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Kong HY, Purdy S, Fox D, Patel P, Bandobranski S, Syed H. Pharmacist intervention in cardiovascular disease prevention: lipid modifying treatment optimisation in type 2 diabetes within hastings primary care network. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ijpp/riac089.031] [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: 12/05/2022]
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Abstract
Introduction
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) leads to 1 in 4 premature deaths with higher likelihood in the most deprived population1. Consistent data demonstrated efficacy of statins in CVD prevention and mortality reduction through modifying lipid profile1,2. NICE:CG181 recommends high-intensity statin, namely atorvastatin 20mg daily in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with high risk of developing CVD1, whilst the European Society of Cardiology suggests LDL-C target below 1.4mmol/L, the lower the better 2. In contrast, 30% of patients in Hastings Primary Care Network (PCN) are prescribed sub-optimal statin therapy3 with scope to promote medicine optimisation through modification of CVD risk factor in one of the England’s most deprived areas.
Aim
Lowering patient’s CVD risk through optimising statin therapy and improving practice’s compliance with NICE:CG181.
Methods
NHS Health Research Authority Decision tool was followed, ethics approval was not required. Statin prescribing data were obtained through OpenPrescribing database. This pilot study focused on the prescribing of simvastatin at one surgery within the PCN where patients were identified using the surgery medical information system with the inclusion clinical codes of: “T2DM”, “QRISK2>10%”, “latest LDL-C>1.4mmol/L” and “current simvastatin 10/20/40mg prescription”. Systematic review of patient medical records was followed, including medical history, latest lipid profile and liver function, allergies, history of statin intolerance, previous lipid therapy and frailty status determined using the electronic frailty index, Rockwood score and medical notes. Patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia diagnosis, confirmed statin intolerance and moderately-to-severely frail were excluded. Patients were contacted to exercise shared decision-making. Once intervention agreed, prescription was initiated for prescriber authorisation. Blood test 3 months post-intervention monitored for liver function and lipid profile.
Results
Search in February 2022 identified 44 patients with 39 suitable for intervention after exclusion. Thirty-six contactable patients were all switched to high-intensity statin. Thirty-four were switched to atorvastatin 20 mg whilst two with prior atorvastatin intolerance were switched to rosuvastatin 10 mg. At baseline, 32 patients (88%) had cholesterol profile done within a year as per NICE:CG181. Three-month post-intervention blood tests were completed for 21, with 15 pending; 33% (7/21) had a reduction of LDL-C.
In February 2022, 28.9% of the practice’s statin prescriptions were of low and medium intensity and was reduced to 25.6% post intervention.
Discussion/Conclusion
All contactable patients had statin therapy optimised after exercising shared decision-making with improvement of prescribing compliance to NICE:CG181 demonstrated in this practice. Findings were inconclusive whether the intensification of statin therapy demonstrated cholesterol lowering effect in this cohort. Study limitations due to small sample size, currency of baseline profile at time of intervention and patient compliance not measured. Raised LDL-C observed could have been influenced by lifestyle changes such as poor diet and lack of exercise1. The limitations of this study will be reviewed for future roll out across Hastings PCN. Further exploration of therapy compliance, lifestyle education and the barriers to regular blood test would facilitate such medicine optimisation intervention. In conclusion, patients prescribed with sub-optimal lipid therapy should be reviewed and managed through healthy lifestyle recommendations and aggressive pharmacological intervention.
References
1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification, CG181. 2016 [cited 2022 Jul 27]. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg181
2. Mach F, Baigent C, Catapano AL, Konskinas CK, Casula M, Badimon L, et al. 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk: the task force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS). Eur Heart J [Internet]. 2019 Aug [cited 2022 Jul 27]. Available from: https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/1/111/5556353#207091308 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz455
3. OpenPrescribing.net. Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science. University of Oxford. [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2022 Jul 30]. Available from: https://openprescribing.net/measure/statinintensity/pcn/U99438/
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- H Y Kong
- East Sussex Healthcare Trust
- Hastings & St Leonards Primary Care Network
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- East Sussex Healthcare Trust
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- Hastings & St Leonards Primary Care Network
- High Glade Medical Centre
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- NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
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- Hastings & St Leonards Primary Care Network
- High Glade Medical Centre
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- East Sussex Healthcare Trust
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Syed H, Aljoe J, China Z, Malhi G, James P, Agrawal S. ‘Tech’ towards a greener future - the impact and benefits of outpatient bladder cancer management using next generation scopes and lasers. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)00203-8] [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: 11/17/2022] Open
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Syed H, James P, Abboudi H, Shamsuddin A, Agrawal S. Outpatient Transurethral Laser Ablation (TULA) for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer; results from a multi-centre prospective 1 year EORTC risk matched study. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00238-x] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Chen F, Syed H. Apply Molecular Method To Diagnosis A Very Rare Bone Primary Myoepithelial Tumor: A Case Report. Am J Clin Pathol 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.107] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction/Objective
A 38-year-old female without a history of trauma and malignancy presented with left knee pain and swelling for two weeks. MRI and PET scan find a left knee mass arising from the bone along the medial metaphysis of the distal femur. She underwent femur resection, and the specimen was sent for pathology evaluation.
