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All publications by 'Allsup S'



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – St Helens & Knowsley Staff

Autoimmune encephalitis presenting with cognitive decline and hyponatraemia

The article describes the case of a 69-year-old man with a history of increasing confusion, memory loss, unsteadiness and body spasms and was diagnosed with anti leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) limbic encephalitis with associated faciobrachial dystonic seizures and hyponatraemia Chin, G; Allsup, S; Fratalia, L. (2019). Autoimmune encephalitis presenting with cognitive..

Published: 26/06/2019
Authors: Allsup S, Chin G, Fratalia L

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Education greatly improves AMT scoring

​ Introduction The best practice tariff (BPT) for fragility hip fracture applies to patients aged 60 years and over admitted with a fractured neck of femur (NOF). It awards 1335 per case provided several criteria are met including completion of pre and post-operative abbreviated mental test (AMT). Our fractured NOF pathway prompted AMTscoring,..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Gudena R, Allsup S

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Barium Aspiration

​ A 70-year-old lady underwent a barium swallow for investigation of dysphagia and unfortunately aspirated a large quantity of contrast material, which dramatically illuminated the airspaces (Figure 1A). The patient received supportive care, chest physiotherapy and prophylactic antibiotics. Varatharaj, A; Roome, C; Allsup, S. (2012).  Barium aspiration . QJM: An International Journal of..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Allsup S, Roome C, Varatharaj A

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