• Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK: a single-centre observational study. 

  Sapkota, Hem Rag (Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2021-12-01)

  Background: Studies to evaluate long COVID symptoms and their risk factors are limited. We evaluated the presence of long COVID and its risk factors in patients discharged from a hospital with COVID-19 illness. Methods: ...

• COVID-19: effect on gastroenterology and hepatology service provision and training: lessons learnt and planning for the future 

  Anjum, Muhammad Raheel (World Journal of Gastroenterology, Baishideng Publishing Group Inc., 2021-11-28)

  In late 2019, reports arose of a new respiratory disease in China, identified as a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The World Health Organisation named the disease caused by the virus ...

• Impaired neutralisation of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in vaccinated patients with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. 

  Lee, Sophie (Journal of Hematology & Oncology, Springer Nature, 2022-01-09)

  Background: Immune suppression is a clinical feature of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), and patients show increased vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection and suboptimal antibody responses. Method: We studied antibody ...

• Inflammatory bowel disease clinical service recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Steed, Helen (Frontline Gastroenterology, BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-01-01)

  The risk of patients with IBD acquiring SARS-CoV-2 and developing COVID-19 will depend on their inherent personal risk factors and modifiable factors such as active IBD and immunosuppression. Fortunately, we will be able ...

• What next for gastroenterology and hepatology trainee networks? Lessons from our surgical colleagues. 

  Brookes, Matthew James (Frontline Gastroenterology, BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-01-01)

  For once, the COVID-19 pandemic gives us a glimmer of hope. Through the pandemic, we used existing gastroenterology trainee research networks to encourage trainees to collate outcomes from their patients with inflammatory ...

• COVID-19 and critical care capacity: can we mitigate demand? 

  Byrne, Matthew (Respirology, Wiley, 2021-12-05)

  No abstract available.

• 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, ...

• Evaluation and remodel of undergraduate practical skills during COVID-19. 

  Whiles, Melissa Jayne (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 2021-11-24)

  The General Medical Council (GMC) expects all newly qualified doctors are able to safely and effectively perform a mandated list of practical skills and procedures. The medical students from the University of Birmingham ...

• 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 ...

• How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected orthotic services in the United Kingdom? 

  Eddison, Nicola (Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Wolters Kluwer, 2021-10-01)

  Background: COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the National Health Service in the United Kingdom (UK). Objective: This study aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 on orthotic services in the United Kingdom. Study ...

• “Do patients’ pre-pandemic clinic experiences influence their preference for remote consultations?” 

  Tittensor, Phil; Rowe, Jacqui; Youssef, Carla; Smyth, Conor; Manfredonia, Francesco; Samarasekera, Shanika (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust., 2021-09-23)

  In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, outpatient services have been restructured to facilitate remote consultations. As the pandemic has entered second and third ‘waves’, considering patients’ perspectives regarding remote ...

• Comparative outcomes of Budesonide MMX versus Prednisolone for ulcerative colitis: results from a British retrospective multi-centre real-world study. 

  Kumar, Aditi; Esquivel, Kim; Almas, Saima; Stokes, Daniel; Brookes, Matthew James (Journal of Clinical Medicine, MDPI, 2021-09-23)

  During the COVID-19 pandemic many IBD units chose Budesonide MMX (Cortiment) as the first-line treatment for flares of ulcerative colitis (UC) in outpatients for its favourable side effect profile. This retrospective study ...

• The emergence of telehealth in orthotic services across the United Kingdom. 

  Eddison, Nicola (Assistive Technology, Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-11-23)

  COVID-19 has impacted the National Health Service provision, creating urgency for departments to adapt and adopt new ways of delivering healthcare. The purpose of this service evaluation was to determine the emergence of ...

• Patient-centred digital medicine. 

  Boon, Cheng Sann (Clinical Oncology, Elsevier, 2021-10-31)

  No abstract available.

• 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 ...

• Changes in the management of patients having radical radiotherapy for lung cancer during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. 

  Koh, Pek (Clinical Oncology, Elsevier, 2021-10-28)

  Aims: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, guidelines on reduced fractionation for patients treated with curative-intent radiotherapy were published, aimed at reducing the number of hospital attendances and potential ...

• Bilateral corneal endothelial failure following COVID-19 pneumonia. 

  Jiang, Li; Yang, Yit; Gandhewar, Jaishree (BMJ Case Reports, BMJ Journals, 2021-08-20)

  We describe a patient who developed acute bilateral corneal decompensation following COVID-19 pneumonia and prolonged intensive care unit ventilation. SARS-CoV-2 uses human ACE2 as the receptor for entry with subsequent ...

• 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.

• Henoch-Schönlein Purpura in a COVID-19-positive child with abdominal pain and PIMS-TS 

  Ziyara, Ramiz; Liu, Ben (Clinical Pediatrics, Sage Journals, 2021-08-20)

  No abstract available.

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