• Primary eccrine adenocarcinoma: a rare but dangerous lesion of the eyelid. 

  Awad, John (Journal of Clinical & Aesthetic Dermatology, Matrix Medical Communications, LLC, 2021-04-01)

  Sweat gland carcinomas can be of eccrine or apocrine origin, with the former being more common in the eyelid. They can also be of three different types, the most common of which is mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma, ...

• Longitudinal complications associated with PEG: Rate and severity of 30-day and 1-year complications experienced by patients after primary PEG insertion. 

  Barrett, Diane; Li, Vincent; Merrick, Susan; Helen, Steed (Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Elsevier, 2021-06-01)

  Background and aims: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding is utilised in patients with exceptionally poor oral intake but is associated with both short and long-term complications. This study reviews longitudinal ...

• Safe, effective and appropriate prescribing of anticoagulant therapies. 

  Khan, Nazish (British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, MA Healthcare Ltd, 2019-04-05)

  Anticoagulation can be prescribed for numerous indications. Some examples include stroke prevention in the context of non-valvular atrial fibrillation; thromboprophylaxis following mechanical heart valve replacement and ...

• Pollen food syndrome. 

  Edwards, Sally E (Paediatrics & Child Health, Elsevier, 2019-02-07)

  Pollen food syndrome (PFS) is a description of oral allergy symptoms on exposure to particular foods that are closely related to the primary sensitising pollen allergen. PFS is a common phenomenon relating to certain protein ...

• Observational study of clinical outcomes for testosterone treatment of pubertal delay in duchenne muscular dystrophy. 

  Punniyakodi, S. (BMC Pediatrics, Biomed Central Ltd, 2019-04-25)

  Background: Adolescents with DMD treated with chronic high dose GC therapy typically have profound pubertal delay. Testosterone, the main circulating androgen in men, promotes virilisation and growth with associated accrual ...

• Iodine restricting diet prior to radioiodine therapy (RAI) for hyperthyroidism - does it help? 

  Weekes, Jo; Buch, Harit; Nabi, Syed Assad (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust., 2018-09)

  Background: There has been conflicting evidence on the use of strict dietary iodine restriction prior to Radioiodine (RAI) administration for the management of hyperthyroidism and varying level of restrictions have been ...

• Cost effectiveness of ranibizumab vs aflibercept vs bevacizumab for the treatment of macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion: the LEAVO study. 

  Yang, Yit (PharmacoEconomics, Springer Nature, 2021-04-26)

  Background: We aimed to assess the cost effectiveness of intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis), aflibercept (Eylea) and bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of macular oedema due to central retinal vein occlusion. Methods: ...

• Pictorial review: imaging of the spinal manifestations of achondroplasia. 

  Khalid, Kirran (British Journal of Radiology, British Institute of Radiology, 2021-04-29)

  Achondroplasia is the commonest hereditary skeletal dysplasia exhibiting dwarfism with characteristic rhizomelic (proximal) shortening of the limbs. It is predominantly linked with an autosomal dominant inheritance, but ...

• Care coordination: working in collaboration with West Midlands Ambulance Service and ECIST. 

  Berks, Rachael; Brown, Rachael (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2019-11-15)

  Five day test of change - locating a community nurse practitioner within the ambulance service control centre to aid live conveyance decisions.

• Pharmacy outpatient medicine collection point. 

  Peddie, Daniel; Mhatey, Nailah; Marway, Dalvir (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2020-05-14)

  Within days of the first COVID-19 lockdown the Pharmacy Department had created an outpatient medicine collection point for the remote collection and delivery of medicines to vulnerable patients with long term conditions. ...

• #No going back: Virtual physiotherapy sessions for young children. 

  Mantle, Kate (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2020-10-21)

  During the lockdown for COVID-19 Kate introduced a video consultation for physiotherapy exercises for children registered at the GEM Centre in Wolverhampton.

• Optimising resources for patient benefit: implementing ESCAPE-pain in collaboration with leisure and third sector community partners: a pilot study. 

  Hadley-Barrows, Tina (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2019-11-20)

  Physiotherapists, in collaboration with leisure and third sector organisations, successfully facilitated the set-up and delivery of the ESCAPE-pain programme for patients with hip and knee OA in the community setting.

• The impact of treating to target in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: real-world evidence from a single centre. (213). 

  Yousif, Ahmed; Konar, Martin; Salhan, Beena; Venkatachalam, Srinivasan; Sheeran, Tom (Rheumatology (United Kingdom), Oxford University Press, 2017-04)

  Abstract: Background: Treat to Target (T2T) recommendations are in place to inform rheumatologists and patients about evidence-based strategies for optimizing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) outcomes. This real world, prospective ...

• Paediatric minor facial trauma resulting in invasive group A streptococcal orofacial infections: two case reports. 

  Maarouf, Marwa; Hanji, Chandan; Mohindra, Aneesh; Shetty, Suresh (Oral Surgery, Wiley, 2019-03-11)

  Invasive Group A Streptococcus infections can be underestimated and develop rapidly into serious necrotising soft tissue infections associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We report two children who presented ...

• Gestalt theory in education and practice. 

  Sirakaya, Mert (Academic Radiology, Elsevier, 2019-04-01)

  No abstract available.

• The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology patients in a large UK centre using an innovative data collection technique: prevalence and effect of social shielding. 

  Cleaton, Natasha; Raizada, Sabrina; Barkham, Nick; Venkatachalam, Srinivasan; Sheeran, Thomas; Adizie, Tochukwu; Sakopta, Hem Rag; Singh, Baldev; Bateman, James (Rheumatology International, Springer Nature, 2021-04-01)

  Objectives: We sought to gain insight into the prevalence of COVID-19 and the impact stringent social distancing (shielding) has had on a large cohort of rheumatology (RD) follow-up patients from a single large UK ...

• Development, spread and impact of primary care and musculoskeletal communities of practice to assist rapid translation of evidence into practice. 

  Hadley-Barrows, Tina (Musculoskeletal Care, Wiley Online, 2021-03-23)

  Background: Embedding research into practice is challenging. Barriers include: a shortage of time, lack of understanding of the evidence and a poor support in the clinical setting. A community of practice (CoP) model has ...

• Weight loss and hyponatraemia. 

  Othonos, Nantia; Sulaiman, Raashda; D'Costa, Domnick; Gama, Rousseau (British Medical Journal, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2011-03-02)

  No abstract available.

• Transient pseudohypoaldosteronism masquerading as congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 

  Manikam, Logan; Cornes, Michael P; Kalra, Deepak; Ford, Clare; Gama, Rousseau (Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Sage Journals, 2011-07-01)

  We report a six-week-old boy with genitourinary structural abnormalities who presented with profound hyponatraemia and hyperkalaemia due to transient type 1 pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) precipitated by a urinary tract ...

• The effect of the systemic inflammatory response, as provoked by elective orthopaedic surgery, on serum uric acid in patients without gout: a prospective study. 

  Waldron, Jenna Louise; Ashby, Helen L; Razavi, Cyrus; Thomas, Osmond L; Chung, Sanjiv; Deshpande, Shreeram; Ford, Clare; Gama, Rousseau (Rheumatology, Oxford Academic, 2013-04-01)

  Objective: Acute gout is associated with a decrease in serum uric acid (SUA) that is considered to be in response to acute inflammation but it may be a feature of gout itself. We, therefore, aimed to investigate the effect ...

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