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Tassan-Got L, Colonna N, Diakaki M, Eleme Z, Manna A, Sekhar A, Stamatopoulos A, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krticˇka M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos Doval D, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. Fission program at n_TOF. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921103006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Since its start in 2001 the n_TOF collaboration developed a measurement program on fission, in view of advanced fuels in new generation reactors. A special effort was made on measurement of cross sections of actinides, exploiting the peculiarity of the n_TOF neutron beam which spans a huge energy domain, from the thermal region up to GeV. Moreover fission fragment angular distributions have also been measured. An overview of the cross section results achieved with different detectors is presented, including a discussion of the 237Np case where discrepancies showed up between different detector systems. The results on the anisotropy of the fission fragments and its implication on the mechanism of neutron absorption, and in applications, are also shown.
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Moreno-Soto J, Berthoumieux E, Dupont E, Gunsing F, Serot O, Litaize O, Diakaki M, Chebboubi A, Dridi W, Valenta S, Krtiˇcka M, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Bécares V, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Benedikt T, Bennett S, Billowes J, Bosnar D, Brown A, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero-Ontanaya L, Calviño F, Calviani M, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés G, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domínguez B, Ferrari A, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Göbel K, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Gonçalves IF, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Junghans A, Käppeler F, Kadi Y, Kimura A, Knapova I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu P, Mastromarco M, Maugeri EA, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Mingrone F, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Persanti L, Petrone C, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos-Doval D, Rauscher T, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Simone S, Smith AG, Sosnin NV, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia A, Tassan-Got L, Tsinganis A, Ulrich J, Urlass S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright T, Žugec P. Study of the photon strength functions and level density in the gamma decay of the n + 234U reaction. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921102002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The accurate calculations of neutron-induced reaction cross sections are relevant for many nuclear applications. The photon strength functions and nuclear level densities are essential inputs for such calculations. These quantities for 235U are studied using the measurement of the gamma de-excitation cascades in radiative capture on 234U with the Total Absorption Calorimeter at n_TOF at CERN. This segmented 4π gamma calorimeter is designed to detect gamma rays emitted from the nucleus with high efficiency. This experiment provides information on gamma multiplicity and gamma spectra that can be compared with numerical simulations. The code DICEBOXC is used to simulate the gamma cascades while GEANT4 is used for the simulation of the interaction of these gammas with the TAC materials. Available models and their parameters are being tested using the present data. Some preliminary results of this ongoing study are presented and discussed.
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Wyer MD, Kay D, Morgan H, Naylor S, Clark S, Watkins J, Davies CM, Francis C, Osborn H, Bennett S. Within-day variability in microbial concentrations at a UK designated bathing water: Implications for regulatory monitoring and the application of predictive modelling based on historical compliance data. WATER RESEARCH X 2018; 1:100006. [PMID: 31193990 PMCID: PMC6549935 DOI: 10.1016/j.wroa.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Prediction of bathing water quality is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Union (EU) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and is an established element in bathing water management designed to protect public health. Most commonly, historical regulatory compliance data are used for model calibration and provide the dependent variable for modelling. Independent (or predictor) variables (e.g. rainfall, river flow and received irradiance) measured over some antecedent period are used to deliver prediction of the faecal indicator concentration measured on the day of the regulatory sample collection. The implied linked assumptions of this approach are, therefore, that; (i) the independent variables accurately predict the bathing-day water quality; which is (ii) accurately characterized by the single regulatory sample. Assumption (ii) will not be the case where significant within-day variability in water quality is evident. This study built a detailed record of water quality change through 60 days at a UK coastal bathing water in 2011 using half-hourly samples each subjected to triplicate filtration designed to enhance enumeration precision. On average, the mean daily variation in FIO concentrations exceeded 1 log10 order, with the largest daily variations exceeding 2 log10 orders. Significant diurnality was observed at this bathing water, which would determine its EU Directive compliance category if the regulatory samples were collected at the same time each day. A sampling programme of this intensity has not been reported elsewhere to date and, if this pattern is proven to be characteristic of other bathing waters world-wide, it has significance for: (a) the design of regulatory sampling programmes; (b) the use of historical data to assess compliance, which often comprises a single sample taken at the compliance point on a regular, often weekly, basis; and (c) the use of regulatory compliance data to build predictive models of water quality.
