1 Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2 NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Birmingham, ...

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Background High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is increasingly used for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in infants and young children, but recommendations vary, and standardised practice ...

Correspondence to Dr Brian D Earp, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; brian.earp{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk This issue considers the ethics ...

Google has made a change to how it’s search results are served which will also help to secure it against bots and scrapers. Whether this will have further effect on SEO Tools or if they can use a ...

Thirty years ago, Sue Sheridan welcomed her first child, Cal, into the world. At 16 hours of age, a clinician observed that he was jaundiced and entered this assessment into his medical record. But ...

Correspondence to Professor Julia Mayerle, Department of Medicine II, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Bavaria, Germany; julia.mayerle{at}med.uni-muenchen.de The pattern described by our colleagues as ...

Pain perception is a vital protective mechanism.1 However, chronic pain, maladaptive and persistent, constitutes a major disease burden.2 Reliance on opioid analgesics is fraught with risks of ...

Introduction Critically ill patients commonly develop acquired neutrophil dysfunction, which increases susceptibility to intensive care unit-acquired infection (ICU-AI). This study aimed to assess ...

A rapid literature review was carried out to examine the evidence supporting early prophylactic antibiotics use following endotracheal intubation in patients traumatic brain injury (TBI), to reduce ...

Background Pericardial complications following cardiac surgery are common and debilitating, significantly impacting patients’ survival. We performed this network meta-analysis to identify the most ...

2 Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Ospedale dei Castelli Hospital, Ariccia, Rome, Italy A high adenoma detection rate (ADR) is vital for effective colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, but ...