N Macdonald
Imperial College London
30 Papers
188 Citations
N Macdonald is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Men who have sex with men. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 28 publications. Previous affiliations of N Macdonald include Health Protection Agency.
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Papers
Assessment of functional capacity before major non-cardiac surgery: an international, prospective cohort study
Duminda N. Wijeysundera,Rupert M Pearse,Mark A Shulman,Mark A Shulman,Tom E.F. Abbott,Elizabeth B. Torres,Althea Ambosta,Bernard L. Croal,John Granton,John Granton,Kevin E. Thorpe,Kevin E. Thorpe,Michael P.W. Grocott,Catherine Farrington,Catherine Farrington,Paul S. Myles,Paul S. Myles,Brian H. Cuthbertson,Brian H. Cuthbertson,Sophie Wallace,Bruce Thompson,Mathew Ellis,Brigette Borg,R Kerridge,J. Douglas,John Brannan,Jeffrey J. Pretto,Guy Godsall,Nicola Beauchamp,Sandra Allen,Ann Kennedy,Ewan Wright,Johan Malherbe,Hilmy Ismail,Bernhard Riedel,Andrew Melville,Harry Sivakumar,Andrew Murmane,Kay Kenchington,Yesim Kirabiyik,Usha Gurunathan,Chris Stonell,Kate Brunello,Katherine Steele,Oystein Tronstad,Philip Masel,Annette Dent,Emma Smith,Alanna Bodger,Miriam Abolfathi,Pal Sivalingam,Adrian Hall,Thomas Painter,Simon Macklin,Adrian D. Elliott,Anna Maria Carrera,N Terblanche,Simon Pitt,Joanne Samuel,Chris Wilde,Kate Leslie,Andrew MacCormick,D. Bramley,A.M. Southcott,John Grant,Hugh Taylor,Samantha Bates,Miriam Towns,Anna Tippett,Fiona H. Marshall,C. David Mazer,Janarthanee Kunasingam,Anmol Yagnik,Charmagne Crescini,Sanjay Yagnik,Colin J. L. McCartney,P. Somascanthan,Stephen Choi,K. Flores,Shelly Au,W. Scott Beattie,Keyvan Karkouti,Hance Clarke,Angela Jerath,Stuart A. McCluskey,Marcin Wasowicz,Lauren Day,J. Pazmino-Canizares,Paul Oh,Rene Belliard,Leanna Lee,Karen Dobson,Vincent W. S. Chan,Richard Brull,N. Ami,Matthew Stanbrook,Katherine Hagen,Douglas M Campbell,Timothy G. Short,Joreline Van Der Westhuizen,Kushlin Higgie,Helen A. Lindsay,Ryan Jang,Christopher X. Wong,D. Mcallister,Marlynn Ali,Jonathan Kumar,Ellen Waymouth,Chang Joon Kim,Julian Dimech,Michael Lorimer,J. Tai,Reuben Miller,R. Sara,Andrew Collingwood,S. Olliff,Sharon Gabriel,Helen Houston,Paul Dalley,Sally Hurford,Anna Hunt,Lynn Andrews,Leanlove Navarra,Adelaide Jason-Smith,H. Thompson,Natalie McMillan,Geraldine Back,Mark Lum,Daniel Martin,Sarah James,Helder Filipe,Manuel Pinto,Stephen Kynaston,Mandeep Phull,Christian M. Beilstein,Pheobe Bodger,Kirsty Everingham,Ying Hu,Edyta Niebrzegowska,Carmen Corriea,Thais Creary,Marta Januszewska,T. Ahmad,J. Whalley,Richard Haslop,Jane McNeil,Alistair Brown,N Macdonald,Mari Liis Pakats,K. Greaves,Shaman Jhanji,Ravishanar Raobaikady,Ethel Black,Martin Rooms,H. Lawrence,Maria Koutra,K. Pirie,Michelle Gertsman,Sandy Jack,Michael Celinski,Denny Z. H. Levett,Mark J. Edwards,Karen Salmon,Clare Bolger,Lisa Loughney,Leanne Seaward,Hannah Collins,Bryony Tyrell,Natasha Tantony,Kim Golder,Gareth L. Ackland,Robert C M Stephens,Laura Gallego-Paredes,Anna Reyes,Ana Gutierrez del Arroyo,Ashok Raj,Rhiannon Lifford,Magda Melo,Muhammad Mamdani,Graham S. Hillis,Harindra C. Wijeysundera +180 more
TL;DR: Subjective assessment of functional capacity should not be used for preoperative risk evaluation, and Clinicians should instead consider a measure such as DASI for cardiac risk assessment.
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Lymphogranuloma Venereum in the United Kingdom
Helen Ward,Iona M. C. Martin,N Macdonald,Sarah Alexander,Ian Simms,Kevin A. Fenton,Patrick French,Gillian Dean,Catherine A Ison +8 more
TL;DR: A significant burden of this once-rare sexually transmitted infection among MSM in the United Kingdom is found, and LGV may be contributing to the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection by facilitating transmission.
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Epidemiology of Early Monkeypox Virus Transmission in Sexual Networks of Gay and Bisexual Men, England, 2022
Amoolya Vusirikala,Hannah Charles,S. Balasegaram,N Macdonald,Deepti Kumar,Ceri Barker-Burnside,Kerry Cumiskey,Michelle C. Dickinson,Michelle Watson,Oluwakemi Olufon,Kate Thorley,Paula Blomquist,Courtney Anderson,Thomas Ma,Hamish Mohammed,Samantha Perkins,Karthik Paranthaman,Petra Manley,Obaghe Edeghere,Katy Sinka,Mateo Prochazka +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper , interviews of 45 case-patients from England indicated transmission in international sexual networks of gay and bisexual men since April 2022, and interventions targeting sex-on-premises venues, geospatial dating applications, and sexual health services are likely to be critical for outbreak control.
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Factors associated with HIV seroconversion in gay men in England at the start of the 21st century.
N Macdonald,Gillian Elam,Ford Hickson,John Imrie,Christine McGarrigle,Kevin A. Fenton,Kathleen Baster,Helen Ward,V L Gilbart,Robert Power,Barry Evans +10 more
TL;DR: HIV serodiscordant unprotected anal intercourse remains the primary context for HIV transmission among gay men, with increased risk associated with being the receptive partner, receiving ejaculate and use of nitrite inhalants.
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“There is such a thing as asking for trouble”: taking rapid HIV testing to gay venues is fraught with challenges
TL;DR: There are currently substantial barriers to offering rapid HIV tests to men who have sex with men in social venues, and further work to enhance acceptability must consider ways of increasing the confidentiality and professionalism of testing services.