Student Publications 2018

Nadia Capaldi

Feasibility of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry based images for measurement of height, sitting height, and leg length in children

Guy Chadwick

Reactive Attachment Disorder in maltreated young children in foster care

Ming Yao Chong

The prevalence of cerebrovascular abnormalities detected in various diagnostic subgroups of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage in the modern era

David Clayton

The role of the immune system in kidney disease

 

Seamus Crumley

The role of local anaesthetic techniques in ERAS protocols for thoracic surgery

Dickson Dewantoro

A survey evaluating healthcare professionals' knowledge and perceptions of electronic cigarettes

 

Advantages and disadvantages of total arterial coronary artery bypass graft as compared to venous coronary artery bypass graft

Nima Farah

Practice and safety of allergen-specific immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis in the UK National Health Service: a report of "real world" clinical practice

Brian McKinlay

Right ventricular function following simulated pulmonary resection

Brooke Marron

Best supportive care in advanced lung cancer - more than a label?

Edward Toke-Bjolgerud

TGF-β mimic proteins form an extended gene family in the murine parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus

 

Swee Yan Yip

It must be true... I Read it in the tabloids

 

Shu Yew

Coronary thermodilution waveforms after acute reperfused ST-segnment elevation myocardial infarction: relation to microvascular obstruction and prognosis

Eric Yii

Stratified medical therapy using invasive coronary function testing in angina: The CorMicA Trial

 

Douglas Young

Sepsis caused by bloodstream infection in patients in the intensive care unit: the impact of inactive empiric antimicrobial therapy on outcome

Student Publications 2017

Bo Khor

Examination of a CRP first approach for the detection of postoperative complications in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: A pragmatic study

The relationship between systemic inflammation and stoma formation following anterior resection for rectal cancer: A cross-sectional study

The relationship between 18F FDG-PETCT derived markers of tumour metabolism and systemic inflammation in patients with recurrent disease undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer

Bruce Taylor

Androgen receptor phosphorylation status at serin 578 predicts poor outcome in prostate cancer patients

Anton Queen

Multimorbidity, disadvantage, and patient engagement within a specialist homeless health service in the UK: an in-depth study of general practice data

Jason Eng Kiat Lim

The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with operable cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Benjamin Liew

Phosphorylation of androgen receptors at serine 515 is a potential prognostic marker for triple negative breast cancer

Nima Farah

Practice and safety of allergen-specific immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis in the UK National Health Service: A report of "real world" clinical practice

Douglas Young

Angiopoietin II: pathophysiological insights into acute lung injury after lung resection (p15 of PDF)

Rachael Nixon

Prevalence of endocrine and genetic abnormalities in boys evaluated systematically for a disorder of sex development

Akash Maliampurakal

Factors associated with the efficacy of polyp detection during routine flexible sigmoidoscopy

Nicole Mooney

A quantitative study of neurochemically defined populations of inhibitory interneurons in the superficial dosal horn of the mouse spinal cord

Moiz Shah

Machine learning based computer-aided diagnosis of liver tumours

Morven Bremner

Does measurement technique explain the mismatch between European head size and WHO charts?

Sarjit Sing

Validating and comparing stroke prognosis scales

Sadaf Sohrabi Sedeh

Radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteoma - recurrence rates and predictive factors

Rowan Davis

Postoperative complications after head and neck operations that require free tissue transfer - prevalent, morbid and costly

Nida Ilahi

Mandibular osteomyelitis after group A streptococcal septicaemia in a child 

Peter Moffitt

Cognitive Impairment and Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Kelvin Cheng Kah Wai

The relationship between oestrogen receptor-alpha phosphorylation and the tumour microenvironment in patients with primary operable ductal breast cancer

Jaclyn Carberry 

Diagnostic Accuracy of 3.0-T Magnetic Resonance T1 and T2 Mapping and T2-Weighted Dark-Blood Imaging for the Infarct-Related Coronary Artery in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Martin Osugo

Prevalence, types and associations of medically unexplained symptoms and signs. A cross sectional study of 1,023 adults with intellectual disabilities.

Shona MacKinnon 

A comparison of the effects of oral vs. intravenous hydration on subclinical acute kidney injury in living kidney donors: a protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Andrew Connelly

Health impact of catch-up growth in low-birth weight infants: systematic review, evidence appraisal, and meta-analysis.