Methods
Grossly, the cut surface of the sample revealed a 4.5 x 2 cm area of hemorrhagic softening of the bone with adjacent soft tissue nodules. Microscopically, the tumor showed biphasic or multiphase morphologic features, prominently presented with areas showing well-differentiated epithelial features and other areas with spindling and sheets of tumor cells. Areas suspicious for a vascular invasion were seen at the periphery of the soft tissue extension of the tumor. Immunohistochemistry stains showed the tumor cells are positive for vimentin, AE1/3, EMA, CK7, CK19, GATA3, and BRST2; and are negative for S100, HMB45, GFAP, Calponin, CDX2, PAX8, WT1, P63, CD34, and ER. The molecular test showed positive for the ESWR1 gene but negative for SYT gene translocation.
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A diagnosis of primary myoepithelial carcinoma of bone extension into surrounding soft tissue was made.
Conclusion
The most challenging differential diagnosis for this case is metastatic breast cancer. Many of the positive epithelial stains distinctly highlight the epithelial featured geographic areas sparing the background spindled stroma. The positive staining of GATA3 and BRST2, two commonly used breast linage markers, is unusual and not known in myoepithelial carcinoma. In light of the EWSR1 positive and SYT FISH negative results, combined with the morphologic features, locations as well as negative PET scan against its breast origins. Although many myoepithelial markers, such as S100, Calponin, P63, and GFAP were negative, make this case very unique. The molecular diagnosis is the mainstay for this final diagnosis.
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- F Chen
- Pathology, NYU Langone Health, New Hyde Park, New York, UNITED STATES
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- Pathology, NYU Langone Health, New Hyde Park, New York, UNITED STATES
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Ehsanullah S, Jah S, Syed H. A case series of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with abnormal renal anatomy. Int J Surg 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.05.654] [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: 10/28/2022]
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IntroductionInterpersonal sensitivity can be explained as a personality trait in which there is an excessive and expanded awareness of the behavior and emotions of others. Individuals having high interpersonal sensitivity are sensitive to interpersonal relationships and self-deficiencies in comparison to others. Studies report that high interpersonal sensitivity can cause low self-esteem and feelings of insecurity.ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to examine the level of interpersonal sensitivity in individuals with an at-risk mental state (ARMS) for psychosis compared to the individuals not at risk for psychosis.MethodsA total sample of 50 individuals was recruited from Bahria University, Karwan-e-Hayat and Karachi Psychiatric Hospital: 25 with ARMS for psychosis and 25 participants who were not ARMS, according to scores on Schizophrenia Proneness Inventory-Adult (SPI-A). All of the participants then responded to self-report questionnaire on Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure.ResultsResults showed that the group with ARMS had a significantly higher interpersonal sensitivity on average (112.5) as compared to healthy individuals (91.8). Results show significant difference in both of the groups (t = –5.049; P < .0001) indicating that interpersonal sensitivity in people with ARMS was relatively high compared to those who were not at risk.ConclusionThis study suggests that being ‘hypersensitive’ to interpersonal interactions is a psychological feature of the potentially prodromal phase of psychosis. Addressing difficulties in interpersonal relationships and offering early psychotherapeutic interventions can be beneficial, not only in averting serious illness, but preventing loss to individual and national productivity.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Fox A, Dutoit G, Lack G, Meyer R, Syed H, Sasieni P. Two-year recall of maternal peanut consumption using a food-frequency questionnaire. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2006.11734111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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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Papadakis ES, Barker CR, Syed H, Reeves T, Schwaiger S, Stuppner H, Troppmair J, Blaydes JP, Cutress RI. The Bag-1 inhibitor, Thio-2, reverses an atypical 3D morphology driven by Bag-1L overexpression in a MCF-10A model of ductal carcinoma in situ. Oncogenesis 2016; 5:e215. [PMID: 27043661 PMCID: PMC4848832 DOI: 10.1038/oncsis.2016.