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Ronald McDowell

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Verified email at wvgs.wvnet.edu
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Impact of potentially inappropriate prescribing on adverse drug events, health related quality of life and emergency hospital attendance in older people attending …

E Wallace, R McDowell, K Bennett… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) describes medications where risk
generally outweighs benefit for older people. Cross-sectional studies suggest an association …

Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study

T Pérez, F Moriarty, E Wallace, R McDowell… - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether hospital admission is associated with potentially
inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients (aged≥ 65 years) and whether …

[HTML][HTML] Oral antibiotic use and early-onset colorectal cancer: findings from a case-control study using a national clinical database

R McDowell, S Perrott, P Murchie, C Cardwell… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis has been associated with colorectal cancer
(CRC) in older adults. This study will investigate whether an association exists between …

Comparison of count-based multimorbidity measures in predicting emergency admission and functional decline in older community-dwelling adults: a prospective …

E Wallace, R McDowell, K Bennett, T Fahey… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Multimorbidity, defined as the presence of 2 or more chronic medical conditions
in an individual, is associated with poorer health outcomes. Several multimorbidity …

GPs' and community pharmacists' opinions on medication management at transitions of care in Ireland

P Redmond, H Carroll, T Grimes, R Galvin… - Family …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective. The aim of this study was to survey GPs and community pharmacists (CPs) in
Ireland regarding current practices of medication management, specifically medication …

Exposure to ranitidine and risk of bladder cancer: A nested case-control study

CR Cardwell, RD McDowell, CM Hughes… - Official journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
METHODS: A nested case-control study was conducted within the Primary Care Clinical
Informatics Unit Research database which contains general practice records from Scotland …

Predicting poorer health outcomes in older community-dwelling patients with multimorbidity: prospective cohort study assessing the accuracy of different multimorbidity …

M Sasseville, SM Smith, L Freyne, R McDowell… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Purpose Multimorbidity is commonly defined and measured using condition counts. The UK
National Institute for Health Care Excellence Guidelines for Multimorbidity suggest that a …

A geologic play book for Trenton-Black River Appalachian basin exploration

DG Patchen, J Hickman, DC Harris, JA Drahovzal… - 2006 - researchrepository.wvu.edu
Appalachian basin architecture during Middle Ordovician time was dominated by a Black
River ramp to the northwest flanked by the central Appalachian basin along its southeast …

Unintended discontinuation of medication following hospitalisation: a retrospective cohort study

P Redmond, R McDowell, TC Grimes, F Boland… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Whether unintended discontinuation of common, evidence-based, long-term
medication occurs after hospitalisation; what factors are associated with unintended …

Impact of sex on severe asthma: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis of UK primary and specialist care

L Loewenthal, J Busby, R McDowell, T Brown… - thorax, 2024 - thorax.bmj.com
Introduction After puberty, females are more likely to develop asthma and in a more severe
form than males. The associations between asthma and sex are complex with multiple …