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Branagan A, Murphy C, O'Sullivan A, Bodnarova I, Feyereislova S, Berka I, Miletin J, Stranak Z. Influence of gastric residual assessment in preterm neonates on time to achieve enteral feeding (the GRASS trial)-Multi-centre, assessor-blinded randomised clinical trial. Eur J Pediatr 2024; 183:2325-2332. [PMID: 38427039 PMCID: PMC11035479 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05483-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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PURPOSE Gastric residual measurement is routinely performed in premature infants prior to feeding despite a lack of evidence of benefit. We aimed to evaluate if the exclusion of routine gastric residual measurement and evaluation has an impact on the time taken to achieve full enteral feeding in preterm neonates. METHODS International multi-centre randomised controlled trial. Clinically stable, appropriate for gestational age infants between 26+0 and 30+6 weeks of gestation and less than 1.5 kg birth weight were eligible. Infants were randomised to the intervention arm (no monitoring of gastric aspirates) or control arm (routine care). Primary outcome was the achievement of enteral feeds of 100 ml/kg/day by day 5 of life. RESULTS Ninety-five infants were recruited with 88 included in an intention-to-treat analysis, 45 in the intervention arm and 43 in the control arm. There was no imbalance in baseline characteristics. Thirty-three (73.3%) infants in the intervention group and 32 infants (74.4%) in the control group reached full feeds by day 5 of life (p = 0.91) with no difference in median time to full feeds. There were no statistically significant differences in survival or the major morbidities of prematurity. CONCLUSION There was no difference in time to attainment of enteral feeds of 100 ml/kg/day in premature infants when gastric residuals were not monitored. In the absence of a clinical benefit to routine monitoring, it may be appropriate to discontinue this practice and only monitor residuals when clinical concern of feeding intolerance or gastrointestinal pathology arises in this group of patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03111329- https://clinicaltrials.gov/ . Registered 06/04/2017. WHAT IS KNOWN • Previous randomized trials have shown little benefit to the performance of routine assessment of gastric residuals in preterm infants. Despite this, they continue to be performed due to concerns from observational data regarding development of NEC. Meta-analysis to date has failed to answer the question regarding NEC. WHAT IS NEW • In very low birth weight infants who are fed using modern feeding practice of faster feed advancement, to minimize use of central access and parenteral nutrition, exclusion of routine checks of gastric residuals did not increase the proportion of infants reaching full enteral feeds by day 5. No harm was seen when residual checks were not performed. • In the absence of a clinical benefit to the routine performance of gastric residuals in very low birth weight infants, it may be appropriate to discontinue their use and instead check residuals when clinical concern of pathology arises.
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- A Branagan
- The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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- The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic
- 3rd School of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
- Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic
- UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic
- 3rd School of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Murphy C, Kwan MYW, Chan ELY, Wong JSC, Sullivan SG, Peiris M, Cowling BJ, Lee SL. Influenza vaccine effectiveness against hospitalizations associated with influenza A(H3N2) in Hong Kong children aged 9 months to 17 years, June-November 2023. Vaccine 2024; 42:1878-1882. [PMID: 38395722 PMCID: PMC10947845 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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A test negative study was carried out from 13 June through to 15 November 2023 enrolling 3183 children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness in Hong Kong. Influenza A and B viruses were detected in 528 (16.6%) children, among which 419 (79.4%) were influenza A(H3N2). The overall vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization associated with any influenza virus infection was estimated as 22.4% (95% CI: -11.7%, 46.1%), and against influenza A(H3N2) specifically was 14.3% (95% CI: -29.2%, 43.2%). Despite the moderate to low VE estimated here, which could be a result of waning immunity and antigenic drift, influenza vaccination remains an important approach to reduce the impact of influenza in children.
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- Caitriona Murphy
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Centre for Immunology & Infection, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Murphy C. Improving shared decision-making: extreme-risk patient outcomes post-emergency laparotomy. Anaesthesia 2024; 79:214-215. [PMID: 37946622 DOI: 10.1111/anae.16165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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- C Murphy
- Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Cowling BJ, Kwan MYW, Murphy C, Chan ELY, Wong JSC, Sullivan SG, Peiris M, Lee SL. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Associated Hospitalization in Hong Kong Children Aged 9 Months to 17 Years, March-June 2023. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2023; 12:586-589. [PMID: 37818976 PMCID: PMC10687596 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piad083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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In March-June 2023, we conducted a test-negative study in 1671 children who were hospitalized with acute respiratory illness in Hong Kong. Two hundred and eighty-six children (17.2%) were tested positive for influenza virus including 188 with A(H1N1). We estimated influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalization as 69.6% (95% confidence interval: 49.3%, 81.7%).
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- Benjamin J Cowling
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Centre for Immunology & Infection, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Galvan C, Flores A, Cerrillos V, Avila I, Murphy C, Zheng W, To TT, Christofk HR, Lowry WE. Defining metabolic flexibility in hair follicle stem cell induced squamous cell carcinoma. bioRxiv 2023:2023.10.16.562128. [PMID: 37905122 PMCID: PMC10614763 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.16.562128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Among the numerous changes associated with the transformation to cancer, cellular metabolism is one of the first discovered and most prominent[1, 2]. However, despite the knowledge that nearly every cancer is associated with the strong upregulation of various metabolic pathways, there has yet to be much clinical progress on the treatment of cancer by targeting a single metabolic enzyme directly[3-6]. We previously showed that inhibition of glycolysis through lactate dehydrogenase (LDHA) deletion in cancer cells of origin had no effect on the initiation or progression of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma[7], suggesting that these cancers are metabolically flexible enough to produce the necessary metabolites required for sustained growth in the absence of glycolysis. Here we focused on glutaminolysis, another metabolic pathway frequently implicated as important for tumorigenesis in correlative studies. We genetically blocked glutaminolysis through glutaminase (GLS) deletion in cancer cells of origin, and found that this had little effect on tumorigenesis, similar to what we previously showed for blocking glycolysis. Tumors with genetic deletion of glutaminolysis instead upregulated lactate consumption and utilization for the TCA cycle, providing further evidence of metabolic flexibility. We also found that the metabolic flexibility observed upon inhibition of glycolysis or glutaminolysis is due to post-transcriptional changes in the levels of plasma membrane lactate and glutamine transporters. To define the limits of metabolic flexibility in cancer initiating hair follicle stem cells, we genetically blocked both glycolysis and glutaminolysis simultaneously and found that frank carcinoma was not compatible with abrogation of both of these carbon utilization pathways. These data point towards metabolic flexibility mediated by regulation of nutrient consumption, and suggest that treatment of cancer through metabolic manipulation will require multiple interventions on distinct pathways.
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Murphy C, Lim WW, Mills C, Wong JY, Chen D, Xie Y, Li M, Gould S, Xin H, Cheung JK, Bhatt S, Cowling BJ, Donnelly CA. Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2023; 381:20230132. [PMID: 37611629 PMCID: PMC10446910 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2023.0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Social distancing measures (SDMs) are community-level interventions that aim to reduce person-to-person contacts in the community. SDMs were a major part of the responses first to contain, then to mitigate, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the community. Common SDMs included limiting the size of gatherings, closing schools and/or workplaces, implementing work-from-home arrangements, or more stringent restrictions such as lockdowns. This systematic review summarized the evidence for the effectiveness of nine SDMs. Almost all of the studies included were observational in nature, which meant that there were intrinsic risks of bias that could have been avoided were conditions randomly assigned to study participants. There were no instances where only one form of SDM had been in place in a particular setting during the study period, making it challenging to estimate the separate effect of each intervention. The more stringent SDMs such as stay-at-home orders, restrictions on mass gatherings and closures were estimated to be most effective at reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Most studies included in this review suggested that combinations of SDMs successfully slowed or even stopped SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the community. However, individual effects and optimal combinations of interventions, as well as the optimal timing for particular measures, require further investigation. This article is part of the theme issue 'The effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the COVID-19 pandemic: the evidence'.
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- Caitriona Murphy
- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
- Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Murphy C, Baskind S, Aladangady N, Banerjee J. Measuring gut perfusion and blood flow in neonates using ultrasound Doppler of the superior mesenteric artery: a narrative review. Front Pediatr 2023; 11:1154611. [PMID: 37601136 PMCID: PMC10433905 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1154611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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The gut is a relatively silent organ in utero but takes on a major role after birth for the absorption and digestion of feed for adequate nutrition and growth. The neonatal circulation undergoes a transition period after birth, and gut perfusion increases rapidly to satisfy the oxygen demand and consumption. If this process is compromised at any stage, preterm and fetal growth restricted infants are at particular risk of gut tissue injury secondary to hypoxia, leading to necrotizing enterocolitis. Feeding can also be a challenge in these high-risk groups due to gut dysmotility. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) Doppler is a safe, bedside investigation that could rapidly aid clinicians with feeding strategies and in monitoring high-risk infants. This article aims to establish normal patterns of gut blood flow velocity in neonates using SMA Doppler and reviews how it might be used clinically in pathologic states.
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- C. Murphy
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Taylor A, Davidson G, Boyce M, Murphy C, Doole S, Rogers C, Fraser I. Background levels of body fluids and DNA on the shaft of the penis and associated underpants in the absence of sexual activity. Sci Justice 2023; 63:529-536. [PMID: 37453785 DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2023.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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This study examines the background of blood, saliva, semen and autosomal DNA on penile swabs and underpants from males in the absence of recent sexual activity. Based on the data collected by the AFSP Body Fluid Forum, the results of this study show that; there is a very low expectation of detecting blood on penile swabs and male underpants; a low expectation of detecting saliva on penile swabs and male underpants; and spermatozoa would be expected in less than a quarter of penile swabs and three quarters of male underpants. As none of the samples had detectable levels of DNA which were suitable for meaningful comparison that did not match the donor or their partner, the expectation of detecting a DNA profile from the cellular background on penile swabs or underpants from a male who has not been involved in recent sexual intercourse is very low. The results of this study are extremely informative when evaluating the significance of blood, saliva, semen and DNA detected on the penile swabs and underpants of males in cases of alleged sexual assault.
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- A Taylor
- Formerly of Forensic Science Northern Ireland, 151 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim BT38 8PL, Northern Ireland
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- Cellmark Forensic Services, Buckshaw Link, Ordnance Road, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 7EL, United Kingdom.
