Ashley Akbari

2 weeks ago | diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com | Jennifer Hayes |James Rafferty |Ashley Akbari |Rebecca Thomas

KeywordsDiabetesMajor lower extremity amputationMortalityPeripheral vascular diseasePopulation-based studySurvival analysisGet full text accessLog in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References1. Ambler, G.K. ∙ Thomas-Jones, E. ∙ Edwards, A.G.K. ... Risk factors for in- hospital mortality following major lower limb amputation: analysis of 10,000 Patients' Data from the UK National Vascular RegistryEur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2019; 58:e317-e3182. Thorud, J.C. ∙ Plemmons, B. ∙ Buckley, C.J. ...

Aug 13, 2024 | nature.com | Stuart Bedston |Gavin M Jamie |Chris Robertson |Ashley Akbari |Aziz Sheikh |Xinchun Gu

AbstractVaccines against COVID-19 and influenza can reduce the adverse outcomes caused by infections during pregnancy, but vaccine uptake among pregnant women has been suboptimal. We examined the COVID-19 and influenza vaccine uptake and disparities in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform vaccination interventions.

Jul 31, 2024 | nature.com | Samantha Ip |Fatemeh Torabi |Hoda Abbasizanjani |Ashley Akbari |Rachel Denholm |AMITAVA BANERJEE | +4 more

AbstractThe first dose of COVID-19 vaccines led to an overall reduction in cardiovascular events, and in rare cases, cardiovascular complications. There is less information about the effect of second and booster doses on cardiovascular diseases.

Feb 21, 2024 | nature.com | Marta Pineda-Moncusí |Antonella Delmestri |Johan H. Thygesen |Christopher Tomlinson |Ashley Akbari |Gary Collins

AbstractIntersectional social determinants including ethnicity are vital in health research. We curated a population-wide data resource of self-identified ethnicity data from over 60 million individuals in England primary care, linking it to hospital records. We assessed ethnicity data in terms of completeness, consistency, and granularity and found one in ten individuals do not have ethnicity information recorded in primary care.

Feb 19, 2023 | medrxiv.org | Christian Schnier |Aoife McCarthy |Daniel Morales |Ashley Akbari

ABSTRACTBackground Antipsychotic drugs have been associated with increased mortality, stroke and myocardial infarction in people with dementia. Concerns have been raised that antipsychotic prescribing may have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic due to social restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the virus.