Introduction Living in an area with high levels of child poverty predisposes children to poorer
mental and physical health. ActEarly is a 5-year research programme that comprises a …

Introduction: The aim of the research was to gain a greater understanding of infant and young
child feeding perceptions and practices in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the …

′The next phase of public services has to be to move away from the letter box model [in
which] ″we″ are waiting for ″them″ to deliver services to us, so we are no longer the …

Introduction Intercostal chest drain insertion is a common yet potentially hazardous procedure
within Respiratory practice. In 2008 the UK National Patient Safety Agency reported …

Patients with bronchiectasis experience lower respiratory tract infections with decline in quality
of life. The British Thoracic Society statement indicates that Macrolides may have disease-…

Background: Pulse oximetry is commonly used to measure oxygen saturations (SpO 2 ) in
assessment of patients with stable COPD. This is considered to be equivalent to oxygen …

Background: NICE (UK) recommends that all smokers should be advised to quit and that
individuals who want to stop smoking should be referred to an intensive smoking cessation …

Background: Smoking cessation is a NHS (UK) priority and all health care professionals are
encouraged to refer smokers to a “stop smoking” service. Many UK public health campaigns …

Background Methods for ethnic adjustment of BMI are available but not currently used in the
National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). We evaluated the effect of ethnic-specific …

Aims: To prove that NRT in ICU patients decreases the use of sedatives and analgesics, the
number of days on ventilator, and the total ICU stay. Methods: The study was performed in …