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- Formerly of Key Forensic Services, 207C Cavendish Place, Birchwood Park, Warrington WA3 6WU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Justice and Equality, Forensic Science Ireland, Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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- Eurofins Forensic Services, Sir Alec Jeffreys Building, Peel Avenue, Calderpark, Wakefield WF2 7UA, United Kingdom.
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- SPA Forensic Services, Scottish Crime Campus, Craignethan Drive, Gartcosh G69 8AE. United Kingdom.
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- Forensic Science Northern Ireland, 151 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim BT38 8PL, Northern Ireland.
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Murphy C, Wong JY, Cowling BJ. Nonpharmaceutical interventions for managing SARS-CoV-2. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2023; 29:184-190. [PMID: 36856551 PMCID: PMC10090342 DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Initial response strategies to the COVID-19 pandemic were heavily reliant on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), a set of measures implemented to slow or even stop the spread of infection. Here, we reviewed key measures used during the COVID-19 pandemic. RECENT FINDINGS Some NPIs were successful in reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Personal protective measures such as face masks were widely used, and likely had some effect on transmission. The development and production of rapid antigen tests allowed self-diagnosis in the community, informing isolation and quarantine measures. Community-wide measures such as school closures, workplace closures and complete stay-at-home orders were able to reduce contacts and prevent transmission. They were widely used in the pandemic and contributed to reduce transmission in the community; however, there were also negative unintended consequences in the society and economy. SUMMARY NPIs slowed the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and are essential for pandemic preparedness and response. Understanding which measures are more effective at reducing transmission with lower costs is imperative.
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- Caitriona Murphy
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Fox A, Smith A, Murphy C, Bussmann N, McCallion N. How can we improve the retention of doctors. Ir Med J 2023; 116:741. [PMID: 36976614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Fox A, Smith A, Murphy C, Bussmann N, McCallion N. How can we improve retention of doctors. Ir Med J 2023; 116:741. [PMID: 37010476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Murphy C, Sherwin A, Lavelle A. Autonomy vs. the environment: nitrous oxide use in obstetrics, an ongoing challenge. Anaesthesia 2023; 78:654-655. [PMID: 36715244 DOI: 10.1111/anae.15976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- C Murphy
- St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Murphy C, Bray X, Martin R. Recruitment and organising 3rd year pharmacy undergraduates into summer placements in primary care in Southwest England. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ijpp/riac089.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Introduction
Primary care is facing a workforce shortage, especially in Southwest England (SW).1 Funding for clinical pharmacist roles in GP has an impact on community pharmacy with pharmacists leaving to take up PCN positions.2 SW has higher rate of vacancies in than nationally.3 Oriel data showed that fill rate for split foundation training placements in GP is high, however, in SW is significantly low.
Aim
To increase recruitment of future pharmacists in SW by offering pharmacy undergraduates paid 5-week summer placements in GP or GP/community pharmacy partnership, gaining primary care experience, showcasing benefits of cross-sector working and encouraging development of partnerships for increased cross-sector training placements.
Objectives
Students enjoy SW area placement, Students recommend placement to other students, Students preference GP foundation placement, Supervisors express interest in a summer placement for 2022, Supervisors express interest in the GP split trainee pharmacist programme.
Methods
Expressions of interest (EOIs) sought from primary care placements in SW and 16 sites selected. Applicants shortlisted and interviewed online. 16 offered placements based on preference of location. Funding by HEE South reimbursed for student’s wages. Planning booklets provided to GPs, workbooks to students and online induction attended. During the placement, students completed an audit and case-based discussion, shadowed healthcare professionals, assisted administration and pharmacy tasks and practised basic procedural skills. Students attended end-of-placement event to share learning and sent questionnaire focusing on enjoyment of the placement and likelihood of returning to the Southwest and primary care for future employment. Supervisors sent questionnaire separately focusing on likelihood to partake in future. Questionnaires were sent, completed and analysed via Jisc. Ethics approval was not required.
Results
10 students and 11 supervisors completed the survey. 60% students enjoyed SW. 90% students would recommend placement to other students and 90% would like to see them in other areas. 70% students very likely to or definitely would apply for GP foundation placement. 63% supervisors benefitted from having a student and 81% would recommend having summer placement student. 55% supervisors would definitely EOI in future summer placement programme and 55% would definitely EOI in GP split foundation programme. 25% students chose GP/Community placements in SW, 18% other placements in SW, 12% GP placements in other regions. Oriel fill rates in SW increased from 36.67% in 2020 to 39.30% in 2021, GP/Community placements remained the same in 2021 at 28.2% and community placements increased in from 18.14% in 2020 to 18.75% in 2021.
Discussion/Conclusion
The students enjoyed their placements and would recommend to other students. Supervisors found having students useful and would have a student in the future. Although some students were successful in securing a placement in SW for foundation training, due to nature of Oriel it’s not possible to determine how many preferenced SW and GP split programme, this is a limitation to the evaluation. Oriel fill rates didn’t increase for SW community/GP placements as desired, however this was a very small cohort. This pilot will be repeated summer 2022 so fill rates can be evaluated in 2023.
References
1. NHS. The NHS Long Term Plan. Long Term Plan. [Online] 2019. Available from: https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nhs-long-term-plan-version-1.2.pdf.
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Ruhotina M, Murphy C, Wilcox A, Kashani SM. Time for an Education Revamp? A Cross-Sectional Multi-Institute Survey of FMIGS Program Directors and Fellows’ Didactics Experiences. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2022.09.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Munro F, Murphy C. 283 AN EXPLORATION OF THE IRISH NATIONAL FRAILTY EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON PRACTICE: A FRAILTY FACILITATOR'S PERSPECTIVE. Age Ageing 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac218.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Frailty is associated with a range of adverse outcomes in older adults requiring prevention, early detection and management. Interprofessional collaboration in education and practice can facilitate integrated care for older people in the management of frailty. In Ireland, an interprofessional National Frailty Education Programme (NFEP) is delivered in partnership between the National Clinical Programme for Older People (NCPOP) and The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). On completion of the NFEP, Frailty Facilitators return to their regional/local frailty networks to deliver the programme to healthcare professionals across disciplines and settings. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of the National Frailty Education Programme on practice.
Methods
A qualitative exploratory approach was adopted to elicit the perspectives of Frailty Facilitators on the impact of the NFEP on practice. Purposive sampling was employed across frailty networks nationwide. Focus groups were conducted, and data were analysed using thematic analysis.
Results
Twenty-four participants from five frailty networks took part in five focus groups across Ulster, Leinster and Connaught. Frailty Facilitators collaborated to deliver education on frailty in their local networks following the NFEP. Management support particularly that provided by the Centres for Midwifery and Nurse Education was deemed a significant enabler of frailty education. Strong interprofessional alliances were developed that enhanced communication between primary and secondary care settings in the care of older people. The medical profession were noted to have low participation in the frailty networks. The results revealed widespread use of frailty instruments for assessment and a shared understanding and language on frailty.
Conclusion
The NFEP had a clear impact on Frailty Facilitator’s practice. Conceptualisation and reflection on frailty related practice was in evidence across the frailty networks thus enabling multidisciplinary teams to manage the care of an older person with frailty in an integrated way.
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- F Munro
- Health Service Executive , Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, , Dublin, Ireland
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Murphy C, Duggan E, Knight S, Davis J, Zuniga RG, Connolly E, Kenny RA, McCarthy S, Romero-Ortuno R. 34 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM CAROTENOID CONCENTRATIONS AND FRAILTY, PROBABLE SARCOPENIA, AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN THE IRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEING (TILDA). Age Ageing 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac218.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Lutein and zeaxanthin are antioxidant and anti-inflammatory carotenoids derived from foods such as fruit and vegetables. Serum concentrations of Lutein (Ls) and Zeaxanthin (Zs) reflect habitual dietary intake. This study examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between Ls and Zs and frailty, probable sarcopenia, and indices of physical function in TILDA.
Methods
The cross-sectional analysis included n=4672 community-dwelling adults aged ≥50 years with Ls and Zs at Wave 1 (2010). For the longitudinal analyses, changes in usual gait speed (at Wave 3, 2014), grip strength (Wave 4, 2016) and Timed Up-and-Go (TUG; Wave 5, 2018), incident probable sarcopenia (defined as grip strength <27 kg in men, <16 kg in women, at Wave 4) and incident frailty (Fried, at Wave 5) were determined. Multivariable linear and logistic regression analyses were adjusted for age, sex, waist circumference, education, malnutrition, smoking, chronic disease, alcohol intake and physical activity.
Results
Cross-sectionally, Ls and Zs were positively associated with gait speed (B [95% CI] per 100-nmol/L higher concentration: Ls 0.67 [0.22, 1.12], Zs 1.3 [0.21, 2.48] cm/s) and inversely associated with TUG time (Ls –0.07 [-0.11, –0.02], Zs –0.14 [-0.25, –0.03] s) and with frailty (OR: Ls 0.61 [0.42, 0.87], Zs 0.23 [0.08, 0.68]), all p <0.05), but not with grip strength or probable sarcopenia. Longitudinally, Ls was inversely associated incident frailty (OR 0.85 [0.04, 0.84], p=0.03), whereas Zs was not (0.83 [0.56, 1.23], p=0.36). Neither Ls or Zs were related to changes in physical function measures or incident probable sarcopenia (p>0.05).
Conclusion
Cross-sectionally, lower Ls and Zs were independently associated with frailty, slower gait speed and worse TUG performance. However, Wave 1 Ls and Zs were not predictive of changes in these outcomes over 4-8 years of follow up, with the exception of Ls which was inversely associated with incident frailty after 8 years.
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- C Murphy
- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Teagasc Food Research Centre , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Teagasc Food Research Centre , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), , Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, , Dublin, Ireland
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Murphy C, Timon C, Heffernan E, Hopper L, Gallagher P, Hussey P. 67 TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LIVING AT HOME: ONLINE SURVEY OF USER NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS. Age Ageing 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac218.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Technology can play a key role in supporting older adults to live independently at home. A User Needs and Requirements study including co-design workshops and an online survey was conducted to inform the development of a technological solution aimed at supporting older adults to remain living independently at home. The online survey component is reported here.