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Jackson C, Gunson RN, Bradley-Stewart A, Bennett S, Black H, Kennedy N, Bell DJ. Epidemiology and patient characteristics of hepatitis D virus infection in the West of Scotland 2011-2016. J Viral Hepat 2018; 25:1395-1396. [PMID: 29851188 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Holroyd CR, Seth R, Bukhari M, Malaviya A, Holmes C, Curtis E, Chan C, Yusuf MA, Litwic A, Smolen S, Topliffe J, Bennett S, Humphreys J, Green M, Ledingham J. The British Society for Rheumatology biologic DMARD safety guidelines in inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018; 58:372. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/key298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Holroyd CR, Seth R, Bukhari M, Malaviya A, Holmes C, Curtis E, Chan C, Yusuf MA, Litwic A, Smolen S, Topliffe J, Bennett S, Humphreys J, Green M, Ledingham J. The British Society for Rheumatology biologic DMARD safety guidelines in inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018; 58:e3-e42. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/key208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Limbachia D, Grainger C, Chauhan P, Bennett S. Student surgical skills: Improving surgical education through peer-assisted learning. Int J Surg 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.05.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tate D, Forchheimer M, Charlifue S, Coker J, Bennett S, Huey S, Greve J, Christofi A, Witter C, New P, Ramirezhernandez D, Post M. Cross cultural comparisons in patients self-reports of physical and psychological health and quality of life. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Turgan C, Feehally J, Bennett S, Davies T, Walls J. Accelerated Hypertriglyceridemia in Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis - A Preventable Abnormality. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139888100400404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Increasing hypertriglyceridemia is a recognised complication of CAPD. To investigate the etiology lipid clearance studies using the intravenous fat tolerance test were performed in control subjects and in uremic patients before and after six months CAPD treatment. Oral carbohydrate intake was restricted and the use of hypertonic dialysate kept to a minimum. Although serum triglycerides were elevated in the uremic patients before CAPD (3.1 ± 0.3 mMol/L) no further increase occurred during therapy. Oral carbohydrate intake was restricted to 240–250 Gms/24 hrs and hypertonic dialysate to 5.7 ± 4.1% of the total. There were no significant changes in fractional removal rate of lipid. Therefore further increases in serum triglycerides in CAPD may be prevented by simple dietary manoeuvres.
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Shamapant S, Wortman-Jutt S, Boutin E, Bennett S, Oromendia C, Gerber L, Marquardt TP, Edwards DJ. Abstract TP139: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as an Adjuvant to an Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program in Chronic Stroke. Stroke 2018. [DOI: 10.1161/str.49.suppl_1.tp139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Purpose:
In this proof-of-concept pilot study, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was used as an adjuvant to speech therapy in an intensive comprehensive aphasia program (ICAP).
Methods:
Using a double-blind, sham controlled, between-group design, 1 mA of direct current was delivered via NEO-24 PiStim gel electrodes using a Starstim tDCS device.The anode was placed over the inferior frontal gyrus (FC5), with the cathode placed over the supra-orbital frontal area (AF8) of the contralesional side during the first 20 minutes of daily intensive speech therapy for a period of 15 consecutive weekdays, commencing on day-1 of an 8-week ICAP. Pre- and post-treatment standardized assessments and discourse analysis, as well as bi-weekly trained and untrained probes, were used as outcome measures.
