Why medical students choose not to carry out an intercalated BSc : a questionnaire study.

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Sensory Mapping of Lumbar Facet Joint Pain : A feasibility study

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Melatonin as a potential therapy for sepsis : a phase I dose escalation study and an ex vivo whole blood model under conditions of sepsis

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Differential Effects of MitoVitE, α-Tocopherol and Trolox on Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Function and Inflammatory Signalling Pathways in Endothelial Cells Cultured under Conditions Mimicking Sepsis

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Maternal serum melatonin increases during pregnancy and falls immediately after delivery implicating the placenta as a major source of melatonin

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Melatonin is a feasible, safe and acceptable intervention in doctors and nurses working nightshifts : the MIDNIGHT trial

Funding: The study was funded by the British Journal of Anaesthesia and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, funding partners of the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (grant number WKR0-2015-0027). Acknowledgments: We are extremely grateful to Flynn Pharma for the gift of Circadin and placebo tablets for this trial, to Gary Cameron for the assay of melatonin, and to Sally Galt for helping with recruitment. We also thank Drs Lorna Aucott and David McClernon of the medical statistics team for help with randomization. We acknowledge the members of the Trial Steering Group and the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee. Finally we thank all the doctors and nurses who took part in this trial.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Bench-to-bedside review : targeting antioxidants to mitochondria in sepsis

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