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Understanding Risk Stratification Of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) In Primary Care.
The kidneys are 2 small fist sized organs which sit in the back. Kidneys clean the blood. They take away extra water and waste and turn it into urine or ‘wee’. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term condition. In CKD, the kidneys do not work as ...
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Improving Understanding Of Indications For And Timing Of Surgery In Infants With Necrotising Enterocolitis
Aims of the research Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease of the bowel that causes babies to require intensive care treatment with some needing major surgery. Babies who survive NEC have a high incidence of significant long term h...
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Feasibility cohort study on predictors of diagnosis and prognosis of urine infection in care home residents: DIagnoSing Care hOme UTI Study
The number of care home residents is increasing and urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common amongst this group. Accurate diagnosis of UTI is important because not treating an infection may lead to serious consequences including death. However, giv...
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Real World Implementation of AlcoChange: NIHR201002
Deaths from liver disease in the UK are rising at an alarming rate, with an increase of 400% since 1970. In the same period, death rates from other major killer diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, have either remained stable or decreased. Thi...
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McGrath - RP-2017-08-ST2-008 NIHR Global Health Research Professorship - Fellowship (November 2017)
More than two-thirds of all HIV-infected adults worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region that also has the highest rates of mortality due to diabetes and undiagnosed cases of diabetes. The colliding epidemics of adult communicable and non...