Search Results - "Hildreth, A. J."

Swallowing problems in Parkinson disease: frequency and clinical correlates by Miller, N, Allcock, L, Hildreth, A J, Jones, D, Noble, E, Burn, D J

“…Background:Changes to the efficiency and integrity of swallowing mechanisms are inevitable in Parkinson disease (PD); however, it remains unclear how many…”
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A prospective, randomised, controlled study examining binaural beat audio and pre‐operative anxiety in patients undergoing general anaesthesia for day case surgery by Padmanabhan, R., Hildreth, A. J., Laws, D.

“…Summary Pre‐operative anxiety is common and often significant. Ambulatory surgery challenges our pre‐operative goal of an anxiety‐free patient by requiring…”
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Improving prostate cancer detection with an extended-core transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy protocol by DURKAN, G. C, SHEIKH, N, JOHNSON, P, HILDRETH, A. J, GREENE, D. R

“…To investigate whether taking two transition zone (TZ) and four lateral peripheral zone (PZ) biopsies in addition to routine parasaggital sextant biopsies…”
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Entry Site Neovascularization and Vitreous Cavity Hemorrhage after Diabetic Vitrectomy : The Predictive Value of Inner Sclerostomy Site Ultrasonography by STEEL, D. H. W, HABIB, M. S, PARK, S, HILDRETH, A. J, OWEN, R. I

“…To assess the incidence of neovascularization of the inner sclerostomy wound and occurrence of postoperative vitreous cavity hemorrhage (POVCH) after…”
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Postkeratoplasty emergency visits-a review of 100 consecutive visits by GNANARAJ, L, SANDHU, S, HILDRETH, A. J, FIGUEIREDO, F. C

“…Preoperative counselling for penetrating keratoplasty should include awareness of symptoms and signs of possible complications as early presentation can…”
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Asthma in the elderly: underperceived, underdiagnosed and undertreated; a community survey by Parameswaran, K., Hildreth, A.J., Chadha, D., Keaney, N.P., Taylor, I.K., Bansal, S.K.

“…Bronchial asthma is now increasingly recognized in the elderly and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The aims of this study were…”
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The Comorbidity Symptom Scale: A Combined Disease Inventory and Assessment of Symptom Severity by Crabtree, H. L., Gray, C. S., Hildreth, A. J., O'Connell, J. E., Brown, J.

“…OBJECTIVES: To develop and evaluate a scale to quantify the presence and severity of symptoms arising from comorbid diseases in older people. DESIGN: A…”
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Surgical accuracy in Le Fort I maxillary osteotomies by Ong, T.K., Banks, R.J., Hildreth, A.J.

“…The surgical outcome of planned movements of Le Fort I osteotomies is dependent on the surgeon's ability to achieve such movements intraoperatively. Our aim…”
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Measuring visual symptoms in British cataract patients: the cataract symptom scale by Crabtree, H L, Hildreth, A J, O’Connell, J E, Phelan, P S, Allen, D, Gray, C S

“…AIMS To develop and validate a scale for the measurement of visual symptoms and functional disability due to cataract in older UK residents. METHODS In depth…”
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Reducing waiting times for GU medicine appointments: the impact of a new appointment system by Tayal, S C, Opaneye, A A, Crinion, Susan, Hildreth, A J

“…Our objective was to reduce the 'did not attend' (DNA) rates and waiting times by introducing a new confirmatory appointment system prior to their attendance…”
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Intermaxillary fixation is not usually necessary to reduce mandibular fractures by Fordyce, A.M., Lalani, Z., Songra, A.K., Hildreth, A.J., Carton, A.T.M., Hawkesford, J.E.

“…We undertook a retrospective study of all isolated mandibular fractures which had required active management over a 1-year period at the Maxillofacial Unit at…”
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Measuring symptom load in Idiopathic Parkinson's disease by Lee, M.A, Prentice, W.M, Hildreth, A.J, Walker, R.W

“…Abstract This study evaluated the symptom burden experienced by patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (IPD) by using a standard palliative care…”
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Predictors of Asthma Severity in the Elderly: Results of a Community Survey in Northeast England by Parameswaran, K., Hildreth, A. J., Taylor, I. K., Keaney, N. P., Bansal, S. K.

“…A number of risk factors for the development and severity of asthma in childhood are known. Particularly, there is information on allergens, excessive use of…”
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Validating the Ontario Child Health Scale in a UK population by PLACE, M, MARTIN, E, HILDRETH, A. J, WILSON, J, HULSMEIER, J

“…The Ontario Child Health Scale (OCHS) was one of the first scales to seek to assess a broad range of formally defined psychiatric disorders using a checklist…”
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Can we perceptually rate alaryngeal voice? Developing the Sunderland Tracheoesophageal Voice Perceptual Scale by Hurren, A., Hildreth, A.J., Carding, P.N.

“…Objective:  To investigate the inter and intra reliability of raters (in relation to both profession and expertise) when judging two alaryngeal voice…”
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Measuring outcome in acute stroke trials by Gary, C S, Scott, J F, O-Connell, J E, Hildreth, A J

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Meningococcal carriage: Prevalence and sex-related risk factors by Tayal, S.C., Rashid, S., Muttu, K.M.S., Hildreth, A.J.

“…A retrospective analysis was done to examine whether sexual behaviour was associated with meningococcal carriage. Over the 4 month period from January to April…”
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Optimizing management of congestive heart failure in older people by O'Connell, J E, Brown, J, Hildreth, A J, Gray, C S

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Free/total serum prostate‐specific antigen ratio: how helpful is it in detecting prostate cancer? by MASTERS, J. G, KEEGAN, P. E, HILDRETH, A. J, GREENE, D. R. J

“…Objective  To determine whether the use of free/total (f/t) serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) ratio would help reduce the number of prostate biopsies…”
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Does voided urine cytology have biological significance? by TUT, V. M, HILDRETH, A. J, KUMAR, M, MELLON, J. K

“…Objective  To (i) define any correlation between the result of voided urine cytology (VUC) at presentation and the biological behaviour of Ta/T1 transitional…”
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