OUTREACH LIBRARIAN SERVICE
JUNE 2011 - Issue 1
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE - EVIDENCE UPDATE:
Tuberculosis (TB)
This fact sheet provides an overview of recent evidence relevant to Tuberculosis (TB) information on how
the “Outreach Librarian Service” can support you to keep up-to-date .
Selected Evidence
Tuberculosis—Audit Support
NICE Clinical Guideline 117: 2011
Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazed preventative therapy for people living with
HIV in resource-constrained settings
World Health Organization (WHO) 2011
BNF 61
5.1.9 Antituberculosis drugs
2.5.1. Vasodilator antihypertensive drugs
2.2.2 Loop diuretics
3.6 Oxygen
Articles
Ahmad S & Mokaddas E
Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Respiratory Medicine CME 2010: 3 (2) 51-61
Bender A; Andrews G & Peter E
Displacement and tuberculosis: recognition in nursing care
Health & Place November 2010: 16 (6) 1069-1076
Bender A; Peter E; Wynn F; Andrews G & Pringle D
Welcome intrusions: An interpretive phenomenological study of TB nurses’ relational work
International Journal of Nursing Studies 20 May 2011
Boyd AE; Ashcroft A; Lipman M & Bothamley GH
Limited added value of T-SPOT.TB blood test in diagnosing active TB: A prospective bayesian analysis
Journal of Infection, 15 April 2011
Bocchino M; Chairadonna P; Matarese A & Bruzzese M
Limited usefulness of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube® for monitoring anti-tuberculosis therapy
Respiratory Medicine October 2010: 104 (10) 1551-1556
Diba C; King GG; Berend N; Salome CM
Improved respiratory system conductance following bronchodilator predicts reduced exertional dyspnoea
Respiratory Medicine 8 April 2011
El-Mahallawy HA; Eissa SA; Rafeh NG; Salem AES & Soheir A.
Tuberculosis in cancer patients: Role of newer techniques in relation to conventional diagnostic methods
Journal of Advanced Research April 2010: 1 (2) 157-162
Galagan JE; Sisk P; Stolte C; Weiner B; Koehrsen M & Wymore F
TB database 2010: Overview and update
Tuberculosis July 2010: 90 (4) 225-235
Hawkridge T & Mahomed H
Prospects for a new, safer and more effective TB vaccine
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews March 2011: 12 (1) 46-51
Hirama T; Hagiwara K; Kanazawa M
Tuberculosis screening programme using the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test and chest computed
tomography for healthcare workers accidentally exposed to patients with tuberculosis
Journal of Hospital Infection March 2011: 77 (3) 257-262
Horne DJ; Royce SE; Gooze L; Narita M; Hopewell PC; Nahid P & Steingart KR
Sputum monitoring during tuberculosis treatment for predicting outcome: Systematic review and meta
analysis
Lancet Infectious Diseases June 2010: 10 (6) 387-394
Iyer VH; Joshi AY; Boyce TG; Brutinel MW; Scalcini MC; Wilson JW & McCoy K
Bronchoscopy in suspected pulmonary TB with negative induced-sputum smear and MTD® Gen-probe
testing
Respiratory Medicine July 2011:105 (7)1084-1090
Ling DI; Zwerling AA; Steingart KR & Madhukar P
Immune-based diagnostics for TB in children: what is the evidence?
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews March 2011: 12 (1) 9-15
Marias BJ; Rabie H; & Cotton MF
TB and HIV in children – advances in prevention and management
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews March 2011: 12 (1) 39-45
Martineau AR; Timms PM; Bothamley GH; Hanifa Y; Islam K; Claxton AP & Packe GE
High-dose vitamin D(3) during intensive-phase antimicrobial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: A double
blind randomised controlled trial
Lancet January 15 2011: 377 (9761) 242-250
Ryu YJ; Lee JH; Chun EM; Chang JH & Shim SS
Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with tuberculosis destroyed lung
International Journal Tuberculosis Lung Disease February 2011: 15 (2) 246-250
Schuluger NW & Burzynski J
Recent advances in testing for latent TB
Chest December 2010: 138 (6) 1456-63
Shamaei M; Tabarsi P; Pojhan S; Ghorbani L; Baghael P; Marjani M & Masjedi MR
Tuberculosis-associated secondary pneumothorax: A retrospective study of 53 patients
Respiratory Care March 2011: 56 (3) 298-302
Solari L; Acuna-Villaorduna C; Soto A & van der Stuvft P
Evaluation of clinical prediction rules ifor respiratory isolation of inpatients with suspected pulmonary
tuberculosis
Clinical Infectious Diseases March 2011: 52 (5) 595– 603
Steingart KR; Jotblad S; Robsy K; Deck D; Hopwell PC; Huang; D & Nahid P
Higher-dose rifampin for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review
International Journal Tuberculosis Lung Disease March 2011: 15 (3) 305-316
Verhagen Lm; Warris A; van Soolingen D; de Groot R & Hermans PW
Human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection in children: Challenges in diagnosis and
treatment
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal October 2010: (10) e63-e70
Wallis RS & Schluger NW
Pulmonary infectious complications of tumor necrosis factor blockade
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America September 2020: 24 (3) 618-692
Zylkowska J; Kurzyna M; Pietura R; Fijalkowska A; Florczyk M & Czajka C
Recurrent hemoptsis: An emerging life-threatening complication in idiopathic pulmonary arterial
hypertension
Chest March 2011: 139 (3) 690-693
How can I help you?
Literature search service
I can offer an expert, in-depth literature search service to help you locate the evidence on any health
related topic.
Training
If you want to learn to navigate the wealth of available online healthcare information and how to
search databases more effectively, the ‘Trust trainer’ can offer timetabled hands-on training sessions
or can provide customised one-to-one support. Telephone: 0121 424 0583 or email:
Current awareness services
If you need to keep up-to-date on a particular topic I can advise on suitable RSS feeds and help you
set up article alerts from the major healthcare databases.
Online resources
Whilst many good quality resources are freely available, most full-text journals and the main biblio-
graphic databases (e.g. Medline and CINAHL) require an Athens username and password. To regis-
ter for an Athens login go to www.athens.nhs.uk or www.evidence.nhs.uk
The Library web pages contain detailed information about library services and training opportunities,
online request and registration forms and several guides on key online resources and evidence-
based websites at www.heftlibrary.nhs.uk
Contact
The Outreach Librarian is located in the education centre at Heartlands Hospital, on the first floor,
next to the Library.
Telephone 0121 424 2583 (42583) or email: [email protected]