Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of red blood cell leukoreduction in
reducing postoperative infection, mortality and cancer recurrence, two meta-analyses of …

DISCUSSION Historically, gastric fistulas to the colon tended to be of the gastrojejunocolic
type and occurred in the context of marginal ulceration after gastroenterostomy for the …

There is evidence to suggest that there exists considerable variation in red blood cell (RBC)
transfusion practices, especially in the surgical specialties. This is in large part related to …

Objectives To describe the prevalence and nature of bacterial co-infections in COVID-19
patients within 48 hours of hospital admission and assess the appropriateness of empirical …

… The search we undertook for the first update of the review (Khanna 2013) identified 618
further results and, after close inspection, we included eight more studies; making a total of 12 …

Background: Selection into specialty training is a high-stakes and resource-intensive
process. While substantial literature exists on selection into medical schools, and there are …

Background Medical students navigate complex personal learning pathways from entry into
medical school, through an educational program, and into life-long practice. However, many …

Background Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen associated
with bloodstream, wound and other infections, especially in critically ill patients. C. auris …

Aim : Non-medullary thyroid carcinomas arise from follicular cells. The purpose of this study
is to correlate clinical and pathological properties of these tumours with the rate of distant …

Although the principles behind assessment for and as learning are well-established, there
can be a struggle when reforming traditional assessment of learning to a program which …