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Richard A Parker

Researcher at University of Edinburgh

Publications -  130
Citations -  6381

Richard A Parker is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Population. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 117 publications receiving 5273 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard A Parker include Novartis & Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Obesity and fractures in postmenopausal women.

TL;DR: A surprisingly high prevalence of obesity is demonstrated in postmenopausal women presenting to the FLS with low‐trauma fracture, which has important public heath implications in view of the rapidly rising increase in obesity in many populations.
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Risk of adverse events including serious infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

TL;DR: Tocilizumab in combination with MTX as a treatment for RA is associated with a small but significantly increased risk of AEs, which is comparable with that of other biologics.
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High-sensitivity troponin in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: The implementation of an hs-cTnI assay was evaluated in consecutive patients who had been admitted to the hospitals' emergency departments with suspected acute coronary syndrome and its findings question whether the diagnostic threshold for myocardial infarction should be based on the 99th centile derived from a normal reference population.