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There has been 100 years of research detailing the role of insulin in glucose, protein and free fatty acid metabolism. We explore the learnings though evolution and changes in management with an understanding of how it has impacted the care of people with diabetes. The discrimination endured is described and recent advances to empower and counter this are highlighted.
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- David Russell‐Jones
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildfordSurreyUK
- University of SurreyGuildfordSurreyUK
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- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildfordSurreyUK
- University of SurreyGuildfordSurreyUK
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Deshmukh H, Wilmot EG, Choudhary P, Narendran P, Shah N, Barnes D, Kamruddin S, Banatwalla R, Christian P, Saunders S, Lumb A, Herring R, Patmore J, Walton C, Ryder REJ, Sathyapalan T. Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia and Severe Hypoglycemia in Drivers With Diabetes: Insights From the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide Audit. Diabetes Care 2021; 44:e190-e191. [PMID: 34526308 PMCID: PMC8546285 DOI: 10.2337/dc21-1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Harshal Deshmukh
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, U.K.,University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K
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- Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, U.K
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury, U.K
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- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington, U.K
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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Deshmukh H, Wilmot EG, Gregory R, Barnes D, Narendran P, Saunders S, Furlong N, Kamaruddin S, Banatwalla R, Herring R, Kilvert A, Patmore J, Walton C, Ryder REJ, Sathyapalan T. Predictors of diabetes-related distress before and after FreeStyle Libre-1 use: Lessons from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists nationwide study. Diabetes Obes Metab 2021; 23:2261-2268. [PMID: 34142425 DOI: 10.1111/dom.14467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AIM To identify the baseline demographic and clinical characteristics associated with diabetes-related distress (DRD) and factors associated with improvement in DRD after initiating use of the FreeStyle Libre (FSL) in people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). METHODS The study was performed using baseline and follow-up data from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists nationwide audit of people with diabetes who initiated use of the FSL in the United Kingdom. DRD was assessed using the two-item diabetes-related distress scale (DDS; defined as the average of the two-item score ≥3). People living with T1D were categorized into two groups: those with high DRD, defined as an average DDS score ≥3 and those with lower DRD, defined as a DDS score <3. We used a gradient-boosting machine-learning (GBM) model to identify the relative influence (RI) of baseline variables on average DDS score. RESULTS The study population consisted of 9159 patients, 96.6% of whom had T1D. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age was 45.1 (32-56) years, 50.1% were women, the median (IQR) baseline body mass index was 26.1 (23.2-29.6) kg/m2 and the median (IQR) duration of diabetes was 20 (11-32) years. The two components of the DDS were significantly correlated (r2 = 0.73; P < 0.0001). Higher DRD was prevalent in 53% (4879/9159) of people living with T1D at baseline. In the GBM model, the top baseline variables associated with average DDS score were baseline glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c; RI = 51.1), baseline Gold score (RI = 23.3), gender (RI = 7.05) and fear of hypoglycaemia (RI = 4.96). Follow-up data were available for 3312 participants. The top factors associated with improvement in DDS score following use of the FSL were change in Gold score (RI = 28.2) and change in baseline HbA1c (RI = 19.3). CONCLUSIONS In this large UK cohort of people living with T1D, diabetes distress was prevalent and associated with higher HbA1c, impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia and female gender. Improvement in glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia unawareness with the use of the FSL was associated with improvement in DRD in people living with T1D.
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- Harshal Deshmukh
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington, UK
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- St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St Helens, UK
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- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton, UK
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Hull, Hull, UK
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Shah N, Deshmukh H, Wilmot EG, Patmore J, Choudhary P, Christian P, Herring R, Furlong N, Saunders S, Narendran P, Barnes DJ, Walton C, Ryder RE, Sathyapalan T. Previous structured education attendance and the relationship with HbA1c and hypoglycaemia awareness in people living with type 1 diabetes mellitus using FreeStyle Libre: insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Nationwide Audit. Br J Diabetes 2021. [DOI: 10.15277/bjd.2021.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background: Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) is the gold standard National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended structured education programme that promotes self-management in people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We have recently shown that FreeStyle Libre (FSL) is associated with improved haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and hypoglycaemia awareness.
Aims: To explore the effect of structured education including DAFNE on HbA1c and GOLD score when combined with FSL use.