Methods
Eligibility criteria included that respondents were older adults living at home or caregiving stakeholders providing care to older adults at home e.g. family caregivers or health/social care professionals. Recruitment took place throughout Ireland through civil society organisations and age friendly networks in local councils. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from June to July 2020. Descriptive statistics were applied to quantitative data and inductive thematic analysis was performed on free text responses.
Results
In total, 380 respondents completed the survey (n= 235 older adults, n=77 family caregivers, n=47 healthcare professionals and n=21 home support workers). Older adults identified key issues where technology might support them to live independently, these included, home security (33% n=77), falls (30% n=69), reduced mobility (23% n=55) and loneliness (23% n=54). Thematic analysis highlighted key areas where technology could assist stakeholders in providing care for older adults living independently, these included, remote monitoring of family members (family caregivers), communication with clients (healthcare professionals) and falls (home support workers). Older adults reported that data privacy and the cost of technology were key concerns. All groups reported a high level of willingness to use technology such as ambient sensors, wearable devices and voice activated assistants to support independent living.
Conclusion
Results of this survey provide insights into user needs and requirements in combination with results from co-design workshops to inform the design, development and trial of a technology system to support independent living at home.
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- C Murphy
- Dublin City University School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, , Dublin, Ireland
- Dublin City University Centre for eIntegrated Care, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University Centre for eIntegrated Care, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University Centre for eIntegrated Care, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University School of Psychology, , Dublin, Ireland
- Dublin City University Centre for eIntegrated Care, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University School of Psychology, , Dublin, Ireland
- Dublin City University Centre for eIntegrated Care, , Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, , Dublin, Ireland
- Dublin City University Centre for eIntegrated Care, , Dublin, Ireland
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Murphy C, Keogh IJ. The Evolution of the medical record from paper to digital: an ENT perspective. J Laryngol Otol 2022:1-13. [PMID: 36217668 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215122002195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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- C Murphy
- Department of Otolaryngology, University College Hospital Galway, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University College Hospital Galway, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway
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Matulonis U, Moore K, Lorusso D, Oaknin A, Pignata S, Denys H, Colombo N, Van Gorp T, Konner J, Romeo Marin M, Harter P, Murphy C, Tu Y, Zhu F, Esteves B, Method M, Birrer M, Coleman R, O'Malley D. 592P Exposure response (ER) analysis for efficacy and safety of mirvetuximab soravtansine (MIRV) in patients with folate receptor α (FRα)-positive cancer. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Moore K, Oza A, Colombo N, Oaknin A, Scambia G, Lorusso D, Banerjee S, Murphy C, Konner J, Lim P, Prasad-Hayes M, Monk B, Wang J, Birrer M, Vergote I. 532P Analyses of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) with mirvetuximab soravtansine (MIRV) versus standard chemotherapy in the randomized phase III FORWARD I study in ovarian cancer (GOG 3011). Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Capinha L, Zhang Y, Holzer AK, Ückert AK, Zana M, Murphy C, Mazidi Z, Grillari J, Commandeur J, Dinnyes A, van der Water B, Leist M, Jennings P. P14-16 Application of various human in vitro systems for the confirmation of cellular targets and the molecular toxicity of glutathione conjugates of Trichloroethylene. Toxicol Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Murphy C, Duffy F, McCormick F, O'Donnell S, Fitzpatrick F, Humphreys H. Workload for infection prevention and control teams in preventing nosocomial tuberculosis. An underestimated burden. J Hosp Infect 2022; 129:115-116. [PMID: 35961479 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- C Murphy
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Infection Prevention and Control Department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Infection Prevention and Control Department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Minihan B, McAuliffe E, Powell J, Wong SL, Wilkie K, Murphy C, Maher A, Power L, O'Connell NH, Dunne CP. Association between tocilizumab treatment of hyperinflammatory patients with COVID-19 in a critical care setting and elevated incidence of hospital-acquired bacterial and invasive fungal infections. J Hosp Infect 2022; 126:29-36. [PMID: 35472487 PMCID: PMC9033628 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Background Tocilizumab is an interleukin-6 inhibitor that reduces mortality and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, while increasing the possibility of successful hospital discharge for hyperinflammatory patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). No increase in adverse events or serious infections has been reported previously. Aim To describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 in critical care who received tocilizumab, and to compare mortality and length of hospital stay for patients who received tocilizumab (N=41) with those who did not (N=33). Methods Retrospective review of data related to patients with COVID-19 who received tocilizumab in a critical care setting from 1st January to 31st December 2021. Findings Amongst COVID-19 survivors, those who had received tocilizumab had longer intensive care unit (ICU) stays (median length 21 vs 9 days) and hospital stays (45 vs 34 days) compared with those who had not received tocilizumab. Thirty-day mortality (29% vs 36%; P=0.5196) and 60-day mortality (37% and 42%; P=0.6138) were not significantly lower in patients who received tocilizumab. Serious bacterial and fungal infections occurred at higher frequency amongst patients who received tocilizumab [odds ratio (OR) 2.67, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04–6.86; P=0.042], and at significantly higher frequency than in non-COVID-19 ICU admissions (OR 5.26, 95% CI 3.08–9.00; P<0.0001). Conclusions In this single-centre study, patients in critical care with severe COVID-19 who received tocilizumab had a greater number of serious bacterial and fungal infections, but this may not have been a direct effect of tocilizumab treatment.
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Pharmacy, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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Murphy C, Hartop K, Aggrey K, Bilan J, Lumsden J, Colquhoun K, Quinn T. 802 CONCURRENT PATHOLOGIES OBSERVED IN OLDER ADULTS WITH COVID-19 INFECTION. Age Ageing 2022. [PMCID: PMC9383589 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac037.802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction This study aimed to look at the effect of frailty and multi morbidity on short-term outcomes in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in a hospital setting, looking specifically at the variety of concurrent pathologies diagnosed during their admission and how these affected the course of their illness and mortality. Methods The study took place at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. We retrospectively collected data from 280 patients who were admitted to the medicine for the elderly department between the 1st October and 1st December 2020 and diagnosed with COVID-19. Results In this cohort, 65% of older adults in hospital with COVID-19 had their admissions complicated by concurrent pathologies; most commonly delirium, acute kidney injury and pulmonary embolism, also increasing mortality in this group. It was also found that 39% of patients in this group had co-pathologies that were not necessarily associated with COVID-19 disease, for example AKI, AF and stroke/TIA. 35% of older adults in this group had no concurrent medical diagnoses during their admission, however this did not correlate with reduced mortality in this group. Conclusion The data highlights the vulnerability of older adults with COVID-19 infection making them more susceptible to concurrent disease and contributing to further morbidity and mortality. We also found a large number of patients had co-pathologies not associated with COVID-19 disease, highlighting the importance of considering other diagnoses in frail elderly patients.
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- C Murphy
- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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- Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly; Department of Medicine for the elderly
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Wymant C, Bezemer D, Blanquart F, Ferretti L, Gall A, Hall M, Golubchik T, Bakker M, Ong SH, Zhao L, Bonsall D, de Cesare M, MacIntyre-Cockett G, Abeler-Dörner L, Albert J, Bannert N, Fellay J, Grabowski MK, Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B, Günthard HF, Kivelä P, Kouyos RD, Laeyendecker O, Meyer L, Porter K, Ristola M, van Sighem A, Berkhout B, Kellam P, Cornelissen M, Reiss P, Fraser C, Aubert V, Battegay M, Bernasconi E, Böni J, Braun DL, Bucher HC, Burton-Jeangros C, Calmy A, Cavassini M, Dollenmaier G, Egger M, Elzi L, Fehr J, Fellay J, Furrer H, Fux CA, Gorgievski M, Günthard H, Haerry D, Hasse B, Hirsch HH, Hoffmann M, Hösli I, Kahlert C, Kaiser L, Keiser O, Klimkait T, Kouyos R, Kovari H, Ledergerber B, Martinetti G, de Tejada BM, Marzolini C, Metzner K, Müller N, Nadal D, Nicca D, Pantaleo G, Rauch A, Regenass S, Rudin C, Schöni-Affolter F, Schmid P, Speck R, Stöckle M, Tarr P, Trkola A, Vernazza P, Weber R, Yerly S, van der Valk M, Geerlings SE, Goorhuis A, Hovius JW, Lempkes B, Nellen FJB, van der Poll T, Prins JM, Reiss P, van Vugt M, Wiersinga WJ, Wit FWMN, van Duinen M, van Eden J, Hazenberg A, van Hes AMH, Rajamanoharan S, Robinson T, Taylor B, Brewer C, Mayr C, Schmidt W, Speidel A, Strohbach F, Arastéh K, Cordes C, Pijnappel FJJ, Stündel M, Claus J, Baumgarten A, Carganico A, Ingiliz P, Dupke S, Freiwald M, Rausch M, Moll A, Schleehauf D, Smalhout SY, Hintsche B, Klausen G, Jessen H, Jessen A, Köppe S, Kreckel P, Schranz D, Fischer K, Schulbin H, Speer M, Weijsenfeld AM, Glaunsinger T, Wicke T, Bieniek B, Hillenbrand H, Schlote F, Lauenroth-Mai E, Schuler C, Schürmann D, Wesselmann H, Brockmeyer N, Jurriaans S, Gehring P, Schmalöer D, Hower M, Spornraft-Ragaller P, Häussinger D, Reuter S, Esser S, Markus R, Kreft B, Berzow D, Back NKT, Christl A, Meyer A, Plettenberg A, Stoehr A, Graefe K, Lorenzen T, Adam A, Schewe K, Weitner L, Fenske S, Zaaijer HL, Hansen S, Stellbrink HJ, Wiemer D, Hertling S, Schmidt R, Arbter P, Claus B, Galle P, Jäger H, Jä 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A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 circulating in the Netherlands. Science 2022; 375:540-545. [PMID: 35113714 DOI: 10.1126/science.abk1688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