Roxanne Teo

Validation and comparison between current prognostication systems for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A single-institution experience with 176 patients

Joseph Fogarty

Hyponatraemia in Hospitalised Adults: a Guide for the Junior Doctor

Christina Mackaill 

Evaluation of the Performance of External Chest Compressions During Hypogravity Simulation

David Birrell

The Outcome of Weber A Ankle Fractures Managed in a Virtual Fracture Clinic

Student Publications 2016

Mois Shah

A novel fully automated liver and HCC tumor segmentation system using morpholigcal operations

Douglas Young

Mortality in intensive care: The impact of bacteremia and the utlity of systemic inflammatory response syndrome 

Guy Chadwick

Could the named person scheme have a role in addressing mental health problems in vulnerable children?

Kerrick Hesse

Online Tool to Improve Stratification of Adverse Events in Stroke Clinical Trials

Olivia Edgar

Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Prader Willi Syndrome

Avirup Chowdhury

Pharmacological outcomes in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Support for sodium valproate

Hariharan Narendran

Identifying drugs associated with intraoperative floppy iris syndrome

Zeyad Al-Moasseb

Brachiobasilic fistulae: an upper limb autologous option for everyone?

Kieran Heil

Freezing and Non-Freezing Cold-Weather Injuries: A systematic review

Jane Hamilton

The prevalence of airway problems in children with Down’s syndrome

Jaclyn Carberry 

Safety of guidewire-based measurement of fractional flow reserve and the index of microvascular resistance using intravenous adenosine in patients with acute or recent myocardial infarction

Nida Ilahi

Retrospective analysis of process times for lacerations of the face in children: procedural sedation or general anaesthesia?

Peter Moffitt

Thromboprophylaxis in atrial fibrillation and association with cognitive decline: systematic review.

Kelvin Cheng Kah Wai

Multicentre prospective cohort study of body mass index and postoperative complications following gastrointestinal surgery

Harriet Mortimer 

A retrospective case series of 318 tracheostomy-related adverse events over 6 years – a Scottish context

Jaclyn Carberry 

Remote zone extracellular volume and left ventricular remodelling in survivors of ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Risk assessment in patients with an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Comparative Prognostic Utility of Indexes of Microvascular Function Alone or in Combination in Patients With an Acute ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Temporal evolution of myocardial haemorrhage and oedema in patients after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: pathophysiological insights and clinical implications

Martin Osugo

Interventions for adults with mild intellectual disabilities and mental ill health: A systematic review. 

Statistical modelling studies examining the dimensional structure of psychopathology experienced by adults with intellectual disabilities: Systematic review.

Ruairi Wilson 

ACKR4 on Stromal Cells Scavenges CCL19 To Enable CCR7-Dependent Trafficking of APCs from Inflamed Skin to Lymph Nodes.

Andrew Connelly

Impact of adherence to WHO infant feeding recommendations on later risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases: systematic review.

Measurement of troponin in cardiomyopathies

Angela Boal

Monotherapy With Major Antihypertensive Drug Classes and Risk of Hospital Admissions for Mood Disorders

Prasanna Partha Sarathy

Factors associated with spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Sarah McCarrison 

Skeletal Fragility in Children with Chronic Disease

Samuel Glass

Does Quantitative Research in Child Maltreatment Tell the Whole Story? The Need for Mixed-Methods Approaches to Explore the Effects of Maltreatment in Infancy

Student Publications 2015

Mobeen Qureshi 

Acute fractures of the pediatric foot and ankle 

William Dunn

Diverse roles for T-bet in the effector responses required for resistance to infection.

Josh McGovern

Hussey K, McGovern J, Carson C and Stuart WP. The Utility of Theatre Administrative Data to Generate Surgical Outcomes.

Jack Clark

Evaluating the Use of Plerixafor in Stem Cell Mobilisation – An Economic Analysis of the PHANTASTIC Trial

Adam Bryce

Improving lesion localisation at colonoscopy: an analysis of influencing factors.