Methods: The ABCD national audit data on FSL users were used to conduct this prospective longitudinal study. The Stu- dent’s t test was used to compare the baseline and follow-up HbA1c and a change in the GOLD score for hypoglycaemia awareness. The baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population were compared using ANOVA. Linear regression analysis identified predictors of change in HbA1c with FSL use.
Results: The study consisted of 14,880 people living with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), 97% of whom had T1D, of which 50% were female, with a mean±SD base- line HbA1c of 70±18 mmol/mol and baseline body mass index (BMI) of 25.3±6.2 kg/m2. Follow-up data for HbA1c were avail- able for 6,446 participants while data for GOLD score were available for 5,057 participants. The study population was divided into three groups: 6,701 people with no prior structured education (Group 1), 3,964 with other structured education (Group 2), and 4,215 had previously attended DAFNE structured education (Group 3). Groups 2 and 3 who had previously attended structured education had a lower initial HbA1c than those in Group 1 (p<0.0001). However, there was a significant but similar magnitude of the fall in HbA1c across all groups (−8.10 mmol/mol vs −6.61 mmol/mol vs −6.22 mmol/mol in Groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively), with p (ANOVA)=0.83. Similarly, the decline in GOLD score was comparable in Groups 1, 2 and 3 (−0.33 vs −0.30 vs −0.34, respectively), with p (ANOVA)=0.43. Linear regression analysis identified higher baseline HbA1c (β=0.585, p<0.0001), number of FSL scans over 14 days (β=−0.026, p=0.00135) and other structured education (β=−1.207, p=0.02483) as predictors of HbA1c reduction. Prior DAFNE training was not associated with improved HbA1c reduction in the linear regression model.
Conclusions: FSL use was associated with improvements in HbA1c and GOLD score. Although DAFNE is an evidence- based intervention to improve outcomes in those with T1D, DAFNE attendance prior to commencing FSL did not influence HbA1c or GOLD score outcomes when compared with FSL use alone. Other structured education was identified as a predictor of HbA1c reduction when combined with FSL use.
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Garden G, Hunt DW, Mackie K, Tuthill B, Griffith H, Russell-Jones DL, Herring R. HbA1c and hypoglycaemia outcomes for people with type 1 diabetes due to the introduction of a single-day structured education programme and flash glucose monitoring. Br J Diabetes 2021. [DOI: 10.15277/bjd.2021.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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People with type 1 diabetes who met NHS England funding criteria attended an accredited, intensive one-day structured education programme and completed the online FreeStyle Libre Academy training module followed by a 30-minute healthcare professional face-to-face practical training session. HbA1c, Gold hypoglycaemia score and Diabetes Distress Screening score were documented before commencement of the intervention and at 6 months. 213 people with type 1 diabetes (52% men; average age 48 years (range 18–87)) completed the 6-month intervention. Overall mean HbA1c reduced by 6 mmol/mol (0.5%) from 62±14 mmol/mol (7.8%) to 56±12 mmol/mol (7.3%) (p<0.0001). Subgroup analysis of participants with a baseline HbA1c ≥54 mmol/mol (7.1%) revealed a more dramatic reduction of 10 mmol/mol (0.9%) from 69±12 mmol/mol (8.5%) to 59±11 mmol/mol (7.6%). No deterioration was demonstrated for people with HbA1c <54 mmol/mol (7.1%). 143 people (75%) reported a reduction in hypoglycaemia episodes and 162 (85%) reported a reduction in time spent in the hypoglycaemic range. There was significant improvement in the Gold score (p<0.0001) and Diabetes Distress Screening score (p=0.0001). Rates of hospital admissions, paramedic call-outs and third-party assistance were reduced. The combination of a one-day intensive structured education programme alongside flash glucose monitoring initiation provides a pragmatic, cost-effective and easily implemented intervention with positive clinical outcomes at 6 months.