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Six subjects were analyzed; three received ICAP-tDCS and three received ICAP-sham. Five subjects were male. Ages ranged from 50 to 67 years. Time post-stroke at enrollment ranged from 8 months to 5.2 years. Subjects receiving ICAP-tDCS treatment demonstrated significantly higher improvement than ICAP-sham patients on the Boston Naming Test ( p=0.05), trained and untrained probes (p=0.05, untrained absolute increase p=0.05, percent increase p=0.38), and picture-description discourse (absolute increase p=0.05, percent increase p=0.38). There was no difference in the improvement of Western Aphasia Battery-AQ between ICAP-tDCS and ICAP-sham patients (absolute and percent increases both p=0.28). No adverse effects of tDCS or intensive behavioral training were reported. Following completion of the initial 3 weeks of adjunctive tDCS and tDCS-sham treatment, all subjects continued participation in the ICAP therapy with behavioral intervention only, and concluded the 8-week program.
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In this proof-of-concept pilot rehabilitation study, we demonstrate significant language improvements in chronic post-stroke aphasia, following intensive speech therapy combined with tDCS. Results should be confirmed in a larger randomized clinical trial.
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Holroyd CR, Parker L, Bennett S, Zarroug J, Underhill C, Davidson B, Armstrong R, Harvey NC, Dennison E, Cooper C, Edwards CJ. Switching to biosimilar infliximab: real world data in patients with severe inflammatory arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2018; 36:171-172. [PMID: 29352847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Young MK, Banu S, McCall BJ, Vlack S, Carroll H, Bennett S, Davison R, Francis D. Potential exposure to Australian bat lyssavirus is unlikely to prevent future bat handling among adults in South East Queensland. Zoonoses Public Health 2017; 65:e237-e242. [PMID: 29218847 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Despite ongoing public health messages about the risks associated with bat contact, the number of potential exposures to Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) due to intentional handling by members of the general public in Queensland has remained high. We sought to better understand the reasons for intentional handling among these members of the public who reported their potential exposure to inform future public health messages. We interviewed adults who resided in a defined geographic area in South East Queensland and notified potential exposure to ABLV due to intentional handling of bats by telephone between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013. The participation rate was 54%. Adults who reported they had intentionally handled bats in South East Queensland indicated high levels of knowledge and perception of a moderately high risk associated with bats with overall low intentions to handle bats in the future. However, substantial proportions of people would attempt to handle bats again in some circumstances, particularly to protect their children or pets. Fifty-two percent indicated that they would handle a bat if a child was about to pick up or touch a live bat, and 49% would intervene if a pet was interacting with a bat. Future public health communications should recognize the situations in which even people with highrisk perceptions of bats will attempt to handle them. Public health messages currently focus on avoidance of bats in all circumstances and recommend calling in a trained vaccinated handler, but messaging directed at adults for circumstances where children or pets may be potentially exposed should provide safe immediate management options.
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Bennett S, Morris S, Mirza S. Teaching Surgical Skills to Health Care Students: The Benefits of Peer-Assisted Learning. Int J Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.08.372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rogers C, Stoica S, Ellis L, Stokes E, Wordsworth S, Dabner L, Clayton G, Downes R, Nicholson E, Bennett S, Angelini G, Reeves B, Murphy G. Randomized trial of near-infrared spectroscopy for personalized optimization of cerebral tissue oxygenation during cardiac surgery. Br J Anaesth 2017; 119:384-393. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Jenks PJ, Bennett S, Haill CF, Keenan J. National surveillance of surgical site infection: response to Lamagni et al. J Hosp Infect 2017. [PMID: 28641976 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Jenks P, Bennett S, Haill C, Keenan J. National surveillance of surgical site infection. J Hosp Infect 2017; 96:20-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shamapant S, Bennett S. Abstract WP174: Intensive Phonology Treatment Promotes Recovery in Reading in Chronic Aphasia Post Stroke. Stroke 2017. [DOI: 10.1161/str.48.suppl_1.wp174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Therapies specifically targeting naming deficits are common because these deficits remain one of the most common and pervasive deficits seen in post-stroke aphasia (Goodglass & Wingfield, 1997). Past studies have used single lexical item retrieval (Nickels, 2002) as the framework for both semantic and phonological treatment. The efficacy of this technique is unclear when applied to reading, writing, and lexical retrieval deficits (Boyle, 2004a, 2004b; Coelho, McHugh, & Boyle, 2000). This study aimed to resolve these issues by implementing an easy to replicate design with a randomized control trial.