Harry James

Validation of a family-centred outcome questionnaire for pinnaplasty: a cross-sectional pilot study

Harry James

Changing indications for paediatric tracheostomy and the role of a multidisciplinary tracheostomy clinic

Jordina Mah

Methylmalonic Aciduria: A Treatable Disorder of Which Adult Neurologists Need to Be Aware

Jennifer McKechnie 

Visual inspection is not a substitute for anthropometry in screening

Dominique McGinlay

A prospective observational assessment of Surgical Safety Checklist use in Brasov Children’s Hospital, barriers to implementation and methods to improve compliance

John McMaster

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit: its effect on outcome and risk factors for acquisition

Paul Alexander

The Impact of Renal Transplantation on Lower Limb Perfusion

Louis De Boisanger

Day case hemithyroidectomy is safe and feasible: experience in Scotland.

Jason Woodier

Intracellular Zinc Modulates Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor-mediated Calcium Release.

Euan Allan

Aneusomy detected by fluorescence in-situ hybridisation has high positive predictive value for Barrett's dysplasia

Jaclyn Carberry

Perivascular mast cells regulate vein graft neointimal formation and remodeling.

Chia Yew Kong

Resonance metallic ureteric stent in a case of ketamine bladder induced bilateral ureteric obstruction with one year follow up

Chia Yew Kong

Caution when interpreting anti-inflammatory drug effects in rat models of gastrointestinal anastomosis

Chia Yew Kong

Training and trials—building a future.

Chia Yew Kong

Determining Surgical Complications in the Overweight (DISCOVER): a multicentre observational cohort study to evaluate the role of obesity as a risk factor for postoperative complications in general surgery

Chia Yew Kong

Arthropod Bites In: Critical Handbook for Global Surgery. Eds: J Dreyer and David Ball. Alba Critical Care Course Design SCIO (Alba CCCD): Dumfries

Student Publications 2014

Susan Macmillan 

Language and social/emotional problems identified at a universal developmental assessment at 30 months

Harris Hameed

Cephalic arch stenosis: angioplasty to preserve a brachiocephalic fistula or new brachiobasilic fistula? A cost-effectiveness study.

Arthur Woo

Impact of postoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Roxanne Teo

The burden and trends of psychiatric co-morbidities amongst patients with cardiomyopathy

Jack Clark

Plerixafor is superior to conventional chemotherapy for first-line stem cell mobilisation, and is effective even in heavily pretreated patients

Jessie Ruijun Wang

Nanotopology potentiates growth hormone signalling and osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells

Jessie Ruijun Wang

An update on diabetes related skeletal fragility

Fraser Goldie

Interdependence of stroke outcome scales

Fraser Goldie

Exploration of time-course combinations of outcome scales for use in a global test of stroke recovery

Alice Harpur

MRI-based abnormalities in young adults at risk of adverse bone health due to childhood-onset metabolic & endocrine conditions

Roya Hassanzadeh

Targeted Screening for Latent TB Infection prior to Biologic Therapy to Improve Patient Safety and reduce costs

Roya Hassanzadeh

Neuromodulation for Intractable Headaches

Duncan Henderson

Comparison of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents in patients with diabetes

Robert Scott

Displacement of mandibular fractures: is there a correlation with sensory loss and recovery?

Ahad Shafi

Use of the internet by patients attending hospital for oral and maxillofacial procedures

Mark White

The role of S100 staining in the pathological assessment of perineural invasion in rectal cancer

Catherine Williamson

Family history of premature cardiovascular disease

Elliott Ah-Kee

Patient awareness and symptoms from an incisional hernia

Elizabeth McLennan

The current undergraduate medical school curriculum needs to improve awareness of enhanced recovery after surgery.

Hannah Cockburn

An Integrated Care Pathway For Intercostal Chest Drains To Enhance Documentation, Improve Patient Safety And Reduce Clinical Errors: Our Experience In Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Chia Yew Kong

Renal function, uraemia and early arteriovenous fistula failure

Catherine Beattie

Allopurinol Initiation and Change in Blood Pressure in Older Adults With Hypertension

Kieran Heil

The epidemiology, morbidity and outcome of fractures in rugby union from a standard population

Kieran Heil

Athletic altitude training protocols and their application in preparation for mountainous operations

Jane Hamilton

Otolaryngological Manifestations of Cornelia De Lange Syndrome

Jane Hamilton

Clinical Embryology - is there still a place in medical schools today?