We discovered a highly virulent variant of subtype-B HIV-1 in the Netherlands. One hundred nine individuals with this variant had a 0.54 to 0.74 log10 increase (i.e., a ~3.5-fold to 5.5-fold increase) in viral load compared with, and exhibited CD4 cell decline twice as fast as, 6604 individuals with other subtype-B strains. Without treatment, advanced HIV-CD4 cell counts below 350 cells per cubic millimeter, with long-term clinical consequences-is expected to be reached, on average, 9 months after diagnosis for individuals in their thirties with this variant. Age, sex, suspected mode of transmission, and place of birth for the aforementioned 109 individuals were typical for HIV-positive people in the Netherlands, which suggests that the increased virulence is attributable to the viral strain. Genetic sequence analysis suggests that this variant arose in the 1990s from de novo mutation, not recombination, with increased transmissibility and an unfamiliar molecular mechanism of virulence.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chris Wymant
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | | | - François Blanquart
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université de Paris, Paris, France
| | - Luca Ferretti
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Astrid Gall
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
| | - Matthew Hall
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Tanya Golubchik
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Margreet Bakker
- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - Swee Hoe Ong
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
| | - Lele Zhao
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - David Bonsall
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Mariateresa de Cesare
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - George MacIntyre-Cockett
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Lucie Abeler-Dörner
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Jan Albert
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Norbert Bannert
- Division for HIV and Other Retroviruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
| | - Jacques Fellay
- School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Precision Medicine Unit, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
| | - M Kate Grabowski
- Department of Pathology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | | | - Huldrych F Günthard
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Pia Kivelä
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Roger D Kouyos
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | | | - Laurence Meyer
- INSERM CESP U1018, Université Paris Saclay, APHP, Service de Santé Publique, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
| | - Kholoud Porter
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
| | - Matti Ristola
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | | | - Ben Berkhout
- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - Paul Kellam
- Kymab Ltd., Cambridge, UK.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Marion Cornelissen
- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - Peter Reiss
- Stichting HIV Monitoring, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Global Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Gill CJ, Mwananyanda L, MacLeod WB, Kwenda G, Pieciak R, Mupila Z, Murphy C, Chikoti C, Forman L, Berklein F, Lapidot R, Chimoga C, Ngoma B, Larson A, Lungu J, Nakazwe R, Nzara D, Pemba L, Yankonde B, Chirwa A, Mwale M, Thea DM. Infant deaths from respiratory syncytial virus in Lusaka, Zambia from the ZPRIME study: a 3-year, systematic, post-mortem surveillance project. Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10:e269-e277. [PMID: 35063114 PMCID: PMC8789563 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00518-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections and a key driver of childhood mortality. Previous RSV burden of disease estimates used hospital-based surveillance data and modelled, rather than directly measured, community deaths. Given this uncertainty, we conducted a 3-year post-mortem prevalence study among young infants at a busy morgue in Lusaka, Zambia—the Zambia Pertussis RSV Infant Mortality Estimation (ZPRIME) study. Methods Infants were eligible for inclusion if they were aged between 4 days and less than 6 months and were enrolled within 48 h of death. Enrolment occurred mainly at the University Teaching Hospital of the University of Zambia Medical School (Lusaka, Zambia), the largest teaching hospital in Zambia. We extracted demographic and clinical data from medical charts and official death certificates, and we conducted verbal autopsies with the guardian or next of kin. RSV was identified using reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR and stratified by age, time of year, and setting (community vs facility deaths). By combining the PCR prevalence data with syndromic presentation, we estimated the proportion of all infant deaths that were due to RSV. Findings The ZPRIME study ran from Aug 31, 2017, to Aug 31, 2020, except for from April 1 to May 6, 2020, during which data were not collected due to restrictions on human research at this time (linked to COVID-19). We enrolled 2286 deceased infants, representing 79% of total infant deaths in Lusaka. RSV was detected in 162 (7%) of 2286 deceased infants. RSV was detected in 102 (9%) of 1176 community deaths, compared with 10 (4%) of 236 early facility deaths (<48 h from admission) and 36 (5%) of 737 late facility deaths (≥48 h from admission). RSV deaths were concentrated in infants younger than 3 months (116 [72%] of 162 infants), and were clustered in the first half of each year and in the poorest and most densely populated Lusaka townships. RSV caused at least 2·8% (95% CI 1·0–4·6) of all infant deaths and 4·7% (1·3–8·1) of community deaths. Interpretation RSV was a major seasonal cause of overall infant mortality, particularly among infants younger than 3 months of age. Because most RSV deaths occurred in the community and would have been missed through hospital-based surveillance, the global burden of fatal RSV has probably been underestimated. Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Christopher J Gill
- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Right to Care Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Abudinén F, Adachi I, Adamczyk K, Aggarwal L, Ahmed H, Aihara H, Akopov N, Aloisio A, Anh Ky N, Asner DM, Atmacan H, Aushev V, Babu V, Bacher S, Bae H, Baehr S, Bahinipati S, Bambade P, Banerjee S, Bansal S, Barrett M, Baudot J, Bauer M, Baur A, Becker J, Behera PK, Bennett JV, Bernieri E, Bernlochner FU, Bertemes M, Bertholet E, Bessner M, Bettarini S, Bhardwaj V, Bianchi F, Bilka T, Bilokin S, Biswas D, Bobrov A, Bodrov D, Bolz A, Bozek A, Bračko M, Branchini P, Braun N, Briere RA, Browder TE, Budano A, Bussino S, Campajola M, Cao L, Casarosa G, Cecchi C, Červenkov D, Chang MC, Chang P, Cheaib R, Chekelian V, Chen C, Chen YT, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chirapatpimol K, Cho HE, Cho K, Cho SJ, Choi SK, Choudhury S, Cinabro D, Corona L, Cremaldi LM, Cunliffe S, Czank T, Dattola F, De La Cruz-Burelo E, de Marino G, De Nardo G, De Pietro G, de Sangro R, Destefanis M, Dey S, De Yta-Hernandez A, Di Canto A, Di Capua F, Dingfelder J, Doležal Z, Domínguez Jiménez I, Dong TV, Dorigo M, Dort K, Dossett D, Dubey S, Duell S, Dujany G, Ecker P, Epifanov D, Ferber T, Ferlewicz D, Finocchiaro G, Flood K, Fodor A, Forti F, Fulsom BG, Gabrielli A, Gabyshev N, Gaz A, Gellrich A, Giakoustidis G, Giordano R, Giri A, Glazov A, Gobbo B, Godang R, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Gradl W, Graziani E, Greenwald D, Gu T, Guan Y, Gudkova K, Guilliams J, Hadjivasiliou C, Halder S, Hara K, Hara T, Hartbrich O, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazra S, Hearty C, Heredia de la Cruz I, Hernández Villanueva M, Hershenhorn A, Higuchi T, Hill EC, Hirata H, Hoek M, Hohmann M, Hsu CL, Humair T, Iijima T, Inami K, Inguglia G, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Jacobs WW, Jaffe DE, Jang EJ, Jia S, Jin Y, Junkerkalefeld H, Kakuno H, Kaliyar AB, Kandra J, Kang KH, Karl R, Karyan G, Kato Y, Kawasaki T, Kiesling C, Kim CH, Kim DY, Kim YK, Kim Y, Kimmel TD, Kinoshita K, Kodyš P, Koga T, Kohani S, Konno T, Korpar S, Kovalenko E, Kowalewski R, Kraetzschmar TMG, Krinner F, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar J, Kumar M, Kumar R, Kumara K, Kurz S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lacaprara S, Lalwani K, Lam T, Lanceri L, Lange JS, Laurenza M, Lautenbach K, Le Diberder FR, Lee SC, Leitl P, Levit D, Li C, Li LK, Libby J, Lieret K, Liptak Z, Liu QY, Liventsev D, Longo S, Lueck T, Lyu C, Manfredi R, Manoni E, Marinas C, Martini A, Matsuda T, Matsuoka K, Matvienko D, McKenna JA, Meier F, Merola M, Metzner F, Miller C, Miyabayashi K, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Molina-Gonzalez N, Moon H, Moser HG, Mrvar M, Murphy C, Mussa R, Nakamura I, Nakamura KR, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Natochii A, Nazaryan G, Niebuhr C, Niiyama M, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Ogawa S, Onishchuk Y, Ono H, Onuki Y, Oskin P, Oxford ER, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Paladino A, Pang T, Panta A, Paoloni E, Pardi S, Park H, Park SH, Paschen B, Passeri A, Pathak A, Patra S, Paul S, Pedlar TK, Peruzzi I, Peschke R, Pestotnik R, Pham F, Piccolo M, Piilonen LE, Pinna Angioni G, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Podobnik T, Pokharel S, Polat G, Popov V, Praz C, Prell S, Prencipe E, Prim MT, Purohit MV, Purwar H, Rad N, Rados P, Raiz S, Reiter S, Remnev M, Ripp-Baudot I, Rizzo G, Rizzuto LB, Robertson SH, Roney JM, Rostomyan A, Rout N, Rozanska M, Sahoo D, Sanders DA, Sandilya S, Sangal A, Santelj L, Sato Y, Savinov V, Scavino B, Schueler J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seino Y, Selce A, Senyo K, Serrano J, Sfienti C, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Sobie RJ, Soffer A, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Spataro S, Spruck B, Starič M, Stefkova S, Stottler ZS, Stroili R, Strube J, Sumihama M, Sutcliffe W, Suzuki SY, Svidras H, Tabata M, Takizawa M, Tamponi U, Tanaka S, Tanida K, Tanigawa H, Taniguchi N, Tenchini F, Tiwary R, Tonelli D, Torassa E, Toutounji N, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Ueda I, Uehara S, Uematsu Y, Uglov T, Unger K, Unno Y, Uno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov YV, Vahsen SE, van Tonder R, Varner GS, Vinokurova A, Vitale L, Vossen A, Waheed E, Wakeling HM, Wang E, Wang MZ, Wang XL, Warburton A, Watanabe M, Welsch M, Wessel C, Wiechczynski J, Won E, Xu XP, Yabsley BD, Yamada S, Yan W, Yang SB, Ye H, Yelton J, Yin JH, Yoshihara K, Yusa Y, Zani L, Zhilich V, Zhou QD, Zhou XY, Zhukova VI, Žlebčík R. Precise Measurement of the D^{0} and D^{+} Lifetimes at Belle II. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:211801. [PMID: 34860075 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.211801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
We report a measurement of the D^{0} and D^{+} lifetimes using D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+} and D^{+}→K^{-}π^{+}π^{+} decays reconstructed in e^{+}e^{-}→cc[over ¯] data recorded by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy e^{+}e^{-} collider. The data, collected at center-of-mass energies at or near the ϒ(4S) resonance, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 72 fb^{-1}. The results, τ(D^{0})=410.5±1.1(stat)±0.8(syst) fs and τ(D^{+})=1030.4±4.7(stat)±3.1(syst) fs, are the most precise to date and are consistent with previous determinations.
