Jones DL, Kusinski LC, Barker P, Burling K, Halsall I, Turner E, et al. Enhanced glucose processing in gestational diabetes diagnosis: Effects on health equity and clinical outcomes. Diabet Med. 2024 Dec 17;e15476. The diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has always been a fraught territory. Relying on the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), we … Continue reading Enhanced Glucose Processing in Gestational Diabetes: Shifting the Diagnostic Landscape
Category: Journal Articles
Understanding the Role of PAPP-A in Pregnancy Outcomes: What the Research Tells Us
I love PUNS and DENS (Patient Unmet Needs and Doctors Educational Needs). It is something I intend to continue until I stop practising medicine, encourages self-reflection, and is an important part of lifelong learning. I recently had a patient who was having additional screening as they had a low level of PAPP-A discovered at routine … Continue reading Understanding the Role of PAPP-A in Pregnancy Outcomes: What the Research Tells Us
Improvements in Stress, Affect, and Irritability Following Brief Use of a Mindfulness-based Smartphone App: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Economides et al, 2018
Available here - full text. One area which I reviewed as part of my foundation module in pain was Mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to see if there was any benefit for chronic pain sufferers. From what I found in a number of papers I reviewed was that pain scores do not change but acceptance of … Continue reading Improvements in Stress, Affect, and Irritability Following Brief Use of a Mindfulness-based Smartphone App: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Economides et al, 2018
PBSGL within an interprofessional group of doctors.
A belated post about my article for the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. It is available here but alas not in full text. Indeed I am not sure I am allowed to link to a full-text version as that would make it open access and that in turn makes it expensive to publish. Anyhow, … Continue reading PBSGL within an interprofessional group of doctors.
Hall, Pippa, and Lynda Weaver. “Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road.” Medical education 35.9 (2001): 867-875
This article looks at education in an interdiscplinary team. Most people have heard of a multi-disciplinary team where a team of specialists (in their own right) discuss cases. Think of the MDT approach to hospital based disciplines and particualr complex cancer care. At the other end of the spectrum is transdisciplinary where there is role … Continue reading Hall, Pippa, and Lynda Weaver. “Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road.” Medical education 35.9 (2001): 867-875
OSELTAMIVIR TREATMENT FOR INFLUENZA IN ADULTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (Dobson et al., 2015)
I was interested to read about a new drug NICE have approved for HUS which by all accounts is massively expensive. All sorts of harrumphing followed in the press as well as the medical press about funding of expensive drugs and QALYs. Personally I think NICE have an important yet unforgiving job to do. I … Continue reading OSELTAMIVIR TREATMENT FOR INFLUENZA IN ADULTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (Dobson et al., 2015)
OSELTAMIVIR TREATMENT FOR INFLUENZA IN ADULTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (Dobson et al., 2015)
I was interested to read about a new drug NICE have approved for HUS which by all accounts is massively expensive. All sorts of harrumphing followed in the press as well as the medical press about funding of expensive drugs and QALYs. Personally I think NICE have an important yet unforgiving job to do. I … Continue reading OSELTAMIVIR TREATMENT FOR INFLUENZA IN ADULTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (Dobson et al., 2015)
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