Sarah K. Wise, Cecelia Damask, Lauren T. Roland, Charles S. Ebert et al.
BACKGROUND: In the 5 years that have passed since the publication of the 2018 International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis (ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2018), the literature has expanded substantially. The ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 update presents 144 individual topics ...
Cathrine Axfors, Perrine Janiaud, Andreas M. Schmitt, Janneke van ’t Hooft et al.
Abstract Background Convalescent plasma has been widely used to treat COVID-19 and is under investigation in numerous randomized clinical trials, but results are publicly available only for a small number of trials. The objective of this study was to assess the benefits of convalescent plasma treatm...
P. H. POWELL, Patricia Smith, R. C. L. FENELEY
Clinical and urodynamic features of patients at risk from acute retention were investigated in 2 retrospective studies. It is suggested that detrusor decompensation may be a cause of acute retention in some individuals. This factor was investigated in a series of patients with outflow obstruction by...
Donald R. McDowell, Joyce E. Allen‐Smith, Patricia E. McLean‐Meyinsse
Cody T. Ross, Paul L. Hooper, Jennifer E. Smith, Adrian V. Jaeggi et al.
To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We show that humans exhibit lower reproductive skew (i.e., inequality in the number of surviving offspring) among males and smaller sex differences in reprod...
Md Mizanur Rahman
Abstract This article examines the migration experiences of women and men under conditions of temporary migration. It has been amply shown that gender is relevant to most aspects of migration. However, despite the fundamental increase in research on gender and migration, a transnational space, where...
Carol A. Juliana, Susan Orehowsky, Patricia Smith-Regojo, S. Sikora et al.
Interventions utilized by nurses to manage "difficult" patients and outcomes indicating successful interventions were investigated. Themes included getting the difficult patient label, difficult patient behaviors, reflecting on the label and passing it on, coping with a difficult patient, interventi...
Ana Pilar Betrán, Maria Regina Torloni, Fernando Althabe, Elena Altieri et al.
Access to emergency obstetric care, including assisted vaginal birth and caesarean birth, is crucial for improving maternal and childbirth outcomes. However, although the proportion of births by caesarean section has increased during the last few decades, the use of assisted vaginal birth has declin...
Tristan P. W. Dennis, Jihad Eltaher Sulieman, Mujahid Sheikhedin Abdin, Temesgen Ashine et al.
Abstract The invasion of Africa by the Asian urban malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, endangers 126 million people across a rapidly urbanising continent where malaria is primarily a rural disease. Control of An. stephensi requires greater understanding of its origin, invasion dynamics, and mechani...
Éle Quinn, Shoba Dawson, Jeremy Holt, Shahed Hossain et al.
Systematic reviews provide the best quality evidence about the effectiveness of health treatments. However, systematic reviews and the important role they play in healthcare are not well understood beyond the walls of academia and healthcare. Systematic reviews can help the public make more informed...
Richard Smith
Nineteen years ago Richard Smith looked at the NHS in Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland, and concluded that it worked well.1 Ten years ago things weren't so good.2 And now … The long view of the NHS in Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland, might be summarised as more staff, bigger and better buildin...
Andy Boyd, Katharine Evans, Emma L. Turner, Robin Flaig et al.
Introduction: The UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) is the national Trusted Research Environment (TRE) for the UK's longitudinal research community, supporting the UK's unparalleled collection of Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS). Initially set up as a COVID-19 research resource, UK...
Kajus Merkevičius, Dmitrii Smirnov, Lea D. Schlieben, Rebecca Ganetzky et al.
This retrospective study on X-linked PDHA1-related pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc) deficiency combined a systematic literature review with a multicenter survey exploring genotypes, phenotypes, and survival. Data from 891 individuals (45% unpublished) were included. Of note, 53% of cases were f...
Henry Zhao, Skye Coote, Francesca Langenberg, Damien Easton et al.
Background: The Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) utilises a specialised ambulance with on-board CT scanner and multidisciplinary team to provide on-scene imaging, treatment and triage for central Melbourne, Australia. We describe the operational impact of the MSU on stroke onset to treatment time ...
Skye Coote, Henry Zhao, Lauren Pesavento, Francesca Langenberg et al.
Background: The Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) is the first stroke ambulance in Australia. The MSU aims to provide rapid access to time critical treatments to acute stroke patients in the pre-hospital setting, thereby increasing the number of patients eligible for treatment. This is achieved by ...
Rachel Halford, Jessica Hicks, Md. Reazul Islam, Cary James et al.
Laurie Laybourn‐Langton, Richard Smith
The editorial on climate change and biodiversity published in over 220 health journals in September had two main demands: keep global temperature increases below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels to avoid catastrophic damage to health; and accept that this can be achieved only by rich countries maki...
Dominique A. Cadilhac, Joosup Kim, Henry Zhao, Bruce Campbell et al.
Background: Mobile stroke units (MSUs) are ambulances with brain scanning capability and specialised staff. In Australia, the first MSU was launched in Melbourne, November 2017. The Melbourne MSU has two paramedics, a radiographer, a stroke neurologist and a stroke nurse specialist (5 days per week/...
Henry Zhao, Skye Coote, Damien Easton, Francesca Langenberg et al.
Introduction: The role of mobile stroke units (MSU) in earlier provision of thrombolysis (tPA) is well described, but the effect on endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is less clear. Despite the theoretical advantages of improved triage and prehospital activation of EVT services, only a small effect on ...
Mary Ellen Chijioke, Patricia A. Silva
Articles and Publications by Mary Ellen Chijioke and Patricia A. Silva There is a very rich range of recent new literature in Quaker history, includingreligioushistory, social activism, and theprivate lives ofFriends— and how these interact. Two articles provide brief overviews ofthe full span of Qu...