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Severe complications of hysterectomy: the VALUE study by McPherson, K., Metcalfe, M.A., Herbert, A., Maresh, M., Casbard, A., Hargreaves, J., Bridgman, S., Clarke, A.

“…Objectives  To model the determinants of serious operative and post‐operative complications of hysterectomy and their potential risk factors. Design  A…”
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Barcode technology: its role in increasing the safety of blood transfusion by Turner, C.L., Casbard, A.C., Murphy, M.F.

“…BACKGROUND:  Incorrect blood component transfusion is the most frequent serious incident associated with transfusion. Errors responsible for these incidents…”
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Stage-for-stage comparison of definitive chemoradiotherapy, surgery alone and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for oesophageal carcinoma by Morgan, M. A., Lewis, W. G., Casbard, A., Roberts, S. A., Adams, R., Clark, G. W. B., Havard, T. J., Crosby, T. D. L.

“…Background: Definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) has been proposed as an alternative therapy for selected patients with oesophageal cancer. The aim of this…”
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The role of prophylactic fresh frozen plasma in decreasing blood loss and correcting coagulopathy in cardiac surgery. A systematic review by Casbard, A. C., Williamson, L. M., Murphy, M. F., Rege, K., Johnson, T.

“…Summary Fresh frozen plasma is commonly used in cardiac surgery in an attempt to replace clotting factors and to decrease bleeding. Despite this, there has…”
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221 A phase II trial to assess the safety and immunological activity of TroVax plus pemetrexed/cisplatin in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. The SKOPOS trial by Lester, J.F, Casbard, A, Roberts, K, Tabi, Z, Griffiths, G

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The VALUE national hysterectomy study: description of the patients and their surgery by Maresh, M.J.A., Metcalfe, M.A., McPherson, Klim, Overton, C., Hall, V., Hargreaves, J., Bridgman, S., Dobbins, J., Casbard, A.

“…Objectives To describe hysterectomies practised in 1994 and 1995: the patients, their surgery and short term outcomes. Design One of two large cohorts, with…”
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Accuracy of platelet counting haematology analysers in severe thrombocytopenia and potential impact on platelet transfusion by Segal, H. C., Briggs, C., Kunka, S., Casbard, A., Harrison, P., Machin, S. J., Murphy, M. F.

“…Summary Although haematology analysers provide reliable full blood counts, they are known to be inaccurate at enumerating platelets in severe thrombocytopenia…”
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Silent myocardial ischaemia and haemoglobin concentration: a randomized controlled trial of transfusion strategy in lower limb arthroplasty by Grover, M., Talwalkar, S., Casbard, A., Boralessa, H., Contreras, M., Boralessa, H., Brett, S., Goldhill, D. R., Soni, N.

“…Background and Objectives  Red cell transfusion is commonly used in orthopaedic surgery. Evidence suggests that a restrictive transfusion strategy may be safe…”
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The EASTR Study: indications for transfusion and estimates of transfusion recipient numbers in hospitals supplied by the National Blood Service by Wells, A. W., Llewelyn, C. A., Casbard, A., Johnson, A. J., Amin, M., Ballard, S., Buck, J., Malfroy, M., Murphy, M. F., Williamson, L. M.

“…This study provides data on National Blood Service (NBS) red blood cell (RBC, n = 9142), platelet (PLT, n = 4232) and fresh frozen plasma (FFP, n = 3584)…”
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Randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of continuous glucose monitoring on HbA1c in insulin-treated diabetes (MITRE Study) by Cooke, D., Hurel, S. J., Casbard, A., Steed, L., Walker, S., Meredith, S., Nunn, A. J., Manca, A., Sculpher, M., Barnard, M., Kerr, D., Weaver, J. U., Ahlquist, J., Newman, S. P.

