• A review of Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancer: Part 1 - melanoma and rare skin cancers. 

  Yannoulias, Basil (Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, Wiley, 2021-12-23)

  Mohs micrographic surgery is a precise and effective method commonly used to treat high risk basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) on the head and neck. Whilst the majority of evidence for Mohs relates ...

• Long COVID from rheumatology perspective - a narrative review. 

  Sakopta, Hem Rag (Clinical Rheumatology, Springer Nature, 2021-10-30)

  Long-term sequel of acute COVID-19, commonly referred to as long COVID, has affected millions of patients worldwide. Long COVID patients display persistent or relapsing and remitting symptoms that include fatigue, ...

• Utilising digital health services to enable clinical placement expansion in a cardiac rehabilitation service. 

  Phoenix, Olivia; Scordis, Christopher; Leslie, Rosalind (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2021-11-05)

  HEI’s are under more pressure than ever to find placement capacity for students. This was made increasingly difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many services having to change the way they offer services. Therefore ...

• Percutaneous ultrasound-guided plugged liver biopsy - a single-centre experience 

  Singhal, Soumil (Polish Journal of Radiology, Termedia, 2021-04-26)

  Background: Liver biopsy is a widely used, safe diagnostic tool utilised by clinicians for the histopathological assessment of the liver. Our study aims to report our experience in patients who underwent ultrasound-guided ...

• Recognition and management of button battery ingestion amongst emergency practitioners. 

  Darr, Adnan (Cureus, Cureus Inc., 2021-10-20)

  Introduction Button battery ingestion (BBI) carries a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. We conducted a regional analysis following an NHS England national patient safety alert to evaluate the knowledge base in ...

• Modified technique of tibial tuberosity transfer. 

  Pemmaraju, Gopala Krishna; Raad, Abbas; Kotecha, Amit; Chugh, Sanjiv; Mughal, Ejaz (Arthroscopy Techniques, Elsevier, 2015-08-10)

  Tibial tuberosity transfer is a well-established procedure in the treatment of patellar instability and in selected cases of anterior knee pain. Several techniques have been advocated in the literature. Some of the common ...

• Exploration of implementation, financial and technical considerations within allied health professional (AHP) telehealth consultation guidance: a scoping review including UK AHP professional bodies’ guidance. 

  Eddison, Nicola (BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-12-27)

  Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a shift to remote consultations, but telehealth consultation guidelines are lacking or inconsistent. Therefore, a scoping review was performed to chart the information in ...

• Validation of two simple patient-centered outcome measures for virtual monitoring of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis. 

  Gupta, Latika (Clinical Rheumatology, Springer Nature, 2021-11-17)

  Background: Telemedicine has changed the landscape of patient care with wider use of patient-centered outcome measures (PCOMs). We evaluated two novel task-based PCOMs namely ten times arm lift (AL) test and two-minute ...

• COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune disease (COVAD) survey protocol . 

  Gupta, Latika (Rheumatology International, Springer Nature, 2021-11-15)

  The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a cause of unprecedented global morbidity and mortality. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination has emerged as the only tangible solution to reducing poor clinical ...

• Exercise versus usual care after non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery (UK PROSPER): multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation. 

  Vidya, Raghavan (British Medical Journal (BMJ), BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-11-10)

  Objective: To evaluate whether a structured exercise programme improved functional and health related quality of life outcomes compared with usual care for women at high risk of upper limb disability after breast cancer ...

• Emergence of new onset SLE following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. 

  Sapkota, Hem Rag (QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Oxford University Press, 2021-08-27)

  No abstract available.

• Understanding the impact of systemic lupus erythematosus on work amongst South Asian people in the UK: An explorative qualitative study . 

  Adizie, Tochukwu; Sheeran, Tom (Lupus, Sage, 2021-08-01)

  SLE has a range of fluctuating symptoms affecting individuals and their ability to work. Although South Asian (SA) patients are at increased risk of developing SLE there is limited knowledge of the impact on employment for ...

• Remote musculoskeletal consultations: a survey of General Practitioner registrars' level of confidence, acceptability, and management. 

  Sahni, Manroy; Choudhry, Jamaal (Cureus, Cureus Inc., 2021-05-18)

  Background and objective The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated the shift towards remote consultations in the medical field, including musculoskeletal (MSK) appointments. General practitioner (GP) ...

• Menopausal status, age and management among women living with HIV in the UK. 

  Tariq, Anjum (HIV Medicine, Wiley Online, 2021-07-26)

  Background: There is currently little evidence exploring menopausal status, age at last menstrual period (LMP) and management of menopause among women living with HIV aged 45-60 years in England. Methods: Socio-demographic, ...

• COVID symptoms, testing, shielding impact on patient-reported outcomes and early vaccine responses in individuals with multiple myeloma. 

  Basu, Supratik (British Journal of Haematology, Wiley Online, 2021-08-02)

  No abstract available.

• BSR and BHPR guideline for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis (including ankylosing spondylitis) with biologics. 

  Barkham, Nick (Rheumatology, Oxford University Press, 2017-02-01)

  Axial SpA (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory condition predominantly involving the spine and sacroiliac joints (SIJ), with or without extra-spinal manifestations including peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, iritis, psoriasis ...

• 2016 European guideline on the management of non-gonococcal urethritis. 

  van der Meijden, Willem (International Journal of STD and AIDS, Sage Publications, 2016-10-01)

  We present the updated International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) guideline for the management of non-gonococcal urethritis in men. This guideline recommends confirmation of urethritis in symptomatic ...

• Trends in the pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation in UK general practice 2008-2018. 

  Khan, Nazish (Heart, BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-07-05)

  Objective: The pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation (AF) comprises anticoagulation, for stroke prophylaxis, and rate or rhythm control drugs to alleviate symptoms and prevent heart failure. The aim of this ...

• An integrative review of method types used in the study of medication error during anaesthesia: implications for estimating incidence. 

  Bratch, Ravinder (British Journal of Anaesthesia, Elsevier, 2021-09-01)

  To meet the WHO vision of reducing medication errors by 50%, it is essential to know the current error rate. We undertook an integrative review of the literature, using a systematic search strategy. We included studies ...

• Cost analysis of cetuximab (Erbitux) plus radiotherapy (ERT) versus concomitant cisplatin plus radiotherapy (CRT) within an NHS oncology unit (single institution): a pilot study. 

  Brammer, Caroline; Dawson, Dawn; Glaister, Carol; Merrick, Susan (British Journal of Radiology, Wiley Blackwell, 2016-12-01)

  Objective: The aim of this feasibility study is to define the resource effectiveness of cetuximab vs cisplatin given concomitantly with radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma within a National Health Service clinical ...

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