The Cardiac Output Monitoring EvaluaTion –UK (COMET-UK) study

Art and Design Education in the UK

This paper seeks to identify the philosophical origins of the teaching of art and design and subsequently trace its incorporation into a teaching program in the UK. It briefly discusses the nature of its classical ‘drawing’ background and the conflicts in the debate as to what ‘design’ means. It then goes on to identify the cultural and political context which shaped the institutions, such as A...

The UK HeartSpare study

Recent evidence suggests that the risk of major coronary events after breast radiotherapy is linearly related to mean radiation dose received by the heart and that there is no threshold dose below which this risk is nullified. In addition, these effects are visible within the first four years after radiotherapy, much earlier than had previously been recognised. With numbers of breast cancer sur...

WAIS III UK: an extension of the UK comparability study.

OBJECTIVES To correct and augment the sample on which a previous study, assessing the applicability of USA WAIS III norms to the UK population, was based. To repeat this study using the modified sample. DESIGN The WAIS III UK was administered to a supplementary sample, which was used to enhance and correct the original sample, allowing a better match to UK population demographics. METHOD WA...

Cardiac Output Monitoring

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies