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Delays in the diagnosis of six cancers : analysis of data from the National Survey of NHS Patients: Cancer by ALLGAR, V. L, NEAL, R. D

“…The aim of this paper is to describe and compare components of diagnostic delay (patient, primary care, referral, secondary care) for six cancers (breast,…”
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Sociodemographic factors and delays in the diagnosis of six cancers : analysis of data from the 'National Survey of NHS patients: Cancer' by NEAL, R. D, ALLGAR, V. L

“…This paper aims to explore the relationship between sociodemographic factors and the components of diagnostic delay (total, patient and primary care, referral,…”
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A multicentre prospective double blinded randomised controlled trial of intravenous iron (ferric Derisomaltose (FDI)) in Iron deficient but not anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease on functional status by Bhandari, S, Allgar, V, Lamplugh, A, Macdougall, I, Kalra, P A

“…Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Intravenous (IV) iron in heart failure leads to improvement in exercise capacity…”
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Retrospective Observational Study of the Management of Blunt Traumatic Splenic Injury 2017–2022 at Major Trauma Centres in England. What is the Current Role of Splenic Artery Embolisation? by Jenkins, P., Sorrell, L., Zhong, J., Harding, J., Modi, S., Smith, J. E., Allgar, V., Roobottom, C.

“…PURPOSE: To compare the treatment and outcomes of blunt splenic injury (BSI) management strategy within Major Trauma centres in England between 2017 and…”
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Patellar Resurfacing in Primary Total Knee Replacement: A Meta-Analysis by Pilling, R.W.D, Moulder, E, Allgar, V, Messner, J, Sun, Z, Mohsen, A

“…BACKGROUND:Treatment of the patella during total knee replacement is an area of continuing debate. We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials…”
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Prospective study comparing the outcome of a population-specific adjusted calcium equation to ionized calcium by Jassam, N, Hayden, K, Dearman, R, Allgar, V, Barth, J H

“…Calcium circulates bound to albumin and changes in albumin concentration will therefore affect total calcium measurements. In order to mitigate this,…”
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Modelling the effect of venous disease on quality of life by Carradice, D., Mazari, F. A. K., Samuel, N., Allgar, V., Hatfield, J., Chetter, I. C.

“…Background: A clear understanding of the relationship between venous reflux, clinical venous disease and the effects on quality of life (QoL) remains elusive…”
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Rapid switching from levetiracetam to brivaracetam in pharmaco-resistant epilepsy in people with and without intellectual disabilities: a naturalistic case control study by Watkins, L. V., Dunstall, H., Musicha, C., Lawthom, C., John, K., Bright, C., Richings, C., Harding, K., Moon, S., Pape, S. E., Winterhalder, R., Allgar, V., Thomas, R. H., McLean, B., Laugharne, R., Shankar, Rohit

“…Background Approximately one quarter of people with an intellectual disability (PwID) have epilepsy of whom nearly three-quarters are pharmaco-resistant. There…”
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Short-term intraocular pressure trends following intravitreal ranibizumab injections for neovascular age-related macular degeneration—the role of oral acetazolamide in protecting glaucoma patients by Murray, C D, Wood, D, Allgar, V, Walters, G, Gale, R P

“…Purpose To determine the effect of oral acetazolamide on lowering the peak and duration of intraocular pressure (IOP) rise in glaucoma and glaucoma suspect…”
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Did the 'croaky voice' public health campaign have any impact on the stage of laryngeal cancer at presentation in 84 cases from the Humber and Yorkshire Coast Cancer Network? by Mistry, S G, Jose, J, Allgar, V

“…A public health campaign on laryngeal cancer was conducted in 2011 in the Humber and Yorkshire Coast Cancer Network. This study evaluated its subsequent impact…”
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A randomised trial of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring to guide haemodynamic optimisation in high risk patients undergoing urgent surgical repair of proximal femoral fractures (ClearNOF trial NCT02382185) by Davies, S J, Yates, D R, Wilson, R J T, Murphy, Z, Gibson, A, Allgar, V, Collyer, T

“…Hip fracture is a procedure with high mortality and complication rates, and there exists a group especially at risk of these outcomes identified by their…”
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Effectiveness of out-patient based acute heart failure care: a pilot randomised controlled trial by Wong, K. Y. K., Hughes, D. A., Debski, M., Latt, N., Assaf, O., Abdelrahman, A., Taylor, R., Allgar, V., McNeill, L., Howard, S., Wong, S. Y. S., Jones, R., Cassidy, C. J., Seed, A., Galasko, G., Clark, A., Wilson, D., Davis, G. K., Montasem, A., Lang, C. C., Kalra, P. R., Campbell, R., Lip, G. Y. H., Cleland, J. G. F.

“…Acute heart failure (AHF) hospitalisation is associated with 10% mortality. Outpatient based management (OPM) of AHF appeared effective in observational…”
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Are intra-articular injections of Hylan G-F 20 efficacious in painful osteoarthritis of the knee? A systematic review & meta-analysis by Pai, S K, Allgar, V, Giannoudis, P V

“…To systematically review evidence and perform a meta-analysis of the efficacy of intra-articular (IA) injections of Hylan G-F 20 for the treatment of painful…”
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Modern cemented Furlong hemiarthroplasty: Are dislocations rates better? by Menakaya, CU, Shah, M, Ingoe, H, Malhotra, R, Mannan, A, Boddice, T, Allgar, V, Gopal, S, Mohsen, A, Muthukumar, N

“…Background Dislocation following hip hemiarthroplasty is a major complication with increased mortality and morbidity. Data looking at dislocation following…”
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Effect on mortality of elective parathyroid surgery in one hundred and three patients with chronic kidney disease: our experience by Sylvester, D., Srivastava, R., Lamplugh, A., Allgar, V., Snowden, C., Bhandari, S., England, J.

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The effectiveness and safety of two prophylactic antibiotic regimes in hip-fracture surgery by Ahmed, Iftikhar, Khan, M. A., Allgar, V., Mohsen, A.

“…Antibiotic prophylaxis with cefuroxime can reduce the incidence of deep wound infection (DWI) in hip-fracture surgery, but may increase the risk of C…”
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Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial 2 (ASSSIST2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories™ in primary schools by Wright, B, Teige, C, Watson, J, Hodkinson, R, Marshall, D, Varley, D, Allgar, V, Mandefield, L, Parrott, S, Kingsley, E, Hargate, R, Mitchell, N, Ali, S, McMillan, D, Wang, H, Hewitt, C

“…Abstract Background Interventions designed to support children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) can be time consuming, needing involvement…”
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Symptomatic venous thromboembolism following circular frame treatment for tibial fractures by Vollans, S, Chaturvedi, A, Sivasankaran, K, Madhu, T, Hadland, Y, Allgar, V, Sharma, H.K

“…Abstract Introduction Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following tibial fractures. The risk is as high as 77%…”
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An Analysis of Temozolomide-related Adverse Drug Reactions Reported to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Through the Yellow Card Scheme Aiming to Characterise Idiosyncratic Profound Bone marrow Suppression Tantamount to Aplastic Anaemia by Dixit, S, Hingorani, M, Allgar, V

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Effect of upper airway obstruction in acute stroke on functional outcome at 6 months by Turkington, P M, Allgar, V, Bamford, J, Wanklyn, P, Elliott, M W

“…Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether upper airway obstruction occurring within the first 24 hours of stroke onset has an effect on…”
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