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Cognitive performance and specific deficits in OCD symptom dimensions: I.Olfactory perception and impaired recognition of disgust
Dittrich, W.; Johansen, T.; Landro, N.I.; Fineberg, Naomi; Goder, Y.M. (2010)Objective: To investigate the ability of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in identifying pleasant and disgusting smells. Methods: Participants were 55 OCD patients and 80 healthy controls, also matched for ... -
A cohort study on detecting delirium using 4 ‘A’s Test in a London, UK, hospital
Casarin, Annalisa; Sharma, Pranev; Bhat, Satyawan; Vizcaychipi, Marcela P (2016-02-14)Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric disorder in hospitalised older adults. Often unrecognized, delirium is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, length of hospital stay, institutionalisation and costs to ... -
Combined NMDA Inhibitor Use in a Patient With Multisubstance-induced Psychotic Disorder
Caloro, Matteo; Calabrò, Giuseppa; de Pisa, Eleonora; Rosini, Enrico; Kotzalidis, Georgios D; Lonati, Davide; Locatelli, Carlo Alessandro; Papa, Pietro; Schifano, Fabrizio; Girardi, Paolo (2018-05-01): Novel psychoactive substance use is a major social concern. Their use may elicit or uncover unpredictably as yet undescribed clinical pictures. We aimed to illustrate a multisubstance use case indistinguishable from ... -
Coming off prescribed psychotropic medications: insights from their use as recreational drugs
Schifano, Fabrizio (2020-07-02) -
Commentary on the article: “Maintenance of Wellness in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Who Discontinue Medication After Exposure/Response Prevention Augmentation A Randomized Clinical Trial”
Fineberg, Naomi; Hollander, Eric; Grant, Jon E; Chamberlain, Samuel R; Drummond, Lynne; Pellegrini, Luca; Laws, Keith; Wellsted, David; Reid, Jemma; Nezgovorova, Vera; Baldwin, David (2022-06-01) -
Commentary on: Attafi IM, Albeishy MY, Oraiby ME, Khardali IA, Shaikhain GA, Fageeh MM. Postmortem Distribution of Cathinone and Cathine in Human Biological Specimens in a Case of Death Associated with Khat Chewing. Arab J Forensic Sci Forensic Med. 2018 Jun 7;1(7).
Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio; Guirguis, Amira (2019-12-31)The interpretation of post-mortem human tissue toxicology levels may be affected by the sampling site chosen. It is important to bear this in mind when looking at the psychoactive constituents of khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) ... -
Community Pharmacists’ knowledge and practice towards antibiotic resistance in Kuwait
Taqi, Amnah; Ashkanani, Fatemah; Shebl, Nada Atef (2021-03-24)The misuse of antibiotics is a factor contributing to the rise of resistance particularly in countries where there is a lack of procedures for restricting and auditing antibiotic prescriptions. There is very limited data ... -
Comorbid depression in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) : Symptomatic differences to major depressive disorder
Fineberg, Naomi; Fourie, H.; Gale, T.M.; Sivakumaran, T. (2005)In this study, we compared the depressive symptom profile of a group of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) patients, with comorbid depression, to a group of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). The two groups ... -
Comorbidity of obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorder : A new heuristic
Cuzen, Natalie L.; Stein, Dan J.; Lochner, Christine; Fineberg, Naomi A. (2014-01)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and substance use disorder share several aspects of phenomenology and may be underpinned by a common mechanism with compulsivity at the core. Despite this overlap, the two disorders show ... -
Comparative modelling of cytochromes P450
Kirton, S. B.; Baxter, C. A.; Sutcliffe, M. J. (2002-03-31)The superfamily of enzymes known as the cytochromes P450 (P450s) comprises a wide-ranging class of proteins with diverse functions. They are known, amongst other things, to be involved in the hormonal regulation of metabolism ... -
Comparative study between the use of double J ureteric stents vs bander ureteric stents during robotic assisted radical cystectomy with intra corporeal ileal conduit urinary diversion
Ibrahim, Mohamed; Nayak, Arvind; Patel, Amit; Brodie, Andrew; Decaestecker, Karel; Teoh, Jeremy Yuen-Chun; Vasdev, Nikhil (2024-01-10)Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is fast becoming the standard of care with comparable oncological outcomes to open surgery for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Ileal conduit is by far the most popular ... -
