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Research paper thumbnail of Comment on: ‘Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activities of UK ophthalmologists’

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to Refractive Eye Surgery

Journal of the foundations of ophthalmology, Dec 23, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Orbital solitary fibrous tumour invading the levator palpebrae and superior rectus muscle complex

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology

Journal of the Foundations of Ophthalmology

Research paper thumbnail of Prognostic value of neonatal EEG following therapeutic hypothermia in survivors of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Clinical Neurophysiology, 2021

Highlights • Higher power of cortical bursts after postnatal day 3 predicted worse cognitive, lan... more Highlights • Higher power of cortical bursts after postnatal day 3 predicted worse cognitive, language and motor outcomes.• Association between cortical bursts and outcome was independent of structural MRI findings.• EEG may provide additional information by indexing persistent active mechanisms that support recovery or exacerbate damage.

Research paper thumbnail of Children returning to schools following COVID-19: A balance of probabilities – Letter to the Editor

International Journal of Surgery, 2020

The review by Nicola et al. discusses a wide variety of socioeconomic consequences as a result of... more The review by Nicola et al. discusses a wide variety of socioeconomic consequences as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, including its impact on education [1]. As governments look beyond virus containment to rebooting economies and easing lockdown measures, the topic of schools has now taken centre-stage. This letter aims to analyse key arguments surrounding the reinstatement of schools in the United Kingdom (UK), including highlights of possible flaws. The phased return of Reception, Year 1, and Year 6 pupils from June 1st was announced by the UK government on May 10th, 2020, with the possibility that Year 10 and Year 12 students may have 'some contact' with their teachers from June 15th. This is conditional upon the British public maintaining social-distancing measures and a virus reproduction rate (R) below 1. This unexpected announcement resulted in enormous backlash from the media, parents and teachers' unions alike, concerned over a perceived lack of safety. This was illustrated in an Opinium poll for The Observer; results showed that approximately half of parents feel anxious about the prospects of schools returning [2]. The government has attempted to alleviate concerns by referencing an unpublished and non peer-reviewed meta-analysis of children's and adults' susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection, led by researchers at University College London. This study concluded that-for unknown reasons-children are 56% less likely than adults to catch COVID-19 when exposed to an infected person [3]. Once infected, children are also more likely to be asymptomatic or show milder symptoms. Thus, while children themselves may have reduced risk of catching the virus, the role they play in transmitting the virus (i.e. their 'infectiousness') is uncertain. As some studies have shown that children aged 5-18 years old have the highest number of social contacts in a population, early return to school remains a major concern given the limited data on their potential for viral spread [4]. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), which advises the government, published statistical modelling of school reopening and their potential effects on the R value [5]. These scenarios ranged from the current policy of only providing school services to children of key workers, to a full return of all students. The objective of

Research paper thumbnail of Important considerations regarding the future management of coronavirus (COVID-19)

International Journal of Surgery, 2020

Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on ... more Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

Research paper thumbnail of Surgical prioritization of obstetrics and gynecology procedures in the UK during the COVID‐19 pandemic

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Comment on: ‘Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activities of UK ophthalmologists’

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to Refractive Eye Surgery

Journal of the foundations of ophthalmology, Dec 23, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Orbital solitary fibrous tumour invading the levator palpebrae and superior rectus muscle complex

Research paper thumbnail of An Introduction to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology

Journal of the Foundations of Ophthalmology

Research paper thumbnail of Prognostic value of neonatal EEG following therapeutic hypothermia in survivors of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Clinical Neurophysiology, 2021

Highlights • Higher power of cortical bursts after postnatal day 3 predicted worse cognitive, lan... more Highlights • Higher power of cortical bursts after postnatal day 3 predicted worse cognitive, language and motor outcomes.• Association between cortical bursts and outcome was independent of structural MRI findings.• EEG may provide additional information by indexing persistent active mechanisms that support recovery or exacerbate damage.

Research paper thumbnail of Children returning to schools following COVID-19: A balance of probabilities – Letter to the Editor

International Journal of Surgery, 2020

The review by Nicola et al. discusses a wide variety of socioeconomic consequences as a result of... more The review by Nicola et al. discusses a wide variety of socioeconomic consequences as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, including its impact on education [1]. As governments look beyond virus containment to rebooting economies and easing lockdown measures, the topic of schools has now taken centre-stage. This letter aims to analyse key arguments surrounding the reinstatement of schools in the United Kingdom (UK), including highlights of possible flaws. The phased return of Reception, Year 1, and Year 6 pupils from June 1st was announced by the UK government on May 10th, 2020, with the possibility that Year 10 and Year 12 students may have 'some contact' with their teachers from June 15th. This is conditional upon the British public maintaining social-distancing measures and a virus reproduction rate (R) below 1. This unexpected announcement resulted in enormous backlash from the media, parents and teachers' unions alike, concerned over a perceived lack of safety. This was illustrated in an Opinium poll for The Observer; results showed that approximately half of parents feel anxious about the prospects of schools returning [2]. The government has attempted to alleviate concerns by referencing an unpublished and non peer-reviewed meta-analysis of children's and adults' susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection, led by researchers at University College London. This study concluded that-for unknown reasons-children are 56% less likely than adults to catch COVID-19 when exposed to an infected person [3]. Once infected, children are also more likely to be asymptomatic or show milder symptoms. Thus, while children themselves may have reduced risk of catching the virus, the role they play in transmitting the virus (i.e. their 'infectiousness') is uncertain. As some studies have shown that children aged 5-18 years old have the highest number of social contacts in a population, early return to school remains a major concern given the limited data on their potential for viral spread [4]. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), which advises the government, published statistical modelling of school reopening and their potential effects on the R value [5]. These scenarios ranged from the current policy of only providing school services to children of key workers, to a full return of all students. The objective of

Research paper thumbnail of Important considerations regarding the future management of coronavirus (COVID-19)

International Journal of Surgery, 2020

Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on ... more Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

Research paper thumbnail of Surgical prioritization of obstetrics and gynecology procedures in the UK during the COVID‐19 pandemic

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2020