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- F Abudinén
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Taras Shevchenko National Univ. of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar 751007, India
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306, India
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei 24205, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea
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- Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, South Korea
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583, Japan
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360, Mexico
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - M Destefanis
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - S Dey
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - A De Yta-Hernandez
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360, Mexico
| | - A Di Canto
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - F Di Capua
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | | | - T V Dong
- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - S Duell
- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - P Ecker
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D Epifanov
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - T Ferber
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Finocchiaro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - K Flood
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - A Fodor
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8, Canada
| | - F Forti
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - B G Fulsom
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, D.C. 99352, USA
| | - A Gabrielli
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - N Gabyshev
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - A Gaz
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - A Gellrich
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India
| | - A Glazov
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - B Gobbo
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - R Godang
- University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688, USA
| | - P Goldenzweig
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B Golob
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - W Gradl
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - E Graziani
- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
| | - D Greenwald
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
| | - T Gu
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
| | - Y Guan
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - K Gudkova
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J Guilliams
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - C Hadjivasiliou
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, D.C. 99352, USA
| | - S Halder
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - K Hara
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - T Hara
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - O Hartbrich
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - K Hayasaka
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - H Hayashii
- Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
| | - S Hazra
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - C Hearty
- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - I Heredia de la Cruz
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360, Mexico
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico City 03940, Mexico
| | | | - A Hershenhorn
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - T Higuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583, Japan
| | - E C Hill
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - H Hirata
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - M Hoek
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - M Hohmann
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - C-L Hsu
- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
| | - T Humair
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - T Iijima
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - K Inami
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - G Inguglia
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
| | - A Ishikawa
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - R Itoh
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - M Iwasaki
- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
| | - Y Iwasaki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - W W Jacobs
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
| | - D E Jaffe
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - E-J Jang
- Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, South Korea
| | - S Jia
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443, China
| | - Y Jin
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | | | - H Kakuno
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
| | - A B Kaliyar
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - J Kandra
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - K H Kang
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea
| | - R Karl
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - G Karyan
- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
| | - Y Kato
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - T Kawasaki
- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan
| | - C Kiesling
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - C-H Kim
- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
| | - D Y Kim
- Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, South Korea
| | - Y-K Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea
| | - Y Kim
- Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
| | - T D Kimmel
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - K Kinoshita
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - P Kodyš
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - T Koga
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - S Kohani
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - T Konno
- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan
| | - S Korpar
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
| | - E Kovalenko
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - R Kowalewski
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6, Canada
| | | | - F Krinner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - P Križan
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - P Krokovny
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - T Kuhr
- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - J Kumar
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
| | - M Kumar
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur 302017, India
| | - R Kumar
- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
| | - K Kumara
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | - S Kurz
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - A Kuzmin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - Y-J Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea
| | - S Lacaprara
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - K Lalwani
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur 302017, India
| | - T Lam
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - L Lanceri
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - J S Lange
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
| | - M Laurenza
- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
| | - K Lautenbach
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille, France
| | - F R Le Diberder
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - S C Lee
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea
| | - P Leitl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - D Levit
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
| | - C Li
- Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
| | - L K Li
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - J Libby
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - K Lieret
- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - Z Liptak
- Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
| | - Q Y Liu
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - D Liventsev
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | - S Longo
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - T Lueck
- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - C Lyu
- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
| | - R Manfredi
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - E Manoni
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Marinas
- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Paterna 46980, Spain
| | - A Martini
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - T Matsuda
- University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
| | - K Matsuoka
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - D Matvienko
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J A McKenna
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - F Meier
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
| | - M Merola
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - F Metzner
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - C Miller
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6, Canada
| | | | - R Mizuk
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
| | - G B Mohanty
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - N Molina-Gonzalez
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360, Mexico
| | - H Moon
- Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
| | - H-G Moser
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - M Mrvar
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
| | - C Murphy
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583, Japan
| | - R Mussa
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - I Nakamura
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - K R Nakamura
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - M Nakao
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - H Nakazawa
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Z Natkaniec
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
| | - A Natochii
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - G Nazaryan
- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
| | - C Niebuhr
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - M Niiyama
- Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
| | - N K Nisar
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - S Nishida
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - K Nishimura
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - S Ogawa
- Toho University, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
| | - Y Onishchuk
- Taras Shevchenko National Univ. of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine
| | - H Ono
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - Y Onuki
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - P Oskin
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
| | - E R Oxford
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
| | - H Ozaki
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - P Pakhlov
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
| | - A Paladino
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - T Pang
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
| | - A Panta
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - E Paoloni
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Pardi
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - H Park
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - B Paschen
- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
| | - A Passeri
- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
| | - A Pathak
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - S Patra
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306, India
| | - S Paul
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
| | - T K Pedlar
- Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 52101, USA
| | - I Peruzzi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - R Peschke
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - R Pestotnik
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - M Piccolo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - L E Piilonen
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - G Pinna Angioni
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | | | - T Podobnik
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - S Pokharel
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Polat
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille, France
| | - V Popov
- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
| | - C Praz
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - S Prell
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - E Prencipe
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
| | - M T Prim
- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
| | - M V Purohit
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
| | - H Purwar
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - N Rad
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - P Rados
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
| | - S Raiz
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - S Reiter
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
| | - M Remnev
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - I Ripp-Baudot
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - G Rizzo
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L B Rizzuto
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - S H Robertson
- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - A Rostomyan
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - N Rout
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - M Rozanska
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
| | - D Sahoo
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - D A Sanders
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - S Sandilya
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India
| | - A Sangal
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - L Santelj
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - Y Sato
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - V Savinov
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
| | - B Scavino
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - J Schueler
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - C Schwanda
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
| | - A J Schwartz
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - Y Seino
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - A Selce
- ENEA Casaccia, I-00123 Roma, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy
| | - K Senyo
- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
| | - J Serrano
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille, France
| | - C Sfienti
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - J-G Shiu
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - B Shwartz
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - A Sibidanov
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - F Simon
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - R J Sobie
- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - A Soffer
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - A Sokolov
- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russian Federation
| | - E Solovieva
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
| | - S Spataro
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - B Spruck
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - M Starič
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - S Stefkova
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - Z S Stottler
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - R Stroili
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Strube
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, D.C. 99352, USA
| | - M Sumihama
- Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
| | | | - S Y Suzuki
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - H Svidras
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - M Tabata
- Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Meson Science Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8, Canada
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443, China
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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Dyer A, Murphy C, Lawlor B, Kennelly S. 18 SEDATIVE LOAD IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS WITH MILD–MODERATE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADVERSE EVENTS, DELIRIUM AND FALLS. Age Ageing 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab219.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Abstract
Background
Older adults are frequently prescribed medications with sedative effects, which are associated with numerous adverse consequences. However, the use and longitudinal associations of sedative medication use in older adults with mild–moderate Alzheimer Disease (AD), has not been explored to date.
Methods
The association between Sedative Load (SL) and adverse events, unscheduled healthcare utilisation, delirium and falls over 18 months was assessed in older adults with mild–moderate AD from 9 Countries. Additionally, the impact of SL on dementia progression was evaluated.
Results
Over half (52.35%; 267/510) of those with mild–moderate ad (72.8 ± 8.26 years, 61.89%) were prescribed a regular medication with sedation as a primary effect or prominent side effect with 17.65% (90/510) having a high SL (≥3). The most common medications contributing to SL were antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics. Over 18 months, greater SL was associated with adverse events (IRR 1.18, 1.14–1.23, p < 0.001)/serious adverse events (IRR 1.32, 1.18–1.49, p < 0.001) and unscheduled GP visits (IRR 1.26, 1.15–1.38, p < 0.001). Further, increasing SL was associated with greater likelihood of incident delirium (IRR 1.47, 1.25–1.73, p < 0.001) and falls (IRR 1.25, 1.06–1.48, p = 0.007) which persisted after covariate adjustment. SL was not associated with accelerated cognitive decline or ad progression.
Conclusion
Most adults with mild–moderate ad are prescribed at least one drug with a sedative effect and a significant minority have a high SL. Increasing SL was associated with a greater likelihood of experiencing adverse events, delirium and falls, highlighting the need for optimal prescribing in this vulnerable cohort.
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- A Dyer
- Age-Related Healthcare, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin, Ireland
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- Age-Related Healthcare, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin, Ireland
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- Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin, Ireland
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- Age-Related Healthcare, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin, Ireland
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O'Riordan F, Murphy J, Egan G, Murphy C, Ahern E. 47 DOSING OF DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN OLDER ADULTS. Age Ageing 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab219.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Abstract
Background
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are approved for a variety of uses including prevention of stroke in non-valvular atrial fibrillation and treatment and prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Adjustment to DOAC dosing may be required for age, weight and renal impairment. Incorrect lower dosing puts patients at risk of thromboembolic events whereas inappropriate higher dosing increases the risk of bleeding. We compared current DOAC dosing for patients admitted to our hospital and compare this against HSE best practice to determine if patients were receiving the correct dose [1].
Methods
A prospective single-centre study. Patients admitted to our hospital following a fracture and reviewed by the Orthogeriatric team between August–October 2020 were eligible for inclusion. We recorded admission DOAC dose, age, weight and renal function. We also obtained data including sex and Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS).
Results
Thirty-one patients were included. Mean age was 86 years [range 66–99] and 21(68%) were female. Apixaban was the most commonly used DOAC; 25(81%). Stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation was the most common DOAC indication; 29(93%). Twelve patients (39%) had an inappropriate DOAC dose prescribed. Eight patients (67%) had an inappropriately low dose and 4 patients (33%) had an inappropriately high dose. The mean CFS was 5 [Range 2–7] classifying our cohort as mildly frail.
Conclusion
Our study has shown that over one-third of our patients were on an inappropriate DOAC dose on admission with the majority (67%) due to under-dosing. Many factors may have influenced dosing choices by clinicians but our findings highlight the challenges in dosing, monitoring and the overall management of DOAC therapy in older people. Further studies and research are required to establish the most accurate and effective dosing strategies for DOACs in older adults.