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Deshmukh H, Wilmot EG, Gregory R, Barnes D, Narendran P, Saunders S, Furlong N, Kamaruddin S, Banatwalla R, Herring R, Kilvert A, Patmore J, Walton C, Ryder REJ, Sathyapalan T. Effect of Flash Glucose Monitoring on Glycemic Control, Hypoglycemia, Diabetes-Related Distress, and Resource Utilization in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Nationwide Audit. Diabetes Care 2020; 43:2153-2160. [PMID: 32669277 PMCID: PMC7440900 DOI: 10.2337/dc20-0738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The FreeStyle Libre (FSL) flash glucose-monitoring device was made available on the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) drug tariff in 2017. This study aims to explore the U.K. real-world experience of FSL and the impact on glycemic control, hypoglycemia, diabetes-related distress, and hospital admissions. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Clinicians from 102 NHS hospitals in the U.K. submitted FSL user data, collected during routine clinical care, to a secure web-based tool held within the NHS N3 network. The t and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the baseline and follow-up HbA1c and other baseline demographic characteristics. Linear regression analysis was used to identify predictors of change in HbA1c following the use of FSL. Within-person variations of HbA1c were calculated using [Formula: see text]. RESULTS Data were available for 10,370 FSL users (97% with type 1 diabetes), age 38.0 (±18.8) years, 51% female, diabetes duration 16.0 (±49.9) years, and BMI of 25.2 (±16.5) kg/m2 (mean [±SD]). FSL users demonstrated a -5.2 mmol/mol change in HbA1c, reducing from 67.5 (±20.9) mmol/mol (8.3%) at baseline to 62.3 (±18.5) mmol/mol (7.8%) after 7.5 (interquartile range 3.4-7.8) months of follow-up (n = 3,182) (P < 0.0001). HbA1c reduction was greater in those with initial HbA1c ≥69.5 mmol/mol (>8.5%), reducing from 85.5 (±16.1) mmol/mol (10%) to 73.1 (±15.8) mmol/mol (8.8%) (P < 0.0001). The baseline Gold score (score for hypoglycemic unawareness) was 2.7 (±1.8) and reduced to 2.4 (±1.7) (P < 0.0001) at follow-up. A total of 53% of those with a Gold score of ≥4 at baseline had a score <4 at follow-up. FSL use was also associated with a reduction in diabetes distress (P < 0.0001). FSL use was associated with a significant reduction in paramedic callouts and hospital admissions due to hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia/diabetic ketoacidosis. CONCLUSIONS We show that the use of FSL was associated with significantly improved glycemic control and hypoglycemia awareness and a reduction in hospital admissions.
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- Harshal Deshmukh
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, U.K
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K
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- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Warrington, U.K
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- St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St Helens, U.K
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- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton, U.K
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K
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Wallner M, Andrabi B, Russell-Jones D, Herring R. Changing inpatient diabetes care in a district general hospital. Br J Diabetes 2019. [DOI: 10.15277/bjd.2019.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Introduction: People with diabetes in hospital have longer lengths of stay and are at higher risk of experiencing avoidable harm. This has a significant impact on patient flow and capacity in any hospital Trust.Aims and Methods: A Trust-wide peripatetic inpatient diabetes service redesign was performed to deliver reduced medication errors, improved patient flow, reduced length of stay and reduced inpatient risk. The service redesign was delivered without new recurring expenditure on senior staff. The model of care was multidisciplinary and introduced consensus and evidence-based care with clear governance processes.Results: Following introduction of the new service on 7 December 2017 to 1 June 2018, a reduction in length of stay in both medicine and surgical divisions was seen with 2,168 ‘saved’ inpatient bed days compared with the same time period in the preceding year, which represented a significant cost saving for the Trust and improvement in patient flow. This was associated with a reduction in the number of diabetes-related Datix reports and serious untoward incidents.Conclusions: This is the first major diabetes service redesign in a small district general hospital. The introduction of a dedicated inpatient diabetes service has led to Trust-wide improvements in patient care and patient flow without additional cost to the Trust.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Herring
- Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
- University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
- University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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There have been many advances in insulin with a realistic possibility of mimicking nature to improve insulin replacement, with a view to achieving improved metabolic control. Lessons can be learnt from the evolution of insulin, insulin development, and new advances in technology. This may lead to fewer side effects of therapy resulting in a lower risk of hypoglycaemia and less weight gain, which could in turn could reduce long-term complications for people with diabetes.
