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  1. Article ; Online: A proteomic overview of the major venom components from Tityus championi from Panama.

    Salazar, Marcos H / Ortíz, Magdalena Hernández / Encarnación, Sergio / Zamudio, Fernando / Possani, Lourival D / Cleghorn, John / Morán, Maricruz / Acosta, Hildaura / Corzo, Gerardo

    Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology

    2023  Volume 227, Page(s) 107082

    Abstract: In recent years, morbidity caused by scorpion sting of the species Tityus championi has increased in Panama. Therefore, the ... ...

    Abstract In recent years, morbidity caused by scorpion sting of the species Tityus championi has increased in Panama. Therefore, the LD
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Venoms/metabolism ; Scorpions/chemistry ; Proteomics ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry ; Peptides/chemistry ; Scorpion Venoms/chemistry ; Mammals/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Venoms ; Peptides ; Scorpion Venoms
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 204479-1
    ISSN 1879-3150 ; 0041-0101
    ISSN (online) 1879-3150
    ISSN 0041-0101
    DOI 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107082
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  2. Article ; Online: New Zealand's Climate Change Commission report: the critical need to address the missing health co-benefits of reducing emissions.

    Chambers, Tim / Hales, Simon / Shaw, Caroline / Baker, Michael / Ball, Jude / Cleghorn, Christine / Wilson, Nick

    The New Zealand medical journal

    2021  Volume 134, Issue 1542, Page(s) 109–118

    Abstract: The Climate Change Commission's draft report and recommendations provide a pathway towards achieving the New Zealand Government's commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. However, the Commission has not adequately considered the health co-benefits of ... ...

    Abstract The Climate Change Commission's draft report and recommendations provide a pathway towards achieving the New Zealand Government's commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. However, the Commission has not adequately considered the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation. In this viewpoint, we assess how the Commission has considered health co-benefits in the key response domains. Extrapolating UK evidence to the New Zealand context suggests climate change mitigation strategies that reduce air pollution, transition the population towards plant-based diets and increase physical activity via active transport could prevent thousands of deaths per year in coming decades. Substantial health co-benefits would also arise from improved housing, cleaner water, noise reductions, afforestation and more compact cities. The Commission's draft report only briefly mentions many of these health co-benefits, and some are completely absent. We recommend the Commission's final report: (i) use health co-benefits as an explicit frame; (ii) ensure the government's Treaty of Waitangi obligations are met in all the domains covered to maximise benefits for Māori health and wellbeing; (iii) build on the successful COVID-19 response that demonstrated rapid, science-informed and vigorous government action can address major global health threats; (iv) include both public health expertise and Māori health expertise among its commissioners; (v) explain how health co-benefits are likely to generate major cost-savings to the health system.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Climate Change ; Humans ; New Zealand/epidemiology ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Public Health/trends ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-17
    Publishing country New Zealand
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 390590-1
    ISSN 1175-8716 ; 0028-8446 ; 0110-7704
    ISSN (online) 1175-8716
    ISSN 0028-8446 ; 0110-7704
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  3. Article ; Online: Catch-up growth in children with chronic kidney disease started on enteral feeding after 2 years of age.

    Marlais, Matko / Stojanovic, Jelena / Jones, Helen / Cleghorn, Shelley / Rees, Lesley

    Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)

    2019  Volume 35, Issue 1, Page(s) 113–118

    Abstract: ... 34 predialysis patients had a median (range) eGFR of 22 (6-88) ml/min/1.73 m: Conclusions: Enteral ...

    Abstract Background: Enteral feeding by tube in chronic kidney disease (CKD) before 2 years of age improves growth. Whether it is effective after this age is unknown. We assessed whether height and weight SDS changed after tube feeding was started in children with CKD above 2 years of age.
    Methods: Retrospective study of pre-transplant, pre-pubertal children (< 11 years) with CKD stages 2-5 started on nasogastric tube or gastrostomy feeds for the first time after age 2 years. Children were identified by searching dietetic records and the renal database. Children on growth hormone were excluded. Height, weight, and BMI were documented 1 year prior to and at the start of tube feeds, and after 1 and 2 years. Data collection ceased at transplantation.
    Results: Fifty children (25 male) were included. The median (range) age at start of tube feeds was 5.6 (2.1-10.9) years. Sixteen children were dialysed (1 haemodialysis, 15 peritoneal dialysis); 34 predialysis patients had a median (range) eGFR of 22 (6-88) ml/min/1.73 m
    Conclusions: Enteral tube feeding commenced after 2 years of age in prepubertal children with CKD improves height and weight SDS, with stability of BMI during the second year. Younger children and those not on dialysis had the greatest benefit.
    MeSH term(s) Age Factors ; Body Height/physiology ; Body Mass Index ; Child ; Child Development/physiology ; Child, Preschool ; Enteral Nutrition/methods ; Enteral Nutrition/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Peritoneal Dialysis/statistics & numerical data ; Renal Dialysis/statistics & numerical data ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/physiopathology ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy ; Retrospective Studies ; Time-to-Treatment/statistics & numerical data ; Treatment Outcome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-10-24
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 631932-4
    ISSN 1432-198X ; 0931-041X
    ISSN (online) 1432-198X
    ISSN 0931-041X
    DOI 10.1007/s00467-019-04382-9
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  4. Article ; Online: Interprofessional service-learning definition.

