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Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial.

Lancet Rheumatol, 2020
Summary Background Sciatica has a substantial impact on individuals and society. Stratified care has been shown to lead to better outcomes among patients with non-specific low back pain, but it has not been tested for sciatica.
Konstantinou K, Lewis M, Dunn KM, Ogollah R, Artus M, Hill JC, Hughes G, Robinson M, Saunders B, Bartlam B, Kigozi J, Jowett S, Mallen CD, Hay EM, van der Windt DA, Foster NE.   +15 more
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Prehabilitation before total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review on the use and efficacy of stratified care.

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Preoperative rehabilitation (hereafter called "prehabilitation") has been proposed as a potentially effective treatment to target preoperative risk factors to prevent insufficient outcome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). PURPOSE We aimed
S. Vervullens, L. Meert, I. Baert, R. Smeets, P. Verdonk, F. Rahusen, M. Meeus   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Although obesity is a well-recognised risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the impact of long-term body mass index (BMI) changes in overweight or obese adults, on the risk of heart failure, CVD and mortality has not been quantified ...
Barbara Iyen, Stephen Weng, Yana Vinogradova, Ralph K. Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai   +5 more
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Comparing the performance of the novel FAMCAT algorithms and established case-finding criteria for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care

Open Heart, 2021
Objective Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder causing premature coronary heart disease (CHD) and death. We have developed the novel Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Case Ascertainment Tool (FAMCAT 1) case-finding algorithm ...
Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Stephen Weng, Ralph K Akyea, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Steve E Humphries, Brittany Dutton   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obesity and long‐term outcomes after incident stroke: a prospective population‐based cohort study

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2021
Background The association between obesity, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and mortality in patients with incident stroke is not well established.
Ralph K. Akyea, Wolfram Doehner, Barbara Iyen, Stephen F. Weng, Nadeem Qureshi, George Ntaios   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multipronged Programmatic Strategy for Preventing Secondary Fracture and Facilitating Functional Recovery in Older Patients after Hip Fractures: Our Experience in Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: The study assessed the effectiveness of a fracture liaison service (FLS) after 1 year of implementation in improving the outcomes of hip fracture surgery in older adult patients at Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital.
Yu-Pin Chen, Wei-Chun Chang, Tsai-Wei Wen, Pei-Chun Chien, Shu-Wei Huang, Yi-Jie Kuo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Stratified' approach to individualized anaesthetic care [PDF]

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2015
Anaesthetists provide personalized care. Preoperative assessment guides decision-making, and awareness of risk based on clinical experience allows anaesthesia to be conducted in a way that aims to achieve the best possible clinical outcome for each patient while minimizing side-effects.
Munirama, S., McLeod, G.
openaire   +3 more sources

Development of a risk stratification and prevention index for stratified care in chronic low back pain. Focus: yellow flags (MiSpEx network). [PDF]

Pain Rep, 2017
Introduction: Chronic low back pain (LBP) is a major cause of disability; early diagnosis and stratification of care remain challenges. Objectives: This article describes the development of a screening tool for the 1-year prognosis of patients with high ...
Wippert PM, Puschmann AK, Drießlein D, Arampatzis A, Banzer W, Beck H, Schiltenwolf M, Schmidt H, Schneider C, Mayer F.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Performance and clinical utility of supervised machine-learning approaches in detecting familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care

npj Digital Medicine, 2020
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder, causing lifelong elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Most individuals with FH remain undiagnosed, precluding opportunities to prevent premature heart disease and death.
Ralph K. Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai, Stephen F. Weng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating a clinical tool (FAMCAT) for identifying familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an inherited lipid disorder causing premature heart disease, which is severely underdiagnosed. Improving the identification of people with FH in primary care settings would help to reduce avoidable heart
Ralph K Akyea, Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai, Simon de Lusignan, Julian Sherlock, Christopher McGee, Stephen Weng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source