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Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK 'Yellow Card Scheme': literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys by Avery, A J, Anderson, C, Bond, C M, Fortnum, H, Gifford, A, Hannaford, P C, Hazell, L, Krska, J, Lee, A J, McLernon, D J, Murphy, E, Shakir, S, Watson, M C

“…The monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through pharmacovigilance is vital to patient safety. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is one method of…”
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The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the identification of suspected acoustic neuroma: a systematic review of clinical and cost effectiveness and natural history by Fortnum, H, O'Neill, C, Taylor, R, Lenthall, R, Nikolopoulos, T, Lightfoot, G, O'Donoghue, G, Mason, S, Baguley, D, Jones, H, Mulvaney, C

“…To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a range of diagnostic strategies for investigating patients with unilateral hearing loss…”
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Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen by Bamford, J, Fortnum, H, Bristow, K, Smith, J, Vamvakas, G, Davies, L, Taylor, R, Watkin, P, Fonseca, S, Davis, A, Hind, S

“…To describe and analyse in detail current practice of school entry hearing screening (SES) in the UK. Main electronic databases were searched up to May 2005. A…”
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Prevalence Of Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment In The United Kingdom And Implications For Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening: Questionnaire Based Ascertainment Study by Fortnum, Heather M., Summerfield, A. Quentin, Marshall, David H., Davis, Adrian C., Bamford, John M.

“…Objective To estimate the prevalence of confirmed permanent childhood hearing impairment and its profile across age and degree of impairment in the United…”
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Survey to assess public awareness of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions in Great Britain by Fortnum, H., Lee, A. J., Rupnik, B., Avery, A.

“…Summary What is known and Objective:  Patient reporting to the Yellow Card Scheme (YCS) for reporting adverse drug reactions (ADR) has been available in the UK…”
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A pilot study to explore the experiences of congenitally or early profoundly deafened candidates who receive cochlear implants as adults by Jeffs, E., Redfern, K., Stanfield, C., Starczewski, H., Stone, S., Twomey, T., Fortnum, H.

“…Objectives To explore the experiences of congenitally or early profoundly deafened candidates who receive cochlear implants as adults. Methods Eight…”
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United Kingdom school-entry hearing screening: current practice by Bristow, K, Fortnum, H, Fonseca, S, Bamford, J

“…Objective:To determine if the school-entry hearing screening (SEHS) programme continues to make a useful contribution to the identification of childhood…”
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Hearing impairment after bacterial meningitis: a review by Fortnum, H M

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Appetite stimulants in cystic fibrosis: a systematic review by Chinuck, R.S, Fortnum, H, Baldwin, D.R

“…The use of appetite stimulants in cystic fibrosis (CF) is controversial because of doubts concerning efficacy and side-effects. The aim of the review was to…”
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Genetics and deafness: what do families want? by PARKER, M J, FORTNUM, H M, YOUNG, I D, DAVIS, A C

“…At least half of all cases of permanent childhood hearing impairment have a genetic cause. 1 However, there is almost universal agreement among clinical…”
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Field Sensitivity of Targeted Neonatal Hearing Screening by Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions by Lutman, Mark E, Davis, Adrian C, Fortnum, Heather M, Wood, Sally

“…OBJECTIVE:Population ascertainment of children having bilateral moderate to profound hearing impairment was undertaken to find out how many had passed (false…”
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Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis by Fortnum, H M, Davis, A C

“…This 10 year retrospective study of all causes of bacterial meningitis for children resident in Nottingham District Health Authority area reports an annual…”
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Side effects of aminoglycosides on the kidney, ear and balance in cystic fibrosis by Prayle, Andrew, Watson, Alan, Fortnum, Heather, Smyth, Alan

“…Aminoglycoside antibiotics are a central component of the treatment of pulmonary exacerbations of cystic fibrosis (CF) and slow the decline in lung function…”
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P107 Evaluation of school entry hearing screening: findings of an NIHR funded project by Hyde, C, Fortnum, H, Ukoumunne, O, Ozlin, M, Zhelev, Z, Long, L

“…BackgroundThe value of SES has been questioned since the introduction of Universal Newborn Screening in 2006 which now identifies around half the cases of…”
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EVALUATION OF SCHOOL ENTRY HEARING SCREENING: FINDINGS OF AN NIHR FUNDED PROJECT by Hyde, C, Fortnum, H, Ukoumunne, O, Ozlin, M, Zhelev, Z, Long, L

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Is hearing assessed after bacterial meningitis? by Fortnum, H M, Hull, D

“…A questionnaire was sent to 686 paediatricians in the UK to discover whether or not they referred children for hearing assessment after bacterial meningitis…”
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Connexin-26 mutations and inherited deafness by Parker, M, Fortnum, H, Young, ID

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Variations in genetic assessment and recurrence risks quoted for childhood deafness: a survey of clinical geneticists by Parker, M J, Fortnum, H, Young, I D, Davis, A C

“…We report here the results of a questionnaire survey of consultant clinical geneticists in the United Kingdom to which we had an 81% response rate. In this…”
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The case for change in early infant hearing screening in Ireland by Pitt, T, Fortnum, H, Davis, A

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Survey to assess public awareness of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions in Great Britain: Public awareness of reporting ADRs by Fortnum, H., Lee, A. J., Rupnik, B., Avery, A.

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