A5025338989- Social Media in Health Education
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Global Health and Surgery
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Foreign Body Medical Cases
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Digital Imaging in Medicine
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
John Radcliffe Hospital
2022
Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
2021-2022
University of Oxford
2021-2022
Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom)
2022
Oxford Biomedical Research
2022
MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
2021
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
2019-2021
Faculty of Media
2021
Wexham Park Hospital
2013-2020
Massachusetts General Hospital
2014-2018
A recent meta-analysis documented a significant statistical association between mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Adeyemo et al., 2014), but the direction of this effect was unclear. In study, we hypothesized that ADHD would be an antecedent risk factor for mTBI. Participants were student athletes ages 12 to 25 who had sustained mTBI Controls similar age sex selected from studies youth with without ADHD. Subjects assessed symptoms ADHD,...
Abstract Background Patients are increasingly taking an active role in the design and delivery of surgical research. Public communication results should also be encouraged, but this is often limited to non-expert commentary. This study assessed plain English abstracts disseminated via social media engaging patients clinicians Methods A three-arm randomized controlled trial with crossover two intervention arms was performed. Manuscripts accepted for publication BJS were allocated one three...
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of memantine hydrochloride as an adjunct to stimulant pharmacotherapy for treating executive function deficits (EFDs) in adults with ADHD. Method: This was a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial added open-label treatment medication. Because small sample size, we considered standardized mean difference (equivalent effect size) ≥0.5 odds ratios ≥2 indicators trend improvements. Results: Twelve participants received...
Objective Amidst growing numbers of women in certain areas medicine (eg, general practice/primary care), yet their continued under-representation others surgical specialties), this study examines (1) whether medical professionals mistakenly infer that are now broadly well represented, overestimating women’s true representation several different and roles; (2) overestimation predicts decreased support for gender equality initiatives the field, conjunction with one’s own gender. Design...
Nitric oxide (NO) production is diminished in many patients with cardiovascular and renal disease. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) an endogenous inhibitor of NO synthesis, elevated plasma levels ADMA are associated poor outcomes. Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-1 (DDAH1) a methylarginine-metabolizing enzyme that reduces levels. We reported previously DDAH1 gene variant increased mRNA transcription lower levels, but counterintuitively, steeper rate function decline. Here, we test...
Objectives and setting The aim of this study was to create a hashtag #SoMe4Surgery on the social network application Twitter, examine natural history resulting online community. Design outcome measures A prospective, four-stage framework proposed used: (1) inception phase (connection): users were actively invited participate; (2) dissemination (contagion): several tweetchats designed, scheduled run; (3) adherence (feedback): Twitonomy NodeXL summaries regularly posted Twitter; (4) impact...
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death among patients with end stage renal failure. Animal models have played crucial role in teasing apart the complex pathological processes involved. This review discusses principles using animal models, history their use study hypertension, controversies arising from experimental non-hypertensive uraemic cardiomyopathy and lessons learned these highlights important areas future research this field, including de novo secondary to transplantation.
Responding to recently published research Into surgeons’ personalities, Rebecca Grossman argues that the notion of a ‘surgical personality’ may be illusory, and counterproductive for recruitment.
The authors present a patient with presumed diagnosis of Crohn's disease for 6 years turning out to be an unusual inflammatory mass caused by ileal perforation due foreign body. When surgical intervention became necessary admissions recurrent obstruction, laparoscopy revealed in the terminal ileum, exposing two pieces plastic bearing word ‘Heinz’. Resection led complete resolution symptoms. Histology from operative specimen showed no features disease. There were granulomas and fissuring...
Abstract Purpose/Background Interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be inadequate some patients. There is evidence that supplementation with l -methylfolate augments antidepressant agent effects and thus might also augment ADHD treatment by a common catecholaminergic mechanism. Methods Forty-four adults Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition diagnosis participated in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 12-week trial 15 mg...
A 72-year-old man with a history of hypertension and chronic back pain presented to accident emergency department (A&E) right flank nausea. He had not opened his bowels for 4 days. Observations were within the normal range. The blood profile showed white cell count (WCC) 15.4 × 109/L neutrophilia, C reactive protein (CRP) 132 mg/L, creatinine 150 μmol/L. An abdominal radiograph gas-filled large bowel without evidence obstruction. …
Twitter this month was simultaneously a link to the past and look future.@juliomayol tweeted some colorectal classics from BJS vault 1,2 .@MichelAdamina reported Ronan O'Connell's mention of 2017 Special Issue on Surgical Infection at European Colorectal Congress 3 .Looking future, @DrEdFitzgerald highlighted scale collaborative research networks 4 .There debate authorship, we held successful tweetchat with @enenbee how reduce gender bias in surgery 5 .We received positive feedback our new...
impressions, 553 retweets and 849 likes.BJS was delighted to welcome Cirurgia Geral e Trauma HC-FMUSP from Sao Paulo, Brazil (@geral_trauma_HC) as follower number 20 000.Vollenbrock et al.'s study on the use of MRI for assessment response neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in oesophageal cancer stimulated a lively debate Twitter 1 .@MarkarSheraz expressed surprise that it published with 51 patients specificity ranging 25 per cent detection residual disease.Arfon Powell (@PowArG07) suggested this...
Assistant Aneel Bhangu delivered the BJS lecture to Swedish Surgical Society, where he discussed experiences of COVIDSurg Collaborative (Fig. 1).The Collaborative, based at University Birmingham, broke Guinness World Record this month for 'most authors on a single peer-reviewed academic paper', their paper published in SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling safe surgery 1 .The community continues be global one, with members all career stages.For example, @JimmyTabarez, medical student from...
Twitter engagement between surgeons provides opportunities for international discussion of research and clinical practice. Understanding how surgical tweet chats work is important at a time when increasing reliance being placed on virtual because the COVID-19 pandemic.Individual tweets from May 2019 #BJSConnect chat were extracted using NodeXL, complemented by searches in an internet browser to identify responses that had not used hashtag. Aggregate estimates views obtained third-party...
Over the last few years, #MeToo movement has brought attention to long-standing culture of abuse in hierarchical organisations, and surgery is no exception. Harassment any form should cease be tolerated. This moment needs a line sand, stimulus for change our community wider society.