RSS 1.0George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 300,000 people. The hospital opened in 1948. The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. The Trust also provides a range of community services, delivered across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire. George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to supporting research to provide the very best care for its patients. This community collects together the research outputs of the Trust. The research outputs are arranged under the organisational structure of the Trust.
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Recent Submissions
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All-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes : it’s all about the eGFR and not the serum creatinineA Clinical Digest piece reviewing cardiovascular journal articles.
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A mixed bag of ideas for CVD risk reduction and finding diabetes in the vascular clinicA Clinical Digest piece reviewing cardiovascular and major journal articles.
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Cardiovascular outcomes trials for glucose-lowering therapies : what do the results mean for practice?DigestDEBATE: In this section, a panel of multidisciplinary team members give their opinions on a recently published paper. In this issue, we discuss the outcome of the cardiovascular safety trial of empagliflozin, and what the results mean for clinical practice in the UK.
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Hypoglycaemia, CVD risk and mortality : a reminder of some Latin, ethical principles and patient safetyA Clinical Digest piece reviewing diabetes journal articles.
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The metabolic syndrome? Time to reconsider its clinical usefulnessA Clinical Digest piece reviewing diabetes journal articles.
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Delivering smoking cessation services in hospitalsNurses play an important role in health promotion and smoking cessation. This article will discuss the evidence base for this role, and strategies and resources to facilitate the implementation of guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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Is NICE too optimistic about savings from faecal calprotectin testing?Research Podium Presentation abstract PGI8 of the ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, 7-11 November 2015, Milan, Italy.
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Low maternal vitamin B12 status is associated with lower cord blood HDL cholesterol in white Caucasians living in the UKBackground and aims: Studies in South Asian population show that low maternal vitamin B12 associates with insulin resistance and small for gestational age in the offspring. Low vitamin B12 status is attributed to vegetarianism in these populations. It is not known whether low B12 status is associated with metabolic risk of the offspring in whites, where the childhood metabolic disorders are increasing rapidly. Here, we studied whether maternal B12 levels associate with metabolic risk of the offspring at birth. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 91 mother-infant pairs (n = 182), of white Caucasian origin living in the UK. Blood samples were collected from white pregnant women at delivery and their newborns (cord blood). Serum vitamin B12, folate, homocysteine as well as the relevant metabolic risk factors were measured. Results: The prevalence of low serum vitamin B12 (<191 ng/L) and folate (<4.6 μg/L) were 40% and 11%, respectively. Maternal B12 was inversely associated with offspring's Homeostasis Model Assessment 2-Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), triglycerides, homocysteine and positively with HDL-cholesterol after adjusting for age and BMI. In regression analysis, after adjusting for likely confounders, maternal B12 is independently associated with neonatal HDL-cholesterol and homocysteine but not triglycerides or HOMA-IR. Conclusions: Our study shows that low B12 status is common in white women and is independently associated with adverse cord blood cholesterol.
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Overcoming fear with peer supportRebecca Turner and Karen Green describe how young people with special educational needs can be helped to overcome anxiety about dental care with the help of their peers and staff The article explains how a group approach using class peers in a school for children with learning disabilities helped them to overcome the fear of attending the dentist for a check up. The programme, which was delivered by health professionals and educational staff, comprised carefully planned group sessions, accessible information, appropriate tactile resources and a reward system. It successfully motivated participants to make good decisions about accessing health appointments, to experience a potentially difficult environment, and to link a perceived negative experience with a positive one.
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Understanding ricketsRickets is a condition that has been recognised for many centuries and is due to defective mineralisation of the growth plate in growing children. This defect compromises the mechanical support and mineral reservoir functions of the skeleton which leads to the typical skeletal deformities and the disordered mineral metabolism. Either calcium and/or phosphate may be deficient in the aetiology of rickets. Considerable advances in the pathophysiology of hypophosphataemic rickets have been made in recent years. Advances in genetics have led to the identification of many forms of inherited rickets. However nutritional Vitamin D deficiency rickets remains the most prevalent cause worldwide and has made a resurgence in many developed countries in recent years. This article reviews the current knowledge about the different causes of rickets and provides guidelines on diagnosis and management.
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The rapid debrief : a tool that transforms learning and system changeConference abstract G75 in the section 'Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine' of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference, 28–30 April 2015, The ICC, Birmingham, UK.
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Providing safer resuscitations in small hospitals and clinical sites with infrequent resuscitationsPoster abstract G87(P) in the section 'Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine' of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference, 28–30 April 2015, The ICC, Birmingham, UK.
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Dexamethasone use in suspected bacterial meningitis : a multi-centered auditConference abstract 85 of the AAGBI Annual Congress, 23–25 September 2015, Edinburgh, UK.
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Xultophy : combination therapy for the treatment of type 2 diabetesXultophy is the first product to combine a basal insulin and an incretin mimetic for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Here Steve Chaplin presents the clinical data relating to its efficacy and adverse events and Vinod Patel outlines its place in therapy.
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Type 2 diabetes : pharmacological management strategiesCurrent and future treatment options for the management of patients with type 2 diabetes. In this article you will learn: The current pharmacological strategies for management of patients with type 2 diabetes The status of newer therapies targeting the incretin axis and renal glucose handling The status of newer, longer-acting insulins
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Perioperative acute kidney injury. Are we referring patients diagnosed with AKI or renal impairment to primary care?Meeting abstract 75 of the AAGBI GAT Annual Scientific Meeting, 17–19 June 2015, Manchester, UK.
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Pre-operative fasting for elective and emergency surgery : is it time to change our practise?Meeting abstract 83 of the AAGBI GAT Annual Scientific Meeting, 17–19 June 2015, Manchester, UK.
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Extralevator abdominoperineal excision : our experience in a district general hospitalPoster abstract P217 of the 10th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, 23–25 September 2015, Dublin, Ireland.
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Management of venothromboembolic disease in patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancerPoster abstract P133 of the 10th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, 23–25 September 2015, Dublin, Ireland.
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Are we under-investigating possible venothromboembolic disease in newly diagnosed colorectal cancer?Poster abstract P134 of the 10th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, 23–25 September 2015, Dublin, Ireland.