    Higbea, Raymond J / Elder, Jodie / VanderMolen, Julia / Cleghorn, Susan M / Brew, Ranelle / Branch, Katie

    Journal of interprofessional care

    2019  Volume 34, Issue 2, Page(s) 283–286

    Abstract: In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO' ... ...

    Abstract In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO's
    MeSH term(s) Cooperative Behavior ; Humans ; Interprofessional Relations ; Problem-Based Learning/organization & administration ; Quality Improvement/organization & administration ; World Health Organization
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1099758-1
    ISSN 1469-9567 ; 0884-3988 ; 1356-1820
    ISSN (online) 1469-9567
    ISSN 0884-3988 ; 1356-1820
    DOI 10.1080/13561820.2019.1650729
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  5. Article ; Online: Diagnosis and management of mineral and bone disorders in infants with CKD: clinical practice points from the ESPN CKD-MBD and Dialysis working groups and the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce.

    Bacchetta, Justine / Schmitt, Claus Peter / Bakkaloglu, Sevcan A / Cleghorn, Shelley / Leifheit-Nestler, Maren / Prytula, Agnieszka / Ranchin, Bruno / Schön, Anne / Stabouli, Stella / Van de Walle, Johan / Vidal, Enrico / Haffner, Dieter / Shroff, Rukshana

    Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)

    2023  Volume 38, Issue 9, Page(s) 3163–3181

    Abstract: Background: Infants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) form a vulnerable population who are highly prone to mineral and bone disorders (MBD) including biochemical abnormalities, growth retardation, bone deformities, and fractures. We present a position ... ...

    Abstract Background: Infants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) form a vulnerable population who are highly prone to mineral and bone disorders (MBD) including biochemical abnormalities, growth retardation, bone deformities, and fractures. We present a position paper on the diagnosis and management of CKD-MBD in infants based on available evidence and the opinion of experts from the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN) CKD-MBD and Dialysis working groups and the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce.
    Methods: PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes) questions were generated, and relevant literature searches performed covering a population of infants below 2 years of age with CKD stages 2-5 or on dialysis. Clinical practice points (CPPs) were developed and leveled using the American Academy of Pediatrics grading matrix. A Delphi consensus approach was followed.
    Results: We present 34 CPPs for diagnosis and management of CKD-MBD in infants, including dietary control of calcium and phosphate, and medications to prevent and treat CKD-MBD (native and active vitamin D, calcium supplementation, phosphate binders).
    Conclusion: As there are few high-quality studies in this field, the strength of most statements is weak to moderate, and may need to be adapted to individual patient needs by the treating physician. Research recommendations to study key outcome measures in this unique population are suggested. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.
    MeSH term(s) Infant ; Humans ; Child ; Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder/diagnosis ; Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder/etiology ; Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder/therapy ; Calcium/therapeutic use ; Nephrology ; Renal Dialysis/adverse effects ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/diagnosis ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy ; Bone Diseases ; Phosphates ; Minerals
    Chemical Substances Calcium (SY7Q814VUP) ; Phosphates ; Minerals
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-14
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 631932-4
    ISSN 1432-198X ; 0931-041X
    ISSN (online) 1432-198X
    ISSN 0931-041X
    DOI 10.1007/s00467-022-05825-6
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  6. Article ; Online: Framing the wider determinants of health: Reflections and learning from a knowledge mobilisation exercise with an English local authority.

