The impact of multiple deprivation on the management of vestibular schwannomas
ConclusionsMultiple deprivation does not affect decision making in patients with VS in the examined cohort. This is probably linked to the centralisation and uniformity of the service and might not necessarily be applicable to other health services without centralisation. (Source: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology)
Source: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - April 4, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research
“This is how I'm going to do it, but this is not how you're going to do it”: the expectation gap between student paramedics and mentors in East and Central Scotland
The role of paramedics has expanded significantly over the past two decades, requiring advanced skills and education to meet the demands of diverse healthcare settings. In 2021, the academic requirements for p... (Source: BMC Medical Education)
Source: BMC Medical Education - April 3, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Megan E. Worsfold, Clare Jouanny, Ela Hamer, Stian A. Mohrsen, Patryk Jadzinski and Mick Harper Tags: Research Source Type: research
‘Now we know where the dead went.’ Did grave robbers plunder battlefields?
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a succession of wars ravaged Europe. Massive armies squared off and massacred each other using cannon and rifle fire and mass cavalry charges that claimed tens of thousands of casualties in hours. At the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte’s final battle, more than 10,000 men and as many horses were killed in a single day. Yet today, archaeologists often struggle to find physical evidence of the dead from that bloody time period. Plowing and construction are usually the culprits behind missing historical remains, but they can’t explain the loss here. How did so many bo...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 2, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A gender ‐based violence prevention programme—Young people's participation and activism in Scotland
This article presents a critical reflection from young people and youth workers on their participation in a gender-based violence prevention programme implemented in Scotland. Authors have focussed their lens on the role of young people's peer education and activism, including using arts-based methods to reflect on their work. The programme aimed to address the pervasive issue of gender-based violence and empower young individuals to become agents of change within their communities. The implications of this study contribute to the broader discourse on gender-based violence prevention and the role of young people in effecti...
Source: Children and Society - April 2, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Eilidh Lamb,
Neil Young,
Vicki Ledgerwood,
Chloe Berry,
Leah Young Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Adopting, implementing and assimilating coproduced health and social care innovations involving structurally vulnerable populations: findings from a longitudinal, multiple case study design in Canada, Scotland and Sweden
Innovations in coproduction are shaping public service reform in diverse contexts around the world. Although many innovations are local, others have expanded and evolved over time. We know very little, however... (Source: Health Research Policy and Systems)
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gillian Mulvale, Jenn Green, Glenn Robert, Michael Larkin, Nicoline Vackerberg, Sofia Kjellstr öm, Puspita Hossain, Sandra Moll, Esther Lim and Shioma-Lei Craythorne Tags: Research Source Type: research
Outcomes of patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis eligible for autologous stem cell transplantation managed with conventional therapy
ConclusionsASCS patients meeting ASTIS and/or SCOT inclusion criteria who were managed without ASCT have similar event-free survival (EFS) at four years than patients receiving ASCT, and better EFS than those receiving cyclophosphamide in the ASTIS and SCOT trials. This may reflect confounders unable to be controlled for, including survivor bias, but may also reflect improved standard of care for dcSSc over time. (Source: Arthritis and Rheumatology)
Source: Arthritis and Rheumatology - April 1, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Kate Gregory,
Dylan Hansen,
Ross Penglase,
Diane Apostolopoulos,
Gene ‐Siew Ngian,
Wendy Stevens,
Kathleen Morrisroe,
Nava Ferdowsi,
Laura Ross,
Jennifer Walker,
Helen Cooley,
Peter Youssef,
Kathleen Tymms,
Lauren Host,
Susanna Proudman,
Tags: Full Length Source Type: research
Short-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: A mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways
ConclusionsSSAs for convulsions are different to SSAs for other conditions and our findings could inform new efficient convulsion-specific pre and post hospital pathways designed to improve family experiences and reduce admissions and readmissions. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Cari Malcolm Source Type: research
162 The LungScot study: overview of findings from a feasibility and acceptability of lung screening in Scotland
The LungScot study aims to pilot lung screening in Scotland using low dose computed tomography, in order to explore its feasibility, acceptability, and implementation challenges. We aimed to understand people's views on, and barriers and facilitators to, lung screening, to test the process for lung screening in Scotland. This presentation will give an update on the findings to from the pilot study in four Scottish health boards, and qualitative feedback. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Debbie Cavers, Edwin van Beek, Ahsan R Akram, Graeme Dickie, Christine Campbell, Katie A Robb, Frank Sullivan, Melanie Mackean, Aileen Neilson, Robert C Steele, Lynsey Brown, David Weller Tags: Screening Source Type: research
