Julia Greig
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Supporting care transitions for older people: a practice-based qualitative study in England Open
Care transitions in later life are challenging for older people and their carers. Social care practitioners, including social workers and other professionals, play a significant role in supporting these transitions, such as hospital discha…
Investigating the Pregnancy and Post-Partum Health Experiences of Women Living with HIV Open
Introduction Pregnancy and the postpartum period is a difficult time for women living with HIV (WLWH) and postpartum engagement with HIV care is often reduced, with implications for health and well-being. We aimed to explore the postpartum…
British<span>HIV</span>Association guidelines on the management of opportunistic infection in people living with<span>HIV</span>: Considerations in pregnancy 2024 Open
AIDS-related complications are a common cause of maternal death worldwide and are responsible for a high proportion of maternal deaths in low-income countries; they are a significant contributing cause of maternal death in high-income coun…
Are we missing pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in ‘at-risk’ groups? Prospective assessment of the current practice and yield of faecal elastase testing in patients with diabetes mellitus, HIV and/or high alcohol intake Open
There is cumulative evidence that pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is under-recognised and can occur in patients with 'at-risk' conditions. Thus, we aimed to assess the current practice and yield of requesting faecal elastase (FEL-1…
Anakinra in the treatment of protracted paradoxical inflammatory reactions in HIV-associated tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: a report of two cases Open
Paradoxical reactions, including immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), are common in patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Paradoxical reactions may confer substantial morbidity a…
P24 The successful use of anakinra to control protracted immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV associated tuberculosis: a report of two cases Open
Background Paradoxical inflammatory reactions are well known to complicate tuberculosis (TB) and are observed with greater frequency in patients who are co-infected with HIV. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a paradoxi…
Delay in the diagnosis of measles complicated by pneumonitis and appendicitis in a returning traveller Open
A 40-year-old British man presented to the emergency department for the second time in 10 days following a 2-week holiday in Thailand with malaise, bilateral conjunctivitis and a morbilliform rash. He had previously seen his general practi…
Adjunctive rifampicin to reduce early mortality from Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: the ARREST RCT Open
Background Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is a common and frequently fatal infection. Adjunctive rifampicin may enhance early S. aureus killing, sterilise infected foci and blood faster, and thereby reduce the risk of dissemination, met…