Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Dombrowski, S., Pollock, A., Johnston, M., Treweek, S., Williams, B., …Pringle, S. (2014)
Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2014-000079
Introduction Delay to presentation with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common meaning many fail to achieve optimal benefit from treatments. Interventions have ha...
Deaths by suicide and their relationship with general and psychiatric hospital discharge: 30-year record linkage study
Journal Article
Dougall, N., Lambert, P., Maxwell, M., Dawson, A., Sinnott, R., McCafferty, S., …Springbett, A. (2014)
Deaths by suicide and their relationship with general and psychiatric hospital discharge: 30-year record linkage study. The British journal of psychiatry, 204(4), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.122374
Background: Studies have rarely explored suicides completed following discharge from both general and psychiatric hospital settings. Such research might identify additional op...
Consensus on items and quantities of clinical equipment required to deal with a mass casualties big bang incident: a national Delphi study
Journal Article
Duncan, E. A. S., Colver, K., Dougall, N., Swingler, K., Stephenson, J., & Abhyankar, P. (2014)
Consensus on items and quantities of clinical equipment required to deal with a mass casualties big bang incident: a national Delphi study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 14(5), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-14-5
Background: Major short-notice or sudden impact incidents, which result in a large number of casualties, are rare events. However health services must be prepared to respond t...
The epidemiology of hospital treated traumatic brain injury in Scotland.
Journal Article
Shivaji, T., Lee, A., Dougall, N., McMillan, T., & Stark, C. (2014)
The epidemiology of hospital treated traumatic brain injury in Scotland. BMC Neurology, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-14-2
Background
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an important global public health problem made all the more important by the increased likelihood of disability following a hospita...
Evaluation of the Scottish Recovery Indicator 2 (SRI 2)
Report
MacGregor, A., Reid, S., Maxwell, M., Miller, I., Macleod, S., Corbett, J., …Harris, F. (2013)
Evaluation of the Scottish Recovery Indicator 2 (SRI 2). Edinburgh: Scottish Recovery Network
Executive summary
The Scottish Recover Indicator (SRI) is a web based service
development tool designed by the Scottish Recovery Network to
support and develop recovery focuse...
Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study
Journal Article
Johnson, C. F., Macdonald, H. J., Atkinson, P., Buchanan, A. I., Downes, N., & Dougall, N. (2012)
Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 62(604), 773-779. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12x658304
BACKGROUND: Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Contributing factors are increased long-term prescribing and possibly the use of higher selective serotonin re-uptake...
α4β2-Nicotinic Receptor Binding with 5-IA in Alzheimer’s Disease: Methods of Scan Analysis
Journal Article
Terrière, E., Sharman, M., Donaghey, C., Herrmann, L., Lonie, J., Strachan, M., …Wyper, D. (2008)
α4β2-Nicotinic Receptor Binding with 5-IA in Alzheimer’s Disease: Methods of Scan Analysis. Neurochemical research. 33(4), 643-651. doi:10.1007/s11064-007-9517-4. ISSN 1573-6903
Five patients with Alzheimer's disease and five healthy volunteers were examined by SPECT with the nicotinic receptor ligand 123I-5-IA-85380. Patients were scanned before and ...
Cerebral metabolism, brain imaging
Book
Klaus, E., Claire, D. & Dougall, N. (2007)
Cerebral metabolism, brain imaging. In Encyclopedia of Stress, 432-38. (2nd). Elsevier. ISBN 9780120885039
Perfusion Imaging with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Book
Dougall, N. & Ebmeier, K. (2006)
Perfusion Imaging with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography. In Perani, D., Morris, C. & Herholz, K. (Eds.). The Dementias: early diagnosis and evaluation, 197-228. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.3109/9781420016819.007. ISBN 978-0824728977
Neuroimaging in Dementia
Book Chapter
Ebmeier, K., Donaghey, C., & Dougall, N. (2005)
Neuroimaging in Dementia. In Neuroimaging, Part B, 43-72. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/s0074-7742(05)67002-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 perf...