 2019 and January 2023.
Background: This systematic review aims to synthesise the qualitative evidence exploring parents' experiences of children with acquired brain injury (ABI) undergoing neurorehabilitation during the first year post-injury.
Methods: A systematic review of qualitative research was conducted using thematic synthesis with Thomas and Harden's approach. The population, exposure and outcome model was used for the search strategy.
BMJ Mil Health
February 2024
Academic Department of Military General Practice, Royal Defence Medical College, Birmingham, UK.
Commun Biol
February 2024
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Br J Dermatol
April 2024
Department of Dermatology, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
JHEP Rep
January 2024
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK.
Background & Aims: Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) relates to a group of rare, debilitating, liver disorders which typically present in early childhood, but have also been reported in adults. Without early detection and effective treatment, PFIC can result in end-stage liver disease. The aim of the paper was to put forward recommendations that promote standardisation of the management of PFIC in clinical practice.
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December 2023
Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK.
Objective: To summarise evidence on the effectiveness of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) gel and Leucocyte and Platelet Rich Fibrin (L-PRF) gel as agents promoting ulcer healing compared with the standard wound dressing techniques alone.
Design: Systematic review.
Eligibility Criteria: Individual patient randomised controlled trials on skin ulcers of all types excluding traumatic lesions.
BMJ Open Respir Res
October 2023
Birmingham Acute Care Research, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK.
Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia has high mortality and is associated with significant healthcare costs. In older adults with community-acquired pneumonia neutrophil dysfunction has been identified and is associated with poor outcomes for patients. Immunometabolism is a rapidly developing field which links immune cell function to metabolism.
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September 2023
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Introduction: Despite of recent advancement in the burns wound management, burn wound infection (BWI) is still one of the major cause of burns mortality. Patients who survive their burns injury still suffers from BWI related complication like delayed wound healing and poor scarring. BWI has been treated by application of topical antimicrobial agents or systemic antibiotics.
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September 2023
School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Background: The retention of doctors is an important issue for the National Health Service; yet evidence suggests that the proportion of doctors wanting to leave UK medicine is increasing. Some of these doctors chose to continue their medical careers in other countries, however, some decided to leave the profession entirely.
Objectives: This was the first study to interview a cohort of UK doctors who have left the medical profession to embark on alternative careers.
BMJ Open
July 2023
West Midlands Huntingtons Disease Service, Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Introduction: Social cognition is problematic in Huntington's disease (HD). Despite the observations of clinicians and families, there is minimal empirical literature about how it presents in daily life and the impact on social functioning. This protocol forms the basis of a scoping review to synthesise both the quantitative knowledge and qualitative experiences of the HD community so that a visual and narrative map can address what is known and what is not known for the benefit of the community and clinicians and academics alike.
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