    Such, Elizabeth / Akakpo, Daniel / Cleghorn, Lauren / Eddleston, Faith / Eyoma, Jesse / Fish, Lucy / Jan-Khan, Manawar / Khattran, Sukhi / Leitner, Victoria / Young, Carol / Laurent, Claire

    Public health in practice (Oxford, England)

    2023  Volume 6, Page(s) 100410

    Abstract: Background: Health inequalities remain a persistent problem in the UK. One contributing factor may be how health inequalities are framed in professional and public debate. Dominant understandings of health focus on the individual, personal choice, ... ...

    Abstract Background: Health inequalities remain a persistent problem in the UK. One contributing factor may be how health inequalities are framed in professional and public debate. Dominant understandings of health focus on the individual, personal choice, lifestyle and (un)healthy behaviour. This project sought to reframe health inequalities as a 'systemic' or structural problem using extant guidance. This was intended to support the work of a local authority in England working to address health inequalities.
    Project design: An academic-practitioner participatory knowledge mobilisation exercise with a local authority public health team using recent guidance and reflective feedback and the iterative development of actionable tools. There were four discrete stages to the exercise.
    Methods: Two on-line and one face-to-face participatory, deliberative workshops designed to co-create reframed public health challenges and solutions based on team portfolios. Iterative feedback provided by the researcher to support the development of actionable tools.
    Results: Six topic areas were developed with a systemic framing: 1. Food insecurity, 2. Obesity, 3. Prostate cancer among Black men, 4. Cost of living, 5. Mental health, suicide prevention and Gypsy, Roma, Traveller communities, 6. Healthy streets. Reflections from the process revealed some perceived advantages of engaging in a systemic framing of the wider determinants of health, some limitations and issues to consider in a local setting. Benefits included: Clarity in a complex field; structured thinking about what to communicate and how; eliminated jargon; could be made locally relevant. Challenges included: Sustaining a consistent framing; maintaining the technique; knowing if was making a difference; slipping back into dominant (individualised) framings, especially in free-flowing discussion.
    Conclusions: The process of reframing the wider determinants of health using recent guidance in a local authority setting was broadly helpful in developing coherence and consistency across the public health team. There were challenges to adopting the approach and evaluation of its impact locally would be beneficial.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2666-5352
    ISSN (online) 2666-5352
    DOI 10.1016/j.puhip.2023.100410
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  7. Article ; Online: Influence of habitual physical activity on gastric emptying in healthy males and relationships with body composition and energy expenditure.

    Horner, Katy M / Byrne, Nuala M / Cleghorn, Geoffrey J / King, Neil A

    The British journal of nutrition

    2015  Volume 114, Issue 3, Page(s) 489–496

    Abstract: Although a number of studies have examined the role of gastric emptying (GE) in obesity, the influences of habitual physical activity level, body composition and energy expenditure (EE) on GE have received very little consideration. In the present study, ...

    Abstract Although a number of studies have examined the role of gastric emptying (GE) in obesity, the influences of habitual physical activity level, body composition and energy expenditure (EE) on GE have received very little consideration. In the present study, we compared GE in active and inactive males, and characterised relationships with body composition (fat mass and fat-free mass) and EE. A total of forty-four males (active n 22, inactive n 22; BMI 21-36 kg/m2; percentage of fat mass 9-42%) were studied, with GE of a standardised (1676 kJ) pancake meal being assessed by the [13C]octanoic acid breath test, body composition by air displacement plethysmography, RMR by indirect calorimetry, and activity EE (AEE) by accelerometry. The results showed that GE was faster in active compared with inactive males (mean half-time (t 1/2): active 157 (sd 18) and inactive 179 (sd 21) min, P< 0.001). When data from both groups were pooled, GE t 1/2 was associated with percentage of fat mass (r 0.39, P< 0.01) and AEE (r - 0.46, P< 0.01). After controlling for habitual physical activity status, the association between AEE and GE remained, but not that for percentage of fat mass and GE. BMI and RMR were not associated with GE. In summary, faster GE is considered to be a marker of a habitually active lifestyle in males, and is associated with a higher AEE level and a lower percentage of fat mass. The possibility that GE contributes to a gross physiological regulation (or dysregulation) of food intake with physical activity level deserves further investigation.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Basal Metabolism ; Body Composition/physiology ; Body Mass Index ; Energy Metabolism/physiology ; Exercise/physiology ; Gastric Emptying/physiology ; Humans ; Life Style ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Motor Activity/physiology ; Obesity/physiopathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-08-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 280396-3
    ISSN 1475-2662 ; 0007-1145
    ISSN (online) 1475-2662
    ISSN 0007-1145
    DOI 10.1017/S0007114515002044
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  8. Article ; Online: 'Out of the frying pan': the challenges of prescribing for insomnia in psychiatric patients.

