Breathlessness in advanced disease

CN MacDermott, SH Ahmedzai - Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Breathlessness is a distressing symptom that arises in many diseases. It has several
pathophysiological causes involving peripheral and central receptors and modulated by cortical …

Barriers to female career progression in medicine

S Moore, J Fielding, C MacDermott - Future Healthcare Journal, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims To identify barriers to female career progression in medicine, such that practical
solutions can be recommended–and subsequently implemented–to negate these barriers. …

[HTML][HTML] Non-islet cell tumour induced-hypoglycaemia as a cause of delirium

CN MacDermott, JK Prague, P Grant… - JRSM Short …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Discussion Hypoglycaemia is a frequent presentation in hospital and simple investigations
should initially look to exclude common causes of hypoglycaemia (Table 1) such as …

Review of 'Palliative care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis from diagnosis to bereavement'by David Oliver, Gian Domenico Borasio, Wendy Johnson

CN MacDermott, S Maden, HJ McLoughlin… - 2015 - spcare.bmj.com
The steady increase in referrals to palliative medicine for patients with a wide range of
neurological conditions has been evident to us as a group of palliative medicine trainees. It is …

Surgical treatment of obesity

CN MacDermott, RA Gandhi, S Tesfaye, R Ackroyd - BMJ, 2007 - bmj.com
Claire N MacDermott, BMedSci student1, … Claire N MacDermott and colleagues cut to
the chase … Articles by Claire N MacDermott

124 Improving multi-professional handover in a specialist palliative care unit

CN MacDermott, L McTague, H Evans, EM Smith - 2018 - spcare.bmj.com
Background A new electronic whiteboard multi-professional handover (e-handover) was
introduced to the in-patient unit. Handover is an excellent opportunity to share information, but …

134 Staff views on changes to the multi-professional electronic-handover in a specialist palliative care unit: service development project

H Evans, EM Smith, CN MacDermott - 2018 - spcare.bmj.com
Background Introducing change to service can be challenging. Following an audit of electronic
handover (e-handover), a multi-professional group of palliative care doctors, nurses and …

P-32 Supportive care of oral mucositis in haematology patients: service evaluation and improvement project

CN MacDermott, J Davies, C Thomas… - BMJ Supportive & …, 2017 - search.proquest.com
In haematological malignancy high dose chemotherapy or bone marrow transplant commonly
cause oropharyngeal mucositis. At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (…

Low-threshold primary afferent drive onto GABAergic interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse

CA Daniele, AB MacDermott - Journal of Neuroscience, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
Inhibition in the spinal cord dorsal horn is crucial for maintaining separation of touch and
pain modalities. Disruption of this inhibition results in allodynia, allowing low-threshold drive …

Bariatric Surgery Results in a Significant Decline in Sensory Nerve Function.

D Selvarajah, RA Gandhi, CN Macdermott… - …, 2007 - search.ebscohost.com
Lack of efficacy of conventional treatments of obesity has led to increasing popularity of
bariatric surgery as a therapeutic option. Little is known about possible long-term effects. …