Reference
1. Health Service Executive [Internet]. Ireland ‘Anticoagulation Prescribing Tips’ https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/clinical-strategy-and-programmes/noac-prescribing-tips-for-noacs.pdf.
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- F O'Riordan
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital , Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital , Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital , Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital , Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital , Cork, Ireland
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Kavanagh FG, James DL, Brinkman D, Cornyn S, Murphy C, O'Neill S, O'Shea R, Affendi A, Lang B, O'Connor A, Keogh I, Lang E, Russell J, O'Brien D, Sheahan P. Safety of elective paediatric surgery during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 150:110861. [PMID: 34583300 PMCID: PMC8349430 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Corona-virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a huge impact on the delivery of healthcare worldwide, particularly elective surgery. There is a lack of data regarding risk of postoperative COVID-19 infection in children undergoing elective surgery, and regarding the utility of pre-operative COVID-19 testing, and preoperative "cocooning" or restriction of movements. The purpose of this present study was to examine the safety of elective paediatric Otolaryngology surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to incidence of postoperative symptomatic COVID-19 infection or major respiratory complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective cohort study of paediatric patients undergoing elective Otolaryngology surgery between September and December 2020. Primary outcome measure was incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 or major respiratory complications within the 14 days after surgery. Parents of prospectively enrolled patients were contacted 14 days after surgery and enquiry made regarding development of postoperative symptoms, COVID-19 testing, or diagnosis of COVID-19. RESULTS 302 patients were recruited. 125 (41.4%) underwent preoperative COVID-19 RT-PCR testing. 66 (21.8%) restricted movements prior to surgery. The peak 14-day COVID-19 incidence during the study was 302.9 cases per 100,000 population. No COVID-19 infections or major respiratory complications were reported in the 14 day follow-up period. CONCLUSION The results of our study support the safety of elective paediatric Otolaryngology surgery during the pandemic, in the setting of community incidence not exceeding that observed during the study period.
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- F G Kavanagh
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland; Institute of Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 121 St. Stephens Green, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Health Ireland @ Temple Street, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Health Ireland @ Crumlin, Cooley Road, Dublin 12, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Health Ireland @ Temple Street, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Health Ireland @ Crumlin, Cooley Road, Dublin 12, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland; ENTO Research Unit, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland; Department of Surgery, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland
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Murphy C, Ruhotina M, Menderes G. Robotic Cystotomy Repair and Ureteral Dissection Techniques. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2021.09.252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abudinén F, Adachi I, Adamczyk K, Ahlburg P, Aihara H, Akopov N, Aloisio A, Anh Ky N, Asner DM, Atmacan H, Aushev T, Aushev V, Baur A, Babu V, Baehr S, Bambade P, Banerjee S, Bansal S, Baudot J, Becker J, Behera PK, Bennett JV, Bernieri E, Bernlochner FU, Bertemes M, Bertholet E, Bessner M, Bettarini S, Bianchi F, Bilka T, Biswas D, Bozek A, Bračko M, Branchini P, Braun N, Browder TE, Budano A, Bussino S, Campajola M, Cao L, Casarosa G, Cecchi C, Červenkov D, Chang P, Cheaib R, Chekelian V, Chen C, Chen YT, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chirapatpimol K, Cho K, Cho SJ, Choudhury S, Cinabro D, Corona L, Cremaldi LM, Cunliffe S, Czank T, Dattola F, De La Cruz-Burelo E, de Marino G, De Nardo G, De Nuccio M, De Pietro G, de Sangro R, Destefanis M, Dey S, De Yta-Hernandez A, Di Canto A, Di Capua F, Dingfelder J, Doležal Z, Domínguez Jiménez I, Dong TV, Dort K, Dubey S, Duell S, Dujany G, Eidelman S, Eliachevitch M, Epifanov D, Ferber T, Ferlewicz D, Fillinger T, Finocchiaro G, Fiore S, Fodor A, Forti F, Frey A, Fulsom BG, Gabyshev N, Ganiev E, Garcia-Hernandez M, Garmash A, Gaur V, Gaz A, Gellrich A, Giordano R, Giri A, Glazov A, Gobbo B, Godang R, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Grace P, Gradl W, Graziani E, Greenwald D, Guan Y, Gudkova K, Hadjivasiliou C, Halder S, Hara K, Hartbrich O, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazra S, Hearty C, Heredia de la Cruz I, Hernández Villanueva M, Hershenhorn A, Higuchi T, Hill EC, Hirata H, Hoek M, Hohmann M, Hsu CL, Humair T, Iijima T, Inami K, Inguglia G, Irakkathil Jabbar J, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Jackson P, Jacobs WW, Jaffe DE, Jin Y, Joo C, Junkerkalefeld H, Kaliyar AB, Kandra J, Kang KH, Karl R, Karyan G, Kawasaki T, Ketter C, Kichimi H, Kiesling C, Kim CH, Kim DY, Kim YK, Kimmel TD, Kodyš P, Koga T, Kohani S, Konno T, Korobov A, Korpar S, Kovalenko E, Kraetzschmar TMG, Krinner F, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar J, Kumar M, Kumar R, Kumara K, Kunigo T, Kurz S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lacaprara S, Lai YT, La Licata C, Lanceri L, Lange JS, Laurenza M, Lautenbach K, Le Diberder FR, Lee SC, Leitl P, Levit D, Lewis PM, Li C, Li LK, Li SX, Li YB, Libby J, Lieret K, Liptak Z, Liu QY, Liventsev D, Longo S, Lozar A, Lueck T, Lyu C, Maggiora M, Maity S, Manfredi R, Manoni E, Marcello S, Marinas C, Martini A, Masuda M, Matsuda T, Matsuoka K, Matvienko D, Meier F, Merola M, Metzner F, Milesi M, Miller C, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moser HG, Mrvar M, Müller FJ, Murphy C, Mussa R, Nakamura KR, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Natochii A, Nayak M, Nazaryan G, Niebuhr C, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Ogawa S, Onishchuk Y, Ono H, Onuki Y, Oskin P, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Paladino A, Pang T, Panta A, Paoloni E, Pardi S, Park H, Park SH, Paschen B, Passeri A, Pathak A, Patra S, Paul S, Pedlar TK, Peruzzi I, Pestotnik R, Piccolo M, Piilonen LE, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Podobnik T, Pokharel S, Polat G, Popov V, Praz C, Prell S, Prencipe E, Prim MT, Rad N, Rados P, Raiz S, Remnev M, Ripp-Baudot I, Ritter M, Rizzo G, Rizzuto LB, Robertson SH, Rodríguez Pérez D, Roney JM, Rostomyan A, Rout N, Russo G, Sahoo D, Sanders DA, Sandilya S, Sangal A, Santelj L, Sato Y, Savinov V, Scavino B, Schueler J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seddon RM, Seino Y, Selce A, Senyo K, Serrano J, Sevior ME, Sfienti C, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Sobie RJ, Soffer A, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Spataro S, Spruck B, Starič M, Stefkova S, Stottler ZS, Stroili R, Sumihama M, Sumisawa K, Summers DJ, Sutcliffe W, Suzuki SY, Svidras H, Tabata M, Takahashi M, Takizawa M, Tamponi U, Tanaka S, Tanida K, Tanigawa H, Taniguchi N, Taras P, Tenchini F, Tonelli D, Torassa E, Toutounji N, Trabelsi K, Uchida M, Unno Y, Uno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov YV, Vahsen SE, van Tonder R, Varner GS, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Vitale L, Wach B, Waheed E, Wakeling HM, Wan Abdullah W, Wang MZ, Wang XL, Warburton A, Watanuki S, Webb J, Welsch M, Wessel C, Wiechczynski J, Windel H, Xu XP, Yabsley BD, Yamada S, Yan W, Yang SB, Ye H, Yelton J, Yin JH, Yook YM, Yoshihara K, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zani L, Zhilich V, Zhou QD, Zhou XY, Zhukova VI. Search for B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] Decays Using an Inclusive Tagging Method at Belle II. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:181802. [PMID: 34767404 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.181802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] is performed at the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 63 fb^{-1} collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance and a sample of 9 fb^{-1} collected at an energy 60 MeV below the resonance. Because the measurable decay signature involves only a single charged kaon, a novel measurement approach is used that exploits not only the properties of the B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] decay, but also the inclusive properties of the other B meson in the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] event, to suppress the background from other B meson decays and light-quark pair production. This inclusive tagging approach offers a higher signal efficiency compared to previous searches. No significant signal is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction of B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] of 4.1×10^{-5} is set at the 90% confidence level.