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mammary MCF-10A cells seeded on reconstituted basement membrane form spherical structures with a hollow central lumen, termed acini, which are a physiologically relevant model of mammary morphogenesis. Bcl-2-associated athanogene 1 (Bag-1) is a multifunctional protein overexpressed in breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ. When present in the nucleus Bag-1 is predictive of clinical outcome in breast cancer. Bag-1 exists as three main isoforms, which are produced by alternative translation initiation from a single mRNA. The long isoform of Bag-1, Bag-1L, contains a nuclear localisation sequence not present in the other isoforms. When present in the nucleus Bag-1L, but not the other Bag-1 isoforms, can interact with and modulate the activities of estrogen-, androgen- and vitamin D-receptors. Overexpression of Bag-1 mRNA in MCF-10A is known to produce acini with luminal filling reminiscent of ductal carcinoma in situ. As this mRNA predominantly overexpresses the short isoform of Bag-1, Bag-1S, we set out to examine whether the nuclear Bag-1L isoform is sufficient to drive premalignant change by developing a Bag-1L-overexpressing MCF-10A model. Two clones differentially overexpressing Bag-1L were grown in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) cultures and compared with an established model of HER2-driven transformation. In 2D cultures, Bag-1L overexpression reduced proliferation but did not affect growth factor responsiveness or clonogenicity. Acini formed by Bag-1L-overexpressing cells exhibited reduced luminal clearing when compared with controls. An abnormal branching morphology was also observed which correlated with the level of Bag-1L overexpression, suggesting further malignant change. Treatment with Thio-2, a small-molecule inhibitor of Bag-1, reduced the level of branching. In summary, 3D cultures of MCF-10A mammary epithelial cells overexpressing Bag-1L demonstrate a premalignant phenotype with features of ductal carcinoma in situ. Using this model to test the small-molecule Bag-1 inhibitor, Thio-2, reveals its potential to reverse the atypical branched morphology of acini that characterizes this premalignant change.
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- E S Papadakis
- Cancer Research UK Centre Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Department of Visceral-, Transplant- and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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- Cancer Research UK Centre Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.,University Hospital Southampton, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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Alotaibi A, Petrofsky J, Daher N, Lohman E, Syed H. Effect of monophasic pulsed current on inferior heel symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis. Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.181] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Syed H, Guruvammal D, Chaturvedula L. W207 A CLINICAL STUDY OF PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN ISOLATED OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(12)61932-8] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Current prostate biopsy procedures entail sampling tissues at template-based locations that are not patient specific. Ultrasound (US)-coupled transrectal electrical impedance tomography (TREIT), featuring an endorectal US probe retrofitted with electrodes, has been developed for prostate imaging. This multi-modal imaging system aims to identify suspicious tumor regions based on their electrical properties and ultimately provide additional patient-specific locations where to take biopsy samples. Unfortunately, the open-domain geometry associated with TREIT results in a severely ill-posed problem due to the small number of measurements and unbounded imaging domain. Furthermore, reconstructing contrasts within the prostate volume is challenging because the conductivity differences between the prostate and surrounding tissues are much larger than the conductivity differences between benign and malignant tissues within the prostate. To help overcome these problems, anatomically accurate hard priors can be employed to limit estimation of the electrical property distribution to within the prostate volume; however, this requires the availability of structural information. Here, a method that extracts the prostate surface from US images and incorporates this surface into the image reconstruction algorithm has been developed to enable estimation of electrical parameters within the prostate volume. In this paper, the performance of this algorithm is evaluated against a more traditional EIT algorithm that does not use anatomically accurate structural information, in the context of numerical simulations and phantom experiments. The developed anatomically accurate hard-prior algorithm demonstrably identifies contrasts within the prostate volume while an algorithm that does not rely on anatomically accurate structural information is unable to localize these contrasts. While inclusions are identified in the correct locations, they are found to be smaller in size than the actual object due to the rapid decay in sensitivity at increasing distances from the probe surface. Despite this, identifying the size of the inclusion accurately may not be essential for biopsy guidance in a clinical setting; instead, knowledge of the general vicinity of a cancerous lesion may be sufficient for suggesting and guiding clinicians to extract additional biopsy cores.
