Najib M Rahman

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Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Pleural effusion: a structured approach to care
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Diseases Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Br Med Bull 72:31-47. 2004
  2. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy, safety and utilisation of respiratory physician-delivered thoracic ultrasound
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Thorax 65:449-53. 2010
  3. ncbi Setting up a respiratory trials unit
    Najib M Rahman
    UKCRC Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Oxford Centrefor Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Site, OxfordRadcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
    Respirology 16:64-8. 2011
  4. ncbi The approach to the patient with a parapneumonic effusion
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Diseases Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Site, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Clin Chest Med 27:253-66. 2006
  5. ncbi Blood culture bottle culture of pleural fluid in pleural infection
    Sarah M Menzies
    UKCRC Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    Thorax 66:658-62. 2011
  6. ncbi Pleural procedures and pleuroscopy
    John M Wrightson
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    Respirology 14:796-807. 2009
  7. ncbi Use of indwelling pleural catheters for chronic pleural infection
    Helen E Davies
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford and Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
    Chest 133:546-9. 2008
  8. ncbi Pleural interventions: management of acute and chronic pneumothorax
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Unit and Oxford University, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Semin Respir Crit Care Med 29:427-40. 2008
  9. ncbi Outcome of patients with nonspecific pleuritis/fibrosis on thoracoscopic pleural biopsies
    Helen E Davies
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 38:472-7. 2010
  10. ncbi The relationship between chest tube size and clinical outcome in pleural infection
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England
    Chest 137:536-43. 2010

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Publications17

  1. ncbi Pleural effusion: a structured approach to care
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Diseases Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Br Med Bull 72:31-47. 2004
    ..This review provides a structured approach to the investigation of the patient with a pleural effusion. This should allow an accurate diagnosis to be made with the minimum number of invasive and time-consuming investigations...
  2. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy, safety and utilisation of respiratory physician-delivered thoracic ultrasound
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Thorax 65:449-53. 2010
    ..Continued liaison with the radiology service has here been demonstrated as a requirement for a physician-based service...
  3. ncbi Setting up a respiratory trials unit
    Najib M Rahman
    UKCRC Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Oxford Centrefor Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Site, OxfordRadcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
    Respirology 16:64-8. 2011
    ..This article will describe some of the challenges associated with clinical studies and the methods and personnel involved in a clinical trials unit...
  4. ncbi The approach to the patient with a parapneumonic effusion
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Diseases Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Site, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Clin Chest Med 27:253-66. 2006
    ..Recent data suggest that fibrinolytics do not influence outcomes in pleural infection. The optimal type and timing of surgery remain controversial...
  5. ncbi Blood culture bottle culture of pleural fluid in pleural infection
    Sarah M Menzies
    UKCRC Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    Thorax 66:658-62. 2011
    ..Standard pleural fluid culture is negative in ?40% of cases. Culturing pleural fluid in blood culture bottles may increase microbial yield, and is cheap and easy to perform...
  6. ncbi Pleural procedures and pleuroscopy
    John M Wrightson
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    Respirology 14:796-807. 2009
    ..This review presents a systematic evaluation of the potential complications of common pleural procedures...
  7. ncbi Use of indwelling pleural catheters for chronic pleural infection
    Helen E Davies
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford and Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
    Chest 133:546-9. 2008
    ..Long-term indwelling pleural catheters may have a role in maintaining the drainage of a chronically infected pleural space that is not readily treated in other ways...
  8. ncbi Pleural interventions: management of acute and chronic pneumothorax
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Unit and Oxford University, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Semin Respir Crit Care Med 29:427-40. 2008
    ..Radiological intervention techniques are valuable in the treatment of complicated pneumothoraces and in certain clinical situations...
  9. ncbi Outcome of patients with nonspecific pleuritis/fibrosis on thoracoscopic pleural biopsies
    Helen E Davies
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 38:472-7. 2010
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  10. ncbi The relationship between chest tube size and clinical outcome in pleural infection
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England
    Chest 137:536-43. 2010
    ..The optimal choice of chest tube size for the treatment of pleural infection is unknown, with only small cohort studies reported describing the efficacy and adverse events of different tube sizes...
  11. ncbi Clinical impact and reliability of pleural fluid mesothelin in undiagnosed pleural effusions
    Helen E Davies
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:437-44. 2009
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  12. ncbi Use of lipoteichoic acid-T for pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: a phase I toxicity and dose-escalation study
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford and Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
    Lancet Oncol 9:946-52. 2008
    ..We postulated that therapeutically administered LTA-T might produce a similar effect, achieving control of malignant pleural effusion (pleurodesis)...
  13. ncbi Image-guided pleural biopsy
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and University of Oxford, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, UK
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 14:331-6. 2008
    ..Obtaining pleural tissue (by blind, image-guided or thoracoscopic pleural biopsy) is therefore a key procedure. Recent evidence provides important information on the relative value of each of these techniques...
  14. ncbi Intrapleural use of tissue plasminogen activator and DNase in pleural infection
    Najib M Rahman
    UKCRC Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital Site, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
    N Engl J Med 365:518-26. 2011
    ..Drainage of infected fluid is key to successful treatment, but intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy did not improve outcomes in an earlier, large, randomized trial...
  15. ncbi Factors influencing the measurement of pleural fluid pH
    Eleanor K Mishra
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 15:353-7. 2009
    ..Common variations in the method used to sample pleural fluid affect the accuracy of the value obtained. This article reviews the effects of these variations...
  16. ncbi Catheter-tract metastases associated with chronic indwelling pleural catheters
    Sam M Janes
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Chest 131:1232-4. 2007
    ..7% of 45 patients treated with indwelling pleural catheters for malignant pleural effusions. Both clinicians and patients should be aware of this potential complication...
  17. ncbi Clinically important factors influencing the diagnostic measurement of pleural fluid pH and glucose
    Najib M Rahman
    Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:483-90. 2008
    ..Accurate pleural fluid pH and glucose measurement is a key component in the diagnosis and management of patients with pleural effusion. Standardized methods of pleural fluid collection have not been defined...