A comparative study of blood endotoxin detection in haemodialysis patients
Wong, Jonathan; Davies, Nathan; Jeraj, Hasan; Vilar, Enric; Viljoen, Adie; Farrington, Kenneth (2016-07-30)BACKGROUND: Endotoxemia is commonly reported in patients receiving haemodialysis and implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic inflammation. The Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay is the most commonly used blood endotoxin ... -
Comparing different pneumoperitoneum (12 Vs 15 mm Hg) pressures with cytokine analysis to evaluate clinical outcomes in patients undergoing Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy and Intra-Corporeal Robotic Urinary Diversion
Vasdev, Nikhil; Martin, Naomi; Hackney, Amon B.; Piedad, John; Hampson, Alexander; Gowrie-Mohan, Shan; Prasad, Venkat; Chilvers, Michael; Ebon, Martin; Smith, Philip; Tegan, Gary; Decaestecker, Karel; Baydoun, Anwar (2023-04-11)Background Robotic cystectomy is the mainstay surgical intervention for treatment-refractory non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive bladder cancer. However, paralytic ileus complicates the post-operative recovery, and may ... -
Comparison of bioavailability and antiplatelet action of ticagrelor in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction : A prospective, observational, single-centre study
Adamski, Piotr; Sikora, Joanna; Laskowska, Ewa; Buszko, Katarzyna; Ostrowska, Małgorzata; Umińska, Julia M; Sikora, Adam; Skibińska, Natalia; Sobczak, Przemysław; Adamska, Urszula; Rość, Danuta; Kubica, Aldona; Paciorek, Przemysław; Marszałł, Michał P; Navarese, Eliano P; Gorog, Diana A; Kubica, Jacek (2017-10-12)BACKGROUND: Data from available studies suggest that the presence of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) may be associated with delayed and attenuated ticagrelor bioavailability and effect compared with non-ST-elevation ... -
Comparison of BRICS-TM Countries' Biosimilar Regulatory Frameworks With Australia, Canada and Switzerland: Benchmarking Best Practices
Rahalkar, Hasumati; Sheppard, Alan; Salek, Sam (2021-08-09)Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify, compare and evaluate regulatory requirements for the biosimilar development and review processes in BRICS-TM (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Turkey, Mexico) ... -
Comparison of De-escalation of DAPT Intensity or Duration in East Asian and Western Patients with ACS Undergoing PCI: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Gorog, Diana; Jeyalan, Visvesh; Markides, Rafaella I. L.; Navarese, Eliano P; Jeong, Young-Hoon; Farag, Mohamed (2023-04-18)Background Guideline-recommended dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT; aspirin plus prasugrel/ticagrelor) for 12 months in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients increases bleeding, with East Asians (EAs) exhibiting higher ... -
Comparison of energy estimates in chronic kidney disease using doubly-labelled water
Sridharan, S; Wong, J; Vilar, E; Farrington, K (2016-01-27)BACKGROUND: Total energy expenditure (TEE) is estimated in clinical practice as a combined measure of resting energy expenditure and physical activity level. Commonly available questionnaires to estimate physical activity ... -
A comparison of novel N(G),N(G)-disubstituted arginines on recombinant dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-1 activity and nitrite production in RAW264.7 macrophages
Morfill, Corinne; Rossiter, Sharon; Smith, Caroline (2012) -
Comparison of somatodendritic and axon terminal dopamine release in the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens
Iravani, Mahmoud M.; Muscat, R.; Kruk, Z. L. (1996-02)Fast cyclic voltammetry at a carbon fibre microelectrode was used to measure dopamine release following electrical or chemical stimulation in rat brain slices incorporating either the ventral tegmental area or the core ... -
A Comparison of the Epidemiological Characteristics Between Influenza and COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective, Observational Cohort Study.
Naji, Omar; Darwish, Iman; Bessame, Khaoula; Vaghela, Tejal; Hawkins, Anja; Elsakka, Mohamed; Merai, Hema; Lowe, Jeremy; Schechter, Miriam; Moses, Samuel; Busby, Amanda; Sullivan, Keith; Wellsted, David; Zamir, Muhammad; Kandil, Hala (2023-11-23)Background and objective It is crucial to make early differentiation between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and seasonal influenza infections at the time of a patient's presentation to the emergency department (ED). ...