Methods A retrospective cohort study of all penetrating and blunt liver injuries at a Level 1 Major Trauma Centre (King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) was undertaken. Cases were defined by having radiological evidence of liver trauma following injury. Initial aspartate transanimase (AST) levels were documented (normal 10-50 IU/L) along with intervention (non-operative or operative) an...

Ian Hinitt, deputy estates director at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and project director of an ambitious "ultra fast-track" modular ward development at Bradford Royal Infirmary, describes the numerous challenges in getting the building completed in just six months, extolling the virtues of Partnering and Framework Agreements and a systems approach to project managing ultra-...

Affiliations: Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari – Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Italy. Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Hea...

1 Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, CLASS Clinic, Cambridge, UK 3 Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands 4 Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, J-Block Groote Schuur Hospital Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 5...

a Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre (Nutrition), Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, England, UK b Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland c Research Group on Geriatrics, Charit e Universit€ atsmedizin, Berlin, Germany d Department of Cl...

Unsuspected large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: rapid bedside diagnosis by contrast-enhanced echocardiography Jobanpreet S. Sehmi1,*, Jason Dungu2, Simon W. Davies1, Rajdeep Khattar3, Roxy Senior3, and Navtej Chahal3 Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, Department of Cardiology, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, UK, and Departme...

S.J. Mills,* M.D. Farrar,* G.S. Ashcroft, C.E.M. Griffiths, M.J. Hardman and L.E. Rhodes Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK Dermatology Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK *These authors contr...

modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy in consultation with the British Association of Dermatologists. Rheumatology 2008;47:924–5. 3 University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. A–Z services: rheumatology. Guidelines for the management of rheumatology patients. http://www.uhb.nhs. uk/Services/Rheumatology/Information%20for%20Clinicians/Guidelines.aspx (24 June 2008, date last acc...

L. Mirbahai, M. Wilson, C. S. Shaw, C. McConville, R. D. Malcomson, R. A. Kauppinen, and A. C. Peet School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West midlands, United Kingdom, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Histopathology, Birmingham Childern's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdo...

J. Vicente, J. M. García-Gómez, S. Tortajada, E. Fuster-Garcia, A. Capdevila, A. C. Peet, B. Celda, and M. Robles IBIME-ITACA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Valencia, Valenci...