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- F Abudinén
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000
- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Kiev
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
| | - T Ferber
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
| | - A Gaz
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
| | - A Gellrich
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
| | - A Giri
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
| | - A Glazov
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
| | - B Gobbo
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
| | - R Godang
- University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688
| | - P Goldenzweig
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
| | - B Golob
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
| | - P Grace
- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005
| | - W Gradl
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
| | | | - D Greenwald
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
| | - K Gudkova
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
| | - C Hadjivasiliou
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
| | - S Halder
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - O Hartbrich
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
| | - C Hearty
- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
| | - I Heredia de la Cruz
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico City 03940
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
| | - H Hirata
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
| | - T Iijima
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - R Itoh
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - M Iwasaki
- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005
| | - W W Jacobs
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
| | - D E Jaffe
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
| | | | - A B Kaliyar
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
| | - J Kandra
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
| | - K H Kang
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
| | - R Karl
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
| | - G Karyan
- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
| | - T Kawasaki
- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Soongsil University, Seoul 06978
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
| | - T D Kimmel
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
| | - P Kodyš
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
| | - T Koga
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - S Kohani
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
| | - T Konno
- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373
| | - A Korobov
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
| | - S Korpar
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
| | - P Krokovny
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur 302017
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
| | - K Lautenbach
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
| | | | - S C Lee
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
| | - D Levit
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
| | | | - C Li
- Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
| | - T Lueck
- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
| | - C Lyu
- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
| | - M Maggiora
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
| | - S Maity
- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar 751007
| | - R Manfredi
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
| | - S Marcello
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
| | - C Marinas
- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Paterna 46980
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047
| | - T Matsuda
- University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Toho University, Funabashi 274-8510
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Kiev
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- ENEA Casaccia, I-00123 Roma
- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Meson Science Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka 319-1195
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- National Centre for Particle Physics, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Soochow University, Suzhou 215006
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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Dawoud BES, Alderson L, Khan U, Safaei H, Murphy C, Milne S, Mannion C, Krishnan O, Parmar J. The effect of lockdown during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on maxillofacial injuries in a level I trauma centre: a comparative study. Oral Maxillofac Surg 2021; 26:463-467. [PMID: 34618280 PMCID: PMC8495432 DOI: 10.1007/s10006-021-01007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic forced many governments to impose nation-wide lockdowns. Government legislation forced limited travel on the population with restrictions on the normal way of life to limit spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The aim of this study is to explore the effects of lockdown on the presentation of maxillofacial trauma in a level I trauma centre. METHODS Comparative analysis was carried out using prospective and retrospective review of all consecutive patients admitted with any maxillofacial fracture in the lockdown period between 15th March and 15th June 2020 with the same period in 2019 to a Regional Trauma Maxillofacial Surgery Unit. Data included basic demographics and mechanism of injury including alcohol/drug influence, polytrauma, site of injury and treatment modality including escalation of care. RESULTS Across both periods, there were a total of one hundred and five (n = 105) recorded episodes of traumatic fractures with fifty-three (n = 53) in the pre-lockdown cohort and fifty-two (n = 52) in the lockdown. Included patients were significantly (p = 0.024) older during lockdown (mean age 41.44 years SD 20.70, range 5-96) with no differences in gender distribution between cohorts (p = 0.270). Patients in lockdown were more likely to be involved in polytrauma (p < 0.05) and have sustained their injury by cycling/running or any outdoor related activity (p = 0.013). Lockdown saw a significant reduction in alcohol and drug related violence (p < 0.05). Significantly more patients required operative management (p = 0.038). CONCLUSION Local lockdowns form part of the governments public health strategy for managing future outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2. Our study showed no significant reduction in volume of trauma during lockdown. It is vital that hospitals maintain trauma capacity to ensure that patients are treated in a timely manner.
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- Basim E S Dawoud
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Northwest Deanery, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
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- Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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- Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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- Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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- St James' Hospital, Dublin, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK
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Forman LS, Macleod W, Mwananyanda L, Kwenda G, Pieciak R, Mupila Z, Murphy C, Thea D, Chikoti C, Yankonde B, Ngoma B, Chimoga C, Gill CJ. Association of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Underlying Risk Factors for Death Among Young Infants Who Died at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka Zambia. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 73:S180-S186. [PMID: 34472569 PMCID: PMC8411249 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections and child mortality. While RSV disease burden is highest in low- and middle-income countries, most knowledge about risk factors for fatal RSV disease comes from high-income settings. Methods Among infants aged 4 days to <6 months who died at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, we tested nasopharyngeal swabs obtained postmortem for RSV using reverse transcriptase–quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Through a systematic review of death certificates and hospital records, we identified 10 broad categories of underlying medical conditions associated with infant deaths. We used backward-selection models to calculate adjusted and unadjusted risk ratios (RRs) for the association between each underlying condition and RSV status. Results From 720 infant deaths, 6% (44) were RSV-positive, 70% were <4 weeks old, and 54% were male. At least 1 underlying condition was found in 85% of infants, while 63% had ≥2. Prematurity/low birth weight (53% [384]) and complications of labor and delivery (32% [230]) were the most common conditions. Congenital cardiac conditions were significantly associated with an increased risk of RSV infection (4%, 32; adjusted RR: 3.57; 95% CI: 1.71–7.44). No other underlying conditions were significantly associated with RSV. Conclusions Other than congenital cardiac conditions, we found a lack of association between RSV and underlying risk factors. This differs from high-income settings, where RSV mortality is concentrated among high-risk infants. In this population, birth-related outcomes are the highest mortality risk factors. Improved neonatal care remains crucial in the fight against neonatal mortality.
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- Leah S Forman
- Boston University School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Right to Care-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- School of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Murphy C, MacLeod WB, Forman LS, Mwananyanda L, Kwenda G, Pieciak RC, Mupila Z, Thea D, Chikoti C, Yankonde B, Ngoma B, Chimoga C, Gill CJ. Risk Factors for Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Community Deaths in Zambian Infants. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 73:S187-S192. [PMID: 34472570 PMCID: PMC8411252 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant deaths. Its epidemiology in low- and middle-income countries is poorly understood. Risk factors associated with RSV-associated infant deaths that occur in community settings are incompletely known. METHODS Community deaths for infants aged 4 days to 6 months were identified during a 3-year postmortem RSV prevalence study at the main city morgue in Lusaka, Zambia, where 80% of deaths are registered. This analysis focuses on the subset of deaths for which an abbreviated verbal autopsy was available and intended to sort deaths into respiratory or nonrespiratory causes by clinical adjudication. Posterior nasopharyngeal swab samples were collected within 48 hours of death and tested for RSV using quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Associations between potential risk factors were determined as relative risks with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS We prospectively enrolled 798 community infant deaths with verbal autopsies and RSV laboratory results, of which 62 results were positive. The mean age of the infants was 10 weeks, and 41.4% of them were male. Of all deaths, 44% were attributed to respiratory causes. RSV was detected in 7.8% of the community infants and was significantly associated with respiratory deaths (risk ratio, 4.0 [95% CI, 2.2-7.1]). Compared with older infants, those aged 0-8 weeks had a 2.83 (95% CI, 1.30-6.15) increased risk of dying with RSV. The risk of RSV for the 0-8-week age group increased to 5.24 (1.56-33.14) with adjustment for demographics, parental education, and geography. RSV deaths were increased with domiciliary overcrowding and were concentrated in poor and dense neighborhoods in Lusaka (risk ratio, 2.00 [95% CI, 1.22-3.27]). CONCLUSION RSV is a significant contributor to community respiratory deaths in this population, particularly in the first 3 months of life and in the more poor and dense parts of Lusaka.
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Right to Care Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.,Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- University of Zambia, School of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Gaebel W, Lukies R, Kerst A, Stricker J, Zielasek J, Diekmann S, Trost N, Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E, Bonroy B, Cullen K, Desie K, Ewalds Mulliez AP, Gerlinger G, Günther K, Hiemstra HJ, McDaid S, Murphy C, Sander J, Sebbane D, Roelandt JL, Thorpe L, Topolska D, Van Assche E, Van Daele T, Van den Broeck L, Versluis C, Vlijter O. Upscaling e-mental health in Europe: a six-country qualitative analysis and policy recommendations from the eMEN project. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:1005-1016. [PMID: 32393997 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-020-01133-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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E-mental health (eMH) encompasses the use of digital technologies to deliver, support, or enhance mental health services. Despite the growing evidence for the effectiveness of eMH interventions, the process of implementation of eMH solutions in healthcare remains slow throughout Europe. To address this issue, the e-Mental Health Innovation and Transnational Implementation Platform North-West Europe (eMEN) project was initiated to increase the dissemination and quality of eMH services in Europe. In this project, status analyses regarding eMH in the six participating countries (i.e., Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, and the UK) were conducted and eight recommendations for eMH were developed. Expert teams from the six participating countries conducted status analyses regarding the uptake of eMH based on a narrative literature review and stakeholder interviews. Based on these status analyses, the eMEN consortium developed eight policy recommendations to further support the implementation of eMH in Europe. The status analyses showed that the participating countries are in different stages of implementing eMH into mental healthcare. Some barriers to implementing eMH were common among countries (e.g., a limited legal and regulatory framework), while others were country-specific (e.g., fragmented, federal policies). The policy recommendations included fostering awareness, creating strong political commitment, and setting reliable standards related to ethics and data security. The eMEN project has provided the initial recommendations to guide political and regulatory processes regarding eMH. Further research is needed to establish well-tailored implementation strategies and to assess the generalizability of the recommendations beyond the countries involved in the eMEN project.
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- Wolfgang Gaebel
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629, Düsseldorf, Germany. .,WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany. .,LVR-Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany.
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- LVR-Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629, Düsseldorf, Germany.,WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629, Düsseldorf, Germany.,WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- LVR-Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany
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- LVR-Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany
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- LVR-Institute for Healthcare Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Geel, Belgium
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- Mental Health Reform, Dublin, Ireland
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- Pulso Europe, Leuven, Belgium
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health-EPSM Lille-Métropole, Lille, France
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- German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics e.V. (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany
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- German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics e.V. (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany
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- Inserm, Clinical Epidemiology and Economic Evaluation Applied to Vulnerable Populations (ECEVE), Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
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- Mental Health Reform, Dublin, Ireland
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- Mental Health Foundation, London, UK
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- German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics e.V. (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health-EPSM Lille-Métropole, Lille, France.,Inserm, Clinical Epidemiology and Economic Evaluation Applied to Vulnerable Populations (ECEVE), Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health-EPSM Lille-Métropole, Lille, France.,Inserm, Clinical Epidemiology and Economic Evaluation Applied to Vulnerable Populations (ECEVE), Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
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- Mental Health Foundation, London, UK
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- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Geel, Belgium
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- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Geel, Belgium
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- Stichting Arq, Diemen, The Netherlands
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Reilly A, Quinn C, Traynor M, Devanney S, O'Shea J, O'Connor P, Murphy C, Keogh R, O'Dwyer R, Bredin P, Hamilton S, Murphy A, Judge L, Naidoo J, Matassa C, Morris P, O'Doherty D, Breathnach O, Doyle T, Grogan L. 1728P Clinical practice audit on prescribing frequency of buccal midazolam in patients with high grade gliomas. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Anderson S, McNicholas D, Murphy C, Cheema I, McLornan L, Davis N, Quinlan M. The impact of COVID-19 on acute urinary stone presentations: A single centre experience. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [PMCID: PMC8443886 DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)00225-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Ng K, Bird B, Murphy C, O'Connor D, Cook J. 979P Efficacy of pembrolizumab with concomitant use of antibiotics. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Bredin P, Murphy C, O'Dwyer R, Keogh R, Doolan A, Duignan E, Jones A, Santos M, Egan K, Murphy A, Naidoo J, Morris P, Hennessy B, Grogan L, Breathnach O. 1637P Unintended consequences for an integrated oncology ecosystem from COVID adaptations. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Kieran R, Murphy C, Maher E, Buchalter J, Sukor S, Alken S. 1846P A permanent legacy of the pandemic? Patient and staff views of the introduction of virtual clinics to the Irish oncology service. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Kavanagh FG, Brinkman D, James DL, O’Neill S, Murphy C, O’Riordan I, O’Flanagan G, Lang B, Keogh I, Lang E, Casserly P, Russell J, O’Brien D, Sheahan P. Outcomes of preoperative real-time polymerase chain reaction testing for SARS CoV-2 in elective otolaryngology surgical patients during the pandemic: a prospective cohort study. Br J Surg 2021; 108:znab266. [PMID: 34426824 PMCID: PMC8499765 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is used to rule out SARS-CoV-2 prior to surgery, however few studies have evaluated patients with negative testing after surgery. Some 499 patients with negative tests were followed for 14 days after surgery, 39 were retested but none developed positive RT-PCR after operation. The risk of developing a positive RT-PCR after surgery was 0.74 per cent.
