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Central periodic breathing observed on hospital admission is associated with an adverse prognosis in conscious acute stroke patients (2006)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Dennis, M. S., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2006). Central periodic breathing observed on hospital admission is associated with an adverse prognosis in conscious acute stroke patients. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 21, 340-347. https://doi.org/10.1159/000091540

Background: Central periodic breathing (CPB) is common following acute stroke, but its prognostic significance is uncertain. We determined the frequency of CPB on admission with stroke and assessed whether it was related to outcome. Methods: We measu... Read More about Central periodic breathing observed on hospital admission is associated with an adverse prognosis in conscious acute stroke patients.

Hypoxaemia in acute stroke is frequent and worsens outcome. (2006)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Dennis, M. S., & Wardlaw, J. M. (2006). Hypoxaemia in acute stroke is frequent and worsens outcome. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 21, 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1159/000090528

Background: Hypoxaemia in the acute phase of stroke might damage the ischaemic penumbra and worsen clinical outcome. We determined the frequency of hypoxaemia on admission with stroke and assessed whether it was related to outcome. Methods: We measur... Read More about Hypoxaemia in acute stroke is frequent and worsens outcome..

Neuroimaging in Dementia (2005)
Book Chapter
Ebmeier, K., Donaghey, C., & Dougall, N. (2005). Neuroimaging in Dementia. In Neuroimaging, Part B (43-72). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0074-7742%2805%2967002-x

Neuroimaging is used in basic clinical research for diagnostic purposes, or using dementia as a paradigm for local brain lesions to examine normal and disturbed cognitive performance and brain function in parallel. This chapter prevents a summary of... Read More about Neuroimaging in Dementia.

Comparison of risk factors for cerebral palsy in twins and singletons. (2005)
Journal Article
Bonellie, S., Currie, D., & Chalmers, J. (2005). Comparison of risk factors for cerebral palsy in twins and singletons. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 47, 587-591. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0012162205001167

The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in rates of cerebral palsy (CP) between singletons and twins by considering factors that may be predictive of CP. Data were taken from the Scottish Register of Children with a Motor Deficit of C... Read More about Comparison of risk factors for cerebral palsy in twins and singletons..

Emotion recognition by children with Down syndrome: investigation of specific impairments and error patterns. (2005)
Journal Article
Williams, K. R., NaWishart, J. G., Pitcairn, T. K., & Willis, D. (2005). Emotion recognition by children with Down syndrome: investigation of specific impairments and error patterns. American journal of mental retardation : AJMR, 110, 387-392

The ability of children with Down syndrome to recognize expressions of emotion was compared to performance in typically developing and nonspecific intellectual disability groups matched on either MA or a performance-related measure. Our goal was to (... Read More about Emotion recognition by children with Down syndrome: investigation of specific impairments and error patterns..

Electromechanical analysis of a prosthetic arm (EMAS). (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binnie, D., Gow, D. J., & Hill, S. S. (2005, August). Electromechanical analysis of a prosthetic arm (EMAS). Presented at Myoelectric Control '05

A characterisation of a complete arm prosthesis is necessary to develop effective control. This is a description of the use of Lagrange methodology to describe the system and to optimise for motion control.
The Lagrange equations of motion are deriv... Read More about Electromechanical analysis of a prosthetic arm (EMAS)..

Wavelet analysis of the ECG: A review (2005)
Journal Article
Addison, P. (2005). Wavelet analysis of the ECG: A review. Physiological Measurement, 26(5), 155-199. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/R01

The wavelet transform has emerged over recent years as a powerful time–frequency analysis and signal coding tool favoured for the interrogation of complex nonstationary signals. Its application to biosignal processing has been at the forefront of the... Read More about Wavelet analysis of the ECG: A review.

Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting (2005)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Milne, G., Kubitscheck, M., Penman, I., & Turner, S. (2005). Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 9, 209-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0322-7

This paper discusses the introduction of a wireless network of personal digital assistants into a specialist unit of a hospital in Edinburgh. All of the technology has been used ‘off-the-shelf’ and ‘out-of-the-box’. While we are able to report that t... Read More about Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting.

Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial (2005)
Journal Article
Fairbank, J., Frost, H., Wilson-MacDonald, J., Yu, L.-M., Barker, K., & Collins, R. (2005). Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial. BMJ, 330(7502), 1233. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38441.620417.8f

Objectives
To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared with intensive rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain.

Design
Multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Setting
15 secondary c... Read More about Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial.