68 How do family members experience coroner or procurator fiscal involvement following a mesothelioma death?
A death caused by known or suspected mesothelioma in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must, by law, be referred to a coroner for an inquest. In Scotland, the equivalent is referral to the Procurator Fiscal for a Fatal Accident Enquiry. Practice following a mesothelioma death varies across the UK. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bethany Taylor, Clare Gardiner, Sarah Hargreaves, Angela Tod Tags: Mesothelioma Source Type: research
60 First-line Nivolumab/Ipilimumab in patients with unresectable malignant pleural Mesothelioma (MPM): West of Scotland experience
We present our local experience of patients with MPM treated with Ipilimumab plus Nivolumab. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Aitzaz Qaisar, Mark White, Nicola Steele Tags: Mesothelioma Source Type: research
43 Evaluation of invasive nodal staging practice in lung cancer
Accurate lung cancer staging is essential for prognostication and treatment planning, with intrathoracic lymph node assessment a key component. NICE recommends sampling enlarged (>10 mm short axis on CT) or PET-positive thoracic nodes, with systematic assessment by EBUS. A Public Health Scotland Quality Performance Indicator states that at least 80% of patients with NSCLC and possible mediastinal spread should undergo mediastinal node sampling, but in 2021 this was only achieved in 68.7% of cases Scotland-wide. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Alexandra Teagle, Fraser Millar, David Dorward, Santiago Giavedoni, Adam Marshall Tags: Diagnosis and Staging Source Type: research
23 Evaluation of pulmonary rehabilitation pilot service in Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Lung cancer causes the greatest cancer mortality in Scotland and is a focus in the Scottish Government's cancer strategy. Prehabilitation optimises patients ’ physical fitness and mental well-being pre-cancer treatment. A prehabilitation service was introduced in December 2022 at Inverclyde Royal Hospital. It offered physiotherapy, dietetic information, smoking cessation, access to financial support, psychological and symptom control. (Source: Lung Cancer)
Source: Lung Cancer - April 1, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Zhen Shun Ong, Claribel Patrice Louise Simmons, Pamela Dalrymple Tags: Clinical Networks and Pathways Source Type: research
Associations Between Recent Contraceptive Use and First Sex Behaviors of Scottish Adolescents: A Brief Report
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Source: International Journal of Sexual Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Malachi WillisJudith MabelisDorothy CurrieJudith BrownJoanna Inchleya MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKb School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK Source Type: research
Increase in invasive < em > Streptococcus pyogenes < /em > M1 infections with close evolutionary genetic relationship, Iceland and Scotland, 2022 to 2023
Euro Surveill. 2024 Mar;29(13). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.13.2400129.ABSTRACTGroup A Streptococcus isolates of the recently described M1UK clade have emerged to cause human infections in several European countries and elsewhere. Full-genome sequence analysis of M1 isolates discovered a close genomic relationship between some isolates from Scotland and the majority of isolates from Iceland causing serious infections in 2022 and 2023. Phylogenetic analysis strongly suggests that an isolate from or related to Scotland was the precursor to an M1UK variant responsible for almost all recent M1 infections in Iceland.PMID:...
Source: Euro Surveill - March 29, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Stephen B Beres Randall J Olsen S Wesley Long Ross Langley Thomas Williams Helga Erlendsdottir Andrew Smith Karl G Kristinsson James M Musser Source Type: research
