Opportunities currently available
- Airways
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
Background:
Despite evidence-based guidelines and the availability of resources, evidence still suggests there is suboptimal management of COPD in primary care. For example, underutilisation of spiro
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- Epilepsy
Skills / interests: Statistical analysis, Methodological peer review, Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
We are looking for some statistical, methodological and consumer referee's for some protocols and a review.
Protocol 'Interventions for bone health in people living with epilepsy' - s
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Skills: RCT identification
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
Have you ever had a gastrectomy due to gastric cancer or taken care of a patient who did? What did you think of the reconstruction you had post-stomach resection? If interested in reviewing a protocol
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- Cochrane Gut
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
This task will involve completing a short assessment of a Cochrane Gut Review on an intervention for functional dyspepsia (pain and discomfort in the stomach that is not explained by ulcers or other l
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Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
This new review would benefit from consumer input.
- Cochrane Gut
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
This task will involve completing a short assessment of a Cochrane Gut Review on probiotics for the treatment of chronic constipation in children. In particular, we will ask for your feedback on wheth
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Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
Anemia is common among cancer patients and they may require red blood cell transfusions. This systematic review considers how best to prevent and treat anemia in cancer patients: Intravenous iron vers
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Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
We are looking for a parent or carer of an infant with this condition, who would be willing to provide a consumer perspective on this review (e.g. is it addressing an important question, are relevant
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- Cochrane Vascular
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
Chronic venous insufficiency is a disease caused by abnormal transport of blood into the veins of the lower limbs, which means the veins cannot pump enough blood back to the heart. This condition is d
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- Cochrane Vascular
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
A thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) is a widening or swelling of a blood vessel 50% greater than the original vessel diameter, affecting the thoracic and abdominal aorta simultaneously. These ar
...Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
I am looking for a consumer to provide feedback on a Cochrane review, which aims to explore the effects of paracetamol for preterm/low birth weight infants with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a persi
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- Developmental, Psychosocial & Learning problems group
Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
We are looking for a consumer reviewer to provide feedback n a review looking at prognosis of pre-school autism spectrum disorder diagnoses. Prefereably we are looking for someone with some lived expe
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Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
Do you have experience of sudden hearing loss (either yourself or a family member/friend)? Cochrane ENT is looking for a consumer/lay person to provide some comments on a new review of the treatment o
...Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
We are looking for someone with any experience of sexual abuse (either personally or in someone they know) who would be willing to provide feedback on the review 'Survivor, family and professional
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Skills / interests: Consumer (public, patient, carer) input
Review Question
A review of the evidence about the effects of magnesium sulfate in people with COPD flare-ups.
Background
COPD flare-ups are episodes of worsening symptoms in people diagnosed with
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