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- R Herring
- Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Hospital, Guildford, UK
- University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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- Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Hospital, Guildford, UK
- University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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Miras AD, Herring R, Vusirikala A, Shojaee-Moradi F, Jackson NC, Chandaria S, Jackson SN, Goldstone AP, Hakim N, Patel AG, Umpleby AM, Le Roux CW. Measurement of hepatic insulin sensitivity early after the bypass of the proximal small bowel in humans. Obes Sci Pract 2016; 3:95-98. [PMID: 28392935 PMCID: PMC5358071 DOI: 10.1002/osp4.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Unlike gastric banding or sleeve gastrectomy procedures, intestinal bypass procedures, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in particular, lead to rapid improvements in glycaemia early after surgery. The bypass of the proximal small bowel may have weight loss and even caloric restriction-independent glucose-lowering properties on hepatic insulin sensitivity. In this first human mechanistic study, we examined this hypothesis by investigating the early effects of the duodeno-jejunal bypass liner (DJBL; GI Dynamics, USA) on the hepatic insulin sensitivity by using the gold standard euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp methodology. METHOD Seven patients with obesity underwent measurement of hepatic insulin sensitivity at baseline, 1 week after a low-calorie liquid diet and after a further 1 week following insertion of the DJBL whilst on the same diet. RESULTS Duodeno-jejunal bypass liner did not improve the insulin sensitivity of hepatic glucose production beyond the improvements achieved with caloric restriction. CONCLUSIONS Caloric restriction may be the predominant driver of early increases in hepatic insulin sensitivity after the endoscopic bypass of the proximal small bowel. The same mechanism may be at play after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and explain, at least in part, the rapid improvements in glycaemia.
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- A D Miras
- Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Imperial College London London UK
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- CEDAR Centre Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford Surrey UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Surrey Guildford UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Surrey Guildford UK
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- Diabetes Complications Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
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- Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Computational, Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Division of Brain Sciences Imperial College London London UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer Imperial College London London UK
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- Hepatobiliary and minimal access surgery King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Surrey Guildford UK
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- Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Imperial College London London UK; Diabetes Complications Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
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Shojaee-Moradie F, Cuthbertson DJ, Barrett M, Jackson NC, Herring R, Thomas EL, Bell J, Kemp GJ, Wright J, Umpleby AM. Exercise Training Reduces Liver Fat and Increases Rates of VLDL Clearance But Not VLDL Production in NAFLD. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016; 101:4219-4228. [PMID: 27583475 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2016-2353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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CONTEXT Randomized controlled trials in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have shown that regular exercise, even without calorie restriction, reduces liver steatosis. A previous study has shown that 16 weeks of supervised exercise training in NAFLD did not affect total very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) kinetics. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine the effect of exercise training on intrahepatocellular fat (IHCL) and the kinetics of large triglyceride (TG)-rich VLDL1 and smaller denser VLDL2, which has a lower TG content. DESIGN This was a 16-week randomized controlled trial. PATIENTS A total of 27 sedentary patients with NAFLD participated in the trial. INTERVENTION The intervention was composed of supervised exercise with moderate-intensity aerobic exercise or conventional lifestyle advice (control). MAIN OUTCOME VLDL1 and VLDL2-TG and apolipoprotein B (apoB) kinetics were investigated using stable isotopes before and after the intervention. RESULTS In the exercise group, maximal oxygen uptake increased by 31% ± 6% (mean ± SEM) and IHCL decreased from 19.6% (14.8%, 30.0%) to 8.9% (5.4%, 17.3%) (median [interquartile range]) with no significant change in maximal oxygen uptake or IHCL in the control group (change between groups, P < .001 and P = .02, respectively). Exercise training increased VLDL1-TG and apoB fractional catabolic rates, a measure of clearance, (change between groups, P = .02 and P = .01, respectively), and VLDL1-apoB production rate (change between groups, P = .006), with no change in VLDL1-TG production rate. Plasma TG did not change in either group. CONCLUSION An increased clearance of VLDL1 may contribute to the significant decrease in liver fat after 16 weeks of exercise in NAFLD. A longer duration or higher-intensity exercise interventions may be needed to lower the plasma TG and VLDL production rate.
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- F Shojaee-Moradie
- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine (F.S.-M., M.B., N.C.J., A.M.U.), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7WG, United Kingdom; Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group (D.J.C., G.J.K.), Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZX, United Kingdom; Section of Investigative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (E.L.T., J.B.), University of Westminster, London W1B2UW United Kingdom; and Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Research (R.H., J.W.), Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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Walsh S, Herring R, Griffith H, Kohls-Gatzoulis J, Davidson S. Coordinating care in acute diabetes foot problems: no mean feet! Br J Diabetes 2016. [DOI: 10.15277/bjd.2016.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Herring R, Knight R, Shojaee-Moradie F, Johnsen S, Umpleby AM, Jackson N, Jones R, Dijk DJ, Russell-Jones DL. Effect of subcutaneous insulin detemir on glucose flux, lipolysis and electroencephalography in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2015; 17:1100-3. [PMID: 26272173 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2015] [Revised: 08/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of subcutaneous detemir on glucose flux, lipid metabolism and brain function. Twelve people with type 1 diabetes received, in random order, 0.5 units/kg body weight detemir or NPH insulin. Glucose concentration was clamped at 5 mmol/l then increased to 10 mmol/l. Glucose production rate (glucose Ra), glucose uptake (glucose Rd) and glycerol production (glycerol Ra) were measured with a constant intravenous infusion of [6,6(2) H(2)]glucose and [(2)H(5)]glycerol. Electroencephalography direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) potentials were measured. While detemir induced similar effects on glucose Ra, glucose Rd and glycerol Ra during euglycaemia compared with NPH, it triggered a distinct negative shift in DC potentials, with a significant treatment effect in frontal cerebrocortical channels (p < 0.001). AC spectral power showed significant differences in theta and alpha frequencies during euglycaemia (p = 0.03). Subcutaneous detemir exerts different effects on brain function when compared with NPH in people with type 1 diabetes. This may be an important mechanism behind the limitation of weight gain with detemir.
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- R Herring
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Research, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Surrey Clinical Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Surrey Clinical Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Surrey Clinical Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Research, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
- Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Hine J, Paterson H, Abrol E, Russell-Jones D, Herring R. SGLT inhibition and euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2015; 3:503-4. [PMID: 26025388 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(15)00204-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Julia Hine
- Cedar Centre, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK.
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- Cedar Centre, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
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- Cedar Centre, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
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- Cedar Centre, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
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- Cedar Centre, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
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Russell-Jones E, Herring R, Green K, Hordern V. Shaping district diabetes services: a novel performance index scoring system to successfully negotiate with Clinical Commissioning Groups. Br J Diabetes 2015. [DOI: 10.15277/bjdvd.2015.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Grant P, Chakera A, Cheer K, Herring R, Maitland R, George J, Piya M, Little S. YDEF training survey 2014. Br J Diabetes 2014. [DOI: 10.15277/bjdvd.2014.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In spite of major developments in insulin production, purification, pharmaceutical formulation and methods of delivery, problems remain both in the day to day management of insulin-treated diabetes and with regard to its long-term complications. The risks of hypoglycaemia and weight gain are major concerns particularly for the patient, and the persistence of microvascular and premature macrovascular complications as the main causes of morbidity and mortality in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is a constant reminder that our therapeutic and management strategies are inadequate. One clear and striking difference between currently available insulin treatments and normal physiology is the relative difference in exposure to insulin of the liver versus peripheral tissues. Hepatoselective insulin analogues have the potential to restore the normal hepatic to peripheral gradient in insulin action. Here, we discuss the possible therapeutic potential that such analogues may have over currently available insulin preparations. These benefits could include a lower risk of hypoglycaemia, less weight gain and a potential reduction in microvascular and macrovascular complications. We explore the evolution of insulin with hepatoselectivity in mind and possible strategies to create hepatoselective insulins.
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- R Herring
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Research, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
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Grant P, Cheer K, Herring R, Chakera AJ, Brooks A, Little S, Wilmot E. CSII experience among higher specialist trainees: a Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists Forum survey. Practical Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Herring R, Pengilley C, Hopkins H, Tuthill B, Patel N, Nelson C, Currie A, Russell-Jones DL. Can an interprofessional education tool improve healthcare professional confidence, knowledge and quality of inpatient diabetes care: a pilot study? Diabet Med 2013; 30:864-70. [PMID: 23398545 DOI: 10.1111/dme.12153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AIMS To conduct a pilot study evaluation of an interprofessional education tool that could improve healthcare professional confidence, knowledge and quality of inpatient diabetes care. METHODS Diabetes specialists designed an education tool for use in the hospital environment to educate qualified pharmacists, nurses, healthcare assistants and junior doctors. The interprofessional learning enabled professionals to learn from and about each other. The education tool was piloted at four hospitals. Diabetes specialists delivered the education programme to 31 healthcare professionals over 8 h either as three individual teaching blocks or a whole day. Healthcare professionals completed a multiple choice questionnaire before and after the education intervention to evaluate acquisition of knowledge. The maximum score was 20. Confidence was evaluated using categorical questions. Diabetes specialists used a clinical audit form before and after the education programme, to evaluate the quality of diabetes care. RESULTS Healthcare professional's confidence improved from 58 to 94% (P < 0.05) and knowledge improved from 12.4 ± 0.6 to 15.0 ± 0.6 (mean ± sem, P < 0.05). There was a reduction in management errors from 74 to 44% (P < 0.05) and improvement in appropriate blood glucose monitoring from 67 to 92% (P < 0.05). The number of patients with documented foot assessment improved from15 to 33% (P < 0.05). Improvement in the number of appropriate diabetes referrals and reduction in prescribing errors did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSION The education tool improved healthcare professional confidence, knowledge and may improve the quality of inpatient diabetes care.
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- R Herring
- Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
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Herring R, Russell-Jones DL, Pengilley C, Hopkins H, Tuthill B, Wright J, Hordern SV, Davidson S. Management of raised glucose, a clinical decision tool to reduce length of stay of patients with hyperglycaemia. Diabet Med 2013; 30:81-7. [PMID: 22950637 DOI: 10.1111/dme.12006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess whether the introduction of a management of raised glucose clinical decision tool could improve assessment of patients with hyperglycaemia by non-specialist physicians, leading to early discharge and improved quality of inpatient care. METHODS Participants were adults aged 18 years or over presenting to the Medical Assessment Unit with a capillary blood glucose level > 11.1 mmol/l. Phase 1 of the study (phase 1) evaluated current clinical practice and potential impact of the clinical decision tool. Phase 2 evaluated the effectiveness of the management of raised glucose tool in clinical practice. Primary outcome measures were inpatient length of stay and same-calendar-day discharges. Secondary outcome measures were diabetes specialist input, patient assessment, intravenous insulin infusion use and patient satisfaction. RESULTS Implementation of the management of raised glucose clinical decision tool allowed safe, same-calendar-day discharges of 40% of patients with hyperglycaemia as their primary reason for attendance. Median length of stay was lower in the phase 1 than in phase 2 (1.0 vs. 3.5 days, P < 0.01). Early discharge did not result in an increase in readmissions. There was improvement in hyperglycaemia assessment for all patients (P < 0.01), a reduction in the use of intravenous insulin infusions (P < 0.01) and high level of patient satisfaction. CONCLUSION The management of raised glucose clinical decision tool resulted in a significant increase in the number of same-calendar-day discharges and reduction in hospital length of stay without adverse impact on readmission rates. Additionally, the tool was associated with improvements in inpatient diabetes care and patient satisfaction.
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- R Herring
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Research, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
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Cheer K, George JT, Grant P, Herring R, Maitland RA, Piya M, Price HC, Wilmot EG, Hillson R. One-third of doctors completing specialist training in diabetes fail to secure a substantive consultant post: young Diabetologists' Forum Survey 2010. Clin Med (Lond) 2012; 12:244-7. [PMID: 22783776 PMCID: PMC4953487 DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-3-244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Reports have highlighted a shortage of consultant diabetologist posts in the UK. The number of doctors completing specialist training in diabetes has increased in recent years, but little is known about their employment after they receive their certificate of completion of training. An online survey was sent to all doctors who completed specialist diabetes training from January 2008 to September 2010. Of the 95 eligible respondents, 69 (73%) completed the survey (61% men; median age 36 years). Forty-three (62%) respondents secured substantive NHS consultant posts, and of those who gave their job breakdown, 48/51 (94%) were contributing to specialist diabetes care. Five (7%) respondents held substantive academic positions, while 11 (16%) were locum consultants. Seven (9%) respondents worked abroad, with half of these attributing their emigration to lack of opportunities in the UK. When asked about alternative choices, 39% of respondents were likely to seek 'general physician' roles, which equalled the number who would consider emigrating. Overall, only two-thirds of doctors who complete specialist training in diabetes secure substantive NHS consultant positions, which suggests a failure in workforce planning and a lack of expansion of the number of consultant posts despite progression of the diabetes epidemic.
