Eligibility for anti-fibrotic therapy of patients in British Thoracic Society (BTS) UK IPF Registry varies according to the reference values used to calculate FVC

Autor: Katherine Spinks, Huzaifa Adamali, Sarah Haney, John R. Hutchinson, Ling-Pei Ho, Jack Richardson, Wendy Funston, Andrew M. Wilson, Lisa Nicol, P.L. Molyneaux, Ahmed Fahim, Sally Welham, Lisa Spencer, Howard Almond, Maria Loughenbury, S Jones, Sarah Agnew

Publikováno v: Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias.

Introduction: Antifibrotic drugs for patients with IPF in England and Wales are only available to those whose FVC is between 50 and 80% predicted. The prescribing guidance does not state which reference values should be used. Aim: Establish the eligi

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https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.1798

Procedural and short-term safety of bronchial thermoplasty in clinical practice:evidence from a national registry and Hospital Episode Statistics

Autor: Hannah Patrick, Sally Welham, Robert Niven, Liam G Heaney, Kim Keltie, Andrew Sims, Julie Burn

Publikováno v: Burn, J, Sims, A J, Keltie, K, Patrick, H, Welham, S A, Heaney, L G & Niven, R M 2017, ' Procedural and short-term safety of bronchial thermoplasty in clinical practice : evidence from a national registry and Hospital Episode Statistics ', The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 872-879 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2016.1263652

OBJECTIVE: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a novel treatment for severe asthma. Its mode of action and ideal target patient group remain poorly defined, though clinical trials provided some evidence on efficacy and safety. This study presents procedur

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https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/procedural-and-shortterm-safety-of-bronchial-thermoplasty-in-clinical-practice(474cd66f-4e6a-4a71-a49c-4645e502bf89).html

Time to first antibiotic and mortality in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: a matched-propensity analysis

Autor: Sally Welham, Chamira Rodrigo, Mark Woodhead, Wei Shen Lim, Tricia M. McKeever, Priya Daniel

Publikováno v: Thorax. 71:568-570

A matched-propensity analysis of national data from the British Thoracic Society community-acquired pneumonia audit was conducted (n=13 725). Overall, time to first antibiotic (TFA) was ≤4 h in 63%. Adjusted 30-day inpatient (IP) mortality was lowe

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https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207513

A care-bundles approach to improving standard of care in AECOPD admissions: results of a national project: Table 1

Autor: Alice M Turner, Wei Shen Lim, Sally Welham, Chamira Rodrigo, James Calvert

Publikováno v: Thorax. 70:992-994

This report describes a care bundles implementation project for COPD undertaken during 2013 in England and Wales. High-level data were collected on outcomes of care for 11 748 patients admitted with an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). Patient-lev

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https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206833

British Thoracic Society national bronchiectasis audit 2010 and 2011: Figure 1

Autor: Kerry Reid, Sally Welham, Christine Bucknall, Adam T. Hill

Publikováno v: Thorax. 67:928-930

There have been two national British Thoracic Society (BTS) bronchiectasis audits from 1 October to 30 November in 2010 and 2011 in patients with non-cystic fibrosis attending secondary care. The first audit was soon after the publication of the BTS

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https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201983