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- F G Kavanagh
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Institute of Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children’s Health Ireland @ Crumlin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Children’s Health Ireland @ Crumlin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- ENTO Research Unit, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Department of Surgery, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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Xin H, Wong JY, Murphy C, Yeung A, Ali ST, Wu P, Cowling BJ. The incubation period distribution of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 73:2344-2352. [PMID: 34117868 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Incubation period is an important parameter to inform quarantine period and to study transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on published estimates of the incubation period distribution of COVID-19, and showed that the pooled median of the point estimates of the mean, median and 95 th percentile for incubation period are 6.3 days (range: 1.8 to 11.9 days), 5.4 days (range: 2.0 to 17.9 days) and 13.1 days (range: 3.2 to 17.8 days) respectively. Estimates of the mean and 95 th percentile of the incubation period distribution were considerably shorter before the epidemic peak in China compared to after the peak, and variation was also noticed for different choices of methodological approach in estimation. Our findings implied that corrections may be needed before directly applying estimates of incubation period into control of or further studies on emerging infectious diseases.
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- Hualei Xin
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.,Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.,Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.,Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Cross R, Murphy C, Kan C. P.26 Routine use of tranexamic acid during elective caesarean section: A district general’s experience. Int J Obstet Anesth 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2021.103024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Vicente-Serrano SM, Peña-Angulo D, Murphy C, López-Moreno JI, Tomas-Burguera M, Domínguez-Castro F, Tian F, Eklundh L, Cai Z, Alvarez-Farizo B, Noguera I, Camarero JJ, Sánchez-Salguero R, Gazol A, Grainger S, Conradt T, Boincean B, El Kenawy A. The complex multi-sectoral impacts of drought: Evidence from a mountainous basin in the Central Spanish Pyrenees. Sci Total Environ 2021; 769:144702. [PMID: 33736257 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We analyzed the impacts of drought severity on a variety of sectors in a topographically complex basin (the upper Aragón basin 2181 km2) in the Central Spanish Pyrenees. Using diverse data sources including meteorological and hydrological observations, remote sensing and tree rings, we analyze the possible hydrological implications of drought occurrence and severity on water availability in various sectors, including downstream impacts on irrigation water supply for crop production. Results suggest varying responses in forest activity, secondary growth, plant phenology, and crop yield to drought impacts. Specifically, meteorological droughts have distinct impacts downstream, mainly due to water partitioning between streamflow and irrigation channels that transport water to crop producing areas. This implies that drought severity can extend beyond the physical boundaries of the basin, with impacts on crop productivity. This complex response to drought impacts makes it difficult to develop objective basin-scale operational definitions for monitoring drought severity. Moreover, given the high spatial variability in responses to drought across sectors, it is difficult to establish reliable drought thresholds from indices that are relevant across all socio-economic sectors. The anthropogenic impacts (e.g. water regulation projects, ecosystem services, land cover and land use changes) pose further challenges to assessing the response of different systems to drought severity. This study stresses the need to consider the seasonality of drought impacts and appropriate drought time scales to adequately assess and understand their complexity.
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- S M Vicente-Serrano
- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain.
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragonese Agency for Research and Development Researcher (ARAID), Spain; Department of Geography, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Geography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Geography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Geography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
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- Selectia Research Institute Of Field Crops, Balti, Republic of Moldova
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- Department of Geography, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt; Department of Geography, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud, Muscat, Oman
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Watkins JG, Wang HQ, Thomas D, Murphy C, Taussig D, Ren J, Chrobak C, Guo HY. Langmuir probe array for the small angle slot divertor in DIII-D. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:053523. [PMID: 34243254 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The DIII-D small angle slot (SAS) divertor is designed for divertor physics studies with enhanced neutral confinement and special target geometries in a closed divertor. The closed nature of the SAS makes optical diagnostic measurements difficult, so a specially designed, multipurpose array of Langmuir probes has been implemented to study the plasma conditions in and around the slot. The probes are spaced to provide at least 2 mm resolution (shorter than the energy decay length) of the near scrape-off layer when mapped to the outer mid-plane. Due to space limitations at the bottom of the slot, a novel spring-loaded probe and tile design was developed to clamp several short rooftop probe tips and insulators to the cooled baseplate. Initial probe measurements revealed tile to tile edge shadowing, especially where magnetic field line surface angles were less than 1°. Additionally, it was found, using three Langmuir probes (at 90°, 180°, and 270°), that the strike point variation of ±5 mm radially around the torus was not well aligned with the circular slot geometry [Watkins et al., Nucl. Mater. Energy 18, 46 (2019)]. These issues were resolved by (1) designing tiles with all probes mounted near the tile center instead of near the edges and (2) aligning these new custom tiles to the measured strike point toroidal surface with a very accurate laser scanning alignment tool. Post-alignment Langmuir probe measurements and plasma behavior demonstrated close agreement at two separate toroidal locations that were 45° apart.
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- J G Watkins
- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Samokhvalov A, Murphy C, Balodis I, Mackillop J. Food addiction in a large non-clinical sample of Canadians. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9480108 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction The concept of food addiction emerged recently due to the similarities between food overconsumption patterns and addictive drugs. This concept is not yet included into ICD or DSM as it still needs to be further investigated. Relationship between obesity and food consumption as well as the psychological indicators of food addiction are of particular interest. Objectives To examine the prevalence of food addiction and its relationship to obesity, quality of life and multiple indicators of impulsivity. Methods Cross-sectional in-person assessment of 1432 community adults (age 38.93+/-13.7; 58% female). Measurements: Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, anthropometrics, body composition, World Health Organization Quality of Life scale, and impulsivity measures including impulsive personality traits, delay discounting, and behavioral inhibition. Results The prevalence of food addiction was 9.3% and substantially below that of obesity (32.7%). Food addiction was more prevalent among obese individuals and also was associated with higher BMI among non-obese participants. It was associated with significantly lower quality of life in all domains, and significantly higher impulsive personality traits, particularly negative and positive urgency. Conclusions In this general community sample, food addiction was present in slightly fewer than 1 in 10 individuals, approximately one-third the prevalence of obesity, but notably the food addiction has been mostly represented within the subsample of obese individuals. Food addiction was robustly associated with substantively lower quality of life and elevations in impulsivity, particularly in deficits in emotional regulation. These data suggest food addiction may be thought of as a subtype of obesity and, in non-obese individuals, possibly a prodrome. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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JEWELL P, Bramham K, Smith P, Kibble H, Norton S, Mudhaffer A, Akter M, Zuckerman B, Palmer K, Murphy C, Iatropoulou D, Sharpe C, Lioudaki E. POS-029 PATTERNS OF AKI IN PATIENTS HOSPITALISED WITH COVID-19 DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A LARGE UK TERTIARY CENTRE. Kidney Int Rep 2021. [PMCID: PMC8049682 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Martin T, O'Doherty D, Mattisa C, Byrne T, Keogh R, Murphy C, Bredin P, Devanney S, Morris P, Hennessy B, Grogan L, Breathnach O, O'Dwyer R. 212P_PR Language and understanding: The complexity of insight in cancer care. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(21)02054-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Jones Y, Hillen N, Friday J, Pellicori P, Kean S, Murphy C, Cleland J. A comparison of machine learning models for predicting rehospitalisation and death after a first hospitalisation with heart failure. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Many machine learning models exist, including Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Random Forest algorithm (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Gradient Boosted Machine (GBM), but their value for predicting outcome in patients with heart failure has not been compared.
Aim
To predict rehospitalisation (all-cause) and death (all-cause) at 1-, 3- and 12 months after discharge from a first hospitalisation for heart failure using four machine learning models.
Methods
The National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board serves a population of ∼1.1 million. We obtained de-identified administrative data, including investigations, diagnosis and prescriptions, linked to hospital admissions and deaths for anyone with a diagnosis of vascular disease or heart failure or prescribed loop diuretics, statins or neuro-endocrine antagonists at any time between 1st January 2010 and 1st June 2018. Patients who were under 18 or had no prior hospitalisation for heart failure were excluded. Four ML algorithms using 46 variables were applied.
Results
Of 360,000 people who met the above criteria between 2010–2018, 6,372 had a hospitalisation for heart failure prior to 1st January 2010 and 8,304 had a first hospitalisation for heart failure thereafter. Between 2010 and 2018 there were 3,086 re-hospitalisations over 24 hours and 3,706 patients died, with 5,070 patients experiencing the composite outcome.
GBM and RF consistently outperformed MLP and SVM when comparing AUC, sensitivity and specificity combined, with GBM performing best in all scenarios. Since GBM and RF are both tree-based models, and with SVM and MLP regularly reporting very poor sensitivity or specificity despite a similar AUC to the others, this suggests that SVM and MLP may be suffering from overfitting and might perform better in larger data-sets.
Both GBM and RF work by ordering variables, so the final model can be used to determine the most important prediction variables. Age, number of times a blood sample was taken out of hospital, length of stay, social deprivation index and haemoglobin concentration consistently ranked amongst the most important variables. Models predicted all 1-month events better than later events.
Conclusions
Some, but not all, ML models applied to this data-set predicted rehospitalisation and death with great accuracy for up to 3 months after a first hospitalisation for heart failure. The models identified several important prognostic variables that are currently seldom collected in clinical research registries but perhaps should be.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Medical Research Council
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- Y Jones
- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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