Objective To provide deeper insight into why patients are admitted to hospital with gout and discover potential targets for better disease control. Design Data from semi-structured interviews were ...

Introduction Globally, acute generalised peritonitis (AGP) is a common medical and surgical emergency which is a major contributor to non-trauma deaths despite improvements in diagnosis and surgical ...

Objective To explore parent and staff views on the acceptability of a randomised controlled trial investigating temperature thresholds for antipyretic intervention in critically ill children with ...

Introduction The Pain in Older People with Frailty Study is a mixed-method, co-design study, which aims to develop the content, implementation strategies, service and professional guidance to support ...

12 Department of General Surgery, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK 13 Department of Upper GI Surgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK 14 Department of Oesophago-Gastric Surgery, Salford ...

6 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Introduction Self-harm and suicide are major public health concerns among children and adolescents. Many risk and protective factors for ...

Introduction Neck pain (NP) is a common musculoskeletal complaint and is increasing in prevalence. Current clinical practice guidelines and systematic reviews recommended conservative, pharmacological ...

Objective There is a widely held assumption that engagement by clinicians and healthcare organisations in research improves healthcare performance at various levels, but little direct empirical ...

Introduction Deep learning techniques are gaining momentum in medical research. Evidence shows that deep learning has advantages over humans in image identification and classification, such as facial ...

Objectives This article presents the findings from a scoping review which explored the nature of interprofessional online learning in primary healthcare. The review was informed by the following ...

Introduction Many countries are launching large-scale, digitally enabled change programmes as part of efforts to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care. We have been commissioned to ...

Rationale and objective Salt reduction remains a global challenge and different salt reduction strategies have been studied in China. This study is to systematically evaluate evidence from randomised ...