Search Results - "Hernandez Santiago, Virginia"
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Disrupted Candidacy: A Longitudinal Examination of the Constrained Healthcare‐Access Journeys of National Health Service Workers in Scotland Seeking Supports for Long COVID Illness
Published in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy (01-10-2024)“…ABSTRACT Introduction Evidence examines how persons experiencing Long COVID (LC) struggle to secure healthcare for symptoms. However, few studies examine…”
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Point-of-care tests for urinary tract infections: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy
Published in BMJ open (03-06-2020)“…Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the second most common type of infection worldwide, accounting for a large number of primary care consultations and…”
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Unforeseen emotional labour: A collaborative autoethnography exploring researcher experiences of studying Long COVID in health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in SSM. Qualitative research in health (01-06-2024)“…Emotional labour or emotion management describes regulation of feelings to fulfil specific job roles, discussed extensively around commercial and caring…”
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The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions: population database analysis 1995-2010
Published in BMC medicine (07-04-2015)“…The escalating use of prescribed drugs has increasingly raised concerns about polypharmacy. This study aims to examine changes in rates of polypharmacy and…”
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Treatment of uncomplicated UTI in males: a systematic review of the literature
Published in BJGP open (01-04-2021)“…Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect around 20% of the male population in their lifetime. The incidence of UTIs in men in the community is 0.9-2.4 cases per…”
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Insightful Practice: a robust measure of medical students' professional response to feedback on their performance
Published in BMC medical education (01-08-2015)“…Healthcare professionals need to show accountability, responsibility and appropriate response to audit feedback. Assessment of Insightful Practice (engagement,…”
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Intranasal steroid use and COVID-19 mortality among patients with asthma and COPD
Published in Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology (01-10-2023)“…Systemic corticosteroids have been widely used for treating patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Inhaled corticosteroids may have a…”
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Changes in resistance among coliform bacteraemia associated with a primary care antimicrobial stewardship intervention: A population-based interrupted time series study
Published in PLoS medicine (07-06-2019)“…Primary care antimicrobial stewardship interventions can improve antimicrobial prescribing, but there is less evidence that they reduce rates of resistant…”
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E. coli bacteraemia and antimicrobial resistance following antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection in the community
Published in BMC infectious diseases (28-10-2022)“…Urinary tract infections are one of the most common infections in primary and secondary care, with the majority of antimicrobial therapy initiated empirically…”
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Has primary care antimicrobial use really been increasing? Comparison of changes in different prescribing measures for a complete geographic population 1995-2014
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (01-10-2017)“…To elucidate how population trends in total antimicrobials dispensed in the community translate into individual exposure. Retrospective, population-based…”
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Barriers, enablers, benefits, and drawbacks to point-of-care testing: a survey of the general practice out-of-hours service in Scotland
Published in BJGP open (01-07-2024)“…The general practice out-of-hours (GPOOH) service is under pressure to treat more patients in less time, while reducing referrals and minimising diagnostic…”
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Assessment of background levels of autoantibodies as a prognostic marker for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection
Published in Journal of circulating biomarkers (01-01-2022)“…Background: Patients with more severe forms of SARS-CoV-2 exhibit activation of immunological cascades. Participants (current or ex-smokers with at least 20…”
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Community acquired infections in older patients admitted to hospital from care homes versus the community: cohort study of microbiology and outcomes
Published in BMC geriatrics (06-02-2013)“…Residents of care homes are at risk of colonisation and infection with antibiotic resistant bacteria, but there is little evidence that antibiotic resistance…”
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Intranasal steroid use and COVID-19 mortality among patients with asthma and COPD: A retrospective cohort study
Published in Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology (01-10-2023)“…Systemic corticosteroids have been widely used for treating patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Inhaled corticosteroids may have a…”
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Time series analysis of the impact of an intervention in Tayside, Scotland to reduce primary care broad-spectrum antimicrobial use
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (01-08-2015)“…Concern about Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and resistance has driven interventions internationally to reduce broad-spectrum antimicrobial use. An…”
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Exploring the training and scope of practice of GPs in England, Germany and Spain
Published in Gaceta sanitaria (01-03-2019)“…To explore general practitioner (GP) training, continuing professional development, scope of practice, ethical issues and challenges in the working environment…”
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Short-course versus long-course therapy of the same antibiotic for community-acquired pneumonia in adolescent and adult outpatients
Published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews (06-09-2018)“…Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a lung infection that can be acquired during day-to-day activities in the community (not while receiving care in a…”
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Primary Care Antimicrobial Stewardship : Impact on Prescribing and Resistance
Published 01-01-2019“…Background: Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing world-wide public health concern, with antimicrobial use described as one of the main drivers. Most…”
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Trimethoprim prescription and subsequent resistance in childhood urinary infection: multilevel modelling analysis
Published in British journal of general practice (01-04-2013)“…Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern and antibiotic usage the main contributing factor, but there are few studies examining antibiotic use and resistance…”
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Effectiveness of a strategy that uses educational games to implement clinical practice guidelines among Spanish residents of family and community medicine (e-EDUCAGUIA project): a clinical trial by clusters
Published in Implementation science : IS (17-05-2016)“…Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed with the aim of helping health professionals, patients, and caregivers make decisions about their…”
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