12 subjects enrolled in intensive speech therapy at Austin Speech Labs were selected for the study. They were randomly assigned to a Semantic (ST) (n=6) or phonological treatment (PT) (n=6) group. Subjects received comprehensive pre and post-testing using the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R), Boston Naming Test (BNT). The subject’s phonological awareness was assessed using subtests of Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia (PALPA).Each participant attended three hours of therapy for a total of 40 hours of therapy.
PT: The first eight weeks focused on mastering individual consonants and vowels and blending sounds to read single words. The second 8-week module focused on training consonants clusters, and spelling.
ST: The first and second module focused on describing object attributes to aid reading, naming, and writing.
An independent T-test (p-value of .05) was used to examine significant differences found in the post-test scores between each group. A paired t-test (p-value=. 05) was run to determine significant differences in pre and post-test scores across both treatment groups. The majority of
participants showed increases between pre and post-testing in all subtests. The phonology group showed significant increases in letter length spelling, letter sounding, spoken and written letter matching, and syllable length reading PALPA subtests. The Semantic group showed significant increases in the WAB verbal commands and repetition subtests as well as the PALPA and spoken and written letter matching subtest.
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Phonology focused treatment appears to be beneficial despite differences in underlying impairments.
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Lemke M, Law CHL, Li J, Dixon E, Tun Abraham M, Hernandez Alejandro R, Bennett S, Martel G, Karanicolas PJ. Three-point transfusion risk score in hepatectomy. Br J Surg 2017; 104:434-442. [PMID: 28079259 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Perioperative red blood cell transfusions are required in up to 23 per cent of patients undergoing hepatectomy. Previous research has developed three transfusion risk scores to assess risk of perioperative red blood cell transfusion. Here, the performance of these transfusion risk scores was evaluated in a multicentre cohort of patients who underwent hepatectomy and compared with that of a simplified transfusion risk score. METHODS A database of patients undergoing hepatectomy at four specialized centres between 2008 and 2012 was developed. External validity was assessed by discrimination and calibration. Discrimination was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). Calibration was evaluated by the degree of agreement between predicted and actual red blood cell transfusion probabilities. A simplified transfusion risk score using variables common to the three models was created, and discrimination and calibration were evaluated. RESULTS There were 1287 patients included in this study, with 341 (26·5 per cent) receiving a red blood cell transfusion. Discriminative ability was similar between the three transfusion risk scores, with AUCs of 0·66-0·68 and good calibration. A new three-point risk score was developed based on factors present in all models: haemoglobin 12·5 g/dl or less, primary liver malignancy and major resection (at least 4 segments). Discriminative ability and calibration of the three-point model were similar to those of the three existing models, with an AUC of 0·66. CONCLUSION The three-point transfusion risk score simplifies assessment of perioperative transfusion risk in hepatectomy without sacrificing predictive ability.
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Ball C, Bennett S, Forrester A, Ganapathy K. Genetic mutations in live infectious bronchitis vaccine viruses following single or dual in vitro infection of tracheal organ cultures. J Gen Virol 2016; 97:3232-3237. [PMID: 27902312 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Despite regular co-vaccination of two different strains of live infectious bronchitis vaccine viruses, little is known about possible mutations in these viruses following vaccination. As an alternative to chicks, this study used an in vitro infection model to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the part-S1 gene of two live infectious bronchitis virus vaccine strains (793B and Massachusetts) following single or dual inoculation onto tracheal organ cultures. Results indicate that viral titres reduced over the duration of the study; conversely, the amount of detected infectious bronchitis virus genome increased. Results demonstrate a greater number of non-synonymous SNPs in both vaccine strains when they are co-inoculated, compared with the single inoculations. The influence of the increased SNP and hydrophobic properties of the translated proteins on the vaccine viruses' virulence is unknown.
