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Dec 6, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Patricia Davidson |Muhammad H. Zaman |Caleb Ferguson |David Currow
1 Equitable Health Care in an Era of Disruption and Innovation The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been the focus of much discussion and debate, and history will be the arbitrator of truth about its legacies for society in general and health care specifically. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a rapid catalyst for technological innovation. The pandemic also has been a stark accelerant for increased inequity, distrust and misinformation (Jaiswal, LoSchiavo, and Perlman 2020).
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
nature.com | Joseph Clark |Kate Binnie |Michael Crooks |David Currow |Jordan Curry |Helen Elsey | +9 more
It is likely that the burden of breathlessness in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is much higher than has been estimated using calculations of disease burden and expected prevalence of the symptom. However, most breathlessness research has been conducted in high-income countries and may not be relevant to LMICs. To address this issue, we convened an international breathlessness and global health workshop.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Patricia Davidson |David Currow
Current threats to global health include the escalating burden of the climate emergency and the noncommunicable conditions driven by fossil fuels, deforestation, tobacco and processed foods. These threats translate into premature death, widespread disability and profound loss of productivity.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
erj.ersjournals.com | Diana Ferreira |Tim Luckett |Jessica K. Roydhouse |David Currow
AcknowledgmentsWe thank the study participants for giving generously of their time and for their participation. We also thank Debbie Marriott for her expert assistance in preparing this manuscript for publication. FootnotesEthics statement: This sub-study and the BEAMS trial were approved by the Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (reference number 15/12/16/3.06). Author contributions: S. Kochovska and D. Ferreira conceptualised the paper and wrote the original draft; D.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
bmjopenrespres.bmj.com | Slavica Kochovska |David Currow |Sungwon Chang |Miriam Johnson
DiscussionThis study demonstrated that worsening breathlessness was associated with decreasing levels of self-reported physical activity, sexual activity and function. Overall, it showed that people with persisting breathlessness modify their lifestyle to avoid their breathlessness by reducing or ceasing a range of activities, seeking to minimise their exposure to the symptom.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Miriam Johnson |David Currow |Jade Chynoweth |Helen Weatherly
Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. Data availability statementData are available from University College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, National Centre for Social Research. (2023). Health Survey for England, 2017. [data collection]. 3rd Edition. UK Data Service. SN: 8488, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8488-3References1. Cantwell P, Turco S, Brenneis C, et al. Predictors of home death in palliative care cancer patients.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
erj.ersjournals.com | Diana Ferreira |Tim Luckett |Jessica K. Roydhouse |David Currow
FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
erj.ersjournals.com | Diana Ferreira |Sabrina Bajwah |Belinda Fazekas |David Currow
AcknowledgementsThe authors thank all of the people who gave their time and energy to participate in the study, and each site investigator team. The authors also thank Debbie Marriott for her ready assistance and for her expertise in article formatting and submission, and Aine Greene for her help with recruitment and data collection. FootnotesThis study is registered at https://www.anzctr.org.au/ with registration number: ACTRN12611000711910.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
erj.ersjournals.com | Diana Ferreira |Sabrina Bajwah |Belinda Fazekas |David Currow
FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article. Conflict of Interest: DF, ME, SB, and BF report no conflicts of interests.
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Feb 21, 2023 | 
bmjopen.bmj.com | Jessica Lee |David Currow |Melanie Lovell |Jane Phillips
Methods and analysisTrial designWe propose a mixed-methods pilot study to determine the feasibility of a definitive phase III trial, which would evaluate the efficacy and safety of a continuous subcutaneous infusion of lidocaine for neuropathic cancer-related pain.
