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Derek Bell
Researcher at Imperial College London
Publications - 327
Citations - 14119
Derek Bell is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 318 publications receiving 11566 citations. Previous affiliations of Derek Bell include University of Newcastle & Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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Field evaluation of a prototype tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan lateral flow assay on HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients.
John T. Connelly,Alfred Andama,Benjamin D. Grant,Alexey Ball,Sandra Mwebe,Lucy Asege,Martha Nakaye,Brianda Barrios Lopez,Helen V. Hsieh,David Katumba,Job Mukwatamundu,Mayimuna Nalubega,Victoria M. Hunt,Burkot Stephen Thomas Graves,Harisha Ramachandraiah,Alok Choudhary,Lech Ignatowicz,Bernhard H. Weigl,Christine Bachman,Jerry Mulondo,Fred C. Semitala,Fred C. Semitala,William Worodria,Abraham Pinter,Beston Hamasur,Derek Bell,Adithya Cattamanchi,Akos Somoskovi +27 more
TL;DR: This report is the first to show improved performance of a urine TB LAM test for HIV-negative patients in a high TB burden setting and offers potential assay refinement solutions that may further improve sensitivity and specificity.
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Accuracy, Ease of Use, Safety, and Acceptability of a 23-μL Conical Cup Blood Transfer Device for Use with Rapid Diagnostic Tests.
Sandra Incardona,Daniel J Kyabayinze,Derek Bell,Bbale Ndawula,Marvis C. Kanyago,Magoma C. Mwancha-Kwasa,Iveth J. González +6 more
TL;DR: The design of the conical cup BTD may be adapted for RDTs requiring 20 μL of blood to facilitate safe and accurate blood transfer and in HW questionnaires, the conicals scored higher than the pipette in various aspects of ease of use and safety.
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Unscheduled hospital contacts after inpatient discharge: A national observational study of COPD and heart failure patients in England.
TL;DR: While the majority of patients did not have unscheduled contact with secondary health care in the 30 days after index discharge, many patients attended the ED, often multiple times, and many were admitted to hospital, not always via the ED.
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The role of the neutrophil in acute myocardial infarction.
A L Muir,Derek Bell +1 more