Jane Hamilton

Management of Congenital Cartilaginous Sleeve Trachea in Children

Kerrick Hesse

Expanded criteria donor and donation after circulatory death renal allografts in the west of Scotland: Their place in the kidney allocation process

Kerrick Hesse

Characteristic Adverse Events and Their Incidence Among Patients Participating in Acute Ischemic Stroke Trials

Tony Whyte

Challenging behaviour and sleep cycle disorder following brain injury: A preliminary response to agomelatine treatment

Student Publications 2013

Nima Farah

Improvement of sleep apnoea severity in obese patients pre- and post-bariatric surgery - is there more to it?

Stuart Edwardson

Paediatric supracondylar fractures: an overview of current management and guide to open approaches

Fraser Goldie

Intracluster correlation coefficients and reliability of randomized multicenter stroke trials within VISTA

Christin Schulz

Serum Uric Acid Level, Longitudinal Blood Pressure, Renal Function and long-term mortality in treated hypertensive patients

Mark White

PTU-119 Histopathology and Long Term Clinical Prognosis in HCV

Catherine Willamson

Serum Chloride is an independent predictor of mortality in hypertensive patients

Catherine Willamson

Chocolate consumption and risk of stroke: A prospective cohort of men and meta-analysis

Stephanie Zhao Lin Lip;

Louise Murchison

A meta-analysis of the risk of boys with isolated cryptorchidism developing testicular cancer in later life

Ruairidh Nicoll

Picture Quiz: A woman with central chest pain

James Skelly

Upper Airway Dilator Muscle Weakness Following Intermittent and Sustained Hypoxia in the Rat: Effects of a Superoxide Scavenger

Donald McVinnie

Obesity and pain

Susan Macmillan

Prevalence of reactive attachment disorder in a deprived population

Susan Macmillan

Language and social/emotional problems identified at a universal developmental assessment at 30 months

Harris Hameed 

Histone de-acetylase inhibitors: a promising future for cancer treatment?

Venla Kantola

Endonasal, transmaxillary, transpterygoid approach to the foramen ovale: radio-anatomical study of surgical feasibility

Luke Beagan;
Andrew Deegnan;
Rosanne Howarth;
Fiona McQuaige;
Kirsten Mitchell;
Mary Shannon

Properties of proxy-derived modified Rankin Scale assessment.

Chia Yew Kong

Midline Intraprostatic Cyst: An unusual aetiology of urinary tract infection and epididymo-orchitis

Kieran Heil

A Review on the Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis

Kieran Heil

Femoral Acetabular Impingement: the sex and age linked distribution of alpha angles in 146 patient of service age without pre-existing osteoarthritic or other hip pathology

Student Publications 2012

James Skelly 

Respiratory control and sternohyoid muscle structure and function in aged male rats: Decreased susceptibility to chronic intermittent hypoxia 

James Skelly

Tempol Ameliorates Pharyngeal Dilator Muscle Dysfunction in a Rodent Model of Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia

Jamel Tahar Aissa 

Healing of laser-induced tympanic membrane perforations in rats

Catherine Williamson

Dietary recommendations and iodine awareness among mothers in the UK

Catherine Williamson

Dietary iodine: awareness, knowledge and current practice among midwives

Hannah Lavelle

Systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions to reduce body mass index

Steven Linnen

Neurotransmitter Phenotypes of Descending Systems in the Rat Lumbar Spinal Cord 

Ruairidh Nicoll

Elevated Expression of the Chemokine-Scavenging Receptor D6 Is Associated with Impaired Lesion Development in Psoriasis

Mark Macmillan

The relationships between body composition and the systemic inflammatory response in patients with primary operable colorectal cancer

Chris Cadman

Radiological Imaging and Intervention in Venous Thrombosis

David Skipsey

Evaluation of a direct access cardiac arrhythmia monitoring service 

Colin McWilliams

Acute otitis externa in children

Daniel M Kerr

Response of Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose to Treatment with Recombinant Tissue-Plasminogen Activator in Acute Ischaemic Stroke: Evidence From the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive

Daniel M Kerr

Seven-Day NIHSS is a Sensitive Outcome Measure for Exploratory Clinical Trials in Acute Stroke: Evidence from the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive 

Kevin Garrity;
Laura Graham;
Geraldine McGroarty;
Sarah Vincent

Prestroke modified rankin stroke scale has moderate interobserver reliability and validity in an acute stroke setting.

Alistair Tindell

Correlation of protease-activated receptor-2 expression and synovitis in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis.

Louise Polson

Developmental Changes in Emotion Recognition from Full-Light and Point-Light Displays of Body Movement