Clinical impact of lifestyle interventions for the prevention of diabetes: an overview of systematic reviews

L Howells, B Musaddaq, AJ McKay, A Majeed - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To review the clinical outcomes of combined diet and physical activity interventions
for populations at high risk of type 2 diabetes. Design Overview of systematic reviews (…

Pain Assessment in INT ensive care (PAINT): an observational study of physician‐documented pain assessment in 45 intensive care units in the United Kingdom

…, L Sidon, M Grover, P Panagoda, L Howells… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pain is a common and distressing symptom experienced by intensive care patients.
Assessing pain in this environment is challenging, and published guidelines have been …

[HTML][HTML] Serological response to the BNT162b2 mRNA or ChAdOx1 nCoV‐19 COVID‐19 vaccine after first and second doses in patients with plasma cell disorders …

WY Chan, L Howells, W Wilson, E Sanchez… - British Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We read with interest Avivi et al. 1 evaluating humoral response to two doses of BNT162b2
mRNA vaccine in multiple myeloma (MM) at manufacturer’s dosing interval. Suboptimal …

Patients with plasma cell disorders undergoing autologous stem cell transplant retain their humoral response to COVID-19 vaccination but falling titers emphasize the …

L Howells, WY Chan, E Sanchez, J Horder… - Leukemia & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Patients with plasma cells disorders (PCD) who contract COVID-19 have higher morbidity
and mortality compared to those without [1-3]. Mortality from COVID-19 is also increased in …

Iatrogenic rectal cyst formation

L Liasis, L Howells, HT Papaconstantinou - Hellenic Journal of Surgery, 2016 - Springer
Background Transanal stapling, or circumferential mucosectomy, is one of several well-established
techniques for the treatment of haemorrhoids and rectal prolapse. We report a rare …

[HTML][HTML] Serological response to the BNT162B2 mRNA or ChAdOx-nCOV-19 COVID-19 vaccine after first and second doses in plasma cell disorder patients: Influence …

WY Chan, L Howells, W Wilson, E Sanchez, L Ainley… - Blood, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Plasma cell disorders (PCD) are at risk of inadequate immune responses to
COVID-19 vaccines due to recognised humoral and cellular immune dysfunction which is multi-…

OAB-047: Plasma cell disorder patients are left vulnerable after one dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA or the ChAdOx-nCOV-19 COVID-19 vaccines

WY Chan, L Howells, W Wilson, E Sanchez… - … Myeloma and Leukemia, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Concerns have been raised about the ability of patients with plasma cell disorders
(PCD) to mount adequate immune responses to vaccination, particularly considering the …

A camera in the surgery

L Howells, N Masters - British Journal of General Practice, 2013 - bjgp.org
British Journal of General Practice, January 2013 43 photographing of patients should not be
a once and for all exercise. The comparison of photographs taken over time provides vivid …

[PDF][PDF] Irish patients' knowledge and perception of anaesthesia

G Torlot, L Howells, J Comara, R Sayers - 2014 - lenus.ie
We read with interest the article by Mannion and Smith 1 about patientsknowledge of the role
of anaesthetists in Ireland. Recent studies across the world have also shown that patients …

Not-so-Minor Injuries: Delayed Diagnosis of a Large Splinter

L Liasis, L Howells… - Archives of Trauma …, 2017 - archtrauma.kaums.ac.ir
Introduction In contrast with victims of major trauma, patients who suffer minor injuries receive
little specialist input. In most cases, this causes no difficulty, but there are situations where …