“…Aims  To determine whether continuous glucose information provided through use of either the GlucoWatch G2 Biographer or the MiniMed continuous glucose…”
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A randomised controlled trial to compare minimally invasive glucose monitoring devices with conventional monitoring in the management of insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (MITRE) by Newman, S P, Cooke, D, Casbard, A, Walker, S, Meredith, S, Nunn, A, Steed, L, Manca, A, Sculpher, M, Barnard, M, Kerr, D, Weaver, J, Ahlquist, J, Hurel, S J

“…To evaluate whether the additional information provided by minimally invasive glucose monitors results in improved glycaemic control in people with poorly…”
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Management of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis and tuberculous pericardial effusion in Transkei: results at 10 years follow-up by Strang, J.I.G., Nunn, A.J., Johnson, D.A., Casbard, A., Gibson, D.G., Girling, D.J.

“…Background: Tuberculous pericarditis is common in Transkei (Eastern Cape). Two randomized trials showed benefits at two years for prednisolone in patients with…”
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Interim safety data on the ZICE trial: A randomized phase III, open-label, multicener, parallel group clinical trial to evaluate and compare the efficacy, safety profile, and tolerability of oral ibandronate versus intravenous zoledronate in the treatment of patients with breast cancer with bone metastases by Barrett-Lee, P. J., Murray, N., Abraham, J., Casbard, A., Clements, H., Maughan, T. S., Griffiths, G.

“…Abstract only…”
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Feasibility and usefulness of self-assessment of bleeding in patients with haematological malignancies, and the association between platelet count and bleeding by Stanworth, S. J., Dyer, C., Casbard, A., Murphy, M. F.

“…Background and Objectives  The aim of this study was to evaluate the collection of daily prospective information about bleeding outcomes in patients with…”
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The EASTR study: a new approach to determine the reasons for transfusion in epidemiological studies by Llewelyn, C. A., Wells, A. W., Amin, M., Casbard, A., Johnson, A. J., Ballard, S., Buck, J., Malfroy, M., Murphy, M. F., Williamson, L. M.

“…summary Previous studies of blood use have used different methods to obtain and classify transfusion indications. Before undertaking a national study of…”
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Characterization of long-term survival of syngeneic hepatocytes in rat peritoneum by Selden, Clare, Casbard, A, Themis, M, Hodgson, H J F

“…Hepatocyte transplantation is a potential therapy for both acute and chronic hepatic insufficiency and also for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism…”
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Sociology and behaviour of West African blood donors: the impact of religion on human immunodeficiency virus infection by Allain, J.-P., Anokwa, M., Casbard, A., Owusu-Ofori, S., Dennis-Antwi, J.

“…Background and Objectives  Ghana is one of the countries of sub‐Saharan Africa where the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence in blood donors ranges…”
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Review of transfusion practice in orthopaedic surgery by Boralessa, H, Cockburn, H, Casbard, A, Contreras, M

“…Donated blood is a limited resource. The impact of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease is a potential threat to the blood supply. As 10% of the red cells issued…”
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LBA20 Vandetanib plus fulvestrant versus placebo plus fulvestrant after relapse or progression on an aromatase inhibitor in metastatic ER positive breast cancer (FURVA): A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II trial by Jones, R., Casbard, A., Carucci, M., Smith, J., Ingarfield, K., Gee, J.M.W., Hudson, Z., Alchami, F., Hayward, L., Hickish, T., Hwang, D., McAdam, K., Spensley, S., Waters, S., Wheatley, D., Beresford, M.

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Abstract PD1-07: Withdrawn by Howell, SJ, Waters, S, Twelves, C, Joffe, J, Moon, S, Bale, C, Venkitaraman, R, Bezecny, P, Casbard, A, Wilhelm-Benartzi, C, Carucci, M, Butler, R, Alchami, F, Jones, R

“…Abstract This abstract was withdrawn by the authors. Citation Format: Howell SJ, Waters S, Twelves C, Joffe J, Moon S, Bale C, Venkitaraman R, Bezecny P,…”
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