Late Breaking Abstract - Response of the paediatric Long Term Ventilation (LTV) department of Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and lessons
Conclusion: Despite challenges related to the pandemic, LTV department improvements made via use of technology and collaboration with community teams and other tertiary hospitals in EEA and London; reflected by positive patient feedback. Further planning for service development in line with NCEPOD report guidance. (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 25, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Carson, L., Mcshane, D., Kotzia, D. Tags: Paediatric respiratory physiology and sleep Source Type: research
Capnography monitoring of physician-led procedural sedation procedures during respiratory medicine service
Conclusions: With capnography monitoring, a 21% reduction in adverse events was recorded during RM procedures. GI, IC, and RM services support including capnography monitoring in the hospital’s sedation guidelines. (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 25, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Herre, J., Corbett, G., Pugh, P., See, T. C., De Monteverde-Robb, D., Torres, R. T., Saunders, R., Leonard, C., Prakash, A. Tags: Clinical problems Source Type: research
Assessment of current practice of paediatric respiratory and allergy teams in Cambridge University Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic era and optimisation of the service
Introduction: The paediatric respiratory and allergy teams in Cambridge Hospital see patients with atopic and overlapping conditions, thus increasing travel for patients and hospital footfall. It is a tertiary reference hospital covering East England. Assessment of practice and changes of the service, in view of COVID-19 pandemic.Method: Retrospective assessment of patients: a) referred between the specialties (1/4/19- 31/3/20), investigations booked (lung function, skin prick testing, specific IgE, peak flow, inhaler and nasal spray technique) and patient flow. b) currently being seen by both teams (1/4/18-31/3/20).R...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 25, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Powell, E., Nethercott, S., Ali, A., Wilson, G., Zolkipli, Z., Mcshane, D., Kotzia, D. Tags: Paediatric asthma and allergy Source Type: research
Neurosurgical virtual clinic outcome review – Getting it right first time
Purpose: A Neurosurgical virtual clinic (NVC) was established due to the closing of local spinal services and the need for an improved pathway between a community interface service (Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS trust) and the secondary neurosurgery service (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust). (Source: Physiotherapy)
Source: Physiotherapy - November 22, 2021 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: J. van Maurik Tags: P138 Source Type: research
Fundamental Guide to Suicide Prevention and Management : Suicide Prevention. By Christine Yu Moutier, Anthony R. Pisani, and Stephen M. Stahl; Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK, and New York, USA; 2021; ISBN 9781198463621; 295 pages; $34 (paperback)
Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Oct 22. doi: 10.1007/s40596-021-01553-5. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:34687001 | DOI:10.1007/s40596-021-01553-5 (Source: The Journal of American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training)
Source: The Journal of American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training - October 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Richard Balon Source Type: research
Understanding Coronavirus
By RabadanRaul. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1st edition, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-108-82671-6. Price: £9.99. 120 pp. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - October 1, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Letter to the Editor
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has had a great psychologic impact on the vulnerable population of adolescents. During this time period, adolescents may experience stressful life events, extended confinement within their homes, grief, intrafamilial violence, lack of normal social interaction with peers, and overuse of electronics, which can contribute to symptoms of depression.1 A systematic review by Cambridge University found nearly 60% of participants met the clinical criteria for mental health disorders during COVID-19. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - August 26, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Lauren Micalizio, Caroline Ravenel, Thrisann Weathers, Lacey Shambo, Kayla Windham Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Superspreaders drive the largest outbreaks of hospital onset COVID-19 infections
SARS-CoV-2 is notable both for its rapid spread, and for the heterogeneity of its patterns of transmission, with multiple published incidences of superspreading behaviour. Here, we applied a novel network reconstruction algorithm to infer patterns of viral transmission occurring between patients and health care workers (HCWs) in the largest clusters of COVID-19 infection identified during the first wave of the epidemic at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Based upon dates of individuals reporting symptoms, recorded individual locations, and viral genome sequence data, we show an uneven pattern of tra...
Source: eLife - August 24, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Evolutionary Biology Microbiology and Infectious Disease Source Type: research
Cochlear Implantation in Elderly Patients: Survival Duration, Hearing Outcomes, Complication Rates, and Cost Utility
Conclusion: CI is safe and well-tolerated in this age group and elderly patients gain similar audiometric and functional benefit as found for younger age groups.Audiol Neurotol (Source: Audiology and Neurotology)
Source: Audiology and Neurotology - August 20, 2021 Category: Audiology Source Type: research
The Cambridge Companion to Presenteeism at Work
CooperCary L. and LuLuo. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-107-18378-0. Price: £71.99 (hb). 322 pp. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - August 20, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Medical students' attitudes towards psychiatry improve following psychiatry clinical placements: the ATPP study
Emanuele Felice Osimo, Lydia Mariner, Paul Wilkinson
The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
In previous research, personality and exposure to psychiatry were independently shown to shape medical students attitudes towards psychiatry (ATP). This paper aims to investigate the role of psychiatry placements and personality types on medical student attitudes towards psychiatry (ATP).
All medical students from four consecutive years at Cambridge University, UK were invited to take part in an online questionnaire including the ...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - August 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emanuele Felice Osimo
Lydia Mariner
Paul Wilkinson Source Type: research
Proof of concept for CUK family metal-organic frameworks as environmentally-friendly adsorbents for benzene vapor
Environ Pollut. 2021 Sep 15;285:117491. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117491. Epub 2021 Jun 2.ABSTRACTThe utility of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) such as the CUK family (CUK - Cambridge University-KRICT) has been explored intensively for adsorption/separation of airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In this article, three M-CUK analogs (M = Mg, Co, or Ni) were synthesized hydrothermally under similar conditions to assess the effects of their isostructural properties and metal centers on adsorption of benzene vapor (0.05-1 Pa). A list of performance metrics (e.g., breakthrough volume (BTV) and partition coefficient (P...
Source: Environmental Pollution - August 12, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Bhaskar Anand Jan E Szulejko Ki-Hyun Kim Sherif A Younis Source Type: research
Strategies and outcomes in severe open tibial shaft fractures at a major trauma center: A large retrospective case-series
CONCLUSION: Grade 1 to 3A injuries can effectively be treated with reamed or unreamed IMN. Grade 3B/C injuries are best treated by circular external fixators as they provide good, reproducible outcomes and allow large bone defects to be addressed via distraction osteogenesis.PMID:34354937 | PMC:PMC8316841 | DOI:10.5312/wjo.v12.i7.495 (Source: World Journal of Orthopaedics)
Source: World Journal of Orthopaedics - August 6, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Kavi H Patel Karl Logan Matija Krkovic Source Type: research
