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Heat Adaptation in Military Personnel: Mitigating Risk, Maximizing Performance by Parsons, Iain T, Stacey, Michael J, Woods, David R

“…The study of heat adaptation in military personnel offers generalizable insights into a variety of sporting, recreational and occupational populations…”
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Relative changes in brain and kidney biomarkers with Exertional Heat Illness during a cool weather marathon by Stacey, Michael J, Hill, Neil E, Parsons, Iain T, Wallace, Jenny, Taylor, Natalie, Grimaldi, Rachael, Shah, Nishma, Marshall, Anna, House, Carol, O'Hara, John P, Brett, Stephen J, Woods, David R

“…Medical personnel may find it challenging to distinguish severe Exertional Heat Illness (EHI), with attendant risks of organ-injury and longer-term sequalae,…”
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Exaggerated postural sway improves orthostatic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular control by Williams, Erin L, Hockin, Brooke C D, Heeney, Natalie D, Elabd, Karam, Chong, Helen, Blaber, Andrew P, Robinovitch, Stephen N, Parsons, Iain T, Claydon, Victoria E

“…Healthy individuals with poor cardiovascular control, but who do not experience syncope (fainting), adopt an innate strategy of increased leg movement in the…”
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Cardiac MRI improves cardiovascular risk stratification in hazardous occupations by Holdsworth, David A, Parsons, Iain T, Chamley, Rebecca, Britton, Joseph, Pavitt, Christopher, Baksi, A John, Neubauer, Stefan, d'Arcy, Joanna, Nicol, Edward D

“…The benefit of cardiovascular magnetic resonance Imaging (CMR) in assessing occupational risk is unknown. Pilots undergo frequent medical assessment for occult…”
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Changes in gastrointestinal cell integrity after marathon running and exercise-associated collapse by Walter, Edward, Gibson, Oliver R., Stacey, Michael, Hill, Neil, Parsons, Iain T., Woods, David

“…Purpose Endurance exercise and hyperthermia are associated with compromised intestinal permeability and endotoxaemia. The presence of intestinal fatty…”
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Improvements in Orthostatic Tolerance with Exercise Are Augmented by Heat Acclimation: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Parsons, Iain T, Snape, Daniel, Stacey, Michael J, Barlow, Matthew, O'Hara, John, Gall, Nick, Chowienczyk, Phil, Wainwright, Barney, Woods, David R

“…Heat adaptation is protective against heat illness however its role in heat syncope, due to reflex mechanisms, has not been conclusively established. The aim…”
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Cardiovascular risk in high-hazard occupations: the role of occupational cardiology by Parsons, Iain T, Nicol, Edward D, Holdsworth, David, Guettler, Norbert, Rienks, Rienk, Davos, Constantinos H, Halle, Martin, Parati, Gianfranco

“…Work is beneficial for health, but many individuals develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) during their working lives. Occupational cardiology is an emerging…”
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Evaluation of stroke volume estimation during orthostatic stress: the utility of Modelflow by Lucci, Vera-Ellen M., Parsons, Iain T., Hockin, Brooke C.D., Claydon, Victoria E.

“…Advanced blood pressure monitoring devices contain algorithms that permit estimation of stroke volume (SV). Modelflow (Finapres Medical Systems) is one common…”
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Pain associated with intravascular instrumentation reduces orthostatic tolerance and predisposes to vasovagal reactions in healthy young adults without needle phobia: a randomised controlled study by Hockin, Brooke C. D., Lucci, Vera-Ellen M., Wu, Ryan E. Y., Nicholas, Michelle, Parsons, Iain T., Claydon, Victoria E.

“…Purpose Vasovagal syncope (VVS), or fainting, is frequently triggered by pain, fear, or emotional distress, especially with blood-injection-injury stimuli. We…”
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The health of the Role 1 doctor by Parsons, Iain T

“…Many pitfalls are evident in the event that a doctor becomes a patient requiring investigation or treatment. The military environment theoretically creates an…”
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Echocardiographic changes following active heat acclimation by Parsons, Iain T., Snape, Daniel, O'Hara, John, Holdsworth, David A., Stacey, Michael J., Gall, Nick, Chowienczyk, Phil, Wainwright, Barney, Woods, David R.

“…Heat adaption through acclimatisation or acclimation improves cardiovascular stability by maintaining cardiac output due to compensatory increases in stroke…”
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The role of cardiovascular CT in occupational health assessment for coronary heart disease: An expert consensus document from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) by Slim, Ahmad M., Fentanes, Emilio, Cheezum, Michael K., Parsons, Iain T., Maroules, Christopher, Chen, Billy, Abbara, Suhny, Branch, Kelley, Nagpal, Prashant, Shah, Nishant R., Thomas, Dustin M., Villines, Todd C., Blankstein, Ron, Shaw, Leslee J., Budoff, Matthew, Nicol, Ed

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Deployed communication between the Role 3 and Role 1 by Parsons, Iain T

“…The discharge summary is the most common method for documenting a patient's diagnostic findings, hospital management and arrangements for post-discharge follow…”
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The effect of water temperature on orthostatic tolerance: a randomised crossover trial by Parsons, Iain T., Hockin, Brooke C. D., Taha, Omnia M., Heeney, Natalie D., Williams, Erin L., Lucci, Vera-Ellen M., Lee, Rebekah H. Y., Stacey, Michael J., Gall, Nick, Chowienczyk, Phil, Woods, David R., Claydon, Victoria E.

“…Purpose Bolus water drinking, at room temperature, has been shown to improve orthostatic tolerance (OT), probably via sympathetic activation; however, it is…”
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Military application of mechanical CPR devices: a pressing requirement? by Parsons, Iain T, Cox, A T, Rees, P S C

“…Maintaining high-quality chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation following cardiac arrest presents a challenge. The currently available…”
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Exercise ASKARI SERPENT: enabling clinical data collection during exercises and operations to support future contingency planning and assurance of category-based reporting systems by Parsons, Iain T, Wheatley, R J, Carter, P

“…Exercise ASKARI SERPENT (Ex AS) is a British Army exercise that provides primary healthcare (PHC) to Kenyan civilians in support of local health authorities…”
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Susceptibility to exertional heat illness and hospitalisation risk in UK military personnel by Stacey, Michael J, Parsons, Iain T, Woods, David R, Taylor, Peter N, Ross, David, J Brett, Stephen

“…BackgroundSusceptibility to exertional heat illness (EHI) is considered multifactorial in nature. The aims of this study were to (1) review traditional…”
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Managing the military patient with syncope by Parsons, Iain T, Cox, A T, Mollan, I A, Boos, C J

“…Syncope is a relatively common occurrence in military populations. It is defined as a transient loss of consciousness due to global cerebral hypoperfusion,…”
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Development of pre-deployment primary healthcare training for Combat Medical Technicians by Parsons, Iain T, Rawden, M P, Wheatley, R J

“…To develop and run a primary healthcare (PHC) refresher package to address the range of clinical presentations to Combat Medical Technicians (CMTs) on…”
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FFR-CT strengthens multi-disciplinary reporting of CT coronary angiography by Parsons, Iain T, Hickman, Michael, Ingram, Mark, Leatham, Edward W

“…The utility of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography (CTCA) is underpinned by its excellent sensitivity and negative-predictive value for coronary…”
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