User profiles for W. H. Smithson

Henry Smithson

Professor of General Practice University College Cork
Verified email at ucc.ie
Cited by 2775

Practice guideline summary: sudden unexpected death in epilepsy incidence rates and risk factors: report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and …

…, JA French, A Gil-Nagel, DC Hesdorffer, WH Smithson… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Smithson has served on a scientific advisory board for the Sanofi UK consensus guidelines
on women with epilepsy, has received travel funding for the Partners Against Mortality in …

Malformation risks of antiepileptic drug monotherapies in pregnancy: updated results from the UK and Ireland Epilepsy and Pregnancy Registers

…, F Kennedy, A Russell, WH Smithson… - Journal of Neurology …, 2014 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objectives Antiepileptic drug (AED) exposure during pregnancy increases the risk of major
congenital malformations (MCMs). The magnitude of this risk varies by AED exposure. Here …

Topiramate in pregnancy: preliminary experience from the UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register

S Hunt, A Russell, WH Smithson, L Parsons… - Neurology, 2008 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: Topiramate (Topamax®) is licensed to be used, either in monotherapy or as
adjunctive treatment, for generalized tonic clonic seizures or partial seizures with or without …

Levetiracetam in pregnancy: results from the UK and Ireland epilepsy and pregnancy registers

…, J Craig, J Morrow, A Russell, WH Smithson… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
WH Smithson has been invited to attend advisory board meetings for NAPP and Sanofi-Aventis
within the last year. L. Parsons has received honoraria for presentations from UCB. …

Folic acid use and major congenital malformations in offspring of women with epilepsy: a prospective study from the UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register

…, SJ Hunt, AJ Russell, WH Smithson… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
WH Smithson3, … Competing interests: JIM, SJH, AJR, WHS, LP, PJM, RW, BI and JJC have
attended meetings with the support of various pharmaceutical companies, including Eisai, …

[HTML][HTML] Patients' perspectives on antiepileptic medication: relationships between beliefs about medicines and adherence among patients with epilepsy in UK primary …

…, R Horne, A Chater, D Hukins, WH Smithson - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Nonadherence to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) can result in suboptimal outcomes
for patients. Aim This study aimed to assess the utility of a theory-based approach to …

[HTML][HTML] “We're certainly not in our comfort zone”: a qualitative study of GPs' dementia-care educational needs

T Foley, S Boyle, A Jennings, WH Smithson - BMC family practice, 2017 - Springer
Background Rising dementia prevalence rates rise combined with the policy objective of
enabling people with dementia to remain living at home, means that there will be a growing …

[HTML][HTML] A cluster randomised trial, cost-effectiveness analysis and psychosocial evaluation of insulin pump therapy compared with multiple injections during flexible …

…, D Rankin, P Royle, WH Smithson… - Health Technology …, 2017 - europepmc.org
Background Insulin is generally administered to people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)
using multiple daily injections (MDIs), but can also be delivered using infusion pumps. In …

Who gains clinical benefit from using insulin pump therapy? A qualitative study of the perceptions and views of health professionals involved in the Relative …

…, DA White, J Elliott, A Jaap, WH Smithson… - Diabetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To explore health professionals' views about insulin pump therapy [continuous subcutaneous
insulin infusion ( CSII )] and the types of individuals they thought would gain greatest …

Recurrence risk of congenital malformations in infants exposed to antiepileptic drugs in utero

…, E Devenney, J Morrow, A Russell, WH Smithson… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
WHS has been invited to attend advisory board meetings for NAPP and Sanofi-Aventis
within the last year. BI has received sponsorship to attend meetings and honoraria for …