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

Corticosteroids reduce mortality and prevent ICU admission in Covid-19 pneumonia

Abstract Can early use of corticosteroids prevent progression of Covid-19 pneumonia to full-blown ARDS, and reduce mortality? Clinical data for use of corticosteroids in severe coronavirus infections are mixed - there is a particular lack of evidence in patients in the pre-critical care stage of illness i.e. before decompensation..

Published: 16/09/2020
Authors: Heaton J, Malhotra P, Stockton P, Rossiter L

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P244 The impact of “Seven Day working”

​ Abstract St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust (STHK) have re designed the acute pathway for medical admissions. Investment in Consultant numbers has allowed the Acute Medical Admissions (MAU) team and the speciality teams to provide robust Consultant input to their areas Monday to Sunday. Speciality Consultants have been released from..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Twite S, Stockton P, Malhotra P

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CURBO2–65 better correlation than CURB65

​ Introduction  For patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia, CURB65 (confusion, Urea>7, Respiratory Rate>30 and Blood Pressure

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Disney A, Molugu C, Singer A, Stockton P

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CURBO2–65 superior to CURB-65

​ Introduction and Objectives  Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) accounts for a significant proportion of hospital admissions and is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in UK. CURB-65 is recommended by BTS and widely used to stratify patients according to severity and guide initial treatment (1). As oxygen is not part of..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Singer A, Disney A, Lewis A, Molugu C, Stockton P

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Dedicated pneumonia follow up clinic

​ Background  It is routine clinical practice, based on British Thoracic Society recommendations, to arrange a clinical review and chest x-ray approximately 6 weeks following an episode of pneumonia in most patients. However there is a paucity of published evidence to support or refute this practice. Objective  To determine the clinical and..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Komrower D, Malhotra P, Shanker V, Stockton P, Twite S

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White Out

​ Extract A patient in their mid-40s presented with a history of worsening dyspnoea. The patient had neurofibromatosis type 1 and had previous spinal surgery for kyphoscoliosis. A chest x-ray showed a right sided ‘white out’, thought to be a pleural effusion (figure 1A). CT thorax showed a thoracic scoliosis with..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Tack G, Wide J, Stockton P

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Pleural Drain Insertion

​ Nazareth, DS; Prakash, A; Blayney, S; Stockton, P. (2010).  Pleural drain insertion and management in a UK hospital . American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181 (Meeting Abstracts)  

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Blayney S, Prakash A, Nazareth DS, Stockton P

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

​ Nazareth, DS; Tack, G; Maher, F; Patrick, S; Stockton, P. (2010).  Community acquired pneumonia: Improvements in hospital management in a UK NHS hospital . American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181 (Meeting Abstracts), D25

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Maher F, Nazareth DS, Patrick S, Stockton P, Tack G

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