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Leicester General Hospital

HealthcareLeicester, United Kingdom
About: Leicester General Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in Leicester, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Transplantation. The organization has 2481 authors who have published 3034 publications receiving 107437 citations.


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TL;DR: Women in the experimental group had more home births, birth in a midwife-led suite and opted for early discharge home postnatally more often than the controls, and experienced much higher levels of continuity, particularly of a known midwife during labour and birth.

71 citations

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TL;DR: The hypothesis that nucleotide supplementation of infant formula has beneficial effects on fecal bacteriology is supported and these findings have important implications for optimizing the diet of formula-fed infants.

71 citations

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TL;DR: Both housing tenure and access to cars were associated with the prevalence of neurotic disorder even after adjustment for other socio-economic and demographic variables, including the Registrar General's Social Class and educational attainment.
Abstract: Evidence on the association between socio-economic status and the prevalence of neurotic disorder is contradictory. We studied the association between three elements of socio-economic status and the prevalence of neurotic psychiatric disorder in a representative sample of adults aged 16-64 living in private households in the UK. A cross-sectional survey of 10,108 adults aged 16-65 resident in private households in the UK was selected by a multi-stage, clustered, random-sampling design. Neurotic disorders were defined using a standardised interview, the revised clinical interview schedule (CIS-R). Data for 9570 people were available for this study. We used housing tenure and access to cars as measures of standard of living; both were associated with the prevalence of neurotic disorder even after adjustment for other socio-economic and demographic variables, including the Registrar General's Social Class and educational attainment. Those people with no access to a car had an odds ratio for neurotic disorder...

71 citations

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TL;DR: Kidneys undergoing a short period of isolated normothermic perfusion had improved metabolic function and less tubular injury compared with static cold-stored kidneys and the increased expression of heat shock protein 70 and IL-6 suggests that NP may upregulate mechanisms that condition the kidney.

70 citations

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TL;DR: A pilot study in patients with established irritable bowel syndrome showed a significant improvement both in general well-being and in symptoms of bloating after acupuncture.
Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the potential value of acupuncture in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODOLOGY: The study was an open design study of 7 patients with established irritable bowel syndrome in which assessment was by a diary card. RESULTS: The results showed a significant improvement both in general well-being and in symptoms of bloating. CONCLUSIONS: Acupuncture seems to be effective in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and merits further study.

70 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Janet Treasure11483144104
John P. Neoptolemos11264852928
Paul Moayyedi10453136144
Alex J. Sutton9530747411
Traolach S. Brugha9521581818
Kamlesh Khunti91103037429
Melanie J. Davies8981436939
Kenneth J. O'Byrne8762939193
Martin Roland8641031220
Keith R. Abrams8635530980
Charles D. Pusey8342230154
Hans W. Hoek8226381606
Richard Poulsom8024220567
Alex J. Mitchell7925124227
David C. Wheeler7732825238
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20233
20229
2021138
2020135
201984
201890