Heart rate variability measurements and the prediction of ventricular arrhythmias. (2005)
Journal Article
Reed, M. J., Addison, P., & Robertson, C. E. (2005). Heart rate variability measurements and the prediction of ventricular arrhythmias. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 98, 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hci018

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the temporal variation
between sequences of consecutive heartbeats. It is possible that HRV confers a survival advantage.In normal subjects, a variable heart rate is the normal physiological state. A loss of variabili... Read More about Heart rate variability measurements and the prediction of ventricular arrhythmias..

Secondary prevention interventions for young drug users: a systematic review of the evidence. (2005)
Journal Article
Elliott, L., Orr, L. C., Jackson, A., & Watson, L. (2005). Secondary prevention interventions for young drug users: a systematic review of the evidence. Adolescence, 40, 1-22

This paper reviews the international scientific evidence on the effectiveness of secondary prevention interventions for young drug users. The review provides insight into the effectiveness of interventions that have been evaluated using moderately st... Read More about Secondary prevention interventions for young drug users: a systematic review of the evidence..

Improved prediction of defibrillation success for out-of-hospital VF cardiac arrest using wavelet transform methods (2004)
Journal Article
Watson, J. N., Uchaipichata, N., Addison, P., Clegg, G. R., Robertson, C. E., Eftestol, T., & Steen, P. A. (2004). Improved prediction of defibrillation success for out-of-hospital VF cardiac arrest using wavelet transform methods. Resuscitation, 63(3), 269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.06.012

We report an improved method for the estimation of shock outcome prediction based on novel wavelet transform-based time-frequency methods. Wavelet-based peak frequency, energy, mean frequency, spectral flatness and a new entropy measure were studied... Read More about Improved prediction of defibrillation success for out-of-hospital VF cardiac arrest using wavelet transform methods.

Systematic Review of the Diagnostic Accuracy of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT in Dementia (2004)
Journal Article
Dougall, N. J. (2004). Systematic Review of the Diagnostic Accuracy of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT in Dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(6), 554-570. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajgp.12.6.554

bjective: The authors sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT in discriminating between Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias.

Methods: Articles published between 1985 and 2002 were retrieved systematically from MEDLI... Read More about Systematic Review of the Diagnostic Accuracy of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT in Dementia.

A cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of family history of colorectal, breast and ovarian cancer in a Scottish general practice population (2004)
Journal Article
Wallace, E., Hinds, A., Campbell, H., Mackay, J., Cetnarskyj, R., & Porteous, M. E. M. (2004). A cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of family history of colorectal, breast and ovarian cancer in a Scottish general practice population. British Journal of Cancer, 91, 1575-1579. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602155

A cross-sectional survey of all patients aged 30-65 in four general practices within one Local Health Care Co-operative in Fife, Scotland was undertaken to measure the prevalence of family history of colorectal, breast and ovarian cancer. A total of... Read More about A cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of family history of colorectal, breast and ovarian cancer in a Scottish general practice population.

A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: the Episode IBS study. (2004)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D., Steinke, D. T., Kinnear, M., Penny, K. I., Pathmanathan, N., & Penman, I. (2004). A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: the Episode IBS study. British Journal of General Practice, 54, 503-507

Background: It is thought that people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who consult secondary care have more severe symptomatology than those treated mainly in primary care.

Aims: To describe the physical and psychological symptoms of IBS, and t... Read More about A comparison of irritable bowel syndrome patients managed in primary and secondary care: the Episode IBS study..

Aphasia rehabilitation and the strange neglect of speed (2004)
Journal Article
Crerar, A. (2004). Aphasia rehabilitation and the strange neglect of speed. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 14(1-2), 173-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602010343000174

Timing data is infrequently reported in aphasiological literature and time taken is only a minor factor, where it is considered at all, in existing aphasia assessments. This is not surprising because reaction times are difficult to obtain manually, b... Read More about Aphasia rehabilitation and the strange neglect of speed.

Patient satisfaction with two different models of cancer genetic services in south-east Scotland (2004)
Journal Article
Holloway, S., Porteous, M., Cetnarskyj, R., Anderson, E., Rush, R., Fry, A., Gorman, D., Steel, M., & Campbell, H. (2004). Patient satisfaction with two different models of cancer genetic services in south-east Scotland. British Journal of Cancer, 90(3), 582-589. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601562

There is a need to integrate primary- and secondary-care cancer genetic services, but the most appropriate model of service delivery remains unclear. This study reports patients' expectations of breast cancer genetic services and a comparison of thei... Read More about Patient satisfaction with two different models of cancer genetic services in south-east Scotland.