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12th June 2013

This review follows a patient presenting with symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) at St. Thomas' Accident and Emergency Department, outlining symptoms, diagnosis and successful treatment.

J D Fleming, B Martin, David Card and J E Mellerio

12th June 2013

Diabetes and gout: efficacy and safety of febuxostat and allopurinol.

Assess influences of demographics and co-morbidities of gout patients with or without diabetes on safety and efficacy of urate-lowering agents.

M. A. Becker, P. A. MacDonald, Professor Beverley Hunt, R. L. Jackson

4th June 2013

Genetic markers associated with toxcity to fluoropyrimidine therapy

Fluoropyrimidine drugs are extensively used for the treatment of solid cancers.

Loganayagam A,, Arenas-Hernandez M, Corrigan A, L Fairbanks, Lewis CM, Harper P, Maisey N, Ross P, Sanderson JD, Marinaki AM

10th May 2013

Dyslipidaemia: Failure to THRIVE: the end for niacin?

Statins are established as first-line therapies for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, they do not completely eliminate the future risk of CVD events.

Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki

30th April 2013

The influence of gender and haemoglobin on TPMT activity

Pre-treatment measurement of red blood cell (RBC) thiopurine-S-methyltransferase (TPMT) activity is recommended to guide initial dosing of azathioprine (AZA) and mercaptopurine (MP).

P A Blaker, V C Kariyawasam, K V Patel, R M Goel, M G Ward, P M Irving, J D Sanderson

26th April 2013

The STOP the Bleeding Campaign.

According to the World Health Organization, traumatic injuries worldwide are responsible for over 5 million deaths annually.

Rossaint R, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, Filipescu D, Professor Beverley Hunt, Komadina R, Maegele M, Nardi G, Neugebauer E, Ozier Y, Riddez L, Schultz A, Vincent JL, Spahn DR

19th April 2013

Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma: an updated European guideline.

Evidence-based recommendations are needed to guide the acute management of the bleeding trauma patient.

Donat R Spahn, Bertil Bouillon, Vladimir Cerny, Timothy J Coats, Jacques Duranteau, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar, Daniela Filipescu, Professor Beverley Hunt, Radko Komadina, Giuseppe Nardi, Edmund Neugebauer, Yves Ozier, Louis Riddez, Arthur Schultz, Jean-Louis Vincent, Rolf Rossaint

18th April 2013

Initial laboratory experience from the first UK centre offering anti-TNF-α drug and anti-drug antibody monitoring to aid personalised therapy

NICE guidance recommends the use of biologic drugs for the treatment of inflammatory disease in Rheumatology, Dermatology and Gastroenterology with restrictions.

N Unsworth, G Richards, P Irving, M Ward

16th April 2013

A new approach to HLA typing designed for solid organ transplantation: epityping and its application to the HLA-A locus

E. Lougee, S. Morjaria, Dr Olivia Shaw , Dr Robert Collins

2nd April 2013

Clustering of antimicrobial resistance outbreaks across bacterial species in the intensive care unit

There are frequent reports of intensive care unit (ICU) outbreaks due to transmission of particular antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Anne L. M. Vlek , Ben S. Cooper , Theodore Kypraios, Andy Cox, Olga Tosas Auguet

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