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- H Syed
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Syed H, Bilusic M, Rhondla C, Tavaria A. Plasmapheresis in the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis: A community hospital's experience. J Clin Apher 2011; 25:229-34. [PMID: 20818718 DOI: 10.1002/jca.20232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperlipidemic pancreatitis is a potentially fatal complication of hypertriglyceridemia (HTG). The current mainstay of treatment for the hypertriglyceridemia associated with pancreatitis includes heparin, insulin and lipid lowering agents. Experiences with plasmapheresis are limited. Here, we report our experience using plasmapheresis in the treatment of four patients with acute severe HTG-induced pancreatitis. METHODS Four patients with acute severe HTG-induced pancreatitis due to severe primary hyperlipidemia exacerbated by secondary factors were studied. In addition to the standard treatment (insulin or heparin infusion), antibiotics and lipid lowering agents, two were treated within the first 48 hours, and two with early (<24 hours) plasmapheresis with 5% albumin. RESULTS All four patients had a significant improvement in their triglyceride levels using plasmapheresis with an average reduction in TG levels of 70.4% per treatment and 89.3% with the first treatment. However, there was no clear relation between the use of plasmapheresis and either improvement in APACHE II scores, length of stay in either the ICU or overall hospital length of stay or in the prevention of complications secondary to severe pancreatitis, including in the two patients who received plasmapheresis in the first 24 hours. CONCLUSION Our report showed that plasmapheresis was successful in lowering TG levels. However, in the absence of a comparison with standard treatment (heparin or insulin infusion and lipid lowering agents) the effect of plasmapheresis on lowering the morbidity and length of stay of patients with HTG-induced acute severe pancreatitis is uncertain and warrants further investigation into its efficacy.
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- H Syed
- Department of Internal Medicine, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA.
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Ozkor MA, Murrow JR, Rahman A, Kavtaradze N, Arshad S, Syed H, Li J, Manatunga A, Quyyumi AA. 056 The differential contribution of nitric oxide and endothelium-derived hyperpolarising factor to resting and stimulated vasodilator tone in healthy black and white individuals. Heart 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.195966.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ozkor MA, Murrow J, Rahman A, Kavtaradze N, Arshad S, Syed H, Li J, Manatunga A, Quyyumi A. 057 The role of cytochrome p450 metabolites as an endothelium-derived hyperpolarising factor in the regulation of vascular tone in vivo in the forearm vasculature of healthy and diabetic individuals. Heart 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.195966.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Fox A, du Toit G, Syed H, Sasieni P, Lack G. Risk of Peanut Allergy Associated with High Household Exposure to Peanut in Infancy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.12.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AIM To assess the utility of near patient blood ketone measurements in predicting diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) among a group of hyperglycaemic unwell patients presenting to a hospital emergency department. METHODS Near patient blood beta-hydroxybutyrate (beta-OHB) testing has recently been introduced as a new tool in our hospital Accident and Emergency department (A&E) for patients with a finger-prick glucose of > 11 mmol/l. We reviewed the records of the first 50 patients to have a beta-OHB measurement to establish if they developed DKA or received treatment with intravenous insulin within 48 h of presentation. We then compared the diagnostic power of beta-OHB measurements with other clinical, physiological and biochemical markers of DKA. RESULTS Nine patients had DKA, eight had a compensated metabolic acidosis secondary to raised serum ketones, and 33 had no evidence of DKA during the following 48 h. The median (range) beta-OHB levels in each group were 6.0 (3.1-6.0) mmol/l, 3.4 (1.2-5.7) mmol/l, and 0.1 (0.0-1.2) mmol/l, respectively. A beta-OHB level of > or = 3.0 mmol/l had a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 88% for DKA. All those with beta-OHB level > 3.0 mmol/l required treatment with intravenous insulin. CONCLUSION Measuring beta-OHB when a hyperglycaemic patient is identified could offer a simple method of identifying at an early stage those patients at highest risk of DKA (beta-OHB > 3.0 mmol/l), and redirecting the search for a diagnosis in others (beta-OHB < 1.0 mmol/l).
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- S Harris
- Diabeticare, The Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, UK.
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Syed H, Dubrey S, Tonge K. Right atrial tumour mass of unusual origin. Heart 2003; 89:1335. [PMID: 14594894 PMCID: PMC1767940 DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.11.1335] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the accuracy of a hospital coding database at a busy tertiary referral urological unit. METHODS Prospectively collected departmental coding data for all urological patients attending the Churchill Hospital, Oxford between 1 May 1999 and 30 April 2000 were compared with the coding data entered by hospital coding clerks on the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust database. RESULTS There were significant discrepancies between the number of patients on the hospital and the departmental database (639 vs 1109). There were gross procedural coding errors in 74 cases. CONCLUSION Hospital-coded data in this study were incomplete and inaccurate. This has important implications when considering the validity of hospital-trust databases when used as a source for medical research, clinical audit and as a representation of a consultants' clinical workload.
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- H A Khwaja
- Department of Urological Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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