Recent staff publications

Why are patients not more involved in their own safety? A questionnaire-based survey in a multi-ethnic North London hospital population.

Yoong W, Assassi Z, Ahmedani I, Abdinasir R, Denning M, Taylor H, Chandrakumar D, Kwakye M, Nauta M.

Postgrad Med J. 2019 May;95(1123):266-270. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-136221. Epub 2019 May 25.

Are carbohydrate drinks more effective than preoperative fasting: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Noba L, Wakefield A.

J Clin Nurs. 2019 May 21. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14919. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Early or delayed anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Is one superior? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ferguson D, Palmer A, Khan S, Oduoza U, Atkinson H.

Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2019 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s00590-019-02442-2. [Epub ahead of print]

Advance care planning: what do patients want?

Owen L, Steel A.

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2019 May 2;80(5):263-267. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2019.80.5.263.

Psychometric analysis of the adult sickle cell quality of life measurement information system (ACSQ-Me) in a UK population.

Cooper O, McBain H, Tangayi S, Telfer P, Tsitsikas D, Yardumian A, Mulligan K.

Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2019 Apr 29;17(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s12955-019-1136-7.

Spontaneous preterm recurrent fundal uterine rupture at 26 weeks following laparoscopic myomectomy.

Wachira L, De Silva L, Orangun I, Shehzad S, Kulkarni A, Yoong W.

J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Jul;39(5):731-732. doi: 10.1080/01443615.2018.1557124. Epub 2019 Apr 19. No abstract available.

Should the laparoscopic approach be the norm for appendicectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy?

Sekar H, Rajesh Thamaran N, Stoker D, Das S, Yoong W.

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Apr 5;12(4). pii: e228192. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228192.

Response to Letter to Editor 'Additional procedures for pelvic gauze packing for obstetric haemorrhage'.

Govind A, Yoong W.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Apr;59(2):E6. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12943. No abstract available.

Rapidly enlarging, giant hepatic cyst growing pseudomonas.

Sayma M, Walters HR, Hesford C, Tariq Z, Nakhosteen A.

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Apr 1;12(4). pii: e226276. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226276.

Computed tomography colonography: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 2 years experience in a district general hospital.

Lynn W, Vadhwana B, Bell DJ, Borgstein R, Demetriou G, Nair MS, Meleagros L.

ANZ J Surg. 2019 May;89(5):541-545. doi: 10.1111/ans.15063. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

A Systematic Review of the Use of Biochemical Markers in the Assessment of Spinal Cord Ischemia in Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Choong AMTL, Wee IJY, Almond M, Muratani M, Kovari F, Russai R, Jenkins MP.

Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2019 Apr;53(3):230-241. doi: 10.1177/1538574418814612. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Abdomino-pelvic packing revisited: An often forgotten technique for managing intractable venous obstetric haemorrhage.

Yoong W, Lavina A, Ali A, Sivashanmugarajan V, Govind A, McMonagle M.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Apr;59(2):201-207. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12909. Epub 2018 Oct 24.

Tools Measuring Quality of Death, Dying, and Care, Completed after Death: Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties.

Kupeli N, Candy B, Tamura-Rose G, Schofield G, Webber N, Hicks SE, Floyd T, Vivat B, Sampson EL, Stone P, Aspden T.

Patient. 2019 Apr;12(2):183-197. doi: 10.1007/s40271-018-0328-2. Review.