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BACKGROUND As the main tool through which doctors treat the medically unwell, prescribing is a practice that is undervalued and under-taught within modern medicine. Paradoxically prescribing not only has the potential to cure, it also has the potential to cause great harm if carried out incorrectly and unsafely. CONTEXT Prescribing errors have remained an issue in patient safety for many years, yet education in safe prescribing at both undergraduate and postgraduate level appears to be lacking. INNOVATION 'Check and Correct' is an innovation developed at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex to educate both medical students and junior doctors on the importance of safe prescribing. As a final-year medical student I used 'Check and Correct' on busy post-take ward rounds for 2 weeks. The aim was to research the main areas where prescribing standards set by the hospital had not been met, whilst improving awareness in safe prescribing for both myself and the post-take team. The process involved checking the drug chart of every patient seen on the post-take round and addressing errors on the chart with the team for correction at the bedside. IMPLICATIONS 'Check and Correct' reaffirms the assertion that further education is required in safe prescribing. The success of the process is highly dependent on the consultant leading the ward round ensuring that errors are vocalised and addressed. If conducted correctly, this exercise can educate doctors and medical students by addressing errors and emphasising the importance of prescribing, whilst ensuring the safety and care of patients.
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One of the main features of ward rounds is the professional conversation that occurs between doctors and nurses. Such conversation needs to be perfected to avoid iatrogenic harm and increase efficiency. This article looks at data collected from 146 consultant-led medical ward rounds at a hospital trust using the Caldwell considerative checklist process (Herring et al 2011) to identify the frequency and quality of such conversations. A total of 1,921 patients' reviews were undertaken. A nurse was present during preparatory discussions on 604 occasions (31 per cent) and during bedside review on 1,134 occasions (59 per cent). These data demonstrate an urgent need to change ward cultures to improve the professional conversations between doctors, nurses and patients. By increasing nurse presence as a result of this research patient care and safety has improved at ward level, increasing satisfaction for everyone involved.
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Herring R, Caldwell G, Jackson S. Implementation of a considerative checklist to improve productivity and team working on medical ward rounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1108/14777271111124482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In April 2009 a 'considerative checklist' was developed to ensure that all important aspects of care on a team's routine and post-take general internal medicine ward rounds had been addressed and in order to answer the question: How long should a ward round take, when conducted to high standards of quality and safety at the point of care? The checklist has been used on 120 ward rounds: 90 routine ward rounds and 30 post-take ward rounds. Overall, the average time per patient was 12 minutes (10 minutes on routine rounds and 14 minutes on post-take rounds). The considerative checklist has encouraged and enabled documented evidence of high quality and safe medical care, and anecdotally improved team working, communication with patients, and team and patient satisfaction.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW In the last decade there has been an increased use of growth hormone replacement in patients with pituitary insufficiency. It has been shown to improve patient's quality of life, bone mass and cardiovascular risk factors but there are concerns about its mitogenic potential. RECENT FINDINGS The most common aetiology of pituitary insufficiency in adults is hypothalamo-pituitary tumours or as a consequence of hypophysectomy or radiotherapy to treat pituitary tumours. Long-term growth hormone replacement is well established in clinical practice. We explore the available evidence concerning growth hormone replacement and its effects on pituitary tumour growth or recurrence and we examine evidence from natural experiments. SUMMARY Despite the limitation of study size, patient case selectivity and treatment modalities, present studies of growth hormone replacement do not appear to demonstrate an increase in pituitary tumour recurrence. Conclusive evidence will only be generated by long-term randomized prospective clinical trials.
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- Roselle Herring
- Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU22 7, UK.
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A case of severe rhabdomyolysis caused by an interaction between fusidic acid and simvastatin is described. Fusidic acid significantly reduces the excretion of simvastatin resulting in increased plasma levels thereby increasing the side effect profile. Simvastatin treatment should be temporarily withheld during treatment with fusidic acid.