    Huthwaite, Mark / Cleghorn, Mark / MacDonald, Joanna

    Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

    2014  Volume 22, Issue 3, Page(s) 288–291

    Abstract: Objectives: Managing insomnia is a common challenge for psychiatrists and their patients. We have observed an increasing use of quetiapine as a hypnosedative.: Methods: We conducted an audit with the aim of establishing the prescribing patterns of ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Managing insomnia is a common challenge for psychiatrists and their patients. We have observed an increasing use of quetiapine as a hypnosedative.
    Methods: We conducted an audit with the aim of establishing the prescribing patterns of local general psychiatrists in New Zealand, comparing them with established guidelines and determining the extent of the prescribing of quetiapine as a hypnosedative. Participant psychiatrists were recruited from peer review groups. Each participant provided anonymised prescribing information from 10 patients and noted their intention when prescribing.
    Results: Twenty-five clinicians (58% response rate) responded with prescriptions for 100 in-patients and 177 community mental health patients. 60% of in-patients and 62% of community patients were prescribed medications to aid with sleep. The most commonly prescribed medications were zopiclone, quetiapine and benzodiazepines. Prescribing adhered with the recommended guidelines for 20% of benzodiazepine and 35% of zopiclone prescriptions. Two thirds (60%) of the community prescriptions for quetiapine were primarily for hypnosedation.
    Conclusions: There is little concordance between guidelines for hypnosedative prescribing and the practices of general psychiatrists. Less zopiclone and fewer benzodiazepines were prescribed than in other studies, while more quetiapine was prescribed. The 'off-label' use of quetiapine and the duration of zopiclone and benzodiazepine use are discussed.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2213198-X
    ISSN 1440-1665 ; 1039-8562
    ISSN (online) 1440-1665
    ISSN 1039-8562
    DOI 10.1177/1039856214530015
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  9. Article ; Online: Zika virus and the 2016 Olympic Games - Editors' reply.

    McConnell, John / de Ambrogi, Marco / Cleghorn, Sean / Sekkides, Onisillos

    The Lancet. Infectious diseases

    2016  Volume 16, Issue 9, Page(s) 1003–1004

    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2061641-7
    ISSN 1474-4457 ; 1473-3099
    ISSN (online) 1474-4457
    ISSN 1473-3099
    DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30266-3
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  10. Article ; Online: Reproducibility of gastric emptying in overweight and obese males.

    Horner, Katy M / Byrne, Nuala M / Cleghorn, Geoffrey J / King, Neil A

    Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

    2014  Volume 33, Issue 4, Page(s) 684–688

    Abstract: ... in overweight and obese males.: Methods: Fifteen overweight and obese males [body mass index 30.3 (4.9) kg/m ...

    Abstract Background & aim: To understand whether any change in gastric emptying (GE) is physiologically relevant, it is important to identify its variability. Information regarding the variability of GE in overweight and obese individuals is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine the reproducibility of GE in overweight and obese males.
    Methods: Fifteen overweight and obese males [body mass index 30.3 (4.9) kg/m(2)] completed two identical GE tests 7 days apart. GE of a standard pancake breakfast was assessed by (13)C-octanoic acid breath test. Data are presented as mean (±SD).
    Results: There were no significant differences in GE between test days (half time (t1/2): 179 (15) and 176 (19 min), p = 0.56; lag time (tlag): 108 (14) and 104 (8) min, p = 0.26). Mean intra-individual coefficient of variation for t1/2 was 7.9% and tlag 7.5%. Based on these findings, to detect a treatment effect in a paired design with a power of 80% and α = 0.05, minimum mean effect sizes for t1/2 would need to be ≥14.4 min and tlag ≥ 8.1 min.
    Conclusions: These data show that GE is reproducible in overweight and obese males and provide minimum mean effect sizes required to detect a hypothetical treatment effect in this population.
    MeSH term(s) Adipose Tissue/metabolism ; Adult ; Body Mass Index ; Breath Tests ; Caprylates/analysis ; Carbon Isotopes/analysis ; Gastric Emptying/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nonlinear Dynamics ; Obesity ; Overweight ; Reproducibility of Results ; Young Adult
    Chemical Substances Caprylates ; Carbon Isotopes ; octanoic acid (OBL58JN025)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 604812-2
    ISSN 1532-1983 ; 0261-5614
    ISSN (online) 1532-1983
    ISSN 0261-5614
    DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.09.002
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