Showing papers by "Wishaw General Hospital published in 2003"
TL;DR: The results of the present study indicate that both weight loss and the systemic inflammatory response impact on different aspects of quality of life.
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TL;DR: A 77-year-old lady who presented with a hard lump which was clinically and mammographically indistinguishable from a calcified fibroadenoma was reported, and she remains disease free at 39 months.
17 citations
TL;DR: This assay was evaluated using bacterial cultures but provides the sensitivity required for the detection of the mynA gene from bodily fluids during meningococcal disease.
Abstract: Standard and fluorescence-based PCR assays were developed for the identification of serogroup A meningococci by detection of the mynA gene. This assay was evaluated using bacterial cultures but provides the sensitivity required for the detection of the mynA gene from bodily fluids during meningococcal disease.
17 citations
TL;DR: Those midwives who do not use evidenced-based practice and who teach, support and demonstrate ritualistic practices without reference to the substantial research available, are limiting women's choice(s) in maternity care.
Abstract: The decision-making power base in maternity care has altered in the last century with recent government documents suggesting that it be more women-centred. Those midwives who do not use evidenced-based practice and who teach, support and demonstrate ritualistic practices without reference to the substantial research available, are limiting women's choice(s) in maternity care. In a trial (Fleming et al, 2001), investigating whether routine suturing of perineal lacerations is required, the researchers concluded that midwives appeared to have attempted to influence the outcome because of their own deep-held beliefs about suturing. The rationale for this behaviour is not always easy to understand and it is examined here to determine what concepts are influencing these practices. First, is this behaviour a way of raising the midwife's profile as an expert or are midwives in fact feeling less the expert of normal childbirth as their role is eroded by other disciplines? Second, are midwives trying to regain auto...
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