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- Roselle Herring
- Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust, Endocrine and Diabetes, Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, West Sussex, BN11 2DH, UK
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Herring R, Caldwell G. Atropine-like poisoning caused by topical use of undiluted topical robinul. Case Reports 2009; 2009:bcr02.2009.1636. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2009.1636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Binge drinking is a matter of current social, media and political concern, and the focus of much policy activity in the UK. Binge drinking is associated with causing a wide range of harm to individuals (e.g. accidents), and the wider community (e.g. crime and disorder). Within the current discourse, binge drinking is seen primarily as a youth issue. Binge drinking is sometimes portrayed as a recent phenomenon, but we know from history that heavy drinking has been endemic in British society over many centuries. Using a contemporary history perspective, this paper explores the concept of binge drinking. It considers the definitions in use, recent shifts in meaning and also the way in which different definitions of binge drinking impact on perceptions of the extent and nature of binge drinking. The paper concludes with some thoughts and questions about the usefulness of the concept of binge drinking as it currently used, and areas for further research.
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- R Herring
- Centre for History in Public Health, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK.
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Herring R. Southern Baptist convention resolutions on the family. Baptist Hist Herit 2001; 17:36-45, 64. [PMID: 11614255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Kendell K, Herring R. Funding the national center for lesbian rights. J Lesbian Stud 2001; 5:95-103. [PMID: 24802828 DOI: 10.1300/j155v05n03_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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ABSTRACT The Executive Director and Development Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) describe NCLR's growth over the past 23 years in the context of lesbian feminist activism and increasing philanthropy among lesbians. NCLR's activist lawyering on family, youth, immigration and elder law issues is radical work that is transforming the lives of ordinary lesbians, and which depends on the financial support of lesbians. The organization's earliest financial supporters were lawyers, who remain a core group of donors today. NCLR has grown as increasing numbers of lesbians grasp the personal connection between the organization's legal victories and the effect of discrimination in their own lives. NCLR has also built a professional fundraising infrastructure and major gifts program, which are key to its long-term institutional growth. In recent years the feminist philanthropy movement and NCLR's own donor activists have helped lesbians express their activism by giving back to their community through charitable contributions to lesbian organizations,Including NCLR. NCLR will continue to advance lesbian civil rights by maintaining strong relationships with current donors and finding creative ways to meet its greatest fundraising challenge: how to reach the vast majority of lesbians who are quietly living their lives and are not part of any organization.
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Herring R, Hock I. Communicating with patients who have hearing loss. N J Med 2000; 97:45-9. [PMID: 10697387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Access to health care services is of paramount interest to all New Jerseyans. For people with varying degrees of hearing loss, affordable health insurance, while important, is not the only barrier to quality health care. Doctors are required by law to ensure effective communication between themselves and their deaf or hard-of-hearing patients.
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Data are presented from a screening study of ambulant attendees at two London Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments. Among young people (aged 16-24 years), 37.2% were drinking harmfully [an Alcohol-Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of 8 or more]; 17.3% admitted to drinking alcohol in the 6 h prior to attendance; and 14.6% considered that their attendance was alcohol related. Young women were as likely as men to score 8 or over. This age group had nearly twice the odds of scoring highly on the AUDIT, compared to those over 25 years old, and were more likely to report that their attendance was alcohol related. Screening in A&E departments would identify considerable numbers of young people who might benefit from brief intervention, but the problems of doing so are acknowledged.
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- B Thom
- School of Social Science, Middlesex University, Enfield, UK
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This paper reports the findings of an AUDIT questionnaire administered to a sample of young (16-24-year-old) white males. Of the sample, 65% were drinking at potentially harmful levels. Averaging 45 U/week, 18-21 years was the age of highest alcohol consumption. Compared with 16-17- and 22-24-year-olds, this group recorded the highest proportion of hazardous drinkers and most negative consequences of drinking.
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- R Harnett
- University College London Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UK
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Herring R, Thom B. A&E nurses and alcohol-related attendances. Nurs Times 1999; 95:59-62. [PMID: 10196997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- R Herring
- Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Imperial College, London
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Bove K, Herring R. Avoid injury in confined spaces. Occup Health Saf 1995; 64:42-6. [PMID: 7566872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Homziak J, Bennett L, Simm P, Herring R. Metal leaching from experimental coal fly-ash oyster cultch. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 1993; 51:317-324. [PMID: 8353398 DOI: 10.1007/bf00198898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- J Homziak
- Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi 39531
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Bechar M, Herring R. [Acute cervical myelopathy]. Harefuah 1977; 92:454-6. [PMID: 881136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Jones AM, Herring R, Langley FA, Oleesky S. PENICILLIN TREATMENT OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS. Br Heart J 1947; 9:38-64. [PMID: 18610057 PMCID: PMC503577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- A M Jones
- Department of Cardiology, University of Manchester
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