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Zecchin R, Ferry C, McIvor D, Wilcox K, Kerr J, Bennett S, Bowen S, Carr B, Newton P, Gallagher R. Establishing a NSW Cardiac Rehabilitation Minimum Dataset (CRMDS). Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hageman JC, Hazim C, Wilson K, Malpiedi P, Gupta N, Bennett S, Kolwaite A, Tumpey A, Brinsley-Rainisch K, Christensen B, Gould C, Fisher A, Jhung M, Hamilton D, Moran K, Delaney L, Dowell C, Bell M, Srinivasan A, Schaefer M, Fagan R, Adrien N, Chea N, Park BJ. Infection Prevention and Control for Ebola in Health Care Settings - West Africa and United States. MMWR Suppl 2016; 65:50-6. [PMID: 27390018 DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su6503a8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic in West Africa underscores the need for health care infection prevention and control (IPC) practices to be implemented properly and consistently to interrupt transmission of pathogens in health care settings to patients and health care workers. Training and assessing IPC practices in general health care facilities not designated as Ebola treatment units or centers became a priority for CDC as the number of Ebola virus transmissions among health care workers in West Africa began to affect the West African health care system and increasingly more persons became infected. CDC and partners developed policies, procedures, and training materials tailored to the affected countries. Safety training courses were also provided to U.S. health care workers intending to work with Ebola patients in West Africa. As the Ebola epidemic continued in West Africa, the possibility that patients with Ebola could be identified and treated in the United States became more realistic. In response, CDC, other federal components (e.g., Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response) and public health partners focused on health care worker training and preparedness for U.S. health care facilities. CDC used the input from these partners to develop guidelines on IPC for hospitalized patients with known or suspected Ebola, which was updated based on feedback from partners who provided care for Ebola patients in the United States. Strengthening and sustaining IPC helps health care systems be better prepared to prevent and respond to current and future infectious disease threats.The activities summarized in this report would not have been possible without collaboration with many U.S. and international partners (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/partners.html).
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Alian A, McLennan G, Bennett S, Kapoor B, Gill A, Levitin A, Sands M, Obuchowski N, Aucejo F, Menon K, Estfan B, Pillai A, Kalva S. Yttrium-90 radioembolization versus doxorubicin-eluting beads chemoembolization in patients with infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma: single center comparison of survival and toxicity. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Bennett S, Gade T, Nadolski G, Clark T, Soulen M, Hunt S. Comparison of complication rates between palliative and curative intent lung ablations. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Brown C, Livermore D, Otter J, Warren R, Jenks P, Enoch D, Newsholme W, Oppenheim B, Leanord A, McNulty C, Tanner G, Bennett S, Cann M, Bostock J, Collins E, Peckitt S, Ritchie L, Fry C, Hawkey P, Wilson A. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria information leaflets. J Hosp Infect 2016; 92:86-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hersey S, Martel LD, Jambai A, Keita S, Yoti Z, Meyer E, Seeman S, Bennett S, Ratto J, Morgan O, Akyeampong MA, Sainvil S, Worrell MC, Fitter D, Arnold KE. Ebola Virus Disease--Sierra Leone and Guinea, August 2015. MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT 2015; 64:981-4. [PMID: 26355422 DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6435a6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
The Ebola virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa began in late 2013 in Guinea (1) and spread unchecked during early 2014. By mid-2014, it had become the first Ebola epidemic ever documented. Transmission was occurring in multiple districts of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and for the first time, in capital cities (2). On August 8, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (3). Ministries of Health, with assistance from multinational collaborators, have reduced Ebola transmission, and the number of cases is now declining. While Liberia has not reported a case since July 12, 2015, transmission has continued in Guinea and Sierra Leone, although the numbers of cases reported are at the lowest point in a year. In August 2015, Guinea and Sierra Leone reported 10 and four confirmed cases, respectively, compared with a peak of 526 (Guinea) and 1,997 (Sierra Leone) in November 2014. This report details the current situation in Guinea and Sierra Leone, outlines strategies to interrupt transmission, and highlights the need to maintain public health response capacity and vigilance for new cases at this critical time to end the outbreak.
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