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Glenfield Hospital
Healthcare•Leicester, United Kingdom•
About: Glenfield Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in Leicester, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The organization has 1382 authors who have published 1812 publications receiving 99238 citations. The organization is also known as: Glenfield General Hospital.
Topics: Population, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Asthma, Genome-wide association study, Lung cancer
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TL;DR: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an effective treatment in critical pulmonary hypertension and should be considered in all patients in whom this is refractory to conventional measures.
Abstract: Certain forms of congenital heart disease (CHD) confer a high risk for the development of severe pulmonary hypertension before and after corrective cardiac surgery. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has theoretical benefits in the treatment of this complication in that it assures oxygenation, corrects acid-base balance and provides haemodynamic support at the same time as allowing lung rest from ventilation. We examined our experience of the 117 children and neonates supported with ECMO between November 1989 and July 1993. Of these, five received support for critical pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease. They comprised three who had undergone surgical repair of CHD, one whose total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage was diagnosed and corrected whilst on ECMO and one neonate with functional pulmonary atresia. Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) was estimated by Doppler echocardiography in all patients and confirmed invasively in two. The median systolic PAP was 46 (range 42-65) mmHg prior to ECMO. The median ratio of pulmonary to systemic arterial pressure (PAP/SAP) was 0.75 (0.70-0.92). Following ECMO of 16-120 h duration, the median systolic PAP was 34 (30-49) mmHg with PAP/SAP 0.50 (0.35-0.60). All patients survived and there were no complications related to ECMO. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an effective treatment in critical pulmonary hypertension and should be considered in all patients in whom this is refractory to conventional measures.
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TL;DR: 4 patients presenting with an isolated chronic cough who were subsequently found to have obstructive sleep apnoea are reported, and the cough improved rapidly with nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure therapy.
Abstract: Chronic cough is a common reason for presentation to both general practice and respiratory clinics. In up to 25% of cases, the cause remains unclear after extensive investigations. We report 4 patients presenting with an isolated chronic cough who were subsequently found to have obstructive sleep apnoea. The cough improved rapidly with nocturnal continuous positive airway pressure therapy. Further studies are required to investigate the prevalence of coexistence of these common conditions.
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TL;DR: The epidemic is still to peak and there are now over 1800 deaths per year in Britain, and the number is still increasing, and there needs to be a strategy to manage these patients.
Abstract: The epidemic is still to peak and we need more research to manage it
One in every hundred men born in the 1940s will die of die of malignant pleural mesothelioma, which is almost exclusively a consequence of exposure to asbestos, with a lag time that is rarely less than 25 years and often more than 50 years from first exposure. Half of all cases are now aged over 70, with 80% in men. For a man first exposed as a teenager, who remained in a high risk occupation, such as insulation, throughout his working life, the lifetime risk of mesothelioma can be as high as one in five.w1 There are now over 1800 deaths per year in Britain (about one in 200 of all deaths in men and one in 1500 in women), and the number is still increasing.1 w2 As exposure in the United Kingdom continued until 1980 the peak of the epidemic is still to come, and we need a strategy to manage these patients.
Asbestos was a valuable and versatile material and imports rose after the second world war when it was widely used as an insulator, in the manufacture of filters, cements, friction products, and as a fire retardant. It found a place in shipbuilding and industry and was used extensively in building in the form of light workable boards.2 It was a convenient partitioning material that …
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New York University1, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center2, University of Sydney3, University of Turin4, Ankara University5, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center6, Glenfield Hospital7, Northern General Hospital8, University of Zurich9, Heidelberg University10, Ghent University11, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center12
TL;DR: Refinement of these models could define not only the appropriate patient preoperatively for best outcomes after cytoreductive surgery but also stratify surgically treated patients after clinical and pathologic staging who do or do not receive adjuvant therapy.
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Nilesh J. Samani | 149 | 779 | 113545 |
Daniel I. Chasman | 134 | 484 | 72180 |
Massimo Mangino | 116 | 369 | 84902 |
Ian D. Pavord | 108 | 575 | 47691 |
Christopher E. Brightling | 103 | 552 | 44358 |
Ulf Gyllensten | 100 | 368 | 59219 |
Pim van der Harst | 99 | 517 | 42777 |
Andrew J. Wardlaw | 92 | 311 | 33721 |
Kenneth J. O'Byrne | 87 | 629 | 39193 |
Paul Burton | 85 | 418 | 42766 |
Bryan Williams | 82 | 454 | 40798 |
Marylyn D. Ritchie | 80 | 459 | 32559 |
John R. Thompson | 78 | 202 | 50475 |
Maria G. Belvisi | 73 | 269 | 16021 |
Martin D. Tobin | 72 | 218 | 34028 |