Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

AR Martineau, DA Jolliffe, RL Hooper, L Greenberg… - bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Objectives To assess the overall effect of vitamin D supplementation on risk of acute
respiratory tract infection, and to identify factors modifying this effect. Design Systematic …

Viral pneumonia

O Ruuskanen, E Lahti, LC Jennings, DR Murdoch - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
About 200 million cases of viral community-acquired pneumonia occur every year—100
million in children and 100 million in adults. Molecular diagnostic tests have greatly …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials

DA Jolliffe, CA Camargo, JD Sluyter… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A 2017 meta-analysis of data from 25 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of
vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) revealed …

Clinical presentation, etiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis in the 21st century: the International Collaboration on Endocarditis–Prospective Cohort Study

DR Murdoch, GR Corey, B Hoen, JM Miró… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background We sought to provide a contemporary picture of the presentation, etiology, and
outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) in a large patient cohort from multiple locations …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 …

AB Brueggemann, MJJ van Rensburg… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria
meningitidis, which are typically transmitted via respiratory droplets, are leading causes of …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical course and mortality risk of severe COVID-19

P Weiss, DR Murdoch - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
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[HTML][HTML] Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study

KL O'Brien, HC Baggett, WA Brooks, DR Feikin… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children younger than 5 years.
In this study, we estimated causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using …

High-altitude illness

B Basnyat, DR Murdoch - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
High-altitude illness is the collective term for acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude
cerebral oedema (HACE), and high-altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE). The …

Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse intervention in heart failure

L Blue, E Lang, JJV McMurray, AP Davie… - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
Objectives: To determine whether specialist nurse intervention improves outcome in patients
with chronic heart failure. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Acute medical …

Incidence and characteristics of viral community-acquired pneumonia in adults

LC Jennings, TP Anderson, KA Beynon, A Chua… - Thorax, 2008 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: In adults, viral causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are poorly
characterised. The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults …