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Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis

Journal Article
Larkin, A., & Hutton, P. (2017)
Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 211(4), 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.116.193458
Background: The evidence on factors that may influence treatment decisional capacity (‘capacity) in psychosis has yet to be comprehensively synthesised, which limits the devel...

Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment

Thesis
Whiteley, D. J. (2016)
Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979740
BACKGROUND: Rapid advances in the treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been witnessed in clinical practice over the last five years. Pharmacological developments have...

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial

Journal Article
Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, K., Antonelli, J., Stephen, J., Lee, R. J., Everingham, K., …Weir, C. J. (2016)
Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(10), 807-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600%2816%2930178-3
Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechani...

A qualitative study of English community pharmacists' experiences of providing lifestyle advice to patients with cardiovascular disease

Journal Article
Morton, K., Pattison, H., Langley, C., & Powell, R. (2015)
A qualitative study of English community pharmacists' experiences of providing lifestyle advice to patients with cardiovascular disease. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 11(1), e17-e29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.04.006
Background - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) progression is modifiable through lifestyle behaviors. Community pharmacists are ideally placed to facilitate self-management of card...

Adoptive therapy with redirected primary regulatory T cells results in antigen-specific suppression of arthritis

Journal Article
Wright, G. P., Notley, C. A., Xue, S. A., Bendle, G. M., Holler, A., Schumacher, T. N., …Stauss, H. J. (2009)
Adoptive therapy with redirected primary regulatory T cells results in antigen-specific suppression of arthritis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(45), 19078-19083. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907396106
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) can suppress a wide range of immune cells, making them an ideal candidate for the treatment of autoimmunity. The potential clinical translation of t...

Rheometry and associated techniques for blood coagulation studies

Journal Article
Evans, P. A., Hawkins, K., Lawrence, M., Williams, R. L., Barrow, M. S., Thirumalai, N., & Williams, P. R. (2008)
Rheometry and associated techniques for blood coagulation studies. Medical engineering & physics, 30(6), 671-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.08.005
This review considers various rheometrical approaches that have been adopted to study blood coagulation, with special reference to the rheological assessment of clotting time ...